iPhone: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition

Sounds

Here's a more traditional cellphone settings screen: the place where you choose a ringtone sound for incoming calls.

• Silent Vibrate, Ring Vibrate. Like any self-respecting cellphone, the iPhone has a Vibrate mode—a little shudder in your pocket that might get your attention when you can't hear the ringing. As you can see, there are two On/Off controls for the vibration: one for when the phone is in Silent mode (One Long Press: Voice Control), and one for when the ringer's on.

• Ring Volume. The slider here controls the volume of the phone's ringing. Of course, it's usually faster to adjust the ring volume by pressing the up/down buttons on the left edge of the phone whenever you're not on a call.

• Ringtone. Tap this row to view the iPhone's list of 25 built-in ringtones, plus any new ones you've added yourself (see Chapter 8). Tap a ring sound to hear it. After you've tapped one you like, confirm your choice by tapping at the top of the screen. You've just selected your default (standard) ringtone. Tap Sounds to return to the Sounds screen.

  

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  Of course, you can choose a different ringtone for each person in your phone book (Editing the Contacts List). You can also set up a "vibrate, then ring" effect (Nike + iPhone 3GS).

• New Text Message, New Voicemail, New Mail, Sent Mail… These On/Off switches let you silence the little sounds the iPhone plays to celebrate various events: the arrival ...