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Focus / Do Not Disturb - When I Leave this Location

I have used the Do Not Disturb - Until I Leave this Location for years with no issues. However, since receiving my iPhone 13 Pro Max with iOS 15, I have noticed that it no longer works correctly. When I use that setting on the new iPhone, it puts it into Do Not Disturb; however, it does not come out of that mode once you change locations requiring you to remove it manually. Very frustrating! I have verified all of the settings are correct and have power cycled the phone a few times with no resolution. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Posted on Sep 28, 2021 12:46 PM

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Raymac53

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Posted on Feb 22, 2022 8:33 AM

I was able to fix the DND (while at this location) on my iPhoneSE and IPhone 8.

I went to Settings, Privacy, Location Services, Share My Location, and changed My Location to THIS DEVICE. if you see anything except This Device, change it and this should resolve your issue

Otherwise my iPhone was using my Tablet or other phone on my account as the (My Location).

As soon as you leave the area a banner will appear telling you that DND has been turned off.

As information I do not use the passcode 2 factor authentication, which allows you to switch the share Focus with other devices.

My share is greyed out and is turned off, yet it still shares the DND settings.

Hope this works for everyone else. Good luck!

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RayNinu

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Nov 25, 2021 4:58 AM in response to RayNinu

Updated to 15.1.1, problem with DND Until Leave this Location on all iPhones and iPads still present. Never turns off after leaving area.

RWehmeyer Author

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Sep 29, 2021 1:04 PM in response to Sparks0829

Thank you for responding. I am not trying to setup a custom location-based Focus, but trying to use the default/preset one that is a native option in the phone. The Smart Activation button only appears when you are creating a custom Focus.

I get to the function I am referring to by doing this - In Control Center I long press the Focus button. The first option that appears is Do Not Disturb. Taping on the the three dots on the right side of that button brings up sub-options for Do Not Disturb. One of them is "Until I Leave this Location." This feature worked flawlessly before iPhone 13 and iOS 15.

Does this make sense?

Thanks, Rob

dondlab

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Dec 26, 2021 4:09 AM in response to RWehmeyer

Yes, yes, yes!!! I have the exact same issue. Why, oh why, would Apple screw with a very handy and, previously, reliable feature? They should have left DND alone and not incorporated it into “Focus”. Perhaps they could now “Focus” on fixing this problem. From all my online research I’m starting to believe that Apple intended for all of us to setup different Focus schemes for each and every notification instead of leaving well enough alone. As the guy currently in the White House likes to say - “Come on man?!” Apple, please start addressing the problem instead of referring to it as a non-issue.

RWehmeyer Author

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Sep 30, 2021 4:38 AM in response to Sparks0829

Yes, all of the appropriate settings are turned on.

Nov 4, 2021 2:40 PM in response to RWehmeyer

RWehmeyer,

It's a bug. I used it for years, and then it broke in ios 15. Naturally, they know nothing about it!

slgarm

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Nov 4, 2021 7:49 PM in response to menashe613

Yes, that is my experience as well. Disappointing.

Nov 4, 2021 8:07 PM in response to slgarm

And they DON'T care!

Nov 22, 2021 9:59 AM in response to RWehmeyer

I have this problem with my iphone 10/Apple Watch 4 since iOS 15. Most annoying.

Nov 25, 2021 7:19 AM in response to RayNinu

Haven’t received 15.1.1. Only 15.1

realdpk

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8 points

Dec 5, 2021 4:35 PM in response to Sparks0829

@Sparks0829 Can you confirm this is now a known issue or do you and Apple need more information from us?

Beto1294

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8 points

Dec 15, 2021 6:30 PM in response to RWehmeyer

Very frustrating bug and they just dont fix it. Same with the apple watch.

boenigk

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12 points

Jan 3, 2022 3:49 PM in response to dondlab

Ok, at least I'm not going insane. Reassuring in a way to see that this is an actual bug and not just something I'm doing wrong.

Raymac53

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Jan 18, 2022 3:02 PM in response to carolefromanthem

What release did you update to yesterday? 15.2.1 did not resolve the issue for me. Glad to hear your phone is working.

dondlab

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Jan 18, 2022 3:02 PM in response to carolefromanthem

Which software version did you upgrade to?

Jan 18, 2022 4:52 PM in response to carolefromanthem

I set it with my Apple Watch 4 with version 8.3 (19S55). Don’t know what those last digets mean but that’s what it says as Version.

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