Alarm silent, even when not in silent mode The alarm on my Samsung Note 3 makes no sound. Things that I've tried to resolve the issue:


Ensure that the phone is not in silent mode.
Ensure that bluetooth is not enabled, so the sound does not go to i.e. a headset.
Ensure that all the volume sliders are up (Ring, Media, Messages, System).
No task killer apps in use.
The alarm's volume is set as high as possible and the Alarm Type is "sound".
The alarm's sound is the default Samsung alarm sound Morning Flower.
No location-, time-, or event- based applications such as Tasker, Llama, or IFTTT are installed.
The setting Settings &gt; Accessibility &gt; Turn off all sounds is not set. In fact, other sounds (such as ringing) function as expected.


I see that the alarm 'goes off' in the sense that the screen shows an alarm event occurring which I can either close or put to sleep. However, no sound is produced. What else should I check? The phone is running the stock OS (Android KitKat 4.4.2) and is not rooted.

Additional informations as per the comments:


None of the alarm sounds play. I'm not sure where to find them outside the Alarm application. Additionally, custom sounds do not play either, even though I can play them outside the Alarm application.
The Lollipop update has issues that I do not want to deal with, thus I intend on staying with 4.4 until the unrelated Lollipop issues are dealt with in a future 5.x update.
I know of no special circumstances during which the alarm will sound. It hasn't made a peep in the few weeks that I've been trying to use it. I know that it did work when the phone was new (one year ago) but until recently I had no need to use the Alarm so I haven't used it in some time.
I have tweaked just about every combination of variables, and nothing makes the alarm sound properly. However, the preview sound does play when selecting the alarm sound.
I have not tried any other alarm apps. I do not install many applications on this device, and I will not go installing and uninstalling applications precariously, rather, I prefer to fix what is already installed on the device.
When pressing the Volume Up key, the Alarm seems to stop. It is the same effect as selecting the end alarm function
I have cleared the data from the Clock app. This removed all current alarms, and the new alarm rings! Please make this comment an answer so that I could accept it.
This answer is credited to user abhioxic, who came up with the solution in a comment.

Clearing the cache and data from the Clock app resolved the issue. After clearing the cache and data, the old alarms were removed (data loss) but new alarms ring properly.