Question about Lollipop "silent mode". Is it back?

[aholeinthewor1d]

Back when Lollipop ROMs first came out I tried one and realized the silent mode was gone. Did some research and it looked like a lot of people were upset that it was gone and did not like the new system for notifications. After one day on LL I went right back to KitKat and that's where I've been since. I like the fact that it doesn't matter if my phone is on ringer, vibrate, or complete silent mode... the alarm will still go off.

I am getting pretty bored not flashing anything and did some more research the other day and found a few different sites saying that Silent Mode was brought back for the GS5. Most of the links mention the UK phone and the actual build number of the update was G900FXXU1BOB7.

Looking through the forums it doesn't look like we have this build. Does anyone know if silent mode was brought back for the US GS5 and if so which update it was? Here is one article about it bring brought back.

http://www.gsmarena.com/new_galaxy_s5_lollipop_update_brings_back_silent_mode-news-11291.php

Thanks!

 

[smokerbond]

I am not really understanding the "silent mode".
If I understand correctly, Google rewrote "Silent" mode when 5.0 came out so that ALL notifications were muted (including alarms). Then Samsung released an update that override the setting for GS5 that brought back the old system that was in previous android OS.

The way my current ROM works (5.0 latest Verizon)
Is that it does not matter if I have Ringer On / Vibrate / Silent, my alarm will go off.
At night I put my phone on silent but my alarm goes off the next morning just fine, which is the way I like it (so only my alarm disturbs me).
If you want a special combination though you can use the DoNotDisturb function

 

[aholeinthewor1d]

I am not really understanding the "silent mode".

The way my current ROM works (5.0 latest Verizon)
Is that it does not matter if I have Ringer On / Vibrate / Silent, my alarm will go off.
At night I put my phone on silent but my alarm goes off the next morning just fine, which is the way I like it (so only my alarm disturbs me).
If you want a special combination though you can use the DoNotDisturb function

That's exactly how it works on KitKat. It was removed in Lollipop at first. You had to set the alarm as priority and make sure it was on the correct mode.

 

[smokerbond]

That's exactly how it works on KitKat. It was removed in Lollipop at first. You had to set the alarm as priority and make sure it was on the correct mode.

I just edited my post, did I understand correctly? I should note I use the default stock Clock app. I looked but do not see anything about priority.
If it helps I know Silent acted this way since OE1 (firmware my phone came with)

 

[aholeinthewor1d]

I just edited my post, did I understand correctly? I should note I use the default stock Clock app. I looked but do not see anything about priority.
If it helps I know Silent acted this way since OE1 (firmware my phone came with)

It sounds like maybe it did get brought back. I'm just gonna have to test it I guess. Here is an article talking about it being removed. If you search around there was lots of talk about it. Pretty much people were upset because they wanted their alarm to go off on matter what mode the phone was on

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Did-...5.0-Lollipop-and-everyone-is-outraged_id64740