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Huawei: Allow Calls Through Do Not Disturb Mode

When Do Not Disturb is active on a Huawei phone, urgent calls can get silenced along with everything else, so an important contact never gets through. EMUI lets you carve out exceptions so specific calls still ring while the rest stays muted. Getting this wrong usually means either missed calls from people who matter or a phone that keeps buzzing during focus time.

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Allow Calls Through Do Not Disturb auf Huawei

Do Not Disturb on EMUI mutes calls, alerts and notifications by default. If you rely on this mode overnight or during meetings, an incoming call from a specific person can disappear without any ring or vibration.

EMUI includes a separate setting just for calls, independent from the general notification rules. This lets you decide whether all calls should ring through, only contacts, only favourites, or none at all while Do Not Disturb stays on.

To change this behaviour, open Open the SettingsTap on Sounds & vibrationTap on Do Not DisturbTap on CallsChoose Everyone, Contacts only, Favourites only or No one.

Picking Contacts only or Favourites only is the safest middle ground: unknown numbers stay blocked, but people you have actually saved can still reach you. Everyone effectively cancels call muting, while No one silences every call regardless of who is calling.

If a caller is already blocked through a separate call-restriction or blocklist feature, this Do Not Disturb exception will not override that block. The two systems work independently, so a number on your restriction list stays silent no matter which option you pick here.

Frequently asked questions

No. The Favourites only option checks whether the caller is marked as a favourite in your contacts, not how many times they have called. Repeated calls from an unblocked stranger stay silenced.