Will my alarm go off if my phone is off? Detailed explanation

Last Updated on November 14, 2021 by Kennedy

Setting an alarm on a phone is very much helpful especially if you have an event to attend and which you need to be reminded of, in order not to forget and miss the event.

However, what of the case whereby you set an alarm on your mobile phone and you battery goes flat or probably you turned off your phone.

The question will be;

Will my alarm go off if my phone is off?

This is what we’re going to look at on this post, will an alarm go off or ring if i switch off my mobile phone or the battery goes flat.

Will my alarm go off if my phone is off?

In a smartphone, once the phone is off the alarm won’t go off or ring, while in a feature phone the alarm will go off even if the phone is turned off.

Yes, that is true. I’ve been using both the feature phone and the smartphone for years and I’m writing this post based on my experience with the two mobile phones we have in the market right now.

It is wrong to say no, or not possible to the question of will my alarm go off if my phone is off cause in a feature phone the alarm will definitely go off even if the battery is flat.

Honestly, I never knew this will be possible until I witnessed it on both my Nokia feature phone and Goinee feature. In this case, my phone battery was dead flat and went off on its own and to which I never bothered to charge the phone at that very moment.

To my greatest surprise, when the time reached for the alarm I set on the phone to ring or go off, the alarm began to ring and snooze.

Honestly, I was really surprised and confused at first, when I stopped the alarm or dismissed it, the phone was still off and couldn’t be powered on because the battery was flat. Irrespective of that, the alarm still went off and was indeed ringing until I turned it off.

If you ask me I can’t really figure out how a phone with a flat battery will still enable its alarm to go off and alert the user. And the truth is, this works on all feature phones notwithstanding the model or the brand.

The smartphone

Asking this question of will my alarm go off if my phone is off in relation to smartphones, the answer is no.

If I say no, I mean a very big no.

Once your smartphone is switched off, you have automatically stopped the alarm from ringing or going off. This is the same with your phone battery going flat, your phone alarm will not go off or ring notwithstanding the type or the smartphone brand you’re using.

Will my iphone alarm go off if phone is off

Definitely no. Once your iphone is off, the alarm will never go off unless the phone is powered on. This is also applies to android phones or any other smartphones.

On iphones, if the battery goes flat and the phone goes off, I’m sorry don’t expect to hear your alarm ring or go off cause it won until the phone is powered on.

For an iPhone alarm to go off, the phone must be on and not switched off. In the case where by your iphone is on silent mode, do not disturb mode, or in airplane mode, the alarm will still go off but sane is not applied whej the phone is turned off.

You can read more of the post from the links below;

• if you put your phone on airplane mode will your alarm still go off
• Will my alarm go off if my phone is on do not disturb
• Will my alarm go off if my phone is on silent

Does samsung alarm ring when phone is off?

No. Samsung phones does not ring the alarm if the phone is off, the alarm will only go off if the phone is powered on and same with any other Android phones.

I tested this using the  Samsung Galaxy s9 plus, the latest Samsung galaxy s21 ultra and the note 20 and the alarm didn’t go off as the phones were switched off. Even samsung confirmed it that their phone alarm won’t go off if the phone is turned off and this answers the question of will my alarm go off if my phone is off.

How to make alarm work when phone is off?

If you’re using a smartphone, there’s no way to make your phone alarm to work if the phone is turned off. This is applied to both iPhone and android phones, the alarm can only go work if the phone is turned on.

If the phone is a feature phone, you don’t need to bother yourself cause definitely the alarm will work even if the battery is flat or the phone is switched off.

If you’re looking for how to make alarm work when phone is off on a smartphone, I’m sorry that won’t happen or there’s no way to make it happen. This is why I do use my feature phone to set an alarm other than using my smartphone.

Now you have the answer to the question of will my alarm go off if my phone is off, you should know that you shouldn’t turn off your phone if you set up an alarm on your phone.

Remember, alarm can go off if your phone is on silent mode, do not disturb mode and on the airplane mode.

How do I turn off the alarm on my Samsung phone?

To turn off the alarm on Samsung phone is so easy without any bit of difficulty. All you need to do is to open the clock app on your Samsung phone and you will see all the alarms on your phone

To turn off the alarm, toggle off each of the alarm and it will turn black or Grey instead of the blue color which indicates on.

As you toggle off the button, the button will be black and it will display all alarms are off on your screen  implying that you have canceled or turned off all alarms on your smartphone. This is how to turn off or cancel alarm on samsung phone, and same with method with other Android phones.

This is where I draw the conclusion on the topic of today, will my alarm go off if my phone is off. If maybe you have a method to make the alarm go off if the phone is off, please don’t hesitate to drop your comment using the comment box.