Just to summarise (Kindly correct me if I am wrong)...There are mainly 4 volume levels... 1) Ringtone volume Controlled by Settings--->Profile--->General 2) System volume (volume level used by media player etc) Controlled by volume level in status applet. 3) Phone (non-speaker mode) volume Controlled by volume keys when a call is made in non-speaker mode. 4) Phone (speaker) volume. Controlled by volume keys when a call is made in speaker mode. And all 4 are different ones and not related and like Traceur said above, the system remembers the volume settings for all the 4 volume levels.