Has anyone else had to clear off the explanatory notification about Do Not Disturb notifications from the lock screen several times an hour after upgrading to ios 12?
Any thoughts on how to keep it from coming back?
iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 12
With IOS 12.1, there are 2 methods to remove the DND notice from the lock screen:
Method 1:
Tap or press on DND notice until it turns white, then tap on the X.
Method 2:
Swipe the DND notice to the left, then tap on Clear.
The notice will not appear again as long as DND remains continuously ON.
However with each method, the notice will return if DND is turned OFF and then turned ON again.
I'm in the same situation as poster MacTavish. I use a custom lock screen showing my contact info in case the phone is lost. The DND notice covers up my contact info.
The methods above work well for me because I keep DND on almost continuously to avoid spam calls. In the DND settings under Allow Calls From, I specify All Contacts. This allows calls to ring from anyone in my Contacts, but all other calls go to voicemail. I only turn DND off if I'm expecting a call from someone not in my Contacts, which rarely happens.
With IOS 12.1, there are 2 methods to remove the DND notice from the lock screen:
Method 1:
Tap or press on DND notice until it turns white, then tap on the X.
Method 2:
Swipe the DND notice to the left, then tap on Clear.
The notice will not appear again as long as DND remains continuously ON.
However with each method, the notice will return if DND is turned OFF and then turned ON again.
I'm in the same situation as poster MacTavish. I use a custom lock screen showing my contact info in case the phone is lost. The DND notice covers up my contact info.
The methods above work well for me because I keep DND on almost continuously to avoid spam calls. In the DND settings under Allow Calls From, I specify All Contacts. This allows calls to ring from anyone in my Contacts, but all other calls go to voicemail. I only turn DND off if I'm expecting a call from someone not in my Contacts, which rarely happens.
That notification is SO ANNOYING. I already know how the "Do not disturb" mode works. I don't need a notification remembering me of that EVERY SINGLE DAY. Plus, I already have the icon at the top of the screen, so I already know it's on. iOS should have AT LEAST an option to deactivate that.
Apple isn't reading here. If you want them to know that's what you'd like to see, use the feedback page:
I have Do Not Disturb continually scheduled to be on at night. I never turn it on or off. But each night when the scheduled time arrives, the notification comes back on. To me it is annoying because I have had it permanently scheduled for years so I don’t need or want a notification. Apple needs to add DND toggle to notifications so that people who want the notification, or don’t care, can leave it on and those who don’t want it can disable it.
Same here, I do not DND mode is not and I don't wanna see that notification blocking my lock screen!
So tell Apple:
The notification is "DO NOT DISTURB
Calls and notifications will be silenced until Do Not Disturb is turned off."
It would great if Apple would allow us, some who paid 1,100 bucks for a phone, the option to disable this notification. It may be helpful to some but is extremely annoying to others.
That notification is SO ANNOYING. I already know how the "Do not disturb" mode works. I don't need a notification remembering me of that EVERY SINGLE DAY. Plus, I already have the icon at the top of the screen, so I already know it's on. iOS should have AT LEAST an option to deactivate that.
To the contrary. I find it incredibly useful. I know how Do not disturb mode works. I don't always remember the start and end time I have set, however. A few months ago I was waiting for an important phone call. The reminder would have helped to remind me to disable DND while I was waiting. Instead I missed the call, which led to the better part of the day catching up and apologizing. It doesn't bother me in the slightest to have a reminder at the top of my notification screen, even though I ignore it 99.9% of the time. The once in a blue moon that it is useful makes it worthwhile to it's taking up a couple of lines on the Notification screen. I ignore lots of notifications, but I still want the option of ignoring them.
To the contrary. I find it incredibly useful. I know how Do not disturb mode works. I don't always remember the start and end time I have set, however.
Until Apple makes it possible to set different schedules for different days of the week, it's very important to me. I have DND enabled from 9a-5p weekdays as in my current workplace, having one's phone go off it not considered polite. But, I often forget to disable it on the weekends.
To me, if you find it useful, no problem. Apple just needs to add DND to Notifications so it can be turned on or off at the discretion of the user. It can’t be too hard to add that feature because Apple does it for many other apps. Apple has many features that don’t allow a choice by the user. Are the programmers just thoughtless or does Apple think their way should be the only way? Either way, Apple products aren’t cheap. For the high prices, they need to be more considerate of their customers.
Apple has many features that don’t allow a choice by the user. Are the programmers just thoughtless or does Apple think their way should be the only way?
The latter. Apple has a very long history of giving the customer what Apple believes they should have rather than what the customer thinks they want.
Thanks so much for the clarification. It would be nice if Apple included Do Not Disturb in the Notifications section, allowing users like me who know the Do Not Disturb is always on to keep the window from popping up all the time. Unless there is another way (one that I'm unaware of) to filter out all incoming communications except for a select few you'd like to get through to you.
Thanks again.
Sorry Idris, but what you’re actually missing is that, whilst some people might accidentally turn on DND, there are plenty of us who don’t and deliberately have it on. And I would wager that the majority of the people on this thread complaining about this annoying new ’feature’ know whether or not DND is on or not. So explaining the ‘why’ isn’t actually helpful. All we‘re really looking for is information on whether this situation is customisable. The least Apple could’ve done is given us the option to switch the notification off permanently. And yes, I know how to leave product feedback.
That was actually the whole point being made. The answer ‘no, you can’t switch the notication off permanently’ was all we needed. I wasn’t ranting against the feature and have left feedback already thanks.
What I was here, on this technical support forum, addressing was the constant, superfluous ‘answers’ that always appear on threads like this with an unnecessarily supercilious tone. Like telling people who deliberately turn on a feature that the answer to an unnecessary reminder is to switch off the feature. Classic.
D_W_ wrote:
Sorry Idris, but what you’re actually missing is that, whilst some people might accidentally turn on DND, there are plenty of us who don’t and deliberately have it on.
I am one of those people who has DND scheduled to be on. And I know it's on. But, I also did years and years of tech and customer support for a major cellular carrier. I know how many people stood in front of me screaming (as if it were my fault) that they'd missed an important call because DND was on. At least one person found an explanation of why helpful. So, please, don't try to speak for everyone.
We've already told you it's not customizable. If you want Apple to know you want it to be a user configurable feature, tell Apple.
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