[Q] Speaker suddenly not working anymore - Samsung Captivate Glide

Hi guys, I was using rooted stock GB as my main rom since I bought my phone.
But the last few days I noticed, that my rear speaker stopped working sometimes. Yesterday I woke up pretty late and I discovered that my speaker sadly now wasn't working at all.
I now switched to bubors CM10 build and hoped a fresh install would help, but it doesn't seem like that, since it still does not work.
I read on the Internet, that I should try a few apps, that force the media to be played via the rear speaker, but that didn't helped either.
So the only possible source of the problem would be that the speaker is hardware wise damaged.
But it just seems so random, that all over sudden it stopped working, has anyone of you had the same problem and fixed it?

I've had such problem on other phones, its normal for phones that are old and seen life
I would recommend to disassemble the phone (there is an instruction on youtube), find the speaker, clean the board contacts and maybe bend the contacts on a speaker a bit carefully.
Usually works.

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[Q] No sound from rear speaker. No notification sounds or ringtones

I've had my phone since March, rooted it and flashed ARHD 6.1.2 about a month ago.
Two days ago the rear speaker just stopped working entirely for all functions. Video, music, ringtones, sms, etc.
Audio appears fine when I plug in headphones. Has anyone had this problem and resolved it? Or is it hardware failure?
No sound from rear speaker
Same issue here, but the background is a bit different: I installed BootManager Lite and tried a couple of other ROMs.
After restoring the system and removing BootManager app and data, I noticed the speaker wasn't working anymore.
I tried wiping, restoring a backup and also doing a fresh install, but nothing...
Anybody has an idea of how to fix this?

[Q] Bluetooth audio on CM10

I clean installed the "stable" release of CM10 the other day when it came out. My Bluetooth audio has been horrible since. The volume is really low but worse is that the quality is not good either. For phone calls it's use able but I connect it to my car and play music on it too. Needless to say, it makes the music just awful. I also use it with my Big Jambox in the house and this is awful too. I tried wired connection with the Jambox and it was great so it seems to be only Bluetooth audio. I was on CM10 night lies before flashing the stable one. I have tried clean installing the night lies that came after and still the same problem. One thing I haven't tried is clean installing the night lies before the stable version, like I had before. I just wanted to see if others are having this problem and if there is a fix for it first.
I am having the same problem. Is there a fix for this yet? I've been searching and found something about replacing a line in a .conf file however it was posted in gs2 forum.
jlor23 said:
I clean installed the "stable" release of CM10 the other day when it came out. My Bluetooth audio has been horrible since. The volume is really low but worse is that the quality is not good either. For phone calls it's use able but I connect it to my car and play music on it too. Needless to say, it makes the music just awful. I also use it with my Big Jambox in the house and this is awful too. I tried wired connection with the Jambox and it was great so it seems to be only Bluetooth audio. I was on CM10 night lies before flashing the stable one. I have tried clean installing the night lies that came after and still the same problem. One thing I haven't tried is clean installing the night lies before the stable version, like I had before. I just wanted to see if others are having this problem and if there is a fix for it first.
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radiumX said:
I am having the same problem. Is there a fix for this yet? I've been searching and found something about replacing a line in a .conf file however it was posted in gs2 forum.
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I got the same thing going on on mine guys ... Bluetooth messes with the sound , but for some reason its from time to time , like if i reconnect it it will work , when it wants to , I have a great system in my car , and its like if I had no base... which sucks lol!!
Yeah I tried reverting the conf fine and it broke a2dp
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I just went back to the Experimental one before they released the stable and of course, the bluetooth audio is back to being good. Haven't flashed any of the nightlies since then. Anyone try the latest nightlies and see if any of them work?
Making a call (to any number... I called my voicemail) then hanging up will fix the quality. Hopefully there will be a fix soon.

Xperia ZL sudden loss of audio

Dear all,
I have my brand new Xperia ZL (model C6502) unit for about a week now. The past few days, I noticed that the sound suddenly "disappears" out of the blue. I can't hear any sound (ie ring tones, notifications, music). Adjusting the volume doesn't fix the problem. Restarting the phone does not fix this either. I even did a factory reset on my phone, but still, the problem persisted. Somehow, the phone fixes itself one way or another. The sound comes back after a few seconds to minutes.
The most significant thing I did on my phone was the upgrade. I haven't installed any 3rd party apps or rooted my phone either.
I have contacted the shop where I bought my unit, and they will check on my unit. Did you guys and gals experience this too?
Thanks a lot for your feedback.
I had this issue months ago on my Droid RAZR. Out of the blue the speaker didn't play any sound but fixed itself after a while. What I discovered it was a hardware problem (funny that it also appeared after upgrading from GB to ICS) with the speaker. Each time I put my RAZR into a case the speaker stopped playing, So I removed the case and pressed with my finger around the speaker while I let it play some music. And at some point the sound stopped. Send it for repair and got it changed for free as it was a hardware issue with the speaker.
Maybe you can try it out on your device to see if the speaker responds on presses around it on the devices back.
Thank you for the feedback. I forgot to tell that the problem also happens when the headphones are plugged in. I noticed while playing music with Walkman app. Suddenly, I can't hear any music even though it's playing.
I have a theory that the sudden sound loss is due to overheating. I don't know why, but I feel that the unit is heating quickly. I'm experimenting on it to see if that's a probable cause of my problem.
Chikinyx said:
Thank you for the feedback. I forgot to tell that the problem also happens when the headphones are plugged in. I noticed while playing music with Walkman app. Suddenly, I can't hear any music even though it's playing.
I have a theory that the sudden sound loss is due to overheating. I don't know why, but I feel that the unit is heating quickly. I'm experimenting on it to see if that's a probable cause of my problem.
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Heat would not cause that... Mine can get burn to the touch audio still works..

[Q] Mic only works for Phone?

I've searched to the best of my abilities but I can't find anybody with the exact same problem where they got a solution.
I rooted my GNex a while ago, and I recently flashed XenonHD as well as Fancy Kernel (latest one).
I wanted to record a piano piece on my phone when I realized that none of my voice recorders work. When I select to "calibrate mic" for the auto-gain, it goes to infinity, which probably means it's at 0 no matter what. I also tried with my camera, and that didn't record any sound either (silent).
However, for the past couple of days, I've been talking to my friends on Phone, and my voice is clear and loud to them. Which makes me confused, because that means the mic is working (so I assumed that videos and everything would also work). But it's not.
I recently flashed InfinitySoundEngine1.0 (slightly old), would that have anything to do with it?
Thanks for the help everyone!
I'm using gStrings for tunning my guitar with my phones mic and it works pretty good. You should try reflashing your ROM and see if it solves your problem
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Flash your ROM again and see if it works. If it does, then its probably that sound engine thing.

Both mic dead, please help determine software or hardware problem

Today I downloaded a dB meter app from Play Store, and I wondered why it didn't work, then I found out that it wasn't the app's problem but the phone's.
I tried other apps from Play Store that use the mics including Recforge, Sound Recorder, etc but still no sound signal coming from the mics, and yes, calling doesn't work. (Using headphone/earphone with plug-in jack works.)
An interesting finding is that when I tested with Shazam, after I pressed the turning Shazam logo, it almost immediately told me that no song was found, it was like whenever the app detects dead silence in the first 1 sec, it just gave up listening any longer.
I was using BlissPop so I switched back to stock-based SuperZen, suspecting it is ROM related problem but still no luck, still dead silence
Then I even switched to Latest WW Official Stock, but when I get into the test menu via the calculator app and performed the two mic tests, both of them failed. (I'm sure that it is not the speaker's problem)
So, I wonder if I can safely say that the phone's microphones are hardware dead now, if it is true maybe I will be sending the phone to repairment later next week. Or is it possible that it is some deep level software problem that I'm not aware of?
I have doubt because all other components are working except the two mics, and I think it is pretty abnormal for two components at two different side(top and bottom) of the phone to hardware malfunction at the same time. (Also because of the Shazam app's behaviour)
Thank you.
(English is not my first language so please forgive me if I sound rude or awkward )
Hi, have you resolved the issue?
Hi comcraizer,
did you find a solution to this?
Thanks.
comcraizer said:
Today I downloaded a dB meter app from Play Store, and I wondered why it didn't work, then I found out that it wasn't the app's problem but the phone's.
I tried other apps from Play Store that use the mics including Recforge, Sound Recorder, etc but still no sound signal coming from the mics, and yes, calling doesn't work. (Using headphone/earphone with plug-in jack works.)
An interesting finding is that when I tested with Shazam, after I pressed the turning Shazam logo, it almost immediately told me that no song was found, it was like whenever the app detects dead silence in the first 1 sec, it just gave up listening any longer.
I was using BlissPop so I switched back to stock-based SuperZen, suspecting it is ROM related problem but still no luck, still dead silence
Then I even switched to Latest WW Official Stock, but when I get into the test menu via the calculator app and performed the two mic tests, both of them failed. (I'm sure that it is not the speaker's problem)
So, I wonder if I can safely say that the phone's microphones are hardware dead now, if it is true maybe I will be sending the phone to repairment later next week. Or is it possible that it is some deep level software problem that I'm not aware of?
I have doubt because all other components are working except the two mics, and I think it is pretty abnormal for two components at two different side(top and bottom) of the phone to hardware malfunction at the same time. (Also because of the Shazam app's behaviour)
Thank you.
(English is not my first language so please forgive me if I sound rude or awkward )
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I also have a problem with mic in Skype only when using speaker phone, regular phone works fine with speaker phone. This happens only with the mm bootloader on every ROM, worked fine on lp bootloader with any ROM. Anybody else have this issue?

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