[pspiegel]

quick question... on the 8703 and the 8700 series in general, does pressing the mute button at the top of the phone while the phone is ringing silence the ringer completely or just for 3 seconds? on mine it seems to silence for only 3 seconds no matter what key i press (both of the sides and the top mute). i know the pressing the mute button kills the ringing completely on the pearl but i was hoping it would work on the 8703e too..

i know the trackwheel will silence it completely, but sometimes when i roll it i click and answer the call by accident.. is there another hard key i can use to silence my ringer completely?

[pspiegel]

also, is there a way to set the convience key to slience the ringer? any help would be GREATLY appreciated with this as it is driving me nuts!

[greggebhardt]

Use the red hang up button!

[tsac]

Putting it in a bag of Jello will work also

[K-Mack]

Originally Posted by tsac

Putting it in a bag of Jello will work also

What flavor??

[Number13]

Originally Posted by tsac

Putting it in a bag of Jello will work also

I like this idea...I mean, who does not like JELL-O?! But, the more practical thing to do would be to press the call end key. I had the same experience as you with the Mute button, it only silenced for three seconds.

[troutab81]

If you use the holster, slide it out and then back in real quick. That turns the ringer off, but doesnt shoot it to Vmail right away. Works great for me!

[pspiegel]

it would have to be berry jello of course...

i didn't think of the red button, it seems like such a simple answer! thanks! i wonder why the pearl doesn't do the three second thing with the mute button and the 8700 series does...

[tsac]

It must be Blackberry Jello but sometimes Blueberry will work. Never tried Rasberry

[mundyb]

Problem is, that if you hit the hang up button you loose the call. If you are standing there talking to someone and about to finish the conversation, and would just like to have the ringer silenced for a few more seconds while you finish the face to face, you can't do it! I hate that! I would love to be able to hit the "Mute" button to silence the ringer without having to interact with the phone any more.

[grape8pe]

I could be wrong but I think pressing the escape button twice will silence the ringer.

[jgb@etree]

When I want to shut up the ringer, I just scroll the wheel down when the answer screen comes up. I forgot what the two options are called (probably Answer & Ignore). Just by scrolling down to the bottom option you'll silence the ringer. If you want to dump them into vmail, scroll down and click your scroll wheel.

[junior1790]

scroll away, i cant believe it took that many posts to get the answer...

[pspiegel]

Originally Posted by junior1790

scroll away, i cant believe it took that many posts to get the answer...

right, but the reason i dont want to do this is occasionally I will click while I am scrolling and answer the call, i was looking for an alernate method to this..

so far i have pressing the end button, are there any others that can be confirmed to work?

[jgb@etree]

Dunno.. If you're answering your phone while trying to scroll it down to ignore, you need to practice using the scroll wheel! I use this method ALL the time, and have never mistakenly answered a call. It works without even taking the BB out of it's holster. I use it with the BB in it's holster (on my belt) daily. I scroll it as soon as I feel it vibrate to silence the ringer - even if I plan on answering the call.

[greggebhardt]

Originally Posted by mundyb

Problem is, that if you hit the hang up button you loose the call. If you are standing there talking to someone and about to finish the conversation, and would just like to have the ringer silenced for a few more seconds while you finish the face to face, you can't do it! I hate that! I would love to be able to hit the "Mute" button to silence the ringer without having to interact with the phone any more.

Your call is going to go to VM after 30 seconds no matter what you do.

You have not "lost the call", you simply need to look and see who called and call them back. I put my phone on silent/vibrate when holding conversations and meetings.

The red button works for me when I am having a unplanned converstaion.

[mi2nc]

How when it is in the holster? What would u push if you just want it not to ring? I need to do this without looking away from the face-face conversant.

[NumNums]

Originally Posted by greggebhardt

Your call is going to go to VM after 30 seconds no matter what you do.

You have not "lost the call", you simply need to look and see who called and call them back. I put my phone on silent/vibrate when holding conversations and meetings.

The red button works for me when I am having a unplanned converstaion.

30 Seconds? Can't you change the number of rings before going to VM? On the Bell network we can use *94# to do this. e.g. #941 for 1 ring, up to *949 for nine rings. (sorry it's a little off topic)

[jgb@etree]

Originally Posted by mi2nc

How when it is in the holster? What would u push if you just want it not to ring? I need to do this without looking away from the face-face conversant.

I just reach down and scroll the wheel while it's still on my belt. I don't even think about it anymore, and do it mid-conversation without taking my attention from whatever I'm doing.

[trick202]

Scrolling the wheel down only works if your alert sound is as long as the phone takes to go to answer machine. Does that make sense?

My ringer is just a business ring, and repeats over and over. Muting only silences one cycle of the ring, when it repeats, it sounds.

I have a pearl.

I'd love to be able to silence the ringer until the call goes to a/m. I could do it on my Nokia, but not the Pearl.

HELP?