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Samsung A870: Quick way to get to vibrate mode?

Max Moor

2006-09-07, 3:33 pm

Hi All,
I just got a Samsung A870. It seems like a good little phone, but I'm
missing the ability to press one button to switch between an audible ring and
vibrate only.

I had an LG before, and I could press the * key to switch into "Manner
Mode." I've been through the user manual for the Samsung. It's not good.
It appears that I have to go into one menu to turn off the ringtone, and
another to turn on the vibrate. When I want the ringtone back, I have to go
back and reset both settings, again through the two menus.

Does anyone know if there is a way I've missed to do this on the
Samsung without going through the menus?

Regards, Max

Mitchell Regenbogen

2006-09-07, 10:33 pm

Doesn't appear so. Some people think that feature was removed (the 670
had it) because people complained they could accidentally put the 670
into vibrate mode in their pocket.

Max Moor < maxmoor@remove_hotma
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> Hi All,
> I just got a Samsung A870. It seems like a good little
> phone, but I'm
> missing the ability to press one button to switch between an audible
> ring and vibrate only.
>
> I had an LG before, and I could press the * key to switch
> into "Manner
> Mode." I've been through the user manual for the Samsung. It's not
> good. It appears that I have to go into one menu to turn off the
> ringtone, and another to turn on the vibrate. When I want the
> ringtone back, I have to go back and reset both settings, again
> through the two menus.
>
> Does anyone know if there is a way I've missed to do this on
> the
> Samsung without going through the menus?
>
> Regards, Max
>

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2006-09-11, 4:33 am

I just upgraded from my VX4400 to an A870, am also missing the ability to
easily go to manner mode, doesn't seem to be an easy way.

"Mitchell Regenbogen" <mreg@panixxx.com> wrote in message
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> Doesn't appear so. Some people think that feature was removed (the 670
> had it) because people complained they could accidentally put the 670
> into vibrate mode in their pocket.
>
> Max Moor < maxmoor@remove_hotma
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> news:Xns983779609DC7
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>
>

searcher

2006-09-15, 12:33 pm

Here's how it works on my a870: flip the phone open and press the
lower button on the right side of the phone (right below the camera
button). You will notice that the "sound" symbol in the lower display
on the front of the phone disappears. If you repeat the process, the
"sound" symbol reappears. When the "sound symbol is gone, your phone
will vibrate instead of ring. (The trick here is that the phone has to
be flipped open for this to work. On my old LG phone I could do this
with the phone closed, but that meant that the mode could accidentally
be changed if the phone was bumped while in my pocket or purse).

Mitchell Regenbogen wrote:[color=darkred
]
> Doesn't appear so. Some people think that feature was removed (the 670
> had it) because people complained they could accidentally put the 670
> into vibrate mode in their pocket.
>
> Max Moor < maxmoor@remove_hotma
il.com> wrote in
> news:Xns983779609DC7
Bmaxmoorhotmailcom@1
99.45.49.11:
>

searcher

2006-09-19, 10:33 pm

Whoops, I had only had my phone one day when I wrote my previous
incorrect post. Here is the way it really works: On the left side of
your phone with the phone flipped open, use the volume down control to
eventually get to "vibrate only", then "alarm only", and then ""all
sounds off". To get sound back again, use the volume up button to go
back up. (The button I mentioned in the post before is actually the
speakerphone button.)

searcher wrote:[color=darkred
]
> Here's how it works on my a870: flip the phone open and press the
> lower button on the right side of the phone (right below the camera
> button). You will notice that the "sound" symbol in the lower display
> on the front of the phone disappears. If you repeat the process, the
> "sound" symbol reappears. When the "sound symbol is gone, your phone
> will vibrate instead of ring. (The trick here is that the phone has to
> be flipped open for this to work. On my old LG phone I could do this
> with the phone closed, but that meant that the mode could accidentally
> be changed if the phone was bumped while in my pocket or purse).
>
> Mitchell Regenbogen wrote:

Bean

2006-09-20, 12:33 pm

"searcher" <maryaroth@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:1158698323.965389.253910@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com:

> Whoops, I had only had my phone one day when I wrote my previous
> incorrect post. Here is the way it really works: On the left side of
> your phone with the phone flipped open, use the volume down control to
> eventually get to "vibrate only", then "alarm only", and then ""all
> sounds off". To get sound back again, use the volume up button to go
> back up. (The button I mentioned in the post before is actually the
> speakerphone button.)

Ok, that makes more sense. I thought you had found a new method - but I
couldn't get it to work! Also, if you just open the phone & hold down the
volume button, it will jump right to "all sounds off." You can also do the
opposite, and when all sounds are off, just hold the volume button down in
the up position & the phone will switch back to whatever volume setting it
was on before.

Thanks for the clarification....
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