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TF speakers issue

Hi guys,
It seems I have a big problem with my TF. I updated to 3.2 several days ago, everything running smooth and OK, but this evening while I was watching a movie, sound went dead on the right speaker and the left one followed pretty soon. I tried rebooting the device and playing a song and I'd get sound out for about 1-2 secs and then it dies. After another reboot same problem, 1-2 secs I have sound then all dead. I wiped the device and tried a fresh install and guess what, I have sound for 4-5 secs and then it dies again. Very very uncool ...
I bought the device from Amazon.uk, do any of you guys know how they deal with things like this? This is the first gadget I've bought from Amazon.uk so I don't really know yet.
Had it since June, very happy with the way it performs and anxiously waiting for the TF2 but this really bursts my bubble .
Regards,

Try and flash the voodoo speaker fix, you can find it somewhere in the dev section. It's a software error with honeycomb.

Hey, thanks for the post, but I don't think its a software issue. First of all, it worked OK until now, and it worked for more than a week on 3.2, second of all if I shake it or tap on the backside, near the right speaker, it seems to work, at least for a couple of seconds, so it's hardware related

Sound stops working until reboot

I woke up today to my alarm vibrating and with no sound. I checked volume levels and everything looked good.
I tried to play audio in a few apps and nothing worked.
I rebooted and everything was good.
A little worried I'm going to miss my alarm if this happens intermittently
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epg0 said:
I woke up today to my alarm vibrating and with no sound. I checked volume levels and everything looked good.
I tried to play audio in a few apps and nothing worked.
I rebooted and everything was good.
A little worried I'm going to miss my alarm if this happens intermittently
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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My main loud speaker stopped working yesterday (1 day after receiving the phone) and I just contacted Google for an RMA and replacement. I tried rebooting and toggling settings and even a factory reset but the speaker just does not work at all.

UberGoat said:
My main loud speaker stopped working yesterday (1 day after receiving the phone) and I just contacted Google for an RMA and replacement. I tried rebooting and toggling settings and even a factory reset but the speaker just does not work at all.
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I don't think my issue is with the speaker, because even the headset speaker doesn't work when the sound cuts out. It seems like it must be a software issue.

UberGoat said:
My main loud speaker stopped working yesterday (1 day after receiving the phone) and I just contacted Google for an RMA and replacement. I tried rebooting and toggling settings and even a factory reset but the speaker just does not work at all.
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Same exact thing here. Ive tried calling but they want me to put up another $350 until the recieve the defective device which could be a week. So frustrating.

Grims said:
I don't think my issue is with the speaker, because even the headset speaker doesn't work when the sound cuts out. It seems like it must be a software issue.
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Yeah I have exactly the same issue as you. Was playing music on my phone through headphones. Took headphones out when I arrived at where I was walking. When I put my headphones back in to listen to music again, the screen said it was playing but nothing came out. I took out headphones and didn't get any sound out the speaker. I rebooted and all was fine again.... Is this a software bug or hardware? Should I try get a replacement for my phone?

timfimjim said:
Yeah I have exactly the same issue as you. Was playing music on my phone through headphones. Took headphones out when I arrived at where I was walking. When I put my headphones back in to listen to music again, the screen said it was playing but nothing came out. I took out headphones and didn't get any sound out the speaker. I rebooted and all was fine again.... Is this a software bug or hardware? Should I try get a replacement for my phone?
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It's possible it's an issue with the headphone jack thinking headphones are plugged in when they're not. I've seen it happen before, and even plugging in headphones didn't resolve it until I cleaned the jack. Haven't seen that issue on a brand new device though.
Google has fantastic support, so I'm going to wait it out as long as possible so if I do have to RMA it I'll have a better chance of getting a later hardware revision.

Is the devices still locked and rooted? My still new from factory. When I do a factory reset sound will work for few seconds and give out. I am going to try to root and unlock load a custom rom and see if that fixes the problem.

Mine is stock, unrooted.
It has to be a software issue because when I reboot the sound works again.
I really do not want to RMA, everything else seems fine.

Just rooted unlocked flashed a custom rom. Still no sound...then just now out of nowhere sound works??

emeniit ealdne
Reporting a similar issue on my end. Doublethinking if I ripped out the headphones too roughly but initially thought my right earbud was busted so a coworker opted to let me use his. It was playing YouTube videos on loudspeaker just fine during lunch. OTW back to the office noticed that sound notifications were buggy. Plugged in coworker's headphones to confirm if mine was busted but experienced same outage. Then both earbuds went silent. Thought I had to clean the jack when I got home but I did a restart and they work fine.

I have the same problem with my N5. When I adjust the volume with the rocker, I no longer hear the sound that lets you know it's being changed. It resolves itself after a few minutes, but it concerns me.
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I have the same issue. Restarting put it right. Last night I used headphones, and it's possible that this is what causes the sound to stop working, since I can't remember hearing any notifications after that.
epg0 said:
I woke up today to my alarm vibrating and with no sound. I checked volume levels and everything looked good.
I tried to play audio in a few apps and nothing worked.
I rebooted and everything was good.
A little worried I'm going to miss my alarm if this happens intermittently
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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gdarren said:
I have the same issue. Restarting put it right. Last night I used headphones, and it's possible that this is what causes the sound to stop working, since I can't remember hearing any notifications after that.
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In my case it is the headphones. Everything works fine until the headphones are pulled out. Now sound is not working again, hoping it will fix itself like it did yesterday. 2nd time this has happened. Reboot does not fix my problem. How did yall clean the headphone jack safely?

kp432 said:
In my case it is the headphones. Everything works fine until the headphones are pulled out. Now sound is not working again, hoping it will fix itself like it did yesterday. 2nd time this has happened. Reboot does not fix my problem. How did yall clean the headphone jack safely?
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I just posted about this issue -- a reboot does fix the issue. I also had it partially working with just the left earbud working. Once again, a reboot fixed.

zmattmanz said:
I just posted about this issue -- a reboot does fix the issue. I also had it partially working with just the left earbud working. Once again, a reboot fixed.
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Ive rebooted multiple times, wiped re-flashed rom, and nothing. The only reason i unlocked/rooted was hopes that a new Rom would fix. Started acted this way fresh from the box. Thinking of flashing the whole .img?

This problem started for me a few days ago, when I got a call and noticed there was no sound from the speaker. After fiddling with my sound settings and rebooting all was working again for a few hours, then the sound stopped again. I had a colume toggle widget installed which I though may have been causing a prob so uninstalled it. This morning, I had no sound from the speaker again. Did a safe mode boot and still no sound. Fiddled with the volume controls, rebooted a couple of more times and still nothing. I rang Google, and while I was on hold, hit the speaker button and the speaker worked fine in-call. Spoke to a Google device "expert" who had not heard of this prob, and suggested I do a factory restore (the good old "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" fix). Just did a factory restore and the speaker is working fine again. So seems like a software issue, I hope Google addresses this soon.

hi guys,
not sure if this is still actual but same thing happened to my missus tonight. she missed the work today cos of this. there is no sound what so ever. for now I haven't have much time to play with it as she was running late. its the latest device bought just few weeks ago and there is latest update on it. its in factory state, untouched, no root as she doesnt want me to touch her phones (not sure why ??? )
anybody else still having same issues these days? anyone can confirm if it is SW or HW issue?
thx

it seems a software issue though i never faced it try flashing the factory imange after a clean wipe or switch to cm

bhavstech said:
it seems a software issue though i never faced it try flashing the factory imange after a clean wipe or switch to cm
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phone is in factory condition as I mentioned I haven't touch it as I'm not allowed only thing what was done is the OTA update from new.thats all.
will see tonight when she come back from work. in worst I will RMA what I dont really want to do

rikardo1979 said:
phone is in factory condition as I mentioned I haven't touch it as I'm not allowed only thing what was done is the OTA update from new.thats all.
will see tonight when she come back from work. in worst I will RMA what I dont really want to do
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If it's completely stock then perform a factory reset from the stock recovery and make sure she hasn't installed any apps that could interfere with sound. Apps like Tasker may be.
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Bluetooth headset drop

Anyone else having issues with BT headset dropping the connection occasionally!
I'm using cataclysm latest and a Motorola flip elite.
Happens every other day.
Makes me wonder if I should use a KRT16S since the stock ROMs are all KRT16M?

Globespy said:
Anyone else having issues with BT headset dropping the connection occasionally!
I'm using cataclysm latest and a Motorola flip elite.
Happens every other day.
Makes me wonder if I should use a KRT16S since the stock ROMs are all KRT16M?
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No issues with drops, just way too loud but I think that is only affecting stereo headsets. I'm running cataclysm with franco's kernel.

uh60james said:
No issues with drops, just way too loud but I think that is only affecting stereo headsets. I'm running cataclysm with franco's kernel.
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Maybe it's just my headset..... Or kernel (faux).
Unlikely it's hardware issue with my phone.
Everything is so new that it will be a few months until bugs are worked out.

I get drops/skips all the time when listening to music over bluetooth, probably at least once a day. It just cuts in and out for 30 seconds or so and then settles down and works fine. I don't have another bluetooth device to test it with so I don't know if it's my phone, or the bluetooth headset. Anyone else have a similar problem? I'm hoping it's not a hardware issue... Did on straight out of the box, stock software and on DroidKang 6/7.

los1223 said:
I get drops/skips all the time when listening to music over bluetooth, probably at least once a day. It just cuts in and out for 30 seconds or so and then settles down and works fine. I don't have another bluetooth device to test it with so I don't know if it's my phone, or the bluetooth headset. Anyone else have a similar problem? I'm hoping it's not a hardware issue... Did on straight out of the box, stock software and on DroidKang 6/7.
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This is essentially what is happening with mine - drops connection for 20 seconds and reconnects by itself.

Globespy said:
This is essentially what is happening with mine - drops connection for 20 seconds and reconnects by itself.
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Have you tried with another bluetooth device to see if that might be the source?

los1223 said:
Have you tried with another bluetooth device to see if that might be the source?
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Works fine connected to my car, although I haven't had it connected for as long as my headset which is on most of the day.

los1223 said:
I get drops/skips all the time when listening to music over bluetooth, probably at least once a day. It just cuts in and out for 30 seconds or so and then settles down and works fine. I don't have another bluetooth device to test it with so I don't know if it's my phone, or the bluetooth headset. Anyone else have a similar problem? I'm hoping it's not a hardware issue... Did on straight out of the box, stock software and on DroidKang 6/7.
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Is your's a mono headset as well?

I've had this on other phones, it's a common Android bug and people are forever moaning about it on other forums, but the Nexus bluetooth is perfect on my stock phone. Did read Franco's kernal had messed this up again so looks like something the devs either introduce or more likely remove to save power as that's a common claim they make.

uh60james said:
Is your's a mono headset as well?
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I THINK it's stereo. It's a Kensington LiquidAux
b1g1an said:
I've had this on other phones, it's a common Android bug and people are forever moaning about it on other forums, but the Nexus bluetooth is perfect on my stock phone. Did read Franco's kernal had messed this up again so looks like something the devs either introduce or more likely remove to save power as that's a common claim they make.
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I had the problem on a bone stock phone, fresh out of the box. Never had this problem on other phones with this "headset"

Bluetooth in car and android wear

So I have had my phone since it was released and used it with my BMW to make and receive calls and listen to music. This week I got a huawei watch and now I have issues in my car. I am not getting sound through the car and it disconnects and reconnects. I read you can have 7 devices connected to Bluetooth at one time. Anyone else have this issue or know how to fix it?

dschachm said:
So I have had my phone since it was released and used it with my BMW to make and receive calls and listen to music. This week I got a huawei watch and now I have issues in my car. I am not getting sound through the car and it disconnects and reconnects. I read you can have 7 devices connected to Bluetooth at one time. Anyone else have this issue or know how to fix it?
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I have a Gear 2 Neo, Gear Fit, and 3 vehicles with bluetooth connections. None of which have any problems unless its a kernel problem. On more than one occasion with both the Note 4 and now the Note 5 I have had to change or reflash a kernel or rom because of bluetooth issues that have surfaced.

Thanks form the reply. The problem is in am stock and not rooted.

dschachm said:
So I have had my phone since it was released and used it with my BMW to make and receive calls and listen to music. This week I got a huawei watch and now I have issues in my car. I am not getting sound through the car and it disconnects and reconnects. I read you can have 7 devices connected to Bluetooth at one time. Anyone else have this issue or know how to fix it?
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had the same issue with my s5 and had to disconnect my moto 360 to fix it or in my case i had to turn it off

I figured out how to get gasket to disconnect android wear when I get in my car. Annoying that I have to bring up the app but it does work.

Pixel No Sound through speakers

Hey guys,
So today my Pixel has been acting weird. I was listening to spotify on my phone's speakers and it suddenly got really quiet. Then a few minutes later they acted fine again. Now they wont emit any kind of sound, even the boot noise. But, when I plug in my headphones or bluetooth to my car all the sound works. Any ideas? Im running 7.1.2 rooted with EX and viper. I tried using SoundAbout to force sound through the speakers with no success.

ohioa6driver said:
Hey guys,
So today my Pixel has been acting weird. I was listening to spotify on my phone's speakers and it suddenly got really quiet. Then a few minutes later they acted fine again. Now they wont emit any kind of sound, even the boot noise. But, when I plug in my headphones or bluetooth to my car all the sound works. Any ideas? Im running 7.1.2 rooted with EX and viper. I tried using SoundAbout to force sound through the speakers with no success.
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try flashing the full stock pixel image and test speakers. (give it a day as it may work for a bit after flashing.)
this may seem like a software issue since it may work after restoring stock for a bit but it probably isnt.
if you still have the issue and its likely you will, contact google or your carrier depending on where you purchased it, to get a replacement. this is a known issue due to poor soldering.

Thanks Exad. Reverted everything to stock, did a factory reset, and nothing. Google is just going to replace it. Thanks for the advice.