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Subject: Re: how to reach someone who makes it h ard to reach him.
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 07:17:28 +0200
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Am 09.04.24 um 22:56 schrieb micky:
> In comp.mobile.android, on Tue, 9 Apr 2024 10:47:47 +0200, Arno Welzel
> <usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote:
> 
>> micky, 2024-04-08 00:25:
>>
>>> My brother, who has been sick and I'm worried about him, is usually
>>> impossible** to reach.   It rings 5 or 6 times and goes to voicemail,
>>> which is almost always full.   I visited two weeks ago and found he had
>>> it set on DND.  I turned that off, but today it did the same thing.
>>>
>>> If his phone were off, it would go to voicemail right away, right? or
>>> almost right away, no 5 rings, Right?
>>
>> Yes, it is safe to assume this. Because with the phone turned off it
>> does not make sens to "ring" first.
>>
>>> Is there any other way it could ring 5 times and go to VM other than
>>> DND?
>>
>> Yes, many ways: turning down the ring volume so far that you barely hear
>> it,
> 
> Oh, yeah, of course.
> 
>> ignoring the phone, putting the phone into a bag or drawer were it
>> can not be heard etc.
> 
> My brother called me yesterday, maybe because I texted him (maybe not)
> and said that sometimes he tries to answer and it doesn't work, and
> other times the phone is at the far end of the apartment, like you point
> out.
>>
>>> Maybe he sets it to DND when he's sleeping and forgets to change it
>>> back.   Is there some other settting he could use instead for sleeping? >
>>> Or a way that I could get it to ring aloud for me, even when set on DND?
>>
>> Depending on the phone your number can be marked as "VIP" number which
>> overrides DND settings, but this is vendor specific and not generally
>> possible with all Android devices.
> 
> I should have spent more time with his phone.   Been there twice this
> year already and no plans to visit Florida until the whether cools in
> the fall.
> 
>>> **Except I can text him, but he doesn't usually notice texts either.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to keep the text notification on top until he clicks on
>>> it?  I seem to find that they display for a second or two and then all
>>> there is is the badge on the text icon on the homepage.
>>
>> No. If your brother fails to notice text messages or pick up the phone
>> when you call him, there is no technical solution to this. Only having a
>> second "dumb" device which does not have a DND mode at or a "dumb"
>> landline phone may help.
> 
> I'm surprised he doesn't have a landline anymore, since he's pretty
> old-fashioned, but for years when he had both cell and land, he said no
> one called him on it and I generally shouldn't either.   But he wasn't
> so old then and I didn't worry if I couldn't reach him.
> 
> Thanks and thanks all - 1.

Your welcome.

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