iPhone ringtone quiet - even on loudest setting

Hello Cherub7171,

Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities, and we'll be happy to help in any way we can. We understand you're having issues with the volume of ringtones on iPhone. Have you tried restarting your iPhone? This simple step resolves a multitude of issues: Restart your iPhone - Apple Support

"How to restart your iPhone X, 11, 12, 13, or later

Press and hold either volume button and the side button until the power-off slider appears.

Drag the slider, then wait 30 seconds for your device to turn off. If your device is frozen or unresponsive, force restart your device.

To turn your device back on, press and hold the side button (on the right side of your iPhone) until you see the Apple logo."

If that doesn't resolve the issue, does your iPhone need updating to iOS 16.5.1? Do you have a recent backup for the data in your iPhone in iCloud or your computer? If not, we recommend that you create one as described here: How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

Then update your iOS as outlined here:  Update your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

We hope this helps.

Cheers!

Pre-iOS 17 I found that just disabling attention aware features did nothing. I had to completely disable FaceID to get loud ringtones again.

The upgrade to iOS 17 re-enabled attention aware features, and I disabled it and Face ID again, but ringtone volumes are still completely borked again since media volume now also controls ringtone volume.

When you update the phone to the new ios it resets some of the settings even if your phone is on loud and full volume u still have to go into settings and go to sounds and heptics and then adjust from there

Here to report a recent update (or something) restored loud ringtones, but I still need to completely disable Face ID (which also greys out Attention Aware IIRC.)

Thank you, my sound and haptics was on zero too after ios update 17.4.1.

Problem: iPhone rings very quietly.

Checked attention aware, it was off.

The ping for SMS and other notifications is really loud whilst the phone rings very quietly. I can usually hear it in the next room, now it’s so quiet I don’t notice it ringing when it’s in front of me.

I’ve tried restarting.

I’m on iOS 17.2.1 and all the sliders and buttons are set to their loudest setting.

help!!!

Thanks, that fixed it on my phone but…my husband cannot disable the attention aware feature in the settings/Accessibility/FaceID & attention section, it’s just pale green.

his phone is connected to his hearing aids, is that the reason?

I have the same problem with my iPhone 13 pro.

On the loudest settings, awareness features turned off, the ringtone and calendar alerts are barely noticeable.

It is like the volume is set to “almost silent”.

Missing phone calls all the time.

Also, I can barely hear the other person. Most of the time, I have to guess every second word!

Very annoying. Especially around Android users, entertaining the whole room with their loud TikTok views. Sometimes I can’t hear my videos playing, because of their volume.

Apple, please fix this!

or is this another feature, like the decreased battery capacity “feature”, back then?

Thank you so much fo this! The other suggestions did not work for me either, but Sound and Haptics volume was set on a very low level (I did not do it, either!) It just happened all of a sudden, but now it's fixed.

With much gratitude,

mztracy

Thanks for figuring out that fix.

Thanks

Also having the same issue with my grandmother’s phone after updating to iOS 17

OCbrian has it!! Nice job. Worked for me!