Lower speaker volume after iOS4 update ?

Has anyone found a cure for this yet?

Or waiting for the 4.1 update on wendesday?

Really getting on my nerves now having such low volume!!

Oh well updated to OS 4.1 at my local genius bar and still low volume although the bloke did say I must be an isolated case as he's never heard of this before, so anybody else out there still having trouble with low volume or found a fix for this problem?

Gaz

Updated to 4.1 this morning, but no change. I need to have the volume set to max to hear at a normal low volume. If I set the volume slider to 50% I can barely hear anything playing. I used to be able to keep the volume slider at about 50% to listen at a comfortable level.

burrows1980 wrote:
Oh well updated to OS 4.1 at my local genius bar and still low volume although the bloke did say I must be an isolated case as he's never heard of this before, so anybody else out there still having trouble with low volume or found a fix for this problem?

Gaz

lol. They're either totally downplaying the issues, or they have no clue what they are talking about. Plenty of posts here say other wise.

I have an iPhone 4 on which the volume setting keeps changing to its lowest value. The iOS 4.1 upgrade had no affect. The only way I seem to be able to fix this is to go to Settings > Sounds and move the Volume slider all the way to the left and then back again to my desired volume level.

have the same problem, thought i was crazy so glad to see others with the same thing. volume on speaker and headphones i would say is half of pre os4. just d/l 4.1 and that didn't fix the problem. wonder if the people not complaining about this really have no problem or were just like me and thinking they were just imagining the fact that i used to not have to max it and still strain to hear anything

I guess I'm not the only one I see. Happens right after updating my iPhone 4 to 4.1. Can barely hear my music at 50%, especially with my motorokr S9 HD Headphones.

All,
I did notice this after 4.1 update, didn't try the volume EQ setting in Ipod as suggested by one of blog.

This is frustrating. We need to wait for another update to see how it goes.

Hi Namasivayam

All,
I did notice this after 4.1 update, didn't try the volume EQ setting in Ipod as suggested by one of blog.

This is frustrating. We need to wait for another update to see how it goes.

This thread is quite old and dates back to the original iOS4.0 update from when people first updated from OS3 software.

The reason the volume dropped was for the iPod to conform to new sound level standards in different parts of the world, mainly Europe I think.

To get you volume back to pre iOS4 levels, you need to go to iTunes and select all of your music and then Right-click or Cmd-click (depending on your operating system) and the from then menu select Get Info
Then in the Multiple Item Information window, select Options and change the volume slider to +100%
Click OK to save the change and wait for iTunes to update each track. (the time will depend on the amount of data you have)

Now connect you phone and sync and the new volume level will be changed for each track in the iPod.

Hope this helps

I tried that a few months back, but didnt help, my main problem is the ringtones being so quiet, its my business phone and I cant hear the **** thing when it rings. Made my own ring tone and set the volume higher in itunes but still no difference on the iphone!!

Jailbreaked the phone yesterday as I read something that was available on Cydia to increase the volume, but that didnt work either!!

Back to Nokia I think when my contract is up in 3 months time 😉

Is the volume of the standard ringtones on the phone at the correct volume?
Where did you get the ringtone you are using from? It sounds like it has been made at a too low volume in the first place.

Nah, even the factory ringtones are low, bascially, everything from factory or added myself is now half the volume when on max, just absolutely pointless having the phone especially as Apple deny all knowledge that there is a problem with OS 4 on some handsets.

Just wish id never updated to OS 4 or at least have backed up my SHSH files to revert back to OS 3..

Ive know of 13 handsets now which all have the same problem in my workplace, so its not as isolated as first thought.

Cant wait for my contract to end in 4months time!!

Hi,

I'm sure you have probably checked this, but just to confirm that it is not something silly like the Settings > Sounds settings.

Setting the volume of the 'Ringer and Alerts' to maximum and setting the 'Change with Buttons' to OFF so the ringer volumes are not effected by the volume buttons on the side of the phone.

Yeah tried all that.

Even sliding the volume slider back and to constantly, and also pushing the headphone jack in and out.

Downloaded a few more programs via Cydia last night which claim to increase the volume, but didnt work. Prob would on a phone that didnt have a volume problem.

Ive diverted all calls to a bog standard Nokia, just so I dont miss calls.

Theres got to be a update to fix this, its obviously software related, reason being Ive had the speaker module replaced from a working phone with normal volume and a brand new part to, and still it is low. Even tried it with out the speaker grill in, just in case that was muffling the sound in some way..

One day it might be cured!!

Will try again after Apple removed my last post, but I have managed to fix my volume issue!!! Finally after 7 months of trying, I can now hear Txts and phone calls, its a phone again!!!

I cant put down how on this forum, but anyway I finally have a iPhone that you can hear a incoming call 🙂

Gaz