'No Volume Available' but headphones work

Problem returned this morning after being docked overnight so Baron, you could be right. Have now submitted the problem to Vodafone as a hardware problem, and they are now saying its possibly that it might be a software problem! However, they are allowing me to send it back under warrantee. And Vodafone admitted that Apple have indicated to them that the "permanently on home button problem" is also a software problem.....

Thanks for your help.

Rob V

I signed up just so i could reply to this message. I have had the same problem with my iphone 4 for months but after reading this post i was able to locate the problem and fix it. I had the exact same problems that people mention here; no volume bars after about two seconds after being unlocked and the speakers/headphone jack are still working. so basiclly my Iphone is fine but the speakers dont produce sound when i need them to. it was driving me nuts because the volume would work for like a half second after being unlocked. i was able to solve the problem when i took my dental pick and cleaned out the charging port. At first i scraped a bunch of crust off of the two pins that depress when the charger when its plugged in and thought it was fixed but i was wrong. it took alot of scraping and scratching but eventaully after layers of crust came off i was able to free the little cut out port in the center/bottom of the charging port, about the size of a match head. i honistly thought my work was in vein cause i had already free'd the two tiny prongs so if anyone is having this problem, just keep cleaning the port with a needle and hopefully you wont need to go to the apple store.

BRAVO! Really works!

I now have the cleanest dock connector in the universe, it still doesn't work. I believe it's a software problem, because volume works fine when you

activate Siri. Apple, you've got a problem. 😠

I was able to click the weird Airplay icon once, and it had one choice: Dock Connector. My dock connector is clean. So clean you could eat off it 😝

Just learned it's even worse than simply listening to music... On a phone call, I could hear the person I'm talking to when I turn on speakerphone, but they can't hear me 😐

My work colleague just launched a site called "No Volume Available" dedicated to this issue: www.novolumeavailable.com

Wow I've spent the last few days trying to find a solution! Simply cleaning out the dock connection port with a needle worked! Thanks for the tip!

Compressed air worked. Volume slide came back to life as I was blaster air into the dock connection port.

My problem was finally resolved. It happened to be that one of the pins on a third-party dock connector I have broke off into my phone. Clearing it out with compressed air and a toothpick resolved my issue for good.

I was havin the same issue with my phone, headphones would produce sound but as soon as i unplugged them i could no longer control the volume or hear sound. This usually caused by a dirty connection in either the headphone slot or the dock connector. Simple solution...

1) get a q-tip and dip it in nail polish remover and turn off phone

2) insert in dock connector(may take a little force to get it in there but it makes better contact for a good cleaning)

3) repeatedly move back and forth then get a new dry qtip to dry it out.

4) blow in the dock connector to ensure it is dry

5) power on your phone and you should be up and working

Also make sure there isnt any dust or anything left in the dock connector you can use a tooth pick or other small object to remove that and i would also recommend buying a dust cover to cover the hole to prevent this from happening again like $1 off ebay shipped

definately dock connecter. plugged in my vga out cable and the volume issues all went away... cleaned my connecter and no more issues🙂

Ya its the doc connector. The phone thinks that it is docked in a speaker so that no sound will come from the phone speaker.

The solution is either a new phone if the connector is damaged, or cleaning it out. I was able to use a toothpick to clean the connector and it now works fine.

i had the same problem yesterday. the volume contro bar jsut disappeared from my ipod touch and no sound was coming our of the earphone and i tried a step before the restore and it worked 🙂 there it is so that it might help anyone:

from settings, i pressed "reset all settings" without ereasing any content. and after this step, the volume control bar was abck to normal and i was hearing sound from the headphones and from any speakers again 🙂