IPad 2 "stuck" on mute and how I fixed it.

Did not see a discussion related to this, so forgive me if I'm addressing something that's already been addressed.
Sometimes I notice that I'm not getting sound from my apps, even with the sound turned up. I discovered that this happens when the side switch is set to "lock rotation."
What happens is, if I have the sound already muted and then go into settings to change the function of the side switch from "mute" to "lock rotation," the system remains in mute. Turning up and down the volume has no effect.
The work-around for me is to go back into settings, change the function of the side switch back to "mute," and then toggle the switch until the screen indicates I am off mute.
Then I can return to settings, once again change the slide switch function to "lock rotation," and use the volume up/down button to mute or unmute the sound.
IMO, this is a bug. To me, when the system is muted, and the function of the switch is changed to "lock rotation," the volume up/down button should then enable the user to "volume up" to turn off mute.
Hope this helps someone.

In IOS-2, the mechanical switch controlled the auto rotation on/off. Mute was a soft switch.
In IOS-3, the mechanical switch controlled the mute. Auto-rotate on/off was a soft switch. This was Apple's effort to get some consistency among all IOS devices.
Thie ability of the user to change the function of the switch was introduced with IOS-4 to satisfy the vast multitude of whiners that wanted to control the auto rotation with the mechanical switch rather than a software switch. I am not kidding when I say that posters alleged that they turned auto-rotate on and off a hundred times each day and they wanted the convenience of doing it with the mechanical switch.

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Godly19 wrote:
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