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Any apps to find your phone if it's on mute? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My wife and I regularly misplace our phones in the house and we also keep them on mute like 99% of the time.

Are there any apps that allow us to ping the other ones phone audibly despite it being on mute?

One is a oneplus 6t the other a s23 ultra if that makes a difference

EDIT: I found a solution i like; Homeassistant with TTS Notifications. Of couse you can still list some apps and solutions for others to find, but i am happy now!

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I have my phone set so that that if people ring twice in quick succession it will still ring even if it's in DND. And that will also work with the Ring function built into GSConnect/KDE Connect. I ring my phone from my laptop, wait a few seconds, then ring again.

So far no one has used it get past my DND.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Interesting approach, we are not in DND mode however... Just muted the sounds 🤔

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

To add to the other suggestion, you could set your default ringtone to silence, then set a custom ringtone for "priority contacts" so they can actually ring you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Why not just let call sounds on and the other off? I have the call sound on so I can search for my phone and hear when someone calls me. All other sounds, like notification sounds are off. Nowadays only my parents are calling me, every other person just texts me, so this works for me, but depends on your circumstances.