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For those not willing (like me) to take the plunge into the world of no phone or changing back to a plain old flip phone, try just using Airplane mode on a regu
by zupreme 11y ago
For those not willing (like me) to take the plunge into the world of no phone or changing back to a plain old flip phone, try just using Airplane mode on a regular basis.
I do this all the time when I want peace and/or focus and it does the trick for me. I still have the benefit of a phone nearby if I have a genuine need to make a call or to get some information, but I don't have the inbound calling or popups which come with having data enabled.
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- FreezerburnV 11y agoAfter reading an article on how multitasking kills your productivity/IQ, I decided to take a step that's similar: disable all my notifications. (I'm not sure how possible this is on Android, but on iOS it's relatively easy) The only things I have allowed to give me notifications anymore are: calendar, to do app, and the actual part of the phone that makes calls. This gives me similar to what you're saying: I have my phone available so that if something bad happens to my wife, I can react to that immediately, but otherwise it will remain silent so that I can deal with things in a more "pull" manner than having a million things "push" into my attention. (I also cleaned out most of my apps, because most stuff on iPhone is designed to take over your life and make you a zombie addict to them, and screw that)
- matwood 11y agoYou can turn on Do Not Disturb and setup people like your wife so her calls/texts always come through. I started doing this with my phone anytime I want some time to think without being bothered.
- FreezerburnV 11y agoI used to do this when sleeping. Now I've decided that I dislike getting any kind of notification unless it's objectively important. (thing I need to get done via to do app, phone call, though with the latter I can still get spam, but the rate at which those come through is low, so I still see them as important) And I can still turn on some notifications in some circumstances. For example, at a convention recently, I turned SMS and Facebook Messages back on so I could coordinate with people easier.
- noir_lord 11y agoOn android I encrypted my phone, set a pin and told it to disable all notifcations, it still rings but everything else is hidden that and airplane mode takes care of things disturbing me when I don't want to be.
- gknoy 11y agoThis might not disable all notifications, but for every app on my Android phone that I've wanted to block notifications, I can open the app settings (deep in some menu, or process manager, found via googling as I do it rarely) and disable notifications for just that app. It's on the same screen as doing a Force Stop, I believe.