Broken iPhone Silent Switch Bypass
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thanks this worked great for me

My switch stays on silent and cannot be turned back to ring. This worked for me (iphone 6): Turn on assertive touch (through settings), then go on device and "Unmute." Turn off assertive touch (if you don't want it). It works fine now.

Thank you my friend Thank u very very much.

you can go to settings>>accessibility>>assistive touch. Then you can mute and unmute the iPhone.

This was really useful, thank you :)

If you turn on assistive touch you can select mute/un mute under device

My switch on my iPhone does work but goes down and goes up and silent and then off silent

I couldn't find this app in iClarified's repository. I also tried to install the AutoSilent software, but it said my device wasn't proven compatible yet. So I used SBSettings with a special module: http://bluescreensolutions.blogspot.com/2012/05/iphone-broken-mute-switch-bypass-silent.html

Haven't tested auto silent yet, but THANK YOU in the meanwhile =) Been waiting for months for someone to post a follow-up!

I 've installed Auto Silent...but i cannot disable my Broken Silent Switch so i turns to Silent or Ringer Mode again again (vribrating all the time) and it's very frustrating and also consumes too much battery...Is there any settings that i must change or something?? Thanks in advance...

I searched under bothe Cydia and the App Store.. I can not find an application called Auto Silent.

do these buttons have an affect on me getting my iphone jailbroken

I installed Auto Silent on my iPhone (4.2.1) and it just corrupted my iPhone. The silent switch is not working anymore, on or off, iPhone always remain on silent. Even though, I've un-installed the app, but still no joy. Can any one help.

Yea. Except it is impossible to take off such a tiny piece of plastic without having a specialized tool. Because needle nose pliers even the smallest ones are too big and it doesn't work to try and grab it

Now there's 3.0. I would love this app for 3.0 through Cydia!!

I also have 3.0.1 and looking forward to a mute switch bypass app. Want to have my sounds back! Can anyone help? Why isn't this app being updated to work with OS 3 too???

You can use "Auto Silent" for 3.0. It supports all iPhone generations (2g, 3g, 3gs) and os firmware 2.2, 3.0, 3.1

All you have to do is pry the plastic off. You don't need a drill or anything it's just plastic. Once off all I use is my earing to move the switch back one fourth. Didn't download a thing.

Thanks for that, worked like a charm. =)

I have iphone 4 with same prob u think itl wrk, phone stuck on silent and volume buttons do nothin?:(

Ok... Obviously they are not going to come out with a new bypass for the 2.0+ versions any time Soon. So here's what I did. I took a drill and a very tiny drill bit, and slowly bored out the plastic piece. I pulled the rest of the black switch out with needle nose pliers.there should be a small slot right next to the silver metal piece on the inside. Get a saftey pin and push it up. Vioula! Your sound is back! Now since you have a hole in your phone, you can either do a quick fix and cover it with some scotch tape. Or you could put jb weld or an epoxy that hardens to rock to cover it. I used the epoxy. And haven't had a problem since:-). However. You shouldn't try this unless you have a steady hand and have used drills and other tools A LOT because you could easily bore a hole into your iPhone...

I removed the plastic, easy to do. The switch is easy to see, it is just above center toward the top of the phone. I believe the silver cylinder to be the vibrator. Unfortunately, moving the switch for me did not fix it. I did read somewhere that a person got inside and simply cut the wires for the switch, it said the default setting is for the ring is to be "on". Haven't opened the phone to try it yet. Haven't been able to verify the default setting theory.

I was reading a comment on another page, and if the app is not working, as a last resort, you can just use a small flat head screwdriver and just completely take out the switch, and under the switch you will see where you can just switch the silent switch yourself. I did it and it works. you can take it back and forth using a paperclip or pin. You will have a hole where the switch use to be you can come up with something to put in the place of it.

how do you take the silent button completely off? my silent button broke and now it slides back and forth, but its stuck on silent? and i cant figure out how to take the whole button off. PLEASE HELPP!

is this available for 2.2? i really need it!!!! thanks. instructions would be helpful

All I did was took the black button off and used an earing to slide it back and forth. Works fine.

You can use "Auto silent" app. it supports all iPhone generations and 2.2, 3.0, 3.1

hey dave, its dan. I dont quite understand what you want me to do because i think i followed yet my iphone is still in silent mode, it vibrates and rings with headphones in but thats about it im afraid ;l please help by installing MiVTones, was i supposed to make texting and ringign come outloud?

I tired to install the bypass software on a 1.14 but it doesn't work. Waht is the reason for that?

Dan, I reckon that the fix that I posted in the comments section should be all you. If you have a jailbroken iPhone, applying the fix is a trivial file copy, but you must install MiVTones for it to work, and you must use a Movie ringtone that has audio.

IF ANYONE can help me as i have 2.0.1 firmware and my silent mode button keeps falling onto silent and i havent heard any noise from it yet unless im changing the rintone. ive tried connecting to iClarified but it wont seem to work on the firmware. email me some help please?! much appreciated.

You can use "Auto Silent" app to disable or bypass iPhone Silent switch. If your switch was broken in silent mode, it will restore all sounds including ring. Then you can use Auto Silent app to put phone into silent mode. The app supports iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS and OS firmware 2.2, 3.0, 3.1 This app can also be used by those people whose silent switch is loose or accidently put phone into silent mode. There is provision to put phone into silent mode automatically using pre-configured settings in the app or according to appointments in iPhone Calendar. Provision to put phone into silent mode based on timer. The phone will come out of silent mode automatically once timer goes off. Useful for people who puts phone into silent mode but forget to unmute it. Useful when you go for a movie and forget to unmute once movie is done. More info at http://iphonepackers.info The app can be downloaded through Cydia. Search for "Auto Silent" on Cydia. You neeed to jailbreak in order to install Cydia. Search for "How to jailbreak iPhone" on google.

Hey Ricky if you grab this file SystemSoundBehaviour.plist and drop it into your /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Celestial.Framework/ directory, using Cyberduck or WinSCP. Then install MiVTones and enable it, then you should get the Video playing with audio as your ringtone. Hope this helps

Yep, same problem as mentioned above. I have a broken Silent Switch and my phone has 2.0; and help would be greatly appreciated!

if anyone knows how to put my iphone back to ring? as it's stuck on silent and dont know how i can get my sound back at all! any help pls?

Looks like the issues was with MiVTones, and not the plist fix. Updated to the latest MiVTones this AM and its working like a dream.

If any one has a solution similar to the silent switch bypass for the 2.01 firmware it would be very much appreciated, cheers

Yeah the old fix seems to be broken in 2.0. I've tried changing every setting in SystemSoundBehavious.plist and nothing turns the ringer back n anymore.

Hi, Do you guys have also a bypass solution for the iPhone 2.0 firmware?! Forwarded Thankx!

Auto Silent app is the answer for all your iPhone sound issues! You can use Auto Silent app to disable or bypass iPhone Silent switch. If your switch was broken in silent mode, it will restore all sounds including ring. Then you can use Auto Silent app to put phone into silent mode. There is SBSettings toggle to quickly mute and unmute the phone using Auto Silent app. The app supports iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS and OS firmware 2.2, 3.0, 3.1 This app can also be used by those people whose silent switch is loose or accidently put phone into silent mode. There is provision to put phone into silent mode automatically using pre-configured settings in the app or according to appointments in iPhone Calendar. There is Provision to put phone into silent mode based on timer. The phone will come out of silent mode automatically once timer goes off. Useful for people who puts phone into silent mode but forget to unmute it. Useful when you go for a movie and forget to unmute once movie is done. More info at iphonepackers The app can be downloaded through Cydia. Search for Auto Silent on Cydia. You neeed to jailbreak in order to install Cydia. Search for How to jailbreak iPhone on bing or google.

You can use "Auto Silent" app to disable or bypass iPhone Silent switch. If your switch was broken in silent mode, it will restore all sounds including ring. Then you can use Auto Silent app to put phone into silent mode. The app supports iPhone all generations (2G, 3G, 3GS) and OS firmware 2.2, 3.0, 3.1 This app can also be used by those people whose silent switch is loose or accidently put phone into silent mode. Also, there is provision to put phone into silent mode automatically using pre-configured settings in the app or according to appointments in iPhone Calendar. More info at iPhone Packers: iPhone dev team The app can be downloaded through Cydia. You neeed to jail break in order to install Cydia. Search for "How to jailbreak iPhone" on google.