Re: setting an alternative alarm sound

[Vicky Collins]

If per chance Siri is being used to set the alarm, even if one has set their own default alarm sound, at least in my case, the alarm sound always goes back to a much softer sounding alarm when Siri is used. I found two ways to get around this. First, one can use Siri to set the alarm, after which they can then go into the clock/alarm settings and change the sound for that alarm to what they want and save the changes. Or second, the way I now prefer to do it, I set the alarm the way I like it and save the changes, then every time I want to set a new alarm/change the time for the alarm to go off, rather than creating a new alarm, I ask Siri to change my alarm, saying something like change my 8:30 PM alarm to 7:30 AM. One does, as I've learned, after changing the alarm, then need to double check to make sure the alarm is turned on, as I occasionally forget to ask Siri if I have any alarms so it will then tell me if any alarms are turned on and then wonder why it doesn't go off later. I do have an electric alarm clock as a back up, though, so it isn't a problem for me. Vicky Collins USA Sent from my iPhone On Feb 7, 2026, at 3:55 PM, 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: Assuming you are using the Clock app for your alarm, once I select a sound, whether it be a song, a ringtone, or alert tone, and save that alarm, the next time I hit add alarm, it defaults to whata I used last time. I am not sure why yours is not doing that. Richard, USA "While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." -- John Wesley My web site: https://www.turner42.com (sent from my iPhone 16 pro)  On Feb 7, 2026, at 12:36 PM, pau...@roadrunner.com wrote:  Hi all.  I can’t seem to get this right, so I’m coming back to you again.  I want to use a song in my library for my wake up sound  for all alarms.  When I tried setting the alarm sound it worked one time for my 7 AM alarm, but when I set an alarm for a different day to sound at 8 AM it was the same annoying default sound.  Is there a way I can get my chosen song to sound for all my alarms.  Sorry if this doesn’t make much sense.  God bless! Paula and the pups   -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list.   If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself.   Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com   The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/009601dc9871%245b47c9b0%2411d75d10%24%40roadrunner.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list.   If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself.   Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com   The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/9F766F2A-64D4-4267-90AA-44DBC33898BA%40comcast.net. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list.   If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself.   Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com   The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/0179108B-9FFF-49F3-B02D-9832EF89C99A%40gmail.com.