Since iOS 17/new iPhone 15 Pro Max, the clock alarm sound only plays briefly.
Fortunately, I usually don't have to be anywhere, and tend to wake up around that time naturally, but it's been going on long enough now to be really annoying.
When I do wake up, to no sound playing, I look at the screen and the alarm is there on the lock screen. Totally silent.
I did a Google search, and lots of identical advice to turn off Settings > Face ID & Attention > Attention Aware Features
Well, that's stupid, because that's a plural. So now you are turning off ALL attention-aware features. But OK I tried it. But that doesn't help.
(Aside: I wish Apple would be more careful with the wording on Settings, so that it's absolutely clear whether you are turning a feature ON or OFF. Many of the prompts are clear as mud.)
I did an experiment and set a new alarm for 2 minutes from now. (To be clear, not a timer: an alarm-clock alarm.) Probably didn't do the most accurate simulation though. Put the phone on my dining room table. Shut off the lights, went into the kitchen.
I hear the alarm sound. Walk into the dining room. Nowhere near the iPhone and not within range of FaceID for sure. The alarm sound stopped.
My theory is that if I so much as roll-over in bed the alarm sound will stop.
I have an additional theory: Tim can go into work any time he wants!
Watch alarm is also inconsistent. But I also upgraded from Watch 6 to Pro 2.
So damn many permissions to acknowledge now when you get a new device, maybe something to do with that?
Other issue I've been having is that the phone gets stuck on Sleep focus, and so I miss phone calls. I have to remember every morning to make sure it's out of Sleep Focus. Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't.
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At this point, if I can't find a fix, now I need advice on a third-party alarm-clock app. Which is something that should be absolutely unnecessary on an iPhone! And, of course, if a third-party app ties-in to alarm APIs and settings, it may not even solve the problem.
Fortunately, I usually don't have to be anywhere, and tend to wake up around that time naturally, but it's been going on long enough now to be really annoying.
When I do wake up, to no sound playing, I look at the screen and the alarm is there on the lock screen. Totally silent.
I did a Google search, and lots of identical advice to turn off Settings > Face ID & Attention > Attention Aware Features
Well, that's stupid, because that's a plural. So now you are turning off ALL attention-aware features. But OK I tried it. But that doesn't help.
(Aside: I wish Apple would be more careful with the wording on Settings, so that it's absolutely clear whether you are turning a feature ON or OFF. Many of the prompts are clear as mud.)
I did an experiment and set a new alarm for 2 minutes from now. (To be clear, not a timer: an alarm-clock alarm.) Probably didn't do the most accurate simulation though. Put the phone on my dining room table. Shut off the lights, went into the kitchen.
I hear the alarm sound. Walk into the dining room. Nowhere near the iPhone and not within range of FaceID for sure. The alarm sound stopped.
My theory is that if I so much as roll-over in bed the alarm sound will stop.
I have an additional theory: Tim can go into work any time he wants!
Watch alarm is also inconsistent. But I also upgraded from Watch 6 to Pro 2.
So damn many permissions to acknowledge now when you get a new device, maybe something to do with that?
Other issue I've been having is that the phone gets stuck on Sleep focus, and so I miss phone calls. I have to remember every morning to make sure it's out of Sleep Focus. Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't.
----
At this point, if I can't find a fix, now I need advice on a third-party alarm-clock app. Which is something that should be absolutely unnecessary on an iPhone! And, of course, if a third-party app ties-in to alarm APIs and settings, it may not even solve the problem.
