Ringer, sound and vibrate settings

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  • Revision id: 48186
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  • Creator: Michael Verdi
  • Comment: New title, removed keywords, new summary, intro, added alert sounds to what can be changed, merged content from silence incoming calls.
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  • Reviewed by: Verdi
  • Is approved? Yes
  • Is current revision? No
  • Ready for localization: Yes
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  • Readied for localization by: hermina_condei
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Quickly change sound settings to suit your preference.

Find all of the sound options in the Settings app

The sound settings screen will let you toggle vibration, set ringer and notifications volume, set alarm volume, change ringer and alert sounds and turn keypad, camera shutter, sent messages and unlocking sounds on and off.

  • Open the Settings app, scroll down to the Personalization section and tap Sound.
Sound settings

Pick a new ringtone or alert sound

  1. On the sound settings screen, tap the Ringer Change button.
    Change ringer
  2. Tap a ringtone or alert sound in the list to preview it.
  3. Tap the circle to the right of a sound to select it.
  4. Then tap Done.

Silence incoming calls

Quickly silence you phone in a meeting or at a movie theater.

  1. Press and hold the power button for two seconds to bring up the phone menu.
  2. Select Silence Incoming Calls.
    • To let incoming call ring again, bring up the phone menu select Ring Incoming Calls.