Ringer off button? - MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General

I've been lurking and downloading from this great wiki since purchasing my MDA III 2 months ago. Pretty happy with it, but there is one missing feature I would like to have:
Is there a way to make the volume slider on the side of the BA turn off the phone ringer? Or can I program one of the buttons to turn off the phone ringer? More than once I have had to fumble with the BA to shut it up in a meeting or, worse, in a lecture with me as the lecturer!

I use PPCProfiles Pro... you can have buttons on the today page to instantly change to silent/loud/etc etc. Another good one is PocketZenPhone which I used to use but it caused some instability for me.

i recommend you use PocketZenPhone.. more stable

Yeah well as I said in my message, I had more stability issues with PZP

If, when the phone rings, you want to silence the device, the volume up/down slider does that anyway without adjusting the volume of the phone.
If you want to turn the ringer on or off by using the volume slider that's another story. I'm using O2Plus which gives you some phone customisations (not specific to O2) like phone/divert profiles. Can't say I've tried any others.
Dom

Thanks for the quick suggestions.
To clarify, I need to mute the ringer using one of the physical buttons exposed with the BA in an Innopocket aluminum case, without having to open the case. When the phone rings at an inappropriate time, I want to reach into my pocket and mute the ringer with one touch. The volume slider is exposed, but it won't shut off the ringer.

Just out of curiosity, I just bought the same innopocket hardcase today. Don't you find it to scratch easily your BA because of the sharp edges of the case and the very very tight closing system?
BTW, i use one of the hardware button (record) to switch between PZP profiles (quiet)

Just out of curiosity, I just bought the same innopocket hardcase today. Don't you find it to scratch easily your BA because of the sharp edges of the case and the very very tight closing system?
BTW, i use one of the hardware button (record) to switch between PZP profiles (quiet)

thanks for the advice on PZP. I've been using the innopocket for about 2 months and I don't see any scratches on the BA. I am pretty rough on PDAs, breaking 3 screens in 4 years, so my devices need the armor.

If I get a call and want to mute the ring tone, I just move the Volume slider on the side up or down one time, and it mutes the ring tone.
Yours should do the same???

bosjo, you are right! I am an idiot! I will now return to lurking and try not to waste any more time....

He he, give your self a pad on the shoulder and move on :wink:
We have all been there :wink:

stuartestrand said:
Thanks for the quick suggestions.
To clarify, I need to mute the ringer using one of the physical buttons exposed with the BA in an Innopocket aluminum case, without having to open the case. When the phone rings at an inappropriate time, I want to reach into my pocket and mute the ringer with one touch. The volume slider is exposed, but it won't shut off the ringer.
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Hi,
Qtek 2020 with 2003SE or Buzz WM5 does that!
In a incoming call, I can stop the ring using volume button slider.
Is you use WisBar Advance 2 (release for WM5) then this feature will not work, but they are working on it.

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Problem with side sound slider

Hello..Today the side sound slider came off and i couldn't put it back...It goes in but since it doesn't have anywhere to be caught it coomes off...So i glued it and now it's there but can't be moved...So i would like to know if i can assign the mute call function of this slider to another button...It would be extremely helpful for me since this is the only function for which i use this slider.

Toggle Handfree on/off during call w/o turning BT off

I am using an 8125 with Slide2Unlock and the Iphone dialer pad. Even with the standard dialer phone pad, if I want to stop using the headset during a call I must use the menu button at the bottom and select "Turn Hands-free off".. There are times that I do not want to use my BT headset or vehicle hands free unit. I would like to know if anyone had extracted that command and if it could be placed on the "in call" dialer skin as a hot button, like hold or mute, without having to go through the menu to access it. I don't need anything fancy that toggles the bluetooth on/off, in fact I would like to leave that unaffected. Simply a command that shortens the finger strokes of going through the in call menu and setting the handfree status.
Thanks in advance to brain tank.....
Does anybody have any ideas????? Please would really like an app like this....
Please Please...really want an app like this but I have no idea how to make one.
Thanks
have you tried holding down the green call button whilst in a call? Works on my SPV M1000 to turn speaker phone on....
A
Speaker phone is not my issue, I want to toggle between Headset and Handset while in a call. Like pressing menu/Handfree off.
GC
I tested a today plug-in which did it, unfortunately I don't remember the name. AFAIK it is the only software capable of doing it while in a call, so.... hope you'll find it

Silence phone during incoming call

I did that on my Tornado by pressing volume down key. Where is it in Excalibur ?
at Night, my parents are asleep and often my phone isnt on Vibrate. So the ringer keeps on buzzing. (I just want to make phone silent during incoming call rather cut it off). Its driving me nuts
And running my fingers over JOGGER doesnt help. (JOGGER should serve as VOLUME control right? since I have set it to be usable as volume control)
Some one please help me! (not any of the buttons on keyboard does make phone silent during incoming ringer)
did u tried double click on the jogger bar during call... in my if i click twice it helps me to control the volumn..

[Q] disable the volume button, except during calls

I keep changing the volume of the device just by holding it.
My fingers seems to rest on the volume button(s). Both when I hold the Desire HD
In portrait and landscape mood.
Really annoying
Is there a way to disable the physical volume button and use a software dito.
For all sound except during calls, then those physical buttons might come handy.
I have managed to turn of the Mic on a X10 Mini, but didn't believe I would have problems with a full size mobile...
Sent from the problem child "the Desire HD"
I'm also interested in this. Google shows it's been done on other devices so it should be possible. Unfortunately I'm not clever enough to do it but someone out there must be.
Heck I'd even live with it being disabled during calls assuming I'd pre set it at an adequate level.
I had the same issue!
Check out Volume Control+ on the Android Marketplace. You can set the volumes for each program individually and lock the volume rocker outside of calls or videos; whatever you like.
It's not perfect; the rocker will still vibrate when you press it if it's locked. The volume won't change though. It's definitely good enough!

[Q] Galaxy Nexus and it's vibrator

Hey guys!
I've been wondering a bit, after getting my Galaxy Nexus. I mostly have my phones on silent, just have it to vibrate, when ever I receive a call, sms, e-mail or what ever.
But with the Galaxy Nexus, I seem to can't feel the vibrator (no naughty thoughts!), and therefore I can't have my phone on silent.
Anyone know if i can change it with an app or anything else? Really hate that my phone needs to sound like a an robot when ever i get a notification.
Cheers,
Alexander W.
Westerhoff said:
Hey guys!
I've been wondering a bit, after getting my Galaxy Nexus. I mostly have my phones on silent, just have it to vibrate, when ever I receive a call, sms, e-mail or what ever.
But with the Galaxy Nexus, I seem to can't feel the vibrator (no naughty thoughts!), and therefore I can't have my phone on silent.
Anyone know if i can change it with an app or anything else? Really hate that my phone needs to sound like a an robot when ever i get a notification.
Cheers,
Alexander W.
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Are you talking about a software problem or a physical problem?
As in have you tried going into like gmail settings and turning on vibrate when receiving emails and stuff like that?
I had this exact same problem. I never have my phones make noise (other than the sound of it vibrating) as I don't want to accidentally leave it on loud when it should be on silent. Just easier that way. Plus you can hear your phone vibrating on a table or other hard surface from other rooms, so no need for sound.
It took me a bit to figure out what was going on, but what the issue was for me was I had the ringer volume down too low. With your phone unlocked, press the volume up rocker once. You will see that it changes from a speaker with a line through it to a phone that appears to be vibrating. This will put it in silent but vibrate mode.
Also make sure in the sound settings that you have the vibrate mode set properly. I have mine set to always vibrate.
Hope that helps!
Westerhoff said:
Hey guys!
I've been wondering a bit, after getting my Galaxy Nexus. I mostly have my phones on silent, just have it to vibrate, when ever I receive a call, sms, e-mail or what ever.
But with the Galaxy Nexus, I seem to can't feel the vibrator (no naughty thoughts!), and therefore I can't have my phone on silent.
Anyone know if i can change it with an app or anything else? Really hate that my phone needs to sound like a an robot when ever i get a notification.
Cheers,
Alexander W.
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Try the application Light Flow. I had the same problem, couldn't feel the short vibration and missed my emails and such. With light flow you can set up custom vibrations for different applications. I have two exchange accounts and have set up different vibration lengths and led colors for each (the one vibrates for around 4 seconds). You can also set up another set of vibrations if you miss the first one that will repeat for a duration of time that you can also set.
For phone calls only, try vibration manager, it will allow custom vibrations for incoming calls.
jaeisber said:
It took me a bit to figure out what was going on, but what the issue was for me was I had the ringer volume down too low. With your phone unlocked, press the volume up rocker once. You will see that it changes from a speaker with a line through it to a phone that appears to be vibrating. This will put it in silent but vibrate mode.
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Yes, there is silent, vibrate and tones
hiohokaybye - It's exactly like the others says. It proberbly isen't a problem with the phone, it just doesn't vibrate "hard" enought for me to feel it or hear it.
But thanks for the help, jaeisber, archerks & white lie! - Got it working "right" now.
Cheers, y'all, and Merry Christmas!
I giggled when I read the title of the thread.
I too have experienced missing calls and messages do to the fact that the phone vibrates at a much higher frequency than other phones I have had. It feels great when you hold it, but I don't notice it as much as other phones when I have it in my pocket.
Same here, I can't feel the vibration strong enough when it is in my pocket and miss calls. I'll have to try the light app.

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