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A simple solution for me would be if my phone allowed me to send all calls that are not in my contacts list to voicemail directly, without ringing the phone at
by wilkystyle 8y ago
A simple solution for me would be if my phone allowed me to send all calls that are not in my contacts list to voicemail directly, without ringing the phone at all. Seems like very easy functionality to implement, and yet it's just not possible at all (at least not on iOS).
- christophilus 8y agoI just leave my phone on silent and listen to my voicemail once a day. Works great. Friends and family know to text me if they need a quick response.
- wilkystyle 8y agoThat's fine, and I do the same thing for the most part, but I don't want the call interrupting my music or popping up an "incoming call" screen over top of what I'm doing at the moment.
- elahd 8y agoThis is doable on iOS. Settings > Do Not Disturb with the following settings: - Do Not Disturb: On - Scheduled: Off - Silence: Always - Allow Calls From: All Contacts You'd lose the ability to use Do Not Disturb to silence your phone, say, overnight, but this would do what you're describing. Personally, I've opted in to T-Mobile's spam block feature. I don't get any robocalls.
- NickBusey 8y agoThanks for this, just set this up.
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- wilkystyle 8y agoYes, but this also silences your notifications...
- elahd 8y agoTrue. This can by bypassed one contact at a time by editing the contact's text tone. The text tone edit screen has an "Emergency Contact" switch that overrides DND for that contact. AFAIK there's no way to turn on app notifications. This setup definitely isn't ideal. Just want to share the approach for people who find the tradeoffs acceptable.
- wilkystyle 8y agoFWIW, I tried your exact configuration (but added "Repeat Calls: No") and it's been really useful. I think it's actually worth the trade-off for me. Thanks for sharing! :)
- toasterlovin 8y agoMight be a good thing...
- Casseres 8y agoThis is also simple to do with Android: Settings - Sound - Do not disturb To activate, once the ringer is set to silent, hold down the volume down button.
- wilkystyle 8y agoDoes this also prevent you from receiving non-phone related notifications like it does on iOS? I have banner notifications turned off for almost all of my apps, but for the few which I have still allowed it, I would still like to be alerted by those notifications.
- Casseres 8y agoNo idea. I don't use any apps that push notifications.
- actsasbuffoon 8y agoThere are iOS apps like RoboKiller that provide similar functionality.