Hi everyone, hope someone can point me in the right direction. Flashed OmniROM on an HTC desire (bravo) and it's working great. Only problem is when making a call, no sound comes out of the earpiece. If I put it on speaker phone it's fine, and apparently when it's not on speakerphone the mic works fine, people can hear me on the other end, but I can't hear a thing. Suspect the radio is the problem here so need advice on which radio to use (especially for internet use too) and how to install it. I have Ext4 bootloader installed too. This is my interim phone after my Samsung Galaxy S2 died completely (will not power up since it died during normal operation), which looks like it would need a JTAG burn to fix, right after I successfully replace the USB board. Anyway, any help appreciated. Thank you.
Can it not be that the earpiece is simply broken?
Does it work for instance over Wi-Fi calling e.g.Skype? Can you get any sound to come out of it?
Was it working before you flashed the ROM? If you backup and flash different ROM or better yet back to stock, does it work?
Just want to do logic tests before concluding it's a radio issue, which I'm not sure it is.
So confirm above before playing about with radios as they carry a but more risk. To flash radios, you need to be S-OFF, and use fastboot commands. Check the md5 sum of the radio.img before flashing because a bad radio flash= proper brick.
There is no recommended radio, though latest one should generally be better. Depends on individual signal quality so different people get different results
Good point. Got around to thinking the same myself. Found a replacement speaker on ebay (local seller) which I ordered (it's cheap). Meanwhile searching the market for a speaker tester.
Desire adr6300 running cooldroid
old thread, but I have a similar but slightly different issue and it doesn't appear to be the radio
Cant hear anyone on call, they can hear me
Works on earphone - can hear caller no probs, they can hear me ok
If i switch to speakerphone during the seemingly silent call, as soon as some noise (voice or otherwise) is picked up from other end, then the speakers start screeching - quickly getting to max volume. Goes silent again if speakerphone option switched off.
Hadn't flashed anything when it started to my knowledge, but had been installing various things. Nothing significant to my recall.
Tried re flashing cooldroid after clearing caches - same
tried installing mildwild - same
reflashed radio (it is the latest and been on ages) - same
Cleared everything except sd data but including ext partition and reflashed coildroid - same.
Oh - audio tracks play fine :/
Help.
Slight update on this.
After trying different roms and reflashing the later radio:
Flashed an older radio on it that i had on it before - same.
Radio_32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23
Radio_32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.08
Seems like mic (others hear me) ok when used normal, but I cant hear them
but some sort of feedback squeal when i put it on speaker voice does come through quietly along with the screeching (no its not the missus), the screeching only starts as soon as some noise is picked up through sending phone
When earphones connected (hence mic and speaker on phone disconnected) - all fine.
So possibly some sort of short in the ear speaker unless someone who knows the hardware better than me can suggest something else
(Do these have noise cancelling mic which is disabled when earphones are connected? - must look that up when I have some time again)
Update
it does seem to be simply a failed ear speaker
Update
Got around to replacing the ear speaker (less than £2 delivered from ebay)
SORTED
dead easy job - 10 minutes to replace and all ok now.
No sound through ear speaker now sorted
This is for ear phone - but shows how easy it is
Speaker is just under the top board - no cable just prongs and stickied in place.
http://morganbye.net/blog/2012/08/htc-desire-headphone-jack-fix/
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Where can you control the volume of the mic on the TP2 ?
My phone is completely mute (I can hear people but they don't hear me)and though I suspect a Hardware defect (I flashed 2 ROMs and have the same problem) but I would like to play with the microphone settings just in case...
I know when I ran across that problem on the Kaiser ROMs I flashed, it was usually due to an incompatible radio. Try a different radio than the one you're using. It took me several times to find a good radio for a couple of the more Popular ROMs.
One thing I've noticed is ROM flashes can be a real trial and error process to get a good mix of speed, functionality and battery life between the ROM and Radio.
Just my $.02 on the subject...
mmh maybe... But I didnt flash anyhting new, the issue on the Mic happened overnight on a ROM I have had for already quite a while
Anyway: anybody can explain me where I can control the microphone sound level ?
I tried flashing a new Radio. The sound worked once for one call
And then doing a second call --> not working anymore
Seems that if I take off my SIM card and put it back it also works for one call and then fails again. That is very weird. Could be a hardware issue but I ma surprised it works at least once
I flashed different ROMs and radios and still have the issue (Anyway the problem occured while I had been on the same ROM for already a while so I would have been surprised if it came from it)
I start to be tired with HTC's quality... It's not the first time an HTC dies on me (That said it's probably the smae with otehr phoen makers, many of my friends had to ahve their iPhone replaced)
Aaahh it's going to take Expansys 2 months again before I can have a phone
Anybody with similar problems ?
Must be the mic
A bluetooth headset works...
Sadly, after root and upgrade my desire with Leedroid and new radio its back speaker broke.
My last chance is here. (Or un-root, Orange ROM and Service )
All follow was wafter root and upgrade:
I was listening radio with the headphones (original ones) I unplug and when I tried to listen anything the back speaker don't work. No music, ringtone, initial bootsound (after restart), nothing
I have found hardware failures of speakers and jack connectors but in differents model, not in Desire.
Main points:
- I have set all volumes to max, min, mute... with no results.
- It isn't in headphone mode, I think, because there are no icon indicating it.
- It's possible make and receive calls, front speaker and mic works fine.
- If I plug and unplug headphones the icon goes on and then off. Plugged they works.
Is a hardware failure? Could be caused by Coocked ROM or it is just bad luck?
could a reflash the ROM help somehow?
I could unroot and flash original Orange ROM to try service guaranty, what do you think?
Thank you
WOW Now work, why? how?
Suddenly it starts to work, the back speaker sound is back
I put sound up and down on Settings and using AudioManager and. First with click and finally with full sound it started to work.
Maybe it could be the soft shocks, or maybe not, because I am trying everything (including shocks) and the speaker doesn't fail.
Any ideas?
Ok, I've read of 1-2 other people who've had this same issue. Tried contacting them with no results.
Issue: When on a BT call in my car, the person on the other line hears themselves speaking...i.e. echo. If I mute the microphone on my phone, it goes away...but obviously they can't hear me.
ROMs tried: Calk's v1.4 and AOKP Milestone 5. Flashed both twice; tried method of going to ODIN and loading stock EL29, rooting, adding CWM, then going to CM7.2 as well as the stock to EL26 and then flashing. Cleared data/cache/delvik cache multiple times.
Went back to EL29 stock and works great.
Any ideas of what I could do to fix? Really liked AOKP.
chadillac3 said:
Ok, I've read of 1-2 other people who've had this same issue. Tried contacting them with no results.
Issue: When on a BT call in my car, the person on the other line hears themselves speaking...i.e. echo. If I mute the microphone on my phone, it goes away...but obviously they can't hear me.
ROMs tried: Calk's v1.4 and AOKP Milestone 5. Flashed both twice; tried method of going to ODIN and loading stock EL29, rooting, adding CWM, then going to CM7.2 as well as the stock to EL26 and then flashing. Cleared data/cache/delvik cache multiple times.
Went back to EL29 stock and works great.
Any ideas of what I could do to fix? Really liked AOKP.
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My girlfriend complained about the same issue with my phone, and my "fix" was to lower the BT volume on the device, and max out the volume in the car, and she said the echo was gone.
If I did that I'd go deaf with the hang up beep in my car.
Glad to hear it's a little more widespread than I thought. Hopefully this gets fixed with newer releases of ICS.
Ok, going to ask what's most likely a stupid conceptual question:
For both my Calk's ICS 1.4 and the AOKP Milestone 5 installs I followed qbking's video's to the letter.
Now, to the best of my understanding, this ROMs come packed with a kernel such as FD26. However, you can load different kernel's such as the new FE07 which could very well affect my BT and potentially fix it (or not...)
So, to flash a new kernel, I'd have to use ODIN to install the EL26+CWM to get back to a GB recovery. From there I flash the new kernel, then reflash the ICS ROM.
Here's what I don't get...if the ROM comes packed with say the FD26 kernel, won't that overwrite the FE07 (or whatever) kernel I just flashed? What am I missing here?
Thanks!!! Really trying to see if my BT issue is something I can fix. Want AOKP back again, bad!!
chadillac3 said:
If I did that I'd go deaf with the hang up beep in my car.
Glad to hear it's a little more widespread than I thought. Hopefully this gets fixed with newer releases of ICS.
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Lol...it won't be so loud, at least, not for me it isn't.
I'm an over the road truck driver and the only time I experience this is if I, or the person I'm talking to is in a really poor service area, i.e. South Carolina anywhere on I-95. Other than that I never have echo, & I'm on the phone for hours & hundreds of miles at a time spanning multiple states.
So it's not a ROM problem, kernel or modem related maybe, but I'm usually running the latest modem & kernel & have been on Team Nocturnal's ICS Blend "The Goodness" since about version 1.5, we're on version 8.0 right now. That would lead me to believe it's also not kernel or modem related
Fwiw, I use a Blue Parrot BT250-XT+, or Planatronics BB903, or a Blue Parrot VXi2 Expressway.
Sent from my E4GT packed full of "The Goodness" of TNz Blend ICS on Tapatalk 2 Pro
So you're not using a vehicle's BT system but rather an earpiece?
The earpiece would not be an issue as the issue is the microphone on the phone is still on. So, over a car's stereo system it's plenty loud enough to feed into the phone. In a BT earpiece there wouldn't be enough volume to cause a problem.
I have not noticed this with any ics leak and my car built in bluetooth. My only complaint about bluetooth is that the volume is too low when streaming audio.
I know of three people from my searching who did...one person said they went to the latest version of CM9 and that fixed it...going to try this weekend.
chadillac3 said:
So you're not using a vehicle's BT system but rather an earpiece?
The earpiece would not be an issue as the issue is the microphone on the phone is still on. So, over a car's stereo system it's plenty loud enough to feed into the phone. In a BT earpiece there wouldn't be enough volume to cause a problem.
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I was using a vehicle one, that I installed myself.
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_113BT300/Kenwood-KCA-BT300.html paired with http://www.crutchfield.com/p_113DDX512/Kenwood-DDX512.html?search=ddx512&tp=20217
I reduced the echo by lowering the BT volume during the call on the handset, and raising the volume on the car receiver.
I know, I know the thread title is BT echo with ICS ROMs...I am not running ICS, but for what it's worth, same issue here often, though NOT every call... I am running completely stock (still GB 2.3.6). Phone BT is paired with Motorola T215 that's clipped to the visor in my truck. ...and for me also, turning down the volume down a notch or two helps...In my case, I was actually thinking it is a feedback issue, where the other person hears their voice picked back up through the mic...that's why turning down the mic helps (or why they don't hear it when the mic is on mute)...
That would probably help, but what's weird is that adjusting the handset volume doesn't seem to affect my BT volume...at all.
I've always assumed it had to do with the BT module on the car.
chadillac3 said:
That would probably help, but what's weird is that adjusting the handset volume doesn't seem to affect my BT volume...at all.
I've always assumed it had to do with the BT module on the car.
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Really? That's weird. In my car, adjusting the handset volume affects the system volume coming out of the speakers.
chadillac3 said:
That would probably help, but what's weird is that adjusting the handset volume doesn't seem to affect my BT volume...at all.
I've always assumed it had to do with the BT module on the car.
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When I press the volume on the BT module, the phone will display "Bluetooth In-Call Volume" and adjust accordingly. Conversely, the phone will display the same when pressing the volume on the phone during a call. It could be relative to your BT module - if I understand correctly the BT module needs the Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) - as what allows for volume control via BT (as well as the play,pause,etc. on music over BT). Does your device support it?
I also found that if I slightly lower the visor, the sound doesn't "bounce" off the roof of the truck and helps not create echo as often, so I can turn the BT module volume up higher, if need be.
Just an FYI - when I used to plug a line from the headphone out from my HTC Hero to the truck stereo aux in , I would use the truck's speakers and the phone's mic...but there would definitely be echo issues if I cranked up the volume on the stereo...which of course let me to believe the similar issue occurs with my BT device and the phone itself because the mic is close to the speakers on the BT device.
Yep, module is AVRCP 1.3 compatible...which is part of the reason I like AOKP. Bitpool on the BT is set much higher than stock, and the metadata is transferred correctly. Everything is wonderful except for the damn echo.
What's weird is stock works totally fine; AOKP M5 had the echo, and Calk's 1.4 had an echo and static per my parents on their ground line and their ET4Gs. Wife's iPhone didn't seem to have the issue, so I wonder if it had processing built in to cut out the echo.
Going to try the latest versions of the ROMs to see if it magically fixes it.
Hi chaps,
Wierd issue. Headphones are not detected when plugged into my phone unless I do a reboot. Similarly, when I unplug the headphones they are not 'un-detected' until a reboot.
However, using an app called toggleheadset I can force audio through to my headphones. This is a bit of a pain because 1) I have to remember to do it and 2) I lose Beats functionality.
I have tried using different headphones but this has no effect.
Any ideas as to why the headphone state is only detected at boot?
I have tried different Kernel/ROM combinations but to no avail.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
also, if anyone can provide me with some pictures of their headphone port so I can compare it to mine that would be great.
Hi,
I have the exact same issue with my HOX since yesterday.
At first I thought the ROM had something to do with the issue, but after flashing several other ROMs, it still wasn't solved. (I haven't flashed back to stock btw)
"toggleheadset" works ok, but I can't use the microphone that way; I can't use my headphones to make calls anymore.
Also when answering phonecalls, sometimes my headphones are still toggled on, so I can't hear the other end. And the worst thing is: when I try to toggle the headphones off during the call, my screen dimms and I struggle to activate the widget. THATS a pain in the ass.
Does anyone know if the issue is software/hardware related? And the best way to solve this?
I'm wondering if this issue affects bluetooth headsets. If it doesn't, I'll consider buying one.
Old thread, but me the same... But my HOX survived waterboarding... I felt into the wather while sailing. Changed battery and screen, but now I see i have one more problem to solve. If any one have solution - please write. But for now I'll try to fix by my own
Cleaning Hole
Try to clean the hole where the Headphones are put in...
If its clean, try to reinstall the rom.
Hello,
When I boot my phone without my earbuds plugged in, the speakers of my phone are working fine. But I don't hear sound from my earbuds when they are plugged in.
When I boot my phone with my earbuds plugged in, my eadbuds are working fine. But when i take them out, my speakers aren't working. (both the speaker on the back and the speaker for calls)
I've searched google and this forum for solutions and both didnt work.
(I checked if my volumes were muted. but they were not.)
I'm using this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786696
Things I've tried:
- Wipe Dalvik cache and cache and update to the latest version.(08-11-12) Problem still exists
- Complete wipe of my data/cache/dalvik cache. flashed boot.img and installed rom again. Problem still exists.
- Different kinds of headsets. ALL of them give the same problem.
- Different kinds of apps for playing audio. All give the same problem. (Even the phone app)
Anyone got any ideas? I'm new to this so please be noob friendly.
Thanks
Forgot to mention: I use Hboot 0.43
Something is probably screwed up in system and I don't see it wiped from your list. Try factory resetting from cwm recovery AND format /system in cwm mounts and storage. Then flash cm10 nightly. Since none of the above will wipe boot partition, you may choose to not flashing boot. Img. However I would from your pc using
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
Fastboot erase cache
Then reboot.
Sent from a gadget on my balcony.
Thanks for your reply, unfortunately this did not work. The same problem still persists. Could it be that my hboot version is causing the problem?
I'm using Hboot 0.43
Matty2311 said:
Thanks for your reply, unfortunately this did not work. The same problem still persists. Could it be that my hboot version is causing the problem?
I'm using Hboot 0.43
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Don't think so. But... Check your PM in 5
Did you try it with a different ROM to see if you have the same problem?
I tried installing another rom. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1784185)
This has not changed anyting. I also found out that when someone calls me (When I have booted with eadbuds plugged in) I can hear the other person speaking through my earbuds. But when I put the call on speaker (Earbuds still plugged in) the sound does go over the speakers. But when I unplug my earbuds and try calling over the ear speaker I hear nothing.
I also forgot to mention that this problem occured randomly. I did not make any changes to my phone, or installed any new software/apps before it happened. From what I can remember I was listening to some music over my earbuds, and when I got called i plugged out my earbuds and tried to answer the call. From that moment the problem exists.
Also, when my earbuds are not plugged in (and i booted with them plugged in) and i plug them in, my music starts playing. When i dont have them plugged in, start playing music and plug them in my music stops playing. And when i'm listening to music over my earbuds and take them out my music won't stop playing like it's supposed to but it keeps on playing (even though i dont hear any sound from my speakers)
Try an ics rom please. Not a jb.
Tried installing an ICS rom. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601408) This unfortunately didn't fix it.
Matty2311 said:
Tried installing an ICS rom. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601408) This unfortunately didn't fix it.
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Try reversing what caused the issue?
Long shot but could work.
So by the sounds of it this would be.
Play music through speaker,
Call yourself.
Plug the headphones in and answer.
Then restart the phone or whatever and let us know?
Hope this works
Wilks3y said:
Try reversing what caused the issue?
Long shot but could work.
So by the sounds of it this would be.
Play music through speaker,
Call yourself.
Plug the headphones in and answer.
Then restart the phone or whatever and let us know?
Hope this works
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Too bad didn't work. Also tried playing music through headphones,
call self
Plug out headphones and answer.
No sound :\
Okay it just got even weirder.. I found out that when i plug in my earbuds halfway, the phone opens the google thing where you can speak what you want to search.. When i plug them in normally it does'nt. And now when i dont listen to music over my earbuds and i change the phone volume, I hear the preview beep over both the speaker and my earbuds. I Really dont get what got into my phone
Bump, Still didnt fix it. When i boot with earphones plugged in, and take them out all sounds work, but music and phone calls only give sound over earphones. So this means nothing is physically broken. You guys got any more ideas? Installed Hboot 1.39 and Blade V4.0 rom. Didnt change anything
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So I had something similar with my previous phone, Palm Pre; plugging in headphones caused intermittent speaker/headphone issues that was very inconsistent as well as triggering apps when half-in/out. In my case it was a physical issue, the jack had some pocket lint in it. I removed the fluff from a Q-tip, dipped the naked tip into isopropyl alcohol and cleaned out the jack. Other Pre users also mentioned that one of the contacts on the side-wall of inner part of the jack is "button like" in that it is pressed when the headphone pin enters the jack. When fluff builds up, the pin can force crap behind the contact and prevent it from being pressed properly.
Swabbing out the jack helped once or twice, but ultimately I gave up on using the headphones. Now that I'm jaded about it, I really wish the One X had a cover.
Thanks for the reply, but I dont think it's a physical issue, Since my ringtone still plays when i'm getting called (after booting with earbuds plugged in) and i can still call over the back speaker. Just not the front speaker. The issue is only there with media/music and calls. But how is it a software issue if updating my radio, changing my rom, and updating my hboot wont work
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Bump, Anyone got any ideas? this is really annoying, having to reboot my phone every time i want to listen to some music and every time i want to make a phone call :\
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