There are many reasons why an iPhone won’t ring, but most of these problems are easy to fix. If your iPhone won’t ring when someone calls you, try these tips before concluding that your iPhone needs an expensive repair.

Try these common solutions in the order we present them:

Restart your iPhone. The first step in troubleshooting a device is to restart it. A restart can fix many issues.

Clean the iPhone speaker. Any sound your iPhone makes, such as playing music, watching movies, or ringing from incoming calls, comes out of the speaker at the bottom of the device. If you can’t hear the ringtone from incoming calls, the speaker may be dirty or broken.