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[Q] Darky Captivate Sound Issues..

Up until this point, I haven't had any issues with my phone, sound or otherwise.
Once I upgraded to Darky's 9.1, I could no longer hear my "touch" acknowledgments or media sounds.. I.E. Youtube videos have no sound at all.. UNLESS, I plug in headphones.. Then for some reason all of the sounds want to work.. through the phone speaker. Odd right?
No other roms seem to give me issues, and even going down to 8.X solves this.. I'm assuming it has to do with something in Darky's (Obviously..) and, more than likely Voodoo. Is anyone else having any problems like this? Should I maybe try to disable Voodoo and see what happens?
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Ringtones play, notifications go off, yet, when I try to watch videos or stream ringtones through ringtone apps, I have no audio, UNLESS I plug in headphones; However that makes the sound come out of the headphones + phone speaker.
Stuck.

Anybody?
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CFletcher said:
Up until this point, I haven't had any issues with my phone, sound or otherwise.
Once I upgraded to Darky's 9.1, I could no longer hear my "touch" acknowledgments or media sounds.. I.E. Youtube videos have no sound at all.. UNLESS, I plug in headphones.. Then for some reason all of the sounds want to work.. through the phone speaker. Odd right?
No other roms seem to give me issues, and even going down to 8.X solves this.. I'm assuming it has to do with something in Darky's (Obviously..) and, more than likely Voodoo. Is anyone else having any problems like this? Should I maybe try to disable Voodoo and see what happens?
Basic Rundown..
Ringtones play, notifications go off, yet, when I try to watch videos or stream ringtones through ringtone apps, I have no audio, UNLESS I plug in headphones; However that makes the sound come out of the headphones + phone speaker.
Stuck.
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I had this issue, although my Captivate had sound working for a short time, but while selecting a ringtone or notification tone it cut out. A reboot fixed it once, after that it still won't work. I noticed that the sound DID work the volume was super low. I had to hold the speaker directly on my ear to hear anything. I've just done a master clear, and Odin 1-Click, reflashed 9.3 and I'm about to do the CWM "part 2" again. This time I'm going to try a different kernel. I'll let you know if it works. If not, I'll have to jump to a different ROM. I was using Speedmod selected from Darky's ROM Manager if that makes any difference.

Ditto. Just flashed Darky's 10.1 and I'm having the exact same issues minus the headphones (which I have yet to test out).

when it comes to speaker sound darky rom sucks big time till date.rest of it rocks like a rockstar.

[Q] Sound has been very low for the past days ..despite volume being at the max

Hi,
I have noticed that my motorola X has now a low sound (for everthing .. notification and calls) Rang this afternoon and i did not even hear it
I checked the volume level and everything is at the maximum
Had no problem like 1 week ago.
I did not install anything related to sound.
I didn't even install anything new.
I am root, framework, gravity box
Even music is very low .. EVERYTHING is low volume despite the fact that all volume are at the maximum
Anyone had that problem please ?? any idea ?? please

mic141414 said:
Hi,
I have noticed that my motorola X has now a low sound (for everthing .. notification and calls) Rang this afternoon and i did not even hear it
I checked the volume level and everything is at the maximum
Had no problem like 1 week ago.
I did not install anything related to sound.
I didn't even install anything new.
I am root, framework, gravity box
Even music is very low .. EVERYTHING is low volume despite the fact that all volume are at the maximum
Anyone had that problem please ?? any idea ?? please
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i have not had any issue like this but could you of possibly damaged the speaker some how and that could be why everything is so low.
what rom are you running or are you on stock rooted.

I am stock rooted
after 5-6 reboot sound is back
motox is only 2 months old and barely used
I will see if it comes back and will call motorola if that comes back
dray_jr said:
i have not had any issue like this but could you of possibly damaged the speaker some how and that could be why everything is so low.
what rom are you running or are you on stock rooted.
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I had a similar experience with the Touchless Controls voice. My phone would have normal volumes, but I could never hear what it said back to me. I contacted Moto Support, and they said this is a known issue, and they are looking for a solution. Until then, the support lady said to use the volume rocker to turn the volume down a few times, then turn it back up. I did this, and the readout voice for the Touchless Controls was back to normal volume.
You can try this... but YMMV.

hbar98 said:
I had a similar experience with the Touchless Controls voice. My phone would have normal volumes, but I could never hear what it said back to me. I contacted Moto Support, and they said this is a known issue, and they are looking for a solution. Until then, the support lady said to use the volume rocker to turn the volume down a few times, then turn it back up. I did this, and the readout voice for the Touchless Controls was back to normal volume.
You can try this... but YMMV.
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I've had similiar experiences when I was playing music, then the touchless controls would interrupt to read a message. When it was done, the music would come back on, but much quieter than before. It would usually go back to normal volume on the next song or by switching music apps.

Speaker volume much softer than it was when I first got the phone

When I first got my phone music and youtube videos were really loud with the built in speakers. So much so that I had to turn the volume down a little bit for comfort. Now when I make sound it starts out very loud but quickly softens drastically. Like something is trying to auto normalize the sound to a much lower volume.
What bugs me is it used to work great. I'm on the same firmware version and such that I was on before.
Is anyone else having volume issues with their built in speakers?

youngm77 said:
When I first got my phone music and youtube videos were really loud with the built in speakers. So much so that I had to turn the volume down a little bit for comfort. Now when I make sound it starts out very loud but quickly softens drastically. Like something is trying to auto normalize the sound to a much lower volume.
What bugs me is it used to work great. I'm on the same firmware version and such that I was on before.
Is anyone else having volume issues with their built in speakers?
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I'm experiencing this too. I feel like it was designed this way. But I want to see some documentation.

Maybe you're just adjusting to the volume?? Kind of like when a fast car doesn't feel fast anymore.

Are you on a custom rom?

I'm on Stock ROM.
I know it isn't me just getting used to it. When I play some music it is really loud and vibrates my phone noticeably. After about 1 or 2 seconds though it quiets and my phone stops vibrating as much and I have a hard time discerning voices in the sound.
If I pause the video for a few seconds and start again the same thing happens. really loud then quieting.
If I turn down the video all the way then turn it up all the way fast the same things happens. I can feel the vibrations of the sound then they lessen and quiet down.

Interesting. I tried it this morning after a fresh charge and it works great now. I wonder if previously I was always testing at night when my battery was low. Perhaps this is some kind of built in battery savings scheme? When I was experiencing the issue I verified that Battery Savings mode was turned off. But perhaps this is something that auto happens when the battery is low?
I'll have to try again tonight.

I'm starting to have the same issue. Posting here for any updates, and I'll update as well if I figure out what's going on.

Me to guys....I thought I was going nuts today... Every roms got quiet audio and I'm just like wtf...so I flash stock images and STILL its quiet...I'm just wondering if its some kinda power save feature.

i've been looking through the mixer_paths.xml file to see if i can find headphones and speaker values to increase to increase volume and this mixer_paths file is different than what i'm used to with samsung and LG phones. i'm probably missing some values to see because i normally use 920 text editor but that app currently isnt working with android 5.0. has anyone found the values to change the increase volume?

I have the same issue. If i reboot the phone everything sounds great then shortly after the volume drops and its difficult to hear things. This happens evem during calls while using speaker phone. I've looked in all the settings and can not find anything to do with this. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank goodness I'm not the only one! I have this exact issue as well.

So this actually worked on my N6 maybe it will work for yours. After a reboot problem remains. I applied small pressure evenly to the speakers with my fingers and bam problem gone. I seriously hope we don't have bad hardware. Hope this helps you guys as well.

https://forums.motorola.com/posts/add203215b?commentId=837982 If you see Moto's Official forum lot of other people are having this same Issue

Add me to the list thought I was going crazy too

I'm pretty sure it's a software issue. On mine, the volume does the normalization thing, but if I switch orientations it goes back to full volume before dying down again. Hopefully it gets fixed soon.

Same issue here. Thought I was loosing my mind. The volume goes down tremendously after starting music via the speakerphone after about 1 or 2 seconds. I have completely reset my phone and toggled the power saving setting and I'm still having this issue. Getting very annoyed.

Same issue here. My battery was down to 4% and the volume started getting lower some times.
Also it seemed like turning the device (display rotation?, gyro sensor?) had to do with it.
I also hear some noise (crackling) when the phone is at full volume and it's not playing music.

IndoorSnowStorm said:
I'm pretty sure it's a software issue. On mine, the volume does the normalization thing, but if I switch orientations it goes back to full volume before dying down again. Hopefully it gets fixed soon.
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Same here with the normalize issue...tempted to send my nexus 6 back to motorola but it was so hard to get this phone
Cant believe google has yet to address this... I hope its a software fix coming.. I cant even really judge the audio bc i cant play anything at max volume smfh
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I think it's a software issue. Whenever I notice the phone's volume is lower than it should be, I press volume up and down repeatedly then it goes back to normal. Gets annoying though.

Anyone found a solution for this or it just is what it is? Also notice the volume increases when I rotate the landscape view..then normalizes lower after a few seconds...
I've hard reset....flashed a fresh copy of 5.0.1 still no solution? Could this be a hardware issue?
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Phone is not outputting through speakers anymore?

For some reason, my phone seems to think that I have headphones connected all the time. If i plug headphones in, I get sound through them, but once I unplug them, it still carries on as if they weren't taken out (Poweramp pauses on headset disconnect - which it isn't), I have tried rebooting and it has had no effect. I'm on Crystal PA, if that helps. I have no idea whats triggered this, Ive been using Poweramp player on all my androids for a long time, I doubt the app is causing it. The speakers are just not switching back on after the headphones have been removed.
Could this be a hardware problem?

Probably. Are you using Viper Audio or have the FauxSound app installed? Check those apps.

Bruno_Puzoni said:
Probably. Are tou using Viper Audio or have the FauxSound app installed? Check those apps.
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Aha, never thought about that, I know Crystal PA has viper installed but Im not using it, I was using MusicFX, Ive switched to viper and installed the viper driver and i got sound out of the speaker for a few seconds then it went back to thinking there's headphones connected. This is such a random problem! I havnt touched any of the audio settings since I installed this rom about 2-3 weeks ago, just left things on default.
I think im going to have to wipe and reinstall a ROM and see if that fixes it, i semi messed up this install by trying out the Supercharger script which seems to have made my UI even more flakey rather than improving it.
I really dislike how every ROM Ive tried out on this phone lasts for a few weeks before it gets glitchy with UI crashes and general slowness. And this is not a dig at the devs at all, its not their fault, there is just something deep in this phone which seems to screw it up. The temptation to drive an axe through this phone is growing!

So I've just gone into recovery, wiped system, factory reset and wiped dalvik cache, installed FXP349 CM11 and the same issue is there, sound just wont stop outputting through the headphones, if I turn the ringer volume up, the phone outputs through the speakers, but if i get a call, the phone ignores the earpiece and automatically uses the headphones port to output (doesnt matter if the headphones are actually plugged in or not). I have to switch to speakerphone to hear what people are saying (it sounds very bad quality).
So i guess this means its a hardware problem, Im going to have to try and open up the phone, see if i can see anything broken in there.
Does anyone have experience with any of this?

user154 said:
This may sound stupid but its not just a bit of crap thats been compacted into the jack? I am having the same problem and suspect that may be the cause. I have had this problem before with a phone, but tried to get the foreign material out of the jack with a pin, I ended breaking the jack by pulling part of it out along with whatever was in there. I haven't attempted to clean out my sp's jack yet but am sure thats what it is.
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Well this was my first idea, I tried spraying compressed air into the jack hole but nothing came out, I also tried a cotton swab in the hole - again nothing. I cant see anything foreign in the hole, so Im thinking the port itself is broken in someway, outputs fine but the port just isn't detecting me unplugging headphones. Ive looked at a dis-assembly guide but it means taking off bits of protective film which I don't know if you can just stick them back on.
Im going to make a nandroid backup of my phone in its current state on the latest CM build and then try going back to original Sony software with an FTF, just to see being put back to stock state will change anything. (my friend thinks its some kind of low level software problem). I dont have high hopes but its worth a shot.
EDIT: So moving back to full stock Sony software with an FTF of 12.1.A.1.205 firmware has had no effect, this must mean its a hardware issue.

So weirdly today, after plugging my phone into a car aux cable and playing some music through it, it magically fixed itself? it snowed a bit the other night and i got pretty soaked by it cycling to work so I think it could have been moisture in the phone or something, its the only explanation I can think of. Its working again now.

[Q] About Safe Headset Volume Warning in Lollipop

Hey guys, I'm having this bug with Safe Headset Volume Warning.
Now I'm on Titan Prime Rom on Lollipop 5.0.2.
Each time I do a clean install, the first time I use a music player with my headphones (playing music on N7Player) I get the Safe Headset Warning. It asks me if I want to override the Safe Headset Setting. I press cancel, and it's gone forever. You can't make it appear anymore. It doesn't even work, because the headphones go up to the maximum volume.
I need the Safe Headset Volume warning because it's very important to me. I have tinnitus and it's essential so I can't screw my ears more than they are now.
I searched and searched didn't see anywhere on the net something related to this bug in Lollipop.
I tried making it appear with KK GravityBox, but unsurprisingly won't work
Can anyone help me with this?

The Safe Headset is just a warning that appears when you try to get above 80% volume while wearing a headset. It does not do anything else. So you can just drop the volume to 80% or less if you have problems and you will be ok.

demothon said:
The Safe Headset is just a warning that appears when you try to get above 80% volume while wearing a headset. It does not do anything else. So you can just drop the volume to 80% or less if you have problems and you will be ok.
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In kitkat, when you had the phone asleep (screen off) you couldn't maximize the volume past the tolerable limit even if using the volume buttons.
Now I can use them to maximize the volume even while screen is off or on, and I get to the max of the possible output. I don't know what it's the problem but in past iterations of Android this wouldn't occur.

*BUMP*
Finally someone with the same problem. On Kitkat the warning was my safe to go headphone volume. Even when I disabled it, the next day it came back and everything was fine.
After updating to 5.0 it came up but disappeard after another vol+ click.
Please let there be a fix to get it back and don't allow to disable it with screen off!!

sAlkInk said:
*BUMP*
Finally someone with the same problem. On Kitkat the warning was my safe to go headphone volume. Even when I disabled it, the next day it came back and everything was fine.
After updating to 5.0 it came up but disappeard after another vol+ click.
Please let there be a fix to get it back and don't allow to disable it with screen off!!
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Oh, I was starting to think I was the only one with this problem.
Weird thing is I don't see this bug anywhere posted in the net.
What ROM are you using?
I'll link this thread to the official Titan Prime ROM too.

Same problem, i'm on stock btw. It gave the warning, i pressed vol+ again and it was gone forever. Like WTF? Why need a warning when you can just press vol+ and it's gone. I really need it back

I installed Gravity Box for Lollipop and checked Safe Headset Volume but it still doesn't work. Can you try it yourself?

oscillat0r.lfo said:
Hey guys, I'm having this bug with Safe Headset Volume Warning.
Now I'm on Titan Prime Rom on Lollipop 5.0.2.
Each time I do a clean install, the first time I use a music player with my headphones (playing music on N7Player) I get the Safe Headset Warning. It asks me if I want to override the Safe Headset Setting. I press cancel, and it's gone forever. You can't make it appear anymore. It doesn't even work, because the headphones go up to the maximum volume.
I need the Safe Headset Volume warning because it's very important to me. I have tinnitus and it's essential so I can't screw my ears more than they are now.
I searched and searched didn't see anywhere on the net something related to this bug in Lollipop.
I tried making it appear with KK GravityBox, but unsurprisingly won't work
Can anyone help me with this?
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I don't know if it works on Lollipop as well, but you can try using Viper4Android (advanced audio tweaking app), and reduce output gain. I know this is not a fix, but it's the best I can come up with.