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Waking up with the iPhone alarms

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clapperboy

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Does anyone rely on the iPhone alarm for waking up in the morning? Does it work well ie loud enough? Can you assign a ringtone or song instead of the build in sounds?

Sometimes when I'm on the road i rely on my cell phone to wake me up. It works great. Just checking on the iPhone 3G for this.
 
i use my iphone as an alarm, it never has failed me. i trust it enough and it does wake me up, becuase to shut the alarm/snooze off i have to actually unlock the phone while the alarm is on. that alone would wake me up.
 
I depend on mine every day. I use the Alarm sound which my wife hates; she thinks there's an air raid when it goes off.

It's only failed to go off once in almost 2 months. :confused:
 
clapperboy said:
Does anyone rely on the iPhone alarm for waking up in the morning? Does it work well ie loud enough? Can you assign a ringtone or song instead of the build in sounds?

Sometimes when I'm on the road i rely on my cell phone to wake me up. It works great. Just checking on the iPhone 3G for this.
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IMHO its plenty loud enough. BUT that depends on your environment and sleeping habits.

Yes, you can use customer ringtones/songs. If you choose the custom ringtone route you can adjust the volume louder if need be in iTunes.

I've used the iPhone as an alarm for a little over a year. no issues ever. always goes off.

Plus i like the fact i can program different times and tones for any day of the week and make them repeat.
 
Must the iPhone be on?

Seeking confirmation that the iPhone must remain powered on for the alarm to sound. Prior to acquiring the iPhone, I had relied on my handphones everyday for years as my sole alarm clock. I have the same practice with my iPhone. However, whereas my previous Nokias and Samsungs could automatically power-on at the appropriate time, I believe the alarm only goes off if the iPhone is switched on. There were a couple of days where I missed the alarm and assumed it was because it was switched off. Since then, I've left the iPhone on and switched on the airplane mode to avoid being disturbed by unwanted calls. Since we're all aware how battery life on this machine is precious, I would prefer to switch it off if possible.
 
sparkyms said:
The ALARM sound is brilliant, always gets me up. Highly recommended alarm.
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This.

I generally sleep through wars but something about the iPhone's alarm tone manages to wake me up. Make sure the speaker is pointed at your head though.
 
I had to buy a new Alarm clock after I realized that I could wake up, and turn my iPhone off all without thinking and going back to sleep :p
 
I really like the iPHone's alarm. It's nice to be able to set multiple alarms, etc. if you think that you might turn the first one off. I'm a light sleeper, however, and it's nice to wake up to the harps!
 
pseudo7 said:
This.

I generally sleep through wars but something about the iPhone's alarm tone manages to wake me up. Make sure the speaker is pointed at your head though.
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I use the actual 'Alarm Ringtone', and it gives me a heart attack every morning. Sounds like a blaring fire alarm. It's perfect.
 
i cant see why we're not able to set the alarm to play songs from the ipod part of the iphone, its really annoying ive got thousands of songs on there and can only use the 2 ive managed to convert into ringtones!! with the old style ipods we could have the alarm play playlists and everything!

Am i missing something or is this really not included?
 
I use my alarm on my iPhone every morning. It is nice because you can program it to go of at different times every day of the week.

Also even if the phone is on silent mode, the alarm will make noises. My previous phone would just vibrate alarm if it was on silent. But I would wake up to that anyway. I am a light sleeper.
 
the iPhone is my only alarm. i use a ringtone which is a song converted in iTunes. it is awesome.
 
I also give the iPhone alarm a thumbs up. However I like to wake up to the 'harp' melody. I have the digital clock application and turn that on when I go to bed. Battery problems are solved by sticking the phone in its dock so it's charging while i sleep.
 
icewing said:
I depend on mine every day. I use the Alarm sound which my wife hates; she thinks there's an air raid when it goes off.

It's only failed to go off once in almost 2 months. :confused:
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LOL, my girlfriend hates that one too!! It will definiteley wake you the hell up!!!
 
tinfai said:
Seeking confirmation that the iPhone must remain powered on for the alarm to sound.
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But your iPhone is still powered on unless you do a "Slide to Power off" shutdown, even if the display is dark (device locked) and the radios are in Airplane Mode. It's just in a lower power mode if the display is off and no application or radio services are running.

The alarm will still sound even if the display is off and the Clock app would not be the visible running app if the display were on (e.g. you could switch to another app and hit the lock button on top).


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I do use my iPhone as an alarm in the morning to wake me up.
As everyone else suggests, use the ringtone "Alarm" or some very heavy song. That should get you up in a matter of two seconds. :D
Marimba or Strum doesn't make me budge much out of bed.
 
I use it, i just hate how theres no fade in on it. I used my loud ass custom ringtone, and it sounded like someone put an airhorn right into my ear really fast.
 
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