iOS 5 GM Notifications

[gludington]

I finally got around to installing iOS 5 and noticed one of my most used features of notifications is missing (or perhaps simply moved).

I play several turn based games with people in other time zones, and turning off notifications gave a respite from 3 AM alerts. Is there still a way to turn notifications off globally in iOS 5, or is the only option to juggle settings for each individual app each night?

 

[gludington]

Answering my own question...it appears no.

So instead of one switch to flip when going to bed (or in a meeting), you now have 2 things to do in each app you want to silence.

 

[jakej914]

No, there isn't. The easiest workaround would seem to be to turn on airplane mode?after all, you're essentially doing the same thing.

 

[gregorypleau]

No, there isn't. The easiest workaround would seem to be to turn on airplane mode?after all, you're essentially doing the same thing.

What I do is put the phone on silent mode, and leave vibration off. Unfortunately that also means that I will miss phone calls but at least iCloud backups, podcatchers and other data tasks still run while I snooze.

 

[gludington]

Unfortunately, I cannot go airplane mode or silent/no vibrate because I am on call some nights. A global notification switch was a great feature for that situation, but it appears there is no good solution for this use case in iOS5.

 

[gregorypleau]

Unfortunately, I cannot go airplane mode or silent/no vibrate because I am on call some nights. A global notification switch was a great feature for that situation, but it appears there is no good solution for this use case in iOS5.

If you are willing to jailbreak, there are solutions over on that side that provide "phone only" profiles.

 

[jakej914]

Unfortunately, I cannot go airplane mode or silent/no vibrate because I am on call some nights. A global notification switch was a great feature for that situation, but it appears there is no good solution for this use case in iOS5.

I see. That's definitely a downer. Luckily I'm no longer on call. What about switching off cellular data, then? That'd allow calls to come through, but prevent other pesky notifications. Although, like others have mentioned, that means no updated podcasts, etc. for the morning.