My iphone stopped ringing and goes straight to voicemail. how can i get it to ring again?

Question

The phone was working normally for almost 2 years, but the last few days it doesn't ring and nobody can reach me.  Help please?

Answer 1

Of course, you have checked the little slider on the left side near the top that turns off the ringer? I have sometimes had it get bumped so that it wasn't all the way in the on position & so it didn't ring & I missed calls. It wasn't all the way down, so it looked like it was in the ring position, but not all the way. So try turning it to the vibrate position & then  back up to the ring position & see if that will fix it.
But you might also take a look in Settings. Browse around & possibly a setting somehow got changed.
A good general thing to do w computing devices (which this is) when they start acting strange or different than normal is to turn it off for a couple of minutes or so. Then turn it back on. That can clear out garbage that can get in the memory somehow. That will often fix things & should be done before any more drastic steps.
& its probably a good idea to turn it off periodically just to clear out stuff that can get left behind.
If the above doesn't work & you still haven't figured it out, if you are near an Apple store I would recommend setting up a Genius Bar appt. They should be able to figure it out.
Unfortunately for me I used to have 2 Apple stores w in about a 10-15 min drive & then a couple more that were just a little further--maybe a half hour & w decent parking available. Now I've moved to Portland & was shocked to discover only 1 Apple Store downtown where you have to pay to park. So I haven't even activated my One to One membership yet.  Did take the Max down there which I guess was simpler than driving.