iPhone 5, iOS 7: Alert/Ringtone volumes low...

those do not work for everyone, this is a software related issue in the code itself, and with apple's track record of late will not be resolved anytime soon, and they certainly will not admit to any bugs in their latest IOS. ever since i've update to IOS 7 on my Iphone 4 i have had nothing but problems, first with the performance related issues and have followed all suggestions tips and tricks, which helped but my i phone now runs like my old i phone 3, and now this volume related issue. and of course apples only solution is to buy a new i phone........well that isn't going to happen for me, unfortunately as with the history of apple any time steve jobs left the company things went down the toilet, and with him passing away i feel that the innovation quality etc of apple died with him. and i am tried of having to constantly trying to tweak my phone to work etc. so as i said i don't foresee any apple products for me in the future, looks like i am going to be converting to the dark side of android.

Apple....you really need to step up your game and address these issues....especially the low ringtone volume which I am experiencing on my iPhone 5.

I've reset the phone, I've erased all content and settings on the phone , I've even returned the phone to the Apple store with no luck.

This is becoming REALLY frustrating....it's obviously a software issue....please fix it already.

Try this, Poeple. It might work for you.

• Go to iTunes.
• Go to Tones
• Select All
• Right Click
• Get Info
• Options Tab
• Tick Volume Adjustment
• Increase by 30%±
• Sync

Howardsweb, My Options are grayed out. No joy.

Mine are greyed if I chose one. But if I chose all they come back. It made all of my tones louder.

Just on a side note - every apple device I've ever owned has had major issues. Apple really needs to get better QC people. For a company that puts such a high price premium on their products, the current QC people suck.

I understand your frustration but I find your comment hard to believe. We have had two iPads and about five iPhones over the last 5 years. We have never had a single issue with any of them. Once or twice a software glitch apeared and hard resets completely solved all issues. And considering Apple's customer ratings across the world, their QC is evidently one of the best in the world in any industry. Of course **** happens and someone is going to be unlucky. But that is statistically miniscule.

Updated to 7.0.4. Ringtone volume still low when sound check is turn on.

Indeed turning sound control OFF is the simple solution. Somehow IOS7 uses soundcontrol for the ringtone...shouldn't be to hard to fix, but 7.0.4 didn't fix it... It would be nice since it is a phone we are talking about to fix this issue soon.

I found something that worked for me.

Settings>sounds>turn of change with buttons

Then change the volume with the + and - buttons on the side then turn it back on. And get someone to msg you and see if it works.

I came here looking for an answer as this just happened to me today, which is odd because it was working fine intil now. As I was running through the list i pulled my bluetooth headset out of my pants pocket and discovered that it has inadvertently turned on, and the tones were going through that. No wonder I couldn't hear them. It's sometimes amazing the vast array of explanations there can be for the same apparent problem!

Go to setting-music & please OFF the sound cheak OPTION

Your problem is solve now

Same issue, brand new 5s 64gb. Mute switch on, ring tones checked, do not disturb not active, etc etc. Finally, double-clicked home button to bring up running apps and stopped each (swipe up). Then powered off in the normal fashion, powered back on and TA-DA! it's working again.

I've researched and fixed lots of problems for years with both Windows and iPhone using forum advice - and finally my first contribution. If this helps even one frustrated, fellow computer hater, my work here is done.

Have I mentioned that I hate computers?

Not quite on topic I know, but I use my iPhone for a pager and when I am in the garage and other places making noise, I often miss the notification. Note the pager is a text message, that just rings, then goes away. It is not a phone call that someone knows is unanswered. I am expected to take each pager call and expected to hear it. Turns out, if you plug your iPhone into an external speaker through the headphone plug, not the docking station connector, the ring tone is amplified! OK so maybe you all knew this, but I did not. So for example, on my push bike was always a time I missed the text tone, maxed out on loudness, and with vibration on, I could not hear it above the wind rushing through my helmet. Now no problem, wear one or two earphones and I can hear the ring tone, stop and take the pager. In my shed, plugged into an external speaker, I have no problem hearing it.

Problem solved for me.