Hello everybody.
I've just found a strange problem with my phone's internal speaker. And I think the problem might be there since my purchase but I never realized it before.
The thing is, when I play a stereo track on my phone I can only hear ONE channel through the internal speaker. However my headset work fine at the same time.
I've even downloaded an app from Play store to test the speakers and it can only play the left channel.
Can someone please test this app on your phone?
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Search Google Play for the app named "Stereo Test" from Farrell and test it on your phone, then reply with your results
You might also have this weird problem!
Note:
I'm on stock firmware (2.3.5) never rooted/flashed anything.
I did tried factory reset before posting.
Your help is much appreciated!
whatever7276 said:
Hello everybody.
I've just found a strange problem with my phone's internal speaker. And I think the problem might be there since my purchase but I never realized it before.
The thing is, when I play a stereo track on my phone I can only hear ONE channel through the internal speaker. However my headset work fine at the same time.
I've even downloaded an app from Play store to test the speakers and it can only play the left channel.
Can someone please test this app on your phone?
(cannot post link due to low post count)
Search Google Play for the app named "Stereo Test" from Farrell and test it on your phone, then reply with your results
You might also have this weird problem!
Note:
I'm on stock firmware (2.3.5) never rooted/flashed anything.
I did tried factory reset before posting.
Your help is much appreciated!
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Do our phone support stereo sound output from mobile speaker . ..?
I never knew this. ..
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whatever7276 said:
Hello everybody.
I've just found a strange problem with my phone's internal speaker. And I think the problem might be there since my purchase but I never realized it before.
The thing is, when I play a stereo track on my phone I can only hear ONE channel through the internal speaker. However my headset work fine at the same time.
I've even downloaded an app from Play store to test the speakers and it can only play the left channel.
Can someone please test this app on your phone?
(cannot post link due to low post count)
Search Google Play for the app named "Stereo Test" from Farrell and test it on your phone, then reply with your results
You might also have this weird problem!
Note:
I'm on stock firmware (2.3.5) never rooted/flashed anything.
I did tried factory reset before posting.
Your help is much appreciated!
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I tested it n both the speakers works fine on my phone!!
I m on ICS 4.0.4 n rooted!!
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whatever7276 said:
Hello everybody.
I've just found a strange problem with my phone's internal speaker. And I think the problem might be there since my purchase but I never realized it before.
The thing is, when I play a stereo track on my phone I can only hear ONE channel through the internal speaker. However my headset work fine at the same time.
I've even downloaded an app from Play store to test the speakers and it can only play the left channel.
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Our R speaker stereo ???? Lol..
Buddy, d speakers r mono by default..and i doubt those who said that their speaker r stereo...
Its nt a problem..its by default..
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vipul12389mehta said:
Our R speaker stereo ???? Lol..
Buddy, d speakers r mono by default..and i doubt those who said that their speaker r stereo...
Its nt a problem..its by default..
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I second that.. .
ROYAL PEOPLE WITH ROYAL MOBILE
Well, I think i didn't described the problem enough.
I know the speaker is mono, but it should play both channels merged.
For example:
If I play a stereo song having only music in left channel & vocals in right channel. I can only hear the music (no vocals), but if I plug my headset it plays fine.
Did you guys get it?
If you still don't understand what I'm talking about.
Just download that app, test your speaker and post your results here.
That will too help me alot.
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You misunderstood him. the right channel is not played on the internal speaker or down mixed and not that he has 2 speakers.
Incidentally, I have the same error.
Note: Stock german Firmware 2.3.5 rooted
whatever7276 said:
Well, I think i didn't described the people enough.
I know the speaker is mono, but it should play both channels merged.
For example:
If I play a stereo song having only music in left channel & vocals in right channel. I can only hear the music (no vocals), but if I plug my headset it plays fine.
Did you guys get it?
If you still don't understand what I'm talking about.
Just download that app, test your speaker and post your results here.
That will help me too.
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Mine working perfect. ..
ROYAL PEOPLE WITH ROYAL MOBILE
Which firmware you have?
prdm2002 said:
Incidentally, I have the same error.
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drarunmmc said:
Mine working perfect. ..
ROYAL PEOPLE WITH ROYAL MOBILE
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Guys, Please also post others details like your firmware version, rooted or not, having custom roms, kernels etc. which will help us more...
here is a MP3 file to test
Hey guys,
I've made a mp3 file myself to make things simple (and to prove this problem to SSC)
If you play this file, you'll hear only one channel every 5 seconds (till 30sec)
i.e.
left channel will play from 0 to 5 seconds
next right channel plays from 5 to 10 sec
then again left channel plays from 10 to 15 sec (so on till 30 seconds)
After 30 seconds, you'll hear both channels simultaneously till the end.
Now, if I play this file I can hear the first 5 seconds then the speaker goes silent for 5 seconds then again I can hear for 5 seconds and so on...till 30 seconds.
After 30 seconds though, I can hear the song till the end.
In my case, I can only hear from left channel and that is the problem I was talking about.
I request you to try playing this file and reply here with your results.
(sorry for my bad English, I tried my best to describe myself)
vipul12389mehta said:
Our R speaker stereo ???? Lol..
Buddy, d speakers r mono by default..and i doubt those who said that their speaker r stereo...
Its nt a problem..its by default..
Sent from my GT-I9103 using Tapatalk 2
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What the OP is actually trying to say is that only a single channel (either left / right chanel) is audible from the mono speaker that we have in our handset. Normally both channels should be audible but without the stereo effect.
'whatever' I'll try to confirm the same just give me a sometime as I can't check it currently.
Cheers !
whatever7276 said:
Hey guys,
I've made a mp3 file myself to make things simple (and to prove this problem to SSC)
If you play this file, you'll hear only one channel every 5 seconds (till 30sec)
i.e.
left channel will play from 0 to 5 seconds
next right channel plays from 5 to 10 sec
then again left channel plays from 10 to 15 sec (so on till 30 seconds)
After 30 seconds, you'll hear both channels simultaneously till the end.
Now, if I play this file I can hear the first 5 seconds then the speaker goes silent for 5 seconds then again I can hear for 5 seconds and so on...till 30 seconds.
After 30 seconds though, I can hear the song till the end.
In my case, I can only hear from left channel and that is the problem I was talking about.
I request you to try playing this file and reply here with your results.
(sorry for my bad English, I tried my best to describe myself)
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I downloaded the file and i can hear the music buddy in both the channels (in the way u have mentioned - Switch of channels for each 5 sec till 30 and in both after 30)
'cooleagle' said:
What the OP is actually trying to say is that only a single channel (either left / right chanel) is audible from the mono speaker that we have in our handset. Normally both channels should be audible but without the stereo effect.
'whatever' I'll try to confirm the same just give me a sometime as I can't check it currently.
Cheers !
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Ok...i misunderstood...my bad......
Anyways i tested too...n was able to here d entire song..on speaker..entire means bth channel...
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I think its a problem with gingerbread...
I faced the same problem when i was on GB but since i upgraded to ICS, no such problem...
sagarwadhwa1 said:
I think its a problem with gingerbread...
I faced the same problem when i was on GB but since i upgraded to ICS, no such problem...
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I don't understand how could it be gingerbread problem?
When lots of other people on gingerbread can hear the song without problem.
Btw, I went to SSC yesterday and although it was hard do prove the problem, I did it with the help of edited mp3 file.
But then the SSC guy asked me to leave my phone there for"ringer" replacement, which I refused.
But, when I was leaving SSC, I found another user having Galaxy R, and then we tested the mp3 file in it, which played correctly in his handset.
So it means there is something wrong with the hardware, right?
tried that
pudup said:
No. I had this problem and now don't without altering my hardware in any way.
Indian stock rom has this issue maybe. This could also be related to the music player you use.
Try a different player. Then try a different rom. ICS if you like but if you'd rather be on GB then find out what rom and kernel someone without this issue is using and flash that.
Good luck.
"I like spelling my name backwards"
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I tried different players before starting this thread.
In fact, I firstly noticed this problem while I was playing a song in "n7player"
Then I thought it might be player related problem and tried stock player, "Xplay music player" etc. but nothing helped.
I'm just waiting for the official release of ICS from Samsung India.
Thanks to all.
Its been almost 4 months since last post, but I'm again here to share my experience...
I finally updated to ICS today and this weired problem is GONE!
So, its confirmed that it was a bug in my stock firmware...
Plz update if you have same problem...
Thank you XDA team & all the members!! :thumbup:
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whatever7276 said:
Its been almost 4 months since last post, but I'm again here to share my experience...
I finally updated to ICS today and this weired problem is GONE!
So, its confirmed that it was a bug in my stock firmware...
Plz update if you have same problem...
Thank you XDA team & all the members!! :thumbup:
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Which version of GB were you on?
Adam77Root said:
Which version of GB were you on?
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2.3.5 Indian stock rom
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I recently switched from CM10 to JellyBam version 5.2. It is running Android 4.2.1. Ever since I installed it (and I've tried re-flashing it twice) the audio is only coming out of the main speaker and not the headphone jack. Does anyone know why this would happen?
Update:
It seems to not be recognizing the headphones at all. When I set it to make the phone silent when I plug in headphones nothing happened.
azd9 said:
I recently switched from CM10 to JellyBam version 5.2. It is running Android 4.2.1. Ever since I installed it (and I've tried re-flashing it twice) the audio is only coming out of the main speaker and not the headphone jack. Does anyone know why this would happen?
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If you check that thread you'll see that there are problems routing sound to the headphones in this release.....ther's also a suggested fix as well.
cr1960 said:
If you check that thread you'll see that there are problems routing sound to the headphones in this release.....ther's also a suggested fix as well.
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Sorry I must have missed it going through the thread.
azd9 said:
Sorry I must have missed it going through the thread.
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For anyone else who has this problem, the answer is getting SoundAbout
azd9 said:
Sorry I must have missed it going through the thread.
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NP
I see that a permanent fix is on it's way through some code change. Others report that app works for them, hope you have the same experience.
It foes work... However the auto detect wasn't working for me... When I use headphones I had to set it that way
.. Using the speaker I had to set it to speaker... Its not jumping through hoops as its just checking an option. But it does indeed get the job done
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My Galaxy R is having a very low microphone volume, during calls.
This also happens when I try sound recorder, the recorder bars dont move much and very low volume is recorded.
And the incall volume works well when on speakerphone.
Any inputs ? for a solution ..
gaurav12 said:
My Galaxy R is having a very low microphone volume, during calls.
This also happens when I try sound recorder, the recorder bars dont move much and very low volume is recorded.
And the incall volume works well when on speakerphone.
Any inputs ? for a solution ..
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This should go in the Q&A thread. Anyways,I faced the same issue and got my phone repaired from SSC under warrenty (free of cost). I suggest you visit SSC.
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Actually the phone is out of warranty now..
Is this a software problem or hardware problem
gaurav12 said:
Actually the phone is out of warranty now..
Is this a software problem or hardware problem
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Mine was a hardware fault, and since our issues are similar I believe yours should be hardware fault too. If your phone is out of warrenty at least try getting a quote and see if its reasonable to repair since without the mic/damaged mic renders phone almost useless for making calls. Or probably you can try a local phone repair, though I am not sure how reliable it would be.
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Hello,
I have a strange problem with my rooted Haier W910 Smartphone (Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8260A CPU with ICS 4.0.4).
In all calls, the microphone is very low and everyone hear me very quiet.
But in all other apps, like voice recorder or google speech recognition, the mic works fine and perfect.
I hold the phone properly and also I don't touch the mic with my fingers in the call.
I can't edit something in the phone options and I don't know / can't find the right secret code for service or engineering mode
Who can help me, please?
Best regards and sorry for my terrible english
Andy
Hi Andy
I have the exact same problem
Have you found a solution yet?
Thanks
radiohead
I have the same problem
Rummelfigge said:
Hello,
I have a strange problem with my rooted Haier W910 Smartphone (Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8260A CPU with ICS 4.0.4).
In all calls, the microphone is very low and everyone hear me very quiet.
But in all other apps, like voice recorder or google speech recognition, the mic works fine and perfect.
I hold the phone properly and also I don't touch the mic with my fingers in the call.
I can't edit something in the phone options and I don't know / can't find the right secret code for service or engineering mode
Who can help me, please?
Best regards and sorry for my terrible english
Andy
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I also have this problem only when i calling out. Changing ROMs dosen't solve this strange problem. The engineer code is *#*#303#*#*
Me too
Anyone found a solution to this? I have exactly the same problem. Just done a static test when I call out using the Haier the voice levels are very quiet. But accepting a call in the voice levels are just fine.
Has to be software related??
xdaDevZX81 said:
Anyone found a solution to this? I have exactly the same problem. Just done a static test when I call out using the Haier the voice levels are very quiet. But accepting a call in the voice levels are just fine.
Has to be software related??
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It's seem software related but all the ROMs I checked (various 4.0.4 a d 4.1.2] don't solve the problem.
I just returned the phone to the seller.
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arielgalula said:
It's seem software related but all the ROMs I checked (various 4.0.4 a d 4.1.2] don't solve the problem.
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- a long time ago but I have same problem with new 1st Gen Moto X. Did you have any thoughts since about whether it was h/w or s/w please?
jazzdup said:
- a long time ago but I have same problem with new 1st Gen Moto X. Did you have any thoughts since about whether it was h/w or s/w please?
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No I have returned the phone to the seller. Sorry....
arielgalula said:
No I have returned the phone to the seller. Sorry....
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It seems that the problem is very apparent when using handsfree, because the other party experiences huuge quality loss when the phone is switched to handsfree (switching to the loudspeaker and talking from say 50 cm away) I have however heared ppl tell me that my voice comes through worse then before anyway. Same for cellular and ip calls incl wifi
Hi
I got a Lumia 1020 from HK recently. everything was working fine till I got the black update.
When the phone is on full volume like 10/10 for calls and 30/30 for general audio, the speaker volume just drops to almost 0. For eg if I am on a call when on the road I have the phone running on speaker, it starts off with full volume and while it is running it just drops to inaudible. If I turn the speaker off and then back on again the same issue continues. I have checked the phone volume using the buttons and it shows 10/10 regardless of wether the speaker is on or off likewise with audio from apps or just audio files or videos. Now I have tried all the resets I can think of nothing fixes it. Should I flash my phone from HK CV to AU CV? it is a RM875 model and running on black update.
The firmware version is 3051.40000.1345.1003 and the AU version is 3051.40000.1345.1006.
Anyway I can find what is the difference between these to versions?
will it be a problem if the model number is off a black or yellow phone instead of white if I have to end up flashing the phone?
Please help!
Skamath
Tanimi1 said:
Dear Skamath,
Did you installed any equalizer application in your cell phone ? If yes then please uninstalled the equalizer app because this problem is just occurred due to equlizer settings.
Thank you.
Regards,
Tanimi1
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Hi Tanimi
I haven't got any equaliser app not that I am aware of. The list of audio video apps that I have are as follows
Electro Drum pads24
Full Movies hindi
Line
Mini recorder free
Music Downloader WP
Music +Videos
Nokia Mix Radio
Nokia Play to and
Viber
In the settings Equalizer presets are set to none which I guess if for headphones only and in the enhancement flip to silence is on.
Would any of these be the issue?
Cheers
Skamath
Tanimi1 said:
Just reset your equaliser settings. if it set on non then please select the classis option.
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Hi The equalizer option only highlights when I connect headphones to it. I can change it to classical but then when I remove the headphones it is not highlighted anymore, plus I rang my partners number and on loudspeaker the problem persists.
It just drops to nothing and it only returns if I turn the speaker off and on again and after a few seconds it is back to square one.
Frustrating!!
Skamath
Tanimi1 said:
Hello,
You need to master reset your cell phone or co ordinate with lumia's outlet for the solution.
thank you..
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Master reset as in re flash the unit or like hard reset in the settings option of the phone. I have done the latter before that didn't help and if it is flashing please refer to my OP for some more queries
Cheers
Skamath
Tanimi1 said:
okay. but i believe that now you want contact with lumia outlet.
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Hi Tanimi1
I will get in touch with the company as advised.
Can you please help me with the second part of the OP about the different FW versions? I know that the HK FW ending in 1003 is 1.55 GB and the AU FW ending in 1006 is 1.41 GB.
Cheers
Skamath
Tanimi1 said:
HI Buddy,
i would suggest you . you sholud go with the AU FW ending in 1006 is 1.41 GB. becuase its suitable as per my point of views.
thank you.
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This might help. While I was thinking about the flash I put the phone in test mode and did one test on the audio the volumes low normal and high varies in volume but when in 700Mhz there is crackle in the sound which drops at 1000MHz and then totally disappears.
Everything else in the test came back good. So I am certain now that it is the firmware.
Will keep you posted if you want me to.
Cheers
Skamath
Tanimi1 said:
dont worry buddy it will working fine now. just this.
yes you can post. i have no issue
thanks.
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I successfully flashed the phone and No Bricks in sight :victory: . However the issue with the speaker was not resolved.
While the speaker was in test mode before I did the flash I noticed a crackling sound in 700 MHz and then it reduced as the MHz reached the max. The test showed speaker was AOK but in real use even after the flash to AU var the problem existed. The volume would just drop. The other day I was using the navigator and the voice guidance did the same thing and before you know it the speaker failed to produce any sound.
I hooked it up into nokia suite for store and in test mode there was no sound at all from the speakers.
Looks like I have no choice but to send my phone away to Sydney hospital where he will be looked at and hopefull discharged in a weeks time.
FML. I have reflashed it to HK var and it will be on its way today.