Marshmallow - how to turn on vibrate only mode?

[AC Question]

So I have Nexus 6P with Android 6 (Marshmallow) and I can't find a way to switch it to vibrate only mode without doing that on all the apps manually (ridiculous). It only has a "total silence" mode which is good, but not very useful when you need the vibro only too.

 

[Golfdriver97]

Welcome to the forums. One way I know how is to click volume up or down once, and then you should be able to click the sound icon on the left. That should put everything into vibrate mode.

 

[kunal15595]

Thanks

 

[renegad3]

hold volume dn key til all the way down, then click vol dn again

 

[mumfoau]

Definitely should have an extra option in DND for vibrate mode

 

[AustinIllini]

Definitely should have an extra option in DND for vibrate mode

The bottom of the volume meter is vibrate. One click down from there is DND.

 

[mumfoau]

The bottom of the volume meter is vibrate. One click down from there is DND.

Yes but one has to turn the volume all the way down to get to vibrate or tap the button up or down then touch the Bell

 

[renegad3]

Yes but one has to turn the volume all the way down to get to vibrate or tap the button up or down then touch the Bell

or just slide down the notification shade, and touch DND

 

[juanfra domenech]

It isn't working for me, any help please? It wont let me put it on vibration, only silent

 

[GSDer]

It isn't working for me, any help please? It wont let me put it on vibration, only silent

Did you follow the instructions in the second post? That seems to work fine for me.
Do you have a different device than the Nexus 6P?

 

[juanfra domenech]

Yes, i have a Moto x play but It has the same version of Android marshmallow as the Nexus 6p

 

[GSDer]

Yes, i have a Moto x play but It has the same version of Android marshmallow as the Nexus 6p

So when you click the volume button (either up or down) and then touch the little bell icon that's to the left of the volume slider, what do you see?
Apparently you're not seeing the transition from the bell icon to the vibrate icon (as shown in the attached screenshots).

 

[juanfra domenech]

Goes directly to DND, same thing when I get the slider all the way down

 

[GSDer]

Yes, i have a Moto x play but It has the same version of Android marshmallow as the Nexus 6p

Well, my 6P is running Nougat (has been for a long time) and I have no idea what the behavior was like when it was running Marshmallow.
You should repost your issue in the Moto X Play forum and see what others there have to say.
If it doesn't behave correctly in Safe mode it's possible that a Factory reset will correct the behavior but it's better to check with other similar device owners first.