Hi Joe If you go into the profiles on your phone and arrow up or down you will come to a level called general select this and activate and you should be back to your normal ringing tones etc. You will see that there is level called silent in the profiles also in there you must have selected this by accident. Regards Niall Fitzpatrick -----Original Message----- From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Bollard Sent: 06 June 2008 01:22 To: vip_ students Subject: [vip_students] mobile corner hello friends, on switching on my mobile this morning, it came up with the usual announcements, plus the word "silent" what is that?? and how do i get rid of it? travel safely, joe.?