Is it possible to add a mute ringtone to a contact on my iPhone phonebook so that when I get a call the phone doesn't ring?
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How to pair a mute ringtone to a contact?
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Yes, and it's done from the Contacts app itself. Open the contact you wish to silence with a silent ringtone. Note that you must already have a silent ringtone downloaded onto your iPhone.
Select "Edit" for the contact and scroll down to see the notifications settings for that phone. Tap the current ringtone in the contact and choose the silent one you have installed.
Remember to tap "Save" on each screen until the contact is closed.
I go a level further than muting individual contacts. My default ringtone is 30 seconds of silence; everybody is muted. When I add a new contact I assign an audible ringtone to that contact. Usually it's Scotland the Brave. Bagpipes will get ANYbody's attention
. I do something similar with text alerts. While my default for everybody is an old BlackBerry tone, work contacts get the Nextel Chirp. Annoying enough to get my attention even in the middle of the night. Family gets a different BlackBerry text alert - louder than the default notification but not as jarring as that Nextel chirp. Wife gets her own alert tone, barely noticeable and easy to "miss." Oops
Select "Edit" for the contact and scroll down to see the notifications settings for that phone. Tap the current ringtone in the contact and choose the silent one you have installed.
Remember to tap "Save" on each screen until the contact is closed.
I go a level further than muting individual contacts. My default ringtone is 30 seconds of silence; everybody is muted. When I add a new contact I assign an audible ringtone to that contact. Usually it's Scotland the Brave. Bagpipes will get ANYbody's attention
. I do something similar with text alerts. While my default for everybody is an old BlackBerry tone, work contacts get the Nextel Chirp. Annoying enough to get my attention even in the middle of the night. Family gets a different BlackBerry text alert - louder than the default notification but not as jarring as that Nextel chirp. Wife gets her own alert tone, barely noticeable and easy to "miss." Oops
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I downloaded a 30" mute ringtone in .m4r format, my guess is I have to drop it onto iTunes to install it on the iPhone.
The contact I want to mute is not in my phonebook, I recall that a while ago I attached a certain tone to a contact, once I deleted the entry off the phonebook and way later on I got a text from the same person the ringtone remained, do you think I could add the number to phonebook, personalise the ringtone then delete the contact and keep the tone?
Grazie
The contact I want to mute is not in my phonebook, I recall that a while ago I attached a certain tone to a contact, once I deleted the entry off the phonebook and way later on I got a text from the same person the ringtone remained, do you think I could add the number to phonebook, personalise the ringtone then delete the contact and keep the tone?
Grazie
Yes, you can install the Turn off ringtones application on your device, and add the phone numbers you want to mute.
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I did, found one to download, drag and drop onto my phone et voila, when that number calls no ringtone and no vibration, only maybe frustration on the other side
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