Since you are here looking to figure out how to turn on Emergency Bypass, you are in the right place.
You can actually stop people from messaging or calling you at specific times by activating Do Not Disturb Mode.
Most people, they activate this mode when they are in an important meeting or at a special gathering and they don’t want any distractions.
But then, you might still want your close allies or loved ones to get the chance to message you.
If that is the case, then all you need to do here is to grant an emergency pass to that specific person.
What Exactly is an Emergency Pass
Emergency pass is a feature on Apple smartphones that allows you to override the DND mode.
What this means is when you activate Do Not Disturb mode, someone you’ve granted an Emergency bypass would still be able to call or message you depending on what Emergency Bypass you granted.
That being said, let’s delve into how to turn on emergency bypass for calls text messages, and facetime using an iPhone.
How to Turn on Emergency Bypass for Calls on iPhone
If you are using an iPhone, turning on Emergency bypass is pretty seamless. All you have to do is to edit the settings from the personal contact on your iPhone.
Here is how to do it…
- Launch the Contact app on your iPhone
- Select the person to contact whom you want to grant an “Emergency Bypass“
- While you are on the contact card, tap on Edit. Its located in the top right corner
- Now scroll down and tap on Ringtone.
- Once you see “emergency pass” Toggle it ON
- Tap on Done
- Tap on Done again.
After following through with this step. This person will be able to call you when you set your iPhone to Do Not Disturb mode
How to Turn on emergency bypass for Messages on iPhone
Turning on DND mode will stop anyone from calling, messaging you, or doing a facetime with you until you deactivate it.
If you want to grant an Emergency bypass to a number, you have to grant it based on how you want the person to be able to access you.
Emergency bypass can be granted via calls, messages, and facetime.
But for now, I will be talking about how you can do that with messages
- Launch the Message app on your device
- Select the person for whom you want to grant an Emergency Bypass.
- Once you are on the Contact card, tap on Edit. It is located in the top right corner
- Now, tap on Text Tone.
- Next, toggle ON Emergency Bypass. doing this allows you to get a notification tome from them when they send a message.
- Tap on Done → Tap again to confirm.
This form of Emergency Bypass is good when you have a subordinate you assigned a task and you want to be notified when the job is done
How to turn on emergency bypass for Facetime on iPhone
Facetime might bit be a usual way people reach out to you. Maybe you have a group of friends whom you like to facetime.
Either way, you can always bypass the DND mode on facetime for specific contact if you want to
here is how to do that
- Launch the FaceTime app
- Now enter the name of the contact that you want to grant an emergency bypass
- Locate and tap on Edit. This is usually located at the top right corner
- Now, scroll down till you see Ringtone and Text Tone.
- Over here you can choose how you want this specific person to notify you either by Ringtone or by Text tone by simply toggling it on whichever one you want.
How to Turn on emergency bypass for calls on Andriod (Method 1)
Just like iPhones, Andriod phones also come with the Do not disturb feature. This feature silents all calls, messages, and alarms from ringing out.
While it might have some similarities with iPhone, they still have some differences.
If you own an Andriod there are two ways you can edit and bypass the DND mode
The first way is through the DND indicator on the control center.
This step is much faster when compared to the next one. Here is how to do that
- Pull down your android screen to access the control center
- Tap on the Do Not Disturb Icon for 2 seconds or longer till it opens the settings.
- Now tap on allow exceptions
- If you have a contact you want to grant an exception over the DND mode setting
- Tap on Contact”
- Now tap on Starred contact or Favourite contact
Depending on what shows up on your Android phone.
If you’ve not made that person a favorite or starred contact go and do so by clicking the star icon on the person’s contact profile
How to Turn on emergency bypass for messages on Andriod (Method 1)
Just as explained above, You can also give exceptions to whose Message notification is allowed to ring out even while you are on Do not disturb mode.
here is how to do that on Andriod
- Pull down your android screen to access the control center
- Tap on the Do not disturb icon for 2 seconds or longer till it opens the settings
- Now tap on allow exceptions
- If you have a contact you want to grant an exception over the DND mode setting anytime they message you Tap on “messages”
- Next, tap on starred contact or “favorite contact” only. Some devices will show starred contact while some shows favorite contact
NOTE: If you’ve not made that person a favorite or starred contacts go and do so by clicking the star icon on the person’s profile
How to Turn on emergency bypass for calls on Andriod (Method 2)
This way seems a bit straightforward. However, it is longer than the steps above. Over here, you have to make the changes from the settings.
NB: You have to first make the person a “starred ” or favorite contact” since you cannot specifically specify who you want to grant the personal mission you can only categorize who you want to grant by putting them in the favorite category
That being said, here is how you can do that
- Open the “settings app” on your device.
- Now scroll to “sound” and tap on it
- Over her locate “Do not Disturb” and tap on it.
- Once you get to the “DND” settings locate “Exceptions” or “Priority” and tap on “calls”
- Now select “favorite contact” or “starred contact” depending on the one your phone displays.
Once you’ve selected that, you can exit the app
How to Turn on emergency bypass for Messages on Andriod (Method 2)
Turning on emergency bypass for Andriod devices is pretty easy. But then, you might not be able to specifically select who you want to grant that access to unless you add them to a category. Most Andriod phones have either a “favorite” or “starred” category.
Depending on the one your device has. You have to add the contact to any of these categories to exempt them from the DND mode
That being said, here is how you can do that
- Open the “settings app” on your device.
- Now scroll to “sound” and tap on it
- Over her locate “Do not Disturb” and tap on it.
- Once you get to the DND” settings locate “Exceptions” or “Priority” and tap on “Messages”
- Now select “Favourite contact” or “Starred contact” depending on the one your phone displays.
How to turn Emergency Bypass off on iPhone (calls)
The process follows the same step if you want to turn it on.
Here is how to do that for calls
- Launch the Contact app on your iPhone
- Select the person contact whom you’ve granted an “Emergency Bypass”
- While you are on the contact card, tap on Edit. Its located in the top right corner
- Now scroll down and tap on Ringtone.
- Once you see “emergency pass” Toggle it OFF
- Tap on Done
- Tap on Done again.
How to turn Emergency Bypass off on iPhone (Messages)
If you want to turn off Emergency Bypass you’ve granted someone to get notified of his/her messages. here is how you can do that
- Launch the Contacts app on your device
- Select the person for whom you want to grant an Emergency Bypass.
- Once you are on the Contact card, tap on Edit. It is located in the top right corner
- Now, tap on Text Tone.
- Next, toggle ON Emergency Bypass. doing this allows you to get a notification tome from them when they send a message.
- Tap on Done → Tap again to confirm.
How to turn Emergency Bypass off on iPhone (Facetime)
You can also remove access you’ve granted to some to facetime you even while you are on the DND mode. Here is how to do that
- Launch the FaceTime app
- Now enter the name of the contact that you want to grant an emergency bypass
- Locate and tap on Edit. This is usually located at the top right corner
- Now, scroll down till you see Ringtone and Text Tone.
- Choose the one you’ve used earlier to grant access to either the ringtone or Text tone and toggle it off
Emergency Bypass iPhone not working
If your emergency bypass feature is not working, there are few things you can do to resolve the issue
Most of them are easy troubleshooting step anyone can do
These are the steps you should take
- Restart your devices
- Turn on the Airplane mode and turn it Off
- Upgrade the iOS of your device
- Reset the device settings by going to “settings” > “system”> “Reset”
- Factory reset your device
Is Do Not Disturb the same as silent?
It’s similar, however, do not disturb silent anything that could give off the sound on your phone while silent in most cases is usually focused on calls alone
Conclusion
By now you should have figured out how to turn on emergency bypass an Andriod and iPhone. if you are having any issues with it maybe yours isn’t working.
Try the steps mentioned above before contacting apple support as the last resort