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Focus - Do Not Disturb - Schedule Not Working

Since I have had my iPhone SE (2nd Generation) I have been successfully using Do Not Disturb, scheduled between 00:00 and 07:00. Now (iOS 15.3.1) it has been incorporated in Focus, although it switches in correctly at 00:00 midnight, it will not stop at the scheduled time of 07:00 (or any other). I have to switch it off manually when I realise I am missing calls.

What is going on and why can’t we have our old DND back which actually works?

iPhone SE

Posted on Mar 5, 2022 11:40 PM

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Posted on Mar 6, 2022 1:05 PM

Thank you LD150 for your reply.

I have none of the other Focus settings on. Never have. Just the DND, scheduled. Always turns on ok but never switches off at end time set. Have tried many different end times and DND just ignores them and stays on. The old DND scheduled on/off worked fine.

John H

(In the UK)

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Mar 6, 2022 1:05 PM in response to LD150

Thank you LD150 for your reply.

I have none of the other Focus settings on. Never have. Just the DND, scheduled. Always turns on ok but never switches off at end time set. Have tried many different end times and DND just ignores them and stays on. The old DND scheduled on/off worked fine.

John H

(In the UK)

Mar 6, 2022 11:35 PM in response to LD150

Success - thanks to your help LD150!

I stripped everything I could out of Focus and then, on DND only, set my 00.00 to 07:15 Schedule again, and it is all working fine this morning. So that solved the problem without having to do anything drastic! I assume there was a conflict in the remaining previous Focus settings which cause this malfunction.

Thanks again,

John (in Dorset)

Mar 6, 2022 1:28 PM in response to SmoothieChris

As I say mine works perfectly also in UK so there are a number of things to try in the software.

Backup first in case you don't like the result.

Settings, General, Transfer or reset iphone, Reset, Reset all settings.

If no better

Backup, restore to factory, and restore from backup

If you can import your media to Photos or iTunes in a computer and copy important documents to a cloud server it will give you some resilience in case the restore from backup fails.

(1)   How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

(2)   Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings - Apple Support

(3)   Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support


Focus - Do Not Disturb - Schedule Not Working

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