Q: iPhone Ringer Switch not working in iOS6
Updated my iPhone 4S yesterday to iOS6 and noticed this morning that my ringer switch (left side, top switch between on and off (orange bar shown for off)) doesn't function. NOTHING. no icon on the screen, no vibration, and no, it does not silent the phone (i discovered this when my phone rang loudly in the office... oops)
It used to be that flipping the switch would show a speaker icon on the screen, and when switched off, the speaker icon would have a line through it indicating that the phone was on silent mode. The phone would also vibrate when switched into silent mode.
seems like iOS6 has broken this?
i've tried:
1. restarting the phone
2. resetting the phone
3. turning "do not disturb" on and off
4. changing sounds and vibration settings in settings > sounds
anybody else have this issue?
anybody else have a fix?
hoping i wont have to restore to my ios5 last backup...
Posted on Sep 21, 2012 6:33 AM
Update: i took my 4s to an apple store and within about 15 seconds the genius tech told me he'd replace the phone. he said that apple used to repair the ringer switch but now they just replace the phone, its easier. since my phone was under 1 year old since the time of purchase, it qualified. it also qualified because i had apple care. 15 minutes later i walked out with a new iphone 4s with working silent switch. i immediately updated it to ios6 and restored my icloud backup from the previous phone with silent switch issues and have had no further issues, so it was obviously a hardware issue and unrelated to ios6.
Posted on Sep 30, 2012 5:26 PM