How to set the alarm clock on your iPhone 4

Ever wondered how to set the alarm clock on your iPhone? I got one at Christmas and spent ages browsing through the settings looking for the alarm setup.

It turns out that the clock's where the configuration settings are. On my iPhone the clock's inside the Utilities folder. 

iPhone Utilities Folder

Here's the alarm config screen - I've already added an alarm in this example, but you can add a new alarm by clicking the plus button on the top right hand side.

iPhone alarm config screen

Also, look along the bottom of the screenshot above - there are other cool gadgets like a stopwatch and timers. Never overboil an egg again!

Here's the Add Alarm screen - you can configure the time of the alarm, the ringtone to use and a bunch of other options. 

iPhone add alarm

When you click save, you'll move on to configure which days you want the alarm to work on. You need to click each day individually. 

alarm repeat settings

And that's it, you should have your alarms fully configured. The hardest part was finding where the clock programme was in the first place!

published by gerard on 24 January, 2011 - 21:29

Comments for How to set the alarm clock on your iPhone 4

By Anonymous (not verified) on 22 July, 2011 - 12:22

I mean this earnestly and humbly: is this tutorial at all necessary?

By gerard on 22 July, 2011 - 12:27

I also mean this earnestly and humbly - it took me forever to find this functionality on the iPhone, that's why I wrote this to help other people out. If you're coming to the iPhone from a conventional mobile, your first instinct is to look in the system settings or perhaps the calendar.

And if you look around the rest of this blog, you'll know I'm fairly tuned into tech stuff. That's why I haven't written a post on how to use the iPhone calculator (for example).

By Anonymous (not verified) on 19 September, 2011 - 04:44

thank you SO much!!

By Anonymous (not verified) on 22 September, 2011 - 14:55

I mean this earnestly and humbly, as a National Merit Scholar who had the highest SAT score in my HS graduating class:  it's VERY necessary.

 

I used to do iPhone tech support for AT&T, (more phone stuff than app stuff, but still), and I still needed this.

By Anonymous (not verified) on 23 July, 2011 - 05:58

Thank you! Didn't see it under Utilities when I first checked.

By Anonymous (not verified) on 27 July, 2011 - 06:13

Thanks. I couldn't find it.

By Anonymous (not verified) on 1 August, 2011 - 06:43

Thanks!! Been looking everywhere.

By Anonymous (not verified) on 10 August, 2011 - 01:09

I cant even find the utilities!!  but when I do - this post is very handy xx do you have to download the utilities? xx

By Anonymous (not verified) on 10 August, 2011 - 01:12

Sorry I have found the utilities now - thank you xx


 

By Anonymous (not verified) on 10 August, 2011 - 19:53

Thanks a million. I've been looking for this for weeks now! I got mine set but honestly forgot where... I knew I would get it on the inter web though.
cheers!

By Anonymous (not verified) on 15 August, 2011 - 11:39

Thank you so much, I started looking around and Im fairly techno savy but couldnt find the alarm clock so I googled it and followed your advice and yay Im set to get up in the morning =) have to say I am quite disappointed with the booklet that came with the phone not at all helpful so thanks!

By Anonymous (not verified) on 22 August, 2011 - 04:46

Thanks so much for this post. Could not figure it out without it!

By Anonymous (not verified) on 10 September, 2011 - 02:48

I remember that I set it once, but when I wanted to use it again, I really had a hard time to find it.  It's ironic that as a "Computer Science" graduate, I could not figure out this silly thing!  Go figure!

Apple did not have to change the convention as everyone knows this should have been a feature of calendars!!

So, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

By Anonymous (not verified) on 6 November, 2011 - 22:08

Thank u so much for a very necessary post! I have spent hours on this iPhone trying to figure out how to set what should be a very easy feature.. Coming from other "smart" phones I had no idea how to use what should be a very easy feature. Thank you again.

By Anonymous (not verified) on 16 November, 2011 - 10:04

I already found how to do it but only after viewing all the other dumb procedures that 'expected' me to have the clock icon on the front page. Your instructions are great. I wish I'd found yours first.

By Anonymous (not verified) on 24 November, 2011 - 11:29

hey.

I Have a Samsung Galaxy S II. one od my friends has a Iphone 4. she has somehow set an external alarm clock on my phone, so it sets of at 6 a clock in the morning. I was wondering is some one knew how she did this and if it is possible to turn it of, or if i can set an alarm in on her mobil, externaly?

I know this is a page for Iphone, but I am desperat.

By Anonymous (not verified) on 25 November, 2011 - 08:55

Awesome post! Thanks so much, I have been looking for this function way too long! Ty

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