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rbonse Author

Level 1

38 points

iOS 11 - Volume Control

Am I missing something here or is this a bug? I have an iphone 8 plus running iOS 11.0.1. For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to adjust volume for alerts and notifications. Driving me crazy! Right now, the volume is maxed out and very loud when I receive a new email or a text on my iphone. So annoying. Don't you just simply swipe up to get into the control center and adjust the volume there using the bar on the right? I have it turned one bar away from mute and it makes no difference whatsoever. Volume is still the same level (loud) for alerts/notifications/texts,etc. As for the other settings, under "Settings, Sounds & Haptics" I have "Change with Buttons" turned on. I have "System Haptics" turned on as well. I had a few others in my office try it on their phones as well and they have same symptoms. Must be a bug.

Help!

iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 11.0.1

Posted on Sep 29, 2017 7:08 AM

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Diana.McCall

Level 7

21,285 points

Posted on Sep 29, 2017 7:34 AM

Hi. The volume control in Control Center is for music and voice. The volume control at the top of Settings > Sounds & Haptics controls the sounds. You need to turn it down. I suspect that the buttons only control the sounds volume when a sound is playing.

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rbonse Author

Level 1

38 points

Oct 8, 2017 3:43 PM in response to lucaso777

Nope. I want to be able to adjust my notifications/alerts volume but not adjust the ringer volume. I guess it's not possible.

fbertone

Level 1

17 points

Oct 29, 2017 10:59 AM in response to Bramstoy

This is my problem too. I turn down the volume per the posters above and then a text comes in at full volume or I try to play some audio and it blasts me regardless of my settings. Really annoying!

esouto

Level 1

4 points

Oct 12, 2017 11:02 AM in response to rbonse

I have the exact same concern about set both separated.

Hope that Apple solve this in the future.

Nov 17, 2017 4:30 AM in response to rbonse

Has anyone figured this out? It’s driving me nuts on my iPhone X. Everything seems to be a different volume and I can’t get it the way I want - the way it used to be prior to all this.

HLLR

Level 1

4 points

Dec 18, 2017 10:12 AM in response to fbertone

Try a reboot, solves it for me. Although it came back twice... I believe it started after the second update for ios 11.

tbuzzard

Level 1

9 points

Dec 30, 2017 10:17 AM in response to rbonse

Try this. As the tone is playing, adjust the volume on the car- not the phone. I was having the same problem with my text tones, except they were too low Worked for me.

Meganeff

Level 1

4 points

Jan 18, 2018 12:45 PM in response to rbonse

Someone suggested turning Bluetooth off in settings, and that worked for me. Idk why, but I’ll take it.

Feb 2, 2018 6:53 AM in response to JoshinDallas

I am also having this problem. What a load of garbage pay £1000 for a phone and you cant turn the volume down on a text message.

Feb 7, 2018 11:29 PM in response to pokerplayer00

My thoughts exactly.

iOS 11 - Volume Control