My brain needs help comprehending the "Do Not Disturb" settings

dln949

I will use the Signal app as an example.

In the app's notifications settings I have it set so text messages results in a Signal icon in the status bar, the phone vibrates, and the Signal icon on the "desktop" has a dot; but no sound is made. This is how I want it.
For Signal phone calls, same notification settings except I also allow the sound to occur.

I set up a mode that I want to use ad hoc when in quiet situations: church, concert, speech, etc. What I want is for the Signal text messages to continue the same way during the do not disturb timeframe (since they aren't making a sound anyway), but for the Signal phone calls to stop making a sound but allowing all the other notifications (status bar, vibration, icon dot) to still happen. AND - I don't want these mode exception settings to mess up how Signal's notifications work once the do not disturb mode's timeframe ends.

Problem: I am completely bewildered by the options for the Signal app once I add the Signal app as an "App that can interrupt" for the do not disturb mode. As I wrote above, I want Signal phone calls to continue to leave a notification in the status bar and to cause a vibration and to attach a dot to the Signal icon, but I want no sound when the Signal phone call is received. So for Signal on the "Notifications that can interrupt" screen, I enable "Calls" so I can continue to receive those non-sound notifications, but it shows that the Signal phone calls will still also make the sound I had selected in the app's notifications settings. So, I have to manually change that to no sound? But if I do that, when the do not disturb mode timeframe ends, then Signal phone calls remain silent.

I hope my quandry is making sense. I suspect I'm not understanding or am not aware of some hidden assumptions about these options.

calpurtmun

It sounds like what you want is to put the phone on mute, which is different than a do not disturb mode. You can put your phone on mute by adjusting the volume and pressing the small sound icon at the top that appears. https://support.google.com/android/answer/9082609?hl=en

dln949

calpurtmun

Your solution is simple and elegant, thanks, I did not know about that trick.

Question: Just for my education, what is the purpose/use case/benefit of do not disturb mode, and of having apps as exceptions to that mode?

Johnnyloans

I want Signal phone calls to continue to leave a notification in the status bar and to cause a vibration

Use vibrate mode.

Tap the volume down button then push the icon at the top of the volume bar.

In this pic, the modes from top to bottom are: vibrate, mute (no sound no vibrate), ringer/sound on
https://imgur.com/a/K2kjW4l

dln949

Johnnyloans

Thank you, that is a great option I did not know about.

andrej567

dln949

I am planning to use do not disturb the next time when i go to cinema.
The point is, it can timeout automatically, lets say 3 hours,
so I do not forget to turn on the ringing after the movie, otherwise the phone would be muted till late morning next day when i find 10 missed calls from work.
I will set it up with no exceptions so it should be equivalent to mute, except it turns off automatically.

In the do not disturb settings, I have another custom do not disturb mode set, with schedule 8pm - 7am, with exceptions that starred contact may ring the phone.

I did not investigate with signal, that only some people messages may beep, controlled by do not disturb.

Johnnyloans

dln949

Sleeping, you won't wake up from calls or hear a notification while trying to sleep but you allow family to call you for emergencies.

You have to focus on a task and don't want to be distracted. No notifications come through.

calpurtmun

dln949 I use a scheduled Do Not Disturb mode at bedtime, so I won't get any notifications at all (even silent ones or app badges) that might draw me back in to using my phone instead of disconnecting and going to bed. I make a DND exception for calls from close family members in case there is an emergency in the middle of the night .