iPhone No Sound

Solutions / Steps / Tutorials

No sound coming from speaker on my iPhone how to fix

by 196 Comments

No sound coming from my iPhone

If you have no sound coming from your iPhone it is unbelievably frustrating as you most probably already know. I have been looking for solutions, cures, fixes over the web there are many out there, below you will find a list of  some of the solutions.

[adinserter block=”1″]

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 Step 1,

Loud/ Silent switch on exterior of iPhone is switched to 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 most simplest.

iPhone No Sound Step 2,

Restart the iPhone. Hold the power switch and home button together for 10 seconds. This will restart your iPhone, you wil not lose any media, contacts, data, etc. If there is a temporary glitch on the iPhone this will eliminate that glitch.

iPhone No Sound Step 3,

Reset iPhone. Go to settings> general> reset> reset all settings. This will not loose any data, media contacts etc. This is a follow on to step 2 and another way you will be able to eliminate the glitch on the iPhone.

If none of these steps were helpful you can see the full list here from my other page iPhone No Sound.

You can also watch this video below which has a full list of fixes and steps on how to fix the no sound issue on the iPhone.

iPhone No Sound step 4,

iphone no sound

This seems to be a growing glitch on the iPhone that is causing no sounds problems.To eliminate this glitch go into settings then put air plane mode on for about 5 minutes. After that is done toggle air plane mode on and off for 1 minute. Then restart the iPhone by pressing the home and power button at the same time for 10 seconds.

[adinserter block=”1″]

iPhone No Sound step 5,

Another very successful method is squeezing the bottom right hand corner of the iPhone, yes this sounds very strange but turns out to be one of the best fixes for the iPhone. Squeeze this area between your two fingers for about 20 seconds at a time. By doing this you may reconnect the speaker connectors which may have disconnected. There is no need to worry about the left hand side as that is allocated for the mic unless your having mic issues.

4-210x300

iPhone No Sound step 6,

Use a toothbrush or a similar item with stiff plastic bristles, once you have found one clean the docking/ charging port of the iPhone. Be sure to get the bristles in thoroughly and use a bit of force when doing so. This will remove or dislodge any dirt/ grime/ dust/ sand etc from the port. When the charging port gets dirty in can block the connectors which can trick the iPhone into thinking its connected to a music dock and won’t be able to play sound or music.

Unknown

iPhone No Sound step 7,

Similar to the above step with cleaning the charging dock, you can repeat the method but on the headphone jack port located either on the top or bottom of your iPhone depending on the model. By doing this you will dislodge and dirt or grime from the headphone port. Another successful extension of this step is by inserting your headphones in then removing them straightaway. Sometimes when headphones are inserted but not removed correctly the iPhone will still play sound through that audio source which isn’t present.

Unknown-2

iPhone No Sound step 8,

[adinserter block=”1″]

This step was recommended by some of the commenters which has shown to be successful. By going into Settings > Bluetooth > Toggle on and off for 30 seconds. There have been reports when spawning between bluetooth audio sources such as music docks or car speakers there may be some glitches when reverting back to the iPhone speakers. By toggling the iPhone bluetooth switch this will eliminate any temporary glitches.

Unknown

iPhone No Sound step 9,

If your iPhone has come into contact with any humidity, moisture or water they may be a correlation between that and no sound or volume coming through on your iPhone. To remove the moisture you can put your iPhone in a container of rice for 24 hours. Make sure that the iPhone is turned off and the sim card is removed before doing this.

Unknown-3

iPhone No Sound step 10,

Similar to the above step by eliminating any moisture that may be trapped in the iPhone. You can get a hairdryer and then apply heat to the iPhone in the bottom right hand corner where the speakers is located. Have the hairdryer on the lowest heat setting and at a fair distance so the iPhone doesn’t overheat. Repeat this step several times.

Unknown-1

If any of these solutions or fixes have worked for you please share your experience below as it all helps 😀

Comments

  1. Brian says

    thankyou thankyou that silent/loud switch really kidnaped my sound and had me fooled me for several days – great!!

  2. Mary says

    All you have to do is to start playing a song from ipod or youtube while having your earphones pluged in, than plug your charger cable in and remove headphones.

    press play again and remove charger cable.

    Repeat if is not working firs time.

    I had same problem. it’s stuck in charger mode or in docking station with external audio.

  3. Fred says

    Thank you, Mary.

    I couldn’t play music on my iPhone4s for months and tried everything on the web to correct it. Your solution worked! Yay, Mary!!

  4. Pineksh Sanghvi says

    Hay thanks a lot for the idea.
    But the funny thing is that i have already tried resetting the phone from the settings. it works but after 4 days, the same problem again. sound goes off.

    Do you suggest that it is a hardware problem? I think not, as the phone bell is working.

    So then i think that the problem should be in the software. Please guide me for the same.

    Thank You

  5. Nathan says

    I can here any music or apps without headphones on my iphone but i can here alarms ive tried resetting and doing what mary suggested but nothing has worked and when i go to the volume shortcut for ios 7 there isnt a volume slide

  7. iwatchreview2.com says

    Impressive concerns totally, you just accumulated any custom logo new visitor. Just what exactly can you recommend regarding publish that you choose to produced week before? Virtually any a number of?

  9. John says

    I don’t agree that he Reset all settings choice does not change anything on your phone. You WILL lose you wallpaper pic. You Will lose your wifi passcode and have to re enter it. It’s a 20 character chain and it’s a pain to find if you don’t have it handy. If it is in all Caps like mine you’ll have to hit the cap button every time. So count in 40 characters. If you have to enter it 3 times due to mistakes count in 120 characters.

  10. acai berry benefits says

    With havin so much content and articles do you ever run into any issues of plagorism
    or copyright violation? My website has a lot of exclusive content I’ve either written myself or
    outsourced but it looks like a lot of it is popping it up all over the web without my authorization.
    Do you know any ways to help protect against content from being ripped
    off? I’d genuinely appreciate it.

  11. Niko says

    “Mary: All you have to do is to start playing a song from ipod or youtube while having your earphones pluged in, than plug your charger cable in and remove headphones.

    press play again and remove charger cable.

    Repeat if is not working firs time.

    I had same problem. it’s stuck in charger mode or in docking station with external audio.”

    THANKS MARY!!! IT WORKED

  12. Sharon bowden says

    My 4s keeps losing sound ,iv rest everything and sometimes it works more often not! But I can’t work out if it’s Instagram or Facebook, but never happened before Instagram

  14. San says

    Thanks Mary so much your method worked for me straight away after trying several others, I was getting quite frustrated!

  15. Chloé says

    None of the options above worked and neither did Mary’s. Last week I was on FaceTime withy friends and accidently dropped my phone in some soup. A couple hours later my sound went and I couldn’t turn it up or down because when u pressed the buttons it didn’t even say u was doing anything. I left it for the night and worked fine until today and it’s been broken all day. My lower sound button has been pressed down for a while so u can’t press it because it’s kind of pushed down into my phone a bit. I don’t know if it has anything to do with that. Advise?

  21. Steve says

    Nothing above worked, including Mary’s solution (sorry Mary). I still have the IPhone 4 with IOS 7.

    However, I did find if I slide the control screen up (swipe bottom to top) that right below the volume bar is a small box with an up arrow on it.. I clicked on that and noticed the software was trying to send the audio to what appears to be a blue tooth device (don’t have one nearby, so confused on that). I selected the IPhone option and sound was restored.

    Maybe that might help some.

  26. Carolyn says

    Mary, no idea how you came up with this solution, but it actually worked! Thanks!!!

  27. Kelly says

    Thank you so much. Don’t know how that switch got moved. But I switched it back and I have sound now! I never knew what that switch was.

  29. wordpress.com says

    My family members always say that I am wasting my time here at net, but I know I am
    getting knowledge daily by reading thes pleasant articles.

  30. Robin says

    Having scouted about the web, the most common reason for sound loss and phone behaving like it was docked was a faulty docking connector. I ordered one for around £4 and a mini toolkit for £6. The job took me a careful hour and half although it felt like a lifetime. Job done and instant success. Shop would have charged around £60. Real cost to me £4 since I can reuse the tools. Instant success. Thanks to all those who pointed me in the right direction.

  31. Robin says

    Just to emphasise my last post. The main reason for loss of sound, switching to docking mode and heavy battery loss is due to a faulty docking connector. It is a common fault on the iPhone. Some say cleaning the connector with a toothbrush helps. Personal experience proved this doesn’t help. The only solution is to get it changed!

  34. thomas says

    i would have never thought the airplane mode would have anything to do with fixing my phone. I even chuckled about doing it . WRONG it worked perfectly in restoring my sounds!! Thanks for the help.

  36. Brenda says

    Thank You moving the button from orange and starting it up again worked!!!!!!!! Thank you so much!!
    😉

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.