Hi,
I have the weird problem, my phone was submerged in fresh water and the screen was damaged, after replacing the screen the phone works fine but there is another problem. The phone does not know where to route the sound expect the default values.
When I plug the earphones in it it still plays the music through the speaker unless I force the sound re-route with the application named SoundAbout.
Same goes for bluetooth and switching phone calls from earpiece to speaker and the other way around.
It figures that the phone sound system works fine because once I force some rout with the SoundAbout application it works well but the phone does not know itself where to route the sound. It's not a great solution to force the sound routing every time I get into or out of my car and every time I plug in headphones.
The phone runs Android 4.4.4 and I tried having it factory reset and repaired by sony pc companion.
I don't know it it's related but the max speakers volume became to be very low as opposite to what it was before.
I don't have warranty anymore because it was water damaged so this is not a solution.
Does anyone know which component is responsible for the sound routing in this phone?
Maybe I should replace some hardware? Or some software patch can help?
Thanks.
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My mom has the HTC radar. Ever since she used the camera to take some pictures & video, all audio outputs have a ton of static. It seems to happen as soon as any audio is playing. For instance, when the unlock sound plays (the split second drip sound), there's static on the loud speaker for a good 5 seconds. Also, when I call the phone, there's a static noise on the normal speaker. It kind of feels like a software issue, because the noise is happening as soon as audio is 'on', even if the audio file does not have any sound. Any ideas?
Maybe try a hard reset? You will lose all installed apps and have to set up the phone again, Failing that maybe send it in for a replacement as it could be hardware, hope you can solve it without any hassle.
Hard reset did not work. I did end up getting it replaced at the store, and so far the problem has not returned to the new phone.
The audio output on the Radar is pretty clean, must of been a fault
My speaker COMPLETELY stopped working a few hours ago!!
Any type of audio that is routed through the rear speaker is now nonfunctional: e.g. ringtones, notifications, alarms, speakerphone, audio from music/videos, camera shutter, audio from video games!! Audio now only works if I plug in headphones, or if I route it to a bluetooth audio device.
The only thing that works is the front earpiece during a call.
Does anyone know what on EARTH could have caused this, and how I can fix it!?
Thank you...
P.S. Before anyone asks...my phone's software and hardware have not been modified in ANY way.
helpwithmy8525 said:
My speaker COMPLETELY stopped working a few hours ago!!
Any type of audio that is routed through the rear speaker is now nonfunctional: e.g. ringtones, notifications, alarms, speakerphone, audio from music/videos, camera shutter, audio from video games!! Audio now only works if I plug in headphones, or if I route it to a bluetooth audio device.
The only thing that works is the front earpiece during a call.
Does anyone know what on EARTH could have caused this, and how I can fix it!?
Thank you...
P.S. Before anyone asks...my phone's software and hardware have not been modified in ANY way.
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This seems like it would be a hardware issue, maybe software. If is software maybe you could factory reset (I know you probably don't want to do this), but this sort of thing happened to me. After I reset the phone my speakers ended up working fine after that. I hope this could help you out with your problem. Let me know how this turns out for you.
I have a CT802 Idea USA tablet running Android 4.0.3. It is rooted.
Whenever I try to play a video (using any media player program including but not limited to the built-in one), the audio is weird--the volume is relatively low *and* the voices are almost nonexistent--what I get is almost all music. This is only a problem when I have something connected to the headphone jack--it does not happen with the built-in speaker.
If I plug the jack partly in, it is possible to get it into a position where it plays the sound properly.
My theory is that it's somehow falsely detecting surround sound output (but is not detecting it when I have the jack partly in), and when it does so, I'm only getting the left and right channels. I would like to know:
1) Is there any way I can prove this?
2) Is there some setting buried in some file that I can use to disable surround sound completely?
It turned out that the problem was caused by having earbuds with a built-in microphone. Both of the ones I tried had a microphone. When I bought another pair without a microphone, sound was okay.
It's still a problem, however. How do I keep it from doing this? There are no system settings whatsoever related to microphones, and I have no idea how to disable the microphone or otherwise tell it to treat the earbuds as a normal set of earbuds.
I have a Verizon s4 running 4.3 (all ota updates, nothing custom), my bluetooth connectivity seems to have suddenly gone...awry. When I connect any bluetooth headset (I have tried with multiple) the phone will register it connecting to phone and media controls. I have it set to automatically start music playback when this occurs, and while this worked before, it spontaneously changed. Instead of playing through the headset, music now plays through the earpiece speaker and the volume buttons control phone audio rather than media (note, audio will still be transmitted out through a jack, but again the buttons will not control media volume). The headsets themselves are fully functional as they still control call functions and voice search, but no longer toggle audio, let alone control playback. This effect continues even after the headset disconnects until the phone is rebooted.
The only thing I can think of having caused this is that I recently downloaded the pebble companion app (I wanted to test it out to see what its like before I decided to buy the thing or not), and the issue started after that. I uninstalled the app and rebooted/removed battery, but still the same issue. Is there any way to fix this other than a full system reboot? I'd really rather avoid that if I can help it.
I appreciate any feedback on this issue, thanks in advance!
I have exactly the same problem, I thought I was crazy or did something stupid! I thought it had to do with my root modifications until I completely wiped it out with an odin restore and redid only the root and SuperSU and it still had the issue. I used to have it stream bluetooth audio to my car and for some reason it once I started playing music and I thought it was really quiet even for my phone speaker until I noticed it coming out of the earpiece as well. I've run out of ideas as far as fixing it at this point though I'm still trying things.
Hello,
i have a strange Problem with my S3.
Since a few days, when i take a call i cant hear anything on the small speaker. Only when i switch to the big speaker.
Also the Musik-Player, Youtube-Player, Google-Maps-Navigation, stay quiet. The only way to get the sound of this app's is with cabled head-phone at the 3,5mm plug.
But as i told, system-sound, the phone and so on comming out of the big speaker.
Even with a connected blue-thooth headset the headset is not playing sound of the apps above.
But on other way the if i do phone call ... the blue-thooth headset is working.
For me it look like the software or at least some apps are not able to communicate to the right speakers....
Any idea what i can do ?
Factory reset first, if still the same then flash current firmware for your country with Odin, then factory reset again.
i did the reset... it did not fix my problem....but its now mayby showing me what the problem ist.... when the phone is booting it say me now that a headset is connected
what makes the detection that it shows me a connected headset where is no one ?
Reflash your firmware, if still the same afterward then either your 3.5mm socket or motherboard is faulty.