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- If your iPhone doesn’t ring when someone calls you, there are several potential problems to troubleshoot.
- The solution might be simple, like Do Not Disturb mode is accidentally enabled, or it could be that your phone is "stuck" in an audio mode that renders it silent.
- Here are the seven most likely fixes to get your iPhone ringing again.
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It’s frustrating when a device doesn’t appear to do the one thing that it’s designed to do.
If your iPhone isn’t ringing when you get a call, there are a few things that might be causing it to not work properly, and most of them are easy to fix on your own.
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Check to see if your iPhone is set to silent
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The first few things may seem obvious, but we’ll be thorough.
Make sure that your iPhone’s Ring/Silent switch (on the left side of the phone, above the volume controls) isn’t in the Silent position. It should, of course, be flipped up toward the screen.
If it’s down (with a band of red visible) it’s set to silent, and might have accidentally been bumped into that position.
Make sure the volume is high enough to hear
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Likewise, it’s possible the phone’s volume is too low to hear it ringing.
Press the Volume up button on the left side of the phone until you can hear something – test the phone by playing music or a video to make sure it’s loud enough.
Turn off Do Not Disturb mode
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If your phone is in Do Not Disturb mode, incoming calls will not ring and they’ll go straight to voicemail (unless you set up exceptions for specific phone numbers).
To make sure Do Not Disturb mode is not enabled, swipe down from the top right of the screen to open the Control Center screen. Make sure the Do Not Disturb button, which looks like a quarter moon, is not highlighted.
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