I figured it out. this dumbass thing-
wasn't doing anything. I had both sliders for System and Ring all the way up. I moved them both up and down and they made gay noises while I moved them and then I left them all the way up. During a soft reset, before it was completely booted up I hit the up volume button and the old style simple small double slider came up and they were both on silent! I quickly raised both of the all the way up before the new style gay sounding version loaded and now the phone rings. How can i get the gay slider to work properly or better yet, get rid of it and use the old style slider. Sure, the gay slider can be adjusted with your finger really easy but who cares, they put volume buttons on the thing!
Disclaimer: this post in no way uses the word "gay" to imply anything about the touch pro or anyone's sexual preference.
Maybe it's time to load a simple rom......