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My Iphone 4 is not ringing and the phone is not muted or water damage! What can I do?

My phone is not ringing and everything is on and I have checked the settings! I have noticed that when I slide the side button the bell is not showing up! Have I deactivated something?

iPhone 4, iOS 6

Posted on Oct 4, 2012 8:02 AM

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Posted on Oct 4, 2012 9:39 AM

Clean the iPhone charging port with a clean dry toothbrush. This iPhone could be sensing it is connected to a dock due to shorting of pins, cleaning may help this.

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Jul 1, 2014 6:03 AM in response to 17beachside71

I've spent hours and hours over the last week or so trying all sorts of fixes for this problem – all to no avail. I was beginning to resign myself to the fact that I might have to fork out £50+ to get my iPhone repaired... or even £500+ to get it replaced! 😮 But your fix brought the missing sounds back; thank you so much. The volume buttons on the side of the phone still aren't working, but it's not much of a problem, because if I need to access the master volume control, I can do it via assistive touch. Thanks again for your genius fix.

Apr 21, 2015 10:36 AM in response to 17beachside71

This solution allows my iphone ringer to operate / thanks. I wish I could understand or explain what happened to my ringer; it just quit working regardless of the many attempts to verify that all settings were compliant with the ringer function. Whatever, just thankful now that I can receive an audible notification that someone is trying to call me. Thanks again for posting this helpful information! BTW, in my case, this problem did not revert after several calls received post-solution described by 17beachside71. Best Wishes!

My Iphone 4 is not ringing and the phone is not muted or water damage! What can I do?

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