Thanks everybody for your help, and especially to Alex for his patience. I found the switch and fixed it. The phone didn't say anything, but later I heard it ringing. Rena ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Paganelli To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 12:56 PM Subject: Re: My phone vibrates instead of ringing; what can I do to change it?
Ok let me have a go at it here as there seems to be a failure to communicate.Follow these steps to check the mute switch. 1 Hold your iPhone in your hand so that the power button you use to turn your phone on is in the top right-hand corner. The home button should be on the flat edge of your iPhone in the center of that edge. The volume buttons should now be on the left side of your iPhone one button on top of the other. 2 Now find the 2 buttons we just mentioned and move your finger up slightly. You will feel a tab sticking out. This little tab is a switch. When you use your fingernail to push the switch in one direction or the other and the direction of travel will be front to back or back to front. You should hear one of 2 announcements. the single beep of the vibrater and voice over announces muted. Flip the switch in the other direction and it should say unmutted. You want it to say unmuted. Note: if you have your phone in some kind of case, it may be harder to follow these instructions and the switch may be in a recessed hole. If possible, remove your phone from the case and it should be much easier to locate where this switch is at. Once you know it's location, it will be easier to find it again with the case back on. Holler if you need more help. It can be a little frustraighting when you get your first iPhone but the good news is, it's well worth it. Regards, Alan I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet. Please click on: HTTP://WWW.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! ----- Original Message ----- From: gracewelln...@atlanticbb.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 4:05 PM Subject: Re: My phone vibrates instead of ringing; what can I do to change it? I'm not sure if I understand your explanation. What are the front and the back of the phone? Is the front the upper part and the back the lower part of the phone? ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Hall To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 6:58 PM Subject: Re: My phone vibrates instead of ringing; what can I do to change it? The mute switch will not affect VoiceOver's speech or sounds. Try flipping the switch; it moves from the back of the phone to the front, or vice versa, not up and down. When it is nearer the back of the phone, that is muted, and near the front is un-muted. An easy way to tell is to plug it in; if it makes a noise, it is not muted, but if it is muted it will vibrate twice. On Jul 15, 2014, at 6:49 PM, gracewelln...@atlanticbb.net wrote: As far as I know I did nothing. If I press the home button it says that I have some notifications and the time. Apparently, the pone is not mute. ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Hall To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 6:37 PM Subject: Re: My phone vibrates instead of ringing; what can I do to change it? I know this might be basic, but in the interest of covering all the bases, did you flip the mute switch? If not, try going to Settings > Sound, and making sure your sound volume is up, and that the ringer is set to vibrate and ringtone. On Jul 15, 2014, at 6:31 PM, gracewelln...@atlanticbb.net wrote: Hello, Suddenly, my 4S began vibrating instead of ringing. What can I do to change it? Can I ask Siri to do it? If so, what should I say? Rena -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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