How to Unsilence Calls on iPhone – Step By Step Guide

It is up to you to decide whether or not to keep your phone silent. It isn’t anything that has occurred to you recently. Now you’re confused as to how to undo it. Unfortunately, for many iPhone owners, this is the case. So, in today’s article, we’ll show you how to unsilence calls on iPhone.

Many customers have been having issues with their iPhone call alert system due to becoming confused amid a few complex settings and glitches. When you repeatedly missing critical calls, it may be irritating and even dangerous. Thankfully, if you follow one small step, you’ll be able to find your way out of this maze.

Make sure the Ring/Silent switch is on

If you’re just getting started with an iPhone and aren’t sure how and where to mute/unmute it, start with the basics. It’s simple to change an iPhone’s ringer to vibrate mode and vice versa. You can instantly mute/unmute with its conveniently available mute button. However, because of its location, you may unintentionally set your iPhone on mute.

You will find a silence option on the left side of your iPhone. In order to unsilence, make sure that it is not in the spot of the orange line. If this happens, then you can swipe it to unmute your iPhone.

Examine the volume of the ringer

Sometimes your iPhone is in ringing mode but you are missing calls because it is still muted. In this case, you need to examine ringer volume. It’s possible that the loudness is either very low or set to zero. If you have the setup to do so, you may usually increase the ringer level with the volume controls on your apple device.

  • If this is not the case, navigate to your iPhone’s configurations and choose ‘Sound & Haptics’.
  • Underneath the ‘Ringer and Alerts’ menu, look at the slider. Also, ensure that it’s not 0 or too minimal, as this will make the ringing sound unusable.
  • To raise the level, slide it to the right.

Need to Examine Do Not Disturb setting

Check to see whether you have the DND mode switched on if your phone is still on the quiet. DND mutes call if your phone is locked or ever, based on how the settings are configured on your behalf.

  • Open up the Control Center by swiping down from the top corner or swipe it to the base of the touchscreen. Verify that the DND icon (the half-moon symbol) is not turned on.
  • Also, make doubly sure Do Not Disturb isn’t set on a timer. Tap your iPhone’s configurations and select “Do Not Disturb”.
  • Check that the checkbox ‘Scheduled’ is turned off in the DND configuration. If it’s turned on and you need it to remain that way. You must guarantee that you are conscious of the schedule’s timeliness.

You can define additional parameters for this schedule if you wish to maintain it. For example, when your device is in DND, you can receive calls from specific persons or switch on the feature for Repeated calls.

Examine Silence Unwanted/Unknown Callers

It’s possible that only certain of your contacts are being blocked, but others aren’t. And all of the calls you’re missing have one thing in common: they’re all from individuals you don’t know. If that is indeed the case, you’ll should double-check this option.

  • You must visit the ‘Phone’ options in your iPhone configurations.
  • Then just go down and double-check that the switch just beside ‘Silence Unknown Callers’ is turned off. Click it to access it if it indicates on.
  • The switch should then be turned off.

Need to Check the Status of Your Bedtime

It’s possible that despite having all of your fundamental settings in order, phone calls are still being hushed. And you’re stumped as to why. There are some things you should look at that might be causing you to miss critical calls. Let’s begin with the status of your bedtime.

In iOS 14, you can analyze your bedtime using the bedtime status app. It also instantly set your phone on DND when it’s necessary, effectively silences your calls.

  • You need to access your Health application on your iPhone.
  • Next, from the edge of the screen, select the ‘Browse’ option.
  • Scroll to the bottom to ‘Sleep’ and hit it.
  • Check to check whether you have a schedule in the bedtime options. To get all the info, select ‘Full Schedule & Options’.
  • If you are on a bedtime schedule, you can then either ignore it or immediately turn it off.

Alternatively, you may disable DND/Bedtime from the Control Center every time your phone enters Sleep mode. However, you wouldn’t want it to silence your calls for that day. Your Sleep alert will not be turned off if you switch off Bedtime via the Control Center. It will only have an effect on DND.

Examine Bluetooth Audio connection of your phone

Perhaps your calls are indeed being muted because they are being diverted to a Bluetooth connection that you are not currently hearing. If your iPhone is linked to Bluetooth earbuds but you aren’t operating them right now, for example. Any calls will then sound on the gadget rather than your iPhone.

You must navigate to Bluetooth in your iPhone’s configurations. Then double-check that no connections are running.

Examine Auto-Answering Calls

Perhaps your iPhone isn’t so much muted as it is answering the call for you. This might be the case if you’re losing calls yet no missed calls appear on your screen.

  • Go to your iPhone’s menu and choose ‘Accessibility’.
  • The next step is to choose ‘Touch’.
  • Locate and touch the ‘Call Audio Routing’ choice, then click it.
  • There’s a choice for ‘Auto-Answer Calls’ there. Make absolutely sure it’s turned off.
  • If the switch doesn’t indicate off, touch it to access it, then set it off.

Need to Check Call Audio Routing

Examine the call audio forwarding parameters if you’re still experiencing troubles with your calls.

From the Accessibility menu, select ‘Call Audio Routing‘. Check to see whether it’s turned to ‘Automatic’.

Conclusion

Even after verifying all of the aforementioned adjustments, your phone is still suppressing calls (some or all). Then check your phone to see if any software upgrades are due. When nothing else works, call Apple Support or drop your iPhone to an Apple Service Center.

 

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