Cell phone-silent, vibrate, sound

[ArielFlounderSebastian357]

Talking with my friend the other day about how neither one of us has our phone on sound much at all. When we first got cell phones we made sure to spend time with just the right ring tone. But we don't do that anymore and we haven't in a long time. There are a few times where sound would have been nice (where's my cell phone game we all have played before) but otherwise we're okay with it be silent. My friend says her husband has his phone on vibrate for everything. So what do you all do?

For my friend hers is silent for phone calls and text but she has a notification sound for the few apps that she has notifications allowed. I have silent for everything.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

My phone is always on silent. I turn the volume on if I’m waiting in a call or if my kids are out and about.

 

[neverlandsky]

Other: Silent half the time and Do Not Disturb the other half. Only 3 people can bypass both DH, oldest, and youngest.

 

[ashley0139]

My phone is on vibrate 100% of the time. I have no idea what sound it makes except for the alarm.

 

[fla4fun]

My cell is turned off most of the time. I can get texts from family on the iPad and they are easier to read on a larger screen. The only time I have the phone on is if I am specifically expecting a call, and then it gets turned off again afterwards. It probably gets used on vacation more than any other time. I do keep the ring tone sound on, and I have it set to do a vintage ringing phone. I tried musical ring tones, and I would hear it, and think how nice it was that someone is listening to music, and miss calls. So a ringing phone catches my attention. A vibrating phone in my purse would never be heard (most of my clothes don’t have pockets).

 

[bcla]

I usually keep mine on vibrate, although it's got a mechanical switch that occasionally flips accidentally or sometimes seems to be in ring mode even with the switch set to vibrate. In an important meet I don't even want it to go off in my pocket, so I'll usually turn it off, although it's possible to just turn off vibrate. It's pretty easy to tell when someone's phone is vibrating.

My first mobile phone (a Nokia 5100 series) didn't even come with vibrate mode. That was optional and required a vibrating battery pack.

 

[CookieandOatmeal]

Due to many years of Dateline watching, I have my phone on silent just in case I ever get caught in a situation where I'm hiding and I don't want my phone to give me away lol.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I keep the sound on for the majority of the time. Unless it needs to be muted, then I'll either use vibrate or turn it off, depending on the situation.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I usually keep mine on silent if I remember to during the week. On the weekends I turn the sound on.

 

[ronandannette]

Mine is a work phone so I can't miss calls or texts. It's on ring and vibrate for both of those; if I'm somewhere briefly that I'm unable to respond, I turn it on silent. I have no notifications for email or any other app.

My DH keeps his on vibrate at all times and often doesn't notice it. It really, really bugs me that I can't reliably reach him when I need to.

 

[prairie_girl]

Sound on for everything. I have most notifications for apps on silent, or I don’t allow them. My daughter has her own call noise and text noise, and my husband has his own as well. That way, if I’m busy, I know of the text can wait or now. From either of them 24/7, it doesn’t wait.

 

[disneychrista]

My phone is set to vibrate for everything. I have sound turned off for some apps on for others. I turn the sound off when needed (at work or if I just don't want to be bothered).

 

[JenBush]

When I’m not at work, sound is on for calls and vibration for texts. When I’m at work my phone is on silent.

 

[tvguy]

No point having it if it doesn't ring for a call or make a noise for a text. But I still have a landline, and my cell phone is only on when I am away from my landline in case a family member needs to get a hold of me in an emergency.

I know at work it is VERY frustrating the co-workers with company phones who have it on silent during the work day. They have a work phone in large part so we can reach them immediately. And many of those people are also the ones who have never set up their voicemail on their cell phone

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

Mine is vibrate all and sounds for some things. Texts get a doorbell, Phone calls are a short type of ring or old fashioned telephone ring. I have different tones for my kids' texts so I know who is texting me (it's a cacophony if we're near each other and doing group texts). I have different ring tones for my LA Disney friends, WDW Disney friends, work people, other friends, my kids, and other family members. Makes me smile to hear certain tones. I turn off notifications for most other things or have them on silent. Sounds and vibrations go silent except for my kids between 10pm and 6am.

 

[ronandannette]

No point having it if it doesn't ring for a call or make a noise for a text. But I still have a landline, and my cell phone is only on when I am away from my landline in case a family member needs to get a hold of me in an emergency.

I know at work it is VERY frustrating the co-workers with company phones who have it on silent during the work day. They have a work phone in large part so we can reach them immediately. And many of those people are also the ones who have never set up their voicemail on their cell phone

This is what I keep telling my DH, especially when he gets cross that he's missed a call he wanted to take or doesn't see a text that was time-sensitive. It makes no sense to me.

 

[amcnj]

Unless I am expecting a call, or there is no other way to contact me, I tend to leave my personal cell phone on silent, and just look at it from time to time to see if there are any phone messages or texts. I admit to often forgetting to unsilence it though!

Guess that started when at work, and I was beginning to feel like one of Pavlov’s dogs, always immediately picking up the phone (and occasionally salivating!) when I heard it ring, beep or vibrate. It was very disruptive, and got me thinking about how I survived just fine for many years before cell phones. And of course there was a landline at work so I could be reached on that. My car has a screen that shows a call or text is incoming, so I don’t even need the phone to make any noise while driving.

I suppose I think of my phone more as an aid for me in case I am in a predicament, such as needing the police, a tow truck, etc. And of course it has now become my main camera and directional aid!

 

[mom2rtk]

You guys must get a lot more calls than I do. If my cell phone is ringing, odds are very high it's someone I want to talk to. So mine only gets briefly silenced when I'm somewhere specific where I need quiet.

I keep wondering though. If someone who never answers their phone is trying to contact someone who never answers their phone, how does it end?

In all honesty, if someone who never answers expects me to be the one to answer at their convenience, then I probably quit trying to talk. My sister has done this. Only "takes calls" and responds to texts for a couple hours each morning. Result? I have mostly stopped texting or calling.

 

[NannyBeBe]

My sound is always on, 24 hours a day. The way I see it, there's no reason to have a phone that is turned off or that I cannot hear ringing. I do turn the volume down at night.

 

[design_mom]

My sound is on for calls and texts unless I'm somewhere that warrants putting it on silent mode. However, I work from home -- even before the pandemic -- so I'm not bothering officemates, etc.

My husband has his on silent/vibrate most of the time -- and he's really hard to get ahold of because he "doesn't notice" that someone's trying to reach him. It's frustrating and half the time, his family calls me and says "He's not answering his phone. Can you put him on?"

I silence most of the app notifications though if I can figure out how to do it. I don't need to immediately know that a new level is available in XYZ game, or that thing I looked at on ABC's store app several weeks ago is on sale this week.