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iPhone Alarm Bug Leads To Mass European Sleep-in
nk497 writes "A flaw in the alarm clock in iPhone 4s gave Europeans a bit of a lie-in this morning. While the Apple handsets automatically adjusted to daylight savings time, a bug in the alarm system meant many were woken up an hour later than they should have been, after clocks rolled back over the weekend. Annoyingly, Australia was hit by a similar problem last month, but Apple failed to fix the problem or even warn users. American Apple fans, consider yourselves warned. The iOS4 bug can apparently be avoided by using one-off alarms, rather than pre-set regular wake-up calls."
What a bunch of whiners. Apple tries to do something nice for you, give you a little more time in the morning, and this is how you thank them?
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I would have gotten a first post if it wouldn't be for those meddling kids at Apple!
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my girlfriends 3gs (running iOS 4.x) had the same bug this morning.
Fortunately, my $99 android phone woke us up at the right time
I am sure that Apple will fix it shortly, then patent alarm clock apps for mobile phones that adjust automatically for daylight savings.
If you and your girlfriend aren't careful, you'll get Baby 1.0. That'll wake you up very early, and without fail.
No, they're as safe as houses. They use the iPhone rhythm method app for contraception so what could possibly go wron.... oh wait.
If the battery had not died overnight.
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I use mine as an alarm clock. A few weeks ago my brother was asleep on the couch and I couldn't wake him up by calling his name, or poking him in the face, so I set the alarm on my iPhone and it woke him up.
Screw the android... I wanna know how he got a girlfriend...
Alarm clock? I haven't needed an alarm clock for almost 4 years.
I'm sure it's merely a coincidence that my eldest child is almost 4 years old now.
There's no alarm off switch
Oh come on, don't you have a soldering iron and a disregard for warranties?
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
"I wonder why the iPhone bug went the other way?"
Apple - Think different.
I'm starting to think it would be easier to keep track of when Europe is NOT on holiday, rather then when they ARE.
"yes we have 7 fixed working days every year, and 3 floating work days."
Why am I picturing some crazy Rube Goldberg device which hangs a snow collection device out the window that sinks down as it fills with snow and then sets some crazy machine motion that turns on your alarm clock? ;-)
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
My Windows Mobile (6.5) phone alarm didn't go off at all.
Screw the android... I wanna know how he got a girlfriend...
There's an app for that.