Hello,
I am on Cognition 4.5.3 on Captivate. All of a sudden my headphone suddenly stopped working and music was being played from the handset speaker. As both headphone jack and headphone pin were clean and headphone was working on my laptop, I was sure that I have a software problem.
After trying out different settings, I reached Voodoo Control. I dont know what keys I pressed but I got the Voodoo icon in the Notification area on the top and an amplifier green bar responding to the volume keys. Now the sounds played through Headphone but the Voodoo icon was in the notification bar. (This never happened before. Headphone was working with out the Voodoo icon in Notification bar)
The Voodoo Control app details:v 2.1.1 (WM8994 v9)
All was working (with the new Voodoo icon in Notification bar) until I rebooted my phone and now the Voodoo icon is gone and I dont know how to bring it back. Headphone is not being recognized and music is being played from handset speaker as before. I searched for it on various voodoo threads but found nothing. I think its very basic but I dont know how to get to it. Do I need to reflash or get a certain setting? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Update: Upgraded to Cog 5 V1.0 and voila, headphones started working!
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Hey y'all
I'm having very odd audio issues with my Nexus One. The microphone/speaker/loudspeaker do not work at all when using the phone, playing music, recording video, etc. The audio and mic work fine with a wired/bluetooth headset connected. Now the weird part... alarms work! If I create an alarm using the clock app, the the audio chimes out loud and clear through the loudspeaker! Also, the same is true when I create a countdown using the 'StopWatch' app.
This all started happening today.
Any thoughts???
Update:
Wiped and flashed the latest Nightly, but still the same problem. But I notice that there is a strange 'headset' kind of icon (an overhead type, with attached mic, thing) in the status bar, which I've never seen before. I only mention this because I've also wiped and tried 'eViL's NXSense v.1.11' ROM, where the same icon (and problem) occurs??
Update 2:
After a bit of digging it turns out that the strange icon is to do with 'Hearing aids', and apparently it can be turned off under Call Settings > Hearing Aids. But that option isn't in my 'Call Settings'. I think this could potentially be the cause of my problem, anyone know where this check-box is located?
Example of icon: http://is.gd/eTUif
Any thoughts? Is there a diagnostic tool that can test the various audio I/O?
I think that icon refers to a headset connected to the headphone connector.
For some reason your phone thinks you have headphones attached... try to plug and then unplug earbuds or something
Tried that numerous times, to no avail. Can you see the 'Hearing aids' check-box under 'Call settings'?
I just upgraded to 2.2 for the Captivate using the ODIN3, and everything is working great except sound through the headphone jack.
Music, navigation plays through the headset, but phone calls and notifications don't.
How am I supposed to hear them with music blearing over it?
Anyone know of a fix? I checked the settings and I don't see an option for it.
gir489 said:
I just upgraded to 2.2 for the Captivate using the ODIN3, and everything is working great except sound through the headphone jack.
Music, navigation plays through the headset, but phone calls and notifications don't.
How am I supposed to hear them with music blearing over it?
Anyone know of a fix? I checked the settings and I don't see an option for it.
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Search would have told you that this is a known issue - 2.2 is Beta.
There is no known fix.
gir489 said:
I just upgraded to 2.2 for the Captivate using the ODIN3, and everything is working great except sound through the headphone jack.
Music, navigation plays through the headset, but phone calls and notifications don't.
How am I supposed to hear them with music blearing over it?
Anyone know of a fix? I checked the settings and I don't see an option for it.
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You are lucky, mine doesnt let me even hear media or music thru the 3.5 mm!
???
I have 2.2 installed and don't have any issue with the headset.
Both music and phone calls work great.
BTW I'm using the stock hands free, the one that came with the phone.
My bluetooth works fine, it's the headphone jack I'm talking about.
i am having the same issue after upgrading via odin3. I also have to click the home button to clear a read text message or else it reminds me again.
B56_I897 said:
i am having the same issue after upgrading via odin3. I also have to click the home button to clear a read text message or else it reminds me again.
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No voice out of the "3.5 mm"?
Yeah that was a LOLWUT post. And that's been on the phone since I've had it, it's intentional, I think. Because you have to press the back button to clear the notification, because when you click on messages again, it stays at the same spot and the notification stays in the title bar because you didn't clear it.
i hear sound but i dont hear voicalls or notifications. if im listening to music with my sony headphones and someone calls i dont the ring through the headphones or the voice. i have to use the handset
gir489 said:
Yeah that was a LOLWUT post. And that's been on the phone since I've had it, it's intentional, I think. Because you have to press the back button to clear the notification, because when you click on messages again, it stays at the same spot and the notification stays in the title bar because you didn't clear it.
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when i was on 2.1, if i clicked a message from the notifiaction bar it would bring to the thread and mark it as read. froyo is not doing that. is there a way to fix it
IDK what 2.1 you had.
The one I had, I had to press back to clear the notification. It still does the same thing on 2.2.
It could be a bug, it is a beta.
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Search would have told you that this is a known issue - 2.2 is Beta.
There is no known fix.
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I missed reading that in the notes.
I've searched quite a bit and never ran accross anyone mentioning it.
My headphones play music, notifications, everything just great, but in call volume is terribly low (NOT on headphones, but when I route the aux cable to my stereo in my car)
I had the issue initially in 2.1 from stock ROM, but managed to fix it somehow, and I can't figure out how. I tried all the evice level fixes, eve 6 different audio control apps off the market.
My typical setup is that I never use earbuds or headphones. I plug the aux cable into my headphone jack and run it sraight into my car CD player in aux mode. It plays everything at normal levels EXCEPT in call volume. If this is a bug, I'll just have to deal with it then.
After updating to Froyo, my phone has no sound when playing media files. It is also without system sounds. Any ideas as to what's caused this and how to fix it?
EDIT: So when I have the headphones in, it plays through the speakers. Wtf?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=912932
i have a no sound issue as well, newter55 gave me the fix of taking the back cover off and gently pressing down the speaker.
Maybe this will solve your issues as well
did you ever get a fix to this... mine is doing the same
Same issue here with the Samsung/AT&T release of Froyo for Captivate. If I plug in headphones and then disconnect, that fixes the issue.
[edit - RESOLVED!]
I think I may have resolved this issue, hopefully will help others. I use an app ("Profile") to set ring tones and notifications for certain times. In Froyo, there is a new item in the settings menu (Settings-->Sound), top item = "Silent Mode" (at least I think it's new, I don't remember seeing it in 2.1, and definitely did not have this problem in 2.1). I had checked this box, and what I think happened is when my Profile app was either not running or had reverted to system settings, my phone then defaulted to the Froyo silent mode setting.
Might want to check this out instead of the somewhat dubious "remove back cover and press around the speaker" advice I saw when trying to resolve the problem.
froya no sound FIXED
i got this to work for me using the sony erricson x1 go into the settings menu and select sounds in the volume menu , i noticed after installing the latest froyo update my media volume was muted , after increasing media volume all is well
Hi,
a few days ago the volume randomly became UBER low. Soo I thought of it as a problem in the firmware (darky's r4). That rom was kinda rubbish; so instead; I flashed dlev 5.0. Awesome rom by the way. And then, over night, when I woke up again; the volume became really low again.
I have no idea how to fix this, rebooting doesnt seem to help.
Anyone have any ideas?
Assuming you're on a kernel that supports the voodoo sound, you might want to try the voodoo control app (I believe it's in the Market). Once you have it installed, you can put a shortcut on your desktop to the headphone amp widget, and that will let you pull the volume up again.
Not a permanent solution, I admit, but probably quicker than digging down several menu levels.
jmtheiss said:
Assuming you're on a kernel that supports the voodoo sound, you might want to try the voodoo control app (I believe it's in the Market). Once you have it installed, you can put a shortcut on your desktop to the headphone amp widget, and that will let you pull the volume up again.
Not a permanent solution, I admit, but probably quicker than digging down several menu levels.
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I plugged in my headphones; and everything is fine.
So it seems like the problem is just with the loudspeaker.
I can't even hear when someone calls
You said you installed a new rom - by any chance, did you restore apps with Tibu? If so, did you restore any system data?
I only ask because if you had restored some system data, it might have restored a bad audio setting that is affecting the external speaker when the headphones aren't plugged in.
I know that as part of the Voodoo sound control, you can tell it to drop the volume level if there is a change in whether the headphones are plugged in or not (as an ear saver or to prevent blaring sound when the headphones become accidentally unplugged).
If you didn't do any restoring, I would just double-check the volume level that is set in the audio menu. If it's all the way up, and you're still having sound issues, then I think that a faulty speaker (like you suggested) is probably the case.
jmtheiss said:
You said you installed a new rom - by any chance, did you restore apps with Tibu? If so, did you restore any system data?
I only ask because if you had restored some system data, it might have restored a bad audio setting that is affecting the external speaker when the headphones aren't plugged in.
I know that as part of the Voodoo sound control, you can tell it to drop the volume level if there is a change in whether the headphones are plugged in or not (as an ear saver or to prevent blaring sound when the headphones become accidentally unplugged).
If you didn't do any restoring, I would just double-check the volume level that is set in the audio menu. If it's all the way up, and you're still having sound issues, then I think that a faulty speaker (like you suggested) is probably the case.
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I had this problem starting on darky's rom. Didn't use tibu or any sort of backup software; installed everything fresh and new.
Checked audio levels; and everything is on max.
Where in voodoo do I tell it it lower volume when headphones are plugged in?
Thanks
Er.... the loudspeaker just randomly started working fine again.....
I bet it will become weird in a few minutes though :S
mediumsteak said:
I had this problem starting on darky's rom. Didn't use tibu or any sort of backup software; installed everything fresh and new.
Checked audio levels; and everything is on max.
Where in voodoo do I tell it it lower volume when headphones are plugged in?
Thanks
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In the voodoo control app, if you have the "map volume keys hack" activated, two settings below that is "jack plug-in safety".
Every kernel supports voodoo sound!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda premium
Haw Haw Haw... I gave my phone a good spanking. Seems like something is loose near the back key/search key. A few good hits and the speaker works again.
Ha!
mediumsteak said:
Haw Haw Haw... I gave my phone a good spanking. Seems like something is loose near the back key/search key. A few good hits and the speaker works again.
Ha!
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Nothing like a good dose of non-passive hardware reconstruction to get things working again.
Believe it or not this is actually abbery common problem with this phone. The speaker will stop...then you press firmly on the speaker then it starts again...
sent from my unbrickable modded captivate.
As the title describes it my shamu no longer has a notification sound..
Little back story: I did a color change from Blue to white and had to swap over my flash ring the ribbon cable for it and my speaker and the ribbon cable for that as well. And now my shamus doesn't notify.
Weird thing is it rings fine and all other audio works and oddly as long gone as there is other audio player from any other source like watching a YouTube video it plays the notification sounds...
I've even taken everything back apart and nothing appears to be busted or messed up really in anyway very started and it sucks any insight would be great!!! Huge thanks in advanced for any help!
What version of Android you on?
I've tried a couple different roms