I'm Missing Calls Because My iPhone Isn't Ringing. Help!

Last Updated: Dec. 5, 2014

It can be a puzzling situation: you’re getting voicemails and missing calls, but your iPhone doesn’t ring. It may seem mysterious, or maybe just really annoying, but either way, it needs to be fixed. There's not one single possible cause for why an iPhone stops ringing—it could be because your phone is broken, but there are a lot of things to try before concluding that—but the fixes are all relatively easy. If you're not hearing your iPhone's ringer, there could be 5 culprits:

1. A broken speaker
2. Mute is turned on
3. Do Not Disturb is turned on
4. You've blocked the phone number
5. A problem with your ringtone.

 

Does Your Speaker Work?

The speaker at the bottom of your iPhone is used for every sounds your phone makes. Whether that's playing music and games, watching movies, or hearing a ringtone for incoming calls, the speaker is what makes it all happen. If you're not hearing calls, it could be that your speaker is broken. Try playing some music or a YouTube video, and make sure to turn up the volume. If your hear audio fine, then that's not the problem. But if no sound comes out when it should, and you've got the volume up loud, it could be that you need to repair your iPhone's speaker.