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Volume Control Changed on 2.2

Well, I'm officially mad that the recent update has changed the way I control my volume. The button on the right side of the phone used to have separate levels for No Sound, Vibrate, and then Sound. After I installed the update, I can't turn the sound off via the button on the right side of the phone. It only has Vibrate and Sound. I have to manually go into Settings and turn the sound off. Who is the {please keep your posts courteous} that made this decision? He should be fired. Does anyone have a solution? I can go into Settings and play around with the Silent Mode and the Vibrate, but no combination will allow for both to exist and be changed using the manual sound button on the right side of the phone.

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jasnmar

While I don't like to disagree with people just to disagree, I will say that this is something I really, really like. I never want my phone to be completely silent and in the past would accidentally go past vibrate to silent. This prevents that. My likes.
We all have our opinions.

phat06mama

I totally agree that the volume thing stinks! I didnt figure it out until I was in the middle of a meeting and my phone starts to vibrate!!! I was so mad!!..FIX THIS PLEASE!!!!

unknown

It IS fixed.

chyduke

Press and hold the power key until u get the option Rio put ure phone on silent. It sucks but works for now

Gliffix101

Yea, that doesn't work. It still vibrates. I have to agree with the original post. I preferred being able to go silent/no vibrate like when I go to bed! Now the vibrating wakes me up in the middle of the night and I have to either turn the vibrate setting off or I have to turn the phone off. BOOO!

Cobjones

I don't know why they removed that option. I sleep weird/irregular hours and constantly have to go into the menu now.

h8mongrel

If I slide my finger from right to left on the unlocking device, it changes the sound to off and then if I do it again, it turns it back on. I think this was an option before but I never used it for some reason. But if I go into Settings, Sound, and then select Vibrate, there is an option for "Only when not in silent mode." However, my phone then vibrates and rings at the same time which is really annoying because it kills my battery. I need to have Silent and no Vibrate when at work because we have a very strict cell phone policy. I want "Vibrate Only" when the phone is in my pocket. I want sound only with no vibrate when I'm sitting at home. The best option at this point is to go into settings and choose vibrate only when in silent mode and then slide the unlocking device from right to left when I put the phone in my pocket. Then it will at least vibrate in my pocket. The annoying thing is that I will have to go into settings every day when I go to work and select vibrate never and then put it in silent mode. This recent update was basically a downgrade as far as sound control goes.

TAPPEDOUT

Try Do Not Disturb on the Market.

Just set up a schedule to silence

I use it to keep phone silent at night daily.

Works flawless on 2.1 & better on 2.2.

The text was way too small on 2.1.

Can enable vibrate if you wish.

snowdowggy

Can I kudos yet?

RonAnderson

Go to menu-sounds-vibtate, it will give you four options always never only in silent and only when not in silent. Hit never and silence is on the rocker again

h8mongrel

RonAnderson wrote:
Go to menu-sounds-vibtate, it will give you four options always never only in silent and only when not in silent. Hit never and silence is on the rocker again

Then if I want Vibrate turned on, I have to go back into Settings and switch it back. Before the update, I could simply use the button on the right side of the phone to have Sound, Silence or Vibrate. Now I can't and it makes absolutely no sense at all.

PJNC284

Is it really that hard to use the silent slider on the lock screen? Granted there is a bug where it wont reenable vibrate when you turn sound back on. I mainly just use Quick Profles in the market and have shortcuts on my home screen for silent and normal modes.

basspro

Install Beautiful Widgets from the market (free), and then you can have a "silent" widget and a "vibrate" widget. Easy.

Cobjones

Kudos given

Cobjones

Slider puts the phone on vibrate

h8mongrel

You guys are all obvuiously missing the point. It seems really **bleep** that I would need to install widgets to have easy control of my volume when the old software version had all 3 settings right at my fingertip. I change from silent to vibrate to sounds about 10 different times a day and going into settings to toggle between the 3 is like going back to the 1990's. I have supposedly one of the best phones on the market and I'm going backwards with my ease of use.

PJNC284

Cobjones wrote:
Slider puts the phone on vibrate

It depends. If you have the Vibrate setting under Sound to "Only when not in silent", the slider will actually silence everything. If you have Vibrate set to "Always", the slider puts it in vibrate mode. The only issue is that they still haven't fixed the bug where it will re-enable the vibrate setting when you turn sound back on.

Cobjones

yes that is true, but I still have to go into the settings to change that.... it defeats the purpose

Ladyg45

This may sound like a crazy question, but here goes anyway. If you want your phone to be slient, why not just turn it off? Wear a watch to keep time and once you are back where you can receive calls turn the phone back on. Just a question.

Ladyg45

I seem to have found a way to silent the phone without turning it off. Granted the calls go directly to mailbox, but the phone is still on. Hold the power button and when options appear place the phone in airplane mode. The phone will not vibrate nor will it ring. Hope this helps. Good luck

jayrco

Try using Profile. I downloaded it a day or so after I got my Droid. It's great for what you want to use it for. You can create as many profiles that you need...and they can be time based as well!

Cobjones

@lady gaga

There is a reason, some people have to check email during meetings (a buzz is distracting). Some people are also in an office setting where a buzz is too much as well.

Just because you don't see a need doesn't mean there isn't one.

bigred24

Try downloading "Droid Vol Rocker" from the Android Market. It seems to solve this problem for me. It alternates between silent and vibrate mode everytime you move the volume all the way down.

For Example

1. Phone is in Ring mode

2. Volume Down Pushed All The Way To The Bottom the Phone goes to silent

3. Push Vol Up One Time

4. Push Vol Down One Time and the phone goes to vibrate. They just continue to alternate.

There is a good youtube video search for "Droid Vol Rocker" and you'll find it.

Hope this helps.

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