problem with alert sound volume on iPhone 5C running iOS 7.0.4

This bug has been around for years. Well, part of it anyway. My setup is exactly like yours, and my ringer will sound at full volume, but my alert sounds seem to be tied to my main volume, even though change with buttons is off. It seems to be an issue only if voice over is on. If I turn off voice over, things behave like they should. This has been an issue for quite a long time, and I've seen others verify this on this, and other, sites. I generally just turn up my main volume when i lock my phone, so I can hear the alert sounds. For your ringer, you may check in settings in the sounds section. You can independently raise the volume for the ringer specifically.

Yes, mine is the same. I actually don't know anyone who doesn't have the bug. The weird thing about it is that it's not directly tied to the voiceover volume, because I have that set to 100 percent. It seems that when voiceover is running, the alert sounds change with the buttons, even though you've told it not to. My timers, etc. work fine as well. It's just alert sounds.

There's one thing you could try. You could go into voiceover settings, and turn down your voiceover volume. That way, you could turn up your main volume so that the alert sounds are louder, but keep voiceover quieter.

I have the same issues. Apple has replaced my phone once under warranty. The new phone is doing the exact same thing. I have read the posts and my voice over is off. I have tried everything. Even my work phone is doing the same thing and it's a different carrier. Apple doesn't know what's going on or at least who I am talking to doesn't. Very very frustrated especially when you need to be notified for work related items. If you know of a fix please advise me. I have checked everything. Thank you.

On my iPhone 5, version 7.1.2 is the most current. You're asking about 7.1.4? What I would do is to raise the volume when quiet sounds are playing. Maybe that'll fix the issue.

On my iPad, the system volume is not affecting the level of the notification sounds, including those for email and the like. I actually tested this out after I first read about people having the issue described here. I guess it's different for iPhones than on the iPad.

When using external speakers, I have to make sure to keep the iPad system volume relatively low, and have the external speaker volume turned up, in order to hear the notification sounds. If I turn down the external speaker volume, and turn up the system volume on the iPad, the notification sounds become inaudible. So clearly, the sounds are not changing with the iPad system volume, even with VoiceOver enabled.

Hi.
Are your sounds turned up the way you want them to be? Go into settings>sounds and find the sound volume slider. If I remember correctly there is a way to set it so your speech doesn't change but the ring and notification sounds and whatever sound changes, but I can't remember how I did that.
HTH