Hello friends. Shortly before I made the move to iPhone back in the beginning, I had a short stint with Blackberry as my device. One thing I LOVED that the Blackberry did, was Profiles (at least I think that’s what it was called). It was a one button push to a menu where I could decide which profile I was using. This “profile” was essentially a settings overhaul, that allowed you to change things like ringer/notification volume, vibration settings, and maybe that was it. Either way, I’ve been wishing for this function in iOS ever since.

What I have: iPhone 14Pro, latest iOS version (iOS 16.5)

What I’ve done: Set up shortcuts that are on my home screen as buttons, which change my Focus. I have 3 Focus modes right now.

  1. Daytime - Full volume and long vibrate, easy to hear notification sounds
  2. Vibe - 35% volume, same notifications as Daytime
  3. Sleep - No notifications except calls/texts from my favorite contacts. It’s essentially an all-but-an-emergency setting

What I’d Like: I want to be able to add any necessary steps to these shortcuts to change the notification sounds for the “Vibe” focus. This focus is meant for when i’m sitting at home or with friends and can hear my phone easily. I don’t need to change all the sounds. Just texts, email, ringtone, voicemail. You know, the stuff that I’m most likely to receive.

Does anyone know how I can do this? Like I said, I’ve already got the shortcuts set up, I just need to add the notification sound changes. Is this possible? I cannot figure it out!

P.S. Hope you’re all enjoying Lemmy! I know I am.

  • mujoh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    It’s likely not something you could automate, however using the Open URL action you could at least be taken to the sound setting(s) with the iOS URL schemes for Sound:

    Sounds → (root): prefs:root=Sounds Sounds → Ringtone: prefs:root=Sounds&path=Ringtone Sounds → Text Tone: prefs:root=Sounds&path=Text_Messages Sounds → New Voicemail: prefs:root=Sounds&path=Voicemail Sounds → New Mail: prefs:root=Sounds&path=NEW_MAIL Sounds → Sent Mail: prefs:root=Sounds&path=SENT_MAIL Sounds → Calendar Alerts: prefs:root=Sounds&path=Calendar%20Alarm Sounds → Reminder Alerts: prefs:root=Sounds&path=Reminder%20Alerts Sounds → AirDrop: prefs:root=Sounds&path=AIRDROP

    See this reference for the full listing.

    • SacredHeartAttack@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      So, there’s alot to read in there. What i got from it is everything in my phone has it’s own URL, and i can set the shortcut to use that URL to access a specific thing with essentially one button? This wold make it so i would have to set the sounds manually each time i switched?

      • mujoh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yes, unfortunately. Certainly not ideal for an Automation involving a Focus switch, however maybe have a second Shortcut as an addendum which would contain Open URL actions to the sounds you want to change.

  • ansik@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    Hey! Glad I found this community!

    I don’t have an exact answer for you nor will it help you with automating it fully but using this setting I can to the “Audio and haptics menu” in Settings.

    It’s late here but dig into how they get there and do the same, then at least you’ll get to the right menu when activating it. Not great, not terrible