Howdy all,
The other day my other halfs' Wildfires' speaker decided to stop working for no reason. Can still make phonecalls etc, and the headphones work, but its like its stuck on silent all the time!
Read somewhere it could be to do with a recently installed app, so factory reset it but no change. Also saw it could be something to do with something in the headphone socket not clicking back properly when they are removed, but she's never used the headphones, but tried that anyway, still with no luck.
Never been flashed or anything, totally standard.
Any ideas?
Many thanks, Tarq
Tarquin76 said:
Howdy all,
The other day my other halfs' Wildfires' speaker decided to stop working for no reason. Can still make phonecalls etc, and the headphones work, but its like its stuck on silent all the time!
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Perhaps it is me, but what do you mean by this?
1. You cannot go out of silent mode in terms of "set phone volume to vibrate or noice" by using the volume buttons. In that case:
- make sure that your volume buttons work (by using them to regulate audio of, for example, your radio).
- try if you can solve the problem by going into "options of your phone - sound".
If they do not work, try to flash a ruu. If still not solved, I'm afraid you should open your phone to see if the connectors of the volume buttons are still in place (i've had this with my previous phone). But perhaps wait for other advice before doing so
2. You can get out of the silent ringer mode, but still the phone doesnt make any noice. My best guess then is that it related to software in the system folder which controls your device at the system level, or perhaps with the kernel?
I do not know if the the systemfolder is restored when you do a factory reset..
It couldn't do harm if you flash a ruu in my opinion. The all software related issues are ruled out then.
It can't be the hardware as you can still hear people talking to you while phoning without headset. Nor can it be a messed up jack-in, as all the sound should be transfered to the headphone, and it shouldn't be possible to call and here people without headset.
To summerize: I think it is still software, and that it should be possible to solve it by flashing a kernel or restoring bynusing a RUU.
Erwin
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I recently noticed I wasn't getting any sound when I play Pandora. Also, my phone stopped ringing, speaker phone doesn't work. The only thing that works is vibrate. I did several hard resets and also wiped the phone from the bootloader. After hard resetting, and before installing any apps or making any changes to the phone, I tried calling myself to see if the speakers work, but they do not. I can make calls, so the earpiece works fine. Any ideas?
Update: Problem solved! I removed the battery 3 times before it eventually worked.
I have an idea!!!
Trying posting in the correct forum. That may yield you better results.
can someone help?
i have the desire hd for some time, never really had an issue with it, totally love it
BUT
for some reason, there is no audio when using the dialler
not sure why, i've gone to audio settings on the phone and turned on the feedback (ie, audible touch tones), so not sure why this is till an issue
i'm using a stock standard desire hd, it hasnt been rooted or anything (its also from UK not vodafone au)
can anyone help me work out whats wrong?
no other issues, audio for other stuff is fine?
what could it be?
I've done a restart, i don't really want to restore to factory defaults unless there is no alternative, surely there is a way to troubleshoot first?
also, i have that latest firmware version (v2.2.1)
i did some more digging around
i can actually hear the dial tone, but its very faint, so it must be some volume thats not right, but when i went to the settings, there is all the volume levels at the top level at the moment.
after more googling, someone else had a problem like that, and they installed audio manager which gave the ability to access system volume, when i did that, i could see my system volume was very low, changed it to what i wanted and all is good
so if anyone has this type pf problem, thats what i did to sort myself out.
Hi guys, I did a search in this Arc forum for In ear Speaker problems and couldn't find anything, so I chose to start a new thread. Just know I DID try to find info for this phone but I only found a few other threads about different phones.
My in-ear speaker does not work in calls. It is extremely quiet, as if the volume is turned all the way down. Thing is, I try turning up the in-call volume during a call and it does nothing. But the weird thing is, I went into the service menu to test the hardware (using the *#*#7378423#*#* trick) and tested the in-ear speaker and it works fine! Loud and clear! But then immediately following that I'll try a call and still will hear practically nothing. Putting the call on speakerphone allows me to hear the other party, as well as putting in a headset, so I am stumped. Tried pulling the battery and have rebooted the phone many times and the problem is still persisting.
AND, on top of ALL of that, the damn thing was working just fine the other day. I switched to this phone last week and have been making calls successfully being able to hear the other party just fine. But suddenly today it's deciding to not work in a call. This is really weird.
Has anyone else had this problem? What else can I try to fix it? Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
EDIT: Blah a hard reset fixed it. Feel free to delete this post mods!
Here's the scenario. I'm listening to music through headphones, a text comes in, music stops in headphones to let the notification sound out on the phone speaker, then the music commences through the headphones but the phone is amplifying the sound to that of the phone speaker dB level until I hit the volume rocker, volume up or down doesn't matter; even hitting volume up returns the volume to "headphone output" amplification. It's as if the phone simply gets confused. No special apps running other than battery monitors. Memory is very clear, processor is very available.
Please do not suggest factory reset or anything silly like that. I'm an advanced user and I'm only interested in intelligent solutions.
That said, I'm rooted via odin; running stock I747UCDLK3 and the problem existed before root, and it happens in any player.
Thanks, Jeff.
jeffdaman said:
Here's the scenario. I'm listening to music through headphones, a text comes in, music stops in headphones to let the notification sound out on the phone speaker, then the music commences through the headphones but the phone is amplifying the sound to that of the phone speaker dB level until I hit the volume rocker, volume up or down doesn't matter; even hitting volume up returns the volume to "headphone output" amplification. It's as if the phone simply gets confused. No special apps running other than battery monitors. Memory is very clear, processor is very available.
Please do not suggest factory reset or anything silly like that. I'm an advanced user and I'm only interested in intelligent solutions.
That said, I'm rooted via odin; running stock I747UCDLK3 and the problem existed before root, and it happens in any player.
Thanks, Jeff.
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Under settings/Sound, make sure ''Safe headset volume'' is checked.
P.S.: Factory reset isn't so silly btw, it fixes a lot of issues. If the solution I just suggested works, factory reset would've also done it as it is checked by default.
I don't have a setting that says "safe headset volume" under sounds. Are you stock? 4.1.1?
BWolf56 said:
P.S.: Factory reset isn't so silly btw, it fixes a lot of issues. If the solution I just suggested works, factory reset would've also done it as it is checked by default.
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It's silly because it's not a solution to the problem; it's giving up and starting over. You wouldn't rebuild the engine of a car because it's not starting on cold mornings. There are better things to try first and then if a factory reset is necessary I would hope that by 2013 everyone that even slightly visits a forum such as this would be aware of factory reset and wouldn't need to be told when one is necessary. But sadly if you call Samsung, HTC, Moto..........etc, that's their first suggestion. My service light was turned off in settings once but I couldn't find the setting. Samsung told me to factory reset! That's what I mean by it's silly
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I don't have a setting that says "safe headset volume" under sounds. Are you stock? 4.1.1?
It's silly because it's not a solution to the problem; it's giving up and starting over. You wouldn't rebuild the engine of a car because it's not starting on cold mornings. There are better things to try first and then if a factory reset is necessary I would hope that by 2013 everyone that even slightly visits a forum such as this would be aware of factory reset and wouldn't need to be told when one is necessary. But sadly if you call Samsung, HTC, Moto..........etc, that's their first suggestion. My service light was turned off in settings once but I couldn't find the setting. Samsung told me to factory reset! That's what I mean by it's silly
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Umm nop, using AOSP based ROM, which is on 4.2.2. Though that option was in 4.1.1 as well
And thanks for the clarification, your first post came off wrong a bit (well the way I read it). Then again, I shouldn't overthink something that was written. :silly:
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Umm nop, using AOSP based ROM, which is on 4.2.2. Though that option was in 4.1.1 as well
And thanks for the clarification, your first post came off wrong a bit (well the way I read it). Then again, I shouldn't overthink something that was written. :silly:
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Don't get me wrong, I'm really an A##hole More than anything that's why I put the disclaimer. I hate generic answers. I love that people are willing to answer but in a forum full of programmers and linux wizards I always get some noob/recovering iphone-aholic trying to flex there 2 weeks of android knowledge at me and then I lose it. So I figured I'd head that off by very politely requesting actual answers that directly relate to the issue. Ultimately I'd rather have the problem than flash another rom.
After restoring to stock from LineageOS, my device has no notification sounds. All that is heard is a static 'tick' noise (like when turning certain speakers on or off). Phone call ringing and alarms still work
Install base OTA NOUGAT???
graphitenexus said:
After restoring to stock from LineageOS, my device has no notification sounds. All that is heard is a static 'tick' noise (like when turning certain speakers on or off). Phone call ringing and alarms still work
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Try flashing arise. Even without turning Dolby or viper on, will fix the silent notification bug.
Hey, I have the same problem, seems to have something to do with the audiofocus.
I don't even get notification sounds when I plug in my headphones.
The ony way I get the sound is, when the speaker or the headphones are in use by some other audio application, like the music player.
If someone has an solution please reply, I am open to test those.
Thanks!
Sound is back
I want to report a succes, after trying to update my mzp via ota the sound came back and the weriedest thing is, that the update even failed.
After the reboot I heard a "pling" and couldnt believe it so i tryed it out and it works. (after playing around I sideloaded the ota and it still works)
I hope this information helps to find a fix or helps tracking down the bug.
If the above solution doesn't work
Flash this Arise zip through TWRP!
It will bring back sound notifications!
But still before that i advise to take a nandroid backup!
Here is the link to the zip file!
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862724645