iPhone Ring/Silent switch broken
Damn, I guess I have been flipping the Ring/Silent switch on my iPhone too much and it broke, leaving the iPhone in Silent-mode…AAARRRGGGHHH!!! I hope there is a software work-around that enables me to set the iPhone back to ring, because besides that it’s not ringing when I receive a call, all other application sounds are muted…no more piano playing on my iPhone! 🙁 🙁
Oh well, every disadvantage has its advantage (to quote Johan Cruyff ;)): it’s time to finally get the new iPhone 3GS! 😉
yep.. time for a new phone! karma’s a bitch.. but sometimes its just a sign for us to move on to new and better things:)
shanti!
You can use “Auto Silent” app to disable or bypass iPhone Silent switch. If your switch was broken in silent mode, it will restore all sounds including ring. Then you can use Auto Silent app to put phone into silent mode. There is SBSettings toggle to quickly mute and unmute the phone using Auto Silent app.
The app supports iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS and OS firmware 2.2, 3.0, 3.1
This app can also be used by those people whose silent switch is loose or accidently put phone into silent mode.
There is provision to put phone into silent mode automatically using pre-configured settings in the app or according to appointments in iPhone Calendar.
There is Provision to put phone into silent mode based on timer. The phone will come out of silent mode automatically once timer goes off. Useful for people who puts phone into silent mode but forget to unmute it. Useful when you go for a movie and forget to unmute once movie is done.
More info at http://iphonepackers.info
The app can be downloaded through Cydia. Search for “Auto Silent” on Cydia. You neeed to jailbreak in order to install Cydia. Search for “How to jailbreak iPhone” on google.
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is there an auto silent for firmware 4.0????????????????
I am using it on a first gen. iPhone 2G, so no iOS4 for me. The App should however work on iOS4 according to the iphonepackers.info website: http://iphonepackers.info/
(also supported by a post on Dailyator on September 2: http://dailyator.com/auto-silent-is-back/50901/
Goodluck!