Actually, I also seem to remember that before iOS7 one used to be able to set a day of the week without having to use repeat but yes this does work. Also you can do repeat alarms with Siri such as: "I want to set an alarm for 9 AM every Saturday".
-- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this year; meet Immanuel (God with us), Jesus, the crucified Savior, Christ, the risen Lord. On Dec 18, 2013, at 1:47 PM, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote: > Open the clock app. Double-tap on the alarms tab to select it. All alarms > will be listed with their time, and on / off status. Double-tap on edit in > the upper left corner. Now, double-tap on the alarm to be modified. > Double-tap on repeat to enter the day selector. Double-tap on any day to > change its status. > > This has always been the case in the clock app for setting alarms. Just > because Siri cannot set an alarm for any day past tomorrow does not mean the > functionality is not there. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 19 Dec 2013, at 7:47, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks. I really thought I done this in iOS6, perhaps not with Siri but at >> least in the Clock app itself. I may be mistaken, though. >>> On Dec 18, 2013, at 1:38 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Somebody correct me if I am wrong, but I don't recall being able to set an >>> Alarm using SIRI for a date/time in the future before iOS 7, either. I seem >>> to remember that I tried this once and SIRI told me it couldn't be done and >>> to consider using a Reminder instead. >>> I find this not such a big deal, after all, mostly you either have a >>> recurring alarm if you get up at the same time each weekday, for example, or >>> if you need a special alarm then I find it to be fairly normal and intuitive >>> to set it the evening before. After all, before we had iPhones and used >>> regular alarm clocks this is what you would do. >>> >>> I just had a look and the only option for an alarm that is more than 1 day >>> ahead is to set a repeating alarm. For example, it's Wednesday now and if I >>> want to set an alarm for next Monday at 7 AM I could select 7 AM as the >>> time, then tap on "Repeat, Never" and select to repeat the alarm every >>> Monday. This would set a 7 AM for every Monday and I would just have to >>> delete or turn off that alarm if I only wanted it once. At best this would >>> allow you to set an alarm for up to 6 or 7 days in advance. >>> >>> If you were concerned you forget to set an alarm the evening before you >>> needed it you could always tell SIRI to remind you to set the alarm on a >>> specific day in the future, then when the reminder goes off the evening >>> before you just hold down the home key and say "Wake me up at 6 AM" and it's >>> done. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sieghard >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>> Of Alex Hall >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 10:25 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Setting alarms for future dates in iOS7 >>> >>> I have not seen that ability in iOS7. How might I change the date of an >>> alarm? Unless you are talking about a third-party app? Again, I know there >>> are plenty out there, I just would like to use the default one if I could >>> since I have had trouble in the past with alarm apps not always working. >>> Plus there's Siri, but for now that seems to not be an option. >>>> On Dec 18, 2013, at 7:21 AM, SSEric <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> You cannot do this with Siri, but you can go into the alarm app and check >>> up to seven days into the future when you might want an alarm. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Dec 18, 2013, at 5:51 AM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Are you talking about the native Clock app in IOS? If so, I agree I don't >>> see any way to do this. >>>> >>>> I never realized the native Clock app had this feature. If I were going to >>> schedule something for the future, I'd just use the Reminder app or place an >>> event on my calendar. This does sound like a nice feature, but I guess the >>> clock app is still as useful as the alarm clock next to my bed, where I >>> can't set an alarm for the future. If I need to set an alarm to wake up at a >>> different time, I just need to remember to set it the night before. >>>> >>>>> On 12/17/2013 10:37 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> In iOS7, I can't seem to set an alarm for even one day in the future. >>> What is the point of using the iPhone as an alarm clock if I can't tell it >>> to wake me up tomorrow morning, or on a date in the future I know I'll need >>> to be up early? I did this all the time in iOS6, but now I can't seem to. I >>> really hope I'm just missing something basic, but I have a bad feeling I'm >>> not. Of course there are third-party apps, but I miss being able to just >>> tell Siri to "wake me up tomorrow at 5" for instance. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Have a great day, >>>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Christopher (CJ) >>>> chaltain at Gmail >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>>> >>>> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. >>>> >>>> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>>> >>>> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >>> [email protected]. >>>> >>>> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >>> [email protected]. >>>> >>>> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving 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