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So we have the new Silent mode which does not let Alarms through and does not blink the LED for Notifications.

We also have the new Do Not Disturb mode. Which is supposed to block unwanted notifications when on (Not working to well with third party apps many people are reporting).
There are some settings for it which are quite different then the old Blocking Mode in KK.

I'd like to discuss the old way you did things (In KK) and then discuss what the options are with the new way of doing things. (In LP).

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My use scenarios (that worked in KK):

- Normal - Sound mode, Blocking mode off
Normal setting during the day. All notifications un-blocked and make noise, vibrate, led, etc.

- Working - Sound mode, Blocking mode on
Silenced all notifications and text messages, calls were allowed through. Led light worked so I could glance at my phone and know if I had a new text, email or whatever.

- Temporary quiet time - Silent mode
I would switch to Silent mode if I was out somewhere like a show or something and wanted silence. I could have turned my phone off in these times but Silent mode worked fine most of the time.
The only thing to watch for is if you had an Alarm set, it would still go off.

- Bed time - Silent mode
Everything quiet except my alarm that would wake me in the morning.


So that was KK. Everything worked very well.
Now in LP... Everything is not the same.


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In LP:


- Normal - Sound mode, Blocking mode off
Same as above in KK.

- Working - Sound mode, DND on
This works for now. I have it set to block all notifications like texts and emails. Calls get through. Still have led light for notifications.
Many users are reporting that third party apps ignore this setting with the new DND mode. I don't use barley any of those so I can't speak for that myself.

- Temporary quiet time - Silent mode
Silent mode now means no alarms so this might be fine depending on the use. If you have alarms coming up shortly after the quiet period just remember to switch back to sound. Remember that this is "Funeral mode". Your phone does nothing for alerts.
No leds either. So you can't just discretely glance at your phone and know what's going on by led colour.

- Bed time - Vibrate mode, DND on
Big issue now. Silent mode now means No Alarms!
Right now I have it set to Vibrate and DND. Vibrate means Alarms get through. DND hopefully (see issues with apps ignoring this) means no notifications. But Calls will still get through like I have it now. Not exactly ideal when you're trying to sleep.
There could be many ways to handle this. I could have DND set to block Calls but then I'd have to change the setting every time I switch from Working to Bed time because I already use specific settings in DND for notification and text blocking while Working.

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I'm very interested to hear how people use these settings and their workarounds with the new LP methods.
Hopefully we can figure out some methods. Even if they are third party apps that you've had to resort to. But ideally while working with what we have.