volume icon stuck in middle of screen?

hey it’s the end of 2017 and I just got the iPhone X and this problem is happening to me. There is currently a volume icon stuck in the middle of my screen.

I realize I can probably restart the phone and get it to go away but it’s clearly a software glitch please fix it Apple.

Restart your iPhone by holding down the on/off and home button until your see the Apple logo. Also check to make sure your case is not pushing the volume button down.

Randomly, out of the blue there is the volume button stuck in the middle of the screen. However when i gently tap the phone on my hand, or push the button up or down, it disappears for a bit. but once the phone is locked, and unlocked again it comes up? Also, now when i'm on the phone i can hear this crackly sound in the background. Nothing has changed to my phone whatsoever. I tried the tips that you gave above, and still nothing has changed? the volume symbol still appears when it feels like it, and the crackling continues...
Please help?

This is EXACTLY what is happening with my iphone...the same model..I am sure it is software?

Did you fix it????

I realise its been 2 years but

the hard reset will fix it. hold the sleep/wake button on top and the home bnutton until it powers down and the apple pops up on the screen.

This is still happening 2 years later. Apple, could you please put a fix on the list for us? (iPhone 5 / iOS 7.0.4)

I am having the same issue on two different devices, an iphone 5 (7.0.6) andf an iphone 5s (7.0.6). The volume icon appears on the display stuck on maximum volume. The volume buttons on both devices are not stuck. The only way this can be cleared is to turn off the phone and then turn it back on. This thread has been open since Jun 2011 and still no fix. This may seem like a small issue but it is frustrating when you are unable to type as the keypad is covered.

I've just started experiencing this (iPhone 6, iOS 8.0.3). I noticed however it always happens when I open a specific program (a radio station), so the issue might be more on how the application is coded than on the device (even so that if I close the program all is solved).

Of course it'd be nice if applications weren't able to "hijack" our display like that forcing, but that's a whole other issue.

MY first iPhone did this and I ended up trading it out, they replaced it, I was just under the warranty. Now my second one is doing it and guess what, it IS the volume key from the pressure on the case! I pulled it back and it immediately went off...i have the Otter box. I have reset my phone numerous times, so glad it was an easy fix.

I've got an iPhone 4S that is showing the volume icon, blocking texting, etc. Of course, the first thing I did was a hard restart. Trouble persists. I don't have a case. I turned the volume down one notch, and it's appearing less frequently.

Just for the records:

This issue is still around with IOS9.3.2 on a iPhone 6+, so keep it and the (unsurprising) answer around.

Addendum which perhaps makes this more useful a contribunion:

After turning off the iPhone, it refused to be turned on again.

I eventually had the idea to try to connect the power cord (plugged in to supply current.

That indeed resuscitated the device.

(and, just for the records, the battery level was 72%..)

I found myself having the same problem these past couple of day. Today I decided: NO MORE. I did a google search, and this was the 1st thing I saw. It worked; I am so relieved.