Silent mode is a great feature as it helps your phone to stay quiet in places such as libraries, lessons, etc. When you switch on Silent Mode, your iPhone will vibrate instead. Of course, many people need to have their phone with the sound all the time, especially, if they’re waiting for an important call or text, Silent Mode should be turned off.

You might not be aware of how Silent Mode gets turned on or off. There are also some cases when users accidentally switch on the Silent Mode when they need to have their phone with sound.

How to switch off Silent Mode on iPhone

The process of disabling Silent Mode is quite straightforward. It can be done by moving a button on the side of your iPhone. You may have noticed this button above your volume buttons.

Moving this button can cause the ringer to be turned on and off. When the ringer is on, your iPhone will make a sound when it receives a text or a call. When it’s off, there would be no sound, only vibration.

If you want to turn off Silent Mode, you should just toggle the switch. If you see orange, Silent Mode is on.

To turn it off, just toggle the switch so that you can’t see any orange. Silent Mode will be off and your iPhone will make noises again.

Why your iPhone may not ring

Sometimes, even if your Silent Mode is off, your iPhone may still not ring. Fortunately, there are some methods to solve this issue. Those solutions would be mentioned in the section below:

Make sure Do Not Disturb is switched off

The Do Not Disturb feature on iPhone turns off sound and vibration for call, text, and app notifications. Your iPhone won’t ring on incoming calls in case you’ve accidentally switched on the DND mode.

If you want to check this, you should head to Control Center and see if the crescent moon icon is purple with its box lit up. If the icon is purple, that means DND is switched on. If you want to switch it off, you should click on this box. Since then, the sound should be renewed on your iPhone when you receive any calls.

Disconnect Bluetooth audio devices

There are some cases when users use their Bluetooth audio devices connected to their iPhone, so their income call ringtone outputs through these instead of the phone speaker. This mostly happens with non-Apple headphones that do not automatically sense when you’re wearing them.

If you want to disconnect all wireless devices, you can do it by heading to the Control Center and clicking on the Bluetooth icon. If you want to disconnect devices separately, you should open the Settings, and then you should head to Bluetooth.

After the Bluetooth devices have been disconnected, the incoming call ringtone should normally make noise through your iPhone’s speakers.

Turn the ringtone volume up

If you hear only a quiet tone for incoming calls, it can be solved. To increase the ring volume, you should follow the steps which would be mentioned in the section below:

• First of all, you should open Settings and then click on Sounds & Haptics. On older iPhone models, this is named Sounds.

• After that, you should pull the Ringer and Alerts slider to the right. The further right it’s, the closer your ringtone is to the max volume.
• It’s also possible to switch off Change with Buttons. By doing this, you can be sure that you won’t lower the ringtone volume via the physical volume buttons. When this option is switched on, the volume buttons only change the volume for media, not your ringtone.

Try switch off calls on other devices

Sometimes, users may have switched on the option which lets their Mac receive iPhone calls. If you disable this feature, it may help to solve the issue. So, if you want to switch off calls on other devices, you should follow the steps which would be mentioned in the section below:

• First of all, you should open Settings and click on Phone on your iPhone.

• After that, you should click on Calls on Other Devices.
• To complete the process, you should switch off Allow Calls on Other Devices.

Why should you keep Silent Mode turned off

Having Silent Mode off when you’re waiting for an important call or text is helpful. It also may help users who usually keep their devices somewhere far from their hands. In this way, they’ll always be notified if someone’s calling them.

However, there are some situations where Silent Mode is necessary, like at the movies or in a meeting. Moreover, Silent Mode is easy to alter, and it’s always possible to turn it on and off whenever you need it.