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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?

Volume changes
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

[Q] Audio cutting in and out on my unit how to fix.

Yesterday the audio just stopped working on my unit. It is almost like it is muted or something. I checked it and it seems like everything is ok. Then this morning I was driving and it suddenly came back on. Audio will not cut out when the car is running, but only when I turn the car off for whatever reason(refuel, garage, etc) and then the audio will eventually come back.
I tried flashing the latest malaySK rom and MCU and that did not help. Is this a hardware issue or something? It's behaving like it is muted and when it suddenly comes back it's as if I hit the unmute button or something. Any ideas would be appreciated, I'm about to drive cross country with this.

kruuth said:
Yesterday the audio just stopped working on my unit. It is almost like it is muted or something. I checked it and it seems like everything is ok. Then this morning I was driving and it suddenly came back on. Audio will not cut out when the car is running, but only when I turn the car off for whatever reason(refuel, garage, etc) and then the audio will eventually come back.
I tried flashing the latest malaySK rom and MCU and that did not help. Is this a hardware issue or something? It's behaving like it is muted and when it suddenly comes back it's as if I hit the unmute button or something. Any ideas would be appreciated, I'm about to drive cross country with this.
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I've seen the same on one of my four units. My interim solution has been to turn power off i.e turn engine off for 35 seconds.
After that the sound comes back. I suspect it has something to do with the delay of 30 seconds implemented in the FW.
If you look in Malaysk's thread he claims its an error in the recent fw.

Any idea as to the last version of the ROM that didn't have this issue?

kruuth said:
Any idea as to the last version of the ROM that didn't have this issue?
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I don't know. This has been an ongoing case for some time. As I wrote above I think it has to do with the
software delays implemented some time ago. I've turned off Headunitservice and also removed the option
in Xposed concerning MCU. It looks like that solved the problem. Knock on wood

I see. What is this delay issue involving? I really only use the headunit service to change songs in Poweramp I think. The other features are nice but kind of superfluous for my installation.

kruuth said:
I see. What is this delay issue involving? I really only use the headunit service to change songs in Poweramp I think. The other features are nice but kind of superfluous for my installation.
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The MCU thing is to keep the HU running while you start the engine. That's the SW mod. There's also a hardware mod
implementing a capacitor and a diode doing the same thing. I can wait for the cold boot and have sound, rather than
the other way around.

I understand. How do you disable it? Wouldn't a reboot of the unit fix this issue? I was thinking of just going into xposed and forcing a reboot from in there.

kruuth said:
I understand. How do you disable it? Wouldn't a reboot of the unit fix this issue? I was thinking of just going into xposed and forcing a reboot from in there.
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Xposed installer/modules/XposedMcu-remove thick. Reboot.

Thanks. What else does this affect?

kruuth said:
Thanks. What else does this affect?
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AFAIK, only the above.

I've tried downgrading, changing the MCU, etc. No suck luck. The audio seems to just kick on or off.

Screen mirroring issues

Hi, guys! !! I'm experiencing some issues concerning the screen mirroring function in my s4 mini. I manage to connect it to my LG smartv and my chromecast 2, Which is attached to my regular TV. But after a few minutes, the image in my TV gets blurry and the connection fails. I contacted Samsung and they made me perform a series of tests,all of Which amounted to nothing in the end. Then , they said I Would have to do a factory reset. First of all, I'm a little weary about this, couse if it does not work, I'll have done a lot of work for nothing. What should I do?? Is it a hardware problem? I'm counting on you guys!!

Viniviusdessaune said:
Hi, guys! !! I'm experiencing some issues concerning the screen mirroring function in my s4 mini. I manage to connect it to my LG smartv and my chromecast 2, Which is attached to my regular TV. But after a few minutes, the image in my TV gets blurry and the connection fails. I contacted Samsung and they made me perform a series of tests,all of Which amounted to nothing in the end. Then , they said I Would have to do a factory reset. First of all, I'm a little weary about this, couse if it does not work, I'll have done a lot of work for nothing. What should I do?? Is it a hardware problem? I'm counting on you guys!!
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Using "caffine" to keep your device awake, might be a work around. (turn it on in the quick settings pull down menu, tap to set time, or for more control get the app of the same name on Play store)
Or try testing it with another casting app from play store that might keep the device from sleeping.

Thanks for Your reply! !! Unfortunately, I dont think thats the problem. While the Screen mirroring function is on, my s4 mini Screen is fully awake. The transmission then starts to falter. The images on my TV Screen (and my s4 screen)gets blurry and freezes. Then the connection breaks. ..but i'll install caffeine anyway. ..any Other suggestion?

Viniviusdessaune said:
Thanks for Your reply! !! Unfortunately, I dont think thats the problem. While the Screen mirroring function is on, my s4 mini Screen is fully awake. The transmission then starts to falter. The images on my TV Screen (and my s4 screen)gets blurry and freezes. Then the connection breaks. ..but i'll install caffeine anyway. ..any Other suggestion?
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oh I see. Maybe it's more like the modem/router being overloaded? Or wifi channel interference?

I dont think so. I turned off the wifi of all my other devices and the problem persisted, so its not overload. And I dont think its wifi interference either, because all my other devices can mirror the screen Just fine. All these tests Ive already performed, following sumsungs support instructions. They suggested a factory reset. Do You think That could work?

Viniviusdessaune said:
I dont think so. I turned off the wifi of all my other devices and the problem persisted, so its not overload. And I dont think its wifi interference either, because all my other devices can mirror the screen Just fine. All these tests Ive already performed, following sumsungs support instructions. They suggested a factory reset. Do You think That could work?
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strange problem. What version of Android? Stock? Are you using inbuilt casting like in CM13? Or Have you tried another casting app? I could only get mine going with allcast app from Cyanogen (or was it Google?)
Factory reset might fix it, I have no idea, but it's a last resort for me!

Sound cutting out

Has anyone found a fix for the sound cutting out after a few seconds of a video or game? I have tried the soubdabout app, Turing the USB option off, disable Power save.. Still happening..
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I have the same issue sometimes, I've read around the web and it seems to be a mix of software and hardware related, I read a guy suggest removing and putting back the case (in case you have one) and I did that and the sound came back, haven't had the issue again.
Dakotahorse said:
Has anyone found a fix for the sound cutting out after a few seconds of a video or game? I have tried the soubdabout app, Turing the USB option off, disable Power save.. Still happening..
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hudtwalcker said:
I have the same issue sometimes, I've read around the web and it seems to be a mix of software and hardware related, I read a guy suggest removing and putting back the case (in case you have one) and I did that and the sound came back, haven't had the issue again.
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Hmm, I keep mine out of a case,.. Yeah I'm not sure what it is, it's a 50/50 between some say software and some say hardware. I would asume that software would of been fixed by now, either Samsung or 3rd party
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So I found a solution for the issue in my case, it does seem to be software but it's really weird cause the issue continues in any firmware, it started when I was on 6.0.1 PI2, then I flashed Nougat and had the same problem (I hated it and battery drain was killing me) I went back to 6.0 and changed to the PK2 version and the issue continued, it was really weird cause it would cut out in audio messages, games but not music, I also tried every single suggestion on every forum and post I could find EXCEPT the Soundabout app, today I gave up, installed soundabout, selected media to speakers and bam, problem solved, I still need further testing, but it seems ok for now, keep in mind that I also have "prevent USB audio routing" on and "Easy Mute" off.
Dakotahorse said:
Hmm, I keep mine out of a case,.. Yeah I'm not sure what it is, it's a 50/50 between some say software and some say hardware. I would asume that software would of been fixed by now, either Samsung or 3rd party
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Im trying the soundabout app now, I orginally had it set to automatic and was still having the issue, now I set it to speaker and so far so good.

as this worked for me but idk about others... I was told to remove all paired bluetooth devices (on/off doesnt matter) then go to settings>connections>more connection settings>nearby device scanning then turn off... worked for me... (sorry for zombifying an old post but as this is still current with mine and many devices i decided to help)

samsung galaxy s7
Hi. I drop my boyfriend phone today and the volume cut it off for a while. It's that because I drop it off? Or because of the headphones that I had it in...because after I took the headphones off its works but after starts and go again? Pleasee helppp....

Andra1997 said:
Hi. I drop my boyfriend phone today and the volume cut it off for a while. It's that because I drop it off? Or because of the headphones that I had it in...because after I took the headphones off its works but after starts and go again? Pleasee helppp....
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Is anything still wrong? Or does the sound work both with and without headphones?

Hi. I dropped my phone and have the same problem now. Did you get any useful help?

Musixmatch app problem.

Hi! I wanted to install this app for using it's floating window functionality, but when I go to enable it, as the screen is on landscape mode, and I guess the resolution is to low? (1280x600), instead of showing the entire window, it shows me only the red area on the picture, making it impossible to enable the "draw on screen" function.
Any guess?

Sorry to Bump an old thread, but does anybody have an input on this? Having the same issue

Shep156 said:
Sorry to Bump an old thread, but does anybody have an input on this? Having the same issue
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Still can't install..
If.u get.it, please.let me know!
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groggycl said:
Still can't install..
If.u get.it, please.let me know!
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So here was my process, I should mention this was on a PX5 Dasaita MTCD(E) I noticed after the fact this was for MTCB.
Installed system updates to latest, MCU as well, I then rooted the head unit and tried to use a resolution changing app to see if it would allow me to see the permission button, in doing so it got stuck sideways without showing apps and I had to factory reset the head unit and start over.
In the end after reorganizing and installing apps, the head unit is now unrooted I'm pretty sure, I went into the advanced menu in app permissions for Musixmatch, and toggled the "Draw over apps" switch to ON, it somehow seemed to work because it didn't when I tried that before root, all of a sudden the app started drawing over like normal and floating lyrics worked.
I mention all this only because it might have something to do with the root/fresh install that allowed it to work. At the end of the day the app is sort of sluggish, floating icon looks blurry, and it seemed to cause the unit to spaz out and freeze up when running the floating lyrics with Google Maps + Spotify, too much to handle I guess.
I hope it helps to some degree! My advice would be to mess with the permission setting and reboot it before rooting unless you're comfortable rooting just for the hell of it.