iPhone iDiosyncrasy

So it used to be that I could turn the ringer off on my iPhone and a little window would pop up telling me it was OFF and when I turned the audio on, the little window said it was ON. Now, I do the same thing to turn the ringer off and a little window tells me that Silent Mode is ON and when I turn the audio on, I'm told that Silent Mode is OFF. They did this just to confuse me.