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iPhone Alarm Bug Leads To Mass European Sleep-in

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yeah-it-was-my-phone dept.

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."

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  1. Sheesh by AdmiralXyz · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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    1. Re:Sheesh by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 5, Funny

      You know... that sounds awfully familiar...

      Are you saying that it's not, in fact, a bug?

      And that it could be, instead, a feature?

    2. Re:Sheesh by Stewie241 · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, rather that it's a problem that all cell phones have because of the nature of the technology.

    3. Re:Sheesh by Santzes · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe they're sleeping in wrong?

  2. Re:Not just iPhone 4s by Chrisq · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.