Clock

The Clock application lets you set an alarm. You can set Clock to wake you up at the same time wherever you are; for example, the recurring 7am alarm you set in San Francisco rings at 7am in New York. However, use Calendar to have your appointment times adjusted so that the notification for a 9am meeting in San Francisco will sound at midday when you're in New York (see Create an event).

Manage Clock

1Open Clock .

2Open the application menu and tap Preferences.

3Do any of the following:

•To set whether the alarm sounds when the ringer switch is off: Under Alarm Sound, tap Ringer Switch Off and then tap Mute to turn the sound off or Play Alarm to turn the sound on.

•To set whether an alarm gets louder as it rings: Next to Ascending volume, tap Yes/No.

•To set how long you can snooze after an alarm goes off: Tap Duration under Snooze and tap a time period.

•To change the clock display: Tap the current Theme. Then tap a theme.

TIP To change the time: See Date & Time.

Set an alarm

BEFORE YOU BEGIN Make sure ringtone volume is on and you can hear it, and make sure the preference to play the alarm even when the ringer switch is off is set to Play Alarm (see Manage Clock). That way you can sleep through the night without being disturbed by phone calls, but your alarm still wakes you up in the morning.

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1Open Clock .

2Tap the screen if is not visible.

3Tap , and then tap .

4Set the following options:

Alarm Preferences: Tap Off in the top right-hand corner to switch the alarm from Off to On. When the alarm is on, the alarm icon (a bell) appears in the bottom right-hand corner of the smartphone screen. Tap the icon to see alarm details.

Name: Enter a name for the alarm.

Occurs: Tap to select the alarm frequency.

Time: Tap to set hour, minute and AM/PM for the alarm.

Sound: Tap to open the list of ringtones, and then tap the name of a ringtone. Tap to preview it. If you have music on your smartphone, you can select a song as your alarm sound (see Select a song as a ringtone).

When an alarm sounds on your smartphone, tap Dismiss to stop it or Snooze to have it sound again. The default snooze duration is 10 minutes, but you can change this to 5 minutes or 20 minutes (see Manage Clock).

NOTE Alarms don't sound after you shut down your smartphone by pressing and holding power and tapping Power > Shut Down.

Cancel an alarm

When an alarm is cancelled, it remains in the Clock app, but it won't sound again until you turn it back on.

1Open Clock .

2Tap , and then tap On to switch the alarm from On to Off.