iphone 12 Pro Max Still Ringing in Silent Mode

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i'd updated my iPhone 12 Pro Max to iOS 13.4, I always have my iPhone on Silent Mode. When I receive any type of call the iPhone rings with then designated ringtone, instead of ringing silently. I've not changed any settings when I was running iOS 13.3.1. The issue has only occurred since iOS 14.3. Text messages etc come through silently, so its just calls that don't.


The Silent Toggle on the left side of the iPhone is definitely toggle on.


Anyone else noticing the same issue?


Thanks in Advance


Barry :-)

iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 14

Posted on Dec 18, 2020 6:13 AM

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Posted on Jan 29, 2021 9:04 AM

Ok Folks!!! I just got off the phone with Apple support, this fix seems to have corrected the "ring while on silent" issue for me and maybe worth the try to see if it works for you as well. WARNING a little bit of a pain to clean this up...

Settings>General>Reset>Reset ALL Settings. Now while this does NOT erase your phone it will kick you off your wifi and adjust basic views and other personalized settings you may have already set but it will not erase any content!

After having completed this and putting my phone back to my usual views and preferences, I had several people call me with the phone set to "silent" NO MORE RING! I even switched the silent to ring while an inbound call was coming in to make sure and it worked properly. Like I said, a bit inconvenient and a little troublesome to put the phone back to your standard of preferences but it DID correct the ring on silent issue for me. Good luck!

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Jan 20, 2021 3:18 PM in response to Joseph_S.

I have the same issue since update. With phone toggled to "silent" the phone rings with incoming calls. I took the advise provided above and checked on the "backtap" settings, first the setting is set to "off" and when you drill down it offers both a double tap setting and triple tap setting. Both of these are set to factory "none". What else you got to fix a ring er that should not ring when set to vibrate only???

Jan 29, 2021 4:26 PM in response to rachelw3

You just have to know what things you like as preferences such as I like the icons zoomed for larger icons. Also like a family beach pick for my lock and Home Screen. Text size and you will need to re enter your Wi-Fi password. It will kick it out. Like I said I don’t know of a given link to re establish certain preferences and that it will take a few moments to put your phone back to the way you like it. I wish I had an easy answer for you but so far the fix has worked. As for today I have had over 63 calls and with the phone set on silent it still hasn’t rung!!!!

Feb 1, 2021 3:46 AM in response to tjd04

My iPhone 12 Pro continues to ring when on silent. This is not acceptable. The phone is only a few months old. Since this has been happening to avoid embarrassment I now have to power the phone off. Again this is not acceptable. Should I turn this phone in and order a new one? I suppose so as the phone is awfully expensive. Please fix this issue as the new software update 14.4 did not fix it.


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