Do Not Disturb notification

What you're missing and what those of us who've been around long enough to have reached level 10 is that lots of people enable DND accidentally. Then they miss important calls or messages. Then they get really upset. Then, they come to these forums and rant.
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And what you're missing is that this is a technical support forum. We can't change the way it works. The question of whether it's customizable has already been answered.

In case it wasn't clear, the answer is no.

If that makes you unhappy, then send feedback to Apple. Ranting about it here isn't going to change anything.

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.

Product Feedback - Apple

I have the same problem. I use my phone to receive calls from my contacts only, I don’t need to see this banner at all and that is annoying only. I would like from Apple, to make an option for this irritating situation.

I would rather not see this DND warning constantly. It would be nice to be able to turn it off. I can understand warning the user once after he enables DND or even warning him each time he powers up. But having this warning on my screen as permanent clutter is not what I want.

Restarting my phone didn’t work. How do you actually fix this. I know my phone is in DND mode. I never turn it off. I cannot stand seeing that notification all the time, even after swiping it away minutes before. This needs a fix immediately.

Ha! You have more faith in Apple than me. I believe they’ve intentionally set this Do Not Disturb notification to not turn off to force people to use the fancy new and improved Do Not Disturb settings. It would be really nice if Apple fixed this issue. It’s so annoying.

What I would prefer is a more subtle indication that DND is on instead of a message stating that not only is DND on but the definition of what DND does...

Show the moon or an icon and a simple message stating that DND is on. That's it... KISS as the saying goes.

More useful to me would be a like notification option for the little ringer switch on the side of my iPhone which, even with a case, occasionally gets inadvertantly moved to the OFF position. My iPad is always in DND and I would like the ability to disable the notification.

What you're missing and seem to be missing deliberately is that some people know that it's on and want to have the option to disable the constant notification. Just because some less capable people need constant reminders does not mean that the rest of us should not have the option to toggle it off. Please don't repeat your same reply again. You seem to need the notification "do not keep saying what you have already said" pop up so you will get the message. 🙂

Yes I have that problem and I find it very annoying. It was just fine before. Also my emergency bypass does not work anymore. I have to have my phone on do not disturb almost constantly but I have certain people set up to reach me immediately with the emergency bypass placed on them and now it doesn’t work.

Yes!

Thank you so much for posting this.

I would love to see this feature integrated so I can clear the do not disturb notification permanently.

I too am a “Do Not Disturb On-all-the-time” person, so my experience would be really cool if this feature were enabled by the Apple iPhone team.

Thank you for posting it! :)

Let’s hope it happens !

GigMaster wrote:

For those of us who use DND, as our default state, this is much better.

Please don't presume to speak for everyone. I prefer the notice on the lock screen.

It would be better still if Apple would get rid of the notice all together, since the crescent already does the job much more elegantly. Poor design IMHO.

I've seen far fewer people complaining that they're not getting their phone calls or text notifications only to find out that they'd enabled DND by accident. So, I think it's a pretty good design.

MacTavish wrote:

First, my home screen has NO folders or files, they start on the 2nd screen, and therefore my custom wallpaper can be seen in FULL when the phone is locked.

The lock screen and home screen wallpaper are different functions. You can certainly have chosen the same picture for both. However, you don't have to have the first screen of your phone empty in order to see the picture on your lock screen.

You can submit all of your concerns to Apple as no one here can make any changes:

Product Feedback - Apple

You are correct, having no icons on the “homescreen”, only allows one to see whatever wallpaper chosen, without being blocked when phone is unlocked. Sorry I did not word that properly.

What I wrote about the lockscreen wallpaper custom text being blocked by the DND notification does however apply. I only contributed my story here as to why some might believe an OPTION to control the notification behavior would be welcome. Some may simply have DND “ON”, unlock their phone to quickly show a photo on their lock screen of “Fluffy” their cat, image obscured, opps, moment lost. I’m sure folks have their own personal reasons for disliking the current way the DND notification works. Thanks for the Apple feedback link, I’m well aware of it.