IOS 5.1.1. update bug (Volume Control)

This totally worked. I was apprehensive to run my cc under the dock connector board, but I did it very gently and my sound worked again. My sound would not work and the volume control showed no square to form the bar. Tried eveything else including the canned air.

This worked for me also.

Thankyou Daystar and Dhimmid! The combination of your advice helped me fix my girlfriend's volume issue where it acted as if it was docked. I whittled down a toothpick and picked away at the small rectangular sensor area pictured in Daystar's post. That fixed the issue.

Hi Guys

I have finally fixed this problem. It worked straight away. First plug your iphone into your computer with the USB lead and then plug in the headphones into the iphone. Play some music for about 5 minutes and then remove the USB lead from the iphone and then remove the headphones!! VOILA! It should work

The issue is the dock connector. I had an extra iPhone 4 laying around. I swapped the two out and it fixed the issue. It appears the dock connector is just bad. I tried all of the items listed above and nothing worked. It was a quick and simple fix, if you are somewhat handy with tools.

same problem.. vol. control.. schedule for tomm.

Hi,

I am seeing the same issue:

The volume button just shows the ringer but no volume bar.

Any soluations would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Please see my previous post. The issue is with the dock connector. It needs to be replaced. I had the same issue as everyone else, replaced the dock connector and the issue was resovled.

Actually, if you read back through the posts, you will see there are actually 3 separate issues, each with a different solution. This last one is just one of the 3. Read previous posts for the other 2 possible issues and solutions.

I just encountered this problem as well, on a 4s running iOS 6.0.1

Searching a few hours for a solution, and trying everything without any success, I was just about to give up.

BUT...then I found a small tip somewhere, that solved my problem completely: Go to Settings --> Music, then turn 'Sound Check' on, then off. Voilá, speakers working again, volume control working, everything as normal!

I must admit that i'm not completely convinced this is all you need to do. I have really tried anything else described in this thread - except from the jailbreak/deleting file, that was my final solution. But resetting the phone, cleaning headphone-jack, cleaning dock connector with a toothbrush (it really needed it I admit!), free'd the 'sensor' under the docking pins and so on - nothing helped until the very simple 'Sound Check' fix! Wether it's a combination of fixes or not, I just enjoy my phone working again :-)

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For anyone interested, I'm pretty sure this problem began when I started using a new set of AirPlay speakers. I was playing a game on my iPhone shortly before using the speakers, with sound from the phone. Shortly after, I 'paired' my phone with a new Bose speaker via Airplay, and listened to some music for a while. During this, I connected my charger for the phone, as I was running low on power.

When I turned off the music, I wanted to play the game again, but then realised that there was no sound - either from the phone or the Bose speakers. I quickly realised that I only had 2 different output in my 'airplay' menu: the Bose speaker system and the 'Docking Port'.

For that reason I think the problem is indeed a software bug. I have yet to reconnect my phone to the speakers again, but will update with additional info if the problem returns.

clean the charging port with a thin paper like a business card and get the crud out of there and it will start working properly

I don't know about all of you but I actually had this problem too with my iPhone 3GS and I was just having it with my iPhone 5. I know this may sound like I am stupid and you have all tried this already but it just fixed my problem which it sounds like everyone else's. I've found when I pull my phone from a docking station my finger hits that button above the volume buttons. Although it looks like its going the right way it was actually in the middle. I clicked mine back and forth a few times at my sons direction and I now have my volume back. I know I never touch that button for anything but It worked for me! I was blaming everything and everyone for this issue but that's all it was. Hope it helps you!

Sorry to rain on your parade folks, but the 'sensor' identified in the earlier posts isn't a sensor, it's the water damage detector sticker. If you get water in there it turns red so as to tell Apple that your warranty is invalid. There's one in the headphone port as well. That's why someone further up this page reported a red 'sensor', they must have got the phone wet sometime.

I expect it's actually what someone else reported, random bit of conductive material on the connector, and in getting down into the sticker you are dislodging that at the same time. Either that or there is some component beind the sticker, but that seems unlikely.

Anyway, I have this problem now on my iPhone4S with IOS 6.0.1 and none of the above fixes solve it. I'm pretty sure it's software related as well, as if I leave the phone locked for a while the problem goes away. But exactly two seconds after I open the music app it re-occurs, with the time delay being consistent each time.

That doesn't sound like a flakey bit of hardware to me.

Well I can confirm that clearing out the connector doesn't fix my problem (although clearly it does help some people). My issue is defintitely software.

I don't actually use a dock, only my apple power lead (no cheap third party leads) for charging. But I do have an Apple compatible amp with a USB socket (I don't normally use it as it also does Airplay). So last night I plugged my phone into that, played a song, then unplugged the phone. Bingo, problem solved and 'dock connector' mode had vanished. I played around with it for a while and it stayed fixed.

Sadly though, I then plugged it into the charger, and the problem immediately came back, but I was able to clear it again by plugging it back into the amp. I left the phone overnight and it was fine, but the problem came back again when I plugged it into the charger this morning (and was cleared again using the amp).

Crucially, I'm using the same Apple supplied USB cable both times, i.e. I'm taking the same cable out of my charger and plugging it into the amp. It consistently clears the problem when plugged into the amp, but creates it when plugged into the charger. So it's nothing to do with the cable, or my dock connector. I've also used more than one charger, so it's not that either.

I'm 99% certain that my issue is in software somewhere. Something has become corrupt and is somehow mistaking a charging lead for a dock, but then not recognising when it is unplugged (as there is no dock to remove!). No idea where this has come from, I never use plug in audio devices, only bluetooth or airplay. Still, I have a workaround of sorts for the time being.

Next step for me is to reset the phone, but I'm holding fire on that as I upgrade to an iPhone 5 next week anyway, after which I was already going to re-build the 4S as a new handset. So there seems little point in mucking about with it now. Once I've rebuilt it though I'll report back on whether than cleared the problem permanently, for assistance of others who can't fix this problem with a toothbrush!

Has anyone found what is the reason for losing volume when we open 5.1.1 youtube or any other music. Do you have any solution. Until now i have tried everything on this post. Please send any opinion.

Kind regards.