No sound coming from my iPhone 4s.

I just recently got an iPhone 4s. I am getting no sounds coming from it though. The ringer works, but all other sound is off unless the headphones are plugged in. This goes for recorded movies, music I purchased, youtube videos, the sound effects when I slide the login button. Everything is silent. I have restarted it a few times now, but to no avail. Even the sound buttons on the side do nothing; now they don't even bring up the sound volume overlay.


Any idea what might be wrong?


Thanks!

iPhone 4S, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Nov 22, 2011 4:48 PM

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Jan 25, 2014 8:41 PM in response to szayat

Hello i had the same problem! But i know how to fix the problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


1) look on the side of your phone where it has the volume up and volume down button.


2) look a little higher and there will be a slide up and slide down button


3) slide it in the oppisite direction that it was on


4) you volume will instantly restore!

Feb 15, 2014 8:48 AM in response to szayat

Hi im a newbie here and i recently bought an iphone from a friend (wahh i know i should have bought it legitly but i wasnt paying that price sorry),


I have a 32 GB Black Iphone 4s and theres a problem.

Yesterday i decided i wanted music on my phone and decided to sync my phone to my itunes and computer..


But lets backtrack first... Earlier in the day i decided to plug a (non iphone heaphone into the headphone port) and much to my ssureprise it worked (all ive ever dealt with is blackberry) unplugged the headphones and a few hours later this is where i synced my phone tried to play music an GASP nothing..in the music app the volume nubs are gray and cannot be moved left or right and no sound is being heard.. also when i tried to check to see if my ringer was going up and down it was displaying the little speaker but not the bar that moves. Read the discussions here and it seemed that we've all been screwed now i love my iphone and all its features only phone ive ever wanted but i would love this to be fixed.



I have tried:

Restting all setting

Hard Reset

Restore

Restore from back

Changing everything imaginable in Setting and nothing has worked

Making a voicenote and i actually got sound and my ringer started to work! YAY right.. WRONG

Cleaning it with nail polish removeer

Brushing it with a brush

Using a paperclip and scraping it

*i did find some fluff but it came out*


After a few futile attempts at trying to play videos and games with sound and getting nothing i have decided its time to put my tail inbetween my legs and hope that someone can help.


Im not sure if was the type of headphones that i used or hat but i need help


PLEASE REPLY I NEED MUSIC

I AM ALSO A YOUTUBER AND FILM OFF MY IPHONE AND I NEED TO HEAR WHAT **** I AM TALKING AT THE END OF A VIDEO


THANK YOU

Feb 17, 2014 7:43 AM in response to szayat

Themakeupbelle same thing happened to me as I posted earlier. I can say it has nothing to do with what headphones you used.

I tried everything to. Eventually I paid A LOT of money for a replacement. Within a few days...THE SAME THUNG HAPPENED. The first time it happened was after loading a song from iTunes (cowboy junkies : Sweet Jane). I didn't see a connection. When I loaded that specific song on again... I lost my speaker sound again. Got ANOTHER new phone (free) and did not load that song on (I did put all the others on). It worked fine. I'm tempted to put it on just to be absolutely sure but can't spare the many hours it will take to correct it.

So despite what Apple told me I think it's a software issue not a hardware one in my case.

Mar 8, 2014 5:10 PM in response to szayat

I had the exact same issue. Tried unplugging and re-plugging in the head phones 25-30 times. Tried using a different set that had a longer plug. What I found was the issue with mine is not that it thought the headphones was plugged in, but apparently it is that it believes it is "docked" (that I don't even have.) I had the symptom as well of if there are no headphones connected, when pressing the volume buttons on the side, the volume bell would show, but with no bar beneath it. I only got the bar if the headphones were plugged in. Further, I believe it is a connection issue (hardware), as placing something between the pin-set and the back of the phone makes the speakers work. This is the second iPhone that I have had in less than 6 months (the other bricked at 6 days old.) I cannot say that I am impressed.

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