Root Froyo volume rocker?

[jmilacek]

Anyone know why they changed the functionality of this? You used to be able to press volume down all the way from loud, to vibrate, to silent (which would not vibrate). Now it either bottoms out at vibrate with certain settings, or skips vibrate and goes to silent.

This annoys me because I have to actually go into settings now to put it in silent mode (since I have it set on always vibrate). I've yet to find a combination in the new sound settings to restore the functionality to what it was previously in 2.1.

Anyone else running into this "issue", or know a combination that is the same as before?

 

[istolvampire]

Anyone know why they changed the functionality of this? You used to be able to press volume down all the way from loud, to vibrate, to silent (which would not vibrate). Now it either bottoms out at vibrate with certain settings, or skips vibrate and goes to silent.

This annoys me because I have to actually go into settings now to put it in silent mode (since I have it set on always vibrate). I've yet to find a combination in the new sound settings to restore the functionality to what it was previously in 2.1.

Anyone else running into this "issue", or know a combination that is the same as before?

+1

 

[cruud]

If you hold down the volume down it vibrates and doesn't stop. Neat. I don't have an answer.

 

[Small Change]

Also ran into this problem. Really disappointing as I used this feature a lot. On the other hand it makes a good vibrator. LULZ

 

[yufice]

i think as a whole, everyone feels like vibrate > silent. If you're a silent user, that sucks i guess. :\

 

[johnlgalt]

Listed in three separate threads now.

If you go into Settings --> Sound you can adjust the vibrate setting. If you make it Never or Only when not in silent mode you get the rocker giving you volume from silent to full.

The other two settings (Always and Only when in silent mode) replace silent with vibrate.

 

[jmilacek]

Listed in three separate threads now.

If you go into Settings --> Sound you can adjust the vibrate setting. If you make it Never or Only when not in silent mode you get the rocker giving you volume from silent to full.

The other two settings (Always and Only when in silent mode) replace silent with vibrate.

Right - but that's not what I was asking.

I want this, like it used to be: Silent -> vibrate -> low, medium and high volumes (and could be set to always vibrate as well)

Now you can't do that without going into settings to put it in silent, take it out of vibrate, etc. Annoying.

Sometimes I just want my phone in silent, like during a time when I'd like it to be on but not make ANY noise. I used to be able to do this without doing into settings.

I just don't understand why they changed it.

 

[johnlgalt]

Correct. Unless they change it back, this is how it works now.

 

[riffdex]

Anyone know why they changed the functionality of this? You used to be able to press volume down all the way from loud, to vibrate, to silent (which would not vibrate). Now it either bottoms out at vibrate with certain settings, or skips vibrate and goes to silent.

This annoys me because I have to actually go into settings now to put it in silent mode (since I have it set on always vibrate). I've yet to find a combination in the new sound settings to restore the functionality to what it was previously in 2.1.

Anyone else running into this "issue", or know a combination that is the same as before?

Wow I thought this was some weird issue only I was having. I attributed it to some rogue app
And I too would like it back to the original functionality.

 

[jns.das]

+1

I am all for improvements. But some things when they work should just be left alone. The volume rocker in the previous versions was awesome. That being said I am no devoloper and maybe the change was a necessary evil. Im pretty happy with BB froyo. the only two issues I see are this and my task killers not shutting themselves off.

my 2 cents

 

[calbruc]

I agree that this was a dumb change. I guess our best bet now is just to keep it in "silent=vibrate" mode (whatever the hell they call it), and toggle true silent with the lock screen slider or the power button.

Not a bad trade off, though, considering all the other improvements Froyo offers.

 

[ne0lyfeism]

Um.. the simple solution I've found is the ringer toggle widget (came with NexBeast FRF57 V0.1.1). Add the widget to your home screen and with just a simple tap, you can go between vibrate, ringer volume and silent. No need to go into the Settings, no need to scratch your heading wondering why the current functionality of the volume rocker defies common sense =D

 

[einyv]

Um.. the simple solution I've found is the ringer toggle widget (came with NexBeast FRF57 V0.1.1). Add the widget to your home screen and with just a simple tap, you can go between vibrate, ringer volume and silent. No need to go into the Settings, no need to scratch your heading wondering why the current functionality of the volume rocker defies common sense =D[/QUOTE

like you i just use a widget and it works great.

 

[Redflea]

Ring Mode Timer (not a widget, not a single click, so not for all) is my fav...allows you to set a timed period for silence, or vibrate. One of my favorite apps recently discovered...has a spot on my main home screen. Going to a movie - set a timed silence w/vibrate and don't have to remember to reset things later.

 

[Helenoftroy08]

I am using Silent Toggle Widget as a work around, and I love it!