Hello,
I have an Iphone 5 and just got this problem, i can't hear the dial tone when i'm calling someone but i do can hear them when they answer and they hear me too! I mean, i can talk, the only problem is that i do not hear the dial tone. I updated to IOS7 yesterday.
iPhone 5, iOS 7
About 9 months too late so I'm sure you've managed to fix this now but I had this exact same problem. I hadn't been able to find anything online about fixing it but my phone was just silent when I made a call, even on speaker, it happened after I updated the phone - after hitting the call button the screen would say "Calling..." it was like I was waiting to be connected and then whoever I'd called would answer and I could hear them perfectly fine. For me it seemed to be an issue with my provider, I turned my phone off and removed the SIM card. Then while the SIM was out I turned my phone back on and waited for it to tell me that there was no SIM installed. At this stage I re-inserted the SIM and once it had picked up signal again I tested it and it worked properly.
Hope this helps anyone else that has this issue.
About 9 months too late so I'm sure you've managed to fix this now but I had this exact same problem. I hadn't been able to find anything online about fixing it but my phone was just silent when I made a call, even on speaker, it happened after I updated the phone - after hitting the call button the screen would say "Calling..." it was like I was waiting to be connected and then whoever I'd called would answer and I could hear them perfectly fine. For me it seemed to be an issue with my provider, I turned my phone off and removed the SIM card. Then while the SIM was out I turned my phone back on and waited for it to tell me that there was no SIM installed. At this stage I re-inserted the SIM and once it had picked up signal again I tested it and it worked properly.
Hope this helps anyone else that has this issue.
Interesting question, it's about three months old, viewed by 625 users (40 of which have this question too) and not a single reply - until now.
I'm not sure what the problem is. The poster says that he/she can hear the callers and the callers can hear him/her. This is usually indicative of a working phone.
Most people refer to a dial tone as the sound a landline uses to indicate that the telephone exchange is working. However, "Digital cellular telephone services, such as the GSM system, do not generate dial tones." - from Wikipedia. Here's a Wikipedia article: Dial tone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Perhaps the poster was refering to the tones that the phone makes when dialing a number. This generally only happens when the Keypad is active in the Phone app and the the phone isn't in "Silent mode". These sounds are usually refered to as "Touch-Tone" (not dial tone). This is actually dual-tone multi-frequency signaling (DTMF). These sounds can be turned on by turning the ringer on (turning off silent mode). The "Ringer Volume" will control the volume of the Touch-Tone sounds.
(Or, perhaps the poster's statement was just an attempt at a joke?)
Not too late at all, I just updated my IOS and had the same issue and glad to have found your answer. I just turned off the phone and turned it back on and everything is solved. I can hear the phone ringing on the other side. Thanks!
Thanks this worked for me
No dial tone!!
