Do Not Disturb

Auto SilentMe silences your iPhone based on calendar events

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 27, 2017

There are times when you can take notifications, and then there are times when you just can't. While Do Not Disturb is a great tool for this, it’s not the perfect solution to avoiding unwanted notifications because it relies on you to manually enable or schedule it, and sometimes we forget.

That’s a weak link that a new jailbreak tweak called Auto SilentMe by iOS developer IArrays hopes to strengthen, as it brings new notification-suppressing features to your device that will prevent embarrassing notifications from coming in when you don't want them knocking at the door.

This tweak prevents people who text you like this from blowing up your phone with notifications

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 12, 2017

We all have that one friend that can’t consolidate all of their text messages into one neat message. Instead, they are apt to send multiple messages, one after the other, in order to complete just one sentence.

While the sender may not realize it, this is very annoying for anyone on the receiving end, as their iPhone will just repeatedly ‘ding’ and ‘buzz’ all over the place, and that’s why iOS developer Hrvoje Kostic made a new jailbreak tweak called DoNotAnnoy.

This tweak brings 3D Touch shortcuts to Control Center on iOS 10

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 4, 2017

You’ve got to love it when jailbreak developers find a way to turn inconspicuous things into handy shortcuts. They’ve been doing it for years, and now the tradition continues even today with the Yalu iOS 10.0-10.2 jailbreak.

A new free jailbreak tweak called Wormhole, developed by candoizo, is the latest to join the bloodline of jailbreak tweaks, as it lets you turn two of your Control Center toggle buttons into 3D Touch-sensitive shortcuts for respringing your device and visiting your favorite website.

DayNightSwitch adds a day/night theme to toggle switches in iOS

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 6, 2016

DayNightSwitch is a new free jailbreak tweak that adds a little bit of character to the toggle switches throughout iOS you use on a regular basis by theming their on and off positions to reflect day or night.

With the tweak installed, you're going to notice switches that get toggled to the "on" position display a blue sky with a little Sun and cloud icon, and switches that get toggled to the "off" position display a black sky with a little Moon icon and stars in the background.

How to let calls from specific contact groups through Do Not Disturb

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated May 9, 2022

Do Not Disturb (DND) is a handy feature that lets you keep yourself from being notified when you want some quiet, peaceful time. It does so by silencing all call, text, and app notifications on your iPhone or iPad.

However, there are times when you want peace from all apps and notifications but don't mind getting call or text notifications from a select few people.

In this tutorial, we show you how to exclude certain contacts from the Do Not Disturb feature in iOS. After that, you will get their calls even during times your iPhone is in Do Not Disturb Focus mode.

iOS 10 tidbit: Emergency Bypass overrides Do Not Disturb on a per-contact basis

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 25, 2016

In iOS 10, each individual contact in the Contacts app now has a dedicated switch, called Emergency Bypass, which overrides the Do Not Disturb feature for that person. This handy new feature lets you permit audio and vibratory alerts from a specific person in your Contacts even when Do Not Disturb is enabled globally in your device's Settings app.

MeetingDnD enables Do Not Disturb based on calendar events

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated June 12, 2018

The Do Not Disturb preferences in the stock Settings app provides a limited level of scheduling for the DND feature found in iOS. If you want deeper scheduling capability, you're going to need to rely on a jailbreak tweak like MeetingDND.

Just like the tweak's name alludes to, MeetingDND allows you to create blocks of Do Not Disturb time based on calendar events. Check out the details in this post for more info.

How to replace the Do Not Disturb icon with today’s moon phase

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

Interested in having a waxing crescent in your status bar instead of the standard Do Not Disturb moon icon? A new jailbreak package will allow you to theme the DND icon with the current moon phase.

The package, entitled Do Not Phase, piggybacks on the popular Protean jailbreak tweak in order to accomplish its goal. The result is a slick-looking Do Not Disturb moon icon that clues you in on the day's current moon phase.

How to quickly enable Notification Center’s Do Not Disturb mode on Mac

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated February 22, 2018

Like its iOS counterpart, Notification Center on the Mac features a Do Not Disturb mode for suppressing notifications at inopportune times. The great thing about Notification Center on iOS is that it can be quickly enabled via a handy Control Center toggle. But did you know that there's a quick and easy way to enable Do Not Disturb mode on your Mac, as well?

How to use the iPhone’s mute switch as a Do Not Disturb switch

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

SwitcherDND is a new jailbreak tweak that just arrived on Cydia. It allows you to replace the mute switch's functionality with that of a Do Not Disturb switch. If you use Do Not Disturb often like I do, then you may want to give this free jailbreak tweak a spin.

DisturbMeLater: disable Do Not Disturb after a set period of time

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

Do Not Disturb is a great feature in iOS, and it's one that I use quite often. However, from time to time, I forget to disengage Do Not Disturb, and it causes me to miss texts, phone calls, etc. Yes, it's a great feature, but it can be a little dangerous if you have the tendency to forget to turn it off, especially if you have it set to silence notifications even when the phone is unlocked.

DisturbMeLater is a newly released jailbreak tweak that can help alleviate this issue. It allows you to establish a time interval when Do Not Disturb will disable by itself with no user interaction. This differs from the schedule feature in Do Not Disturbs settings because you can set it on the fly directly from Control Center, which makes it much less tedious to use.

Using Do Not Disturb in OS X Yosemite’s Messages app

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

Like the Messages app in iOS 8, the Yosemite version of Messages allows you to mute specific conversations by enabling Do Not Disturb. Do Not Disturb ensures that you still receive messages, but you won’t be bothered by notifications when new messages arrive.

Have a look at our video walkthrough explaining the ins and outs of Do Not Disturb after the break.