What is the fastest way to turn the phone into silent mode?

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The title kinda tells it all. Sometimes I need to turn silent for a meeting and the procedure is like:

Unlock the phone
Click on Menu
Go to Settings
Click on Sound
Enable Silent mode

Apart from (1), which can't be shortened (can it?), I want to minimize the remaining 4 clicks.

EDIT: I have a Nexus S, but I'm more interested in things that are not specific to models. Also, please feel free to add model-specific answers, as other people may find it useful.

What phone? On my Nexus One, I can just hit my volume-down button (without unlocking) one click down past vibrate. — Uninspired, Apr 23 '11 at 16:56
@Uninspired I tried to leave that open so answers can be generic. — phunehehe, Apr 23 '11 at 17:04

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 19 '18 at 08:35

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Personally, I think that the easiest way (apart from sliding right to left, but that's not available on all phones) to put the phone into silent mode is to hold down the power button for a short period of time, then select Silent mode.

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answered Apr 23 '11 at 19:50

Linus Unnebäck

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score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 23 '11 at 18:21

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It CAN be shortened!

You can silence your phone straight from the lockscreen by sliding from right to left.

See this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTQ-c7QJdYQ#at=4m

answered Apr 23 '11 at 18:21

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+1 This is great! I'm going to accept @Linus's answer because I have a locking pattern so can't use this. Nice to know, though :) – phunehehe Apr 24 '11 at 07:20
Doesn't work with HTC sense :-( – Casebash Apr 29 '11 at 04:01

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 03 '11 at 13:14

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Holding the Volume-Down button on most Android devices from the home screen will drop to silent mode.

answered Sep 03 '11 at 13:14

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 23 '11 at 17:06

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You can also a widget on your home screen to toggle between silent / vibrate / normal modes.

Too many to list. Most popular ones work well.

answered Apr 23 '11 at 17:06

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I use Widgetsoid – Alex B Apr 25 '11 at 18:07

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 24 '15 at 07:33

There is an android app named as Profilo which provides a lot of features to silent your phone quickly. This app has four features location based, voice based, time based and a shake functionality. The quickest way is that shake your mobile once and it will be silent. Shaking again will unmute it. You can schedule your phone as well. You can save a location. At that location your cell phone automatically will be on silent mode. Here is the link. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apptrekkers.profilo

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What is the fastest way to turn the phone into silent mode?

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