My iPhone ringer volume is going up by itself

My volume seems to go up about 6ish in the morning. After do not desturb turns off.

volume is ok going to bed.

but then alarm goes off at full noise

Annoys my wife!!

usually end up with an Shove to sort it.

sad after all these years of complaints

they still haven’t separated alarm volume from ringer. !! would be nice! And fix this......

iPhone 12 Pro here, with latest iOS 14. Been happening since I got the phone across all versions of iOS 14. Turning off adjust with buttons doesn’t solve the issue. It’s inconsistent where ringer volume (not media volume) goes to max. I am wondering if it has something to do with my Bluetooth headset. I’m going to pay closer attention to when I use the headset and if that affects ringer volume. Regardless, it would be helpful if Apple would address it.

one thing I’ve done to help is I setup a shortcut based on location, so when i get to work, automatically change ringer volume to 20%. When I get home, change it to 50%. Not a great fix, but it’s something. Shortcuts kinda bug me too because you can’t set it to automatically happen. You get an alert that you have to tap and then run. Seems like apple missed the boat on the shortcut automation features.

iPhone 11 and just updated to 14.4. Same as others- had the issue with previous software versions and still having this issue with 14.4. I also believe it’s happening after I hang up from a call. I don’t use a headset. Bluetooth has only connected in my car but I don’t think it’s that. I think it’s coming from hanging up from phone calls. Hope they fix this bug very soon!

I had the XS and noticed this started to happen after the newest update. I couldn’t figure out if it kept happening in correlation with something else for a while. Then I realized it seemed to happen after being connected to a Bluetooth device, such as a speaker or my car. I thought it was just a weird glitch with my phone but it was very annoying. I recently upgraded to the 12 Pro and it’s still happening. My guess is it is a software glitch with the new update. I hope they fix it soon because it’s FRUSTRATING!

I’ve found a workaround ... I set a reminder daily for 9:45pm to check my alarm volume and turn it back down if needed. 🤦🏻‍♀️ It is not an elegant solution, but so far it’s working. (2 out of 3 days I do need to fix the volume at bedtime!!) My phone connects by BlueTooth to my watch, car and occasionally headphones. I haven’t been able to figure out what is triggering the max volume shift. It is definitely annoying!! Apple, please fix!

I’d be interested to know how many Me Toos on here have Tiles. I think this may be the problem I’m having as it does seem related to Bluetooth as many have noticed, AND the Tile app has permission to turn your phone volume all the way up when you’re doing the Find My Phone feature. Seems like it could be related.

my issue resolves when I turn my BT off. So it’s definitely related to that. Not a long term fix tho...

So I noticed something different about this issue after the latest update done on my iPhone SE.

Now, if we turn off ringer volume “Change with buttons” inside Sounds and haptics, this problem doesn’t occur anymore which was not the case before the update. Now, I can connect to Bluetooth earphones or my EarPods, leave the phone on loud, and the ringer volume doesn’t go up anymore.

I have this problem as well and while I haven't found a solution, I think I might have found a cause.

I'm using Spotify on both my mac and my iphone and they are connected with spotify connect. On my mac, the spotify volume slider is at 100% and I use the system volume to adjust the sound volume.

Now, I realised that when using spotify on my mac, I can adjust the spotify mac app volume slider with the volume rocker on my iphone, and the iphone ringer volume is set to whatever volume the spotify mac app is at. Hence the ringer volume sets itself to whatever the volume of the spotify mac app is, whenever I use the spotify mac app and it communicates with the iphone spotify app through spotify connect.

i’m glad that you found a solution.

however, your experience doesn’t help with the possible cause. i don’t use spotify and ive never had it on my phone. no other music players either, besides the native apple music.

I have also same issue, iPhone 11pro and ios14.4.

I have tried all options on Google except wiping my phone and re-install woth iTunes.

Also if I turn of «adjust with buttons» the only way I can turn volume down again is with the buttons....

This is so frustrating, it scared the **** out of me when I was running and volume suddenly goes to max.

I have an iPhone 11pro whose volume has lowered itself to the point I can't hear the caller during a phone call. This happens even when I raise the call volume to max during a phone call. Surprisingly, this doesn't happen when I use earphones and headphones. What can I do?

Apple’s software is rubbish....the Bluetooth in my car still doesn’t work properly to stream music, no track or album access , the volume keeps altering on my Bluetooth randomly....get your act together Apple....might decide to go to Samsung or Sony...at least their software works!

Ditto, happening here for the last couple days, very annoying, very loud.

Mine does it too on my SE. Mostly happens when I plug it into my aux/carplay and unplug it. Might be a glitch in the software, nothing we can really do about it.