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iPhone volume buttons no longer control your ring volume? Here's how to fix that!

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Anyone owning an iPhone out there, either old user or newcomer, who has iOS 11 on their device has probably noticed something weird since updating — the phone's volume buttons don't control its ring volume.

Wha-a-at?

Yeah, for some reason, Apple thought that it's better to have the volume buttons only control media volume, not ringtone or alarms. But fear not, that's easily remedied with the touch of a setting. In fact, it's a toggle that has been there for quite a while, it's just now that Apple decided to reverse its default position. Here's where to find it:

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