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3.5mm output requires reboot to work again

Sometimes I get to use my 3.5mm output either with headphones or my stereo and it works fine. Then later in the day it will not output through the jack, only the speakerphone. I have to reboot the phone (soft or hard) to get it working again. I haven't seen a pattern leading up to this.

bump, is anybody else experiencing this?

sounds like a linux bug
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Plus One
I have experienceed this on two occasions as well. I hope it is something that can be easily remedied.

I told HTC about this issue while returning my Nexus One for a faulty power button. I'll report back if they leave me any information on it's return.

I am having this issue as well

i have had the issue, rebooting did not help but it started to work again after a week or 2... lol i don t remember

Update: so I had the phone warrantied for a faulty power button a couple of months ago and when I got the phone back (didn't do an exchange) I had a new IMEI number and the headphone jack worked perfectly, until last week. The headphone jack (3.5mm) stopped working. I have done hard resets and the jack still won't work so I am getting an exchange, arriving today.

New phone works good. Tried the old phone one more time after a hard reset and still nothing.

peliROJO said:
Sometimes I get to use my 3.5mm output either with headphones or my stereo and it works fine. Then later in the day it will not output through the jack, only the speakerphone. I have to reboot the phone (soft or hard) to get it working again. I haven't seen a pattern leading up to this.
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I had this yesterday - thought I was going crzy.
Couldn't see how to fix this - so I reflashed the rom from my Nandroid backup - and its all working just fine now
Graham

My gf's N1 is doing the exact same thing. She said it started maybe two weeks ago. She has had the phone since July. Has anyone found a resolution for this? She restarts the phone but that obviously can become a nuisance after while.

Do you not read? It's a short thread. "had the phone warrantied" Your girlfriend must be impressed with your resourcefulness.

I had the same problem... except mine was in reverse. My phone thought it was always in headset mode (like a headset was plugged in).
It wouldn't output any sound unless I turned the speaker on. I could remedy the problem by playing a song and playing with the headphone jack, barely making contact with the ports internals until it played through the normal speaker.
This would work until I rebooted, which then it would think the headset is plugged in again. So basically the jack was flaky.
I had some dust under my bottom left screen too, but they did a warranty exchange and the new one is working perfectly.

Captivate Headphone Jack problem!!!

So I don't know if it's my ROM, my phone, or what, but I've tried 3 pairs of earphones, and sound only comes out of the left earbud. When I push down on the headphone jack I can sometimes get it to play faintly through both, but usually not. I'm putting the earbuds in all the way, they just don't seem to function. I treat my phone very well, and this really sucks, since I bought it for the music player mainly. Do you guys think AT&T will replace it? (After returning to stock, of course) or am I out of luck? Also, the water damage indicator shows no signs of water damage, and the phone itself looks great, since I usually keep it in a silicone case. I'd really appreciate any insight into this problem. =\
Thanks in advance.
**also, I'm running the newest version of Darkyy's Raw steel.

Silly question: Have you checked inside the headphone port for lint?
This happen to me with a phone once. Took me 2 weeks to figure it out. Since my phone was in my pocket all the time I had apparently gotten some lint in the port and packed it in tightly when I next tried to plug in some headphones.

ageros said:
Silly question: Have you checked inside the headphone port for lint?
This happen to me with a phone once. Took me 2 weeks to figure it out. Since my phone was in my pocket all the time I had apparently gotten some lint in the port and packed it in tightly when I next tried to plug in some headphones.
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Yep... Still nothing I notice that when I push down on the headphones farther than they "stick" I can get sound to play through both earbuds... huh...

Have you tried the earbuds that came with the phone?
The phone has a one year warranty, so if something is wrong they will replace it. But why mention the water sensor? Did it get wet at some point?

Of course AT&T will return it, if you bought it from them...?

OK guys, just an update....
So I called AT&T and put on my innocent, "what can haz root?" persona, and after a quick runthrough with a CS rep ("What's a factory data reset?") they issued me a refurb captivate under warranty. Just so everyone knows, this IS covered by the warranty, assuming you didn't do any physical damage to the phone.
As for the headphones, the left earbud on the stock ones went out after 4 months. They were freaking nice while they worked, though. =\
Thank you all for your suggestions and input.

I am now experiencing this issue for the second time. The first time it was under warranty so I just sent it off but now it's been over a year and I don't think they'll fix it.
For me it seems like my earbuds are what's causing it. They're really nice Shure brand earbuds with a pin for an in-line mic. I find that when I use them in certain jacks I have to pull the plug out a little bit to have them line up correctly without the sound getting super distorted. I think they're knocking something out of place.
However, since the earphone jack has been shot the second time I have a larger problem, the ear speaker is no longer working. Seemed to happen at the exact same time.
Anyways, I think I might get a OneX after this summer so I'm willing to crack this thing open. Any ideas as to what could be the issue?

Sound keeps turning off and I can't turn it back on

I can't figure this out. The sound will randomly stop working on my Gtab.
No matter what I do, besides rebooting I cannot get it to come back on. When I try to go into sound options and touch the media slider or the alarm slider the activity force closes.
I have Vegan 5.1 installed with the 5.11 supplement over it.
I've tried wiping and installing fresh multiple times and it keeps happening. Only a reboot fixes it.
If someone can help me I'd really appreciate it.

It won't help you but I have the same problem
I discovered this while disconnecting BT headset and the audio was
never rerouted back to speakers.

Add me to the list, but playing with the 3 slider revived it, hapened after I pluged the earphones and removed them
Sent from my VEGAn-TAB-v1.0.0b5.1.1 using Tapatalk

Hey guys I too have this problem and cannot fix it

I've noticed the same problem. Running Vegan 5.11 also.

So is this a problem only vegan users are seeing? Anybody with TNT or any of the other ROMs seeing this at all?

ksc6000 said:
So is this a problem only vegan users are seeing? Anybody with TNT or any of the other ROMs seeing this at all?
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Yeah, it happens with me also, the only thing that seems to work is to plug in a headset into the audio jack and remove it while the audio is playing.

I can't believe more people are not having this problem. I mean the headphones removal thing doesn't even work for me. I pretty much always have to reboot. It makes this great tablet such a pain in the butt to use.

Same for me here...
Same for me here... Using TnT Lite 4.2.0
Audio works perfectly in my bluetooth stereo headset. Turning off bluetooth, I have no audio from speakers, and only from right when using headphones via the audio jack...
Don't know what to do.
UPDATE:
In my case it appears that some headphones plug pushed the last tab too far, leaving it making contact with something that disables speakers. I tested this by playing with a plug, moving it to the sides until sound comes back for a second. I tried to pull out the tab from inside the jack but I couldn't. Any one has disassembled the GTab and checked if the tabs are accessible from outside the jack housing?
ANOTHER UPDATE:
OMG I think I made the jack become loose, maybe I pushed too hard...
Time to get it disassembled to check from inside :-S

Playing "I got a feeling" in the external speakers !
I got it fixed... I had to open it, adjust the headphones jack's tabs and resolder.
What I learned:
1. Will never plug anything in that jack ! It's too fragile. It doesn't have reinforcing tabs, only the six surface contacts soldered... I'm really disappointed about this. So, only Bluetooth headphones for me.
2. The audio jack housing is very fragile as well, I cracked mine.
3. I had to reinforce both audio and power jacks with melted glue and a plastic tab between them.
3. I will use the power jack very gentle from now on. It's the same install like the audio jack, too fragile. If the tablet falls with the power cable connected, it will broke for sure.
4. I'm going to replace this tablet for another with android but with better construction, I suppose motorola or samsung.
Well, happy anyway that the speakers are working again.

Plug in headphones, wait.... pull out headphones. Yay!!! sound again. I just started carrying a pigtail with me in my Gtab case. Just the plug from old crap headphones I cut off.

Something I've noticed that helps a lot is to not press the volume button in increments. Just hold it and not let go until you've reached the appropriate level.

Mantara said:
Plug in headphones, wait.... pull out headphones. Yay!!! sound again. I just started carrying a pigtail with me in my Gtab case. Just the plug from old crap headphones I cut off.
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This, as I mentioned does NOT at all work for me. Ever. It's never once worked to do that.
At this point I'm really considering ponying up another 200 or so and get something that I don't have to reboot 5 times a day.

Buzzing/Humming Sound

Hey All -
I ran a quick search and didn't find this problem. I wanted to document it for posterity.
My phone makes a buzzing sound. I've seen it in every ROM I've tried so far (seems to be a hardware problem).
The sound is faint, is unaffected by media volume, and goes away when wifi is turned off. The phone appears to shut off the sound hardware when sound hasn't been played for a while in order to save battery. This makes the buzzing stop. But if a notification comes in, or there is a quiet part of a song, you can totally hear it.
It exists regardless of the ROM I have installed.
The sound is like what you'd hear in an older computer with something called crosstalk. Back in the day, (and to an extent still), various components in the hardware would generate EMI and would affect the sound quality in sound cards. For example, I had an Adlib card that would buzz a little every time the hard drive would read/write to disk.
This sounds just like that.
Anyway... just vote in the poll/comment if you're having this problem. Please post to the thread if you have a solution. I'm not expecting much though. I'm pretty sure I'd basically need a new phone for this to go away.

I get a very slight buzzing in my phones, completely unaffected by wifi. Only happens with my CX300 in-ears, any open earphones i havn't heard any noticable buzzing (though have no tried any type of headphones yet). Using Voodoo sound, lowering the amplifier dB gain and putting the media volume up reduces it a touch.
I grabbed a pair of iphone earphones and the nexus s earphones to test it with some more types, no noticeable buzzing. Also, both their sound quality is appalling in comparison to cheap sennheisers.

Yeah, that's different than me. It sounds like your CX300s might be dying.
I've got some Klipsch S4i ear buds and Bose QC3s that both have the same problem. Its loud and clear enough though that I'm sure I could hear it with cheaper headphones.
I can turn the volume all the way to zero and still hear it. When I turn it up, it doesn't make it louder though, which is "nice".
I've been all over the voodoo sound settings and nothing helps.

That's a shame, your phone probably suffers a noticeable case of leakage between the components. Could this possibly be classified as a defect and be fixed/replaced under warranty?
Also, my CX300s have no hiss on a higher quality dac and it was noticeably louder on my old nokia. I guess they're just more sensitive, they are only 16 ohm after all. No drama for me

It might qualify as a defect. I'd have to bug Samsung I guess. I could see Samsung just telling me to deal with it. It doesn't make a lot of business sense to replace a $500 phone because the headphones hiss when wifi is enabled.
It would sure make me a lot happier about buying Samsung stuff in the future though.
That's really weird about your headphones. Unless the audio quality on the CX300s is far superior over the iphone/nexus s ones, I would expect them all to behave the same way. Even then, it would be very subtle. Maybe the Nexus S doesn't ground the headphone jack very well for your headphones?

You could give them a call/email and see how it works out, but you'll probably be left without a phone for a few weeks if you send it so probably not worth it for you either.
Definitely far superior in comparison, but not nearly superior earphones Possibly a grounding issue, could even be just an unlucky set of Sennheisers that i got and have always been like this. They are out and about anyway, take a good beating and have been rock solid. Hopefully soon i'll be getting a decent pair of headphones for home use, funds allowing.

My laptop does the same thing, I'm thinking it is just interference with the headphones and your phone. might also be a lose wire or something in the phone or headphones :/

I know that this is old tread, but I had the same problem and solution might help someone.
In my case, the source of the buzz was charger (poor power supply filtering in cheap switching sources). I bought some cheap car charger/dock, and whenever I plugged my phone into it I would get lots of buzzing noise. Of course, I used it every time when in car, so I did not notice correlation for a while.
Using better charger solved my problem.
If by any chance you are charging your phone while you listening to music and getting lots of buzz, try disconnecting power cable to phone and see if there is noticeable difference. If there is, you found your problem.

Thanks for letting us know grejigl. Although not the source of my particular (non) issue, i can see it helping out someone else down the road.

I'm running on battery power when it happens to me. I'm pretty sure its caused by something related to WiFi because as soon as I shut WiFi off, the buzzing is gone.

Bluetooth woes

Has anyone experienced issues with Bluetooth devices? I have 2 devices (that are somewhat obscure) that I'm having problems with. First, what does work:
1) Beats Wireless Headphones
2) Bluetooth in my car
3) Unify Roverbeats (For bluetooth via A/V receiver that doesn't have it built-in.
4) Fitbit Surge (Had a little trouble getting it paired initially, but it's been fine since.)
The two items I'm having the trouble with are:
1) Omron 7 Series Wrist (BP654) Blood pressure cuff.
2) Vicks SmartTemp Bluetooth thermometer.
I have gotten both to pair, though it seems to be hit and miss. Once I need to actually use them, though, I'm having little to no success in getting the phone to see them. Unfortunately, I have to take both my BP and Temp every 3 hours (due to recently diagnosed, extremely rare immune system disorder.) This would be a deal-break for me, with the Blu Pure XL, it I didn't have 2 other android tablets I can use. However, I'd sure like to have these working on the phone! (BTW, they all worked seamlessly on my LG G4.)
Has anyone else experienced bluetooth issues with the Pure XL?

More Bluetooth problems....
The Bluetooth problems I mentioned earlier have only worsened. My car sometimes will, sometimes won't connect. The surge connects 90% of the time. Everything else is touch and go, with my BP Cuff only connecting once (during the pairing sequence.) Also, when selecting "un-pair" on any device already paired almost never un-pairs it. I usually have to reboot, then try again to actually get it to un-pair.
Aside from the Bluetooth issues, I've not really encountered anything else that is a show-stopper. I'd like to have Android pay, but it's not a necessity. I want root more (which disables Android pay anyway.)
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Has anyone experienced issues with Bluetooth devices? I have 2 devices (that are somewhat obscure) that I'm having problems with. First, what does work:
1) Beats Wireless Headphones
2) Bluetooth in my car
3) Unify Roverbeats (For bluetooth via A/V receiver that doesn't have it built-in.
4) Fitbit Surge (Had a little trouble getting it paired initially, but it's been fine since.)
The two items I'm having the trouble with are:
1) Omron 7 Series Wrist (BP654) Blood pressure cuff.
2) Vicks SmartTemp Bluetooth thermometer.
I have gotten both to pair, though it seems to be hit and miss. Once I need to actually use them, though, I'm having little to no success in getting the phone to see them. Unfortunately, I have to take both my BP and Temp every 3 hours (due to recently diagnosed, extremely rare immune system disorder.) This would be a deal-break for me, with the Blu Pure XL, it I didn't have 2 other android tablets I can use. However, I'd sure like to have these working on the phone! (BTW, they all worked seamlessly on my LG G4.)
Has anyone else experienced bluetooth issues with the Pure XL?
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I've only paired a Metawatch so far but no issues. I keep forgetting to sync it to my car. I'd say the connection with the XL is better than with my M9, which dropped/reconnected randomly.

So far it seems to work fine with my car but when I use it with moto x sol deck it starts breaking up after 15-20 minutes. The only way to fix it is to turn on and off bluetooth.

Pure XL bluetooth serious problem
I have a Pure XL also, originally i only had problems occasionally with playing media through my LG Tone+ headphones. then i also tried connecting my Fitbit Charge HR it would shut down the bluetooth and lock the bluetooth off. i tried uninstalling the fitbit app and only running the headphones and the bluetooth ended up locking up. when i go to the bluetooth settings it shows it as constantly turning off and turning on. i cant stop it. tried rebooting. and also tried turning off and leaving off for awhile and still when i turn it back on it is still locked up.

Issues with jawbone up3, screwed up bad
Also having issues maintaining a sync without a reboot. In my wild attempts to fix this issue I ended up uninstalling Bluetooth Share.... Would any of you fine gentlemen be kind enough to post a copy of the apk from /system/bluetooth for me?
edit: found it github*com/acheron1502/android_vendor_BLU_BLU_PURE_XL/tree/master/proprietary/system/app/Bluetooth
thanks to acheron1502!

I only use Bluetooth for me FM transmitter in my car.... I never seem to have any problems at all as far as connection and playing music/sounds.... But the hands-free doesn't seem to work.... I can hear them but they can't really hear me very well.... I just put it off to the mic on the FM transmitter....

Just got my blu pure xl today and Bluetooth sucks, its not much better than my blu vivo air. Signal cuts off only being like 5 feet from the phone using my brand new jbl reflect mini Bluetooth earbuds. Hooked to my 4 year old kindle fire hd left on my second floor I was still getting reception in my basement. I'm so pissed I thought that this specked out phone would have good Bluetooth reception but nope ****ty. Blu/gionee needs to start putting way better Bluetooth transmitters in there phones.

I've got to reboot my phone several times a day to keep synced with my runtastic orbit. definitely the phone, had no issues with my LG. Its a nuisance, not a major issue.

Bluetooth woes followed by total meltdown!
After all of my initial issues with Bluetooth on my pure XL, I put a Samsung 200 GB MicroSD card in. It worked for a while, but I think I somehow damaged the card moving it in and out of the phone. Finally, I left the phone charging with card inserted. After an hour or two I came back to get it and it was fire hot...so hot that the plastic back cover had started to melt right below the memory card slot. After it cooled down I removed the SD card. The went on to work half the time, but eventually completely died. I contacted BLU and they sent me an RMA, so I sent the phone to them. I figured they would come back and say the phone was not covered anymore because I had the TWRP recovery and root installed. However, after they received the phone, I got an email with tracking number on the return to me. They ended up sending a completely new phone (off the shelf with all the goodies included.)
Since the new one has been back, and I got the march update, I haven't had any Bluetooth issues save 1: it won't connect to my Denon AVR receiver's Bluetooth mode. Everything else that I listed at the start of the thread is all working correctly now. Every once in a while I have to do a reboot to reset it, but it's way better than it had been!

BLUETOOTH CLICKING NOISE (handsfree)
Is anyone having issues with when using their BLU Pure XL in the car when using handsfree? I have an issue when about 1 minute into the phone call, the person I am talking to hears a loud click every 2 seconds and will not stop until I turn off the bluetooth or put on speaker. If i switch back to bluetooth, same thing happens. The longest I've gone on a call is probably 4 minutes before it started to happen. If i hang up and call the person back on bluetooth, same thing happens.
Anyone has a solution with this as its so bad that I am considering buying a new phone because of this issue!
Thanks