Unlock the power of iPhone's Emergency Bypass feature with this quick and easy hack! Make sure important calls and texts always come through, even when your phone is on silent or Do Not Disturb. Try this simple setting change for your most important contacts, and don't forget to 👉 Subscribe for more helpful iPhone tips and tricks!
How to set up Emergency Bypass for important contacts on iPhone:
1. Open any contact on your iPhone
2. Tap "Edit" in the top right corner
3. Scroll down to "Ringtone" or "Text Tone"
4. Enable "Emergency Bypass" for each
5. Tap "Done" to save changes
6. Now calls and texts from this contact will come through even on silent or Do Not Disturb!
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Never miss an important text or phone call again. On your iPhone, go to anybody's contact, hit edit in the top right, scroll down to where you see ringtone and text tone, tap it, hit emergency bypass, and now whether or not you have silent or do not disturb on, once you hit done, and do it for text too if you'd like, no matter what you're doing, it'll always come through. Subscribe and share with a friend to help them
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