Angry Bird HD no sound, problem with iPad or app?

I solved problem today thanks to another Web site. The ringer-silent switch above the volume controls on the left side of my iPhone was showing the red dot meaning it was off. I switch it to on and now have sound with Angry Birds 1.5.3.

Hi I had this issue but with all apps. The iPod worked fine but no audio in all apps.

In the end I tracked it down to something quite obscure.

IOS 4 returned the option to use the mute switch to lock rotation. I prefered this and so selected this setting.

As it turned out I had the switch in the mute position when I did this.

It would appear the mute sat (very) quietly doing it's business but not affecting music.

Why the mute was not applied to all audio output is something that Apple may care to look at.

However the bottom line is that if you have an iPad and have set the mute switch back to rotation lock, look there.

Thank you infinitetime!

It looks weird but it actually works! I had checked all mute options of my iPad2 and angry birds over and over again and still no sound in the paid version. Then:

- device button to mute

- application setting to mute

- application setting to unmute

- device button to unmute

And there was the sound! hooray :-)

Well I had gone into the mute button, tried the game with it on and off and had no sound. I also powered down and on again still no sound.

Then I hit the mute, powered down again, and unmuted when it powered back up and now I have sound.

It's obviously a bug in the app. Hopefully the developers fix it and we all get an update soon.

If performing the mute button/orientation fix (see earlier posts) doesn't work you can always re-install Angry Birds HD from the App Store. The downside: Your playing history doesn't transfer so you'll be starting over from scratch.

1. On the main icon page hold down the Setting icon until the icons begin shaking.

2. Locate the Angry Birds HD App and press the 'X' that appears in the upper left corner of the icon.

3. Approve the deletion.

4. Reload the App from the App Store.

* To avoid being re-billed for a paid App you must sign in to same account used to make the initial purchase.

I just finished reloading and everything is working again.

Try pressing the + volume control. Really. Your phone can have independent volumes for ringer and other apps/features. Confusing but true. So when you're in your game and there's no sound just give the + vol button a press and you might find that this volume was down at zero (happened to me!)

Rebooting an app in ITunes?

I though rebooting was strictly a Microsoft PC solution to problems.

Anyway, I also lost the sound for Angry Birds on my iPhone 4.

Phone is only 3 weeks old.

Sound in Angry Birds worked fine originally.

Turning phone off and on again does not solve the problem.

Strange thing is, when I finish the final level, the sound comes back on for the video clip at the end of the game.

Strange.

Would deleting the app from the iPhone and then reloading it from iTunes do any good!

Cheers!

martin565 wrote:

Rebooting an app in ITunes?

I though rebooting was strictly a Microsoft PC solution to problems.

No, rebooting will reset the system pointers and memory. Reinstalling the OS is a fix for Windows problems.

I had the same problem with game sounds not working on one of my iPads and while it seems that other people have fixed this problem in different ways my problem was fixed by:

1. Go to Settings - General - Use Side Switch To: and set it to Mute.

2. On the side of the iPad now use the side switch to turn it on/off and my sounds are back...

While this worked for me it may not work for you - everyone's unique I guess!! 🙂

Cheers!

Easy as pie....go to settings on your iPad!!! Go to general tab. There's a choice between "lock rotation" or "mute" for the toggle switch. Choose "mute" The lock rotation toggle can be switched to being a mute button or lock rotation button.

Bebfire wrote:

Easy as pie....go to settings on your iPad!!! Go to general tab. There's a choice between "lock rotation" or "mute" for the toggle switch. Choose "mute" The lock rotation toggle can be switched to being a mute button or lock rotation button.

However, this was not an option when william.hu posted over 2 years ago.

I just purchased a refurbished iPad 2. It worked fine, until Ioaded on some apps that I had already purchased for my iPod. Sound stopped working. My volume control button did not work, and the volume slider knob disappeared from my settings and in iTunes. I tried all the above fixes, with no luck. Then I read that the docking connection might be bad. I plugged in the docking cord and wiggled it up and down and Voila! I now have sound. Apparently, this is a rather prevalent problem, so it's worth a try. I have OS 6.0.1.