[Grammar] Do you put/turn/set your cell phone on/to silent mode?

[Aamir Tariq]

1. Do you put your cell phone on silent mode?
   
2. Do you put your cell phone on silent?
   
3. Do you put your cell phone to silent mode?
   
4. Do you put your cell phone to silent?
   
5. Do you turn your cell phone on silent mode?
   
6. Do you turn your cell phone on silent?
   
7. Do you turn your cell phone to silent mode?
   
8. Do you turn your cell phone to silent?
   
9. Do you set your cell phone on silent mode?
   
10. Do you set your cell phone on silent?
    
11. Do you set your cell phone to silent mode?
    
12. Do you set your cell phone to silent?

Tell me about the correct usage with correct preposition.

Tell me about the most natural way of saying it.

Do let me know if there is any other way of saying the same thing that is more natural.Regards
Aamir the Global Citizen

 

[Tdol]

I would set my phone to silent mode or turn silent mode on, but I am sure others will use different versions.

 

[GoesStation]

At a memorial service I attended Saturday, the host asked people to put your phones on vibrate.​

 

[emsr2d2]

I put my mobile on silent.

 

[Aamir Tariq]

At a memorial service I attended Saturday, the host asked people to put your phones on vibrate.​

We say "on vibration mode".

 

[emsr2d2]

That's not natural in BrE. "Vibrate" is also different from "silent" for me. I can turn off the sounds on my phone so that it only vibrates when something happens, or I can switch it to stay on but do nothing except show an alert on the screen when something happens. That's what I usually do in a situation where I don't want the phone to make any sound at all. It's amazing how loud the vibration can sound in a silent room - you certainly don't want that happening in the middle of a funeral!

 

[GoesStation]

It's amazing how loud the vibration can sound in a silent room - you certainly don't want that happening in the middle of a funeral!

Yes, I thought about that on Saturday. It was a Quaker service, too, with long periods of silence. Nobody's phone interrupted it though.

I remembered more details. The host pulled a smartphone from his jacket pocket and said "If you have one of these, please do as I'm doing now and put it on vibrate or shut it off."