Although it may seem otherwise, the speaker of our iPhone is one of the most sensitive elements . It is constantly exposed to shocks, dirt and even problems derived from the hardware or software itself. Today we are going to see the most common problems that can occur in the iPhone speaker and how to solve them.
Not many indications are needed to verify that something is wrong with the speaker. Users who have problems report a volume that is too low even when they are at maximum, calls that do not ring, music that is not heard, or that directly, nothing is heard from the speaker without being able to find apparent cause.
Find the problem with the speaker
Before we panic and make an appointment with the technical service, we will have to verify several aspects of our mobile phone to rule out that the problem is not something bigger. In many cases, reviewing these settings resolves the fault with the speaker.
Check the sound settings
If our iPhone has a bell / mute switch, we must move it forward (towards the device screen) so that it is not orange. There are few users who have gone to a technical service to see with amazement as the solution was simply to move this switch. Similarly, we will have to open the Settings menu and click on Do Not Disturb, to verify that this mode is disabled.
Run an app with sound
We may not hear something from the speaker in a hands-free call or listening to music on Spotify. However, we must verify that it is not about something specific for a specific app. To check it we will have to run an app that has music or sound effects and then adjust the volume buttons.
Connect headphones
It is one of the best methods to check if there really can be a physical problem with the speakers of our iPhone. To do this we must connect headphones, to see if the sound is heard through them but not from the speakers of the device.
Turn off Bluetooth
On many occasions, even when we have already disconnected the handsfree from the car or a Bluetooth accessory, it can still be connected as if it were active. This will cause no sound to sound through the speakers. What we must do is go to Settings / Bluetooth and deactivate the connection.
Restart iPhone
The simplest solution and in many cases the one that fixes the problem before. Simply turn off the iPhone and turn it on again. If the sound still does not sound through the speakers, we can think about a bigger problem.
Software problem
Many of the iPhone, including the iPhone 8 and iPhone X, have experienced problems with speaker audio, which were later revealed as a software problem. In this case we can perform two actions to try to solve it:
- Update the device : the solution has been able to arrive in the form of an update, so we must ensure that we do not have any pending patches.
- Check installed apps : we must check the latest installed apps, since some may be interfering with the normal behavior of the audio. In this case we can uninstall one by one by installation date from most recent to oldest, until we see if it is the cause of the problem.
Hardware Problem
At this point, we can think of a major problem, which has to do with a physical failure in our speaker. We are in the previous step before going to a professional to review and with the problem.
- Clean the speaker: in a large majority of cases it is due to dirt and dust accumulated. In this case we will have to proceed to clean the speaker, which possibly solves the problem.
- Internal problem : it is very possible that the speaker is damaged and is the cause of its non-volume or excessively low volume. In this case, we only have the option to take a view of a professional so that he can perform the relevant checks. So that we can get an idea, in case we have to change the internal speaker, it can cost us between 50 euros for an iPhone 7 and almost 100 for the new iPhone 11.
