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Flip to Mute or Raise to Reduce Ringing Volume
When you receive an incoming call, you can flip your device to mute it, or raise it to reduce
the ringing volume.
Go to Settings > Accessibility features > Shortcuts & gestures > Mute ringtone/Reduce
volume, then enable Flip to mute ringtone and Raise to reduce volume.
Change the Sounds and Vibration Settings
You can set the messaging tone, notification tone, and call ringtone depending on your
preferences, as well as set the vibration pattern.
1
Go to Settings > Sounds & vibration, and touch Phone ringtone, Messaging tone, or
Notification tone.
2
You can then:
Set the tone.
•
Select a preset tone, or touch Music on device to select a locally saved song.
If two SIM cards are being used, you can set the tones for them individually.
Set the vibration pattern.
•
Touch Vibration and select a vibration pattern as you prefer.
When Synchronised (default) is selected, your phone will vibrate according to the
rhythm of the tone.
For other options, the vibration pattern of your phone is fixed.
The feature availability varies by device.
Use a Shortcut to Switch Between Sound, Vibration, and Silent Modes
1
Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel, then swipe down on it
again to show all shortcuts.
2
Touch the
Sound,
modes.
In Sound mode, your phone plays all sounds as normal.
In Silent mode, your phone only mutes the ringtones for incoming calls, messages,
notifications, and some third-party app notifications. Other sounds, including alarms, voice
calls, music, videos, and games, will not be muted.
In Vibration mode, your phone is muted and vibrates to provide discreet alerts for calls or
messages.
You can also go to Settings > Sounds & vibration to switch between Sound, Vibration, and
Silent modes.
Look at the Screen to Reduce the Ringtone Volume
When you receive an incoming call, your device will reduce the ringtone if it detects that you
are looking at the screen.
Silent, or
Vibration icon to switch between different
Essentials
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