Do not disturb mode

I worked it out! My phone was doing the exact same thing but go on Focus - Do Not Disturb - Allowed Notifications People (mine was set to none but when I clicked it, it said Also Allow - calls from favourites and allow repeated calls)

its so hidden but once I turned it off it worked after losing so many hours of sleep (and I’m a shift worker so that really annoys me)

Instructions are for iOS 16. There are variations for older versions.

Go to Settings/Focus/Do Not Disturb.

• Tap Set a Schedule
• Tap Add Schedule
• Enter the time on and time off, and days it should be used
• You can add more than one schedule, either for a different time range or time ranges that are different on different days
• Tap Allow Notifications
• Tap Allow Notifications From
• Do not select any people
• This essentially enables “Allow Notifications From NO ONE” because no one is listed
• Tap Apps
• Tap Allow Notifications From
• Do not add any apps
• Tap Allow Calls From and choose either a group of contacts or Favorites
• Put the people you want to be able to call you in Favorites (Settings/Phone)
• Turn off Allow Repeated Calls

If you don’t want all Favorites to be able to call you, go to the Contacts app, tap Lists, Add List, and add a list such as VIP. Go back to All Contacts. Tap on each contact you want to be able to call you and add it to VIP. Then go back to Focus/DND and choose VIP.

For earlier versions there is a VIP category already that you can choose for who can call you.

There are other parameters you can set also that you can explore when you have time.

Do not disturb > Allowed notifications > people > Also allow > calls from

Set ‘Allow Repeated Calls’ to OFF

And enjoy your silence :)

By what you describe, "Allow Repeated Calls" is what is troubling you. Turn off that feature and repeated calls will not ring through. They will also not cause you to wake up your phone, which will in turn stop subsequent calls from different numbers to ring through during your sleep timeout window.

To stop the second call from getting through:

Go to Settings > Focus > Do Not Disturb > People > Allow Calls From > Allowed people only

Set ‘Allow Repeated Calls’ to OFF

But I swear, every time Apple changes their OS, they mess around with Do Not Disturb / Focus. I wish they would just make a setting for: allow calls from Allowed People Only, all the time, 24/7/365, whether or not you are using your phone, PERIOD. They do not seem to have figured out that this is how people avoid spam, which is continuous, and if they miss a call, they'll call the person back.

Since I upgraded to iOS 16.1, my Do Not Disturb is not working right, either.

Hello there!

please make sure The contact that has contacted you and is active (Do Not disturb) has not been added to this list

and I ask you to update your phone to the latest version, iOS 15.3, may solve the problem for you.

Thank you for your reply.

I have seen you many people suffering from the same problem. I will contact technical support and tell them this. I want to ask you to update your device to the latest version, iOS 15.3, which may solve this problem. You can also take a look at this video:

How to use Focus on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch | Apple Support

How to use Focus on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch | Apple Support

I have recently trying to set my wife's phone up with Do Not Disturb and calls were still coming through. I discovered that in Do Not Disturb, even if you have no one in the allow list, by default it will still allow those in your favorites list to come through.

To stop those calls without messing up your favorites do this: Go to Settings\Focus\Do Not Disturb

click on People.

on the bottom half you will see

ALSO ALLOW

Calls From

click on that and change from Favorites to No One.

Hope that helps if this is still an issue for you or anyone else out there.

Karen_New_Orleans wrote:

But I swear, every time Apple changes their OS, they mess around with Do Not Disturb / Focus. I wish they would just make a setting for: allow calls from Allowed People Only, all the time, 24/7/365, whether or not you are using your phone, PERIOD. They do not seem to have figured out that this is how people avoid spam, which is continuous, and if they miss a call, they'll call the person back.

In DND, tap People, Allow Notifications From and add the people. Then in the dropdown choose “Allowed people only"

Plan B:

If you want to allow calls but not notifications, instead don’t list any people, just tap Allow Notifications from and list no one. Go to the Contacts app, tap Lists at the top, then Add List, and create a new list (I call it VIP). Now go back to All Contacts, tap on the contacts you want to be able to call you, and for each one tap Add to List and tap the VIP list.

Back in Do Not Disturb/People you can now choose the VIP list for Allow Calls From.

The evolution of DND started 2 versions ago. It was very basic, and a lot of people complained that it wouldn’t do what they specifically wanted it to do. So Apple added some features in iOS 15, but people still complained. So in iOS 16 it is now designed to do anything that you can possibly think of, including multiple schedules in a day, different schedules for different days, DND based on where you are (e.g. work, home, school, driving, eating meals), and you can even create your own. The trouble is for people who just want a simple Do Not Disturb that they can turn on or off there is no easy way to do it.

It works 100% check your focus settings ✌🏾

I had this problem. You can try to put it on driving mode, but the only drawback is that when you go to unlock your screen you have to take it out of driving mode and then put it back on. I have talked to customer support about this and how it is inconvenient. They suggested I submit my feedback to Apple at the website below.

Product Feedback - Apple

It’s not a software issue if your using the phone calls will come through and if they call twice in 2 minutes it will ring

Whatever2121 wrote:

It’s not a software issue if your using the phone calls will come through and if they call twice in 2 minutes it will ring

ONLY if you turn that function on.

I have found the fix…. This worked for me anyway.

a schedule MUST BE SET for this feature to work properly.

hope this helps

hello again!

The default Do Not Disturb settings on the iPhone might be the reason for getting calls despite enabling DND option. By default, iOS only silences incoming calls and messages when the iPhone is locked. That means if you are actively using the iPhone with DND enabled, you will get calls and messages from the users.