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People call you at night?!

em-bee 4y ago
i have friends on different timezones, and they talk in groups that are important to me, so i don't want to silence these groups. it's far easier to silence the whole phone for the night. airplane mode is an easy way to achieve that.
- Jorengarenar 4y ago
  Perhaps, despite my age, I'm just an out-of-the-loop dinosaur, but I have no clue how does that work. Do phones nowadays have an option to dial multiple numbers to have a group phone call?
  - em-bee 4y ago
    text messaging in chat groups. they still beep when a message appears in a group or at least when someone replies to a message i sent or mentions me. i have most groups on silent by default but some groups are important so for those i keep notifications on. apart from that there are also voice group chats which on some apps start with a ring at least if i am explicitly invited. (though that usually doesn't happen when i am asleep)
    - Jorengarenar 4y ago
      Wouldn't simply muting the device be just as effective? (with the added bonus of being aware in the morning if somebody did actually try to reach out to you during the night)
      - lotsofpulp 4y ago
        You can even set the phone to automatically silence everything every night, but still let through phone calls from certain contacts in case of emergency.
      - watwut 4y ago
        Then you would be muting also alarms. You can configure complex setup and what not, with some sounds buzzing and some not, but people want one button solution and simplicity (for good reasons).
        Jorengarenar 4y ago
        Just checked and the alarm still ringed despite phone being muted; at least on my phone, alarms need to be muted explicitly.
SoftTalker 4y ago
Not so much calls but emails, text messages, amber alerts, local hysteria about the weather, etc. Yes I could probably figure out how to selective silence the alerts for these various thing based on time of day and type of message etc. but life is too short for that, I just want one easy way to shut everything up.
- Jorengarenar 4y ago
  I'm starting to think I'm in minority having Wi-Fi, data, Bluetooth, NFC, GPS et cetera turned off while not actively using them...
  - SoftTalker 4y ago
    I have Bluetooth and Location turned off unless I'm using them.
- bombcar 4y ago
  I have do not disturb setup for nighttime hours - if I’m using the phone I’ll see texts but otherwise it won’t go through unless someone is on my approved list or doublecalls

i have friends on different timezones, and they talk in groups that are important to me, so i don't want to silence these groups. it's far easier to silence the whole phone for the night. airplane mode is an easy way to achieve that.

Jorengarenar 4y ago
Perhaps, despite my age, I'm just an out-of-the-loop dinosaur, but I have no clue how does that work. Do phones nowadays have an option to dial multiple numbers to have a group phone call?
- em-bee 4y ago
  text messaging in chat groups. they still beep when a message appears in a group or at least when someone replies to a message i sent or mentions me. i have most groups on silent by default but some groups are important so for those i keep notifications on. apart from that there are also voice group chats which on some apps start with a ring at least if i am explicitly invited. (though that usually doesn't happen when i am asleep)
  - Jorengarenar 4y ago
    Wouldn't simply muting the device be just as effective? (with the added bonus of being aware in the morning if somebody did actually try to reach out to you during the night)
    - lotsofpulp 4y ago
      You can even set the phone to automatically silence everything every night, but still let through phone calls from certain contacts in case of emergency.
    - watwut 4y ago
      Then you would be muting also alarms. You can configure complex setup and what not, with some sounds buzzing and some not, but people want one button solution and simplicity (for good reasons).
      - Jorengarenar 4y ago
        Just checked and the alarm still ringed despite phone being muted; at least on my phone, alarms need to be muted explicitly.

SoftTalker 4y ago

Not so much calls but emails, text messages, amber alerts, local hysteria about the weather, etc. Yes I could probably figure out how to selective silence the alerts for these various thing based on time of day and type of message etc. but life is too short for that, I just want one easy way to shut everything up.

Jorengarenar 4y ago
I'm starting to think I'm in minority having Wi-Fi, data, Bluetooth, NFC, GPS et cetera turned off while not actively using them...
- SoftTalker 4y ago
  I have Bluetooth and Location turned off unless I'm using them.
bombcar 4y ago
I have do not disturb setup for nighttime hours - if I’m using the phone I’ll see texts but otherwise it won’t go through unless someone is on my approved list or doublecalls