Sound phone does not work anymore? Here’s what you can do about it
Sound phone doesn’t work anymore? Or your sound is super soft? A faulty speaker brings many problems. For example, you can’t hear it when you get an important call or you can’t hear the person on the other end of the line. To fix this, there are a few steps you can follow. In this blog, we explain step by step what you can do against this problem. Here, we address the following points:
- Your sound is on silent: no ringtone or notification sound
- No sound phone because do not disturb is on
- Phone no sound while calling
- Phone sound does not work in the car
- Sound only works with earphones
Your sound is on silent: no ringtone or notification sound
Silencing your phone is a simple operation. This action can vary from device to device. If you have an iPhone you can read the following blog: no sound iPhone? What to do if the sound doesn’t work! If you are using an Android device, you can generally find the mute setting in your phone’s settings. Under the sound mode button you will find the options sound, vibrate and mute. Not only in Settings but also in the notification screen you can quickly switch between sound, vibrate and mute.
No sound phone because do not disturb is on
When the phone is set to do not disturb you mute all notifications. This means you mute the sound, vibration and visual notifications. In the following steps, we explain how to turn on the do not disturb feature on an Android device:
- Go to Settings
- Go to Sound
- Go to Do Not Disturb and click Enable Now
If you went through these steps, you now know how to set your phone to do not disturb. With an iPhone you do this in a different way. If you want to know how to do this read the following blog: no sound iPhone? What to do if the sound doesn’t work!
Phone no sound while calling?
Do you hear almost no sound while calling? Or do you hear nothing at all? Then there are three options available:
- Your phone’s sound is too soft. To turn your phone’s sound up or down, use the volume buttons on the side.
- Is your sound at its loudest? But does your sound still not work or do you hear the sound softly? Chances are your speaker is full of dirt. You can remove the dirt from the speaker yourself, but make sure that you work carefully and do not damage the speaker. We recommend to let a specialist do this so you can be sure that your speaker is not damaged. At ThePhoneLab, with a thorough cleaning, we can repair your phone much cheaper.
- Hasn’t cleaning helped either? Then your speaker is probably in need of replacement. Stop by the store to get a free diagnosis from one of our specialists.
Phone sound does not work in the car
Your phone sound doesn’t work in the car? Super annoying, that means you can’t play your favorite artist’s new hits in the car. First, it’s a good idea to check if your phone is connected to the car with a USB cable or bluetooth. Is the phone connected but still not working? Then try connecting the phone via the other option. If this also does not work, it is useful to remove the phone from the bluetooth list and reconnect. Since in many cars you cannot adjust the sound of your phone with the volume knob of the car itself, it is good to check and do this manually.
Can’t figure it out? All cars have a manual that provides step-by-step instructions on how to connect the phone to the car. Go through these steps one by one to make sure everything went right.
Sound phone only works with earbuds
Very irritating: your sound only works with earbuds. It can happen that your phone thinks it has earbuds in, when it doesn’t. You can easily test this by turning the volume knob up or down. Once you do this, the headphone symbol will appear on the screen. In most cases, this is due to dirt in the headphone jack. The dirt makes your phone think there are headphones inside. You can easily remove the dirt, you do this with a thin, blunt object, such as tweezers. Be careful! Harshly removing the dirt can damage the jack. Still the same problem? Your sound phone only works with earbuds? Most likely you have an internal problem. Because this is not directly solvable, we recommend you go to a specialist. At ThePhoneLab, we do a free diagnosis to find out why your sound stops working.
Phone speaker replacement
The sound on your phone still doesn’t work? Then one of the speakers probably needs to be replaced.
If you need to have one of the speakers replaced, it is important to go to a professional repair shop – check here for an establishment near you). At ThePhoneLab, we do a diagnostic to find out why the sound has stopped working. A diagnosis is always free of charge. After this you are not obliged to move on to repair, but of course you can! We can replace or repair the speakers for you:
