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iPhone No Sound – How To Fix & Tutorials!

If you have no sound on your Apple iPhone 3 / 3GS / 4 / 4S / 5 / 5S / 5C/ 6/ 6Plus/ iPhone 6s/ 6s Plus/ iPhone 7, 8, 8Plus and the iPhone X, iPhone Xs volume bar, it is unbelievably frustrating as you most probably already know.

I have been looking for cures over the web as there are many out there. Below you will find a list of all these including the one that worked for me.Ā Also, this list is in chronological order of what seems to be most successful. It is a process of elimination but it has to be done.

The symptoms of iPhone no sound Problem/ Issues include:

– iPhone will ring but speaker will not work for anything else.
– iPhone no sound at all for calls, apps, music, etc
– iPhone no sound as stuck in headphone mode

Follow these steps and hopefully, your iPhone will be back to its prior glory.

iPhone No Sound – How To Fix & Tutorials 2020

Step 1 – Check Silent Mode Switch

Loud/ Silent switch on the exterior of the iPhone is switched to the silent mode which is orange. If so, flick the other way to loud mode. This is a step that so many people miss, but it is the simplest! Also once you have flicked the silent mode off, ensure your volume is turned up by pressing the volume buttons on the side.

Step 2 – Restart Your iPhone

To restart the iPhone, hold the power switch and home button together for 10 seconds. This will restart your iPhone, you will not lose any media, contacts, data, etc. If there is a temporary glitch on the iPhone this will eliminate that glitch. Also if there is a glitch this may help terminate a temporary glitch.

If you have an iPhone X or newer, you can simply restart the device by pressing and holding both the side button and one of the volume buttons. Once done, you’ll then be promoted to restart the iPhone. When off, click the side button to turn on again.

Step 3 – Reset iPhone Settings

Reset iPhone. Go to Settings> General> Reset> Reset all settings. Make sure to backup your iPhone to the cloud / iTunes as this will wipe your media, music, and apps although photos will be left on the iPhone.Ā This is a follow on to step 2 and another way you will be able to eliminate the glitch on the iPhone.

Step 4 – Press Corner Of iPhone

This one is a bit weird but it worked for me for a while and has worked successfully for other people. Squeeze the bottom right hand corner of the phone above where the speaker is.

The left Side is a mic, not a speaker, so don’t worry about that side. Hold that grip for about 20 seconds. This is done as the connector may be loose and had to be repositioned correctly. Yes, strange but most of these solutions are!

Step 5 – Clean Your iPhone

Use a tooth brush to clean the docking area where you charge your iPhone. With dirt, dust, grime, and so on it, may block the connectors working correctly and makes the phone think it is on a music dock. When you do this do it gently and get the bristles into there good.

Also if you use rubbing alcohol or acetone it will help get all the extra dirt out. As these products evaporate it will not do damage to the connectors. Do not use mineral terps when cleaning as it is oil based and will not dry!! This seems to be one of the most successful solutions. To avoid this happening in the future, its best to have a case that avoids dust and grime getting in.

Step 6 – Insert Headphones

Get your headphones and insert them into the headphone jack and then quickly pull them out. Continue this for a couple of minutes as sometimes it gets stuck in headphone mode so this normally undoes that. Also this may remove any dust or grime that may have been lodged in there.

You can also watch this video below which has a full list of fixes listed in this tutorial plus a few more that will restore sound to your iPhone!

Step 7 – Restore Your iPhone

Restore your iPhone on iTunes. Click on your iPhone icon when plugged into iTunes and go to restore. If you do this make sure your iPhone is backed up as YOU will loose all data, media, contacts, pics, and so on. This puts your iPhone back to factory settings.

This is similar to step 3 as it is a full reset of the device, this should help eliminate any glitch that have have come out in a recent update such as iOS7 or iOS8. Also when doing this step check for updates.

Step 8 – Jailbreak iPhone

Jailbreak your iPhone to find the file directories that are causing the fault. By doing this you are deleting the file that is making the iPhone think it is on a dock. You will still be able to use a music docking station etc. If you have a jail broken iPhone or willing to do it then this willĀ be the best option for you. Very simple video and easy to follow, to jailbreak follow my simpleĀ tutorial.

 

Step 9 – Dry iPhone

This worked for me!! The squeezing step worked for me for a small amount of time. Not much else worked so thought I would try my own cure…. An old hair dryer!! Turn on low heat and hover over the speaker outlet for about 5 minutes.

I also did the headphone jack as well. There must of been some residual moisture build up which the hair dryer eliminated. The speaker was sputtering on and off during this time but finally came to life :). If you don’t have a hair dryer, you can also put your iPhone in dry rice while turned off. This can suck up all that unwanted moisture. Best to leave in rice for at lease 12 hours.

Step 10 – Hardware Problem

It may be a hardware problem and simply need to get a replacement through your provider who may offer insurance if chosen or apple support. This no sound and speaker is getting more known know by Apple there is a good chance you may get a replacement or a hardware fix.

Step 11 – Ultimate Destruction

If iPhone still has no sound there is always ultimate elimination… Not endorsed. See below….

 

**** UPDATE **** 18/03/20

Thank you everyone for such an overwhelming response! Also to those that have put up there own solutions that have worked for there iPhones. Initially when I created this website I did not envision the large response of people with the same issues. So here are some new solutions and steps that are popular on the comment feed.

iPhone No Sound SolutionĀ Step 12

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As dirt and grime like to build up in the charging connectors of the iPhone it is necessary to clean it out. Similar to the step with cleaning it with a toothbrush you will be using compressed air instead. The best and easiest way you can do this is to blow air out your mouth with a good force into where the iPhone would get charged.

Do this for 1 minute to insure that it removes any dust or dirt particles. After that, plug and unplug your charger into the slot about 5-10 times.

iPhone No Sound Solution Step 13

iphone no sound solution

This is similar to the step above but you will be cleaning out the headphone jack on the iPhone instead of the charging connectors. As above blow into the headphone jack for about 30 seconds to 1 minute, this should vanish any dust or dirt that is lodged in there.

Once that is done insert a ear bud/ q tip into the headphone jack and twist for about 30 seconds. Ā That should dislodge any other dirt or grime that the blowing process may have missed.

If your iPhone X is not turning on, then you should check out my full guide here.

iPhone No Sound Solution Step 14

 

There have been more than a dozen comments saying that bluetooth may be interfering with the sound on the iPhone. One good method is to insure that your iPhone is not connected to any bluetooth device as it may be playing sound thru that device. Also another successful step that has been recommended is to turn off bluetooth and then turn on again.

iPhone Has No Sound Step 15

As a continuation to step 5, there have also been several reports of people who have also cleaned their iPhone with a wooden toothpick.

While a toothbrush works quite well, there is typically quite a lot of dirt still stuck in the charing port which can only be gotten out with a pointy object. Just be careful not todo any damage to your iPhone charge port. This seems to work well with older iPhone 4 and also the new iPhone 8 and iPhone X.

These are just some of the steps I have found and come up with which have shown success for iPhones with no sound.

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Comments

  1. Nancy says

    I tried everything except #3 and it still doesn’t work. If I reset the phone without backing it up, will I loose my photos, text messages? I only have a I pad sp it makes it hard to back it up.

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  4. Andrew says

    Put the phone in “airplane” mode for a few minutes!!! Works for me everytime

  7. Lesley says

    Amazing! Airplane mode worked! Given that this was probably water damage I’m amazed. Thank you for complaining this list.

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  10. Creolesoul says

    Number 4 saved my life!!! I took my phone out its case and tuned on some music which was silent of course… I have the phone a little squeeze with my thumb and my pointer and the music came in and out… So I squeezed even harder and boom!!! ALL music and lock sounds work! I was so distraught after discovering my speaker had gone out right after paying a third party to fix my on/off button two days earlier! THANK YOU

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  12. JohnK says

    Tried all the steps (except full restore)- no love. Plugged and unplugged it with a charging cable (other end into USB port on PC) – that did it! Likely thinks it was in a dock?
    Symptoms:
    Siri and phone ringing/conversations through speakers ok
    Any other apps, click sounds, etc would not come through the internal speaker
    But worked fine if AUX port was used into external sound system

  14. kev says

    Same problem occurring over here. Seems that the connector gets some dirt or grime in it and it causes the volume control not to work. I tried all of the suggestions on this site but the one that worked for me was to get the connector replaced ($65!!). Phone works well now I expect another year or so out of it before my next upgrade. Maybe Apple will follow the Android market and make an “indestructible” model…

  15. Vanessa Louise says

    You can try tapping your phone on the palm of your hand, especially the part where the speaker is. It may be the case of a loose circuit and all it takes is a few taps..

  17. shirley says

    Tried most of the stepsbut the one that worked for me was turning airplane mode on for few minutes then off and hey presto. Thanks so much

  18. Kerry says

    For me, did several suggestions and found fix by going in order with these steps #5, #9, #3. Thanks so much for an informative website!

  19. Christine says

    Thanks for all the suggestions. I spent an hour trying steps 1, 2, 3 4 many times and finally tried the step 5 and 9 and finally it works!!! Not sure which of these two steps was finally the successful one but at least the phone is working. Again, many thanks for all the suggestions and I sure learnt lots about iphones today.

  20. Wolfy says

    Step 5.a: Pretend the iPhone is a flute and blow into the dock connector port – hard. This worked for me when every other step failed.

  21. Ian Soo says

    Bro .. Millions thanks & pray to GOD bless you always step 5 worked for me .. briliant suggestion

  22. Yas says

    Absolutely nothing worked and highly skeptical of these methods and looks as if the guy has uploaded these comments himself for it to look like a magical cure!

  23. Ernesto says

    The one on blowing on the connector as if it was a flute worked, it has to be hard, with the Music on , first blow worked for one second, then I did it harder and longer and sound came back !!! I donĀ“t know how much it will last though…. anyone know why is this ?? maybe dirt I donĀ“t know….

  25. A.C. Besserer says

    I had no keyboard sounds, then the phone ringer went, #2 solution, worked… Thanks….

  26. Iphone tester says

    set # 8 hands down the best way to fix the sound been wit no sound for months and all that changed today thankkkk youuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  29. Annabel says

    Works!! Blowing into the connector like a flute while playing music!! Had this problems for 2 months now. Simple as that, now I have sound.

  30. Kei says

    You’re awesome!!! step no.1 worked for me. Yeah you’re right it is very, very important. I was about to bring my phone to apple but thanks Gee šŸ™‚ I found your website and I was surprised how good all your analysis are. You must be a Genius!! Lol.. or maybe you work for Apple ( wink) we never know… You ROCK.. Thanks a lot!!

  33. Stu says

    Ok I have been freaking out all morning wondering why I had no sound on my iPhone. So I google some sites to see if I can find out how to fix this problem. So after exhausting nearly all avenues I try your no. 4. IT WORKED IM SO HAPPY!!! Seriously if your reading this and your phone has no sound squeeze the life out of the bottom right corner. Thanks very much

  34. Nadeem says

    You guys r simply awesome hatss off for me 8 worked i did with my ifile thanku 1 again

  35. Flamur says

    Lol the hair dryer worked for me for son time but can you repeat in which code to put on my iphone and the dryer and the diference between both

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