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Guys. If you ever think you might be stuck in a meeting as described in part 2, you can set up a rule on ifttt.com to call you if you send them a text message.
by Finster 13y ago
Guys. If you ever think you might be stuck in a meeting as described in part 2, you can set up a rule on ifttt.com to call you if you send them a text message. That way, you can pull the same trick with a single phone.
- fsckin 13y agoOr just navigate to settings and start a ringtone playing. Sell it with a tinge of embarrassment and they wouldn't know any better.
- Finster 13y agoNah, that's a rookie mistake. You don't want to be the guy caught doing that when a real call comes in.
- brokenparser 13y agoI bought a "dumb" Symbian phone and it has "fake call" functionality. It even allows you to configure which button to press and the timeout to wait for the event. If you answer it, you just hear nothing but it won't hang up on you. It's well worth the steep price of $5.
- broken_symlink 13y agoSo what if a real call comes in? Just fake it, and be like hold on, I have another call coming in, "hang up" the fake call, and answer the real one.
- greyboy 13y agoBecause phones don't "ring" when on a call - you get a beep in the phone speaker. At least with every landline and mobile phone I've ever seen in the past few decades. I guess there is a subset of people who may still be fooled.
- prawn 13y agoOr, learn ventriloquism so that you can mimic the sound of a phone vibrating on a table. Pick up the phone before anyone notices it's not moving around.
- Wingman4l7 13y agoGood luck doing that blind on touchscreen phone.
- bgar 13y agoThe problem with that would be sending the message while keeping the phone in your pocket, especially now that most phones are touchscreen-controlled. Maybe by doing it in advance and setting up a delay?