Do Not Disturb iPhone bug keeps phones switehed off

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Guardian

Do Not Disturb bug makes iPhone users even harder to rouse in new year

Some owners of iPhones might be harder to contact than usual today: a bug in the "Do Not Disturb" function on the new iPhone software has surfaced in 2013, and is not turning off when it is scheduled to - meaning that calls will be diverted to voicemail and the phone won't ring.

The bug first surfaced on 1 January 2013, when a number of people noticed that the "Do Not Disturb" function which had been scheduled to turn off - usually in the morning - didn't. However, as most people didn't want to be disturbed on 1 January, few took much notice.

But the bug has persisted, with iPhone and iPad owners running the newest software, iOS 6 (which introduced the "DND" function) finding that it doesn't operate as scheduled.

The problem doesn't seem to have affected all iOS 6 users, however. Nor does it only affect those using iOS6-native devices (such as the iPhone 5, iPad 4 or iPad mini).

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