Neil Hughes
Users who opt to update their iPhone overnight have discovered that doing so will turn off any alarms they may have set, potentially causing issues waking up the next morning.
Readers who reached out to AppleInsider indicated that last week's iOS 9.1 update has brought the issue to light. Overnight updates are available starting with iOS 9.0.
One reader, Gary, said he knows three people who used the new overnight update feature and slept in later than expected because their alarms were unexpectedly disabled.
Others have also taken to Twitter and elsewhere to express their frustration that alarms were disabled as part of the iOS overnight update process. The iOS 9.0.1 update issued last month did fix some issues associated with alarms, but did not address the overnight update bug that remains in iOS 9.1.
Apple has faced alarm clock and time-related bugs before, most notably in 2010 when an issue caused alarms to go off an hour late for users in Europe.
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Not related, but, while they're fine tuning, it'd be nice if they'd put back the ability to lock iPhone's orientation in landscape...wouldn't it?
Special request: make it so that Apple Watch can stay connected to iPhone while in Nightstand mode. I'd rather the Apple Watch Nightstand screen light up with notifications, than the iPhone constantly waking the display. I've also needed to set my alarm on my Apple Watch instead of my phone, since the alarms wont come through Apple Watch unless connected to iPhone while being worn.
Not related, but, while they're fine tuning, it'd be nice if they'd put back the ability to lock iPhone's orientation in landscape...wouldn't it?
Special request: make it so that Apple Watch can stay connected to iPhone while in Nightstand mode. I'd rather the Apple Watch Nightstand screen light up with notifications, than the iPhone constantly waking the display. I've also needed to set my alarm on my Apple Watch instead of my phone, since the alarms wont come through Apple Watch unless connected to iPhone while being worn.
Because Apple totally reads the AI comment section for ideas.
Try here next time: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
Oh boy .... Overnight-Update-Gate!
[quote name="Disturbia" url="/t/189758/bug-in-apples-overnight-ios-updates-turns-off-iphone-alarms#post_2796226"]Oh boy .... Overnight-Update-Gate! [RIGHT]:smokey: [/RIGHT] [/quote] Just wait until DST ends and people's calendar appointments are all wonky. Seems to happen every year.