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Thanks for the answer, I thought that the silent mode worked only for the ringer. Sometimes the most obvious escapes us.
 
As far as I know, that switch silences all sounds. There is an option in the Sounds part of Setup to allow or not vibrating when silent mode is selected.
 
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