{"id":3384,"date":"2011-12-15T15:28:16","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T15:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3384"},"modified":"2011-12-15T21:09:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T21:09:45","slug":"windows-phone-volumesilencevibrate-and-alarms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/12\/windows-phone-volumesilencevibrate-and-alarms.htm","title":{"rendered":"Windows Phone volume\/silence\/vibrate and alarms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those who follow me on Twitter may be aware that splashed out and I bought a Windows Phone last week (Nokia Lumia 800, unlocked, SIM-free). I&#8217;m planning a blog post about my first week with the phone (spoiler alert: some minor annoyances but, overall, I really like it) but one of the first items of confusion for me was how to (quickly) switch audio settings between ring, silent and vibrate. I could see it was possible in settings, but surely there is a quick way?<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Windows Phone volume bar\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/windows-phone-volume-bar.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Windows Phone volume bar\" \/>Yes, it seems there is (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windowsphone\/en-gb\/howto\/wp7\/start\/ringtones-and-sounds.aspx\">hit one of the volume rockers to bring up the volume bar at the top of the screen and then tap the icon on the right<\/a>) but, bizarrely, <a href=\"http:\/\/pocketnow.com\/windows-phone\/how-to-switch-between-windows-phone-7-vibrate-and-silent\">you can <em>either<\/em> have vibrate or silent &#8211; not both&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My need for a silent phone was related to the fact that I use it as an alarm clock and don&#8217;t want to be woken by an assortment of messages in the night so I was concerned to read about &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/mobilitydigest.com\/the-windows-phone-alarm-bug\/\">the Windows Phone alarm bug<\/a>&#8220;. 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