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[SOLVED] Problem with internal speaker (with one channel)

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. ..
ROYAL PEOPLE WITH ROYAL MOBILE

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!!
Sent from my GT-I9103 using xda premium

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.
Sent from my GT-I9103 using xda app-developers app
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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...
Sent from my GT-I9103 using Tapatalk 2

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:
Sent from my GT-I9103 using xda app-developers app

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:
Sent from my GT-I9103 using xda app-developers app
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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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[Q] CM12 is so quiet...

Forgive me if this has been asked already (I did spend 5 minutes searching here to no avail...)
Obviously since official CM 12 came out the glitchy audio problems have been sorted out on all the ROMs, though no matter what lollipop ROM I install it's just too damn quiet. Feels like it maxes out at about 70% the volume of CM11S and as I listen to spoken word not music it's become unusable.
Is this some weird confluence of events that only affects me? (I can't find any other complaints) Anyone know any workarounds? I installed Viper4Android and it worked but there was no way of getting it any louder (if anything it was a bit quieter no matter what I tried)
The buggy Beta CM12s were fantastically loud, but alas the Max Headroom style digital glitches made them unusable.
I would love to be able to hear my audiobooks and podcasts again. Can anyone please advise?
**Edit to mention that the EU safe levels have already been overruled**

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This is what i did to get some high volume for ma cm12 built,
I flashed this mod which is triple mono high thingy and flashed Viper4Android..
If you want u can try it and get back to me

bashrulz said:
This is what i did to get some high volume for ma cm12 built,
I flashed this mod which is triple mono high thingy and flashed Viper4Android..
If you want u can try it and get back to me
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Thanks but doing that killed my OPO. I now get "couldn't play back the track you required" on Play Music and "episode appears to be in a format we can't play" with Pocket Casts.
I should also have pointed out that speaker volume is of no interest to me, just bluetooth and headset. Thanks for taking the time to answer me though.

jader13254 said:
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You bumped one minute after the thread was created??

[Q] speaker "explode" noise

when on max volume, the speaker will make a loud horrible crackling noise( like its exploding ) this will only happen in certain songs.
pretty sure my speaker is broken, or maybe its software?
what should i do?

Try to do the same thing on another OnePlus One. If its happening there too, maybe try another rom. If its still happening, it is the song.

DjDafiDak said:
when on max volume, the speaker will make a loud horrible crackling noise( like its exploding ) this will only happen in certain songs.
pretty sure my speaker is broken, or maybe its software?
what should i do?
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Which ROM are you on? I'm guessing you're on CM12 (or some lollipop based ROM) I notice that same crackling noise on max volume (speaker) when I play Clash of Clans. Just reduce it one volume step down and the noise disappears (only solution till it's fixed). Otherwise wait for stable CM12S. If you're on CM11S/CM11 then that's not good
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Renosh said:
Which ROM are you on? I'm guessing you're on CM12 (or some lollipop based ROM) I notice that same crackling noise on max volume (speaker) when I play Clash of Clans. Just reduce it one volume step down and the noise disappears (only solution till it's fixed). Otherwise wait for stable CM12S. If you're on CM11S/CM11 then that's not good
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yes iam on lollipop,can you please play the "zeta" phone ringtone thats built in, on max volume and tell me if u hear it there?
thanks alot for ur response

DjDafiDak said:
yes iam on lollipop,can you please play the "zeta" phone ringtone thats built in, on max volume and tell me if u hear it there?
thanks alot for ur response
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Yes I can hear it on Zeta ringtone. As I mentioned earlier its a lollipop issue (its still in beta), only solution is to be patient until CM fix it or reduce one step below max or go back to CM11s/CM11 (because that's stable).

Renosh said:
Yes I can hear it on Zeta ringtone. As I mentioned earlier its a lollipop issue (its still in beta), only solution is to be patient until CM fix it or reduce one step below max or go back to CM11s/CM11 (because that's stable).
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thank you so much! i was 90% sure it was hardware.
i wonder how come we are the only ones talking about this problem?

DjDafiDak said:
thank you so much! i was 90% sure it was hardware.
i wonder how come we are the only ones talking about this problem?
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I also have this problem when playing most things on YouTube on max volume. It's a problem for all cm12 based ROMs.

DjDafiDak said:
thank you so much! i was 90% sure it was hardware.
i wonder how come we are the only ones talking about this problem?
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Latest nightly 02/06 finally fixes the speaker issue we were having of crackling at max volume
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Sound stopped suddenly and doesn't come back after many reboots

Hi everyone!
i was playing a simple game today and the sound stopped suddenly. I have rebooted the phone many times, rebooted in safe-mode, etc, but the sound didn't come back. The ringtone, videos, etc doesn't have any sound now.
Anybody have an idea?
skoub

skoub2 said:
Hi everyone!
i was playing a simple game today and the sound stopped suddenly. I have rebooted the phone many times, rebooted in safe-mode, etc, but the sound didn't come back. The ringtone, videos, etc doesn't have any sound now.
Anybody have an idea?
skoub
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Have any new icons in the notification bar? Like a circle with a dash in it?

acejavelin said:
Have any new icons in the notification bar? Like a circle with a dash in it?
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no. The silent mode is not activated.

skoub2 said:
no. The silent mode is not activated.
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Eh... Was worth a shot.
Factory reset and retest, if it still fails RMA it to Motorola I guess.
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acejavelin said:
Eh... Was worth a shot.
Factory reset and retest, if it still fails RMA it to Motorola I guess.
Sent from my MotoG3 using Tapatalk
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pretty weird. The sound is working again but i didnt do anything. I wanted to clear the cache with CCleaner but it can do it automaticly because of Marshmallow 6 but since i tried it anyway, the sound came back.

honor 6x sound mods

The speaker output volume s very low folks kindly suggest me the best sound mod for honor 6x!!

Rommco05 said:
Hi, you are rooted?
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Yes mate as u folks from xda all helped me out!! I hv rooted and running on emui :good:

Another thing is honor 6x has a glitch with gyro vr videos in YouTube are extremely shaking when u move ur head it's totally annoying to watch do any of the folks out there having a resolution for the issue??

Rommco05 said:
Viper4android is one of the best mods
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Thread to install them buddy?

honor6xak said:
Another thing is honor 6x has a glitch with gyro vr videos in YouTube are extremely shaking when u move ur head it's totally annoying to watch do any of the folks out there having a resolution for the issue??
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Gyro in 6x is just an emulated one with magnetometer and accelerometer so yeah its not good as the hardware one hence the shaking

darKz22 said:
Gyro in 6x is just an emulated one with magnetometer and accelerometer so yeah its not good as the hardware one hence the shaking
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So it' can't be rectified on updates buddy??

Rommco05 said:
Exist some apps for calibrations, personaly I did not even try one and if its hw issue go to service...
edit: honor6xak
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Recalibration is not needed anymore. It was removed in system settings after Gingerbread.
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Rommco05 said:
Exist some apps for calibrations, personaly I did not even try one and if its hw issue go to service...
edit: honor6xak
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Tried some calibrations too but nothing seems to work. It does not bother me at most cause im not really into vr right now
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honor6xak said:
So it' can't be rectified on updates buddy??
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Dont think so but we'll see

I just got this phone last night and spent the morning rooting it to install viper4android and Im pretty disappointed at how low the volume is with this phone even with everything maxed. My $40 budget Samsung blew this thing out of the water volume wise.
Is there no way to mod any of the sound files to get more volume from the DAC? I notice there is no default_gain.conf like Samung phones and Mixer_paths.xml is blank. This is a great phone but the sound is an absolute bummer.

Dazed No More said:
I just got this phone last night and spent the morning rooting it to install viper4android and Im pretty disappointed at how low the volume is with this phone even with everything maxed. My $40 budget Samsung blew this thing out of the water volume wise.
Is there no way to mod any of the sound files to get more volume from the DAC? I notice there is no default_gain.conf like Samung phones and Mixer_paths.xml is blank. This is a great phone but the sound is an absolute bummer.
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Pair V4A with Dolby Atmos. This is what I did and volume drastically increased.

Thanks for the heads up I'll check that out.

Dazed No More said:
Thanks for the heads up I'll check that out.
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Update me once you do.

Dazed No More said:
I just got this phone last night and spent the morning rooting it to install viper4android and Im pretty disappointed at how low the volume is with this phone even with everything maxed. My $40 budget Samsung blew this thing out of the water volume wise.
Is there no way to mod any of the sound files to get more volume from the DAC? I notice there is no default_gain.conf like Samung phones and Mixer_paths.xml is blank. This is a great phone but the sound is an absolute bummer.
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Use this. https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6x/how-to/guide-installing-viper4android-dolby-t3636731

shashank1320 said:
Use this. https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6x/how-to/guide-installing-viper4android-dolby-t3636731
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He already did.

After adding Atmos to the v4a I was able to get a small increase by turning on virtualizer and volume leveler. It's still not too my liking but it definitely is better which I am grateful for.
There is nothing you can edit manually as far as gain or headphone volume in any config/XML files on this thing? These audio apps are able to make a difference but it's nowhere near enough. On my phone the 2/3 volume to full volume really doesn't change at all only the slider changes position.

some dev could pls try to port stereo speakers mod which is available for mi 3 which makes earpiece has speaker