Sound problems since IOS 6 update

sorry to rage but THIS IS NOT A FIX. its the worst kind of way to deal with this problem overall.

they give out new phones left and right instead of ******* fixing this problem! i m glad you can be happy again and continue with your life but a) people who dont have apple care DO NOT deserve their phones to be RUINED by a software update and b) its a huge WASTE of material/resources and time to just give people a new phone.

i m disgusted by this practice by apple, they just shove everything under a big rug - yea a lovely nice shiney, white rug - but still its just that.

luckily i was able to fix my problem (see my previous post) but this is simply outrageous practice by apple.

phoe1 wrote:

sorry to rage but THIS IS NOT A FIX. its the worst kind of way to deal with this problem overall.

they give out new phones left and right instead of ******* fixing this problem! i m glad you can be happy again and continue with your life but a) people who dont have apple care DO NOT deserve their phones to be RUINED by a software update and b) its a huge WASTE of material/resources and time to just give people a new phone.

i m disgusted by this practice by apple, they just shove everything under a big rug - yea a lovely nice shiney, white rug - but still its just that.

luckily i was able to fix my problem (see my previous post) but this is simply outrageous practice by apple.

Take a chill pill brother. I was still under the 1 year warranty and the replacement is what Apple diagnosed. It has nothing to do with me going on with my life. Where did you get come up with that one? I understand your frustration, but thinking before you post in the future might be a good practice for you.

the reply - quite obviously - wasn't just regarding your issue. its just another example (if you read all the previous pages) of apple chicken out and just giving people new phones instead of fixing their flawed software updates or their crappy business model of releasing stuff thats not working properly yet (much like their horrible map service).

I just got the notification that the udate to 6.1 is available for me to update.

In the description, the sound issues are not discussed.

I am not going to install the update until I see in this thread that it is doing something to resolve this issue.

While reading through all the responses, I read that if you have an otterbox and remove and replace it, the sound works again... my sound worked for one text. Gone again. OH DEAR LORD

Ok, I'm pretty sure the sound problem is NOT associated with any apps disabling the sound. I deleted ALL my apps, and the sound problem still exists.

It goes off and comes back on randomly, even while typing a text.

The ONLY thing that makes sense to me is that it's the Gremlins doing this!

Holy cow Apple, get your act together and fix this!

I've updated my 4S too.

Same issue no sound at all. And the phone doesn't response to the volume buttons...

So I tried to play music and saw only Dock Connector...

Problem solved, cause I've but a Cable with Dock connector in and shacked it a little bit. VIOLA no my 4S works with IOS 6.1 and sound.

Add my name to the list of people with no speaker when playing music/videos/youtube/google+ etc

Oddly enough my phone rings no problem

I Can't run video or sound in the background after I upgraded to 6.1 😟

I have the same problem, very low sound and volume control is high. However it also seems that I can control the camera with my volume control buttons..ie take a picture as opposed to adjusting the sound...

I am back to zero just updated to 6.1 and now NO sound and no solutions.

What is Apple doing?

Bummer about 6.1 update. I was really hoping for a fix. Not writing with a nothing comment though... Wondering if anyone has attempted to send this to the power's that be at Apple already? Is there even an appropriate venue to share a wide-spread problem like this (that isn't about getting help to fix a singular person's issue?) They obviously aren't reading or able to keep track of these forums.

PlaceNarration wrote:

Bummer about 6.1 update. I was really hoping for a fix. Not writing with a nothing comment though... Wondering if anyone has attempted to send this to the power's that be at Apple already? Is there even an appropriate venue to share a wide-spread problem like this (that isn't about getting help to fix a singular person's issue?) They obviously aren't reading or able to keep track of these forums.

I've sent a link of this thread to Tim Cook's e-mail account. I've sent it via the Apple website as well. I've never received a reply. Not that I expected Tim Cook's office to reply.

On a side note, since the Apple store here in Atlanta swapped out my 3GS (under warranty), I haven't lost sound in three days. Loss of sound would happen like clockwork before the replacement. I'm still keeping my fingers cross that all is good now. I wouldn't be shocked if it happens again. since others have replaced units and the sound issue resurfaced.

We all have the problem now over moth and no Fix from Apple also not on iOS 6.1.

Many user are loking for the reason of this problem.( No sound from Video Music or other App`s over the speaker, but ring tones are ok. )

I think it must be easy to c or any other should have the possibility to make an downgrade form the iOs to 5.?????.

If than the problem still exist it should be an hardware problem.

If not and this is my opinion the problem is Apple responsibility. Than Apple has with iOS 6.0 made this problem, and destroyed my iPhone 4. This all in the 24 warranty moth in Germany if Apple is also the dealer of the product. As in my case.

I Have Apple Support contacted but the problem is up to now not fixed.

Regards

N.Dagge

Well, it would appear that Apple DOES monitor this thread.... I have had what I considered a perfectly reasonable post removed for being "speculation or rumours, non constructive rants or complaints"...

In my post I wondered whether people who have had their phone's operability impacted by the iOS 6 update have a legitimate reason to want to formalise their complaint in a structured way outside the Apple support communities walled garden...

Unfortunately, this was perceived to be in contravention of the Apple support communities Terms of Use (TOU). Perhaps it was, I didn't mean to breach the TOU, fair enough if so.

Putting that aside, I am beginning to wonder whether the release of iOS 6 could be considered malware, it has certainly ruined a number of users hardware. I was in the fortunate position to have a handset within warranty which was replaced, but, until this problem is resolved I will not be updating the family's three phones and two iPads to any new iOS updates as I don't want this frustrating problem to happen to any other of my iOS products.

FYI, here in New Zealand, there is legislation known as "The Consumer Guarantees Act (CGA)", which is about the quality of goods and services; it protects customers from poor quality services and goods that do not meet reasonable expectations. I am sure that there is similar legislation in the US, EU and beyond.

If Apple chooses to ignore everyone who has this problem but is out-with their warranty period, perhaps such users may need to find a way to band together to persuade apple to take notice?

If this post is removed I guess I will need to find another way to present my thoughts.