FP6: Do Not Disturb automatically turns itself off

/e/OS Devices Fairphone
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I’m using a FP6 with the Android 15 based /e/OS 3.3 (official), since Christmas, and I’ve noticed a weird behaviour with Do-Not-Disturb on the device:

I’ve set the Moments switch to enable Do-Not-Disturb when set, and have no schedules set for enabling Do-Not-Disturb. I usually set Do-Not-Disturb via the Moments switch and leave it there 95% of the time, except in rare cases like when I expect a phone call from an unknown number.

What’s strange is that, for some reason, Do-Not-Disturb keeps automatically turning off around once per day even though the Moments switch is still set, but at seemingly irregular times. The behaviour is usually that I unlock my phone, I’m surprised that I hear the unlock sound (because Do-Not-Disturb was off), and then I see a small toast at the bottom of the screen with “Do-Not-Disturb disabled”.

When googling for issues like this I find cases across multiple different Android ROMs on many different devices, but there people often talk about Bedtime mode, Mode schedules, and Mode syncing with smart watches.

  • /e/OS does not have Bedtime mode in the settings, at least I can’t find it
  • The default Do-Not-Disturb Mode doesn’t even have the possibility for me to add a schedule in the Mode menu (if I add a custom mode, I can add a schedule)
  • The quick settings duration for Do-Not-Disturb is “until you turn off”
  • I don’t own a smart watch, and the setting for syncing modes is also not in the settings.
  • No app besides “Shell” (which I can’t remove) is allowed Mode access
  • Additionally, no triggers for device Profile transitions are set up (I’m only using the default profile)

Does anyone else experience this issue or an issue like it, or know whether there is a workaround for it?

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It strikes me that this Do not Disturb Mode is as a “demonstration” from this screenshot it is clearly intended as less than Do not Disturb.

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I guess you can create “new” Modes with filters more close to what you need.

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The filters work completely fine! I’ve set it up exactly how I like it. The only issue is just that it turns itself off at unpredictable moments, which sounds like a bug to me (which I should report to the bug tracker).

I also can’t use a custom mode, because I can’t tie the “Moments” switch to custom modes, only Do-Not-Disturb.

Feature request: Mute specific SMS converstaions
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I can confirm this happens for me as well.

I use the “Moments” slider on /e/OS to control the do-not-disturb feature.

After a while with the slider in the same position, the mode changes for no apparent reason.

This makes the slider quite useless, as the do-not-disturb mode could deactivate itself in the middle of the might for example.

Is there any bug report for that on the /e/OS gitlab so far ?

EDIT: yes, there is: "Do Not Disturb" mode deactivates on its own when Fairphone "Moments" Switch is set to "Do Not Disturb" (#9132) · Issues · e / Backlog · GitLab

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Yes, that bug report is by me.

I also finally found a reliable workaround: You need to set the “Moments” switch to something else than Do-not-Disturb, and activate Do-not-Disturb via the normal quick menu, and then it will stay on.

This is sad, because it would be really convenient to use the switch for Do-not-Disturb.

Right now I’m using it for the Flashlight, which is ok, and with /e/OS 3.4 it looks like they’ll import the “Moments” feature from the Stock Fairphone 6 Android ROM.

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@yrlf thanks for posting the workaround, I’ve seen this bug as well and didn’t know what triggered it turning off again.