iPhone 4s low earphone volume problem

i am having the same problem...i took my iphone 4s in india and m havn the same volume issue...were u able to fix it?

An addendum to my 1st message: The volumne inceases to the set level right after an alert or phone call, then stays there for the music player for about 10 seconds then drop back to the low level

I got my iPhone 4S three weeks ago and was working fine, but suddenly the sound level down, I though it was a problem with the headphones so I tried them with an iPhone 4 and worked great, Apple has any answer?

Hey mark i m taln bout the in ear headfones nt the earpiece

Hi, just got the iphone 4S less than 2 weeks ago and ran into the issue too where the music coming from wired headphones suddenly goes down and impossible to raise back to a 'normal' level. The problem seemed to start after I enabled Siri and has not happen again since I disabled Siri.

Unders settings, music, turn off "sound check". Made volume loud again for my headset. Will try later in the car.

the volume on the earpiece when listening to music on my iphone 4s is significantly lower than on my iphone 3g.....the volume on the call i fine.....bt the music volume is pretty low.....does ne1 has a fix for dis????????

I think I found what is the problem, first if you use another app with audio like soundcloud the sound is louder than the music app, so music app has a problem with audio, second Siri, it seems that Siri has a diferent level of volume that the audio of the device, so when you activate Siri turn volume up or down and then close Siri, and the audio reestablish to a better level, I hope this work for everyone and sorry for my english...

but still i guess the volume is pretty lower than the iphone 3gs.....deres a lot of difference when u listen to music on iphone 4s and iphone 3g.....i hope apple fix dis soon wid a updated version of the i os

does apple have answer to this????

me too. seems like siri helps set the volume back to default. annoying though. must be a bug. I hope it's on the must fix list for the next ios update.

Everything was good until I updated the firmware. Now it feels like I've gone deaf. Very Annoying! A good waste of money considering I got this phone for its music capabilities. Will hit the service center tomorrow to check what they have to say on this. I'm sure I'll be turned down with some lame reason.

I just updated to iOS 5.1 and the sound of my earphones dropped to 50% (or lower) and the right ear is about 10% sound output.

This problem just keeps getting annoying every coming day. As I roam around outdoors in noisy environments, I'm barely able to hear what's playing on my earphones. So I decided to do a little test of my own. I dug out my old 3GS from my drawer and also borrowed a friends 4 and did a comparison of the three phone with the same song.

Heres the audio output comparison:

1. 3gs 100%

2. 4 75% relative to 3gs

3. 4s 50% relative to 3gs

3gs was the best sounding model among the three, also the loudest. Almost immediately I was so angered by the situation and was just about to dump my new iphone 4s and go back to 3gs but then decided to spare it because it was bought on my own hard earned money, would've thrown it away for sure if it was a gift from someone.

The next day I decided to hit the service center again with all the 3 models just to prove my point. The apple guy took out his 4s and loaded the same song on it and gave my iphone 4s and his a heads on comparison on sound output. What happened next was stupid, both the phone had the same audio level, both running on 5.1.

He said apple has deliberately lowered the earphone output on this firmware because of safety concerns whilist people are outdoors. I just had one thing to say. Why?

I have had the same issue. I decided to get a cotton bud and put a tiny amount of rubbing alcohol on it. I cleaned the earpiece, being careful to not let it get too wet. I actually held the phone with the earpiece facing down while cleaning it. I then used a hairdryer to slowly dry it on the cool setting. I then used a tiny pin to scrape what appeared to be "gunk" in the earpiece. Ten minutes later I tried the phone by calling someone. I was scared it would be even worse. I was literally almost deafened by the megaphone going off in my ear. I literally had to turn the volume down. I tried all the other fixes. This worked like a charm for me. Give it a try. Just be careful not to let any of the alcohol get down into the earpiece.