Trying to figure out what the lock sound setting means on your iPhone? It's a clicking sound that plays when you press the lock button on your device. You'll only hear the sound if the setting is turned on and your iPhone isn't on mute or silent. This wikiHow guide will go over what the lock sound on an iPhone is and how to turn it on or off.
Just noticed this on my iPhone XS as well today, on iOS 13.5.1. While the lock sound was the most obvious one, it also affected the timer sound from my short time of testing it out -- but only when the timer reached zero while I was outside the clock app itself.
Same thing happened to me. I opened up Settings/sounds and I push the volume all the way up and all the way down and then it was fine but it does keep reoccurring. Sounds like a defect. The latest update 13.1.3 does not correct it
The work around to play some music worked for me...well I was actually using an app that I had turned the volume up so I could hear it. That caused the issue. I opened the app and turned the volume down and the lock sound went back to normal. Odd that this is the only way to do it but it works.
Having exactly the same issues. Hard reset didn't work neither did turning it off and then back on again, and also turning down the volume while it plays music doesn't work as the lock screen sound only stays low until you increase the volume back again. Basically you don't need to play music for this (non)fix. The volume of the lock screen sound is unfortunately influenced/adjusted by the music volume not by the ringer volume - poor job Apple!
I just upgraded to 13.2.3 (the latest as far as I can tell) and it's definitely not fixed. It appears that if you reboot, unlock your phone, then immediately lock it, the lock volume works correctly, but after you actually do some stuff, it'll be hosed again. That may have led the one poster to think it was fixed after an update.
Same here. But I think that in my case it started already on ios 13 bets on my previous ip X. After restoring a backup on new 11pro it is now the same. Locking sound volume is different every time, sometimes too loud... Apple is ignoring that. Shame.
It appears to depend on the application you are using. I was on the Verizon app (chat feature). Locked my phone and it was LOUD. Force closed with the Verizon app, locked my phone with "messages" app as my current app in use and it locked normal volume.
I went to test this as I was wondering if that is why I have missed some alarms in the past but I now can't get the volume to change on the alarm/lock button volume no matter what I do. Seems to be random which is why some people on here says it doesn't work. I know I was originally able to fix it by adjusting my 5-0 Radio app (that is what caused the high volume on my lock button originally) but now changing the volume on there or any app like music, YouTube, etc. does not change the volume on the lock or alarm. So I can vouch that it sometimes works properly and other times it doesn't.
With my 7 Plus, the volume of the lock sound was always linked to whatever volume the ringer was adjusted to. That is, if my ringer volume was very low (adjusted with the volume buttons), then when I locked my phone the volume of the lock click was low, and vice versa.
With my Xs Max, however, the volume of the lock click reflects whatever I have the volume set to when watching a video. As I often have the volume up quite high when watching videos, this translates into an extremely annoying very loud lock click.
Rather than deleting your bank card(s) from your Apple Pay wallet, go to Settings > Wallet & Apple Pay, then turn off 'Double-Click Side Button'. That should resolve the sound issue. You won't be able to launch wallet with a double-click anymore, however, Apple Pay should still launch automatically when you bring your phone near a contactless reader.
I just deleted my card from my Apple Pay wallet (I only had one card entered) and the issue was immediately gone. Volume of the lock sound is no longer tied to the volume bar in the control centre, and is now tied to the volume of ringer again. I didn't even have to restart the phone.
So to troubleshoot this issue I put my phone into DFU mode then did a full software restore with iOS 13.1.3. At first the issues was resolved, but after a short while (hour or so) the lock sound had reverted back to being linked to the media volume, rather than the ringer volume.
The lock click volume being tied to the media volume is definitely not normal behaviour. Here's a video comparing behaviour of a '7 Plus' and 'X', which don't have the fault, versus my 'Xs Max', which has the fault.
So, this one appears to be solved, at least in terms of understanding what's causing the sound issue, and we now need to get this on Apple's radar so they develop a permeant fix. Now that I've had to delete my card from my wallet, I'll have to revert to actually carrying a physical wallet :(
Additionally, for those who have disabled 'double click side button' within Apple Pay, to prevent the sound issue, be aware that 'double click side button' automatically re-enables during the install of iOS 13.3. So, you'll need to go back and disable it again.
I've been reading other posts where people have found that disabling Siri alleviates similar volume issues related to notifications. So I set up my Xs Max (iOS 13.3) so that the sound issue was occurring (ie bank card added to my Wallter and 'double-click side button' enabled within Wallet & Apple Pay) and I tried disabling 'Press side Button for Siri'. The lock sound bug was immediately alleviated. So something is definitely wrong with the way the side button is currently setup/programmed.
Another thing: I just noticed that my lock click volume bug does not occur when my phone is connected to my bluetooth headphones. Just throwing that info in on the off chance that an Apple engineer comes reading through this thread.
As mentioned in the quick answer above, the Lock Sound on iPhone devices is the noise your iPhone makes when you turn off the screen. It will sound off after you press the side button, also known as the power button.
I have attention aware features off and everything else related to sound department works just fine like if im watching a YouTube video or a movie on netflix or anything of that sorts the sound is perfectly fine and doesnt change in volume at all its just the keyboard clicks and the lock sound
I personally don't like to hear keyboard sounds so I immediately turn them off when I get a new iPhone, but I do like to hear the lock sound when my iPhone is not on mute. These steps will walk you through how to turn off keyboard sounds and the lock sound, or one or the other. For more quick tricks to customize your iPhone experience, I recommend joining our free Tip of the Day newsletter!
It's simple and fast to do, but turning off keyboard typing sounds and the locking sound on your phone can save you a lot of minor irritation in the long-run, and can help you show courtesy to others you're around when typing!
Hi all. I've noticed along with the new sound on IOS10, there's a very quiet lock sound when you hit the power button. I don't think there's a way to turn this up, I'd like it there was. If you turn off Voice over, and click the power button, it's a lot louder then when speech is on. It makes some sense, voice over is probably reading, so the sound is quieter. I just would like to be able to hear it better then always double checking the screen is locked. I hope this makes some sense, I thought there was a sound effects volume somewhere? btw, this has nothing to do with audio ducking, which personally Idisable every time, I'm not a fan of it. :) thanks for any help.
Hi. personally i don't like always hearing confirmation, screen locked, if the sound is enough for me. I agree if the option were to exist, i would personally turn that off as I'd rather not have my phone up in a noisy place, set it down and pusht he button to hear "Screen locked!!!!" It's just me though. Actually I did also submit feedback, I asked if maybe they can either let you turn up the volume of that sound, and other voice over sound effects if you want, so you don't have to always hear the loud clicks when the volume is up, but also have haptick feedback when you lock the screen. To my knowledge, this was part of the beta, I don't know why they took it out, as i'm sure for someone who's deaf blind, this would be fabulous for them. Here's hoping something happens.
For the little chirp, sometimes that's all you hear when you click the power button, but it isn't to bad for me. remember about the new lock sound, everyone has it, not just you. I don't mind either sound, but yeah I guess you could pick either if you wanted. Maybe others should submit feedback enhancement requests for these things, I did my part. :) Glad I got a positive discussion going.
Hello all. Just wanted to touch on something @Jeff bright up. He isn't crazy about the chirp, again this might be where if they don't let you pick it, you can turn down the sounds, that being one of them. I also locked my phone four times. twice, it clicked, chirped. The other two, it clicked, nothing was chirped, so I'm not quite sure what's up. Just thought i'd let you all know.
Hi Jeff. do you mean the click sound you hear if you put the phone right against your hear and push the sleep wake button? If yes, this is the sound I would like the volume increased or at least user difinable. As it is, turn off voice over, andpush the button, you'll hear a vast improvement on the volume. Turn voice over on again, and you'll get the barely audible click. Maybe the "chirp" both of us are talking about is the same thing? :) I'd be fine with how things are just increasing that sound volume, or as I said disabling the screen locked feature as ifind that particcularly annoying. If i have some form of audible feedback, I'm good. :) here's hoping Apple might hear us. or at least others besides you and I write to them. Have a good one.
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