Anyone find it strange that Android still doesn't have a 'do not disturb' mode?

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Surely, I can't be the only Android user on the planet who wants to silence notifications and phone calls when sleeping, but still allow a couple of people to ring through? This would be especially handy when I'm on call for work. This is one area where iOS has an advantage. Even Cyanogenmod, which allows you to set 'quiet hours' doesn't give you any control over who is allowed to call you during this time.

I know there are several DND apps in the play store... I tried one, and the auto-text responder worked about half the time, and the phone would still light up when I'd get a non-whitelisted call (not cool in a dark room). Not sure if any of the others work any better.....

IMO, this is something that should've been there since v1 of the OS, but it still is mysteriously absent. I guess none of the Android devs have ever had to work shift work and/or sleep during the day.
 

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I know that a hardware accessory (alarm clock I think) that was recently reviewed had an app that accomplished this and it worked well, but if I recall right it is a kickstarter and not for sale yet. Moto's sleep mode doesn't allow anyone through, but I kinda agree this would be a great feature to have just baked into Android so that third parties and OEM's don't have to try to figure it out.
 

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My Lg G2 has a "Quiet Mode" which blocks calls and puts phone into silent and messages will not turn on screen... but it also allows me to set certain contacts to be able to call me and auto reply to blocked calls with a re-made message...

But Yeah, Android in general should have this feature.
 

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There's a couple apps that do that. I've got my phone set that only my family rings through at night.

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I know that a hardware accessory (alarm clock I think) that was recently reviewed had an app that accomplished this and it worked well, but if I recall right it is a kickstarter and not for sale yet. Moto's sleep mode doesn't allow anyone through, but I kinda agree this would be a great feature to have just baked into Android so that third parties and OEM's don't have to try to figure it out.

On the X, favorites can get through. If someone calls twice within five minutes, they'll get through too.

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I my OS to be as lean as possible - if you want specific functionality go ahead and install it, but I'd rather stuff like that didn't clutter up my system.

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Surely, I can't be the only Android user on the planet who wants to silence notifications and phone calls when sleeping, but still allow a couple of people to ring through? This would be especially handy when I'm on call for work. This is one area where iOS has an advantage. Even Cyanogenmod, which allows you to set 'quiet hours' doesn't give you any control over who is allowed to call you during this time.

I know there are several DND apps in the play store... I tried one, and the auto-text responder worked about half the time, and the phone would still light up when I'd get a non-whitelisted call (not cool in a dark room). Not sure if any of the others work any better.....

IMO, this is something that should've been there since v1 of the OS, but it still is mysteriously absent. I guess none of the Android devs have ever had to work shift work and/or sleep during the day.

Just use blocking mode, it works like a charm
 

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