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Any idea why they've disabled this functionality? And does it affect all USB devices? I'm particularly interested in using keyboards with my phone....

Thanks for all the replies, appreciated. This is for when I set an alarm for something in a few days time - say an eBay auction - so I want to hear it. But then much nearer the time I'm at the cinema or similar, so set my phone to silent - where I'm more worried about disturbing the silence...

Hi, Samsung Galaxy running 4.2.2. If I use the manual controls in "Settings" or the "Volume Control" app then I can get most of the phone to stay silent; however if I've set the Clock app - that comes with Samsung's build of Android - to go off then it'll ignore these settings and play the...