Smartphone Tips: How to receive the necessary calls on silent phone too? Learn easy way

News India Live, Digital Desk: Does it often happen to you that you forget by placing your phone on silent or vibration mode, and then missed a very important call (eg emergency call, boss’s active call or doctor’s appointment)? This is a common problem that we all struggle at some time. It is important to keep a silent phone, so that we avoid unnecessary disturbance, but this does not mean that we also miss the necessary calls.

Don’t panic! There are some settings hidden in your smartphone, with the help of which you can make sure that even when your phone is silent, some special people or circumstances call to you. This is just a small setting, which can save you from great trouble and can relieve the mind. Let’s know what is this smart trick and how you can use it:

3 smart ways to get the necessary calls on silent phones,

Your phone has inbuilt features that give you this facility. Whether you are Android users or iPhone, these methods will work for you.

1. Settlement: Set exception in ‘Do not disturb’ (DND) (do not disturb exceptions)

This facility is in every smartphone. Your phone remains silent in DND mode, but you can set the exception for some special people calls:

• Permission to ‘Favorite Contacts’:

  • How to do: Go to the settings of your phone, then find an alternative to ‘do not disturb’ or ‘protect from discomfort’.

  • Here you will get an option like ‘Allow Calls from’ or ‘Allow People’.

  • Choose ‘only favorite contact’ or ‘starred contacts only’.

  • Now make those people ‘favorite’ or ‘star’ in their contact list, whose calls you do not want to miss under any circumstances (eg parents, spouse, children, boss).

  • Benefit: When your phone is in DND mode, only the ring of favorite contacts will be played or vibrated, the rest will remain silent.

• ‘Repeated calls’ permission permission:

  • How to do: In DND settings itself, you will get the option of ‘Repeated Calls’ or ‘Allow Repeated Calls’. Turn it on.

  • Benefit: If a person calls a second time within 3 minutes (when your phone is in DND), the second call ring will ring. It is very useful for emergency calls.

2. Separate ringtone or vibration for essential contacts

This method will not work in DND mode (until you set the exception above), but it is very effective for normal silent/vibration mode:

• How to do: Go to your phone’s contacts list. Open the contact of the person whose call you want to identify.

• In the option of contact editing, you will get the option to change ‘ringtone’ and ‘vibration pattern’.

• Here you set a ringtone or vibration pattern that is different and which you can easily identify.

• Benefit: When your phone is in normal silent or vibration mode, you will still be able to identify the call of that particular person with his separate ringtone or vibration.

3. Special for iOS users: ‘Emergency Bypass’ (Emergency Bypass)

If you have an iPhone, you can use this feature which also override the DND:

• How to do: Go to your iPhone contacts app. Open the contact of the person you always want to get.

• Tap on ‘edit’.

• Tap on ‘ringtone’ or ‘text tone’.

• At the top, you will get the option of ‘Emergency Bypass’, turn it on.

• Benefit: After this setting is on, if that person’s call comes, your iPhone will ring despite being in silent or DND mode. It is really made for emergency.

Now you stay relaxed!

After adopting these settings, you can also be free from the anxiety of missing important calls by placing your phone on silent or vibration. This will give you mental peace and you will be able to manage your digital life better. So go to your phone’s settings today and try these smart tricks!

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