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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. 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. 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 will be the best option for you. Very simple video and easy to follow, to jailbreak follow my simple 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 Solution 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

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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.  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. Melanie says

    After doing all the steps, I used the cool blow dry (its been VERY humid here) got nothing—then I stuck a small sewing needle in the headphone port and it zapped the screen to the Spotify site and POOF! sound restored. I really think the needle/metal in the port was the trick because immediately the screen came up and I checked and it was fixed. I was a little scared to do this but was desperate. YAY!

  5. Eric says

    I didn’t try all of your solutions, but I discovered one that worked for me. After taking a picture I clicked on the thumbnail view on the bottom left. Then I pushed the volume buttons, and it was on the lowest setting. Turning the volume up all the way cured it!

  6. Rhys says

    Thanks a lot man. Tried squeezing the corner of my phone and the whole screen cracked. I tried this many times before and it didn’t work.
    So now my sound still doesn’t work and my whole screen is screwed.
    Great.

  7. Elle says

    Thank you, thank you, thank you….You are my hero whoever you are! Naturally my solution was simple-restart my iPhone 6S but this seems to be a constant occurrence with this phone-only 9 months old-ams I wonder what the H3ll I’m doing wrong that is causing this problem.
    But it dos seem I’m not alone!
    Elle aka PlantCrone

  10. Abdul qadir says

    Its awesome,
    Tried these steps on my iphone6s plus and it did work,,
    The sound is back..
    Thanks alot dude,,
    Appreciate that 👍🏻

  12. Kim says

    I have the iPhone 6s it’s only 6 months old and is randomly switching from volume to silence on the volume. I’m a manager and have missed some very important calls because of it.

  13. Amaprince says

    Yaw!!! Steps 4 worked for me. I almost got crazy with my iPhone 6s Plus. Nigeria. Thanks a lot. For those that had no success yet, keep trying any of the steps sure one will work for you.

  17. Jane says

    Thank you tons and tons!!! I thought turning it off and on restarted my iPhone 4S, but step two I what fixed my problem! Thank you again! Now I can hear my daughters videos again!!

  18. Joe Doc says

    Thank you-great advice! Pushing on the right hand side was the fix that worked for me! Thanks again-sooo helpful!

  19. Gina says

    Go into settings>sounds and hit the little slider that goes to your ringtone. This makes my sound start working again but I have to do it about 3-4 times a day

  22. Mary says

    I just opened my new iPhone 7 (254mg). Very unsettling to not have the speaker work right away when it is brand new. I tried the pressure on the bottom right corner. Nothing happened. I ten restarted it (a different set of buttons from previous versions). That seemed to work.
    My other concern is the home button touch is unresponsive. None of the 3 choices for settings seems to accept my touch.

  24. G Barry Stewart says

    The home button+power button restart (shown in the video) cleaned up the problem.

    I’ll keep that in mind for future troubles.

    Meanwhile, if I used “speaker phone” I could use the phone. Without it, I couldn’t speak or hear. The phone did ring on the other end, though no dial tone or ring could be heard on my phone.

    Thanks!

  25. Barb says

    The hairdryer worked for me! We had a lot of rain in our region & Flooding. Lots of humility and moisture.
    THANK YOU!
    10/8/16. Delaware

  26. pradeep says

    i am having iphone 4 and there is sound problem and problem is i am not able to download many apps beacuse it requires higher version of the software …even i am not able to download youtube …please help me out from this situation

  28. Erika says

    SQUEEZING THE BOTTOM RIGHT WORKED. This saved my life because I can’t watch Netflix on my phone without sound. Thank you thank you thank you

  31. Lauren says

    Ya same I don’t know what to do I may just have to take it to the store and see what’s wrong

  32. Génesis says

    I almost got to step 7 but I didn’t want to loose all my data to I jumped to step 9 & it worked! So happy when it did, helpful! Thanks.

  34. Mark says

    I have owned the iPhone 4s, 5 and 6plus… all have sound issues when using facebook.. you can play with settings, buttons, reset, and on and off.. won’t work piece of crap, apple with their new comps with no USB support? ….time to move on…

  36. Eva says

    My iPhone4 also has problems with sound. With the headset it rings, but not without. I squeezed the lower right corner, and eventually got sound when adjusting the sound level in settings. iTunes gives sound on the speaker as well, but no sound for an incoming call/facetime audio call, which is why I have the phone… Tried to blow in some compressed air, cleaned the dock opening with a teeth brush and a bit of alcohol. But still no sound for incoming calls or incoming mails, whatsapps, telegrams and other notifications. 🙁

  37. Eva says

    part II: I am so happy to have found another solution: since my iPhone4 kept on vibrating during incoming messages, despite of having switched off “Vibration on Ring”, I noticed that the vibration was still activated with “Vibration on Silent”. So that made me think that my iPhone was thinking it is put on silent, although the mute switch wasn’t on silent.
    Then I continued with the tooth brush and needle to clean the mute switch, and: tataaaaaa, iPhone back to ringing again!
    Thanks all for ideas and input. I wouldn’t like to spend 100€ in vain on repairing an iPhone without result if I can solve it myself. 🙂
    I hope my trick will work for others.

  39. G Avioli says

    Thank you for the recommendations. I tried them all and finally the sound returned.
    Iphone 4

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