Volume Buttons Not Working on iPhone

Hey,

You should Force Quit the Application when your volume button doesn't respond. Second, make sure you have turned off Focus mode on your iPhone. iPhone goes silent when you enable Focus mode.

Lastly, you can ask Siri to change your iPhone's volume control. This trick will temporarily fix your issue.

If nothing works, you should restart your iPhone and contact Apple support.

Happened to me every few weeks have to press mute button to get it back working temporarily then happens again then have to restart phone. Do I have a faulty phone?

should I get a replacement from Apple Store?

Jeffrey DiPallo wrote:

Brand new iPhone 15 max. Top volume button not working.

Seriously Apple? Tried everything.

NEVER happened in my iPhone 13 Pro.

hope it just an iOS issue and and not hardware

If you bought it from Apple, you have 14 days to return it. If it doesn't work correctly, why wouldn't you do that?

I have the exact same issue with my volume buttons. I restart my phone it works for a little bit but then back to the same issue.

is this a software issue? I have looked in settings to see if something changed. Why Apple Why?

The upper volume is not working! It will randomly make the volume go max! I can press it and it’s not even dirty! I have tried eveything I read here but don’t waste ur time! I reset my phone and nothing! My iPhone 13 I haven’t updated the new iOS so I’m guessing it’s the iOS and not the hardware issue! My 15 pro sucks

Hello, has anyone figured this out? IPhone 15 pro Max, happened since day one. At first I thought it only did it with do not disturb on but now that's not the case. Snapchat has been my biggest issue app. But that's only because it's my most used app. This is not a hardware issue, it's not a case issue, I didn't even have a case for a while, this is a software issue.

Solution to the action button suddenly not working on iPhone 15Pro Max iOS … 17.2.1

… the problem is that somehow it’s been unassigned and doesn’t know what you want it to do.

THEN, actually finding the setting to choose something for it to do is abstract and unusual. Here’s the fix:

Settings —-> Action Button

Watch the video for the action you want. Press the action button DURING the video action you want to ASSIGN the button to do.

Tada!

Swipe to see other assignable actions and press the button during any of those to change it again. Swipe to the shortcut choice and have another menu of other assigned choices. Etc etc.

Mine was working just fine for the past 2 weeks on this new phone as the default ring and silent (upgraded from a 12 Pro Max that didn’t have the button.) Then today setting up AirPods, the action videos popped up seemingly out of the blue. I don’t think about it, just closed it not knowing what or why it appeared.

Since that closure didn’t select an action, my action button settings seemingly stopped.

l didn’t even realize it until hours later and thought my phone was broken or the iOS had a bug.

Nope.

Fiddling with sounds & haptics didn’t do it as previously discussed here, as I was here in the first place looking for answers

Then it hit me. That action button video from earlier!

I didn’t even know there was a selectable setting for the button. Nor did I know there was an Action Button setting. With a little time, I figured out you ACTUALLY need to press the button when the video choice YOU WANT for the button action is being shown within the Settings Action Button settings choices.

Odd and not intuitive, pressing the button during the video explanation is the key as that is how you select, assign, and change the button. Even when it was working and now suddenly isn’t.

NOTE: if you swipe on past the selection you want, and didn’t pick anything, that unassigned the button and is why it stops “doing” anything.

Tada again!

Hope that helps everyone/someone.

As crazy as this sounds, I find comfort knowing that even the most expensive "secure" phones have issues as well, it lets me know throwing money at issues is not always the way to go about things coming from someone who has always had cheap phones. The more premium phones had a lot less issues overall and have been better to use since they are not be prone to much slowdown but they still had their fair share of software issues. I do hope this issue has been fixed though.

Glad i’m not the only one. Recently started a iPhone 15 Pro on a plan with Optus less than a week ago as well. And not even a day after use the upper volume button just crashed. And then the power button also started to crap its self. Anyone been able to find a fix/solution?

The only solution to fix the problem with the volume was to send my new iphone to the Apple service Andrei they changed the lateral case which contains all side buttons. The problem was hardware not software!!!

I usually have my TV on all day, and sometimes I control the TV through the Apple TV Remote included in the iPhone. I noticed that when my Dynamic Island has the Apple TV in the background the volume buttons don’t work, but when I slide the island to the left or right the buttons work again.

It is not ideal, and definitely needs the attention from Apple but the interaction between the Dynamic Island and the iPhone is the one affecting the buttons.

iPhone 15 Pro 17.3.1

APPLE FIX THIS

My iPhone 13 Pro was doing this all of the sudden. I just traded it in last week for the iPhone 15 pro & now this brand new phone is doing the same thing! Neither volume buttons will work & I keep having to restart the phone. Frustrating!

Sent my Iphone to Apple service centre for troubleshoot on 4th Mar. After few hour they call me to inform that they going the whole inner part except camera. Estimate time to complete + order part from singapore = 1 week. Let see after they done with it.

Changing the haptics to change with buttons did not fix this issue for me at all. The status is unchanged. My phone is a week old and I cannot play sound from my phone from my own library or online sites. Blue tooth works.

Had to go into the Apple Store for a replacement of basically everything but the display. Took about two hours. Under warrenty. Just s bit of a pain to reactivate my 3rd party carrier and restore from backup but note I have a working volume up button.