[Q] Weird bug with speaker/earpiece. - Sony Xperia L

Hey guys, I'm having a wierd bug with my speakers. Firstly, main speaker doesnt work on apps (music players, games, etc.), but plays notification sounds, second theres no sound coming from earpiece while on calls, but loudspeaker (main speaker) works fine.
It started when I had FXP 318 installed, but then a reboot would fix it, now it does nothing.
I have tried fresh installing, installing different ROMs, cleaning cache, flashing original firmware, but nothing worked yet, I'm on stock 15.3.A.1.17 atm.

TehHitMeh said:
Hey guys, I'm having a wierd bug with my speakers. Firstly, main speaker doesnt work on apps (music players, games, etc.), but plays notification sounds, second theres no sound coming from earpiece while on calls, but loudspeaker (main speaker) works fine.
It started when I had FXP 318 installed, but then a reboot would fix it, now it does nothing.
I have tried fresh installing, installing different ROMs, cleaning cache, flashing original firmware, but nothing worked yet.
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Try to re-install FXP322 which is latest and more stable.
Do clean install(First wipe out data and then install new rom)
This should fix the issue.:good:

mvv1277 said:
Try to re-install FXP322 which is latest and more stable.
Do clean install(First wipe out data and then install new rom)
This should fix the issue.:good:
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Doesn't work.

It appears that my phone was stuck in "Headset mode", pluging in a headset jack a few times fixed it.
Could any of moderators lock/delete this? Thanks.

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[Q] lost sound completely

After I tried blueinput and keypro apps from the market, I ended up losing sound completely: no notifications, alarms or media sound... Levels are all the way up in both settings and hardware button.
I am on cm6b2 and did full wipe with clockwork, reinstalled and still no sound but I think clockwork either doesn't wipe everything or cm6b2 imports some of the previous messed up drivers...
Anybody knows how to fix this?
Have you tried plugging and unplugging a set of headphones?
Justin
Turbo4V said:
Have you tried plugging and unplugging a set of headphones?
Justin
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I have and got sound through them, and twice through the tab speakers after playing with DSP manager, but there doesn't seem to be a foolproof way to get sound back permanently, at each reboot I lose it, and what worked before doesn't bring the sound back the next time I try...
It's definitely within the rom, I switched back to zpad for a few hours and no sound issue.

Suddenly no sound

This morning I woke up and the screen of my One S was on. When I checked why it was on I've seen that my alarm went off but without any sound.
I've checked my settings if I put my phone on silent mode but it wasn't. So I checked if I can play music, ringtones, videos etc. but still no sound.
I can talk on the phone no problem but the speakers for music, ringtones, notifications etc, just won't work.
I tried a factory reset and installed my custom rom again without any luck...
Any ideas how to fix this or do I have to send my phone in to get it fixed?
haven't had this happen, but did you try fix permissions from recovery
otherwise, if no one else has a solution you could try a nandroid restore
or, better--wipe all including System and reload fresh. Factory Reset won't clear System
or, just wipe System and reflash rom, I don't think data, which Factory reset wipes, would be the issue. not sure
Hugsy said:
This morning I woke up and the screen of my One S was on. When I checked why it was on I've seen that my alarm went off but without any sound.
I've checked my settings if I put my phone on silent mode but it wasn't. So I checked if I can play music, ringtones, videos etc. but still no sound.
I can talk on the phone no problem but the speakers for music, ringtones, notifications etc, just won't work.
I tried a factory reset and installed my custom rom again without any luck...
Any ideas how to fix this or do I have to send my phone in to get it fixed?
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Mine did the same thing, if you press the lower part together you will hear it come back for a bit and then stop again. A wire has come loose inside is my guess, if you are a heavy data user and heated it up maybe? But I called tmob and got a replacement phone sent to me, but I am still upset about it since I only got this phone in april and I already broke it.
Same thing happening to me. I noticed that when I'm in a call though and I play music. The sound works but when I try to play any audio without being in a call it will not work
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app
EXACTLY my problem and I got my HTC One S new from Ebay today so sad
Any solution?
My girlfriend's one s started doing this today. Absolutely no sound. She can make phone calls no problem but ringtones, music, videos, etc. no sound.
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using xda app-developers app
I tried to press the lower part together, didn't work though. I have not used data it was the first time I turned the device on ans boom no sound;(
I am not quite sure whether its hard or software related because you cam hear sound while in call but it got broken while my device was turned off being in a package....
Is there a way to route the sounds throughout the upper speaker?
Possible solution
Hi guys, my girfriend has an Htc One S and suddently this night the phone started to sound at verry low volume when she received a phone call. After a close inspection i realized that the sound didn't come from the lower speaker but from the ear (upper) speaker. Strange,no? I've tried the settings, reseting the phone ,but nothing... A after a while i've tried one last thing that actualy worked and spare us from a trip to the service. You have to place a call on the One S , answer that call., turn the speaker on and off again in the call then close the call. And the magic happens. Your sound is back again in the lower speaker(the loud speaker). All this indicates that it's a software problem. It's the first phone that i've heard reproducing the ringtone or player sound in the ear speaker. Hope this helps all you out there with a sound problem. Cris
C_Cristian84 said:
Hi guys, my girfriend has an Htc One S and suddently this night the phone started to sound at verry low volume when she received a phone call. After a close inspection i realized that the sound didn't come from the lower speaker but from the ear (upper) speaker. Strange,no? I've tried the settings, reseting the phone ,but nothing... A after a while i've tried one last thing that actualy worked and spare us from a trip to the service. You have to place a call on the One S , answer that call., turn the speaker on and off again in the call then close the call. And the magic happens. Your sound is back again in the lower speaker(the loud speaker). All this indicates that it's a software problem. It's the first phone that i've heard reproducing the ringtone or player sound in the ear speaker. Hope this helps all you out there with a sound problem. Cris
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If ur phone is S3 and on JB, it is a bug that sometimes sound starts coming from earpiece (front speakers) instead of rear speakers. Check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2181592
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app
no SOUND!
Hi there!
Iam having a strange problem with all sense roms viper 2.2, trickdroid, etc. and a can't fix it and i really need some help!
the sound of the phone stops working, i have the original viper kernel, never changed, the sound does not work every where!!! the mp3 player, games, notification, and the keyboard tones when dialing a number... and this time it only took about 2h after a new clean install of the rom..... ? ? ? (iam lost)
i don'd now why it appends, but when it does, i have do restore a back up that works or re install the rom.
this as happened before, and i made a clean install i have tried wipe the phone app, wipe the caches, fix permissions,.....
please does some one have a clue?
EDIT 1:
what can i do? i always used venom rom, and all ok, now since my phone came form htc support, because of the home button problem (they changed the screen, battery and the chassis, and they fixed)
now i cant use the venom i have done 3 clean install and nothing(( ..... iam going to try the TrickDroid_9.1.0 and see, if it happens again iam screed
EDIT 2:
i notice that if i clean caches and install the bulletproof kernel it stays ok, for about 5m, then the sound goes way... ?!? there must be something that is interfering with the sound services?
just found out in other foruns, that if you press volume all down, and them volume up, the sound starts working again, but some minutes later, the same no sound
http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc...d-speaker.html now iam going to remove every app and see if theres one making the problem ... it will take some time . if anyone as a clue please help!
just removed all apps , the problem precisest.... goig to try trickdroid and see what appends, does anyone have a clue!?!?!??!
EDIT 3:
i tried the stock kernel and the bulletproff, removed all apps, tried 4 clean viperone s installs with multiples recovery's, tried a factory reset from the bootloader with the original recovery, tried with the trickdoid. and nothing works!!
what can i do please some one!?
no sound, after 5m of fresh install ? tried all roms, recovery, etc
some one please help! my problem is not with this rom, it is prefect., after-all my problem is bigger .
i have tried aosp roms and sense roms, i have tried different recovery's, and kernels, removed all apps, with all i have the problem...
a minutes after a clean install the sound suddenly stops working, especially if go to the dialer
i have to install a new rom or a restore, but +/- 5m after fresh install, the problem starts again
when i relock the booloader, with a twrp backup of the original rom untouched it shows a "security warning error" ? and wallways reboots to the bootloader
some one please!?!
Sorry for my Bad english. Maybe the connection of the speaker is not really fit. The speaker is mounting on the back bottom side and fitting with two flexible contacts. Try to press or shaking the cover when you get sound after it something in there is broking or not fit.
Sent from my One S using xda premium
SolidSnail said:
Sorry for my Bad english. Maybe the connection of the speaker is not really fit. The speaker is mounting on the back bottom side and fitting with two flexible contacts. Try to press or shaking the cover when you get sound after it something in there is broking or not fit.
Sent from my One S using xda premium
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Mine had the same problem. I notice that the sound quality from the Rear speaker deteriorates day after day and so i took out the back cover and put it back again the sound seems working fine but on while playing music it just suddenly stopped and since then no sound at all from the speaker i even took out the back cover reinsert it again and again but to no avail. No SOUND.
wipe cache
This is a problem from flashing. If you reboot into TWRP and do wipe data once or twice (not just Dalvik and the cache, but also the .android_data), the sound will work. You could also try rebooting the phone.
I had this problem with the builds from the first week in July. I would just flash a later build (from TWRP be sure to wipe at least 3 times) then flash the latest build.
kearneyman said:
This is a problem from flashing. If you reboot into TWRP and do wipe data once or twice (not just Dalvik and the cache, but also the .android_data), the sound will work. You could also try rebooting the phone.
I had this problem with the builds from the first week in July. I would just flash a later build (from TWRP be sure to wipe at least 3 times) then flash the latest build.
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remove the google play account and try now.
no sound
hi
my one s its on the same problem , i was thinking the speaker was death so i buy a new one on ebay , the firts day awezome my sound come back but at 3rd day again death no more sound.
pplupe said:
hi
my one s its on the same problem , i was thinking the speaker was death so i buy a new one on ebay , the firts day awezome my sound come back but at 3rd day again death no more sound.
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I had this happen with CM. Never had problems after installing CandyKat.
fix
808phone said:
I had this happen with CM. Never had problems after installing CandyKat.
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its confirm the solution its wipe cashe dalvik cashe and system reinstall rom i did it 2 times and presto the sound comeback i install viper 210
kbrontox said:
its confirm the solution its wipe cashe dalvik cashe and system reinstall rom i did it 2 times and presto the sound comeback i install viper 210
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The problem I had was that I did have sound, then all of a sudden in the morning the alarm had no sound. It was random.
update
I was cheking a new speaker the loud version of eBay when I turn on the phone no sound I check everything and I see some scuff on the metal where the speaker touch the board I clean all and disconnect the battery for 20 seconds and the sound come back I hope this can help
****** also check the upper speaker my cel has alot of dust the problem its you need to tear down the phone its very simple are just are 8 screws 4 little flexes just be careful whit the camera glass hehehee.
i think when the dust block the conection whit the board this fails also the lower speaker do the same problem.

Headphone volume stuck at max

I have this issue on a few ROMs. When I plug in my headphones, the volume automatically goes to max, and will not adjust accordingly with the volume level. As I turn it down, the volume stays at max, until I get to 0 where it then mutes. This really sucks as I ride my motorcycle to work everyday atm, because my car is in the shop. I hate having to flash certain ROMs just to listen to my music while riding. Anyone know why this is, or of any fixes?? I've searched the forums, and Google to no avail.
Maybe try a complete reflash. Full wipe then flash. Are you using a custom kernel? No one should be experiencing that problem. Check if your ROMs md5 sum and compare it to the original. If they don't match, you may have to redownload and reflash. Hope I helped!
pretty much same issue
I have this same issue, but only with the Google Music app, and only for headphones and built-in speaker; BT is fine. Rebooted, cleared app data, cache and dalvik cache, reinstalled gapps - nada. I'm on LiquidSmooth 2.8 with LeanKernel. Yesterday Pandora got stuck too, but it went away.

Very low in call earpiece volume after 4.4.2 update

Hey Guys -
Black 16GB Nexus 5 here. My in call volume using the earpiece is very very low since the 4.4.2 update. I have the volume maxed out and have already cleared cache, and even data reset once. Did not help at all.
The only way to use the phone making a call is to use a headset or be indoors in a very quiet room. Even then it's hard to hear the caller using the earpiece. I always have to use a headset for making calls.
I remember the in call volume being louder before the 4.4.2 update. After the update, however, the microphone functionality is improved and people can hear me better now (compared to 4.4.0 stock). However, it's hard for me to hear them.
I just wanted to see if someone else faced this problem or whether this is a manufacturing defect in my phone.
Thanks.
iamjimmy said:
Hey Guys -
Black 16GB Nexus 5 here. My in call volume using the earpiece is very very low since the 4.4.2 update. I have the volume maxed out and have already cleared cache, and even data reset once. Did not help at all.
The only way to use the phone making a call is to use a headset or be indoors in a very quiet room. Even then it's hard to hear the caller using the earpiece. I always have to use a headset for making calls.
I remember the in call volume being louder before the 4.4.2 update. After the update, however, the microphone functionality is improved and people can hear me better now (compared to 4.4.0 stock). However, it's hard for me to hear them.
I just wanted to see if someone else faced this problem or whether this is a manufacturing defect in my phone.
Thanks.
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Do you use stock kernel/etc? May have been a bad update with software, may have to reflash if persists. But before that, try wiping data/cache of sound MusicFX (I believe is the sound production point) and reboot. Try again to see if sound improved. Check volume levels and settings as well.
RevelationOmega said:
Do you use stock kernel/etc? May have been a bad update with software, may have to reflash if persists. But before that, try wiping data/cache of sound MusicFX (I believe is the sound production point) and reboot. Try again to see if sound improved. Check volume levels and settings as well.
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Thanks for replying.
Yes I am on stock Kernel. Just used Chainfire's root to root the phone and unlock the bootloader. I used ADB/fastboot to apply the 4.4.2 update.
The sound is fine from the speaker. The music and everything else is fine. Even the notifications are a little louder in 4.4.2 than they were in 4.4.0.
It's just that the earpiece volume is very low while making calls when I have the phone to my ear. Everything else is great. The battery is excellent. I use ART runtime.
Should I reapply the 4.4.2 update using the ADB install method? Will that help? Can you please tell me how to wipe the cache of Sound/Music FX? I wiped the cache of the whole phone. I went into Recovery and Wiped cache partition. That did not help as well.
I am wondering whether this is a hardware defect on my phone or Google intentionally lowered the earpiece volume in 4.4.2.
Thanks.
iamjimmy said:
Thanks for replying.
Yes I am on stock Kernel. Just used Chainfire's root to root the phone and unlock the bootloader. I used ADB/fastboot to apply the 4.4.2 update.
The sound is fine from the speaker. The music and everything else is fine. Even the notifications are a little louder in 4.4.2 than they were in 4.4.0.
It's just that the earpiece volume is very low while making calls when I have the phone to my ear. Everything else is great. The battery is excellent. I use ART runtime.
Should I reapply the 4.4.2 update using the ADB install method? Will that help? Can you please tell me how to wipe the cache of Sound/Music FX? I wiped the cache of the whole phone. I went into Recovery and Wiped cache partition. That did not help as well.
I am wondering whether this is a hardware defect on my phone or Google intentionally lowered the earpiece volume in 4.4.2.
Thanks.
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Not hardware defect, volume is fine everywhere else as you said. Try redoing and push after wiping musicfx, this can be done by settings> apps> go to all tab>find musicfx> wipe. Try that first and reboot.
Ice looked around and it seems Kitkat has bug with Bluetooth volume levels for stock. My other solution would be, if you want, a custom ROM, or to check out ViperFX to replace the musicfx as default sound effects (under settings and sound tab) (which contains Bluetooth MODs and Super Quality mode). Personally used this and works amazingly with Nexus 5.
RevelationOmega said:
Not hardware defect, volume is fine everywhere else as you said. Try redoing and push after wiping musicfx, this can be done by settings> apps> go to all tab>find musicfx> wipe. Try that first and reboot.
Ice looked around and it seems Kitkat has bug with Bluetooth volume levels for stock. My other solution would be, if you want, a custom ROM, or to check out ViperFX to replace the musicfx as default sound effects (under settings and sound tab) (which contains Bluetooth MODs and Super Quality mode). Personally used this and works amazingly with Nexus 5.
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I've also started using viper4Android in the High quality mode. It works really well with Music. But it doesn't do so well when making calls with earpiece. The voice starts to distort, cut and crack. So while using calls, I generally disable phone speaker in Viper4Android.
I just cleared cache. Will try to install Android 4.4.2 again. As I said before, all sounds are ok (music, phone speaker call ring, notification etc). It's just the earpiece volume which is really low. Are you able to make phone calls fine using the earpiece (without using a headset)?
Thanks.
iamjimmy said:
I've also started using viper4Android in the High quality mode. It works really well with Music. But it doesn't do so well when making calls with earpiece. The voice starts to distort, cut and crack. So while using calls, I generally disable phone speaker in Viper4Android.
I just cleared cache. Will try to install Android 4.4.2 again. As I said before, all sounds are ok (music, phone speaker call ring, notification etc). It's just the earpiece volume which is really low. Are you able to make phone calls fine using the earpiece (without using a headset)?
Thanks.
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Yes, but Viper audio is best with Super Audio (its not battery draining as claimed), its just as normal as high quality yet call quality is excellent. Try this as well. I've used headset now and again, no issues so see how the reinstall goes. But I would highly recommend the super quality very much. Try and see if you like. Also, if you have no objections, custom kernels have great sound support (such as faux sound) that can also fix and greatly improve sound/Bluetooth quality. Report when reflash done and methods you tried.
RevelationOmega said:
Yes, but Viper audio is best with Super Audio (its not battery draining as claimed), its just as normal as high quality yet call quality is excellent. Try this as well. I've used headset now and again, no issues so see how the reinstall goes. But I would highly recommend the super quality very much. Try and see if you like. Also, if you have no objections, custom kernels have great sound support (such as faux sound) that can also fix and greatly improve sound/Bluetooth quality. Report when reflash done and methods you tried.
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Thanks for the suggestions. I installed Viper4android with Super Audio. It definitely makes a difference while using the headset. It doesn't do much to the earpiece in call volume. That remains the same.
Other than that I've cleared the cache and wiped cache paritition. Is there any way to just reinstall 4.4.2 on top of 4.4.2 again?
My phone is stock recovery rooted with chainfire's autoroot. When 4.4.2 came, I just installed it using ADB and stock recovery (update using Zip). Can I do this again without losing any data? Or will i have to reflash system to stock and then start over?
Thanks.
You can just fastboot flash the system.img
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rootSU said:
You can just fastboot flash the system.img
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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Thank you. If I do this, I won't be losing any data and the phone will work as is?
So I need to extract system.img from the factory image of 4.4.2 from the google servers.
Then the ADB command is:
fastboot flash system system.img
Could you please confirm before I do this. Thanks.
There is a thread in the theme and apps section which has a mod for louder volume on all outputs... Worked brilliantly for me

[Q] N5 on CM12 nightly No ringtones or notfication sounds

I just discovered a problem with my N5 on CM12 nightlies. For some reason the audio from my ringtones and notifications does not play. I have verified that audio does work for other stuff like music and videos. However when I get a call or a notification its dead silence. I have tried wiping cache, checking all settings (sound and "interuption" settings), updating to the latest nightly and pretty much anything short of factory reset. Is there a fix for this?
goodBEan said:
I just discovered a problem with my N5 on CM12 nightlies. For some reason the audio from my ringtones and notifications does not play. I have verified that audio does work for other stuff like music and videos. However when I get a call or a notification its dead silence. I have tried wiping cache, checking all settings (sound and "interuption" settings), updating to the latest nightly and pretty much anything short of factory reset. Is there a fix for this?
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press the volume button and make sure you don't have sounds set to none and indefinitely to change press the all and that should fix it .This is what will cause your sounds like ringtones and notifications and alarms to be mute .however your videos and such will still play audio so this sounds like your problem see screenshot below.
I feel stupid now. What I did was give up backed up and did a factory reset. Turns out what I did was accidently set it to the silent profile. So what I am doing now is rolling back to that backup, fixing it, and updating to CM12.1.
goodBEan said:
I feel stupid now. What I did was give up backed up and did a factory reset. Turns out what I did was accidently set it to the silent profile. So what I am doing now is rolling back to that backup, fixing it, and updating to CM12.1.
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lol! You are not the only one .It happened to me also.

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