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How To Fix No Sound in iPad Apps
Does your iPad not make sound in apps? Sometimes the iPad will make sound while in some apps or with headphones plugged in, but it won’t play sound through all apps over the iPad speakers.
The iPad has an interesting mute quirk, which can result in no sound coming from certain apps over your iPad speaker, even though volume is turned up and you can hear the sound with headphones.
This Soft Mute “feature” mutes app music and sounds, but not the audio from Hulu or Netflix, which makes it difficult to diagnose, especially since your headphones still work, but thankfully it is easy to fix.
How to Fix No Sound in iPad Apps
One of the first things you can try is restarting the iPad. This can solve a lot of problems in under a minute. If that doesn’t help you should also try plugging headphones in and removing them. Sometimes this will fix sound issues, as will blowing canned air into the headphone jack port.
If that doesn’t fix the issue, you will need to unmute the iPad using the directions below. Even with the iPad muted, some apps may make noise. It’s odd, but that’s what happens.
Fix no sound in iPad apps.
- Swipe up quickly from the bottom edge of the iPad. You need to do this from the very edge of the screen.
- This opens the Control Center.
- Look for the mute icon. It may show up as a bel, or a bell with a slash through it.
- Tap on the bell to unmute your iPad.
You can also check the volume on this screen and turn it up to make sure you can hear the audio.
Another thing to check on older iPads is to see if you have the mute switch on the side turned on. This is a small switch button, that you need to flip to unmute the iPad.
Check Sound in iPad Apps
Another thing that you should try to fix no sound coming from apps on your iPad is to see if there are volume options inside the app.
Sometimes you can mute an app’s music or background noises using the settings of an app. This is very common in many mobile games, which allow you to turn off some or all in-game sound.
- Open the app, go to the main menu and then tap on the settings and look for anything related to sound.
While you are doing this, you should also use the side volume buttons to try turning the volume up in the app. Sometimes the volume may simply be down, and this can solve it.
What to Do If You Still Don’t Have Sound on Your iPad
The next step is to backup your iPad to iTunes, and then do a factory reset to see if that solves the issues. From there you can restore a backup and get back to using your iPad with sound.
You can also schedule an appointment for help from Apple. If your iPad is less than a year old it should have a warranty on it, but even if it is older, Apple support can likely help you fix simple problems for free in store or possibly over the phone. Get in touch with Apple here.
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Robert Johnson
09/17/2011 at 2:07 pm
Awesome! Thanks for the help! This has been bugging me for SO SO long.
Brett
08/27/2012 at 5:18 am
how come no one who works for Apple know this?? I have been trying to fix this for the last 4 months and took me 10 secs with this advice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lisa
09/22/2012 at 12:52 pm
Works instantly!
Mary Murphy
05/01/2013 at 11:21 am
I don’t have a speaker icon. I have a landscape orientation icon. Everything else looks the same as the image above.
Sue
07/08/2013 at 3:24 pm
Same here, did you get help with this?
jbachynski
07/17/2013 at 5:15 pm
Yeah me too
kurteknikk
09/26/2013 at 3:03 pm
Same issue here, seems like an ios bug.
wackyfiasco
09/27/2013 at 11:16 am
I also have an orientation-lock instead of a speaker icon. Is it unique to iPad 1?
wackyfiasco
09/27/2013 at 11:29 am
UPDATE: I figured it out. The side switch controls are reversed in the settings, somehow. In settings under General, change the side switch control from mute to orientation lock. It’s backwards, I know, but that made the speaker icon appear, instead.
Aurora
10/31/2013 at 3:47 am
Thanks! My iPad works now.
Mochagirl
11/05/2013 at 7:09 pm
Thank you so much. I thought there was something wrong with my IPad. This was bugging me for a long time.
Ooz
06/18/2014 at 4:38 pm
thank you so much, dear WackyFiaso. You’re neither wack or a fiasco:) You’re a genius!
Terry
06/28/2014 at 8:10 pm
Thanks. This was driving me insane!
Stephanie
06/22/2015 at 3:58 pm
Thanks so much that was bugging the life out of me
Guest
09/22/2011 at 1:07 am
Thank you very much!
Plash Saikia
09/24/2011 at 4:55 pm
No, still there is no sound coming out from the inbuilt speaker. Please help. Email [email protected]
Palash Saikia
Assam, India
John
11/03/2012 at 3:21 pm
Cleaning the charge port and the audio plug in port with air/small toothpick fixed this for me.
Anonymous
09/26/2011 at 6:03 pm
Thank you very much for the tips. I almost wanna go to the Apple store to get their help, your tips was such a relieve to me, thanks again
Uptownvandal
09/27/2011 at 11:23 am
thank you!!! after resetting, restoring, re-booting, I finally found your thread! thought I was going to have to get a new ipad!!
Leena india
12/21/2012 at 6:52 pm
Nice..even i was wondering where speaker button has gone.thanks for letting me know hoe to get it.Josh it worked superawesome tks :)
Dlee
09/28/2011 at 6:15 pm
After hours of hair pulling I discovered you must have the hard button orientation lock in settings ON to see the soft mute button onscreen
Otherwise you see the orientation lock button onscreen in the lower left
Paulapips
10/27/2011 at 1:49 am
Thanks, your comment helped me, thanks again
Mom2threemiracles
11/02/2011 at 6:33 pm
Thank you for the tip! It worked!!! My kids were having a cow. Thank you! Thank you!
Sk Mhrj
01/14/2012 at 11:03 pm
im looking for the hard button orientation but can’t find it in settings, where is it??
cheers
Sk Mhrj
01/14/2012 at 11:06 pm
lol never mind got it, haha thank you xD
CassperNY
01/22/2012 at 6:31 am
GENERAL : Use Side Switch To : Lock Rotation
It took me forever to find it also.
Thanks!!!
Sarvesh01
04/13/2012 at 6:39 pm
Thanks. Your post saved me some hair.
Gg
09/06/2012 at 8:39 pm
I had the same problem great to have found this thread.. Especially the tips and responses like the orientation lock under general settings was set to mute had to change it and then i was able to view the sound icon after double tapping the home button..
jessymum
10/14/2012 at 12:20 am
Dlee – you are a LIFE SAFER – I was going bald quickly! :)
Mel
10/18/2012 at 1:42 pm
THANKS! This was the tip I needed!
Joanne Jacobson
11/03/2012 at 2:46 pm
Thanks Dlee – you provided the final solution to a very annoying problem. What did we do before Google!
Molly Lafley
11/11/2012 at 8:43 pm
Your solution about sliding the horizontal button turned on my iPad3 apps to play thru my speakers and not jut my earbuds. Thanks!
Cathy
11/28/2012 at 7:41 am
Thank you so much…to both you and Josh. I have never been a “tech” person. I leave that for my kids. But I’m learning to not be so intimidated by all of this. I have just started adding apps to our IPAD and was continually frustrated by this problem of no sound. Thanks to both of you and your advice, everything is working fine now. I agree with all the others’ comments-how amazing that a short 5-second fix was all we needed! Thank you again!
Leena india
12/21/2012 at 6:53 pm
Leena india 12/21/2012 at 6:52 pm
Nice..even i was wondering where speaker button has gone.thanks for letting me know hoe to get it.Josh it worked superawesome tks :)
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Kat
12/29/2012 at 11:41 am
Thank you, Dlee…I was having the same problem and didn’t know about this setting. Problem solved!
Jamie
12/31/2012 at 5:47 am
Thank you for this info. I was having issues with my apps no sound, but movies & music played fine. Did not know about “hard button orientation” so none of it worked until this last comment. Although my “mute” was not “on”, toggling it off & on seemed to do the trick! Saved me a 45 drive to Apple store.
nelan1
01/15/2013 at 2:17 pm
It din’t work for me my ipad is now locked in landscape!!!Where do I find the hardbutton orientation lock!!
Judy Hoskin
04/26/2013 at 6:46 pm
Thanks for the advice. You saved me the amount of hair pulling that you experienced.
Polmec
10/25/2011 at 7:53 pm
Thank you. I have been going crazy trying to get the apps sound back and you are the ONLY who made suggested this suggestion. IT WORKED!!! Thank you
polmec
Nimadayani
11/06/2011 at 3:16 pm
U r smart. I went to the apple store. They couldn’t figure it out either.
Ruggy
11/12/2011 at 3:13 am
Such a simple fix for such an annoying problem. Genius! Thx so much
Snowyt2002
11/17/2011 at 10:15 pm
Thanks so much. It’s not often that I can get good, accurate, and quick service that actually works. Once I rebooted after following your instructions, my iPad responded perfectly. Thanks again.
Chrissyvac
11/29/2011 at 8:32 am
Thank so much! Once I restarted my ipad it worked! Sound once again!
Gerry
12/10/2011 at 4:46 am
Fantastic! Your post helped us to resolve this problem on 30 iPads to be used at a conference!
Ms 0000
12/12/2011 at 10:57 pm
Yeaaahhh thanx didnt think about that my 18 month old had it and then no sound i was worried he broke something :)
Curvy Diva
12/13/2011 at 4:37 am
THANK YOU! I’d tried everything!
Kamalbhachu
12/27/2011 at 11:39 am
Thanks it worked for me
Jrush12000
12/28/2011 at 10:26 am
Thank you !!!!
Joanne Nagano
12/28/2011 at 1:02 pm
You are absolutely brilliant!! No other resource on the web forums gave workable advice. I followed your directions and it worked like a charm immediately. The solution was not intuitive. Thanks!!
Sbland314
01/01/2012 at 3:48 pm
Thanks for your help! I was getting really frustrated with no sounds coming from my apps.
Cutetcher
01/02/2012 at 1:46 pm
I have tried that and it still doesn’t work. Now what.
Andrewidi
01/05/2012 at 12:25 am
thank you… it is very help full for us, now my sound already working normaly.
Tiggernjado
01/05/2012 at 3:18 pm
Thank you so much, I bought my iPad off of Ebay and was thinking I got a bad deal…You saved me so much trouble I greatly appreciate it.
Grgck04
01/07/2012 at 8:40 am
Thanks for posting this. Very helpful.
[email protected]
01/14/2012 at 7:20 pm
Brilliant!!! I hate when things bug me for so long and the solution is so simple.
Dan
01/14/2012 at 10:38 pm
My iPad frequently goes soundless. No apparent reason. I power down and then power back up and it is fixed. It’s tiresome, but it works. The problem is Apple. They need to fix this. THey know about it, but ignore it.
They should come clean and admit the problem and give us a fix
Shyam
01/14/2012 at 11:52 pm
hey, i used your advice and the sound came back, however it continuously goes mute, and doesnt let me adjust the sound without earphones again and again.
any tips would help please??
Marcia
03/16/2013 at 8:03 pm
I cannot adjust the sound without the earplugs plugged in. When the earplugs are not plugged in, there is no slider to adjust the sound. This just started happening and it makes no difference whether the sound is muted or not. Is there any way to fix this?
Thanks in advance.
Mechtildes
01/15/2012 at 6:28 am
Thanx very much, i have. Read a hundred ideas, but you were the only one to explain so clear, my apps has sound again, and also i discoverd how to continue hearing music from you tube while navigating through other apss and safary.
Jim Waring
01/16/2012 at 1:42 pm
Ta very much , this was soooo annoying ….
RT
01/17/2012 at 9:23 am
Thanks for your informative help. I was so frustrated and was ready to redo a complete restore again with i tune. Thanks again. You have been a great help
Johnsonvinson
01/20/2012 at 9:10 am
It has a icon for the light and for a I pod what should I do for that
Michelle Skold
01/22/2012 at 3:43 am
Thank you so much! What a simple fix for a baffling issue. :)
Rachel Simpson300
01/23/2012 at 5:44 am
Hi. My iPhone 4 is having the same problem but the mute button doesn’t appear there. Any suggestions. Cheers r
SOngPrince
01/24/2012 at 8:06 pm
OMG. thank youuuuuuuuuu
Forsberg98
01/31/2012 at 2:37 pm
THANK YOU! I can’t tell you how long this has been bothering me!
Stephanie Darlington
02/04/2012 at 9:58 am
Amazing thank you!!
Summer
02/04/2012 at 1:57 pm
My Video App’s sound was cutting out after a minute or less and sliding the progress bar back would fix it for a few seconds. This Fix worked like a charm. You are my hero!
Paultinz
02/07/2012 at 1:23 am
You are a gem!Thank you so much!
Nancy Garza
02/07/2012 at 11:51 am
Great!! Thanks for your help!!!
Sidric The Viking
02/11/2012 at 5:37 am
Thank you. This was driving me nuts! I have nine machines I’ve been using for iPad classes and two of them were muted. Such a simple thing.
Sidric
Hfhfh
02/11/2012 at 9:13 pm
greaattttttt
Yasin
02/17/2012 at 2:56 am
Thank you but I cannot find speaker icon on the far left of my iPad
Joyce
09/01/2012 at 9:24 pm
I didn’t have one either until I “locked rotation” then it appeared. Go figure!
Professor
02/18/2012 at 1:38 am
Thank-you thank-you thank-you !
Fred
02/18/2012 at 8:00 am
I called vodafone who referred me to Apple for this problem. Apple employees advised me to restore my iPad. I expected a simpler solution and you provided it. It is astonishing that Apple pay people who cannot solve such an easy problem. Thank you for saving so much hassle as I planned to send it back. Thank you. apple should give you a job training their staff
Bigweed61
02/24/2012 at 3:55 am
Thank you. I thought I broke my iPad plugging it into a dock yesterday for the first time. Phew
Ktchem
02/24/2012 at 5:55 pm
Thank you so much! Such an easy fix (once you know about it).
Cyber
02/28/2012 at 1:51 pm
Boom!!! exactly what I needed
Angeleila1
03/05/2012 at 6:09 pm
Thank you so much! I thought my earphones were busted.
jigs
03/10/2012 at 5:03 am
Thanks in a million
none
03/12/2012 at 6:09 am
Yea…I have been having this problem for much…what a quick and easy fix…duh! THANKS!
JP
03/14/2012 at 8:34 am
Wow. Thanks! This is crazy stuff. I had to go into General Settings and change “Use Side Switch to:” from “Lock Rotation” to “Mute.” Why in the world would that make a difference? But the change seems to have worked. Yay!
RM
03/18/2012 at 3:48 pm
Instant fix you are a star!
Mtqinaz
03/30/2012 at 5:00 pm
You are awesome!!!!! I was going crazy not having app sound!!! Woo hoo ty Ty Ty !!!
Attiecarrivick
04/02/2012 at 6:07 am
I don’t have a speaker icon only, sorry just found how to change it and yep,it was muted. Thank you so much. This was so easy to fix once I knew how.
Nichole
03/04/2013 at 9:45 am
This is the same for me. Can I ask how you changed it? Thank you
Jasa Michelle
04/07/2012 at 5:26 am
Awesome. This was the only suggestion that actually worked…out of all the forums. Thanks!!
MakalaAtkins
04/07/2012 at 11:07 pm
I still need help
Marc in Italy
04/08/2012 at 2:26 am
Fixed – Thank you!
Francesca M.
04/08/2012 at 5:17 pm
Thank you!
Hungry Hippo
04/10/2012 at 2:15 am
Thank you – it was so perplexing why the kids’ apps weren’t working yet my music was! Problem fixed, very grateful.
Points_johnson
04/12/2012 at 8:08 pm
Thank you! That was so easy and helpful!
Anon
04/12/2012 at 11:15 pm
Thank you so much! My 3 year old accidentally muted all of her educational apps and I could not figure out how to fix it for weeks! How she managed it I will never know, but I greatly appreciate you for knowing how to fixit.
Raugl Kishore
04/17/2012 at 4:06 am
Thank you
GG
04/17/2012 at 10:14 pm
thanks a lot, it really helped.
spartan10072
04/18/2012 at 11:03 am
thanks very much my 8 year old changed something and i called apple and they told me they could help but it would cost 29.95 to fix you fixed it for free thank you thank you
Slater_20
04/20/2012 at 3:26 pm
I had this problem and your advice really helped but now when I turn the volume down on the iPad it doesn’t change?? The volume stays the same even when the volume is completely down?? Please help!!!
Edsmith327
04/22/2012 at 2:36 pm
Still having trouble I did what u said but there’s no picture of a speaker. it has a circled arrow and it say when tapped on it portrait orientation locked or unlocked please help still no sound out of apps
Denise
04/24/2012 at 11:06 am
You said, “Double tap the home button” —– I have an iPad — but do not understand what the “home” button is. I have a power “button,” audio “button” and a lock “button.” What am I missing??
Velo
04/26/2012 at 7:02 am
Thank you. I downloaded a bunch of apps for my grandchild and could not get the sound. This worked!!
Mdworks
04/26/2012 at 6:27 pm
Much respec my boss
Jazzy
04/27/2012 at 11:15 am
wow, that was soooo easy! Thanks so much!
Nicikola
04/28/2012 at 4:47 pm
Thanks this really fix the problem!,
London_salsa
04/29/2012 at 6:05 am
Thanks for the help getting my sound working with my language apps! It was driving me crazy!
Cherngo20
05/01/2012 at 9:26 am
Thank you for this. This article helped me!
QDdd
05/02/2012 at 2:43 pm
Thank you!
This was driving me crazy, now its fixed!
Marilyn
05/06/2012 at 10:56 am
Thanks, Josh: your suggestion to double click home and unite the speaker solved my silent iPad problem. M
James
05/06/2012 at 6:48 pm
For those of you that do not see a speaker icon, simply go to the settings icon and the go down to the section where you will see rotation and probably mute. The mute is probably checked. Click on the rotation and the once again following the instructions on this site and you will now see the speaker icon with a slash on it. Click on it and try your app and it will work now
Mary Murphy
05/01/2013 at 11:28 am
Found the speaker icon. Still no sound. =-(
Pam
05/08/2012 at 3:40 pm
Thank you SO much! I wonder how the settings got changed in the first place?
Tanya
05/10/2012 at 4:21 am
Wow, thanks! My three year old changed something, he has a knack for changing the weirdest most obscure settings and I can’t for the life of me figure out how to fix them.
Your solution worked the first time. Thanks again.
Ruth
05/12/2012 at 1:54 am
Thank you. I wasn’t sure which button was “HOME”. And then I tried to swipe Left to Right on the screen rather than at the bottom with the icons.
Third try, it worked. Many thanks.
Maggie
05/12/2012 at 7:03 am
I looked at the settings, mute is checked but I still don’t show speaker…. Help I have the new ipad
Mary
05/26/2014 at 5:18 pm
Go to general and then click lock rotation and mute will uncheck and this will check and sound should work good luck
Susanne
05/12/2012 at 7:54 am
Thank you! I was going crazy trying to figure out the lack of sound. I appreciate your assistance and clear instructions.
Tessa
06/01/2012 at 12:33 am
Don’t seem to have the mute icon although have found mute in settings and it is checked but am unable to uncheck…help!
Asa
05/12/2012 at 2:36 pm
THANKS ALOT!!! I THOUGHT IT WAS BROKEN!!!!!!!!!! Mute was already checked, however, the rotation lock button appeared when I double-tapped the home button, so I check the ‘rotation lock’ & the mute button appeared. Apple must have made a mistake and switched them around, hopefully the next update will fix this issue!
Annie
05/13/2012 at 1:19 pm
Thank you…it was such a mystery because some things had audio and some didn’t…the mute option solved the problem!!
74zones
05/16/2012 at 5:43 am
Hat off to you Josh. I was going through all the usual menu settings and no clear sign of why volume on games wasn’t working. Such a simple fix but not obvious since other apps worked with volume!
Rich
05/16/2012 at 9:24 pm
Thank you!
I’ve been up all night trying to figure this out and that was it!
You saved me a night’s sleep and a nervous breakdown!
jim
05/17/2012 at 12:12 am
TO CLARIFY WHAT Asa SAYS: If it’s only showing the ‘rotation lock’, go to SETTINGS and you will find it has a toggle for bottom swipe, either ‘rotation lock’ or MUTE. Change it so MUTE is checked instead. Then go back to the original instructions above!
Double tap the home button,
Swipe from left to right,
Tap the speaker icon to the far left
It should show “Mute Off” below the play button
Listen to app sound once again
Les
05/30/2012 at 7:30 pm
Awesome solution. never would have figured that out in a million years. Thank you so much!
jeani
05/18/2012 at 7:24 pm
LOVE U
Morgan
05/19/2012 at 6:59 pm
Oh my goodness!!!!! You are an absolute lifesaver!!!!!!!! I have been fighting with my ipad for days on this. Somehow all of my kids programs were muted, but my video ones were fine. Of course this led to “mommy fix it” which led to “hubby fix it” which didn’t work. I would pay you if I could!
Sarah
05/22/2012 at 2:27 pm
Thank you so much, I was going crazy! My mute / rotation is switched too, would never have sussed it so I’m happy as larry now. You are all stars! X
ARt
05/23/2012 at 8:39 pm
Aesome, this totally did the trick!!!
hoomun
05/24/2012 at 2:58 am
tnx worked
aitchang
05/24/2012 at 12:05 pm
I had been worried about my ipad and dont wat to do on how to fix the sounds. Thankyou soo much. I
Nathanlai
05/26/2012 at 12:19 am
U r awesome!
Nicole
05/26/2012 at 7:00 am
Thank you so much,it’s been me crazy!!!
Jim De.
05/26/2012 at 7:28 pm
I have the grunts and groans in Temple Run back!!! Thanks!!!!
Johanna
05/26/2012 at 9:03 pm
Yayyyyyy it worked thank u
brealei
05/27/2012 at 5:03 pm
Thank you so much! Hulu volume wasn’t working and i was considerring unsubscribing!
David h
05/29/2012 at 10:40 am
I have done this, even changed the options . Still I has no sound. There is no option to slide the volume up or down.
Kay
11/11/2012 at 2:31 am
Same problem for me too
Sandip
05/31/2012 at 11:44 am
Thanks!
emma
06/01/2012 at 5:17 am
thank you!!! now my baby will enjoy the sounds of the books that i downloaded for her.
Chew
06/01/2012 at 8:34 am
I’m facing sound problem also. When I fix the sound, the screen can’t rotate. When I fixing the screen, the sound can’t work. Any idea how to set it got sound and the screen can rotate?
Chreebob
06/02/2012 at 9:24 pm
You need to turn the slide switch on. It is next to the volume buttons on the side of the iPad 2. Then follow the directions above.
Trent
08/25/2012 at 6:55 am
I am new to apple os. I was also having sound issues, but got it figured out inside settings to get the sound icon to show up. Then the screen orientation was locked. I never noticed the small switch just above the volume buttons. Turned it on its side, bam, there it was. Now my volume AND screen are fixed. THANKS
Ann
06/01/2012 at 9:10 pm
Thank you so much! My iPad is just out of warranty and this was something I have reset several times in settings and it never took. Do u have any ideas how many times I have reset this ipad back to factory settings? 6 times toooo many
JM
06/02/2012 at 6:20 pm
THANKS JOSH!
Mehtab
06/02/2012 at 11:40 pm
Many thanks for the useful tip
Jiefang79
06/06/2012 at 9:35 pm
A BIG THANK YOU! Thanks for the tip. It solved my problem.
nanqueen
06/08/2012 at 2:22 pm
Big thank you, glad to have found this simple tip after trying several restarts!
Tom
06/08/2012 at 10:13 pm
Thank you sir, This was so easy yet hard for us that have no clue how it was turned on in the first place, I had never seen that sound bar before.
Richard
06/09/2012 at 1:04 pm
What happens in my case is that there is no slider for the sound in the controller. The slider grove is there but not the slider. Any ideas?
Diego Medeiros
06/11/2012 at 10:49 am
Thanks! This article saved me!
Dina
06/13/2012 at 5:22 pm
Thanks for your help!.it solved my problem!
Alex
06/15/2012 at 10:46 am
Thank you! Gracias.
Harris
06/16/2012 at 6:46 pm
Thank you so mush. This worked after reboots and syncs didn’t!
Mrs.J
06/18/2012 at 7:13 pm
Thanks, worked wonderfully!
Matty d
06/18/2012 at 8:37 pm
I tried that. When I slide to the left I dont have a sound icon but rather a lock logo that I can select to lock it to portrait mode or not. Why is mine different?
Nigel L
06/23/2012 at 10:39 am
Im experiencing the same thing
SeanMike
07/09/2012 at 12:41 pm
If you are like me, you have iPad 1. Have not found fix yet – please let me know if you do!
SeanMike
07/09/2012 at 1:12 pm
Seconds after posting, I fixed the problem, which has been going on for over a month! It was the little lock slider button above the volume control on the side that I never use! This controls strictly the app sounds, I guess… when it is on, the on-screen volume indicator will continue to go up & down, but it is not referring to app sounds.
Rosiecakes
06/19/2012 at 7:35 pm
THANK YOU!! SO GLAD!
Noj
06/20/2012 at 8:22 am
Lifesaver !!!!!!
springrowell
06/20/2012 at 7:59 pm
Awesome…so simple and it helped with the car trip!
Awolnick
06/21/2012 at 5:44 pm
Tried the fix for no sound. But when I slide to left I have an orientation lock button. Guess i am stuck with earphones?
Ali
06/22/2012 at 1:13 am
Thanks. Problem solve
Ali
06/22/2012 at 1:14 am
Thanks. Problem solve!
Lisa Clarkson
06/23/2012 at 12:52 pm
Heads up, if you look at the bar and only have the “orientation lock”, try going to Settings > General > then USE SIDE SWITCH TO: and change that to “Lock Rotation”.
Then look at the bottom bar again and you should have the mute icon.
Terri Barrett
06/27/2012 at 2:03 am
WOW, mine had the orientation lock also, so I followed your instructions and I am a VERY HAPPY CAMPER!!! Thank You so very much. I was at my wits end, thinking my little Grandson had surely ruined my IPad for good! WHEW!!!!!:)
Marla
05/14/2014 at 7:30 pm
I got my iPad the problem no sound I tried everything but is not work and I seen something near the battery is got logo luck I don’t know a how to fix my I pad please help me I appreciate
janine
06/29/2012 at 5:53 am
i did what you said but whenever i turned off the mute the rotation is on so i couldnt rotate then if i turn off the lock rotation then there is no sound! what to do???
Lu
06/29/2012 at 5:59 pm
Yay..Ithoughtibwas solo stupid!
Sanjay Kadel
07/01/2012 at 10:24 pm
Thank You! Very! Much!
I thought there is a problem with the hardware but you reinforced my confidence in the hardware of Apple!
I Hope Apple is equally thankful to people like You!
Jan
07/04/2012 at 2:22 pm
Thank you so much!
Azra
07/07/2012 at 8:47 am
There is a small button on the right where the volume control is…switch that to where there is no red dot showing and your problem of “not rotating but has volume’ should be solved :)
Lauri
07/10/2012 at 11:16 am
A million thank you……. Everything else failed. Thanks
GmaC
07/11/2012 at 7:17 pm
You were more helpful than my IPad help site! Thank you! My granddaughter will enjoy her children’s songs so much more with sound!
Jim
07/19/2012 at 7:41 pm
Thank you soooooooo much! You’re our hero.
Raul
07/21/2012 at 4:32 am
Hi, I was having this problem and followed your instructions, and it worked!!! Thank you so very much.
Manoj
07/22/2012 at 1:42 am
Awesome I solved sound problem with your instructions.
Thank you very much.
Sri Lakshmi
07/24/2012 at 3:42 pm
Thanks for your tip
It has worked for me
NancyS
07/25/2012 at 8:02 am
Thank you so much for your tip. It was extremely helpful and definitely fixed the problem.
Ryad
07/30/2012 at 7:44 am
This didn’t work at all, to start off, my iPad doesn’t even have the button on the picture shown, instead of a music note and sound button, I have a rotation sign and an iPod?
shari
07/30/2012 at 6:19 pm
You rock! I’ve been trying to fix this problem for 2 weeks.
Jean Parker
08/01/2012 at 12:59 am
Now that I have sound back on my apps it seems that I am stuck in the position where I have to put up with my rotation being turned off or my mute (as shown in your pic) being turned on. Up until today I was able to have rotation plus the sound on all my apps. Can you explain why this issomebody please.
dizzydragon987
05/09/2013 at 5:34 pm
There is a lock rotation button on a part of your iPad or iPad a switch
Jean Parker
08/01/2012 at 1:10 am
Now that I have sound back on my apps it seems that I am stuck in the position where I have to put up with my rotation being turned off or my mute (as shown in your pic) being turned on. Up until today I was able to have rotation plus the sound on all my apps. Can you explain why this issomebody please. So pleased to tell you that I just saw my answer a few posts back by azra and moved the little button above the volume button on the upper right side of the iPad and lo and behold I have my rotation back. What a performance! Thankyou all!
Jean Parker
08/01/2012 at 9:00 am
It seems that if you go to settings on iPad you can swap the actions of the little switch located just above your volume control from controlling mute (on/off) to controlling rotation (on/off) and when you tick rotation off in general settings your little switch controls rotation and when you tick mute in settings your little switch controls mute. Hence the appearance of either symbol on the left of your music control when you swipe from left to right after double tapping your Home button. The symbol will indicate rotation if your little switch controls mute and the symbol will indicate speaker if the switch controls rotation. Therein lies the answer to all the puzzlement. It makes me laugh to think that even apple people couldn’t help some of you suffering the frustration of not knowing what was going on.
WillT
08/03/2012 at 11:06 am
Please update the instructions at the top to include info about changing the side lock switch in settings from “Lock Rotation” to “Mute”. Some of us don’t get the Mute icon, but get the Lock Rotation icon until this setting is changed!
dizzydragon987
05/09/2013 at 5:36 pm
There is a lock rotation button like a switch on ur iPad or iPod
Laura Lane
08/06/2012 at 5:48 am
Thanks for the help. I was going crazy trying to fix the sounds on certain apps. It worked fine for music, but that was it. After reading and following your instructions listed here, every app sound is back to working the way it should be.
Marlyne
08/11/2012 at 12:23 pm
Finally my iPad has sound! After I downloaded the new iOS software and lost all sound on apps. I have spent so much time on trying to figure why sound did not get downloaded. Apple/ iPad’ troubleshooting had no solutions until I found your website! Did not know I had this hidden feature. It would be great if apple would tell people about iPads hidden features
Thanks a million!!!!
Jen
08/12/2012 at 9:10 am
Can’t get back the ringer vol. Keep showing headphone vol. No sound :( Help…
Deven D.
08/13/2012 at 3:03 am
I have been going crazy for months trying to figure out what was wrong. I came here and you helped me fix it in seconds. THANK YOU SO MUCH JOSH.
DDC
Lawrence
08/18/2012 at 10:25 pm
Appreciated. Much better than apple website. Thanks
Joan
08/19/2012 at 12:27 am
Thank you – strange but true.
If your Pad refuses to change orientation in certain apps this can be rectified by double-tapping the home button, closing all apps, and swiping left to right a couple of times. Also strange but true.
Amber Logsdon
08/22/2012 at 7:41 am
Thanks so much!! I was getting super frustrated before reading this.
John
08/27/2012 at 4:53 pm
Many thanks… my ears work much better now! ;-)
Josh
08/27/2012 at 8:00 pm
Awesome iPad3 iOS 5.1.1 hint, also what a stupid and annoying little quirk. Boo on Apple for such a useless feature. Thanks a million mate!
Nicci
09/11/2012 at 11:29 am
Thank you so much!!! I’ve been trying to figure this out for a couple of months!
Ed
09/15/2012 at 3:09 pm
Thanks, Your advice worked and is greatly appreciated.
IP
09/19/2012 at 8:30 am
Thank you! My 18 month old daughter just got hear app sounds back! lol
Jamie
09/21/2012 at 3:59 am
All this did not work for me. Here is what I did. I powered off completely by holding the standby button for about 5 seconds. The power off option came on and I powered off. Wait arbour 30 seconds, then power on again by holding the standby button for about 5 seconds, a broken apple sign comes up, wait a few seconds for your pin no request to come up and follow the instructions to power up again. My sound came back. It is just like rebooting your computer. Awesome. I hope this helps someone.
tara
09/21/2012 at 10:44 pm
thank you!!
Rebecca E Aldrich Hansen
09/22/2012 at 7:24 pm
You rock! Thanks!
Mike
09/27/2012 at 5:19 pm
Worked. Thanks! But now my orientation is locked. Is it possible to unlock it AND have the sound work?
Max's Mom
09/28/2012 at 10:05 pm
Oh my goodness. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! This is the most ANNOYING problem I’ve had with my son’s iPad – he depends on his apps to communicate and learn at school – and now it’s FINALLY FIXED!! I’m bookmarking this solution for the future. Wonderful help!! THANKS AGAIN!!
Ruchita
10/03/2012 at 12:12 am
Thank you so much.
Ashley
10/05/2012 at 10:51 pm
Amazing. Thank you SO very much! This has been stumping me forever!
RobW
10/06/2012 at 10:11 pm
I can hear sound with music, Skype, you tube, etc, but am unable to record any sound eg with movies on my camera, and no sound being sent from me when I Skype?
MissMal
10/09/2012 at 5:46 am
Guys if you’ve tried all this and still didn’t work, just turn your iPad on and off and voila, worked like magic
Phil
10/18/2012 at 3:20 pm
Jamie, THANK YOU SO MUCH !! Nothing was working for me ! Apple-people told me to restore, what I found stupidly heavy for one six-months old ipad3 ! I tried your advice and IT WORKS ! Jamie, thank you so much !
Lily
10/22/2012 at 6:30 am
I cannot Thank you enough . we tried everything. reboot,u name it.. almost gave up
You made my 8 year old son happy.. Thank you so much…
onah
10/23/2012 at 1:37 am
ur great! thanks a lot
R Harmsen
10/24/2012 at 8:34 am
Need we say more? Joe Smith es lo mejor! Gracias amigo.
Missy
10/28/2012 at 9:17 am
Thank you very much for your generosity in sharing your knowledge with us.
Rob Tate
11/01/2012 at 12:51 pm
I don’t see a mute button where you say. I only see what looks like a rotation lock. I’m having the sound problem in my Facebook app, but I don’t have a soft mute button like you say I should.
R
Mario
11/02/2012 at 6:34 pm
Muchas gracias por el tip!
Renz Perez
11/03/2012 at 10:23 pm
I don’t have a volume adjustment.. Heeeeellllpp
Niall
11/17/2012 at 11:21 am
Thanks a million for the fix, you just made my four year old sons day,
Ian
11/22/2012 at 3:32 am
I dont have the ‘speaker / mute button” just the lock screen orientation button ;-)
Marie
12/08/2012 at 1:58 pm
Me either, this is driving me crazy
Desnee Pennells
11/27/2012 at 10:37 am
Thank you soooooo much, like the others I thought I was going mad, you deserve a Star. My twin grandaughters would have been very disappointed at not being able to hear their stories and songs.
Reynaldo S. Aniciete
11/27/2012 at 2:39 pm
got it thanks a lot mabuhay
Russell
11/29/2012 at 4:06 am
you’re a genius! thanks for sharing…
Gh
12/17/2012 at 8:06 pm
Awesome thanks!
Charles
12/28/2012 at 2:07 pm
Did all that, and restored it, still broken….off to applestore…
Mort Castle
12/28/2012 at 9:48 pm
Thank you for knowledge & clarity of expression. & for sharing.
Mort
Carol
12/29/2012 at 3:14 pm
Seriously, I have been monkeying around with this for hours. Two seconds on your advice. Thank you so much!
Jenna
01/01/2013 at 9:21 am
I have had this problem before and was able to fix it. Just how u say to with the mute button. It worked for a long time. Now only my music plays. I get no sound from apps or videos….. Ughhh now what
Atif
01/12/2013 at 4:34 am
Thanks a lot, save me trouble. This had been bothering me from past week. My kids must have some how mute it. Good job keep it up
Travis von Pimpin
01/20/2013 at 10:49 am
It is VERY IMPORTANT TO Note: you can change what the switch by your volume does with the settings described here. mine was muted and changed to the swtich. it is by defult for the mini, but thanks a ton! that’s why some apps had sound and some not
Doris
01/20/2013 at 3:05 pm
Josh, you are a genius! Thanks a million!
Cynthia Campbell
01/25/2013 at 11:18 pm
I have the mute icon after double-tapping home but it is already unmuted. On the slidebar to the right of that menu it shows it down all the way. On the example shown at the top of this thread there is a volume icon beneath that slidebar. I don’t have that icon showing up on my menu. Any thoughts on how to fix that? Still no sound. :(
Dennis Oliver
01/27/2013 at 12:48 pm
Brilliant, sorted for me too. thanks very much.
jen
02/04/2013 at 4:29 am
tnx…but still the same…no sounds…annoying becauseonly headphone can use not the apeaker…please help
Nancy
02/06/2013 at 2:03 pm
Thank you SO much, I have reset my iPad SO many times, and dreaded taking it to the apple store, this worked and took only a min!!!!
Maureen
02/16/2013 at 1:49 pm
Super easy directions worked right away!!! Thank you for sharing!
Ganesh
02/28/2013 at 4:40 am
Thnx,i have solve my problem,its very Helpful…….
Glabella
03/02/2013 at 3:26 pm
I have done everything and u have no sound nothing :-(
Pokeguy56
03/20/2013 at 3:51 pm
It stil isn’t working I reset my iPad to its factory contusions and still no sound I checked the lock but still nothing. I can only hear the riggtone and the audio on FaceTime but everything e
We has no sound plz help
Ana
04/08/2013 at 11:14 pm
Thanks a million!! I was going crazy but your tip help me and it worked =)
Bill Mount
04/18/2013 at 8:19 am
Well, this is interesting. When I follow the steps above, I don’t see a Speaker icon on the far left. I see a “lock orientation” button. My iPad looks exactly like the picture above except for that one difference. I can’t find a speaker icon anywhere. I wonder what that’s all about. Does anybody have any suggestions? Thanks.
Silhouttez
04/27/2013 at 9:40 pm
Thanks a lot man,im been so confused and this method works very well,^^
Terry Elliott
04/29/2013 at 5:17 pm
Do the above I get no mute button it is lock rotation, just update apple software late week now it quiet, I called apple an in about 5 seconds the tech said it is a software problem you can buy a 1 year $99, 2 year $169 or 3 year $249 fun in about 5 second he know ????
Hatattat
05/06/2013 at 2:47 am
Sounds like you know your stuff but I have opposite problem: keyboard and internal sounds work but Hulu and Netflix apps don’t…ever run across this one?
dizzydragon987
05/09/2013 at 3:04 pm
Thank you it finally worked everything other people were saying wasn’t helping me
Keepitlit
05/13/2013 at 2:44 pm
Worked Instantly – What a Guy!!
Josh
05/31/2013 at 3:34 pm
Thank u !
Lorraine Paradowski
06/02/2013 at 6:50 pm
Thank you!!! I thought I was going to have to take my iPad into the store for repairs & worried about the cost. The fix was so easy!
Loy
06/22/2013 at 5:40 am
Tried everything, still no sound….plssssss help :(
Jon Salem
07/27/2013 at 8:45 am
I have tried everything from cleaning port w/toothbrush to restarting My ipad as a new one. Nothing works. When I restart it by pressing the home button and side button. The apple logo appears and the sound bar restores for about 15 seconds then it disappears. The sound works with earphones and wireless speaker, but that’s it.
Liliana Garcia
08/07/2013 at 8:29 am
Thanks! It is a simple problem which make me do a reset etc and you offer us a easy solution which most of us did’t know at all.
John Stanley
08/13/2013 at 11:24 am
I had the problem described above”; no sound or slider button when no plug is in the sound-out socket but everything OK when headphones are connected. As a desperate last resort I used an aerosol air ‘brush’ in both the charger socket and the sound socket and, hey presto, it’s working again. Clearly, it must be possible to have a short across some contacts in the charger socket or maybe something preventing a restoration of speaker contacts after the headphone plus is withdrawn. The bottom line is to keep all sockets clean from fluff or possibly grit or dust.
Stan
Nyl Cruz
08/19/2013 at 3:55 am
Thanks You!
Jason S
08/21/2013 at 5:54 pm
I had very low volume when using Music and Netflix. The solution was to go to Settimgs -> Music -> Volume limit and move the slider for Max volume.
rahuldjpapa
08/24/2013 at 10:48 pm
thanks man it really helped just found that sound option in settings general then mute then do the above process.it fixed the problem
Chao
08/26/2013 at 9:01 am
Thank you so much!!!
Agssr
09/04/2013 at 3:03 pm
My ipad 2 just lost its sound I have no idea what to do help me?
Pd
09/12/2013 at 10:13 pm
It took me longer to scroll down to post this comment than to fix the sound issue. Great tip
Kori
11/08/2013 at 7:55 am
Worked. Thanks! But now my orientation is locked. Is it possible to unlock it AND have the sound work at the same time?
June
12/17/2013 at 10:42 am
This fix doesn’t work for iOS 7. I have my iPad mini set to lock screen with side button. When I look at the control centre sound not locked. I have had sound with Skype & safari, not Facebook!! What gives?
Brenda
01/18/2014 at 6:20 am
OMG … I had been trying for quite some time to figure this out. My special needs son was getting worked up now knowing what was taking me so long to fix it. You saved the say! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Bill
03/01/2014 at 11:37 am
Thank you I thought I pad was broken but all up and running now
Lulu
05/22/2014 at 8:14 pm
My iPad has no sound unless I pug the head phones in .
Not sure what to do. Please help!!
Janeyce Tyler
07/22/2014 at 9:36 pm
It’s still not working what do I do?
Sharon
12/02/2014 at 9:17 am
Thank you for this, worked great :)
Dadra Smith
12/26/2014 at 10:47 am
Help – we have selective mute on a iPod Touch 5th generation – sound works except on vine and snap chat – but can hear those with headphones. This is my daughter’s Christmas present :(
Kk
01/30/2015 at 7:06 am
Brilliant thanks this was really annoying me after my children got hold of the ipad and silenced it during their games, took me ages to find your advice, thanks so much
Tammy
07/09/2015 at 8:32 am
Thank you so much!!!!!
Serif
08/27/2015 at 7:57 am
This quick solution didn’t work for my Apple mini. For 10 mins been trying this and nothing works.
Marianne Amelia Davies
01/03/2016 at 12:43 pm
Thank you Whackyfiasco…got the sound back…now need to work out how to get S4C clic app to work again!
Willard Grant
02/24/2016 at 4:38 pm
Thanks you really helped me out
Fardowsa
05/06/2016 at 2:19 pm
Can somebody just tell me how to do this bitch ass sound for the stupid Apple IPad
bluesageacademy
06/29/2016 at 8:09 pm
Sooo helpful! This was driving me crazy!
Mike Yancey
10/25/2016 at 10:03 am
Didn’t work
albem
02/10/2017 at 5:36 am
thank you very much….
Maureen
03/21/2017 at 5:33 am
My menu looked different … had to pull up from bottom of page and not left to right swipe. Menu looked a little different but found it … thanks!!