It can be very frustrating when you miss a call on your cell phone, particularly if the reason you missed it was because the ringer volume on your phone was too low to hear. If you're expecting an important call it is essential that you don't miss them. If you have an iPhone you may have experienced a low ringer volume. Surely a cell phone as sophisticated as the iPhone should expect it to let you know properly when you have an incoming call so you don't miss it. This can happen due to the iPhone having a lower than usual ringer volume but what can be done to improve it?

A common assumption that people make is that the iPhone has such a low ringer volume because it has small speakers. While this might seem to make sense it is not the actual reason for the low ringer volume. The main cause for the low ringer volume is actually the volume levels of the ringtones that are shipped with the iPhone. By replacing those ringtones with your own ringtones you should be able to hear the ringer more clearly.

The problem with the stock ringtones is that they are recorded at a low frequency and so sound very quiet. If you replace these ringtones with ones recorded at a higher frequency you will improve the ringer volume no end. If you have access to an Apple Mac you can start up Garage Band and pick a ringtone from there. Probably the best choice available is the "Cell Phone Ringing" sound clip.

However, putting a new ringtone onto your iPhone requires a little work on your part. In order to put this clip onto your iPhone, than you will need to run iFunstastic, which is for individuals that have an Intel-MAC, or if you are using a Windows PC than you will want to run the application iPhoneRingToneMaker or iBrickr. These applications will install the ringtones from your computer to your iPhone, thus giving you the ability to have a ringtone that is clearly audible.

The ringtone that you select should be naturally loud by default. This will make it much easier to hear when you have an incoming call. A device as sophisticated as the iPhone needs to be perfect in every way and by fixing the lower ringer volume you will be eliminating a common problem and will no longer have to put up with missing calls because you didn't hear them.