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I stopped using phone completely, period, even for known numbers. It's in permanent silence, no vibration, no checking mode. It took some time for friends to le
by wetpaws 8y ago
I stopped using phone completely, period, even for known numbers. It's in permanent silence, no vibration, no checking mode. It took some time for friends to learn they have to use Skype or whatsapp to contact me, but after that I don't have to worry about spam and midnight calls anymore.
- ghaff 8y agoSo, you're basically not reachable in an emergency unless someone knows the special code to get hold of you? To say nothing of local service people etc. who you might have to deal with. I don't like junk calls either but cutting myself off from normal communication channels doesn't seem as if it would be very practical.
- wetpaws 8y agoPeople can use texts for emergency messages. If they want to voice call, this usually mean situation is not so urgent in a first place.
- UncleEntity 8y agoI think I'd take issue with a text "Umm, yeah, your mom died so call me". And, yes, I do in fact use punctuation on text messages...
- wetpaws 8y agoNo offence, but something is seriously wrong with your head
- JohnFen 8y agoI don't go as far as that commenter, but I'm very tempted. Nobody that I personally know calls me without texting first anyway (well, except for one rude guy), especially if it's an emergency.
- LinuxBender 8y agoI do something similar. My default ring tone and message tone is "silent". I then set ring/message tones for some people in my contacts. I've heard that some smart phones don't let people use my method any more. i.e. you can not set default tones to silent.
- anticensor 8y agoYou can set a zero-length sound file to combat.
- LinuxBender 8y agoOh, good point! I will tell my coworkers that are in that situation.