In this quick post, I explain why you may want to get a silent tone on your iPhone or iPad, and how to use it on your device.
How and why to get a silent ringtone on your iPhone
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iOS 26: Listen to the new “Little Bird” ringtone and 6 new variants of “Reflection”
Apple's iOS 26 operating system brings seven new iPhone ringtones, six of which are variants of the default “Reflection” ringtone, plus a new one called “Little Bird.”
How to use any audio file as iPhone ringtone in iOS 26
Learn how to set an MP3, AAC, or any other audio file you created or downloaded off the Internet as your iPhone ringtone in iOS 26 to personalize your phone call alerts.
Listen to a new version of the default “Reflection” iPhone ringtone hidden in iOS 26
Listen to an updated version of “Reflection” on iOS 26, which has been the default ringtone sound since the iPhone X was released in 2017.
How to hear the call or text tone from a contact even when your iPhone is in silent mode
Learn how to set up the Emergency Bypass feature for a specific person to hear their call ringtone or text message tone when your iPhone is in silent mode.
Add a ringer/silent toggle to Control Center on jailbroken devices with RingerToggle (CCSupport)
On newer devices such as the iPhone 15 Pro series and the entire iPhone 16 series, the long-accustomed ringer/silent switch on the left side of the device above the volume buttons has been replaced with a customizable Action Button.
Ring is a jailbreak tweak that makes it easier to control your iPhone’s ringer volume
If you own an iPhone, then you already know you have multiple volume settings on your device that are completely separate from one another. Don’t believe me? Try setting your music volume to a certain setting and then see if your iPhone’s ringtone plays at that same volume. I’ll bet it didn’t.
iOS 17.1 brings back your purchased ringtones
iOS 17.1 fixes a bug that prevented iPhone owners from customizing text alerts, mail notifications and more using custom ringtones purchased from the iTunes Store.
How to set different ringtones for each SIM or phone line on your iPhone
Learn how to assign different ringtones to each SIM line on your iPhone, making it easier to identify which phone number is receiving a call.
Get iOS 17’s new ringtones on your MacDirtyCow or kfd exploit-vulnerable device with Dawnbreaker
If you weren’t already aware, iOS & iPadOS 17 bring new ringtones to the iPhone and iPad for the first time in several years, and while you can always add third-party ringtones to your device regardless of what iOS or iPadOS version you’re running, you might still want those new ringtones even if you’re using an older version of iOS or iPadOS.
Ringtones Customizer lets non-jailbreakers use the MacDirtyCow or kfd exploits to import and use custom ringtones & alarms
You can effortlessly change your iPhone’s ringtone from the Settings app, but unless you’ve downloaded a third-party ringtone from the iTunes Store or previously synced your own ringtones from your computer, you won’t find an easy way to import your own ringtone files on a non-jailbroken device.
Ding lets jailbroken iPhone users customize what happens when actuating the ring/silent switch
If you’re interested in more ways to take advantage of your iPhone’s ring/silent switch, then a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed Ding by iOS developer Nebula is very likely to captivate your interest.