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Kaiser will not ring

Its not ringing when a call comes in. It also does not vibrate.
The sound is up on the PPC and Ringer and if i go in to the phone settings it will play a ringtone fine.
Any ideas?

may be a reset might help? It also happened to me and after a reset, it all works good.

Don't know if it's the same thing with me, but my kaiser also at some point of day refuses to ring (still vibrates ok). It won't play mp3s with GSPlayer or MediaPlayer. Sometimes you can hear the song playing really quietly (only hear it if you press your ear to speaker).
It has happened like that for 3 days now. The sound will come back if I hit the tytn II gently (more like knock it). Althoug since today I'm not sure if it's the knock or the keyboard moving wich brings the sound back.
Any ideas?
What I've tried so far:
- Muting, unmuting
- changing volume
- soft reset

hard reset it. may be some programs you've installed might be conflicting. If the hard reset don't fix your problem, then you have a faulty unit. You can also try pocket mechanic to clean the registry and stuffs. Very helpful program.

Ok, will try hard reset.
Although I doubt it will help. Before hard reset, there was some very faint sound coming from the speaker. And speakerphone didn't work at all.
Back to resetting...

Try to change the ring tone to a different one, mine was doing the same thing it would only virate, I changed to a different ringtone and it worked fine.

I did try to change the ringtone. Every time the problem emerged. The problem was that the ringtone wasn't the only thing not playing. There was no sound for any of the events. And the speakerphone option also didn't work.
I did a hard reset last night. It didn't help. So I gave it up and went to sleep. I left my tytnII on a USB connection to my laptop. In the morning I checked if the problem was still there and found that the sound is back - the ringtones work.
I put it back on USB connection to sync. Copied an mp3 to test if it can play it (it has played it before). And there the sound went again - I can only hear it playing faintly if I hold the speaker to my ear. The ringtones won't even play when I check them in notification sounds setup - not even the default built-in ones.
Could it be a temperature issue? The tytnII sound was fine when I picked it up in the morning, it was room temperature. But it gets slightly warmer when I charge it or sync it.

I have done soft resets. I can play sounds in the phone settings options and music plays it will not vibrate when calling.

Resolved it was the 3G Dialer app causing the issue.Now i need a new one i hate the orange look....

I had an issue like this, but it was due to ringtones stored on the storage card ... and when the phone would wake up, since it takes the storage card driver a few secs to load, it wouldn't ring.... and I resolved it by moving my everyday ringtones to main memory

the thing is the rings are not on the card......

Maybe its the rom's radio
sleuth started to explain this in his upgrade however no one explains how to downgrade the radio. I believe mine is doing the same thing however I get no sound. maybe its the radio.

Draqula, did you solve your problem? Im having the same issue on my tytnII. I cant hear ANY SOUND. But if I play an mp3, for example, and I knock close to the speaker, the sound starts.
Any ideas?

My problem solved: The speaker was changed under warranty.

[Q] Ear speaker completely mute and black screen during calls

So yesterday my N1 was working fine, I put it to charge and today it's acting all strange:
I can make calls, but when I take the phone to the ear it goes black and doesn't come back. Sometimes if I press trackball or power it does, but normally it should show me the in call screen when I move away.
I can't hear anything from the ear speaker. I don't hear the calling tone, and when the other side picks up (I feel the vibration that tells me that) I can't hear anything. Speaker works fine, only the ear speaker that don't.
I've tried wiping everything twice, removing the battery and putting it back again, downgrading CM to 7.0, and nothing works. The question is: is this a hardware problem (speaker dead) that is making the call screen bug, or is it a software bug that is causing the ear speaker to be mute?
I accept suggestions on how to test it.
UPDATE 1: connecting an external headset on the 3.5 mm plug doesn't work either, I tried to place a call and no sound came of the headset, and neither media apps like youtube redirected the sound to it.

Have you tried doing a full wipe, plus while your at it you might as well reflash your ROM with a system wipe. That should fix you up.

I flashed a whole new stack of stock stuff (boot, recovery, system), going back even to 2.1, and still no game.
Then I opened it and changed the top circuit board for one I had here (I replaced it with a new one because of the power button), and still no game.
So I can't think of anything else short of a total loss of this phone, maybe some circuitry on the bottom board fried or something like this.
I don't see any solution for my poor nexus

[Q] help !! only system sounds working

after sometime my captivate speaker wont let me play any music but all the ringtones are ringing and sound is working perfectly on the loud speaker .. but when i play music from a music player there is no sound .. i did flash the stock rom and still the same problem any help ??
front speaker dosent work either ??

If you think all your volume settings are correct, then answer the following questions:
Can you make phone calls normally?
Yes - front speaker is OK
No - front speaker problem
Is your phone ringing normally?
Yes - rear speaker OK
No - rear speaker problem
Do you have a problem with specific app only?
Yes - check app settings (any updates lately?)
No, multiple apps problem - check your volume settings again
Your description sounds like you are having a software problem with the same app on different ROMs.

Val D. said:
If you think all your volume settings are correct, then answer the following questions:
Can you make phone calls normally?
Yes - front speaker is OK
No - front speaker problem
Is your phone ringing normally?
Yes - rear speaker OK
No - rear speaker problem
Do you have a problem with specific app only?
Yes - check app settings (any updates lately?)
No, multiple apps problem - check your volume settings again
Your description sounds like you are having a software problem with the same app on different ROMs.
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when reviving a call the phone rings with sound
when i go to setting and pick a ringtone it rings .. but when i play music from an app no sound is coming !and in call front speaker does not work but in loud speaker it works !

anymore help ?
anymore help ?

Did you try another music player?
If your front speaker is not working during a phone call, then it's broken. This issue though is not related with your app not playing music.

Val D. said:
Did you try another music player?
If your front speaker is not working during a phone call, then it's broken. This issue though is not related with your app not playing music.
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speaker works during a phone call but when playing music is dosent work.

slytidar said:
and in call front speaker does not work but in loud speaker it works !
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slytidar said:
speaker works during a phone call but when playing music is dosent work.
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You are not getting more answers because you don't describe your problem well. You've been asked 3 times have you tried another music player... and your answer is? I have a feeling you are confused which speaker is "front" and which is "back". In 2 consecutive replies I got 2 completely opposite answers from you.
Front speaker is the tiny one with a little black mesh and it will never play any music. It's one and only purpose is to hear other party during a normal phone call. Rear speaker is the one under battery door. It's purpose is to play all system sounds (rings, notifications, etc), work as speakerphone during a phone call (only if speakerphone enabled) and play music when no headphones attached (if Media Volume is properly set, of course).

Val D. said:
You are not getting more answers because you don't describe your problem well. You've been asked 3 times have you tried another music player... and your answer is? I have a feeling you are confused which speaker is "front" and which is "back". In 2 consecutive replies I got 2 completely opposite answers from you.
Front speaker is the tiny one with a little black mesh and it will never play any music. It's one and only purpose is to hear other party during a normal phone call. Rear speaker is the one under battery door. It's purpose is to play all system sounds (rings, notifications, etc), work as speakerphone during a phone call (only if speakerphone enabled) and play music when no headphones attached (if Media Volume is properly set, of course).
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i know your confused
yes i did try other music players .. i have tried other stock roms . front speaker dosent work when i a phone call .. and the rear speaker works when incoming a call but when playing music it dosent work. if i go to settings and change a ringtone then the rear speaker works . and when in a phone call if i turn on the speaker it works .
hope this helps

OK, lets fight one issue at a time:
1. As I understand, your tiny front speaker never works. If it's correct, then it is broken - hardware issue, can't fix it with software updates/changes. Needs to be replaced.
2. Your back speaker plays ringtones and notifications, but not music in any player. Obviously, the speaker itself is OK, but something else prevents music to play on it. Could be two reasons:
a) software issue with the app(s) you are using or with media volume control settings (you said you checked this already)
b) since ringtones and notifications always play through rear speaker and never through headphones, your phone might think headphones are plugged in and this is why it never plays music through back speaker. I've seen similar issue with an iPhone. The cause was dirty headphone jack. Small resistance between ground and L/R contacts makes the phone think headphones are plugged in. This causes the same issue as yours - you hear the phone ringing, but you can't play music. If you hear the music normally through your headphones, than all you need to do is to clear very well the phone jack. If it doesn't help, than more "aggressive" cleaning is needed. If it was my phone I would dissemble it and clean the PCB thoroughly.
3. If nothing helps, than you need a new phone. There is no point to pay for diagnostic/repairs on a 3y old phone.

Val D. said:
OK, lets fight one issue at a time:
1. As I understand, your tiny front speaker never works. If it's correct, then it is broken - hardware issue, can't fix it with software updates/changes. Needs to be replaced.
2. Your back speaker plays ringtones and notifications, but not music in any player. Obviously, the speaker itself is OK, but something else prevents music to play on it. Could be two reasons:
a) software issue with the app(s) you are using or with media volume control settings (you said you checked this already)
b) since ringtones and notifications always play through rear speaker and never through headphones, your phone might think headphones are plugged in and this is why it never plays music through back speaker. I've seen similar issue with an iPhone. The cause was dirty headphone jack. Small resistance between ground and L/R contacts makes the phone think headphones are plugged in. This causes the same issue as yours - you hear the phone ringing, but you can't play music. If you hear the music normally through your headphones, than all you need to do is to clear very well the phone jack. If it doesn't help, than more "aggressive" cleaning is needed. If it was my phone I would dissemble it and clean the PCB thoroughly.
3. If nothing helps, than you need a new phone. There is no point to pay for diagnostic/repairs on a 3y old phone.
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it was after i tried slimbean
i think your right maybe i will clean it will let you know
the tiny speaker worked but after slimbean it stopped and like spending 2 dyas on a stock rom everything worked great and again after slimbean its gone

SlimBean is not the cause of your problems. Like many other users here, I'm currently running SlimBean with no sound issues.

Tone sound on device is often working

slytidar said:
after sometime my captivate speaker wont let me play any music but all the ringtones are ringing and sound is working perfectly on the loud speaker .. but when i play music from a music player there is no sound .. i did flash the stock rom and still the same problem any help ??
front speaker dosent work either ??
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I know this might sound off, and I could be wrong, but if all else fails read up on taking the phone apart and re-seat the ribbon for the rear speaker/vibration component and re-seat the connector for the headphone jack/ front speaker/ proximity sensor component.
Yes, it seems weird that the rear speaker seems to work for some things but not others but I had your exact problem after I dropped my phone. After re-seating the rear speaker ribbon my problem was fixed. I've been using it with no issues now almost a year after I did this.
The only reason I say to re-seat both is that I did push on the phone jack connector too so I suppose that could have fixed it, but I'm fairly certain that the rear speaker ribbon was my issue....What happens is the ribbon works itself out of its seat in an off center fashion so the ribbon ends up almost crooked as can be seen when you look at the printed lines used to ensure it has been inserted all the way.

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I know this might sound off, and I could be wrong, but if all else fails read up on taking the phone apart and re-seat the ribbon for the rear speaker/vibration component and re-seat the connector for the headphone jack/ front speaker/ proximity sensor component.
Yes, it seems weird that the rear speaker seems to work for some things but not others but I had your exact problem after I dropped my phone. After re-seating the rear speaker ribbon my problem was fixed. I've been using it with no issues now almost a year after I did this.
The only reason I say to re-seat both is that I did push on the phone jack connector too so I suppose that could have fixed it, but I'm fairly certain that the rear speaker ribbon was my issue....What happens is the ribbon works itself out of its seat in an off center fashion so the ribbon ends up almost crooked as can be seen when you look at the printed lines used to ensure it has been inserted all the way.
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i didnt try that but i had 3 captivates so i changed the whole motherboard to a new screen and sound works everything is fine. however when the screen of the caprtivate which had problem was inserted with a new mothrebord and now sound doesent work ? no idea why ?

Having issues with speaker only in phone calls after replacing screen.

I broke the screen completely 2 months ago. It was working fine before that. The phone was disconnected from the battery for nearly the entire 2 months. I put the screen on today and it worked like a charm. Well , sort of.
During calls , whether that is phone calls or skype calls or w/e , it acts weird. My problem is they can hear me fine but I can't hear them without speaker enabled or headphones/headset. It's almost as if it thinks it has headphones (with no mic) plugged in. It plays music fine on all loudness levels, the dial pad tones and the ringtone all work fine. It only has issues during calls.
So far I've tried disassembling and reassembling the phone , in case it wasn't sitting on the contacts right. Then I tried inserting headphones and a headset mid call and removing it to make it snap out of it , still no change. I tried clearing the phone app data (that was before I knew it happens on skype as well). Lastly I did the system update that was available for it. Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

The earpiece speaker that you hold to your face is separate from the speakerphone/audio/ringer/notifications speaker.
It sounds like your earpiece speaker or associated wiring has become disconnected or damaged.

Spott07 said:
The earpiece speaker that you hold to your face is separate from the speakerphone/audio/ringer/notifications speaker.
It sounds like your earpiece speaker or associated wiring has become disconnected or damaged.
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I didn't know the earpiece was separate. Turns out , because I thought it was all 1 thing , I didn't notice it was glued on the old screen and didn't remove it. Thank you.

Peculiar proble no speaker sound + internal call feedback loop

So I have a Mi 8 and I apparently broke the screen just while in pocket, though the phone did not really hit anything. (warranty did not cover, they stated micro fracture in screen and user fault).
I changed succesfully the screen myself, but after screen replacement, the phone loudspeaker did not function, no music, no ringtone. Headphones work fine.
So i replaced the speaker unit, did not fix the problem.
Updated MIUI, no work.
Flashed Lineage OS succesfully (for my own fun), did not fix it.
After installing LíneageOS, I noticed when using phone call (gsm etc.), cannot call because the sound is messed up, sounds just like microhone feedback loop near speakers. I don't know did this happen after Lineage or not, as I did not try calling before. Whatsapp then again works just fine, so I suspect something messed up in phone internal call circuit or something (I'm not an expert).
Any ideas on fixability?