iPhone remains findable after power off

Re:iPhone remains findable after power off by irjustin on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @09:18PM (#28702139)

On a related, note Alarms still work even when the phone is "powered off".

I get it because it's saved me once or twice. Nothing serious just reminders for various things. Overall net helpful from my view.

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Re:iPhone remains findable after power off by Nition on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @09:27PM (#28702197)

Is that new in iOS 15? They never used to - it was something I missed when switching from the Nokia ecosystem (Symbian/Meego) to iOS. It's nice for turning your phone off at night but still using it as an alarm clock.

Edit: Just tested it. Sadly it still doesn't work. iOS 15 on an iPhone SE (2016).

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Re:iPhone remains findable after power off by sgerenser on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @10:54PM (#28702680)

Yeah I’d be really surprised if alarms worked while the phone is powered off.

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Re:iPhone remains findable after power off by sysihyk on Friday October 01, 2021 @10:26AM (#28718840)

It is Real Time Clock (RTC) chip just as found in ATX motherboards since like 1997, very primitive and low powered, so it can't spy on you, just provides autonomous time source. Power-on alarm(s) is RTC's feature as well, merely comparing preset alarm time register(s) with current time register.

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Re:iPhone remains findable after power off by wrycoder on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @11:16PM (#28702817)

Until the alarm on your “powered off” iOS 15 phone goes off in the middle of the chamber music concert.

I don’t understand why the “silent” switch doesn’t mean “completely silent”.

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Re:iPhone remains findable after power off by heavenlyblue on Thursday September 30, 2021 @07:14AM (#28705051)

Why would you set an alarm for the middle of chamber music concert?

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