Some iPhone users are rebellious, rightly so. A new bug on Apple phones mysteriously delays their alarm, but there is a solution to avoid it.
Who has never been the victim of a big “alarm clock”? IPhone users would, because of a new bug identified on Apple smartphones, more able to miss their alarm clock to go to work at the moment. While the phone has become essential to get up in the morning, the slightest bad manipulation can indeed cost dearly in time.
On the Internet, many iPhone owners note that Apple phones refuse to ring their alarm at the right time, often even delaying the long -awaited ringtone a few hours. “Instead of 10:30 am, my alarm rang at 12:42 pm”wrote a surfer on a Reddit discussion salon Not much ago. “I literally bought a real awakening after missing an exam because of this stupid bug”answers another. This very problematic alarm delay would have arrived since the installation of iOS 18.2.1 in January 2025.
And nothing is going well for some members in Apple, which are many to have missed important events because of this bug on alarms. However, a simple solution can allow you to avoid this drama. Among all the complaints expressed at the Reddit discussion salon, a particular user seems to have given a convincing solution. In just three lines, the one who calls herself “Hairbowgirl” presented an apparently anecdotal remedy which, however, changes the life of Apple users.
“A friend of my brother who is software architect at Apple said that this bug usually arrived in standby mode, when the phone thinks that your face is within sight”, Written Hairbowgirl on Reddit. “Since my brother and I started putting our phone against the furniture, the alarms were perfectly reliable.”
Since the addition of Face ID feature on the iPhone X in 2017, any Apple user can unlock their phone with their face, thanks to a facial recognition system. An asset that turns into a real nightmare, since it can disrupt the proper functioning of your alarm device.
If you want to avoid being woken up for three hours too late, you are advised to put your phone in front of your bedside table, as recommended Hairbowgirl, or simply to deactivate the Face ID function in your settings. A drawback all the same: you will have to find something else to say the next time you will be late …