Hi there
I've been having a few problems with TomTom and BTCoreIf.dll.
Since the last install - I had to re-do it because the Alpine reset itself following backup battery failure.
Anyway, since I did that, there is no sound from the earpiece, I can't hear a ringing tone or anything.
The actual phone's sound is OK, the applications are all making the sounds they should, including TomTom.
When I use the Bluespoon headset I have, I can hear a ringing tone through it.
I'm wondering if I have a file missing on it. Plus holding down the green phone key when I try and make a call doesn't bring up the speakerphone utlilty like it used to.
Any and all comments appreciated.
I have had my Z3c about 6 weeks (US- AT&T) and I really enjoy everything about this phone. However, recently the phone quit ringing audibly when I have an incoming call. When I get a call, the screen comes on and shows that I have a call, the phone vibrates like it always does and the LED flashes bright white. But no sound, no ringtone. Actually - a very quiet ringtone, like through the small phone receiver speaker maybe. All other notifications sound out normally: SMS, email, alarms all work fine. Speakerphone works fine. Only incoming calls have no ring volume. Of course, I have checked the volume settings and have the ringtone & notifications volume slider wide open. I have changed ringtones, adjusted every sound and volume setting on the phone to no effect. I turned 'OK Google' off since I have read that in listening mode, OK Google can impact speaker output. Nothing had any effect. I have searched across the internet and haven't found any answer and no one mentioning this issue with the Z3c.
I did find that the exact same issue happened with the Z1 and Z1c when they got the KitKat update in early 2014 (http://www.androidcentral.com/sony-fix-coming-xperia-kitkat-audio-bug ) but i don't find any resolution discussed so I expect that Sony fixed that with an update.
My next step is a hard reset but I can't do that before the weekend so I thought I would throw this out to see if anyone else has the issue or - better yet - a solution.
One thing I am going to try is the stereo sound mod for the Z2 ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/general/z2-stereo-sound-mod-incoming-calls-t2921840 ) if the hard reset doesn't work.
EDIT: 10/30/14 - I continued to try different things with the no-ring-volume issue. I took the time today and did a factory reset including erasing internal storage but that didn't help. In addition to what I described above I found the following:
- on an incoming call, the speakerphone does not work. If I turn on speakerphone, the caller can hear me but I cannot hear them. If I turn off speakerphone, everything is fine (I hear the caller in the earpiece, they hear me).
- I have LED set to off so it should not come on except for charging. But it flashes - fast and bright white - on an incoming call. This may not be part of the issue but I have never seen it flash before on incoming call. Maybe I notice it now since I have been staring at my phone while making dozens of calls to myself from another phone to figure this out.
- External speakers do work fine, I can play music, video, etc. and it all sounds fine.
So...any ideas?
I would try setting it back to a default ringtone. It may be having an issue with the one you are using. This is assuming your issuing a custom ringtone.
CollinsJ - Thanks for the response but I have tried many of the ringtones, including the default. I was actually using the default ringtone when the problem started. I am going to edit the original post to include a few more things I learned today related to this problem.
Maybe it's time to take it in for repair.
I have the same problem with my Z3, did you find a solution for that??
z3 sound
Same here. i downgraded to kitkat, no effect.
on sony forum there is a ton of people with this issue.
I got Z3 dual, incoming ringtone volume is terrible and speakerphone volume is lower than speaker for ear.
I rooted but i found no patch to fix it.
Viper4Android doesnt help
Any ideas?
Hi,
I have a Z1 which had similar problem, phone would not ring when there was an incoming call. Tried setting to default ringtone, which didn't work.
The second thing I tried was restart the phone in safe mode, and tested it, and got the incoming call ring. After that I restarted normally and it is now working. Don't exactly know what it did but it works now.
Press volume key up then choose sound. Sometimes it has been set to priority.
It worked for me!
patelsk
Thank you. I restarted my phone in safe mode, like you said, and all works fine.
I have had my phone 2 years and yesterday it stopped ringing and the alarm doesn't ring either, help please
No ring sound volume on incoming call
hi Lynne rickaby, have you solved the F...k issue with the incoming sound tone?
I have an sony xperia z3+
I bought xperia st26i phone. incoming call appear, can answer, but ringing sounds not comes out. vibration also work. when i play a media file, it plays. but sound not come out. i successfully make the factory setting function also to settle it. but all my effort going vain. how to solve it. please help me
I've been having audio problems on my Nexus 6 for the last few weeks after attempting to Root my phone. I've since unrooted my phone and performed a factory reset and I'm still having these audio issues. I'm starting to think this may be an audio issue.
1) When I receive a phone call or when the alarm on my phone goes off, the volume is very low. Raising or lowering the volume doesn't help
2) When I try to accept a call, I can't hear anything, but the person can hear me.
3) When I try to place a call, I can't hear anything, but the person can hear me.
4) When I'm in a call and I put my phone on speaker, I can't hear anything, but the person can hear me. Right now the only way I can hear anything while in a call is when I'm using headphones.
5) The audio volume goes up and down sporadically when listening to music, watching videos, or using an app that has audio. When I'm using an app, eventually the audio volume will drop by half. To fix this, I have to switch to an app that has landscape mode and put the phone into landscape mode. Eventually though the sound volume goes back to being very low and I have to put it back into landscape mode for the volume to go back to normal levels.
Any help would be appreciated.
Phone Info
32GB Nexus 6 on T-Mobile
Android 5.1.1.
Build LYZ28E
eliporter said:
I've been having audio problems on my Nexus 6 for the last few weeks after attempting to Root my phone. I've since unrooted my phone and performed a factory reset and I'm still having these audio issues. I'm starting to think this may be an audio issue.
1) When I receive a phone call or when the alarm on my phone goes off, the volume is very low. Raising or lowering the volume doesn't help
2) When I try to accept a call, I can't hear anything, but the person can hear me.
3) When I try to place a call, I can't hear anything, but the person can hear me.
4) When I'm in a call and I put my phone on speaker, I can't hear anything, but the person can hear me. Right now the only way I can hear anything while in a call is when I'm using headphones.
5) The audio volume goes up and down sporadically when listening to music, watching videos, or using an app that has audio. When I'm using an app, eventually the audio volume will drop by half. To fix this, I have to switch to an app that has landscape mode and put the phone into landscape mode. Eventually though the sound volume goes back to being very low and I have to put it back into landscape mode for the volume to go back to normal levels.
Any help would be appreciated.
Phone Info
32GB Nexus 6 on T-Mobile
Android 5.1.1.
Build LYZ28E
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might be time to contact moto care as it sounds like a hardware issue gone whacky
Hi!
My son called me while listening to an audiobook yesterday where I recently swapped my iPhone for one of my older Androids (Samsung S3 with custom Omega v61 ROM). I had already silenced everything in settings (power button mute etc) and to my surprise the Philips headset was ringing - and LOUDLY too I might add (almost died).
So I spent a lot of time with Tasker and SoundAbout (vibrate on all profiles but none seems to do the magic) but really haven´t been able to sort this one out. I do want the headset to be able to be used for calls also but my "optimal setup" would be that the phone vibrates while a caller calls me muting the BT headset until I have answered making sure the "ringer stays quiet" both on the phone and headset.
The weird part is that the ringtone is not the default of my phone (which has a custom silent.mp3 tone). So I thought it was built into the Philips headset but then I remembered that if I muted my iPhone it works as expected leaving me in hope of solving it for Android as well.
If anyone have time to solve this with me I would be very very grateful.
Thanks guys.
M.
Root Call Blocker
I am very happy that I found Root Call Blocker. It makes sure that my eardrums stays clear of "incoming ringtones at max volume" while listening to my audiobooks. Great.
It seems they "block" the call before the system "acknowledges" it which perhaps explains why its possible where other fails. Are there any way of RCB asking me (popup etc) if I want to "take the call"? As in: it solves my issue, but on occasion it would be great to be able to answer if I want to. Can it be setup in a more clever way or solved with another app than this? Again: the whole point is to make sure that the BT headsets dont "call / alarm" when theres incoming calls. I do however want the phone to "vibrate" (which it now does thanks to RCB). So there only one wish left and that is if RCB could "notify" me that there are a call "ringing" asking me if we should continue to ignore or "answer" the call..
Anyone else finding that no matter what type of headphones you plug in when making and receiving calls the minimum volume is still too loud. It is so loud that I got a ringing in my ears after trying for the first time! Presently I am not able to wear headphones for voice calls which is a problem when I am trying to use the phone for hands free when in a conference call. Interestingly the volume is fine for media use. Anyone get any ideas of how to lower the voice call volume level?
I have found this with my Redmi Note 4. There's nothing you can do without a rooted phone by the looks. I've contact Xiaomi support and they say the minimum volume is set by design. Well its a painful volume level with their own bloody headsets. Will be rooting and changing the config else i'll be looking for another phone.