How to Unmute a Cell Phone

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Unmuting your cell phone involves finding the right soft key.

Unmuting a cell phone is a matter of finding the proper "soft key" to press on your phone while you are on a call. Each make and model of cell phone is set up a little bit differently, but the "mute" and "unmute" options will display once the call connects. Unmuting the call allows the person on the other end to hear you.

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Step 1

Call a friend or family member. Once the call connects, let the person know you want to test a feature on your phone.

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Step 2

Pull the phone away from you and look at the display screen. You should see "Mute" located either on the right- or left-bottom corner of the screen. Press the key directly under the word "Mute," regardless of what the key is actually labeled. The word "Mute" will change to "Unmute."

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Step 3

Attempt to speak. If the person cannot hear you, then you successfully muted the call and you need to unmute so you can resume successful communication.

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Step 4

Press the key directly below the word "Unmute" one time. Resume communication.

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