Mute Button not Muting

True, it is not explained very well in the documentation. The "Mute" switch is actually for system alerts and notifications, not the overall system volume.

If a user expressly asks for a function that involves sound (like a movie or listening to music) the mute does not affect those apps.
But while watching the movie, with the Mute switch on, you will not get system notifications to interrupt the sound, like when you get a new E-mail.

The overall system volume has not been changed and is still controlled with the volume toggle buttons.

I thought I'd chime in, I updated my iPad a couple hours ago, found that the new mute button is not working for me either. I tested it with a movie and then with ipod music and then with a game. Am I missing something?

JLB

the volume rocker still works for the video side. I kind of like the fact that I can mute all other system alerts etc, but still have video volume. Volume still works with YouTube and iPod functions, as well as NetFlix.

A change to what? The functionality is now identical to the iPhone.

I'm just curious, when you say you "tested it" with a movie and iPod music, what were you expecting.

The switch is actually a notification/alert mute, not a system wide volume mute. The results of your testing is as designed and expected.

Oh, I see.

So your original post of "Mute Button not Muting" is really just trolling about how you and a handful of others don't like that you can't lock the orientation when the device isn't in use anymore, which served no purpose whatsoever. And that being able to silence alerts and notifications without unlocking it, is just Apple's way of saying they don't care about the customer.

Gotcha.

Mine also is not working after the upgrade...it works for system sounds ie: keyboard clicks, but 3rd party apps ie: pandora, it does NOT mute.

As explained earlier in this thread:

True, it is not explained very well in the documentation. The "Mute" switch is actually for system >alerts and notifications, not the overall system volume.

If a user expressly asks for a function that involves sound (like a movie or listening to music) the mute >does not affect those apps.
But while watching the movie, with the Mute switch on, you will not get system notifications to interrupt >the sound, like when you get a new E-mail.

The overall system volume has not been changed and is still controlled with the volume toggle buttons.

Insulted? Very well. I'll bite, and answer the specific questions.

Maybe change it back to its original state?

The original state was a mute switch. It was modified prior to it's release to be an orientation lock. Having a hardware switch for muting notifications is actually more useful than an orientation lock.
You can now switch off notifications without having to unlock the device. The ONLY reason to lock the orientation is while the device is unlocked and in-use. Being able to shut off alerts when walking into a meeting/class/whatever makes more sense to me, and many others.

Shouldn't the iPad be a little different from the iPhone and have some originality and features that are unique?

They are already different. Why should the hardware act different across devices using the operating system? Should keys and buttons change from laptop to desktop running Mac OSX? The originality and features are in the device itself. A simple hardware switch does not eliminate that uniqueness.

From what I am seeing here on the boards, is that everyone is not too happy with the change and I agree with them.

Careful with "everyone". A handful of extremely vocal users are making a stink all over the web about this change. But a majority of the users are on the exact opposite side of the spectrum. I happen to be one of the majority who welcome it, and sent feedback to Apple requesting this feature months ago.

@mikec867: I agree 100%.

While I will adapt, the update has taken functionality that I used every night when lay down to read and replaced it with functionality that I will use infrequently at best.

It's a shame everything has to be "my way or the highway". Had I been the developer tasked with that change, I would have made it a user setting. Yes, to please the boss it would default to Mute, but at least folks like you or I would have a choice.

OK, humor me. Just for now, disregard the "choice" argument. I don't completely disagree with it.

What do you really loose by "double-tap, swipe"? While in bed, I use the screen lock also. But I also turn down the brightness there. Everything I need to use the iPad in bed is in the same place. And it's on the task bar, so it's not like you have to exit the app.

Walking into meetings, walking into a lecture, other people around who I may not want to annoy with notification alerts...I flip a switch and no more notifications until I want it. I don't have to open the case, unlock it, and press and hold the volume button.

Or watching a movie, listening to Pandora/iPod, playing a game...I flip a switch and no more notifications until I want them.

I really don't understand the huge uproar by some people that this is such a bad decision.

I honestly don't get what you really loose with this. I'm really curious.

Im having the same problem after update. When i use the hardware button ( the previous orientation lock) the mute icon with a line through the volume symbol pops up on the screen but it does not mute or affect the sound at all. I hope this will be addresssed asap