My iPhone doesn't always ring, why?

I have the same problem, and I paid for the $300 signal booster because I live in a hilly area. It happens when I'm not home as well so they can't blame the signal. I'm on here now since I upgraded to the 6.0,.1 I now can't even make a call.

Yes, many times. I can't do anything phone wise. When trying a call out, I raise the phone to listen and siri pops up every time, so I put it on speaker and the call still never connects and then won't end. It just hangs on "ending...."

Update on my particular case, though YMMV, of course. I did all of the resets noted in my previous message, and then I discovered a day or so later that I was still missing calls. I called Apple tech support and spoke with a very nice fellow who suggested that I'd done all of the things (including a restore to factory settings I'd done earlier) they'd have advised and that perhaps this was a problem with a defective SIM card. I went to the AT&T store and easily had my SIM card replaced, but that didn't do it, either. Acting on advice from the Apple tech I had spoken with, I then made an appointment at the Genius Bar at my local Apple Store. Five minutes after I'd arrived for my appointment, I walked out with a brand-new iPhone. So far, so good! I haven't had any reports of people being unable to reach my iPhone, though it's only been a few days. 🙂 One further note: I did set up this new iPhone as new, rather than restoring it from a backup; I didn't want to take any chances.

I was having the same problem. Discovered via this article http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/a/iph_ring_delete.htm that my ringtone setti vs might be culprit. I reset them all and haven't had an issue since.

Good luck!

My iphone does not always rings. I just realized since I had a phone interview today at 3:00pm. I waited 30minutes before with the phone in front of my face, and 2:51pm, there was a call from another person, I picked. Then I waited and waited, until 3:12pm, I thought something went wrong. There were missed calls and a voice messege displayed on my screen at 3:00pm. The phone never ring!!!!!!!!!!!

I Just missed a phone interview! OMG!

Could you give me a solution to solve this problem?????

Jack, I went through the same problem on AT&T. Apple replaced my iPhone 5 three times, I reset it back to factory settings a couple of times, and I can't remember all the other things I tried. However, it finally did come down to a reception problem in my home, which was the only place I was not receiving my calls. AT&T worked out a "deal" for me where I now have a microcell in my home and haven't missed any calls since getting it. The microcell was fairly expensive, but most of the cost of it was offset when they gave me a monthly discount for the next year and charged me the refurbished price for a new microcell. They were really very cooperative about the whole thing.

Hi all,

I was getting frustrated with this issue as well. While messing around with my phone settings, I noticed that at some unknown point, I inadvertently enabled 'Do Not Disturb'. My problems went away once I disabled this feature.

Sometimes it's the simple things that will get you. I hope this helps someone out there ~

Corey

Got this from another site, but this is what was wrong with my iP5!!:

"1) If you look at the left side of the iPhone 5, you will see an indentation with a thin switch, and the two round volume buttons. If that switch is pushed to the back of the phone, an orange line will appear. That puts your phone on silent. Flipped to the front of the phone, it just looks black, and the phone is not on silent. We just realised that this is what happened to ours; it must've gotten flipped while in pocket.

2) The kicker is that when the silent button is on, there is no indication on the screen. No icon with the little bell with a slash through it; nothing to tell you that the phone has actually been put on silent. Not the best innovation. You will see the little slashed bell pop up when you turn the phone onto silent, but then it disappears, giving no clue why your phone that can find answers to all questions in the googleverse won't ring when you get a call."

Stacey

CoreyinMaine

Thanks you so much - this was exactly the problem with mine. I had been messing about in my settings a few weeks ago and had left 'Do Not Disturb' on. I wondered what the little moon icon beside the time was. I was so annoyed and frustrated as I'm a doctor and need my phone for on calls! Brilliant.

Thanks again

Carolyn

I too have the same problem with Verizon and my second new iPhone 5. I talked them into a new phone even though 30 days had passed. During the entire time with both phones, I have received maybe 20% of my calls. If you look at this topic, there have been over 30,000 views, yet it doesn't appear that anyone is trying to fix this problem. When go to the local Verizon store, they blame it on everything but the phone. I can sit at my desk and call from my land line, and still get no answer. Two rings and straight to voicemail. If I could turn back the clock, I would certainly be using a Samsung phone or something other than the iPhone. The thrill is gone. I certainly hope someone will address this problem. I am very surprised that Apple and Verizon let this linger. With all the suggestions, I have found none to work, and I have tried them all. Let's keep trying to get some attention. I'm sure Steve would not be happy. Later.

Jackfrommontague,

I am having this same issue. Yes it is very frustrating. I am very curious to know if the new 5s will do this also. I absolutely hate droid and can't imagine giving up my iphone, but what good is it if it will not ring. I have replace the SIM card three times and I am on my 1st replacement. Problem is I had this phone since Nov 2012 and it work great until April 2013. When im at my office is when it happensand it mostly happens with my husband. He has a Casio Commando 3G phone and has no problem getting calls sitting right next to me. Now it seems know matter where I go I only have two to three bars where I used to have four or five. Please let me know how the 5S turns out.

Thanks!