Ipad sound not working

I had a similar problem. I had gone into settings and changed the configuration of the switch at the bottom of the iPad from being a rotation lock button to being a mute button. Then I must have muted the iPad (testing it out) and (having finished playing), I switched it back to being a rotational lock switch. I also played around with parental restrictions.

Later, I noticed that some apps played sound fine (e.g. ABC iView, iTunes and most games) but most of my toddler apps (not for me, for my toddler) stopped playing sound. I couldn't work it out because the switch down the bottom was rotational lock rather than mute so that didn't help. I forgot that I might have muted it when it was configured as a mute switch. I figured I'd screwed things up with the parental controls.

Anyway, I figured it out about three months later. What makes it confusing is that headphones work fine and several applications (including iTunes) ignore the fact that the iPad is supposed to be muted.

Thanks for the tip. I have been struggling and was totally confused as to why my sound was not working. I remember my son taking my iPad about a month ago and changing my rotation lock to mute. When i got my iPad back i changed it immediately to rotation lock, not realising it would remember being muted.

Sound is back. Thanks Kelceyp!

Me too! Thanks Kelceyp . . . I gave my iPad and a copy of the iOS manual to my girlfriend to play with (explore) so she could get used using it. Then, when I got it back - the sound for iTunes songs and videos worked just fine, but all the alert sounds on my 3rd party apps didn't.

She couldn't tell me what she had done, and I couldn't figure it out (embarassing - hey I'm the "expert") - almost made a trip to the Genius Bar. But when I saw you note I checked the software mute/rotate settings and foud the problem.

Thanks much!!

I know you now have this problem fixed,I too was having the same issue with it today! But I discovered it wasn't my screen lock switch it was my APPLE TV still switched on, when I turned it off my sound on my iPad came back! So a hint for everyone if the solution cannot be found check if you Apple TV is on or off!