Sound on my iPhone 4s doesn't work?

When I try to change the volume with the side buttons the ringer icon shows up (sometimes) but not the dots telling me how loud it is. When I go to the sounds in my setting it plays fine. When I go to my music it says it's playing but you can't hear it and the volume bar fades and won't let me mess with it. I've reset my phone several times, updated my iphone to the las test ios, used the touch access option (in case it was the side buttons causing the problems) and cleaned where you plug in your headphones and the charger. Still nothing. I really don't want to restore my phone completely or take it in to Apple. Any suggestions?

Reboot it. Hold the power and home button for like 45 seconds. Enjoy

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