Hi all.
I have upgraded to ios 5 and biggest gripe i have withit that now my iphone 4 earpiece volume is now lower in volume but further more the quality of sound is worse... Sounds like a low end earpiece speaker the voice that comes through is weak and with lack of natural bass basically nothing like it was on 4.3.1 i had before.
Anyonr noticed deteriorated quality after the upgrade?
Regards S.
Joe, if your new iPhone 4S has this bug then take it to the Apple,store and have them look at it. Amd do let us know what they say since you are the first to report this bug on the 4S - all others have this problem on their 4 or 3GS. And please everyone, report this bug to Apple so that they are a are of it and can work on a fix:
Just to add my experience with this..
I upgraded my wife's iPhone4 from ios4.3.2 to ios5.0 (her phone wasn't jailbroken, mine was.... haha), thinking I was really clever and expecting her to be grateful. However, she came back from work complaining she couldn't hear anyone via her EARPIECE. She had to either put on speaker mode or use a earphones (no problems with ios4.3.2).
Tried everything, change language to brits and back, played music and change to voice memos, put headphones in and out 10x times, blow into headphone port, clean headphone port with q-tip, but no dice...
Even upgraded to ios5.0.1. Not solved.
Then i read in another discussion whereby even brand new iPhone4S had the same problem https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3404857?start=795&tstart=0
They suspect it's something to do with Siri and voice control, switching from speaker to earpiece, whatever....
Finally tried Reset All Settings (under General/Settings), the earpiece sound improved about 40-50%, according to wife, so cancelled my plan to return wife's phone to the telco centre.
Pls backup your iPhone before trying this. It doesn't delete any media, messages or apps, it just resets all settings to Factory defaults, but pls backup anyway.... It may take about 10-20 mins, depending on how much 'crap' is in the phone.
Hope this helps while Apple fix this [definite] software bug...
Another voice in the iphone-ness . . .
After the recent upgrade to 5.2, I lost my internal ear-piece audio as well.
I had this problem with an earlier update and I can't recall how it was fixed?
Tried the tricks listed her to no avail.
This issue mimics a jack switch failure, but it actually appears to be a software bug or glitch occurring during an IOS update.
Using any kind of cell phone in public is already rude enough, but having to use a speaker in public brings lack of etiquette to an even more
;-)
Joe
^ Hi, I also have an issue with low volume level via the headphones. After upgrading my iPhone 4 to iOS 5, I found the volume thru the headphones to be about two steps lower than before. The sound quality was perfect though...
I have not tried a restore yet, but meanwhile came across a fix: With the music playing, I launched the Voice Memos App. This faded out the music. Then without actually recording anything, I went back to the Music App and restarted the music. This restored the volume to its normal level, same as it was in iOS 4.2.3. Maybe you could try the same and see if it works for you...
If anyone else is having volume issues after upg to iOS 5; or has found a solution, please post here... Thanks!
Did you try the solution I posted above? Did it work for you? This is of course a temp ifx to the problem, many users seem to be having sound volume related issues so I'm sure Apple will post a fix soon.
Similar problem here with iPhone 4 after upgrading to iOS5
Did a phone call the same day and everything still worked properly.. After upgrading music volume is still ok but volume of calls is almost muted, barely hearable. Workaround discribed above didn't work for me. Actually now it's not possible for me to receive phone call or make a call just because it's as if nobody is responding.
Try this: in your iPhone Settings, go to General>International and change the Language from your current language to another one eg British English etc. This will re-spring the Springboard. Now go back to Settings and change your iPhone's language back to your preferred language. For some people this seems to cure the low volume issue. Hope it works for you too...
I also have same earpiece volume problem after ios5 upgrade. I tried both solutions but had no luck. I visited to Apple store for getting some technical support. They restored the ios again (ios5 not ios4) but even after that experiencing the same problem. Now they are saying this is HW problem and I can get a new iphone 4 after paying $160 bucks (my phone is no more under warranty).
Did anybody tried going back to ios4?
^ I very much doubt that it's a hardware issue simply because so many others have the same problem after upg to iOS 5. Try talking to the manager of the Apple store, or try visiting another store. Don't just pay for a new phone without trying. As far as I know, it's not possible to go back to iOS 4.
Ditto on the low volume.
Even with the volume to max the person talking on the other end has to shout to be heard on the earpiece or headphones. Music plays too soft as well.
I performed an upgrade install which restores all previous settings so possibly an old 4.X setting conflicts with 5.0 settings.
I've tried both fixes mentioned above to no avail.
The only option I seem to be left with is to do a complete restore install and manually set my phone up from scratch. Not very keen on that option as you generally lose game progress and any app specific files. Have to manually copy any app specidfic files via the iTunes app tab before undertaking the restore.
Or perhaps I am better off hoping that Apple will release a wifi update to iOS 5 to correct this?
Nice if Apple could confirm this as an issue which would be resolved.
The Apple BT keyboard fix we got in iOS 5 was a case of crossing our fingers that they would provide the fix and at no stage did anyone from Apple give us any indication it would be fixed in iOS 5, so it will probably be another case of crossing our fingers that the next update will fix the volume issue.
Hi,
Even I had the same problem, I have find a solution. After ios5 upgrade, the Volume Limit under Settings-->Music would have limited your volume. Check this setting if it is fine and if you still not able to hear then there is some hardware issue.
Like MANY people, I am having the same problem. Specifically, the ear speaker volume is extremely low or inaudible during phone calls. I do not have any volume problems with headphones plugged in or on speaker phone. I have tried the fixes described above, and I have tried restoring IOS 5. This problem did not begin until I installed IOS 5. This is an obvious software bug and Apple needs to be working on a fix. I'm not buying a new phone and I'm not paying for a service call. Fix it, Apple!
Same problem - since installing iOS5 on my iPhone 4 the line out (mini jack) volume is much lower and much less bass signal. None of the fixes mentioned so far worked for me. Apple needs to address this ASAP!
I am having the exact same problem. The built-in earpiece opening now sounds low fidelity and very low volume. I've tried everything mentioned above and nothing solved the problem for me. Does Apple read these forums for problems like this? I'm out of warranty so it's not like I can walk in or call and get someone to provide support without incurring some charge. It's almost unusable!
I have a brand new iPhone 4S and it has this bug. The volume difference between my 3GS running 3.1 and the 4S running 5.0 is really quite substantial - I've tried all the tips here and none of them worked. I know my headphones are good because they work fine on my 3GS.
**** annoying and also discovered the EQ makes it even worse. Hope this gets fixed soon.
iPhone 4 low earpiece volume after ios 5 upgrade
