Downtime contact bugs in ioS 18 still not ironed out.

Even when not in downtime, if you set the "specific contacts" option it won't permit contact with "everyone" during the day, it only allows specific contacts. Its acting almost as if downtime is on all the time - every measure including reboot, setting on and off, disable and enabling screen time, resetting IOS everything nothing works.....

iPhone 11

Posted on Feb 6, 2025 11:34 AM

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Feb 6, 2025 03:55 PM in response to mephistocles

Well, unless you tell Apple about it most likely it will never be ironed out: Product Feedback - Apple

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