Switching your cell phone to silent can be welcome relief from annoying ringtones.
If you are in a meeting or do not want to be disturbed, you can put your cell phone on silent mode in place of its vibrate function or in place of an annoying ringtone. Luckily, modern cell phones have many ringtone options, and most models include a silent option in with the ringtones or via the audio options. Although every cell phone, such as the Sony Ericsson, Motorola, BlackBerry or iPhone brands, operates slightly differently, putting a phone on silent is a similar process on most cell phone models.
Instructions
Putting a Smartphone on Silent
1. Go to the home screen or main menu on your smartphone. The process for doing this will differ depending on your model of smartphone. You will know you are in the main menu or on the home screen when your phone displays all of the icons that represent the options available on your phone.
2. Select the option that represents the phone's ringtone and volume options. The icon will often look like a speaker or a bell, though it depends on your model of smartphone.
3. Click or tap on the ringtone or audio icon.
4. Select "Silent" from the audio or ringtone options that appear. Your smartphone will now be on silent.
Putting a Flip Cell Phone on Silent
5. Flip open the cell phone so that you can see the keypad.
6. Press the arrow keys on the side of the phone, which control the volume. These keys can be on the left or right side of the phone. For example, on Sony Ericsson phone models, the arrows are on the right, as opposed to Motorola cell phone models, which have the same keys on the left. Using the arrow keys alone may put your phone into silent mode, depending on the model. Or a menu may pop up with ringtone options or audio (volume) options.
7. Use the arrow keys on the side of phone to flip through menu. Press the down arrow to scroll through the menu if the ringtone options appear under the menu. Select the "Silent" ringtone option. If the cell phone model instead shows the audio options, press the down arrow on the side of the phone to turn down the ring volume. The screen on the cell phone will show bars, indicating the volume option.
8. Continue pressing the down arrow until there are no more highlighted bars on the screen if you are adjusting the audio option on the phone.
9. Select "Save" if necessary. (This will depend on your model of phone.) The volume on your cell phone will now be turned off.
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