I PROMISE! My phone is on SILENT!

This is what I kept saying in choir rehearsal as my phone went off every 5 or so minutes. Yes, I could have turned it off, but I was trying to record the songs. That was my last choir rehearsal in Montgomery, and I just HAD to capture the songs.

You see, my niece sent me a cute picture with a voice text attached...and... I'm not sure how this happened, but from the moment I opened the message, my phone played "Hi Auntie Nina" every time I closed out of a menu, saved a file, or got a calender notice... EVEN IN SILENT MODE!

I set my phone to silent. And then to "all alerts off." Still got it.

I powered off and restarted, but no dice.

I even deleted the file. Still got it. And, even worse, it chimed "Hi Auntie Nina" as I exited the deletion screen.

I gave up and elected to annoy those nearby me with my phone so I could record choir rehearsal. After all, it was quieter than the chatter of the teenagers, and no one ever tells them to stop gabbing. Of course, I forgot that I use my phone for everything and had almost a million reminders and pop-up alerts going off during the last three songs. Only the people nearby heard it but, oh, those people would include my pastor.

Don't do this. Please.

If you get stuck with a cell-phone ringer attack like this, take it as a sign that you are not to record that choir rehearsal. It's just not meant to be. Take the spiritual high road and turn the phone off. You'll see why I say it's not a sound SPIRITUAL decision, because if you decide to record the rehearsal, guess what will playing through your recordings? LOL LOL LOL!!!

It *WAS* very cute, though, and it made me smile each time (even though it was VERY annoying those around me), LOL!

FWIW, I finally did fix it by removing the battery and letting the phone cool off for a bit.