My volume icon has been on my screen since yesterday, and won't go away! It is in the way of my reading! How do I get it to go away??

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My volume icon has been on my screen since yesterday, and won't go away! It is in the way of my reading! How do I get it to go away??

Hi there.. need some help with my iphone 4. I was using mapquest on a road trip yesterday, and the volume icon showed up on my screen, and now won't go away. The volume buttons work (increase/decrease volume), but the volume bar no longer corresponds to the increase/decrease in volume. I can't figure out how to make the volume icon go away. It is superimposed on other apps so it makes reading (e.g. mail, news) annoying since I have to read around the icon. Can someone give me some advice on what to do? Thanks!

iPhone 4

Posted on Aug 26, 2011 7:51 AM

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DavidK2010

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Aug 26, 2011 8:00 AM in response to chewyn7

Have you tried turning your phone off and back on?

Reset the phone hold the home button and the sleep button in until the phone turns off ignore the "slide to power off" message and keep holding the buttons, the phone will reboot

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chewyn7 Author

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Aug 26, 2011 6:38 PM in response to chewyn7

Thank you! It worked! Resetting the iphone worked. I was worried that it would erase my stuff, but itunes had everything backed up, and the phone works like a charm now. Thank you so very much!

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Aug 27, 2011 3:06 AM in response to chewyn7

No resetting the iPhone that way doesnt erase anything, Glad your phone is back to how it should be 🙂

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Jan 8, 2013 10:58 AM in response to chewyn7

THANK YOU for this helpful info!! With my volume icon constant on my screen and my volume control always shutting off your info helped me to eliminate the problem! WONDERFUL! :-))

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Jun 9, 2017 7:05 PM in response to DavidK2010

Thank you! Experienced the same issue.

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