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iphone 12 Pro Max Still Ringing in Silent Mode

Hi


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 Dec 21, 2020 2:23 PM

Hello BarryMcKelvey,


We understand your iPhone 12 Pro Max is ringing while set to Silent. You’re in the right place, we’d be glad to assist in seeking a solution.


First restart your iPhone and see if the issue persists:

Restart your iPhone


Then check to see if certain contacts are set to "Emergency Bypass": 

Edit contacts on iPhone


If not, check and see if you have Back Tap set up following the steps here:

Use Back Tap on your iPhone


This could be set to override Silent Mode.


Let us know the results.


Take care.

336 replies

May 12, 2021 10:38 AM in response to darren john smith

Don’t waste anymore of your time. Let my two days in the Apple store, 4 phone calls with support and receiving a new replacement phone be a waste of all of our time. It blows my mind that most Apple employees have not heard of this issue. The first support person I spoke to went to his team and came back to me and said it’s an Apple issue. Everyone after had no idea. I was told it’s my phone. I just got a new phone the other day, it still does it. One of these days an update will come out for a fix. But it ****** me off that we are paying over $1000 for a phone that it’s basic function does not work. Actually maybe everyone should call Apple and complain maybe if they get enough complaints they’ll actually fix it. Good luck!

May 12, 2021 11:00 AM in response to Trinamh

You know that’s right! A little inside info, Apple reps Google for their resources. A company as rich as Apple needs to step up their game. If you want to charge $1,800 for a telephone, spend more money providing REAL resources for your employees. It’s basic common courtesy. This issue does exist, we all see it. Fix it already and stop pretending and patronizing your loyal customer base.

May 12, 2021 12:31 PM in response to _AppleaDay_

I wrote a review after they text me to rate my advisor, I’ve left a bad review saying I spent £1,350.00 on a phone that doesn’t work properly. I shouldn’t have to reset phone and set up a new device all the time, it’s so time consuming and told them I’m refusing to do it, had issues with iPhone X a few years ago and they made me wipe it 6 times and was a waste of time every time

is there anywhere we can complain about this ringing in silent mode issue and actually get through to them. They just seem to lye all the time saying it’s the 1st they’ve heard of the issue

May 12, 2021 1:15 PM in response to Trinamh

Their replacement phones are never new, when I had my replacement iPhone X it was cutting out all the time randomly and Apple wanted me to record it ha as if I knew when it would cut out, they had another replacement then was sometime wrong with the screen. The iPhone 12 Pro is a Nice phone just a shame it’s got the ringing issue which they won’t admit too

May 15, 2021 2:00 PM in response to BarryMcKelvey

So, mine is also still ringing loud while switched on silent. Obviously apple should fix this issue but for anyone that is interested, I recommend going to the ringtones store and purchasing the ringtone called “silent”. It’s $1.29. I have done this and set it as my ringtone so now even if it rings as loud while on silent, my ringtone doesn't make any noise. Just a suggestion for a quick fix

May 15, 2021 4:32 PM in response to darren john smith

Ever since I bought it in January. I reset the settings once and that fixed it for about 3 days. Then it just started ringing whenever it wanted, sometimes it would, sometimes it wouldn’t. I always have my phone on silent. Luckily my job wouldn’t care if my phone started ringing while I was at work, but for the people that are in situations like that, I recommend buying the silent ringtone. I just did it because of personal preference. I don’t want my phone to ring! Lol

May 27, 2021 2:18 PM in response to taura13

I’ve been dealing with this almost a year. Most Apple people do not even know about it. Only 1 person from support told me it’ll get fixed in an update. Then others told me they never of that and it was my phone. I sat in the Apple store twice for 3 hours each time and spent countless hours on the phone with support. They sent a replacement phone and it still does it. Supposedly it’ll get fixed by some update. Don’t wasted time trying to fix it.

May 28, 2021 9:00 PM in response to Trinamh

This ringing on silent has happened to me under embarrassing circumstances while in a paid speech online. It happened multiple times and I started turning my iPhone totally off. For some reason this ringing did stop on my iPhone 12 Pro. As we all know, this is definitely BS and it's software but there's probably no way to reach engineers within Apple who could have a fix. I'm surprised that Apple support (AppleCare) people don't know enough to stop it.

iphone 12 Pro Max Still Ringing in Silent Mode

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