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Does alarm work when iPhone 3G is off?
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Agreed. What's being asked for in this thread sounds like a horrible idea.
Turning off the phone right before a movie or a meeting would no longer be enough. I'd have to hunt through my calendar and my clock to make sure no alarms are set before EVERY meeting or movie I go to? Yikes!
This is exactly why there is a 'sleep' and an 'off' mode. They both exist for a reason.
Your petulance and poor syntax notwithstanding, I am afraid you are utterly wrong. I have a Nokia N73 with me right now, and when I set the alarm and turn the phone off, the alarm still goes off. You can argue all you like, but it won't make you any less incorrect.
You've misunderstood. Calendar alerts are one thing, and agreed, it would be annoying if they fired your phone up when you were in the cinema, but an alarm that is set (within the clock function as opposed to on the calendar) is supposed to be able to be used as an alarm to wake you up, in which case you are unlikely to be in a cinema.
How so?
Because the iPhone is the first phone I've ever had that doesn't have this function. I am assuming of course that the iPhone isn't his or her first phone either. If it is, I am incorrect, but if - as I suspect - they have ever owned a Nokia, Motorola, Blackberry or Samsung phone, they have had the ability to set an alarm and it work even when the phone is off.
I'm with Jamie on this one. Whilst it isn't the end of the world, I would like to turn the phone off (so I don't get woken by texts or emails coming in and to save battery life) and still be woken by the alarm.
Most of the phones I have had since 1995 have been able to do this.
Also guys, please keep the vitriol down. This should a place to share ideas and views, not to have a go at each other.
Tuftywhite, well said.
The point of this topic is to talk about a feature lacking in iPhones that some of us sorely miss. If you don't personally miss it, that's great for you, just don't rubbish anyone else for expressing their opinion. And the iPhone should, in my opinion, have this feature - it's a shame it doesn't
The point of this topic is to talk about a feature lacking in iPhones that some of us sorely miss. If you don't personally miss it, that's great for you, just don't rubbish anyone else for expressing their opinion. And the iPhone should, in my opinion, have this feature - it's a shame it doesn't
The attached file is a snapshot from the Nokia N95 guide, published here:
http://www.nokia.co.uk/A4388425
Sort of irrefutable proof that yes, the alarm will still sound when a Nokia is turned off.
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Well spoken that man - I agree wholeheartedly. All my previous phones that I have owned in the last decade have had this functionality.
While I wouldn't use it, as I keep my phone on at night anyway incase anyone I know needs me in an emergency, the fact remains that its a basic function other phones have, which the iPhone does not.
Hmm. I use alarms all throughout the day, so you see where I'm coming from.
I thought that was normal, perhaps I'm in the minority there, though.
Which is why when the iPhone is switched to silent mode the alarm will still works (with sound). Maybe I just also don't understand why people don't charge their iPhone 3Gs nightly?
It won't work if you used the red slider to switched off.
If you have your iphone dock on a radio, make sure to undocked and just charged with the oem cable.
I was hearing a few songs last night and at loud volumes on my logitech radio and I shut the radio off, but my iphone was still docked. this morning the damn alarm sound thru the speakers of the logitech radio LOUD as hell.
If you have your iphone dock on a radio, make sure to undocked and just charged with the oem cable.
I was hearing a few songs last night and at loud volumes on my logitech radio and I shut the radio off, but my iphone was still docked. this morning the damn alarm sound thru the speakers of the logitech radio LOUD as hell.
Since the iPhone doesn't have a removable battery, it needs to have an off mode thats physically off. These other phones that let you use the alarm even when the phone is off, obviously the phone is not physically off, and its still using a small amount of power.
If you want your iPhones alarm to sound but not receive calls, wont putting it in airplane be the same thing?
If you want your iPhones alarm to sound but not receive calls, wont putting it in airplane be the same thing?
lol.. phone is turned off mechanically . haha how can alarm work ??
it still work on silent mode thou...
it still work on silent mode thou...
Looks like the best thing approaching a solution, albeit an unnecessarily convoluted process. Shame really, as it's much easier on other phones.
Thanks for the tip though, will try the flight mode.
I totally agree with you. I would LOVE to get the alarm application that requires you to solve a quick puzzle before turning it off. That would really wake me up! I've become best friends with the snooze button which is never good..haha
alarm on the iphone
so if I have my iphone in flight mode the alarm will still go off? i need to have my ph in some sort of off mode otherwise my emails keep me awake all night........help!!!!
so if I have my iphone in flight mode the alarm will still go off? i need to have my ph in some sort of off mode otherwise my emails keep me awake all night........help!!!!
Yes, if your phone is in airplane mode, your alarm will still work. If you wanted to be able to be called at night and not be in airplane mode, you could go into settings and put your mail's "fetch new data" to off and turn fetch to manual, and then turn it back to whatever you had it after you woke up.
The iPhone is never entirely powered off either. If it were, you would have to reset the clock every time you "power on" your phone. Think about it.
This is one of those things where Apple is selective about features and adjustments they include for the sake of keeping things simple.
The phone has three modes: on, sleep, off. Every function generally follows a consistent behavior based on which of the three modes the phone is in. Any time you start adding individual settings to alter this behavior, or you introduce more modes between on and off, you introduce the POTENTIAL for complication.
If want an alarm, you don't want phone calls or notifications, and you're worried about battery life, put it in airplane mode, go to the home screen to close out all apps, and put it in sleep mode. I doubt you'll find any noticable battery consumption during this time, and you won't be bothered by the outside world, because you've cut off the network connections.
I'm sure there are lots of things the iPhone doesn't do the same as a Blackberry, but in this instance there is a way to get the same functionality.
The phone has three modes: on, sleep, off. Every function generally follows a consistent behavior based on which of the three modes the phone is in. Any time you start adding individual settings to alter this behavior, or you introduce more modes between on and off, you introduce the POTENTIAL for complication.
If want an alarm, you don't want phone calls or notifications, and you're worried about battery life, put it in airplane mode, go to the home screen to close out all apps, and put it in sleep mode. I doubt you'll find any noticable battery consumption during this time, and you won't be bothered by the outside world, because you've cut off the network connections.
I'm sure there are lots of things the iPhone doesn't do the same as a Blackberry, but in this instance there is a way to get the same functionality.
My pager back in 1993 could do this. I used to use it all the time for an alarm but would switch off the power at night. Same with my Nokia and Motorola phones. iPhone is the first one I've had that couldn't do it. That being said, I never turn off my iPhone, not like my previous phones.