Iphone 4s earpiece volume problem

So my 4s was working great, with no battery issues but now my earpiece volume has dropped so low I can hardly hear it. It did this randomly. No Siri use prior to it happening. I tried changing languages to reset the springboard and also a hard rest which didn't help. I just wanted to see if there is something I should try before going in for a new phone.

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Having trawled through numerous reports of bluetooth problems with the 4S I have not found one which replicates my issue although I could have missed it.
Essentially I think my query boils down to " Does the 3GS output music, via bluetooth at a higher level than the 4S, assuming both using IOS5.0.1" .Because my new iphone 4S is much much quieter than my old 3gs and I want to establish whether this is a software problem or a faulty unit.
For the last couple of years I have been using a 3GS which paired perfectly with my Alpine CDA-9887/Bt400 stereo in the car, handled calls well and when playing music via the bluetooth input ( which it did exceptionally well) it was at the same sound level as the other inputs for a given vol setting, i.e. I could switch from radio, to disc to bluetooth withouth changing the volume.
Having just changed to an iphone 4S I have found that although the unit pairs ok and seems to handle calls well enough (although rather mushy sounding compared to 3GS) it is very quiet when using the ipod function via bluetooth.
Volume and sound quality are very subjective I realise but to give an indication of the problem, the Alpine head unit has a volume scale from 0-39. On all inputs (except with the 4S) a volume of 5 is fine for spoken voice, 12 good for music on the move 21 is very very loud pushing the cars speakers to the limit. These levels are approx the same when playing music through an iphone 3GS and an ipod touch via bluetooth.
By contrast the iphone 4S is inaudible at vol 5, needs 20 to be listenable to on the move and even at vol 39 sounds thin and about as load as a 3GS at vol18 so ful vol not possible from my iphone 4S
The main problem with this is that if you are listening to music from the iphone 4S then switch to the radio without remembering to drastically reduce volume it is likely to result in damage to the speakers and/or your eardrums. The problem is compounded as I use the TomTom app regularly and this exibits the same problem, the volume needs to be very high for instructions and then if I change input to listen to the news....ouch.
I have tried 2 iphone 3GS's and an ipod touch on this Alpine unit and they all work perfectly, being able to maintain the same output for a given HU vol level as the radio etc. I have tried increasing the bluetooth volume on the 4S handset, have tried clean restore to see if there is some obscure problem with my backup all to no avail.
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Funny Apple told me to eat **** and call my car place.
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I got my N82 3 weeks ago and initially the earpiece volume was working fine. By that I meant I was able to hear things ok even when the volume is only halfway up and I'm in a busy public place like a train station.
However I've notice lately that the earpiece volume is very very very low, almost unhearable even when I turned the volume all the way up!
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17-Mar-2008 08:26 AM
psychomania wrote:
Is it full of dust? Try blowing in the earpiece.
Have you tried a software update? www.nokia.com/softwareupdate
Have you tried a complete reset?
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4. Release when the phone shows the nokia logo or shows other signs of life like the language selction screen.
If all of that fails to make it work then it is faulty and you will need to visit a nokia care point/service centre.
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UK
http://www.nokia.co.uk/A4228006
Europe:
http://europe.nokia.com/A4388379
Asia-Pacific
http://www.nokia-asia.com/A4416070
Elsewhere:
http://www.nokia.com select your country, go to the support section, then select repair.
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i just did this with my moms original iPhone. before the update the volume was fine, after it got noticeablly low. i could bearly hear anything. used the sim card eject tool that came with my 3GS and poked at the speaker very lightly and noticed it got higher. i dont get how its related to the 3.0 software update but that fixed the problem for some strange reason?

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