Ok. Here's the skinny. About 3 weeks ago, my phone decided that it didn't want to charge anymore. Ok. I can deal with that. Then it decided about 3 days later that it didn't want to produce sound from the 3.5mm jack. Ok. I can deal with that too. Now, just recently, it decides that it doesn't want to produce sound from the rear speaker. Hmm. Actually. Ringtones and notification tones I can hear. But I can't hear the 'click' that you would normally hear when you make a selection. The feature is turned on in the settings menu. What really bothers me is that I can no longer hear music or any audio from games I play on the device. For a while, I was only able to hear audio from the rear speaker and that would be fine. But now its come to the point to where I can't hear anything but the notification tones and ringtones. I've tried wiping the phone and re-installing the OS. It fixs the problem for a few hours. Then it will revert back to the way it was. I also thought it might be a corrupted file inside the ROM itself on the SD card. So I replaced the ROM file on the card. Also fixed the problem for a little bit, but soon reverted back to old ways. I'm running Valhalla Final with no tweaks or new kernels, irreguardless of what my signature may say. My next step is to start over without using TB. Reinstall all the apps that I use one by one. When I reinstall the OS, I never reinstall the system apps, just so you know. I'm at a loss gang. If anyone has any kinds of suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated.
Flash back to stock with heimdall and flash Valhalla again.
One thing I forgot to mention about this problem. Since my phone no longer charges via the charge port, i'm unable to connect it for odin/heimdall. When I go into download mode, no matter how I hold the cable it won't recognize on the computer. However, i'm able to get it into mass storage mode if I hold it just right when i'm connected to the computer.
Just wanted to give everyone an update in case someone has the same issues. With great patients and a very steady hand, I was able to get my charging cable to stay connected to my phone for a brief time. Still, won't charge though. Oh well. Anyways. I ran Gremlin Remover on the phone and got back to stock. Fixed the sound problem. th3controller had mentioned to use Heimdall. Thx for the suggestion. Couldn't get my phone to connect long enough to run it. But the oneclick GR did the job. Also fixed the sound. So anyone who has this problem, flash back with GR to get all the crap out and load ur rom again. Mod can close this thread now.
Hi, everyone. First I want to thank everyone who takes their time to come and help people like me who mess with things we don't know anything about - such as rooting phones, etc
I installed JellyBam 4.0.0 on my (US T-Mobile) HTC One S S4 earlier this evening. Everything so far seems to be working fine except there is no external audio - no ringtone sound, no radio or music file sound, no notification sound, etc. However, the headphones work fine. I'm not great with tech things, but I'm not a complete idiot, either. I've searched for similar issues and can't find one posted, don't see any settings that may be causing the issue... I'm at a loss.
JellyBam was installed on TWRP recovery and the boot.img was flashed immediately after installation via fastboot. I'm trying to think of what other information from me would prove helpful, but I can't come up with anything else.
So, can anyone offer any ideas as to what the problem (and solution!) may be? I will add that immediately prior to beginning the flash of the ROM and boot.img, I updated the HTC drivers through HTC Sync/Windows 7.
Thanks for any insight or ideas.
david251 said:
Hi, everyone. First I want to thank everyone who takes their time to come and help people like me who mess with things we don't know anything about - such as rooting phones, etc
I installed JellyBam 4.0.0 on my (US T-Mobile) HTC One S S4 earlier this evening. Everything so far seems to be working fine except there is no external audio - no ringtone sound, no radio or music file sound, no notification sound, etc. However, the headphones work fine. I'm not great with tech things, but I'm not a complete idiot, either. I've searched for similar issues and can't find one posted, don't see any settings that may be causing the issue... I'm at a loss.
JellyBam was installed on TWRP recovery and the boot.img was flashed immediately after installation via fastboot. I'm trying to think of what other information from me would prove helpful, but I can't come up with anything else.
So, can anyone offer any ideas as to what the problem (and solution!) may be? I will add that immediately prior to beginning the flash of the ROM and boot.img, I updated the HTC drivers through HTC Sync/Windows 7.
Thanks for any insight or ideas.
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Change the ring volume and it should kick in.
Darknites said:
Change the ring volume and it should kick in.
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Thank you. I just tried that and there's no change. Also went into the sound menu, turned everything down (volume settings) then opened it again and turned everything back up. No change.
I suppose I could walk around everywhere with me headphones on I love this ROM.
david251 said:
Thank you. I just tried that and there's no change. Also went into the sound menu, turned everything down (volume settings) then opened it again and turned everything back up. No change.
I suppose I could walk around everywhere with me headphones on I love this ROM.
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Are you doing this with the headphones still plugged in?
No, I didn't. But after your question I did - still no change
david251 said:
No, I didn't. But after your question I did - still no change
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Hmm not sure then other then doing a wipe and try the volume when it first boots.
Ok. Thanks for the time. I'll try that.
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Darknites said:
Hmm not sure then other then doing a wipe and try the volume when it first boots.
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Do you think he might have to do what I did for the sd card, maybe that will kick in what he is missing plus doing the full wipe and re-flashing the ROM just wondering?
TheCrow1372 said:
Do you think he might have to do what I did for the sd card, maybe that will kick in what he is missing plus doing the full wipe and re-flashing the ROM just wondering?
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No its an old bug that's been there for as long I can remember lol but changing the volume should fix it.
Darknites said:
No its an old bug that's been there for as long I can remember lol but changing the volume should fix it.
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Just to make sure I understand (because I am technology-challenged), when you say changing the volume - I assume you're talking about either using the volume rocker on the side of the phone or simply going into Settings > Sound and changing the volume sliders there.
Correct?
david251 said:
Just to make sure I understand (because I am technology-challenged), when you say changing the volume - I assume you're talking about either using the volume rocker on the side of the phone or simply going into Settings > Sound and changing the volume sliders there.
Correct?
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Ya I mean the first but both ways should work but do it without the headphones.
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Oh just popped in the head but try having music playing and do it.
I did. Tried it when searching ring tones, then tried it with Google Music playing a track, tried it with local radio playing and tried it with nothing at all playing.
So let me ask you this - can I make a backup (Titanium Backup) of all my current settings so that when I wipe/reinstall, I don't have to redownload all my apps and redo everything?
Lol - I gotta say, though, as irritating as it is to have only this one issue... I love this ROM and the way my phone works with it. It's worth the hassle if I can get it fixed. (Especially considering I almost bricked it yesterday before finally finding this ROM.)
I should really not mess with stuff I know nothing about. But I just can't help it.
david251 said:
I did. Tried it when searching ring tones, then tried it with Google Music playing a track, tried it with local radio playing and tried it with nothing at all playing.
So let me ask you this - can I make a backup (Titanium Backup) of all my current settings so that when I wipe/reinstall, I don't have to redownload all my apps and redo everything?
Lol - I gotta say, though, as irritating as it is to have only this one issue... I love this ROM and the way my phone works with it. It's worth the hassle if I can get it fixed. (Especially considering I almost bricked it yesterday before finally finding this ROM.)
I should really not mess with stuff I know nothing about. But I just can't help it.
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Load TWRP and do a backup there, then still in TWRP do factory reset and reboot and skip over the signing in stuff and then try playing with volume without plugging in the headphones and if this still don't work you could try in TWRP factory reset and then system and them reflash the rom and if this still some how don't work you can restore the backup in TWRP.
Ok, I'll do that now - but first, one more stupid question. After this, I'll leave you alone.
When I first installed this ROM, I went through Fastboot to flash the boot.img. Do I have to do that again if reflashing the ROM, or can I skip that step?
Thanks for all your guidance. Seriously.
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So I followed the instructions above.
Went into TWRP, did a factory reset and rebooted. Played with volume. Still no external audio.
Went back into TWRP, factory reset, wiped system, reflashed ROM (did NOT manually reflash boot.img in Fastboot) then rebooted. Played with volume. Still no external audio.
Went back into TWRP and restored the backup - so I'm still left with a killer phone with no external audio, ringtone, etc.
Hmmm.... hope nobody calls when I can't hear/feel the vibrate or have my headphones in
That's strange though - I find no other threads mentioning a glitch like this and, except for this one issue, the phone/ROM works flawlessly. It even fixed the wifi connection problem that always existed with the stock phone/ROM and I know a lot of people with this phone have had that problem. With the stock, the wifi always had a problem (from the first day) connecting to my home wifi. Sometimes it would connect but normally it would take a long time (an hour or more) before finally connecting and still other times it wouldn't connect at all. Now if I leave the house, it connects as soon as I pull up in the driveway and if I power down/reboot, it connects instantly upon reloading.
Just before installing the ROM (the first time) I connected with HTC Sync via my pc/usb and made sure drivers were up to date, which is why I'm thinking it's not a driver issue. Would you agree?
david251 said:
So I followed the instructions above.
Went into TWRP, did a factory reset and rebooted. Played with volume. Still no external audio.
Went back into TWRP, factory reset, wiped system, reflashed ROM (did NOT manually reflash boot.img in Fastboot) then rebooted. Played with volume. Still no external audio.
Went back into TWRP and restored the backup - so I'm still left with a killer phone with no external audio, ringtone, etc.
Hmmm.... hope nobody calls when I can't hear/feel the vibrate or have my headphones in
That's strange though - I find no other threads mentioning a glitch like this and, except for this one issue, the phone/ROM works flawlessly. It even fixed the wifi connection problem that always existed with the stock phone/ROM and I know a lot of people with this phone have had that problem. With the stock, the wifi always had a problem (from the first day) connecting to my home wifi. Sometimes it would connect but normally it would take a long time (an hour or more) before finally connecting and still other times it wouldn't connect at all. Now if I leave the house, it connects as soon as I pull up in the driveway and if I power down/reboot, it connects instantly upon reloading.
Just before installing the ROM (the first time) I connected with HTC Sync via my pc/usb and made sure drivers were up to date, which is why I'm thinking it's not a driver issue. Would you agree?
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Ya not sure what's up if you still got your backup you could try another rom like CM10 to see if its the same. The wifi confused me, everybody else find AOSP not as good at wifi, for me Sense let me set the router how ever I want but on AOSP I have to have it at default settings.
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Earlier, I wiped everything (through hboot) and reflashed JellyBam. Once rebooted, not only did I still not have audio, but the wifi connection went back to normal - it would connect, but not without difficulty/delays. Strange,
Since I can't feasibly go without a ringtone/alarm/notifications (I use my phone for my business) I rewiped everything from TWRP and installed Dark Jelly v23 to include the Fusion Ultimate kernel. On first boot, still no sound but the notes here mention that may be an issue until it's rebooted a second time. So I set everything up, played around with the same ideas we were using earlier in this thread (to no avail) and then rebooted.
Wifi is the same as it always has been (with the exception of the glorious several hours when it worked like a champ on JellyBam). That's no big deal - I'm used to it and know it's an HTC One S quirk.
But....
Sound is back :good:
david251 said:
Earlier, I wiped everything (through hboot) and reflashed JellyBam. Once rebooted, not only did I still not have audio, but the wifi connection went back to normal - it would connect, but not without difficulty/delays. Strange,
Since I can't feasibly go without a ringtone/alarm/notifications (I use my phone for my business) I rewiped everything from TWRP and installed Dark Jelly v23 to include the Fusion Ultimate kernel. On first boot, still no sound but the notes here mention that may be an issue until it's rebooted a second time. So I set everything up, played around with the same ideas we were using earlier in this thread (to no avail) and then rebooted.
Wifi is the same as it always has been (with the exception of the glorious several hours when it worked like a champ on JellyBam). That's no big deal - I'm used to it and know it's an HTC One S quirk.
But....
Sound is back :good:
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Lol the phone does love to be picky.
Hey everyone.
I can't believe I did something so stupid, but you live and learn, and while this is not the end of the world, if anyone has a solution that would be great.
I've been using this nifty little program to record conference calls and I am usually pretty good at uploading them to my Dropbox but I got lazy and removed my root yesterday so I could upgrade to Lollipop on my Note 3. The unroot process went fine until I got stuck in a boot loop so of course I did a factory reset.
Keep in mind, prior to doing this upgrade, I did a backup with TWRP and I also had a backup with Titanium. Low and behold when I hit the home screen, all the recorded files were gone. I was puzzled because I thought for sure my precautionary measures would restore those audio recordings. Nope.
I attempted to reinstall the custom ROM I had prior and no dice on that either. I am guessing its gone, but I am throwing this out to the forums in the event someone has a solution. Thanks in advance.
I would try to extract the files from the backup. Just check here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808486
No dice. Apparently TWRP and TiBu doesn't save certain files at the local level., including .wav files from the recording software. I've yet to find a backup online that works. I'd even be willing to pay. Lost my screen shots too. This is a hard pill to swallow because I honestly believed I did everything right until I realized I did it all wrong.
Device is locked and never been rooted. Took the 5.1.1 update and apps like Netflix and HBO GO fail unerringly after 1-5 minutes of streaming.
Somethings...
-Neither app actually crashes to the desktop. It crashes to the apps main menu.
-Both apps attempt to "redraw" (3-4 times in quick succession) after the player fails, then I can usually reload the video.
I have...
-Cleared data/cache
-uninstall/reinstall the apps
-did a full factory reset
ANY thoughts would be really appreciated. Not having much like finding any resolution here. Thx in advance
I have the same problem. I have flashed the latest firmware with Kies and Odin to make sure there were not issues and still Netflix stops playing as does Youtube, Plex etc...
I have spent around 8 hours trying to find a fix to no avail. I made sure that Display > Smart screen options were disabled. In developer options I checked Force GPU rendering and Turn off hardware overlays. I also tried and unending list of other settings to no avail. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks Chris
Khazaad said:
Device is locked and never been rooted. Took the 5.1.1 update and apps like Netflix and HBO GO fail unerringly after 1-5 minutes of streaming.
Somethings...
-Neither app actually crashes to the desktop. It crashes to the apps main menu.
-Both apps attempt to "redraw" (3-4 times in quick succession) after the player fails, then I can usually reload the video.
I have...
-Cleared data/cache
-uninstall/reinstall the apps
-did a full factory reset
ANY thoughts would be really appreciated. Not having much like finding any resolution here. Thx in advance
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Go in to About Device in Settings. Does your status show "custom?" If it does, remove your SD card and transfer the files on it to your PC. Reformat the card on your Note and afterwards put the files back on it. There's a strange SD card glitch that occasionally causes the system status to show custom when it's not.
BarryH_GEG said:
Go in to About Device in Settings. Does your status show "custom?" If it does, remove your SD card and transfer the files on it to your PC. Reformat the card on your Note and afterwards put the files back on it. There's a strange SD card glitch that occasionally causes the system status to show custom when it's not.
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No my Device Status is Official. I tried using a different launcher "Google Now" hoping that a more simple launcher might clear things up but no luck. Netflix stops playing after a couple of minutes and youtube pauses. I want to be clear Netflix does not crash it just goes back to the menu where I can hit play again.
This fixed my tablet!
I may have found a fix. At least this fixed the issue for me.
The Back Story: (for you to compare similarities in device errors)
I have been having the same which started after the update. and my tablet has never been rooted either. I chatted with Samsung several times. They acted like this has never happened before and they kept saying it might be a bad wifi antenna. Which sounded like BS since I was able to surf the web and even watch youtube through chrome no problem. If I tried to watch videos on youtube, netflix, vudu it would reset as you mentioned. I even noticed that when I was using Polaris word it would erase everthying I had written randonmly. Samsung also tried to say it could be the app itself. Which I instantly doubted since the apps are made by different companies. I did the factory reset. I even took the tablet to Best Buy to have them do a system re-flash with no luck. I almost sent the tablet to samsung to have them try to fix it, but I had a feeling it was something easy to fix and I could save myself money.
THE FIX:........ I have no clue why this worked. If anyone knows why it worked I sure wouldn't mind hearing your thought!
1. Pop the sim card out.
2. Try playing videos on your apps. (Be sure to check a couple apps) It worked like a charm for me. I dont think I had to reboot to get it to work, but the fix stays after a reboot.
3. What you do not want to do is put the sim card back in because you will have the issue again.
- If you do put the card back in dont worry. You can simply remove it again and it will work again.
One thing to keep in mind.....I stopped my subscription on my verizon data plan. So it doesn't matter to me if the sim card is in. So If you still use Verizon Data plan and this fix worked then you should contact Verizon and let them know whats going on. Maybe you just need a new Sim Card. Like I said I don't know why it worked, but it did. I had data turned off completely so my device shouldn't have been trying to use anything other than wifi.
Please let me know if this works for you as well!
Thanks are always welcome!
****Please keep in mind that anything you try is done so by your own free will and I am in no way liable. ***
Khazaad said:
Device is locked and never been rooted. Took the 5.1.1 update and apps like Netflix and HBO GO fail unerringly after 1-5 minutes of streaming.
Somethings...
-Neither app actually crashes to the desktop. It crashes to the apps main menu.
-Both apps attempt to "redraw" (3-4 times in quick succession) after the player fails, then I can usually reload the video.
I have...
-Cleared data/cache
-uninstall/reinstall the apps
-did a full factory reset
ANY thoughts would be really appreciated. Not having much like finding any resolution here. Thx in advance
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ceblume83 said:
I may have found a fix. At least this fixed the issue for me.
The Back Story: (for you to compare similarities in device errors)
I have been having the same which started after the update. and my tablet has never been rooted either. I chatted with Samsung several times. They acted like this has never happened before and they kept saying it might be a bad wifi antenna. Which sounded like BS since I was able to surf the web and even watch youtube through chrome no problem. If I tried to watch videos on youtube, netflix, vudu it would reset as you mentioned. I even noticed that when I was using Polaris word it would erase everthying I had written randonmly. Samsung also tried to say it could be the app itself. Which I instantly doubted since the apps are made by different companies. I did the factory reset. I even took the tablet to Best Buy to have them do a system re-flash with no luck. I almost sent the tablet to samsung to have them try to fix it, but I had a feeling it was something easy to fix and I could save myself money.
THE FIX:........ I have no clue why this worked. If anyone knows why it worked I sure wouldn't mind hearing your thought!
1. Pop the sim card out.
2. Try playing videos on your apps. (Be sure to check a couple apps) It worked like a charm for me. I dont think I had to reboot to get it to work, but the fix stays after a reboot.
3. What you do not want to do is put the sim card back in because you will have the issue again.
- If you do put the card back in dont worry. You can simply remove it again and it will work again.
One thing to keep in mind.....I stopped my subscription on my verizon data plan. So it doesn't matter to me if the sim card is in. So If you still use Verizon Data plan and this fix worked then you should contact Verizon and let them know whats going on. Maybe you just need a new Sim Card. Like I said I don't know why it worked, but it did. I had data turned off completely so my device shouldn't have been trying to use anything other than wifi.
Please let me know if this works for you as well!
Thanks are always welcome!
****Please keep in mind that anything you try is done so by your own free will and I am in no way liable. ***
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It Worked!!!
Thanks very much for the suggestion. As it turns out the tablet came to me with a sim card in it. I never intended on using it with Verizon so I did not look. Once I removed the inactive sim card everything worked great.
Thanks again I really appreciate the help.