Hello,
I think the Emergency Bypass is a great Feature, but why it disable the Silent Button?
If i go into a meeting i will use the Silent Button - But if a Contac Call with active Emergency Bypass my iPhone rings...in the Description stand it disable only the Do not Disturb Feature witch is active from 11pm to 7am
Is there a Bug?
Kind regards
Stefano
iPhone 7, iOS 10.2.1
Hi,
First off: Emergency Bypass goes through both Do Not Disturb mode and your phone’s silent switch, so you’ll only want to use this for potential big deal emergencies. You can also set it up for the phone ringtone or text messaging exclusively, which is handy if you have someone who only calls when its an emergency. Here’s how to set it up:
Now, calls or texts (or both) will get through from that contact no matter what.
Hi,
First off: Emergency Bypass goes through both Do Not Disturb mode and your phone’s silent switch, so you’ll only want to use this for potential big deal emergencies. You can also set it up for the phone ringtone or text messaging exclusively, which is handy if you have someone who only calls when its an emergency. Here’s how to set it up:
Now, calls or texts (or both) will get through from that contact no matter what.
Doesn't help if I want text notifications to come in as well. I have to agree that the silent switch should override all notification sounds...or instead of emergency bypass (which specifically says "Emergency Bypass allows sounds and vibrations from this person even when Do Not Disturb is on"), Do Not Disturb should have the option to allow texts from favorites as well...much more practical.
I think there is a logic gap here. It makes no sense to have an "Emergency Feature" that bypasses Do Not Disturb, but then ALSO bypasses the silent button. It makes the feature useless. 99.9999% of all calls and texts from the "bypassed" people will be non-emergency. They are important enough, I want them to get through Do Not Disturb--for both calls and texts (to be honest, that is the only place the original "Favorites" bypass fails--we live in a world now where texts prevail over calls, so make them equal here--and problem fixed).
But at a 2pm meeting, when I am awake, and Do Not Disturb is not on, but my phone is on silence so it vibrates only, I don't want their calls and/or texts blaring through at full volume.
MY preference would be for emergency bypass to bypass only Do Not Disturb, and not the silence switch. Or give me a choice?! But at minimum, it should be fixed to ONLY bypass when Do Not Disturb is on. And not always.
So in that case what you want to do is not use the emergency bypass feature but rather add your family members to your favorite contacts and set Do Not Disturb to allow calls from favorites.
Because people forget to switch their ringer back on and this is an emergency function. If it could activate the tone regardless of the volume setting it'd be even more useful.
Thanks for your Answser,
But why i goes through the Silent Switch, it makes no Sense, when i set my iPhone in the Silent Mode.
It's a planned decision to set in the Silent Mode, when i go into a Meeting.
Do not Disturb it's a Automatic Rule based on Time
I set up Emergency Bypass for my Family in Case of an Emergency (at Night) with Do not Disturb Feature (Planed) is active that my iPhone rings, not in my Business Meetings (Daytimes)
Favorite Contacts are they Contacts they are called often.
It's a only a little part of my Family & Friends, maybe it's a fault use of me.
But i think there potential for improvement!
No favorite contacts are not frequently called contacts, see http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-List-of-Favorite-Contacts-on-an-iPhone
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