Alarm, does it ever shut off? - iPhone 3G

landmammal · 07-13-2007, 01:29 AM

It seems that the alarm will keep ringing indefinetley, or at least longer than I have been willing to test. Does it ever shut off?

If not, isn't this a major problem? If you setup your alarm and are not around, it will ring and vibrate for hours on end and drain the battery to zero?

ColsTiger · 07-13-2007, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by landmammal

It seems that the alarm will keep ringing indefinetley, or at least longer than I have been willing to test. Does it ever shut off?

If not, isn't this a major problem? If you setup your alarm and are not around, it will ring and vibrate for hours on end and drain the battery to zero?

That's the point of an alarm. If it quit ringing after a minute you might not ever wake up.

landmammal · 07-13-2007, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by ColsTiger

That's the point of an alarm. If it quit ringing after a minute you might not ever wake up.

I disagree. It should have a limit. What if you are not home and have a recurring alarm seutp? You want it to go on forever?

Kev1000000 · 07-13-2007, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by landmammal

I disagree. It should have a limit. What if you are not home and have a recurring alarm seutp? You want it to go on forever?

I completely agree. 1 Minute should be long enough. At most, 2 minutes. Please submit this to Apple through the feedback link. I will as well.

adseguy · 07-13-2007, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Kev1000000

I completely agree. 1 Minute should be long enough. At most, 2 minutes. Please submit this to Apple through the feedback link. I will as well.

HAHA, try more like 10 minutes. I might not be that case, but even 10 minutes is difficult for some

Kev1000000 · 07-13-2007, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by adseguy

HAHA, try more like 10 minutes. I might not be that case, but even 10 minutes is difficult for some

User-settable then? I really dont want my phone to vibrate for 10 minutes+ if I dont have it on me.

I use Alarms as alerts as well, not just for waking up.

landmammal · 07-13-2007, 01:57 AM

I think user configurable would be the best bet, with a reasonable default.

I am afraid to use this feature until this is in place. And I want to use it.

AllanGT · 07-13-2007, 02:08 AM

I agree with a user configuration. I dunno about everyone else, but there are some mornings when it takes me longer than 2 or 3 minutes to get up.

JnC · 07-13-2007, 02:13 AM

It's interesting that the alarm goes on forever, yet the meeting reminder only chirps once (or twice if you set the secondary reminder).

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