My phone doesn’t always ring. My husband and I both have the same phone in the same network, but sometimes mine doesn’t ring and my daughter has to call him

My phone doesn’t always ring. My husband and I both have the same phone in the same network, but sometimes mine doesn’t ring and my daughter has to call him

Windows, Windows 10

Posted on Jun 24, 2020 12:01 PM

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Posted on Jun 28, 2020 5:47 PM

The phone won’t ring under these conditions:

  • The MUTE switch on the left side of the phone is in the Mute position (towards the back)
  • The volume is down - While the Home screen is displayed, press the Volume Up button just below the Mute switch
  • Do Not Disturb is enabled - Settings/Do Not Disturb: There are two settings, the switch at the top is to mute always, the Scheduled switch allows you to set times when you don’t want to be called
  • Settings/Phone - Silence Unknown Callers will send all calls from numbers not in your contacts to voicemail
  • You have Call Forwarding enabled on your carrier’s network (it will ring once as a reminder)
  • Your phone is in Airplane mode
  • You don’t have a ringtone assigned in Settings/Sounds & Haptics
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Jun 28, 2020 5:47 PM in response to Oreo22

The phone won’t ring under these conditions:

  • The MUTE switch on the left side of the phone is in the Mute position (towards the back)
  • The volume is down - While the Home screen is displayed, press the Volume Up button just below the Mute switch
  • Do Not Disturb is enabled - Settings/Do Not Disturb: There are two settings, the switch at the top is to mute always, the Scheduled switch allows you to set times when you don’t want to be called
  • Settings/Phone - Silence Unknown Callers will send all calls from numbers not in your contacts to voicemail
  • You have Call Forwarding enabled on your carrier’s network (it will ring once as a reminder)
  • Your phone is in Airplane mode
  • You don’t have a ringtone assigned in Settings/Sounds & Haptics

Jun 28, 2020 5:23 PM in response to Oreo22

Hey there, Oreo22.


Welcome to the Apple Support Communities! Thanks for your question about your iPhone not always ringing when calls come in. We'd be glad to look into this in a little more detail with you.


Does this happen with all contacts, or is this behavior isolated to when your daughter calls you? If you can't make or receive calls on your iPhone, check out and complete the steps in this link, as they're common causes and solutions to this issue. If you have continued issues, be sure to reply to this post.


Be well.

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