IPhone calendar alarms

Does anyone know how to put a event on the calendar and have it remind you about the event over more than 2 days??Cause some of my appointments I'll make for the next month but I can only get the calendar to remind me 2 days before it. I like to be reminded more than 2 days before. My last phone I could set the reminder to where it would remind me anytime time like a week before, 2weeks before, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 days before or even hours before or minutes before. Is there a free app for the iphone3gs that can remind me of events at any time I want or atleast more than 2 days?? Please help!!!!!!!!
Thanks,
Jolove

Hi JoLove
Did you get a satisfactory answer to this question? I have exactly the same problem - I need to set reminders many days pre event and cannot do so.
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Please tell me I'm missing something here. I have the alarm set for my calendar events throughout the day, and my phone seems to only sound out once and only once with a cute little tiny sound that I have some very important meeting to get to in the next 30 minutes.
This is not an alarm, this is a gentle whisper when it is in a shirt pocket, but when it is in my purse, or briefcase, this is not by any means an alarm, this is but a silent reminder.
I have relied on my Palm (Treo) for years to get me on time to all of my appointments throughout the day.
In addition, is there some way to have the "alarm" continue reminding me until I acknowledge that reminder.
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The answer of "if you don't like it take it back" is just not way to approach people that have issues. We all paid $499 or $599 for the iPhone and we all have the right to speak up. If someone has had the iPhone for over a month with the hope that there would be more updates or whatever, there is no return policy.
If everybody who has an issue with the iPhone were to return it, that would be one heck of a situation. As you can see, there are a lot of people that LUV the iPhone but not everyone is totally happy with the iPhone at this stage of the process. A lot of these people are consumers and have not experienced the realities of a new product and the twist and turns related to being a early adopter.
There are 597 pages of threads all dedicated to the iPhone. Given that there are a great number of repeat threads such as "ringtones", "volume", etc. that is still a lot of threads of issues and perceived issues. Cut it by 2/3 and it is still 200 pages of questions, comments, etc. X approximately 15 threads per page, that is still 3,000 threads. This doesn't even count the comments by some great people that take the time to respond.
Just my $.02 worth of comment regarding "return it".
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I realize that it is different for a woman regarding pockets or belts cases. Have you thought about a lanyard for carrying the iPhone? I have seen a number of them advertised and there was even a thread or two on the subject.
Just a thought.
Don't return the iPhone. Live the experience of seeing it evolve into a seasoned product.
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IPhone calendar alarms not working

I set alarms on events in my calendar, but the alarms don't show up on the screen, nor do they make any sounds.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!

why so many views of this question and nobody had replied with an answer?

Calendar Alarms & Events In Different Timezones???

I keep getting my iPhone Calendar alarms 3 hours early. I just noticed today that it says that the calendar event is in EST, but I'm in California.
How can I change my calendar events in PST so my alarms are correct?
My phone's timezone is set to Cupertino, so I really have no idea how this is happening.

Try to turn off Time Zone Support here:
Settings->Mail, Contacts, Calendars (at the bottom of the screen will find Time Zone Support for Calendars).
I really don't understand why Apple decided to separate your calendar timezones from your current time zones... but they did it
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How can I extend the calendar alarm sound on my iPhone?

Before I got my iPhone I used my mobile phones (dumb, android, Symbian) to set an alarm with the calendar. I'm having a hard time properly doing so on my iPhone. My brain is lined with teflon and I forget a lot of stuff - up until now my mobile phones have been vital in remedying this.
Say that I have an important appointment at 14:00 two weeks from now, I punch it in the calendar on my iPhone and let it alert me an hour before the event. When the time comes my iPhone lets out a measly "beep" that no one hears and I miss the appointment - I can go entire work days without looking at my phone (and phone usage is strongly discouraged at my workplace) so this is really a big problem for me. So far I've missed a couple of important meetings, left important stuff undone and forgot to pick my kid up from kindergarten (my wife usually does, but there are those rare, calendar reminder occasions when I have to)!
On all the other phones I've owned I'd be able to set the calendar alarm so that it would go on and on and on until I reacted, thus minimizing the odds of me missing the alarm. I have no idea how to make my iPhone do this.
Sure there are workarounds like making the calendar alarm go off a day before to remind me to create an actual alarm clock alarm for the day after but that really seems to be an uneccesary hazzle and a major design flaw - also, what if I'm really busy when the early reminder goes off and I forget to set the alarm? Or perhaps I should attempt to tame myself to constantly check my iPhone for possible alerts? I really love my iPhone, but if it becomes a handicap i'll throw it away in a heartbeat.

I was not aware of the fact one could use ringtones as alarms, this will suffice! Although I foresee some very awkward times as the sound does not stop once I respond to the reminder (it keeps going for good five - ten seconds after I "stop" the reminder), but it's better than missing it altogether!
Thank you very much!
Regarding the Alarmed app, doesn't it have to be running to actually remind you?
-Modular747: I don't know anyone who actually reads the terms of service agreement, those things are usually up to thirty, small print pages full of legal jargon. Rules, I do read - not the legal documents (also they often contradict the laws in my country, but that's a whole different story).
I agree with you - the average customer support consultant mostly cares about keeping his job and earning his salary (don't we all?) and thus racking up completted tasks (i.e. getting rid of customers as fast as possible - in a good mood). The "threat" none the less is real, if a cell phone causes me more trouble than it is worth, I will indeed throw it away (I have done so before) - and recommend a different brand to anyone willing to listen.
Don't get me wrong, I love Apple and I've been faithfully using and recommending their producs for twenty years now, not because of fanboyism, but because they earned it. This calendar issue, however, is like a toaster that doesn't automatically eject the toast at the set time. I see it as a major flaw and after googling around a bit I see that it's been around since at least 2007 (THAT'S SEVEN YEARS!!) so I strongly believe they are aware of this problem by now, but are choosing to ignore it for some mysterious reason and it really ****** me off.
I will send the feedback but based on my observations I suspect the Send button is merely a cleverly disguised Delete button.

Iphone 4 Calendar Alarm Issue

I have a problem with the calendar/alarm in the iPhone 4.
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Is it possible to set it up on the iphone so that when you add an "event" on the iphone calendar it will beep or remind you at a set time before that "event" happens ?
This is a very basic and important feature which is standard on most phones today if it is missing from the iphone it should definetly be added in a software update, am I right people ?

Hola Kenneth Walewski,
It's possible to set up a reminder for an event created with you iPhone. In fact, you have the option to add a second alert!
Make sure you have your 'Calendar Alerts' set to ON.
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A one day entry on iPhone calendar shows as two days on iPad?!

I know you're thinking this is probably something to do with timezones differences between the iPhone and the iPad?
Each year I put the F1 grand prix races in my calendar as a one-day event on the Sunday they take place. On Sunday 27th March 2011 is the Australian grand prix.
On my iPhone (I'm in the UK and running the latest version on an iPhone 4 etc.) it shows as a one-day event but on my iPad it stradles two-days! When I go to click EDIT on the iPhone entry, despite showing as a Sunday entry only, it shows that it starts on Sunday 27th March and finished on Monday 28th March!
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I even had a friend add an event on the same date and it also suggested it was a one day event but when you edit it then it shows it's a two day event.
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Hi Boneart - I feel for you.
I too have the same issue (Feb 2014) which I have just discovered today as I am not a strong user of all-day events, until today when I tried to schedule annual holidays in my diary. I can confirm the EXACT SAME issues that you have described with all-day events displacing 24 hrs EARLY for sync Outlook to iOS calendar, and all-day events displaced 24hrs LATE for sync iOS calendar to Outlook. I also confirm that the issue does not exist for specified time appointments, as you also found.
I note from several other discussion threads that Apple have previously focussed on an issue of all-day events syncing to span 2-days; that is not yet apparent in my situation BUT I will be watching with interest whether a subsequent synchronisation causes the displaced dates to also synchronise back providing the same event apparently spanning 2 days but ACTUALLY existing as two events with identical properties on successive days.
One oddity is that I also operate in the NZ time zone; I wonder if that is significant???
For a brief period I trialled iCloud with a thrid-party patch to resolve the native iCloud issue of not providing 2-way synch with Outlook. That worked beautifully ... until Apple provided an update to the iCloud interface which destroyed all functionality for me. I'm back to hard-wire sync via USB wire again. Very frustrating!!
Finally it is sad that Apple has no interest in these issues. It strikes me that as soon as there is a non-Apple platform involved they blame the other system and wash their hands of it.
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Got a message from cini007, but I get an error message when I want to reply to that message. I have copied the "solution" below.
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cini007 posted "Re: iPhone calendar + List View All Calendars option (MobileMe)" in "iPhone calendar + List View All Calendars option (MobileMe)" on Mar 9, 2010 8:20:57 AM.
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