High Sound Ringtone

[Sourabh Doherty]

Mywife just bought a new iPhone 13 a week ago, ringtone is hard to hear even ringtone sound and haptics is set to the loudest setting. Notification sounds r louder than ringtone. Why? Is the iPhone defective or just a software issue?

None of these worked for me. Phone was set to top ringer volume and side button volume, but still no sound when calling the phone. The answer for me was in "sound and haptics" under settings. Something moved the volume to zero (not me)--must have been an update. Very frustrating as I have missed a lot of important calls because of it. It also changed my new voicemail tone!!

my wife's iPhone 13 iOS is 16.5.1. Up to date. Restart does not help. Ringtone, sound and haptic have been set to maximum. When I call her, her ring tone can barely be heard especially when she is outside of her home, like in a store. Is this a hardware issue? Where can I get help to resolve this?

The upgrade to iOS 17 re-enabled attention aware features, and I disabled it and Face ID again, but ringtone volumes are still completely borked again since media volume now also controls ringtone volume.

Although the ringtone volume is up in settings, this might be due to the volume being lowered on the phone. Try calling your wife and as the call is ringing, have your wife press the volume up button. Does the volume appear to be turned up all the way on the slider that appears? If so, you can lock the ringer volume in and prevent it being changed with the side buttons by disabling Change with Buttons if you'd like. Below guidance is from Adjust the volume on iPhone - Apple Support.

Also, check if your wife is looking at the phone while you call. This new feature called Attention Awareness will lower the volume when the camera sees the owner looking at it. Turn Attention Aware features on or off on your iPhone or iPad Pro - Apple Support

Did you checked the psychical switch to turn on the silent mode is in the right position? I was also having the same issue the ringtone wasn't working. I turned on the silent mode once and then forgot to turn it off.

Same problem here. I checked now all ring tones again and while around 90% are even at the lowest volume setting quite in your face, there are a some that seem to be generally quieter. My preferred tone is sadly not one of them.

It would be nice if there would be one more level down before the sound is off, for me even on the expense of the highest volume option.

I don't know when this issue started because I usually have it on vibrate/silent, but last night I put my phone on normal mode with the ringer set to 100% and yet when someone called me at 3am because they were in a car accident I couldn't hear it. They called me 10 times but my phone barely made a whisper. I can hear the ringtone but it sounds like its at 5% not 100%. It doesn't matter if I set it to 90 or 100, but the ringtone is very quiet.

anyone know what the heck is going on? Why would my phone do that? I've had Android phones since the very first readily available one (the tmobile G1) and the only times I missed an important call was when I stupidly had the phone on silent mode. but this time its the phone that let me down...I didn't have it set on silent.

Now I have family members upset at me and I can't trust this phone to do something as simple as RING when someone calls you. The most basic function that phones have been able to do since the first cell phone came out and samsung has failed. But hey when I logged into this site the chime that asked if it was me was very loud and clear....so I guess you got something right, just not the basics.

@freeman93: I'm sorry to hear that you have encountered this issue. Please try heading to Settings > Sounds and vibration > Volume, and make sure that the Ringtone slider is at a suitable level. Now, head to the Phone app > Tap the 3 dots in the top right > Settings > Call alert and ringtone > Vibrate while ringing > On. The vibration against a flat surface can be quite loud, and can help to alert you to any incoming calls if you're asleep.

Have a very weird and annoying problem: if I connect a headset to the notebook via Bluetooth, I am getting a strange ringtone when I receive a call in MS Teams. I have turned off "play sound for incoming calls and notifications" option, but it is still ringing. I thought it was a feature of Jabra headphones (tried on Jabra 75t), but when I connected wife's Samsung headphones (Samsung Buds 2), I got the different ringtone! :) Neither of these ringtones are MS Teams ringtones (checked all available) and weirdly enough, none of them are visible on visualization in System->Sound->More sound settings -> Playback (it seems it plays on headphones itself). Jabra support said they do not have any pre-loaded ringtones on the headphones.

Additionally, when I'm on the meeting in MS Teams, this ringtone is not playing when I receive calls.

Having this issue for a year already, but to be honest, was not able to understand the cause of it. When I connect a non-Bluetooth headset (SteelSeries Arctic 7) I don't hear any additional ringtone.

Reinstalled Teams completely - did not help.

Any ideas how to disable it?

@Ivan_LY I have same issue, I am using JBL560BT headset. When I am receiving MS Teams call and I am connected via that headset I hear very strange and loud rightone that is not available in Teams settings. It's really annoying!!! I can't disable that.

Each phone has a default volume setting for its ringing and sound. It can be soft, loud, high-pitched, or low-pitched. For someone with high-frequency hearing loss (which is most common), a soft, high-pitched ringtone may be virtually impossible to hear, especially without hearing aids. While most landline phones and cell phones allow you to adjust the volume, even the maximum level may not be loud enough to serve someone with hearing loss.

Landlines typically have a standard ringtone made up of two or three frequencies that, in North America, have the pattern of two seconds of ringing followed by a four-second pause. A cell phone has more ringtone options, with different tunes and rhythms, that can be set based on your preference.

The ideal ringtone for you will depend on the configuration and your degree of hearing loss. If you have a high-frequency hearing loss, a low-pitched ringtone may be preferable. Alternatively, very loud ringtones may be an option.

More high-tech options for landlines include using a telephone amplifier, such as the Clarity Super Loud Phone Ringer, which increases the volume and allows you to adjust the tone. There are also many alert systems available that use flashing lights and/or vibrations to let you know that someone is trying to contact you. Examples include the Bellman Visit Home Alerting System, the Clarity AlertMaster Device, and the Deluxe Sonic Alert Transmitter.

All these systems consist of a transmitter that attaches to your landline (as well as your doorbell, alarm clock, and fire alarm) and wirelessly connects to a receiver that flashes and vibrates when triggered. Many come with pagers that tell you which appliance has been activated (such as the doorbell or landline). They have options that include multiple receivers that you can place in each room, or wearable devices that can be with you constantly.

So what about when your phone is not within sight? Smartwatches are becoming increasingly popular as exercise and health monitors, but also as a call and notification alert. Wirelessly connected to your cell phone, you can set them to vibrate, flash, and/or make a sound, and even identify who is calling.

As speaking on the phone is one of the biggest barriers for a person with hearing impairment, technology in this area is constantly evolving. The simplest is to increase the volume of your calls or listen over the loudspeaker. However, this can distort the sound and make it even less comprehensible.

In the last five years iPhones, and more recently Android devices, have become hearing aid compatible. Using 2.4GHz and Bluetooth technology, certain hearing aids can stream sound directly from the cell phone, making phone calls clearer and easier to understand than ever before. Other hearing aids come with a wearable streamer appliance that connects the phone and hearing aids for improved sound quality.

In the United States, people with hearing loss can receive a free captioned landline via the Americans with Disabilities Act. You will just need your hearing health professional or doctor to sign a certificate confirming your hearing loss. Companies that offer these phones include CapTel, CaptionCall, ClearCaptions, and InnoCaption. The phones are telecoil-compatible, user-friendly, and come with extra-large screens and adjustable font sizes to read the conversation. Some even have the option to adjust the sound of the phone based on your audiogram so the sound is optimized for you at the same time as the captions.

The Mosquito or Mosquito alarm is a machine used to deter loitering by emitting sound at high frequency. In some versions, it is intentionally tuned to be heard primarily by younger people. Nicknamed "Mosquito" for the buzzing sound it plays, the device is marketed as a safety and security tool for preventing youths from congregating in specific areas.

The latest version of the device, launched late in 2008, has two frequency settings, one of approximately 17.4 kHz[2] that can generally be heard only by young people, and another at 8 kHz that can be heard by most people. The maximum potential output sound pressure level is stated by the manufacturer to be 108 decibels (dB) (comparable in loudness to a live rock concert) and the manufacturer's product specification furthermore states that the sound can typically be heard by people below 25 years of age.[1] The ability to hear high frequencies deteriorates in most humans with age (a condition known as presbycusis), typically observable by the age of 18.[3]

The Mosquito machine was invented and patented by Howard Stapleton in 2005,[4] and was originally tested in Barry, South Wales, where it was successful in reducing teenagers loitering near a grocery store.[5] The idea was born after he was irritated by a factory noise when he was a child.[6] The push to create the product was when Stapleton's 17-year-old daughter went to the store to buy milk and was harassed by a group of 12- to 15-year-olds. Using his children as test subjects, he determined the frequency of "The Mosquito".[7]

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