3 Ways to Increase or Decrease Phone Volume Without Volume Buttons

If you use your Android phone a lot, you may encounter a situation where the volume buttons suddenly stop responding without warning. In some cases, this may be simply a software issue due to errors in the application instructions or conflicts with system instructions as a result of installing some applications whose code is carefully written. But in most other cases, this problem is caused by a technical malfunction in the volume buttons themselves and there is no option but to have them repaired at a repair center near you.

But of course, you don’t have enough time for that and want a quick solution, right? Well, there are indeed many solutions and not just one. In this article, we will explain in detail how you can increase and decrease the volume of your Android phone without the need for volume buttons at all.

1- From Phone Settings

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As we mentioned to you in the introduction, there are more than one way to do it, but the intuitive way is through the phone settings. Of course, it is not the easiest way, but it is suitable in some cases. Just go to the settings application on your Android phone and search for sound and vibration settings, then you will find three indicators for the phone’s ringtone volume, alarm volume, and media volume for songs and music, etc. You can move these indicators left and right to decrease or increase the volume.

Going to settings every time may be tiresome and boring, so on some phones, you may be able to add the volume icon to the home screen to act as a widget. Just long-press on any empty area on the home screen, then open the Widgets and search for the settings widget, then sound and drag the sound icon to the home screen. This way, you will be able to control the volume level through this icon on the home screen without needing to go to the settings app every time. If this method is not suitable for you, continue with us because there are still two better ways than this method.

2- Through the Accessibility Menu

This is the most appropriate and fastest way that I rely on in most cases to perform many tasks on the phone, which is the Accessibility Menu known as the Accessibility Menu, but it is only available in Android phones running Android version 9 or newer. But don’t worry if you have an old Android phone.

The Accessibility Menu will not only help you change and adjust the volume level but also allow you to take a screenshot, shut down or reboot the phone, go directly to notifications, lock the screen, or access the Google digital assistant and more. But since we only need to change the sound settings, you will find this feature available to you. Just make sure to enable the Accessibility Menu from the phone settings.

Now to activate it, go to Settings, then Additional settings, then Ease of use, then you will find the Accessibility Menu, so enable it. After that, you will notice a small person icon next to the back button or current applications – depending on the phone’s language – you can click on this icon and immediately find a shortcut for the volume level.

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3- Using the Assistive Touch App

Perhaps this is not the first time we have talked to you about the Assistive Touch app, which has long been the default app for the iOS system, but over time it has also found its way to the Google Play Store. This app will not require you to use the phone buttons at all, whether volume buttons or even the power button, and it will help you accomplish many tasks through it as well.

Unfortunately, the initial setup of the app may be relatively tedious, especially as there are many annoying ads that may cause distraction, but bear with it just so we can set it up correctly. Now after downloading the app to your phone and opening it for the first time, it will ask you for some permissions to appear above other apps and execute its basic functions. Agree to all permissions, then click on Custom Menu, then click on the plus sign and then scroll down to reach the “audio” feature next to the headphone icon and click on it. And that’s it.

Now you can click on the floating icon of the app on the right of the screen and you will find a menu of all the shortcuts you can access through it. Click on the sound feature and you will find a chart with all the volume buttons that you may need to adjust, from ringtone volume to call volume to media volume.