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iOS has a feature where you can setup certain contacts to override your 'do not disturb' settings. Check that out.

• switch007 7y ago
  While that is certainly useful, what about local hospitals, police departments, when someone borrows someone else's phone you call you etc. IIRC iOS also has a feature which allows through someone who rings multiple times in quick-ish succession?
  • tomjen3 7y ago
    Android does, and I haven't had reason to disable it yet. Should that be necessary, people can leave a message. They might have to, even if they were whitelisted as I don't take my phone with me to the bathroom or to most meetings.
  • mindslight 7y ago
    If "something" happens, by the time the police are contacting you it's no longer an emergency. Responding to an ambiguous worry of an emergency that may never even occur during your lifetime by allowing yourself to be continually interrupted by spammers (traditional call-based and new app-based) is actually a decent illustration of the overarching societal problem.