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Just started happening out of nowhere. My ring/silent switch wont stay clicked up. It presses up and just springs back down. I’m out of warranty and have no issues taking apart my phone. How does one repair the switch? Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Here is the Ifixit Guide to help you out :) Good Luck! iPhone 6 Volume Control Cable Replacement
Hi there. Don’t know if you ended up finding a solution, but I had the same issue (iPhone 6, no longer had a warranty), was browsing through the Answers Index on this website, and tried a quick suggestion: I pressed the the top and bottom sides of my phone together with my thumb and index finger while turning up/ down the ring/silent button. Strange, I know, but it fixed it instantly!!
Have you tried just cleaning around the switch itself? I’ve seen dirt just around the switch cause that problem, I usually just use some fine tweezers to scrape it loose then blow the rest out.
There is dirt around the switch especially in the corners that is not letting the switch move completely or freely. Take a pointed needle and clean around, more so in the corners. It worked for me in the first attempt. Earlier the switch would not stay down, I though the switch mechanism went bad, but infact dirt was blocking the switch.
if a switch doesnt make a good contact and it keeps going on and off by itself, you might try to put in the opening a little bit of a graphite powder and start switching it on and off until the graphite gets in. it worked for me so i hope it’ll help out someone else too!
In my case one the left leg of the mute switch was bent in photo below, managed to bend it straight again by holding it with mole grips while bending the leg with pliers.
In my case, the surface-mounted switch on the printed circuit board was mechanically faulty. If seems the metal banding holding it together loosened, so it wouldn’t switch any longer without applying pressure from the backside.
Hi I was wandering if anyone could help me my iPhone mute switch is stuck on mute and when I try to switch it automatically flicks back and I was wandering if anyone had a solution??
Mine had the same problem. I attempted to fix mine, but when I ordered and received the new switch, it didn’t have the mounting hardware attached, so I wasn’t able to finish the repair. If you try to fix this yourself, make sure you get the switch WITH the hardware: ‘‘‘iPhone 6 Audio Control Cable and Bracket’’’
