Preventing phone from interrupting music

[RVDowning]

I have a Samsung Galaxy M51


When running and listening to music I get interrupted by phone calls. I have it muted, and even have notifications turned off. But it seems that having the Amazon Music app open causes the phone to disregard the mute setting and stops the music. Any way to prevent the phone from ringing?

 

[ocnbrze]

why not just turn on the do not disturb option?

 

[RVDowning]

Unfortunately it doesn't work. I did turn it off but it still rang, interrupting my music. One difference I noticed, is that it rang with phone like rings instead of using my ringtone. That seems a bit curious.

 

[Dannydet]

I think your asking for something phones just don't do, which is informing you of a phone call.
A better option is to use a dedicated mp3 player instead

 

[RVDowning]

Under settings for "Do not disturb" there is a section for exceptions, than says "Calls, messages, and conversations." I would presume that "Calls" means phone, and I have indicated no exceptions. It would seem to me that the setting is not being honored.

 

[ocnbrze]

so on my z fold 4 i can change the exceptions for Do Not Disturb. i can exclude calls,messages and conversations. you can take calls off of the list. you can even pick which contacts to include with DND (all, contacts only, favorites contacts only, or none)

settings>notifications>Do Not Disturb>scroll down to exceptions>calls,messages, and conversations.

it might be different on your phone, but you should have similar options.

 

[ocnbrze]

Under settings for "Do not disturb" there is a section for exceptions, than says "Calls, messages, and conversations." I would presume that "Calls" means phone, and I have indicated no exceptions. It would seem to me that the setting is not being honored.

if you select calls, you will go more options.....select all for all incoming calls

 

[RVDowning]

Hmmm. It says "Allow Do not disturb exceptions" so I have "None" selected, since I wanted NO exceptions. I would have thought that "All" would have been the opposite. But, I'll give that a try for tomorrow's run.

 

[RVDowning]

Well, "All" didn't work, so I have set it back to "None." The only difference I notice when using Do Not Disturb is that the sound is of the old fashioned phone kind of ringing instead of one's ringtone. But it still rings through and interrupts the music. Maybe I need Sound turned off at the same time.

 

[nickdalzell]

You can always put it into Airplane mode assuming you downloaded your Amazon Music songs like I do. Then nothing can interrupt anything.

 

[RVDowning]

I used to have them downloaded, but I haven't subscribed and am just using the free version by virtue of being a Prime member. This last update of theirs pretty much screwed that up.

 

[nickdalzell]

Oh. I've been buying songs since the glory days of iOS 6 and Android 2.3. I have accumulated over 2,000 MP3s from the days of BearShare/Napster to the legal versions today that I amassed with Amazon MP3 (back when it was called that).

The concept of the 'cloud' and 'subscription-based music' is alien to me. But then I go in a lot of areas where there is NO SERVICE and would otherwise have no music to enjoy if I relied on those.

 

[RVDowning]

Oh. I've been buying songs since the glory days of iOS 6 and Android 2.3. I have accumulated over 2,000 MP3s from the days of BearShare/Napster to the legal versions today that I amassed with Amazon MP3 (back when it was called that).

The concept of the 'cloud' and 'subscription-based music' is alien to me. But then I go in a lot of areas where there is NO SERVICE and would otherwise have no music to enjoy if I relied on those.

I have about 900 MP3s, but have played them so many times while running that I wanted more variety.

 

[mikedt]

I do a bit of everything for music, like buying a few CDs, also stream from Spotify, and have a load of songs that came from AllofMP3, Pirate Bay, Kazaa, Napster, etc.