Do you turn off your mobile phone at night?

mikemac1

The mammy was cross, said I never have my phone on.

Not entirely true but I do turn it off before I go to bed
Most days I bring it to work but not always, often forget so it might go a day or so turned off.

My phone is also my alarm but you don't need to leave it on for that. So when I go to bed I usually turn my phone off. Just a habit

From talking to the workmates seems this is strange, they have their phone on always

What do the good people of AH do?
Are you contactable 24/7?

Pushtrak

No. I put it on silent, so I guess it doesn't make much of a difference.

Darkglasses

Nope, I go on boards with it at night.

Trollsbury Trollington

The mobile phone is the Irish mammys eternal adult leash.

They never have to let go.

Vicar in a tutu

Nope. Then I get all frustrated if anybody tries to contact me at ungodly hours. Logic:rolleyes:

charlemont

For about two months I did turn it off at night.

Since Three stopped ringing me looking for money they will never get I can now leave it on. Cúnts were ringing every morning.

OakeyDokey

Nope, stays on until it goes dead. Never know when an emergency might happen.

Sharpshooter

mikemac1 wrote: »

My phone is also my alarm but you don't need to leave it on for that. So when I go to bed I usually turn my phone off.

My phone is always on, it's my alarm and my time keeper, plus it's something shiny to look at when I wake up at an odd hour.

Touch screen phones are a bitch though!

Jesus Wept

It's on but on silent though certain people can still get through in case of an emergency - family members mostly. It's entirely silent for texts.

I'd like to be able to switch it off but for the above reason I don't.

Spread

On SILENT after 9pm

Jen Pigs Fly

On all the time, but never leaves silent haha.

I wake up at the faintest noise so it on silent still wakes me up, so some nights when I want a good nights sleep I just turn vibration off.

LH Pathe

My mobile sees so little action the battery musta gone dead a few yr back. But I failed to notice

Leeg17

Always leave it on where possible, not that it's been worth leaving it on, rarely goes off

Uriel.

on 24/7.

Mostly in case of an emergency or something. But also because it would annoy me every morning going through the phone start up and having to enter your pin etc...

I would never wake up if I got a text anyway and it will take a bit of ringing to get me up also

Jammy Donut

Mines on 24/7.


If it rings I'll wake, if I get a text I won't wake. Kinda strange because there both the same volume.

girl2

I like your attitude to your mobile OP. I wish I was the same.

Anyway, I had got into the way of turning off my fone at night when I had a blackberry but then I change to iPhone and the problem with it is that the alarm doesn't work if the fone is off. Like, the most simple, basic thing that apple have left out. So my fone is on all the time.

kerry4sam

I don't turn my phone off at all, with volume at night & at work being set for *meeting* with just a beep for all calls, texts & e-mails. The only exception that gets through the *beep* is my alarm!

mikemac1

girl2 wrote: »

iPhone and the problem with it is that the alarm doesn't work if the fone is off.

That's pretty ridiculous

Just about every phone in the last decade has been able to set an alarm and then power it off

girl2

mikemac1 wrote: »

girl2 wrote: »

iPhone and the problem with it is that the alarm doesn't work if the fone is off.

That's pretty ridiculous

Just about every phone in the last decade has been able to set an alarm and then power it off

I totally agree. I was completely astounded when i discovered that this was the case (needless to say I discovered it when my alarm didn't go off and I was late for work, total nonsense).

Sharpshooter

Leeg17 wrote: »

Always leave it on where possible, not that it's been worth leaving it on, rarely goes off

Always dropping hints!:p

Schism

Mine's on all the time simply because I'm not arsed having to turn it on again in the morning.

LH Pathe

No, I set it to vibrate and turn on my immobile one.. at nite.

Leeg17

Hot Lips wrote: »

Leeg17 wrote: »

Always leave it on where possible, not that it's been worth leaving it on, rarely goes off

Always dropping hints!:p

Because it never works

/me so roneri

oleras

Aeroplane mode when i go to bed.

Alarm still works but no calls or texts come through.

Where To

Silent between 4am and 6am, on the rest of the time

SomeFool

Always on, doesn't necessarily mean I'll answer the feckin thing though!

aN.Droid

My phone has a quite hours feature, turns the phone on silent automatically and takes it off silent at set hours. I have it set currently to go on silent at 2 am and go back on loud at 9 am.

Any android phone with cyanogenmod has this feature by the way and I am sure other phones have it too.

LH Pathe

When the new iPhone drops it'll be always on. My Honda 50 of teh mobile world doesn't even retain a charge!

Sunnyisland

Never turn it of,But sometimes have it on timed silent, like today.

Meesared

Wilderbeast1 wrote: »

Being an iPhone it turns itself off when the battery runs out

Doesnt every battery powered device do this?

I'm often away so the phone stays on, I have had a couple of late night "emergency" calls, so it was needed.

Carstuck

I have to turn it off in the night as otherwise I'd have no battery for the morning. God iPhone batteries are a pain.

stovelid

Put it in airplane mode so doesn't run down as much charge during the night. Means I can use the alarm clock but can't get calls or texts. Someone can ring my wife or the house phone during the night in an emergency.

Your ma ringing in the middle of the night is messed up.

Joey the lips

I put mine on vibration alert and shove it down the wifes knickers. Guaranteed she will wake first if someone rings.,

Lollipops23

nope, live on my own and my parents live abroad. want to be contactable as much as possible.

Dudess

charlemont wrote: »

For about two months I did turn it off at night.

Since Three stopped ringing me looking for money they will never get I can now leave it on. Cúnts were ringing every morning.

Yup. Cuntts indeed for looking for money you owe them.

Lippy C

I turn it off at night and if I'm busy and get a lots calls/texts during the day I have been known to turn it off. If I arrive at work and realize I have left phone at home sometimes I'm actually not bothered about it.

always leave it on, i always have it on silent anyway

downwithpeace

Doubles as my alarm so always on, I generally don't play well with those that ring in the early hours.

Pat Star

I leave it on at night - mainly because I use my phone as my alarm clock, but also because very rarely someone calls/texts me at night.

ButterflyGirl23

I use to put it on silent but then one night I had a missed call from a friend in need so from then on I have always left it on!

Duiske

Joey the lips wrote: »

I put mine on vibration alert and shove it down the wifes knickers. Guaranteed she will wake first if someone rings.,

Would it not be better to be woken by the fone ringing, rather than by your wife screaming your best friends name ?

cookie1977

My BlackBerry can be set auto shut off/on so I have it set to turn off at about 11pm and it comes on with the alarm at 6am.

steve9859

If an emergency is that bad that it can't wait until morning, then the police will be knocking at your door. Otherwise, it can wait! So the phone goes off

Jester252

Phone stays on just in case I need to look something up in the middle of the night

Jay D

Unfortuntaely I leave it on because of the alarm. It won't alert if the phone's off ffs. I like to knock it off for a few hours here and there though just cause I know no one important wants to call or anything and if they do, well I'll see it when I feel like talking again

I hate people who moan about being woken up though, I leave it on silent with only the alarm to sound. If you leave your phone on at night and open to calls it's your fault, no one else's.

My 2 cents.

deman

On 24/7 but usually silent at night. It's also the only alarm I use.

Snowie

sits in my alarm clock charger on silent....

eth0

usually do. feck this being contactable at all times sh1te of recent years.

didn't turn it off last night and some bollix sent me a text at half 2.

Badly Drunk Boy

I'm always contactable but people rarely want to contact me...

Carles Puyol

I only turn it off when I'm leaving it down for a prolonged period and there's a possibility my friends will get their hands on it, like at a match. I normally put it on silent during the night, although that doesn't stop me from waking up if it rings.