[Ruins]

I'm a new BlackBerry owner, been using LG's for who knows how long but I decided to try out the 8830 World Edition. I know it's an older model but I had a stupidly good deal on a brand new one, so yeah. Anywho. I've seen a few posts about this but I have a couple of questions if anyone is willing to give me some advice. The volume on this is so quiet that it's scary, I don't know if a sonic microphone would even hear this thing ringing. Now, under the Profiles, I don't have a Loud + Vibrate like I'm seeing on some posts, does this phone just not have the option? And sometimes, when my phone is receiving a call, it only vibrates. Is there some way to quiet the ring that I'm doing accidentally which is making it vibrate only? I'm missing a lot of calls this way. Hopefully I can find some people who can give me a hand with this. Thanks!

[penguin3107]

Originally Posted by Ruins

The volume on this is so quiet that it's scary

Yep, that was an issue that many people reported with the 8830.

Originally Posted by Ruins

I don't have a Loud + Vibrate like I'm seeing on some posts, does this phone just not have the option?

No, it doesn't have that option. Simultaneous vibe+ring was introduced with later versions of the BlackBerry OS which are not available for the 8830.

Originally Posted by Ruins

And sometimes, when my phone is receiving a call, it only vibrates.

Is the device in its holster or case when this happens? There's different profile settings for "In-Holster" vs. "Out-of-Holster".

[Ruins]

I'm assuming the holster means in it's case? No, I didn't get one when I purchased the phone, so I had to buy one separately which isn't here yet. It's just sitting in my shirt pocket. (How does it know when it's in the holster?)

Edit: I realized something, after trying it out, it's a vibrate, then a short pause, then a little bit of ringing, then a vibrate, then the call is finished if I don't answer. I feel like such a noob having to test all this out on a new cell phone. I'm so used to my EnV2.

[MidnightDraven]

A Blackberry OEM holster, has a magnet.
Thats how it knows its in a holster.

[Ruins]

No holster for me yet. Another question though, is Profiles the only way to put the BB on a vibrate-mode? Because there was a point in time where it wouldn't make any noise for text messages, and then it finally worked again. Not sure if that's something I did or not, but I've got it set for Tone + Vibrate under Profiles.

Sorry for all the stupid questions, I've said it before, I've never used a BB before. :P Trying to figure it all out.