Nice tutorial but to be clear this is NOT an ios 12 thing. Do not disturb has existed for a while
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How to Let a Contact Bypass iOS 12's Do Not Disturb Mode Without Adding Them to Your Favorites List
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Isn’t that effectively what “Allow Calls From: Favorites” does?
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Yes it’s a caveat, and the point of this feature. Hence the “Emergency” part of the name
This would've been useful for doctors, realtors, brokers, etc. I was expecting phone calls from.
Unfortunately that only works for calls but not messages which these days (and for quite some time now) have been fairly synonymous with calls for many.
When I learned this the hard way it actually was my stock broker who called me but I was in a meeting where even he was banned to call me. So, this feature is great, but only use it if you know that you never will forget to turn your phone off if you need it to absolutely not make any sound since the mute switch won’t do it.
This is great, thanks for sharing this info! I’ve been wanting to find a way for my wife’s text messages to ring while I’m asleep even when my phone was set to “do not disturb” and this advice allows me to set my iPhone to do just that.
Edit: just read comments and found out that adding emergency bypass overrides the side mute switch on the iPhone. Well that’s not too smart, Apple. You should make this an optional toggle in settings or something. I can’t have texts from my wife ringing while I’m at work and the side mute switch is activated. Apple, please add some settings toggles for this.
Edit: just read comments and found out that adding emergency bypass overrides the side mute switch on the iPhone. Well that’s not too smart, Apple. You should make this an optional toggle in settings or something. I can’t have texts from my wife ringing while I’m at work and the side mute switch is activated. Apple, please add some settings toggles for this.
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Ok, scratch realtors and brokers off the list then although they can go in the Favourites list. But if there's an update on my loved ones from a doctor, I want to hear abot it ASAP.
This drive me freaking nuts. If I put my phone on vibrate, WHY would I want to hear a ringtone, EVER? I work in a cubicle farm, and it's very annoying to receive a call from my wife and have it ring so everyone hears it, as opposed to just vibrating. Is there a way to avoid this and still allow the emergency bypass feature to work?
I guess that's the nature of "Emergency" in "Emergency Bypass".
The way to do it for calls is basically as described in the article using DND and the call options it provides.
Add her to your favourites list and allow contacts in your favourites list to bypass do not disturb mode which respects your mute button just allows calls to ring and/or vibrate in depending on your settings.
No, if you set the text ringtone to "Emergency Bypass", it will sound. But in regular DND options, you can only bypass for phone calls.
Hm. Well I tell people if it's an emergency, call me. Text message and iMessages are non urgent in my mind.
Yes, this is unfortunately true. I was hoping the switch would be more of a global silent, but oh well.