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Alarms Going Off Silently After Snooze

My alarms on iPhone 15 have been going off silently with no vibrations, usually after I snooze once or twice. I have several alarms set to wake me up in the morning, but after snoozing them (and once another alarm starts to go off) NONE of my alarms work anymore! They just go silent, and I can't even press my volume button to snooze it anymore- they just become frozen!


This happens DAILY, and my alarms will stack up and appear to be "shaking" on my lock screen as if they are still going off (but silently). This started happening about 3 years ago, and despite keeping my phone updated, it has never been resolved. As someone who is narcoleptic, I NEED to have multiple alarms and be able to snooze them until I'm conscious. I've tried deleting alarms and making new ones, and I've checked both sound and haptics AND do not disturb settings to attempt to fix it. PLEASE help- this has been detrimental to my work and personal life.

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Hi there


Please try this


  • Disable Attention Aware Features: Your iPhone's TrueDepth camera lowers or mutes alert sounds if it thinks you are looking at the screen.
    • Go to Settings > Face ID & Passcode (or Settings > Accessibility > Face ID & Attention) and toggle off Attention Aware Features. 
  • Lock Down Ringtone & Alert Volume:
    • Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics and drag the Ringtone and Alerts slider all the way up.
    • Toggle Change with Buttons to Off so you do not accidentally silence or lower your alarms with the physical side buttons. 
  • Check Sound Assignments:
    • Open the Clock app, edit your alarms, and make sure every single alarm has an actual sound selected instead of None. 


Thank you for the reply! I tried all of these things, and it still did not work. My alarms were actually silent sooner than usual. Please let me know if you or anyone else has any ideas- I really need help!