• LazaroFilm@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    One time there was a real emergency and couldn’t reach my wife. So I activated find my iPhone on her phone. It will ring at full volume no matter what. Not to abuse but useful in times of emergency.

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      1 year ago

      Good to know, thanks. Wife also forgets to unmute her phone and she only answers the phone if it’s me, so if she’s aware of where I am and doesn’t expect me to be calling, she ignores any call.

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        1 year ago

        I believe there is a feature on both ios and android that chosen contacts will be unaffected by do not disturb

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    Brah mine every time.

    She loses her phone like 15 times a day and asks if I can help find it, im like yeah I’ll just ring it knowing full well she has the fucking thing on silent, and she replies with its on silent… Welp I tried to help looks like you’re on your own with this one, good luck in your search, to which she replies something along the lines of go fuck yourself

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        1 year ago

        I can’t think of the last time I took an unscheduled phone call. And there’s no notifications that require my real-time attention.

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    I couldn’t even tell you what my ringtone or sms alert sound is. I can’t be sure the speakers in my phone have ever been used. I’ll return your call/text on my time.

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      “I love you babe, the plane is going down. I just wanted to hear your voice one more time”

      Edit downvotes:

      'uh it’s my time how dare you"

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    My fucking life with my wife and son. I honestly hope I get into a car accident with the steering column impaled in my chest so I can call them with my dying breaths to say I love them, only to have them not pick up because their ring is on mute. Then I’d come back as a total DICK of a ghost saying ‘See? I told you to turn your ring volume up!’

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      I get the notification thing. I can’t stand abrasive notifications, but do not disturb schedules are a thing and can be set to allow certain people through (at least on Android).

      Mild sidebar: I switched from a decade’s long iPhone use to Android. They’re so much more customizable. Tell me again how my phone is better? People are there ridiculous blue bubble cult, smh.

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    The most frustrating thing to me is when I’m with her in person she always has her phone, when I try to call she’s like [what the hell is this ringing thing]

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    i got my watch with this in mind, i fucking hate ringers and noise so i let my wrist buzz

    then ignore it anyway because im a socially inept gremlin

    :3

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    Why TF do they keep their phone on silent is beyond me.

    Is this a worldwide wife plot, or what?

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      Mines on silent unless I’m asleep so work can call me if necessary. If I’m awake there’s no reason not to be texting me instead. If I deem it necessary I’ll call back but you better fucking tell me what it’s about in the message and not just “Hey call me” or some other vague nonsense.

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      I keep mine on silent too. It’s fucking annoying how often people are trying to contact me or send me shit. I ended up on the phone for two hours this morning playing therapist for a coworker, time I’ll never get back.

      Anyway, this shit is after two weeks:

      I have my settings to discard everything after 30 days but it still gets ridiculous so every couple weeks I delete all texts and recent calls. That’s only the stuff I’ve ignored too. It blows my mind how much people are obsessed with their phones.