iOS 13 Lock Sound Stays Louder than System Setting

Yup.. same here.

Fluctuating/inconsistent volume for keyboard clicks\lock sound\camera shutter on my Iphone 11 Pro Max IOS 13.3.

It's very frustrating.I tried absolutely everything and nothing works.Beside the temporary fix mentioned here of course but i want a permanent fix. I did my part.. i called apple and told them about it, i gave them feedback of the problem on the apple website and i'm posting here asswell just maybe apple notices that loads of people have this problem.

i'm paying to much money for your overpriced piece of **** to have to deal with these kind of bugs.Samsung galaxy note 10 starts to look better and better with every frustrating bug i come across form this PRO, TOP OF THE RANGE, REALLY EXPENSIVE DEVICE!

Hey jmimac351,

Try following these steps:

1. Go into Settings > Sounds and Haptics > Turn the Lock Sound slider off.
2. Restart your iPhone. Make sure to wait 60 seconds before you press the power again to turn your iPhone back on.
3. Repeat step 1, except this time turn the Lock Sound slider on.
4. Restart your iPhone again.

If you still need help, by all means reply to this thread.

Grey360

Just noticed this on my iPhone XS as well today, on iOS 13.5.1. While the lock sound was the most obvious one, it also affected the timer sound from my short time of testing it out -- but only when the timer reached zero while I was outside the clock app itself.

I almost always keep my phone on silent mode, but this is frustrating none the less.

I can also report the same of how the volume slider when using the physical volume buttons does not match nor change the volume slider in the control center. The two are now seemingly entirely disconnected from one another, and changing one does not change the other.

I did not even realize that was possible.

Lowering the volume through the control center seems to fix it, and although both sliders are still disconnected from one another I now have both set to 5-10%, so hopefully that should do the trick.

Edit: TIL I realized that iOS disconnects the ringer volume from the system volume, and this seems to be what's causing the bug to happen? Basically, it's not a bug, it's a feature...? Why is there no option to connect them to the same single volume slider? Why does the physical buttons either have to change the ringer volume (leaving the system volume untouched) or the system volume (leaving the ringer volume untouched). Why not have it change both?

Well, I am actually thoroughly baffled that I never realized this behavior until today, despite having used iPhones exclusively since the 3G model.

And I really don't like that design decision.

Anyway, so, solution is rather simple: Set the ringer volume (Settings > Sounds & Haptics > Ringer and Alerts volume slider) to the same as the system volume (Control Center > volume slider).

This screenshot highlights the difference in the volume sliders:

Seems like it's going by regular volume, not ringer volume. Not sure if that is new. But the Lock Sound is way too loud in iOS 13 unless you turn the volume way, way down. Had to turn off the Lock Sound because of it.

Same thing happened to me. I opened up Settings/sounds and I push the volume all the way up and all the way down and then it was fine but it does keep reoccurring. Sounds like a defect. The latest update 13.1.3 does not correct it

The work around to play some music worked for me...well I was actually using an app that I had turned the volume up so I could hear it. That caused the issue. I opened the app and turned the volume down and the lock sound went back to normal. Odd that this is the only way to do it but it works.

Having exactly the same issues. Hard reset didn't work neither did turning it off and then back on again, and also turning down the volume while it plays music doesn't work as the lock screen sound only stays low until you increase the volume back again. Basically you don't need to play music for this (non)fix. The volume of the lock screen sound is unfortunately influenced/adjusted by the music volume not by the ringer volume - poor job Apple!

-- Using iPhone XS with iOS 13.2.3 --

I'm not on Betas, got an official update, maybe they don't release to everyone at the same time ( my wife has an 7, XS and an iPad and only I got the update ), or try manually, if they're not set on automatic.

I just upgraded to 13.2.3 (the latest as far as I can tell) and it's definitely not fixed. It appears that if you reboot, unlock your phone, then immediately lock it, the lock volume works correctly, but after you actually do some stuff, it'll be hosed again. That may have led the one poster to think it was fixed after an update.

Same here. But I think that in my case it started already on ios 13 bets on my previous ip X. After restoring a backup on new 11pro it is now the same. Locking sound volume is different every time, sometimes too loud... Apple is ignoring that. Shame.

I have the same issue on my IPhone 11 Pro on IOS 13.3.

I 'reset all settings' and the issue was still there, I've reinstalled the latest version of iOS 13.3, then restored my backup onto the phone, but that didn't help either.

I reported the bug to Apple , hopefully they will fix it in the next update.

Still happening here as well.

It appears to depend on the application you are using. I was on the Verizon app (chat feature). Locked my phone and it was LOUD. Force closed with the Verizon app, locked my phone with "messages" app as my current app in use and it locked normal volume.

By hard reset you mean resetting to how it was in the box before you bought it? If so, this is a very extreme measure considering all the settings you would have to do afterwards, and considering Apple if fixing bugs with updates to the iOS by creating newer bugs.

I went to test this as I was wondering if that is why I have missed some alarms in the past but I now can't get the volume to change on the alarm/lock button volume no matter what I do. Seems to be random which is why some people on here says it doesn't work. I know I was originally able to fix it by adjusting my 5-0 Radio app (that is what caused the high volume on my lock button originally) but now changing the volume on there or any app like music, YouTube, etc. does not change the volume on the lock or alarm. So I can vouch that it sometimes works properly and other times it doesn't.

Thank you. Bottom line here: Apple needs to ditch this nonsense with multiple volume levels - it’s annoying, confusing, and serves no purpose. THE VOLUME SHOULD BE THE VOLUME. Whether you change it using the buttons on the phone, or the slider in the OS. Keep it simple. Ugh.