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too easy to inadvertently mute iphone (se 2022)

Since it already has a mute switch would prefer volume down and up buttons make only incremental changes when pressed and held. Any way to make that adjustment?

iPhone SE, iOS 15

Posted on Apr 2, 2022 10:15 AM

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Posted on Apr 2, 2022 10:23 AM

That is not a “mute” switch, that is a ring/silent switch - you can play a video or music and toggle that switch on and off and notice that it does not silence the media. Pressing and holding a volume button should increment/decrement it by one level and after a second should continue either raising or lowering the volume, depending on which volume button is held down. I have been on iPhones since 2012 and that is the way it has always been.

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Apr 2, 2022 10:23 AM in response to rshawver

That is not a “mute” switch, that is a ring/silent switch - you can play a video or music and toggle that switch on and off and notice that it does not silence the media. Pressing and holding a volume button should increment/decrement it by one level and after a second should continue either raising or lowering the volume, depending on which volume button is held down. I have been on iPhones since 2012 and that is the way it has always been.

too easy to inadvertently mute iphone (se 2022)

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