Alarm clock fails as of Jan 1

Both iPhones in the house (3GS) failed to execute the alarm function this morning (v4.1 and 4.2.1). Please post a bug fix or workaround.

I'm dating a new girl that I offered to drive to the airport this morning at 6am for a flight to Puerto Rico (vacation).
My non-reoccurring alarm didn't go off. Bug. We missed her flight. The new, last minute flight cost us $600 extra this morning.
People now use their phones to wake them up. It's a simple feature. They're battery backed-up. Apple knew about this issue before it cost me $600 and made an incredibly awkward and rushed morning. They could have emailed everyone they knew had an iPhone with iOS 4 OS about this, or had AT&T send a txt message. Something. They did nothing.
No more iOS devices for me. This one error cost me more than the phone. More than my iPad.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/01/01/appleadmits_new_years_alarmbug.html

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this morning my alarm clock fails to set-off almost causing me to be late for work.. and i've been trying to set it off but it still doesnt work, did anyone has the same problem?

Hi, all...
The iPod Touch alarm function is, indeed, failing on many machines as of January 1, 2011. The current fix, according to several blogs, is to set a repeating alarm that includes the first two days of 2011--so Saturday and Sunday. This fix worked for me.
Apparently the problem is to be dealt with by January 3, but there is nothing on Apple's website that confirms this rumour...

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I get this behaviour mostly by doing the following:
Set a recurring alarm to say 7
After midnight on the date of the alarm and before it is due to ring, change the alarm time to one hour earlier.
result is that the alarm fails to ring.
This is a 5th gen Nano. Any fixes out there?

thx, but it has external speakers though it is hooked up to a Bose system overnight.
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I set my alarm to wake me up this morning. It went off, but made no sound. I'd turned my iTunes volume low.
Surely it makes sense for the alarm clock to, by default, make a sound?

Not sure if you figured this out yet, but on my iPhone 3gs, I am able to turn the system volume all the way up (using the physical buttons on the left side), then turn my music on in the iPod app, lowering the volume using the iPod volume controls. Even when volume is set all the way down in the iPod app, I still hear the alarm as loud as my system volume was last set. Try it out, hopefully it works for you too.

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Oj, just relax and buy another phone, that's exactly what Nokia wants! I did so after 3 times sending back my N73 for various defects (keys, display, camera), then took a E65 for 2 years (which is far better, but not perfect, worked after 1 time exchange with a faulty SIM card reader), now I have a N82 which I had to exchange 6 (six) times for not having several stuck keys, scratches on the display, dust inside the display. This N82 now "only" makes strange noises when pressing keys like double-sided adhesive tape not properly fixed. Nokia knows about that problem (asked today in a shop). They fix it, but can't guarantee it getting better.
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Alarm clock and calendar event failed when we entered 1 Jan 2011 today!

This morning my alarm clock didn't work and the iphone just didn't recognise that an alarm was set. And the event alarm set for today in the calendar didn't work either. Obviously there are buds that paralyse these functions when we entered into 2011. Anybody knows how to fix it?

There's no fix as it's a bug. The only work around is to either set repeating alarms only.
Supposedly the problem will go away on it's own on the 3rd.
http://www.9to5mac.com/45310/new-years-2011-breaks-non-recurring-iphone-alarm-cl ocks

Alarm Clock (NOT Jan. 1 issue)

I've had an issue with my iPhone alarm clock for a while now. If your alarm starts going off and then you get another notification then the alarm stops going off. I feel this is something that definitely should not be happening. I wanted to e-mail Apple directly about this, but couldn't manage to find the e-mail address. I'm assuming it's probably just [email protected], but I wanted to find the site link for it so that it would actually go directly to the right department.
Anyways, anyone else ever have this issue? I would love to see a fix for this come out considering it's been an issue as long as notifications have been around.

I have a feeling it's not a huge problem because of the fact that it has not yet been addressed. I will check the places you suggested as well as call Apple, but I have a feeling neither will have a solution.
I figured out how to replicate the issue. I have a game that will send people on missions and when they get back it gives a notification. I sent someone on a mission that took two minutes and then set an alarm to go off after 1 minute. The alarm starts going off, but then when the notification for the mission complete comes up the alarm stops sounding and vibrating. This is a huge problem in my eyes, and should definitely be taken care of.
If anyone else could try replicating this and let me know their results I'd be very grateful.
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Alarm Clock apps?!?!?!?!?!?

This is quite ridiculous. The clock app that comes with the iPhone has absolutely NO customization options whatsoever when it comes to alarms, and its just flat out lame. (Apple really outdone themselves to keep everything absolutely simple, they failed, as in functionality, on this criteria this time)
I went on to search for alarm clock apps on the app store and found this free version of Alarm Clock Pro and tried it out, I liked it a bit, it offered a bit of customization than the built in clock app the iPhone comes with. So I went on ahead and bought the Pro version for .99 because the ads on the free version were annoying.
But wait, you have to leave the alarm clock app opened throughout the whole night for it to work to wake you up in the morning? HUH?? WHATS GOING ON?? I always wake up to find that half of the battery from my iPhone is drained because of the alarm app!!!! Ridiculous! I previously owned an android phone and was able to quickly find a free alarm clock app on the market that offered even more customization and all for free, and you dont need to have the app opened for it to work!!
Someone please tell me there is something else for the iPhone that can be like that, while I already wasted .99 cents on the suppose BEST alarm clock app for the iPhone, I'm even willing to pay for a new alarm app that offers the same exact thing the android has to offer.

Unfortunately no alarm clock app will wake you up to a mp3 from your library when it's not open.
This is something Apple has not allowed. We tried to come up with a solution ourselves with our alarm app but as other developers realized it cant be done . We are still working on a solution though; not giving up!
Our app if interested is alarm app that wakes you up and speaks short weather reports to you http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sleep-fm/id388631053?mt=8#
cheers

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The iPod wakes up to a song from a playlist. It chooses the first song in the list.
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Something weird is going on. Close all apps on the iPad and reset the device. See of that corrects this situation.
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I have used the ihandy alarm clock for a few years on my 3GS no problems.
It's great as you can set the alarm to your choice of music and give the phone a shake to snooze rather than push buttons
Since upgrading to an iphone 5 the alarm has failed to go off on three occasions... slept in once, wife's alarm got me off the hook the other twice
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I wasn't able to reproduce the problem and neither was the person at the Apple store but they replaced the phone THANK YOU
That was a week ago and it has been fine till this morning... same problem, saved by my wife's alarm
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I've had the same problem with the iHandy alarm clock on my iPhone 4. Sometimes the alarm works fine, but randomly (twice per month?) it will appear to be alarming, but with no sound. Once that happens, there's no sound from any app, and I can only fix it by rebooting the phone.
I've tried checking the sound on the phone every night before going to sleep, but even that's not a reliable precaution. One time the alarm sounded normally at the alarm time - I pressed snooze and went back to sleep - then the alarm failed to sound at the snooze time.
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I wonder if iHandy's "background alarm" functionality somehow conflicts with the iOS? The 12,24 clock doesn't have that feature, which is one of the reasons I switched to iHandy clock - but it's more important to have a reliable alarm.

Alarm clock wont work

Well my ipod just one day failed to use my alarm, i keep trying to set the time like 5 minutes in the future and leave it charging and it still fails. I make sure everything on the clock is right, i check times and it keeps failing. Tried updating and it didnt fix it, everything else works fine except for the alarm clock. Right now i got it plugged into a dock thats plugged into my pc, tried it with the wall charging adapter and didnt work either. Also curious if theres a way to get to the main screen while charging so i can play my music from my ipod while charging on my pc

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Not sure about the alarm clock problem - I would have thought that updating the iPod software might help.
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