4.2.1 mute switch doesn't mute.

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For most users that may be true but I use it in bed and on a sofa for a lot of my usage and the lock switch is vital.

thanks,

tom

Cable guy...

thanks. I didn't know that either.

Hopefully, we will eventually be able to choose what we want to do with the switch. I'll try this though I don't think it will be as useful as the switch to lock the screen on the go

cheers,

tom

So, actually, the "mute switch" does not do as logic would dictate? Who exactly thought that muting would have nothing to do with muting the main thing one listens to on the iPad?

Same here mute switch has no effect on any sound

So do I. 🙂

Would I prefer the old set-up? Sure. But I wouldn't give up on all the features of 4.2 to get it back - multitasking, folders, AirPrint (if it ever gets back to any networked printer, as originally promised), Airplay.

Apple... Tip, Get VOC (Voice of the Customer), not just VOSJ (Voice of Steve Jobs) before making major changes like this mute switch. Not brilliant, at all.

This makes perfect sense, actually - the hardware switch now functions exactly the same between an iPad and iPhone, and the method to lock screen orientation is exactly the same as well.

Yes, it's annoying for those of us who grew used to the switch being a horizontal lock switch but it makes more logical sense for all iOS devices to act the same, which was the whole point of the iOS 4.2 release.

Send 'em feedback about it.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Bunch of things to keep in mind:

A. There is still a screen lock, but it's now in software and more complicated. How to do it is described in the OS documentation.

B. Mute is not meant to be a 'turn off the speakers' command, or at least not as implemented here. It may seem strange, but it works as they've intended it to.

C. These are user-user forums only. As already pointed out in this and other threads, use the iPad Feedback page to pass along your thoughts and feelings on this or any other issue.


The thing that bugs me? If that important that the iPad do things, or at least this thing, just like an iPhone does, then why was it done differently to begin with?

If it's such a great feature, why can't it be a preference and let the USER decide which way to go...

tom

Because Apple is and always has been about uniformity of interface; you should be able to pick up any iPad anywhere and have it work the same.

A setting would mean that say a demo unit at Best Buy would work differently from one at an Apple Store.

If it is only supposed to mute transient sounds like notifications, it is,indeed broken. For example, on my iPad, it doesn't mute iPod, Video, YouTube, and Netflix; however, it does mute the PBS app and the ABC Player app. If a user has to play trial-and-error games with this feature to find out how it works, it isn't a feature but a bug.

rrunkle... Tip. If you want to get a message to Apple, a user-to-user forum is not the ideal route. You should use the link provided by Apple for this purpose.

I was one of the many that requested the change to what we have in 4.2. The old switch configuration was absolutely stoopid.

Michael E. Cohen wrote:
If it is only supposed to mute transient sounds like notifications, it is,indeed broken. For example, on my iPad, it doesn't mute iPod, Video, YouTube, and Netflix; however, it does mute the PBS app and the ABC Player app. If a user has to play trial-and-error games with this feature to find out how it works, it isn't a feature but a bug.

Let's see, it's not muting the Apple apps or Netflix but is muting other third-party apps.

Sounds like *those apps* aren't properly handling how they deliver sound.

It doesn't mute YouTube, either. Normally Apple is all about intuitive design, but this design stinks. If I mute my TV, the whole thing is muted. It doesn't matter which channel I put it on, which input is active. MUTE means MUTE. Give me a break. The excuses of 'it's designed the way it is supposed to be designed is a bunch of BS.

How startling it is for me to suddenly hear 'new mail' alerts blasting out of the iPad, or calendar reminders bleeping in the middle of the night, when I have the freaking speakers on MUTE. MUTE should always be EXACTLY equivalent to setting the volume to ZERO. I can turn down the volume and it stays down, but I cant' keep MUTE MUTED. That's bleeping crap!