Blackberry Curve 8520 - Volume Button (increase/up) not working

The increase (top one) volume button on the side of the phone does not work. The decrease volume button work fine. For example, I open up media player, put on an mp3, but it is too low to be able to hear so I click the volume button to increase it but it just does nothing. I have threw my Blackberry once or twice in frustration since I got it for Christmas. I imagine this might have something to do with the fault but I don't know for sure. Hoping someone could help us here. How can I get this fixed?

Hi.
I've had the same problem on my 8520. I'm pretty sure the handheld hasn't been dropped/abused.
I fixed it the first time by setting the Key Tone in Options|Screen/Keyboard settings to On then back to Off (a bizarre fix I saw on another bulletin board, but amazingly it worked).
However, it happened again a week or two later and the same fix didn't work a second time.
I've just reloaded the OS (5.0.0.1036) but made no difference.
Does anyone have any ideas? Would be v.grateful....
Simon

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My name is Hamza Qureshi. I am using blackberry curve 8520.
My service provider is Airtel Prepaid.I am facing some problems when i am using 2g plan in my curve 8520 then except browser not a single application is not working like (whatapp, wechat, line, operamine browser) not a single 1. May i know the reason?
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Today the volume up button on right side of my Curve 8520 no longer works. Is there a fix? Is there another way I can control my volume when listening to music? I really don't want to replace my current Curve if I can. Please help
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Thanks for the reply unleashurself,
When listening to music, listening to voice notes or watching video's there is no sound. When I push on the up volume button, volume does not go up & little speaker icon on bottom right of screen shows no bars (ie: no sound)
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Hey Estelle59,
Welcome to the BlackBerry® Support Community Forums.
I would suggest doing a clean reload of the BlackBerry® device software as shown here: http://btsc.webapps.blackberry.com/btsc/KB11320. Please test before restoring any data to the device.
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Blackberry Curve 8520 - random buttons?

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Blackberry curve 8520 buttons not reacting properly

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Hi and Welcome to the Forums!
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I got a BlackBerry Curve 8520 at work and for some reason my BIS is not working, it says not connected
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