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My WinPhone had this feature to set my phone silent at fixed hours of the night, but whitelist certain contacts for calls/texts.

I've recently switched to Android (OnePlus3) and while I'm sure this must be possible (iOS does it too IIRC) I can't see what its called or where to configure it.

Can someone tell me what these features are called on Android?

My phone is running OxygenOS 3.2.8 atop of Android 6.0.1

Mr. Boy
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  • Which version of Android? See settings>about phone and you will likely see something like 6.0.1(guessing since it's a a new model), that's Marshmallow. In that case, you have a Priority Mode orDo Not disturb (settings>sound and notifications>do not disturb,) where you can your own rules. – beeshyams Jan 17 '17 at 11:44
  • @beeshyams sorry yes my phone is running OxygenOS 3.2.8 atop of Android 6.0.1. The settings app is pretty awful though I can't find anything useful. – Mr. Boy Jan 17 '17 at 11:57
  • Priority mode (Android 5.0 and higher) : http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-android-priority-mode-get-back-silent-mode/ – Rahul Gopi Jan 17 '17 at 11:58
  • I can't find those settings. The 1+3 has a hardware slider normal/priority/silent and the settings I see are different. Anyway I don't want to stop most calls in priority... I want to allow a few contacts to break through silent – Mr. Boy Jan 17 '17 at 12:03
  • In Priority only starred contacts will be notified, rest will be in silent only – samnaction Jan 17 '17 at 12:13
  • Yes, i clean forgot about that hardware slider - this, a random Google pick shows how you can use it, I am sure there would be you tube videos as well. From what I read here, those contacts whom you wish to permit calling should be starred callers as @samnaction mentioned – beeshyams Jan 17 '17 at 12:14
  • what about android 7? i don't see a do not disturb on my htc one – InquilineKea May 16 '19 at 04:56

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look at your settings for Do not disturb mode. it will make your phone silent for everything, except your favorites contacts.

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Look in sounds and vibrations. Scroll to the bottom. There should be a do not disturb setting. In there you will find allow exceptions. Customize to you're preferred settings

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"Silent" mode is sometimes conflated with Do-not-disturb mode, but they are different. Under standard Android, you can set certain contacts as able to bypass the DND mode. But if the phone is on silent (volume set to zero), then you still won't hear the call.

If you need a certain contact to be able to call you, audibly, even when the phone is on DND and silent, you can do this:

  1. Add the contact to the DND exemptions.
  2. Install an app such as MacroDroid. Create a macro so that whan that person calls, the volume is set to 100%.
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