Re: how to reach someone who makes it h ard to reach him.

On 4/7/24 6:43 PM, knuttle wrote:

On 04/07/2024 6:25 PM, micky wrote:

 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 he wants his DND on and knows how to set it perhaps he turned it back on.
 On my phone I also leave my DND on all the time but it allows exceptions to
 be set. So I set it to allow only family members through. Next time you see
 him, try setting it that way.

If his phone were off, it would go to voicemail right away, right? or
almost right away, no 5 rings, Right?
 Is there any other way it could ring 5 times and go to VM other than
DND?
 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?
 **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.

That is one of the reasons that I don't like smart phones.  With the old telephone,  when you called a home a person would pick it up; unless the person lived alone.

That is one of the reasons I love a smartphone. With the old phone the damn
 thing rang all the time interrupting whatever I was doing. No DND
 function...

With a cellphone everyone lives alone in their own isolated little world.

Nah. With my cell phone quiet most of the time (except for family calls) I
 can enjoy life and return the necessary calls at MY convenience...
Bottom line as always, YMMV.