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VERY odd... varios system sounds are now inaudible...

I noticed this earlier today and it's driving me NUTS!! Various system sounds (so far I've found the dialing tone, lock/unlock click, and default keyboard sounds) all of a sudden are practically inaudible. I can hear them but only if I hold the speaker up to my ear while dialing, typing, etc. All volume levels are turned up all the way like I always have them, what gives?!? I'm very confused by this...

Possibly blown speakers? Have you tried music?
Swyped from my sexy EVO.

are you sure your system volume is up? You can check it with Audio Manager.

Uhh yeah like I said, all volume levels are ALL the way up.

Nope not blown as ringtones, etc. come through the speaker just fine.

You running stock? Try a reset/clean flash?

Yes everything is stock and I'm trying to avoid the obvious (resetting the phone)
Are all of these things y'all have suggested not obvious to the average user? I don't mean to be rude in the least but I always try several things to fix an issue before I seek out help...

igobyzach said:
Yes everything is stock and I'm trying to avoid the obvious (resetting the phone)
Are all of these things y'all have suggested not obvious to the average user? I don't mean to be rude in the least but I always try several things to fix an issue before I seek out help...
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haha. you may be surprised sometimes Always got to cover all the bases.
I have no idea what's causing you issues, but I experience something sort of simlar, and have yet to figure it out. I don't use any audio feedback or lockscreen unlock sounds or anything like that. My ringer and notifications always work fine. The thing for me that is odd, is my boot animation sound. No matter what sound I use, it plays halfway through EXTREMELY loud, and then it suddenly cuts to about 1/3 the volume that it started playing at. It's random, and doesn't happen every time, but definitely enough for me to notice. I have no idea what causes it, but wouldn't be surprised if it's the same type of issue.

Download an app called audio manager. Your system volume got stuck down and won't go up without that type of app, since we cannot change it in settings.
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Rydah805 said:
Download an app called audio manager. Your system volume got stuck down and won't go up without that type of app, since we cannot change it in settings.
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+1 same thing happened to me and that was the only way i could fix it

AudioManager allows you to change the system sound settings, which is otherwise impossible via the standard Android interface. That solved my problem.

[Q] Annoying BUGS

Sprint Version, OTA update on launch day.
Bug 1: Continually goes into "Car Mode". I'm not sure if it is somehow related to the holster I'm using or what, but I pull my phone out at least 20-30 times a day and it's in car mode. It becomes super annoying when you answer a call and it immediately goes to speaker phone. I tried "force stopping" this app, but that didn't work. Next step is to freeze it, but come on...I shouldn't have to do that. Weirdest bug I've ever seen. Anyone have insight about some auto-Car mode or pushing certain buttons turns it on automatically??? Weird.
Bug 2: When typing in the texting app (only place I've observed it). I'll get a few words in, then randomly, the cursor goes back to the beginning. It's been happening pretty consistently and I even noticed it on the demo model at the Sprint store (thought I had hit an arrow or something). This happens ~3-5 times per day and annoys the hell out of me.
Other than these, this phone is a BEAST. Super fast and beautiful screen. I'm missing CM10 and will definitely root/flash when the bootloader is cracked.
Anyone else notice bugs similar to these?

turtle3 said:
Sprint Version, OTA update on launch day.
Bug 1: Continually goes into "Car Mode". I'm not sure if it is somehow related to the holster I'm using or what, but I pull my phone out at least 20-30 times a day and it's in car mode. It becomes super annoying when you answer a call and it immediately goes to speaker phone. I tried "force stopping" this app, but that didn't work. Next step is to freeze it, but come on...I shouldn't have to do that. Weirdest bug I've ever seen. Anyone have insight about some auto-Car mode or pushing certain buttons turns it on automatically??? Weird.
Bug 2: When typing in the texting app (only place I've observed it). I'll get a few words in, then randomly, the cursor goes back to the beginning. It's been happening pretty consistently and I even noticed it on the demo model at the Sprint store (thought I had hit an arrow or something). This happens ~3-5 times per day and annoys the hell out of me.
Other than these, this phone is a BEAST. Super fast and beautiful screen. I'm missing CM10 and will definitely root/flash when the bootloader is cracked.
Anyone else notice bugs similar to these?
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Those are ROM bugs. I think they will be fixed after JB 4.1.1 update in December

turtle3 said:
Sprint Version, OTA update on launch day.
Bug 1: Continually goes into "Car Mode". I'm not sure if it is somehow related to the holster I'm using or what, but I pull my phone out at least 20-30 times a day and it's in car mode. It becomes super annoying when you answer a call and it immediately goes to speaker phone. I tried "force stopping" this app, but that didn't work. Next step is to freeze it, but come on...I shouldn't have to do that. Weirdest bug I've ever seen. Anyone have insight about some auto-Car mode or pushing certain buttons turns it on automatically??? Weird.
Bug 2: When typing in the texting app (only place I've observed it). I'll get a few words in, then randomly, the cursor goes back to the beginning. It's been happening pretty consistently and I even noticed it on the demo model at the Sprint store (thought I had hit an arrow or something). This happens ~3-5 times per day and annoys the hell out of me.
Other than these, this phone is a BEAST. Super fast and beautiful screen. I'm missing CM10 and will definitely root/flash when the bootloader is cracked.
Anyone else notice bugs similar to these?
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For the curser thing. Try Swiftkey. You'll absolutely love it, plus it fixes the keyboard curser issue

Thanks for the replies...
Bug 1: This is due to the magnet in the flap of my holster. I'm not a holster guy at all, but at work it's a must since I wear scrubs all day. I can reproduce the Car Mode by placing the phone close to the flap magnet. Makes me think they're going to have Car Mount accessories that will have a magnet and automatically turn Car Mode on when mounted. Also makes me think I need a different holster because my phone thinks it's in the care and I can't shut the damn Car Mode off (yet). Sigh.
Bug 2: It's not the keyboard. I know and like swiftkey, but like the stock android keyboard even more. I installed the AOSP 4.2 Keyboard 10 minutes after getting the phone. The bug lies in the Messaging app. I'm now running GO SMS without any issues....buuuuuttttt....I shouldn't need to do that to sidestep an annoyance in such a critical and basic app. Who the hell is testing these things and lets them out the door with even the slightest flaw in either the phone or SMS apps???
I'm missing my AOSP more and more. I love the phone and the hardware is quite impressive, but if this device doesn't get cracked and CM10 or 10.1 soon, I'll be swapping it out.

the only bug I've seen on this phone so far is that sometimes spell check does not work in the messaging app and then sometimes it does. (Spell check as in when it underlines an incorrectly spelled word in red)

I have noticed the bug #2 as well within the messaging app. Pretty annoying.
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Ditto on the keyboard bug. Doesn't happen often enough to me to make me wanna change phones though...

I'm with you guys on the keyboard bug...as crazy as it sounds, I'm playing with the idea that this has to do with tilting gestures...I'm having a little success repeating the bug this way. I'll repost if I confirm this.
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Dont have the keyboarding issue.
But i do occasionally have the Car Mode. bug I need this 4.1.1 update asap

Any fixes for Bug 2? My boyfriend & I got the same phone at the same time, and mine does this, his doesn't. I also think it has something to do with the tilt sensor. I'd appreciate any input if someone knows the cause. Thanks!

For 2, I use another messaging app and swift key flow and it doesn't do it anymore. Go SMS or the jelly bean app
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I can confirm bug 2 when using SwiftKey 3 on the stock messaging app and especially when typing comments in websites.

the texting bugg has completely gotten annoying for me.. Cant type a full message without the arrow going back to the first word.

lggnovice said:
Any fixes for Bug 2? My boyfriend & I got the same phone at the same time, and mine does this, his doesn't. I also think it has something to do with the tilt sensor. I'd appreciate any input if someone knows the cause. Thanks!
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Use a different keyboard.
I use Swype but Swiftkey should work too. It is not the messaging app or the Rom.
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The software definitely has bugs. But the only only one I can do without is this damn SMS bug.

kc_exactly said:
Use a different keyboard.
I use Swype but Swiftkey should work too. It is not the messaging app or the Rom.
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I too believe it's the keyboard and the placement of it's keys. Using 4.2 keyboard and no problems. Just a taste of some AOSP to come. Hopefully (crossing fingers)

Has there been any official word when we are supposed to receive the update? I know it rolled out in Korea last month.
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Anyone ever notice that the responsiveness of the touchscreen sometimes goes away? It will get sluggish and just plain unresponsive?
Happened to me this morning as I was scrolling through FB. Restarted the phone and it was fine.

Mindspin_311 said:
Anyone ever notice that the responsiveness of the touchscreen sometimes goes away? It will get sluggish and just plain unresponsive?
Happened to me this morning as I was scrolling through FB. Restarted the phone and it was fine.
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Yup. Happens every now and then

Bugs !!!!
sheek360 said:
Yup. Happens every now and then
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Will try the Swiftkey because the swipe is not accurate in the stock ROM either, LG QC must be asleep because i noticed these the first day!!
Love the hardware too much but if the update does not come in 14 Days I will downgrade to the GIII.

Notification/ volumes sounds changes to very low by its self.

OK this problem has been bugging me. Its started a few weeks back and i thought when i updated to 4.3 it would go away. But no luck.
Here is the problem. I have a Samsung S3 SGH I747M on Rogers was on 4.1.2 stock rom rooted. Now im on 4.3 stock rom rooted.
My phone keeps changing the notification/ all volumes on it own to very low. I can hardly hear it. I reboot my phone and its back to normal and all volumes are were i set them. Now i did notice that when it does go very low all my volume sliders go to the max position but everything will be very low.
Its driving me crazy. I have uninstalled several apps that i thought might be causing the problem but nothing seems to fix it. My next step is to do a factory reset. Which i really don't want to do as i have my phone set up the way i like it.
I'm hoping some of you phone gurus out there can help me find this annoyance.
Thanks.

Wow. No reply's. I guess nobody has had this problem before. Ill keep looking.

My volume dips occasionally, but I'm on pacman Rom with viper4android installed. In my case it happens when viper decides to randomly crash.
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Satstalker said:
OK this problem has been bugging me. Its started a few weeks back and i thought when i updated to 4.3 it would go away. But no luck.
Here is the problem. I have a Samsung S3 SGH I747M on Rogers was on 4.1.2 stock rom rooted. Now im on 4.3 stock rom rooted.
My phone keeps changing the notification/ all volumes on it own to very low. I can hardly hear it. I reboot my phone and its back to normal and all volumes are were i set them. Now i did notice that when it does go very low all my volume sliders go to the max position but everything will be very low.
Its driving me crazy. I have uninstalled several apps that i thought might be causing the problem but nothing seems to fix it. My next step is to do a factory reset. Which i really don't want to do as i have my phone set up the way i like it.
I'm hoping some of you phone gurus out there can help me find this annoyance.
Thanks.
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Did you have any audio mods installed ? If so then that might have caused the problem because to fully uninstall those you have to remove some of their system files or if they changed your build.prop you might have to undo the changes.
Other than that im not really sure what might be causing it.
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Florad77 said:
Did you have any audio mods installed ? If so then that might have caused the problem because to fully uninstall those you have to remove some of their system files or if they changed your build.prop you might have to undo the changes.
Other than that im not really sure what might be causing it.
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Hey thanks for the reply Florad77.:good:
I don't have any audio mods installed. I do have poweramp audio player and tasker installed and Tasker does not seem to work good now since the 4.3 update. Well its looking more and more like im going to do a factory reset. ugg!
Does anybody know a way to restore the phone back to the settings and the way it looks now after a factory reset?

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Satstalker said:
Hey thanks for the reply Florad77.:good:
I don't have any audio mods installed. I do have poweramp audio player and tasker installed and Tasker does not seem to work good now since the 4.3 update. Well its looking more and more like im going to do a factory reset. ugg!
Does anybody know a way to restore the phone back to the settings and the way it looks now after a factory reset?
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I have the same issue. I uninstalled Ram Booster and disabled Power Savings Mode. Problem still exists but volume change is much less. Also ,it happens exactly when screen turns off. Factory reset did not solve it for me.

Satstalker said:
Hey thanks for the reply Florad77.:good:
I don't have any audio mods installed. I do have poweramp audio player and tasker installed and Tasker does not seem to work good now since the 4.3 update. Well its looking more and more like im going to do a factory reset. ugg!
Does anybody know a way to restore the phone back to the settings and the way it looks now after a factory reset?
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I just started experiencing this issue as well. Never noticed it before as I always had my phone on silent for school but now that im on vacation I turned the sound back on and I can't hear the locking and unlocking sounds unless the phone is right next to my ear. The keyboard and the basic touch sounds are very quiet too. Wondering if you managed to fix this problem ?
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Florad77 said:
I just started experiencing this issue as well. Never noticed it before as I always had my phone on silent for school but now that im on vacation I turned the sound back on and I can't hear the locking and unlocking sounds unless the phone is right next to my ear. The keyboard and the basic touch sounds are very quiet too. Wondering if you managed to fix this problem ?
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Hey Florad77,
Yes i did manage to fix it. Tasker is the culprit. Its not playing nice with the 4.3 update. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it and everything was working fine. No volume changes. Then i set up some tasks, simple ones like turn off my Bluetooth when i leave my truck etc. And low and behold the sound issues came back. It must be when tasker trys to run tasks that it F,s everything up in the phones settings for sound. I just uninstalled it again and i also removed secure settings as well. Here is a review of Tasker from google play with the same sound problems.
Bob Porvan November 30, 2013
Sound notifications don't work... After the recent update, notifications stopped playing sound files, unlike always. A power related task keeps firing when it's not supposed to. 4.3.yuga.pac
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I hope this fixes your problem. Mine is work just fine now after the uninstall.

Volume issues fixed.
OK. I was still having the problem even after deleting most of the apps i thought were causing the problem. But had no luck fixing the volume issue. I remembered my son saying he has had a problem with his phone not connecting to the Bluetooth also but his had a different error. So i asked him what his issue was and he said every time he tries to connect he gets an error saying "unable to play during call" So i googled his problem and found the answer and it fixed his Bluetooth error. I then checked my own settings and changed it also and if fixed mine.
So If you use text plus go to settings and unselect enable incoming calls, and that will fix the unable to play during call error when using your music player over Bluetooth. And like me if your also having volume issues after connecting to Bluetooth it will fix that also. Make sure to reboot your phone after the change.
I hope this helps somebody as this problem has been driving me crazy for months now. I was so close to doing a factory reset and re flashing the rooted 4.3 rom again.

Satstalker said:
OK this problem has been bugging me. Its started a few weeks back and i thought when i updated to 4.3 it would go away. But no luck.
Here is the problem. I have a Samsung S3 SGH I747M on Rogers was on 4.1.2 stock rom rooted. Now im on 4.3 stock rom rooted.
My phone keeps changing the notification/ all volumes on it own to very low. I can hardly hear it. I reboot my phone and its back to normal and all volumes are were i set them. Now i did notice that when it does go very low all my volume sliders go to the max position but everything will be very low.
Its driving me crazy. I have uninstalled several apps that i thought might be causing the problem but nothing seems to fix it. My next step is to do a factory reset. Which i really don't want to do as i have my phone set up the way i like it.
I'm hoping some of you phone gurus out there can help me find this annoyance.
Thanks.
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The problem with the volume that you are facing is because of a secret call in the background via Hangouts.
Basically Hangouts connects a call with someone in the background without user's interaction and phone goes into call mode.
And in call mode volumes are adjusted appropiately as it should be in a normal call and all the sounds come out of earpiece.
If you turn off Hangouts, you will not get this problem again.
Hit Thanks!, if it helps

Touchscreen not working.....AGAIN ?!

My touchscreen is not working yet again. I can only control the phone using the gamepad but I can't accept calls from anyone, which is a really big problem. Please help....I really really need this phone because I don't have any backup phone :crying:

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X-Giga said:
My touchscreen is not working yet again. I can only control the phone using the gamepad but I can't accept calls from anyone, which is a really big problem. Please help....I really really need this phone because I don't have any backup phone :crying:
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I have the same problem since a few months. I've changed the flex for a new one and that fix it for a week. Then it happened again. It recurrently happens after the battery gets totally empty, and when you power in again the touch pad doesn't work. I'm actually using aurora play rom, and I'm going to restore the stock rom, I have the feel that there will be the problem, but no sure. I would like to know if you have problems with your battery too. For example, when I connect via usb cable to my pc or the ac'adapter, it turns the phone slow and some times it shut down immediately. what have you done before to get the touch again, because you said it happened again? and are u using stock or a custom rom? It maybe help me to help you. Well finally a have the same problem. If I can solved I'll give you a better answer. Sorry because the writing I'm Latin american and my English it's poor.

Slider flex cable again?
Anyway, only way that i found that can be used for answering/ending calls is xposed module called "xposed additions". Very few options in it, but it can bound any key to be used as answering key.
It is working on stock rom, with xposed framework for GB installed.
You can find apk of it in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44034334 and actual module you can download from XF app itself (you only need root, but that is pritty much easy these days)
Only down-side is that front buttons can't wake device, only power button. But since you unlock by sliding out, it won't affect you. I personaly have search key enabled for calls, but even home or menu key can be used.
Also, check keyboard at
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomjenkinson.emergencykeyboard
You can use it for texting. It will be slow, but better then nothing
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Keyboard sound a heptic feedback.

Hey everyone!
I am a new owner of the Z5P and I am loving it. Best decision I ever made!
One problem. Ever since I got the phone, I have had a problem with typing. As someone who types faster than the average user, I find that the sound "click" and the heptic feedback from the keyboard don't match. It's almost like the sound will cut out if I type to fast and some sounds get skipped.
I have tried different keyboards, switched different apps, and even upgraded to Marshmallow, and I couldn't find the cause of the problem.
Sometimes, on a rare occasions, the keyboard will kick into gear, and preform like it should! But then it acts up again when I go and do something.
I often turn my phone off and on during work (I work in a contact centre and I keep my phone off for security reasons).
So I reach out to you. I am seeing if anyone else has had this problem and what they did to fix it.

MicroStarKing said:
Hey everyone!
I am a new owner of the Z5P and I am loving it. Best decision I ever made!
One problem. Ever since I got the phone, I have had a problem with typing. As someone who types faster than the average user, I find that the sound "click" and the heptic feedback from the keyboard don't match. It's almost like the sound will cut out if I type to fast and some sounds get skipped.
I have tried different keyboards, switched different apps, and even upgraded to Marshmallow, and I couldn't find the cause of the problem.
Sometimes, on a rare occasions, the keyboard will kick into gear, and preform like it should! But then it acts up again when I go and do something.
I often turn my phone off and on during work (I work in a contact centre and I keep my phone off for security reasons).
So I reach out to you. I am seeing if anyone else has had this problem and what they did to fix it.
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Nope don't have that problem. I'm guessing you're not sight impaired and can see what you type. If this is true, turn it off. It's noisy and irritating
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No such issues..
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