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Missed calls on my iPhone 3G are totaling at least 10 over the last couple of days. It has been vibrating but not ringing. So far I just kind of ignored it but now it is really getting on my nerves.

I know – I know I should have been wearing my Bluetooth and I would have known that there was a call coming in. For some reason I have been in some sort of iPhone-not-ringing denial.

Finally I am admitting that there is a problem. After checking my iPhone 3G earlier this afternoon I noticed another missed call. This has gone far enough.

Apparently I am not the only iPhone owner experiencing this issue. I read in a few forums that others are complaining about silent iPhones. One suggestion was to reset all settings. I did that. Then I called my iPhone from another cell phone and it vibrated but would not ring.

Trying not to over-react I searched Google for another forum. This time I found the answer I was seeking. There is a tiny little switch on the upper left hand side of the iPhone 3G. When it is pushed forward the phone rings when receiving a call – if the switch is pushed downward the phone will not ring when receiving a call.

Simple fix.