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TGB77

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How is one supposed to go about keeping the phone from interrupting a video recording if an incoming call comes in?

Here are a couple of sites which say one can keep the screen from being commandeered by an incoming call using the Do Not Disturb feature.

https://m.wikihow.com/Block-All-Incoming-Calls-on-iPhone-or-iPad

1) Go to Settings > Do Not Disturb > toggle the switch on
2) Go to Settings > Do Not Disburb > Allow Calls From > selected No One

I followed the instructions at each of those sites and my screen is still commandeered by an incoming call. Are these sites accurate? If so, then my phone clearly isn't working as it should. If the sites are inaccurate, then how does one go about preventing an incoming call from interrupting a video recording?
 

scottcampbell

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Yep, that makes sense.
How could two seemingly reputable websites get this wrong?
You may have run into some of Do Not Distub's exceptions:

Allow Calls From: Allow calls from everyone, no one, your favorites, or specific contact groups stored on your device or iCloud.

Repeated Calls: If someone calls you twice within three minutes, the second call isn't silenced.
 

TGB77

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You may have run into some of Do Not Distub's exceptions:

Allow Calls From: Allow calls from everyone, no one, your favorites, or specific contact groups stored on your device or iCloud.

Repeated Calls: If someone calls you twice within three minutes, the second call isn't silenced.
I turned on 'allow calls from no one', called the phone from a different phone and my phone allowed the call. So 'allow calls from no one' doesn't do what it says it does. Or my phone isn't functioning properly.
 
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movieator

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I turned on 'allow calls from no one', called the phone from a different phone and my phone allowed the call. So 'allow calls from no one' doesn't do what it says it does. Or my phone isn't functioning properly.
Do you have it set to "Always"?
 

C DM

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I turned on 'allow calls from no one', called the phone from a different phone and my phone allowed the call. So 'allow calls from no one' doesn't do what it says it does. Or my phone isn't functioning properly.
And you are sure DND is enabled -- you can see the icon in the status bar?

Also, you don't have any contacts set with Emergency Bypass (which bypasses DND and even the side silent/vibrate switch)?

If all that is in order, then perhaps something is off with your device. You might want to try something like resetting all settings or even reinstalling.
 

TGB77

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And you are sure DND is enabled -- you can see the icon in the status bar?

Also, you don't have any contacts set with Emergency Bypass (which bypasses DND and even the side silent/vibrate switch)?

If all that is in order, then perhaps something is off with your device. You might want to try something like resetting all settings or even reinstalling.
I have 'Always' selected, 'Do Not Disturb' enabled and 'Allow Calls From' set to No One and an incoming call still commandeers my screen, thus halting a video. It sounds like you're saying if my phone is doing this, then something is amiss with my phone and that the two sites I posted are correct.
 

scottcampbell

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I have 'Always' selected, 'Do Not Disturb' enabled and 'Allow Calls From' set to No One and an incoming call still commandeers my screen, thus halting a video. It sounds like you're saying if my phone is doing this, then something is amiss with my phone and that the two sites I posted are correct.
They still could have just called twice, the second one going through. DND won't stop everything, airplane mode will.

I've shot hundreds of YouTube videos with the iPhone on airplane mode.
 

C DM

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They still could have just called twice, the second one going through. DND won't stop everything, airplane mode will.

I've shot hundreds of YouTube videos with the iPhone on airplane mode.
The repeated calls thing is also a DND setting which can be enabled or disabled. Realistically Emergency Bypass should be the only thing that would get through if everything else is disabled in DND settings.
 

TGB77

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The repeated calls thing is also a DND setting which can be enabled or disabled. Realistically Emergency Bypass should be the only thing that would get through if everything else is disabled in DND settings.
If you're correct, then my phone isn't functioning properly.
 

Kontikonsumi

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This function changed in the latest ios in 2022 and a phone call is no longer interrupting a video recording anymore right?
 
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