With my ios 10 update, my alarm works, but it won't play a song as my alarm any more?

[iMore Question]

When the alarm would go off before the update, a selected song would play. Now, it will not play the selected song as my alarm sound.

 

[Just_Me_D]

1. Initiate the native Clock app.
2. Select the alarm clock option.
3. Select "Edit"
4. Select the alarm time.
5. Select "Sound"
6. Scroll up and then select "Pick a song".

it should be self-explanatory from this point forward.

 

[gnosticaspirant]

I'm having the same issue and I know full well how to set a song as my alarm sound. Seems like another glitch in the Apple update matrix.

 

[gnosticaspirant]

I just restarted my phone and it now works. I read in another form that this might only last for a few days, we will see?

 

[sshock]

Re: With my ios 10 update, my alarm work but it won't play a song as my alarm any more?

I definitely just troubleshooted (troubleshot...? Troubleshot...ed..?) this problem, since I’m having it too; here’s what I did:
1. Deleted all my alarms (I have a sleeping disorder so I had 8 alarms set)
2. Created a single alarm to go off in a few minutes, with an alarm sound that came with the phone
3. The alarm went off and played the selected tone. Once that worked fine, I tried using an itunes song instead, doing the same process of setting the alarm a few minutes from said moment. It did not work. The alarm played that stupid default tone.
4. I realized I needed to update my phone. Maybe that would help? Did that.
5. Did steps 2 and 3 again upon restart, with no new success.

So in conclusion, the alarms I set just play the default tone, which I hate with a burning passion; I guess I’m calling it quits on iphone alarms until someone finds a solution :/

 

[Tartarus]

Happens to me too all the time.
Just make sure that you create a playlist with the songs for Alarm in it and download those songs for offline listening.

The alarm won’t sound the music if it isn’t stored locally on the iPhone.

 

[Schwa63]

Thank you!!

Happens to me too all the time.
Just make sure that you create a playlist with the songs for Alarm in it and download those songs for offline listening.

The alarm won’t sound the music if it isn’t stored locally on the iPhone.

 

[samimauldin]

Okay the same thing happened to me and i don’t know if it’s a glitch or something but i went to the song that i wanted on my music app and made sure it was downloaded into my library. not just added to it but downloaded and now it works.