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iOS 6's 'Do Not Disturb' Not Shutting Off Automatically on New Year's Day
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Turned it off just fine yesterday and re-enabled it, so it seemed ok. This morning, I will not re-enable without it being stuck on. Well, there goes my most-used feature (and the only appealing feature) of iOS 6.
Magic and revolutionary.
Great concept for decades.
If something doesn't work. Switch it off. Fix it and try again.
That's how things evolve.
Try it. Works for anything, not just Apple products!
Really did not pay attention to my phone yesterday, but today, it's stuck in DND mode, 3 hours after it is suppose to turn off by itself.
Yes, I can turn it off Manually, but why should I, the timer said it will do it for me. I missed two important calls already this morning because of it. But, I am sure someone will blame ME for this bug becuase I should have been using something other than the "NEXT BEST THING" for IMPORTANT calls/text's etc.
Yes, I can turn it off Manually, but why should I, the timer said it will do it for me. I missed two important calls already this morning because of it. But, I am sure someone will blame ME for this bug becuase I should have been using something other than the "NEXT BEST THING" for IMPORTANT calls/text's etc.
It was ok yesterday but this morning, my phone (5) and my wife's phone (4S) did not come out of DND mode. We had to turn it off manually.
+1 for the DND issue
Unfortunately, I couldn't really see straight yesterday to notice if this feature was working or not; however, with the fog of New Year's Eve lifted, I'm most definitely experiencing the issue. I called into support, and after trying a few things -- including - "reset all settings" -- the problem is still there, they wanted me to do a full restore as "that usually will clear up just about any problem"
I'd been browsing this thread during the entirety of my call -- so I've opted to not do a restore at this time & just see how things play out. It was clear that the rep. I had on the phone hadn't heard anything about this & she seemed somewhat surprised when I mentioned that I was browsing this thread & clearly was not alone.
Brent
Unfortunately, I couldn't really see straight yesterday to notice if this feature was working or not; however, with the fog of New Year's Eve lifted, I'm most definitely experiencing the issue. I called into support, and after trying a few things -- including - "reset all settings" -- the problem is still there, they wanted me to do a full restore as "that usually will clear up just about any problem"
I'd been browsing this thread during the entirety of my call -- so I've opted to not do a restore at this time & just see how things play out. It was clear that the rep. I had on the phone hadn't heard anything about this & she seemed somewhat surprised when I mentioned that I was browsing this thread & clearly was not alone.
Brent
So I had issues with my Do Not Disturb on the 1st, I am also having issues today. Last night it didn't turn on automatically and this morning it didn't turn off automatically.
Really hope this gets fixed soon.
Really hope this gets fixed soon.
+1
I am in the same situation. Everything was fine yesterday Jan 1.... But today it is stuck on. Hopefully they patch this bug soon! Love the feature and use it but no longer.....
I am in the same situation. Everything was fine yesterday Jan 1.... But today it is stuck on. Hopefully they patch this bug soon! Love the feature and use it but no longer.....
I'm not sure there's any hysteria, but try rephrasing the problem and you can see why its comment-worthy. People who used scheduled DND may find their phones don't ring or announce sms messages until Sunday. Phones won't ring, until Sunday. That's actually a big deal.
Most people though are commenting because Apple need a kick in the ass. How can you trust a smartphone that doesn't know what time it is?
By the way, recently I had automatic time zones turned on on my phone, so after travelling, naturally my phone was unable to tell me the correct time for three weeks. Apple need to get some new programmers.
Good work finding that!
If only Apple could find it and FIX it.
I'm one of those folks who was good yesterday, but not today.
I didn't know it until I realized things were strangley quiet.
This is true. But besides iMessage outages, this issue does appear to be the most widespread across iDevices.
Yes no doubt many would have missed seeing the moon icon after waking up from NYE partying. But would people be that blind to not see the icon for the entire week assuming that this issue does indeed resolve itself on Jan 7?
I only noticed it today because I was looking for it. I'm not registered blind, or stupid. I use the screen on my phone mostly in the evening, when DND is likely active, so seeing that moon icon is so common its lost all significance. I can easily imagine not recognising a problem for a couple of days more.
Honestly, you can accuse me of being a fangirl, but with Apple having an issue with some bug every New Year, there is no excuse for them. You'd think they would be more careful with their time features to make sure they support the changing of a year, especially when they have had a history of making a mistake with it. I would think it would get embarrassing at the least.
Luckily for me, this is the first time I've encountered a New Year's bug, but I know that it seems every year I read about one.
Luckily for me, this is the first time I've encountered a New Year's bug, but I know that it seems every year I read about one.
We've been complaining to Apple about the wifi sync bug since iOS 6 don't don't hold you breath this will be fixed anytime soon.
This happened to me yesterday since I enabled the 'Do Not Disturb' feature last night before I went to bed. In the settings app, I just slid the slider to 'off.' However, my phone says 'Do Not Disurb' will be enabled again at 11:30pm tonight (I have I set to go on at 11:30pm and off at 6:30am).
On the previous screen turn Do Not Disturb off!
January 1 seems to be Apples worst day.
It's not just January 1. It still doesn't work, regardless of what time range I set up. I've tried 11pm-7am, 1am-5am, it doesn't matter how I schedule it, it's stuck in DND permanently. The only cure is to turn DND off. I'm in San Jose, CA on AT&T, if that makes any difference.
The sad thing is that it would be easy for Apple to test these things. They have the ability to simulate any time. At the minimum they should have tested January 1st in different time zones, and daylight saving times around the globe.
The sad thing is that it would be easy for Apple to test these things. They have the ability to simulate any time. At the minimum they should have tested January 1st in different time zones, and daylight saving times around the globe.
That really sucks. I'm glad I don't have this problem on any of my devices - I like the feature. Hope it gets fixed soon for everyone else.
That's why we activate "repeated calls" or "allow calls from"
i was referring to the device being actually off.
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