Is there a quick and easy way to make my alarm clock vibrate only? Today I was in a meeting place and needed to set an alarm, but I didn't want to to disturb the people around me with any audible sounds.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
make alarm vibrate only?
- Thread starter heycal
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Glassed Silver
macrumors 68020
Just flick the silent switch.
I know from experience, I learned the hard way that an alarm at 6:00am won't do anything in regards to waking me up if the silent switch is still flicked, which happened from time to time. All you need is forgetting to put it back to "sounds on".
PS: It'd be nice if Apple allowed us to have some alarms marked as "important" or something so that they ignore the silent switch.
Anything to make iOS a rock solid alarm clock.
Glassed Silver:mac
powerstrokin
macrumors 6502a
Unless I'm misunderstanding something- flipping the switch to vibrate does not silence the alarms. At least it never has for me. Vibrate mode and/or Do Not Disturb mode don't silence the alarm, which they shouldn't.
Glassed Silver
macrumors 68020
wgr73
macrumors 6502a
Glassed Silver
macrumors 68020
I got his message, it's just not the case on my devices. That's all.
Why? I don't know, it's all I know.
Glassed Silver:mac
edit - actually you don't need to do any of that. Just go into the alarm, set it , then choose sound, scroll to the bottom , choose none
then the only way is to download a silent ring tone and set that in the same way you set none.
you'll need a computer and iTunes to put it on your iPhone or buy one from the ituens store
http://davidmeharey.com/ringtones/SilentRing.m4r
http://davidmeharey.com/blog/blocking-calls-on-iphone-silent-ringtone-method/
powerstrokin
macrumors 6502a
Here's an idea- just set a reminder for whatever time instead of using the actual alarm. Put phone on vibrate. I think that should do what you want.