IOS 5 broke sound on my 3GS!
I have an 8GB 3GS that I use as a backup phone. It has been running perfectly fine, at least until yesterday when I upgraded it to iOS 5.0.1. With the update to iOS 5 came a whole bunch of sound problems.
The following features are not working correctly since the update:
-no unlock sound (setting is active)
-no lock sound (setting is active)
-ringer volume cannot be increased/decreased with side volume buttons
-no sound when playing youtube clips or any other videos
-no keypad clicks
When I receive a call on the phone it rings as normal, and during calls the speakerphone setting plays aloud as normal, so the speaker itself appears to be fine.
On rare occasions when the phone is unlocked it does actually make the unlock sound. When the unlock sound does actually work I can use the volume keys as normal but only for a few seconds, after which they no longer work. Once they stop working pressing them causes the below logo to be displayed
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s167/JonBOY26/IMG_0001.png
Putting the phone on silent causes the phone to vibrate as normal. Switching it off silent causes the current ringer volume setting to be displayed as normal, however any attempts to change the ringer volume with the volume keys cause the logo in the link above.
I've tried restoring the phone but that didn't help. I tried putting the phone into recovery mode and then restoring from there but that didn't help. 've tried restoring on PC's and on Mac's but hasn't made a difference.
Anyone else experienced this before? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
"Coincidences happen."
This is no coincindence. All the sound features were working perfectly when the phone was plugged into the PC and connected to iTunes. After upgrading to iOS 5 they were no longer working. Simple as that.
Obviously the speaker, mute switch and volume buttons are not actually 'broken', as I'm 100% certain they'd work again if I could downgrade to iOS 4, however they are effectively broken under iOS 5 and since Apple doesn't let you downgrade to older iOS versions they remain effectively broken at this point in time.
Here are a couple more 'coincidences' involving an iPhone 3GS, updating to iOS 5, and broken sound functionality.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17014855#17014855
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17015056#17015056
Anyways, in relation to your next question I have tried restoring the phone and setting it up as a new phone, but the problem persists. I've tried restoring the phone from a backup of my iPhone 4S (which is running iOS 5.0.1 without any sound issues) yet the problem persists.
I've noticed that if the phone has been left untouched for a while the unlock sound always works. When it does the volume buttons work also but stop working again after about 3 seconds. At that point if I lock and then unlock the phone the unlock sound doesn't work.
Once the phone is unlocked and the iOS is kicked into action there must be a background process that is launched and causing the issue. I might try turning off different phone features one by one and see if it makes a difference.
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