Ring on Mute from selected callers?

[anfield11]

I searched the forums honest!! Can some kind soul tell me how to make my phone ring when on mute from just particular people. Needed in case of emergency and being called during the night.

 

[jetsam]

Assuming they are already contacts:

Open the contact for a person who you want to ring your phone regardless
Select "Edit"
Select "Ringtone"
Turn "Emergency Bypass" ON

The phone will ring for this contact even if your phone is muted from the Mute switch, or "Do Not Disturb" is enabled.

 

[anfield11]

Thank you Jetsam
[doublepost=1505173721][/doublepost]Oddly tried that on two iPhones and while it showed next to the ring tone it didn't ring when we called the phone

 

[jetsam]

Don't know what to tell you - it works for me.

It also works for this person, who wanted to know why their phone still rang, even when their mute switch was set to mute:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ringer-sounds-even-when-phone-is-on-silent.2033032/