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Q: Do Not Disturb can be dangerous

Several months ago on a Sunday morning, I set the Do Not Disturb function in my iP6 to 9-12am to keep the phone from ringing during the church service.  The time set funtion (ON/OFF) did not indicate weekday, weekend…, so I assumed it was a one time set that would expire after one use.

 

How wrong I was.  For the next several months I noticed a lot of “dropped” calls.  They would show up as missed calls with voicemails.  Some calls came though, some calls didn’t.  This phone is my only business phone as well as personal.

 

I thought it was my lousy ATT service.  After and hour on the phone with the Philipines, I was no further along.  Another hour with Apple support (they coulldn’t call me, I had to call them), I finally saw the DND setting was still active.

 

All that time, my phone was off from 9-12am every day.  Even through a reset.

 

How simple would it have been for Apple to make DND clear and easy to use?

 

1. set it once for a random meeting, movie, visit

2. set it for every Sunday 9-12, or any other regular meeting.

3. etc...

 

 

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11)

Posted on Jan 7, 2016 9:38 AM

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  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jan 9, 2016 4:28 PM in response to Cosman
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    Jan 9, 2016 4:28 PM in response to Cosman

    Cosman wrote:

     

    MY father died about 2am in a distant city. His doctor called me about 3am to tell me. I drove 5 hrs the next day to handle the situation.

    I suffered a stroke 19 days ago, don't tell me about situations regarding emergency use of an iPhone, I am current with that one thanks.

  • by ChrisJ4203,

    ChrisJ4203 ChrisJ4203 Jan 9, 2016 8:53 PM in response to ChrisJ4203
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    Jan 9, 2016 8:53 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

    And if family calls, they will get through. If someone else calls, if they repeat the call, it will get through. Besides, I take nighttime calls via my home phone anyway, but just to show you how it can work, I can receive calls on my iPhone. I'm retired, so I'm not concerned about business, but if I was a business owner, people would know how to contact me.

     

    Don't fret yourself about how people can contact me. I said, I understand how DND works, so I'm covered.

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