Comments on: iPhone 101: iPhone Not Ringing? Meet the Silent Switch!

By: sow

sow — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:11:57 +0000

i dont want to pay $3 for auto silent. this is stupid, frekkin apple. Is there any freeware apps out there?

By: Trio

Trio — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:57:13 +0000

You can use iPhone settings sounds and turn of keyboard sounds. you will not get keyboard sounds but hear the phone ring.

If your gf iphone's silent switch is broken or loose, use Auto Silent app. You can use it to turn off keyboard sound and hear the phone ring.

By: Typing Noise

Typing Noise — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:59:14 +0000

My girlfriend types a lot of texts on her iPhone and the noise gets annoying so she turns it to silent mode – but then she can’t hear the phone ring. Can we turn the typing sound off but not the ringer??

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:51:24 +0000

When using an Otter Box, the switch is hidden. I couldn’t find it and I knew it was there. Felt stupid? YES.

By: iPhone Packers

iPhone Packers — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:50:13 +0000

You can use “Auto Silent” app to disable or bypass iPhone Silent switch. If your switch was broken in silent mode, it will restore all sounds including ring. Then you can use Auto Silent app to put phone into silent mode. There is SBSettings toggle to quickly mute and unmute the phone using Auto Silent app.

The app supports iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS and OS firmware 2.2, 3.0, 3.1

This app can also be used by those people whose silent switch is loose or accidently put phone into silent mode.

There is provision to put phone into silent mode automatically using pre-configured settings in the app or according to appointments in iPhone Calendar. There is Provision to put phone into silent mode based on timer. The phone will come out of silent mode automatically once timer goes off. Useful for people who puts phone into silent mode but forget to unmute it. Useful when you go for a movie and forget to unmute once movie is done.

More info at http://iphonepackers.info

The app can be downloaded through Cydia. Search for “Auto Silent” on Cydia. You neeed to jailbreak in order to install Cydia. Search for “How to jailbreak iPhone” on google.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:19:37 +0000

I seem to have the opposite problem to everyone I’ve read. My switch isn’t working and is stuck in silent mode. Is there anyway to turn sounds back on?

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:45:50 +0000

Okay so i got the iphone 2g 8gig the phone plays music and plays all the sounds fine. some apps have no sound when sound is enabled, also playing with the ringer/silent switch i still get no rings when people call. red dot showing and not showing volume all the way up and all it does is vibrate. Help please?

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:40:15 +0000

Auto Silent app is replacement of silent switch. It can be used to put iphone into silent mode and out of it automatically. More info http://iphonepackers.info/autosilent/depiction/index.html

By: Nelson

Nelson — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:09:58 +0000

Dutch: Thanks for the great tip!

By: mary

mary — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:50:36 +0000

hey, my iphone silent switch is spoiled. dont know how but it no longer works. is there any other way to silent the phone