Ytaay
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What exactly is Silent Mode anyway?
A modest clarification to the above (apologies to the awesome Sheepy and gunnermike):
Previously when pressing on the lower volume rocker button, the volume would eventually allow you to go down to a Vibrate mode, then a Silent mode. Instead, you now go into a Vibrate mode (default setting) and that's it, no Silent mode, although "Silent mode" is listed as an option within the long press power button menu. Confusing? Yes!
The answer? Simply put, the phone is put into "Silent mode" by (a) lowering the volume all the way via the volume rocker button, (b) selecting "Silent mode" via the long press power button menu, (c) going to Settings>Sound settings>Silent mode and checking the box, or (d) sliding the lock screen slider from right to left (if you have the right ROM/patch like superclean 2.1 for example).
Now.....Silent mode is not necessarily silent!
(Crazy, isn't it?)
Here's the skinny: you can now choose whether or not Vibration occurs during Silent mode by going to Settings>Sound settings>Vibrate, which gives you four options:
If you choose "Never" or "Only when not in silent mode", you will once again be able to go into "true" Silent mode (aka no vibration) when lowering the volume via the volume rocker button (or one of the other options for going into Silent mode mentioned above).
Hopefully that clears some things up for those of you who haven't delved into the Sound settings and figured this out already. If you already know this then, well, you'll never get the past 30-45 seconds back. Sorry about that!
(One other thought: there's only a bajillion posts in this thread and I haven't had time to read them all - I'm hoping and praying this hasn't been covered already. If so, major DOH on me. :-[)
good catch sheepy!!! i love that. did you notice the lock screen, when you pull the bar to the right it puts it on vibrate and not silent. thats awsome. i cant tell you how annoying it. i like it!
but dont forget about his force close thing sheepy. i still think bad flash..
A modest clarification to the above (apologies to the awesome Sheepy and gunnermike):
Previously when pressing on the lower volume rocker button, the volume would eventually allow you to go down to a Vibrate mode, then a Silent mode. Instead, you now go into a Vibrate mode (default setting) and that's it, no Silent mode, although "Silent mode" is listed as an option within the long press power button menu. Confusing? Yes!
The answer? Simply put, the phone is put into "Silent mode" by (a) lowering the volume all the way via the volume rocker button, (b) selecting "Silent mode" via the long press power button menu, (c) going to Settings>Sound settings>Silent mode and checking the box, or (d) sliding the lock screen slider from right to left (if you have the right ROM/patch like superclean 2.1 for example).
Now.....Silent mode is not necessarily silent!

Here's the skinny: you can now choose whether or not Vibration occurs during Silent mode by going to Settings>Sound settings>Vibrate, which gives you four options:
Always
Never
Only in silent mode
Only when not in silent mode
Never
Only in silent mode
Only when not in silent mode
If you choose "Never" or "Only when not in silent mode", you will once again be able to go into "true" Silent mode (aka no vibration) when lowering the volume via the volume rocker button (or one of the other options for going into Silent mode mentioned above).
Hopefully that clears some things up for those of you who haven't delved into the Sound settings and figured this out already. If you already know this then, well, you'll never get the past 30-45 seconds back. Sorry about that!
(One other thought: there's only a bajillion posts in this thread and I haven't had time to read them all - I'm hoping and praying this hasn't been covered already. If so, major DOH on me. :-[)