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Okay, I am looking at the "Do Not Disturb" screen on my iPhone 6 Running iOS 11.2. What is the difference between disabling "Do Not Disturb" and the "Silence" option on the same screen? They seem to be synonymous.
iPhone 6, iOS 8.4, Talking to Siri via "Dashboard"
Ring/Silent: (mechanical switch)
Use to mute sounds and alerts on your iPhone. If the switch shows orange, it means your iPhone is in silent mode and will vibrate for incoming calls or alerts. When in silent mode, the alarms you set in the Clock app will still sound, and calls from Favorite contacts will still ring. You can't schedule "mute" operations.
Do not Disturb (software feature):
Use Do Not Disturb on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
Regards
Giulio
Ring/Silent: (mechanical switch)
Use to mute sounds and alerts on your iPhone. If the switch shows orange, it means your iPhone is in silent mode and will vibrate for incoming calls or alerts. When in silent mode, the alarms you set in the Clock app will still sound, and calls from Favorite contacts will still ring. You can't schedule "mute" operations.
Do not Disturb (software feature):
Use Do Not Disturb on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
Regards
Giulio
The wording is poor. The silence option does nothing if DND is off. If DND is on, the silence option modifies it.
Keep DND off and set silence to always. You’ll find that the iPhone works normally.
You're quite welcome.
iPhone "Do Not Disturb" versus "Silence"
