Fix the mute button on the iPhone

“The mute button on my iPhone doesn’t work now, when i turn it to mute state, it will revert back to not to mute. How can i fix mute button on the iPhone by myself before going to Apple Store? Or is there some other ways to replace mute button on my iPhone?”

When we’re in meeting or important scene, we’ll need to turn on mute button on our iPhone to avoid calling ring. Then occasionally mute button on iPhone doesn’t work, and you don’t want to turn off your iPhone and miss some calls, what should you do to fix mute button on your iPhone?
No worries, from this article, you’ll learn how to quickly fix the mute button on the iPhone.

Way 1. Turn on Airplane Mode

When you turn on your Airplane mode, your calls will be received on your voicemail. By this way, you can know who is calling and you can call back later, also you can search internet when your iPhone is connected with Wifi.

So go to Settings--Airplane Mode--ON, then it’ll be ok.

Way 2. Turn down the ringer volume

Turn down your ringer volume to one notch, and set it to shake mode, you can still feel it when there are some calls getting in.

Way 3. Use the built-in virtual Mute button

When you open the built-in virtual mute button, it can also silence your iPhone. You can enable the mute button by using Assistive Touch.

Go to Setting--General--Accessibility--Assistive Touch, then turn on Assistive Touch. Then tap on Assistive Touch, then click “Control Center”. And you’ll see Mute icon, tap on it. Now your iPhone will be in silence mute.

Way 4. Set a silent ring tone on your iPhone

You can temporarily silence your incoming calls by setting a silence ring tone on your iPhone by adding it from your iTunes.

Then navigate to Settings--Sounds--Ring tone.

Way 5. Install the utility Auto Silent

This one needs to do jail break and install the utility Auto Ailent. And it’ll cost 3 usd, but it’ll control your broken hardware ring/silent switch.

Way 6. Go to Apple Store

If you have some time, and your iPhone is under warranty, you can go to Apple Store and ask professional people to help you with it.

All those methods can help you in urgent situation, so you can keep one of them.

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For more detailed steps, you can refer to below article:

iPhone 7 WeChat messages recovery