iPhone won’t ring when calling someone

I have the same problem. The sound to my ringer, ipod, alarm and everything else works. But when i call someone i cant hear the phone ring or the people talking. They cant hear me either. When i get a call, the same thing happens. But when i hit speaker phone, i can hear them and vice versa. I cant figure out how to fix the problem.

I am having this same very frustrating issue, and it has absolutely nothing to do with volume levels. Usually I will make a phone call, I will hear no ring, then the call time on the phone starts counting which lets me know someone has answered but I can't hear anything. The other caller hears me but I don't hear anything. If I hang up and call back, then it usually rings, I hear everything, and they pick up and ask why I didn't respond. I just made a business call 4 times without hearing anything - nice, my number calling 4 times in a row on their caller id and then I hang up. Thanks iphone, thats great for business.

Not at all. The problem happens on speakerphone, bluetooth earpiece, and regular phone. I spent all day today trying to fix the problem. I swapped out my iphone with a new one, I replaced my sim card with a new one...SAME PROBLEM! I'm done, I'm out, no idea what else to do. All I know is that I made a business phone call 4 times today and hung up on them because I didn't think it went through because I heard nothing. Now I find out they answered 4 times and I hung up on them everytime. Nice.

wouldn't it be that your earpiece speaker is dead? All of the other sounds you are describing come through the bottom. So isn't it possible that only the ear one is dead? Just an idea.

I have done a hard reset of the phone, and full restore and setup as a new iphone, in addition to completely replacing the iphone AND sim card...and the same issue persists.

Adjust your volume up while on a call. The volume switches normally control ringer volume, but also control phone volume (while on a call), bluetooth volume (while using bluetooth), iPod volume (while playing music or video) and headset volume (when using the headset).

This is exactly what happens to me. The call to go through, the counter starts, the person at the other end hears me, while I hear nothing at my end, no ring, no voice. One of every three calls ends up this way. Friends are even offering to buy me a "cheap" phone that works. I have just updated to 2.2, and hope the problem is resolved. This is *very frustrating*.

mjcxp,

If you try adjusting the volume while on a call, do you notice the word "headphones" appear? If so, you may want to try reseating the headphones in your iPhone a few times until you no longer see the "headphones" word appear when toggling volume. Also, if the plastic sheet that came with the iPhone is still covering the iPhone face, it should be removed.

A good article to reference would be: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1205

If this is not the case, do the headphones emit sound? How about the speakerphone? It would be a good idea to try a restore of the iPhone, setting it up as a new phone. More information on this can be found here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

Hope this helps,

Raleigh

That would make sense, since I am having the same problem with a brand new phone and sim card.

but what doesn't make sense is, if it is an AT&T network problem, why the calls would still go through and the person on the other line can hear you even though you cant hear them.