Ringer volume goes to silent mode

[theil01]

I use Ear to set my ringer profile and it seems to work great. However the ringer volume often goes to silent mode, because I unintentional push the ringer volume button and I miss the calls. Does anyone have a solution for this? Is it possible to turn of the ringer volume button on the Hero?
Thanks

 

[daveybaby]

Is it possible to turn of the ringer volume button on the Hero?

Not as far as i know. God i wish it was - it's the most baffling design decision on the entire phone.