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AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide
Sound settings
Use the Sound settings to configure how and at what volume the phone rings,
vibrates, or alerts you in other ways when you receive a call, you receive a notification,
or an alarm sounds. You also use these settings to set the volume for music or other
media with audio, and some related settings.
Silent mode Check to silence all sounds (including call and notification ringtones)
except the audio from music, videos, and other media and any alarms you have set.
(You must silence media and alarms in their own applications.)
Vibrate Opens a dialog where you can configure when you want the phone to
vibrate when you receive a phone call or notification: Always, never, only when the
phone is in Silent mode, or only when the phone is not in Silent mode.
Volume Opens a dialog where you can set the volume of ringtones that sound
when you receive a phone call or notification, media (music, videos, an so on), and
alarms. If you uncheck the option to use the same volume for both calls and
notifications, you can set the notification ringtone volume independently.
Phone ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when
you receive a phone call. Touch a ringtone to listen to it. You can use some media
applications to add a song to this list. See “Use a song as a ringtone” on page 311 to
learn how to do that with the Music application.
Phone vibrate Opens a dialog where you can set the phone to vibrate whenever
you receive an incoming call, only when the phone is in Silent mode, or never.
Notification ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound
when you receive a notification. Touch a ringtone to listen to it.
Pulse notification light On phones that pulse their Trackball light or other
notification light when you receive a notification, check to pulse the light every few
seconds when you have new notifications. Uncheck to pulse the light just once for
each new notification when it arrives.
Audible touch tones Check to hear tones when you use Phone to dial a number.
Audible selection Check to play a sound when you touch buttons, icons, and
other onscreen items that react to your touch.
Screen lock sounds Check to play a sound when the screen is locked or
unlocked.
Haptic feedback Check to have the phone vibrate briefly when you touch soft
buttons and perform other actions.