Feb 25
Remedy: Inconsistent Bluetooth headphone volume
I’ve been having a problem with Bluetooth headphones on my iPhone 4S (iOS 5.0.1), where sometimes the volume, even when turned up to maximum, is very low. Sometimes it seems to fix itself, but other times, I couldn’t fix it even by rebooting the phone and the headphones.
Although this doesn’t fix the problem permanently, I have found the following to be the quickest way to reset the volume to the normal level:
Just go to the camera app while audio is playing, and switch to video capture mode. For some reason, this stops playback. Close the camera app and resume playback. Audio volume should be back to normal.
I have no idea why this is happening, or why the above method fixes it. Hopefully this is helpful to someone, if not just to me when I forget how to do this for the fifteenth time.
