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Apple iPhone Alarm Flaw Ping!
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Posted on 11/02/2010 3:01:45 AM PDT by Swordmaker
A suspected ‘bug’ in the iPhone operating system has caused scores of people to be late for work this morning, after their iPhone alarms went off an hour later than intended.
A software bug with the iPhone 4 alarm app meant that scores of people were woken an hour later than intended this morning
Users of Apple’s iPhone 4 mobile phone could be forgiven for arriving late in to work this morning – an apparent bug in the phone’s software prevented the handset’s alarm function from working correctly.
Although the time on the iPhone 4 automatically updated when the clocks went back at the weekend, it seems the alarm function didn’t, resulting in scores of people being woken an hour later than they had intended today.
A similar bug affected iPhone 4 users in Australia and New Zealand when clocks switched from Daylight Saving Time last month. The glitch could strike again next week when the United States adjusts its clocks to mark the start of winter.
Apple has not officially commented on the issue, though the company did apparently pledge to roll out a software update when the bug struck in Australasia in October.
Scores of over-sleepers from across Europe took to Twitter to vent their frustration. “iPhone alarm bug made me wake up late,” tweeted Saghul. “Alarm issues this morning with an iOS 4.1 iPhone,” tweeted Conor Mulhern. “It went off exactly an hour late. Glad it may not have been just me.”
“iPhone alarm bug strikes! I thought it was just me but apparently the bug that caused my iPhone alarm to wake me an hour late hit everyone!,” tweeted Simon Moores.
iPhone 4 users can circumvent the alarm bug by deleting all alarms and creating new alarm alerts. Editing existing alarms will not resolve the problem.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Isn’t daylight savings next weekend?
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Yup!
Isn’t daylight savings next weekend?
Not in the UK is was this past weekend
Thank you and that is what I suspected.
I’m wondering why we recently changed it.
The micro managers decided it was healthier for us? lol I have no idea
The 2007 U.S. change was part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; previously, from 1987 through 2006, the start and end dates were the first Sunday in April and the last Sunday in October, and Congress retains the right to go back to the previous dates now that an energy-consumption study has been done.
EVO 4G BUMP
Er ... thanks.
My dad called me yesterday...one of his clocks had reset itself to “fall back” daylight savings time. He wanted to make sure he wasn’t going to be an hour late for church.
oops, meant Sunday morning he called
So that’s why I didn’t hear my alarm this morning. Fortunately I got out of bed on time anyhow, but it was a race.
Good to have this ahead of time.... for the U.S. anyway! :)
Hot damn! An excuse to sleep late!
Thank’s Steve!
>>>Isn’t daylight savings next weekend?
This weekend we revert to standard time from daylight saving time.
And anyone that relies on a cell phone for their primary means of an alarm to wake themselves on a daily basis is asking for trouble.
That was my first thought - how many people depend on an iPhone as a wakeup alarm? Maybe they were just holding it wrong in their sleep.
I use my iPhone for my wake-up alarm every day ... and have never had a problem with it. I put my iPhone in it’s charging stand, which has speakers attached, and it wakes me up with music every morning.
Of course, half the time I’m already awake when the thing goes off. My internal clock still works very well, indeed. AND, I have a dog who wants to go outside at 6 am on the DOT.
Sounds like you are overly alarmed. :-)
LOL!
With a whining Basset Hound, you BET! :)
Still, sometimes she doesn’t get up to go potty ... and sometimes my internal clock doesn’t function as well as I’d like. ON those occasions, the phone’s alarm has been a blessing.
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