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No sound without headset

Hi guys,
can somebody please help me with the following problem?
Out of nothing my T-Mobile MDA Vario stopped giving sound with out the headset connected.
Every once and while it just works again, without any reason and the out of nothing it stops giving sound without the headset connected.

I have the exact same problem. I can only use my phone right now with a bluetooth headset.
I even tried to do a hard reset and nothing is fixed.
Can anyone help me?

Use the forum search engine - this is a very common issue.
The chip that switches between the built-in speaker and the wired headset very easily gets destroyed - in most cases it's short-circuit when you insert the wired headset into the phone. Nothing can be done to perevent this - except for NEVER using ANY wired headset (but a BT one instead)

Well, I never used the wired headset before. Only the BT.

well, sounds silly, but when i don't get sound without something plugged into the jack, i blow into the hole... that seems to work...
admittedly i can't use my stereo wired headphones anymore, because the radioshack adapter has a slightly bigger plugend that stretched out the insides... weee! (i use the adapter connected to another adapter that connects to rca cables that connect to a car amp...)

Sounds like your issue has to do with hardware but this happened to me once and it was a software issue. I had no sound at all, it only worked with a wired headset and I soft reseted mupltiple times and still nothing. What I did was soft reset it with the wired headset still plugged in and after it finished starting up I disconnected the headset and my sound worked again.

Strangely enough this worked
zetajunkie said:
well, sounds silly, but when i don't get sound without something plugged into the jack, i blow into the hole... that seems to work...
admittedly i can't use my stereo wired headphones anymore, because the radioshack adapter has a slightly bigger plugend that stretched out the insides... weee! (i use the adapter connected to another adapter that connects to rca cables that connect to a car amp...)
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Strangely enough this worked!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS!!!!

Thanks a lot guys! blowing the hole of the headset connector solved the problem on my htc prophet too! excellent!! (never would have thought of that, in fact i already was taking the phone apart LOL, luckily i found this post while doing it)

it works for xda2 himalaya..
just blow into it.. crazy solution that works

It worked on Compact (Magician) also
Hey, you saved my money... It worked for my Magician also.
Thanks a lot
AKa

i guess i have the same problem....the chip is broken so every time i make a call....long press the green or call button...the speakerphone will be enable...

Holy ****! this worked!!

Kind of makes me nostalgic for the original Nintendo, with those cartridges you have to blow on to "clear the dust" from the connections. Chances were better it was just your spit making a better connection back then. I wonder if the same applies here...
...I sleep now.
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Zetajunkie,
your solution is timeless. thanks a million dude. It still works when the bugger goes silent

Easy fix
When that happens - don't panic, just insert a thin screwdriver into the audio jack and wiggle it lightly. Helps if you have music or any audio file playing on your device at the same time.
Generally you get it when you pull out the wired headset and trip the switch, that gets stuck. Very common problem, everyone is always amazed I could sort it out on the spot within seconds. Try it. Just be gentle!!!!

Thanks!!
It worked for me with a thin screwdriver

Oh....my.....gawd!?!? but anyways if you have an O2 Atom Life... make sure you push near the bottom, cause thats where the button is.... gawd i hate when manufacturers do a dodgy job

In my case I don't have sound and the microphone isn't working. What Can I Do? Is something broken on the HTC?

when I have this problem I go to the comm manager and disable the phone for about 3-5 min then reconnect the phone. it works for me. the 1st few times it work for a day, 4days ect. now its been working going on 2 months.....(knock on woody wood)

I opened my Wizard, got to the phone jack, removed a tiny bit of dust from the inside, closed the phone, and it never lost sound again!
It's not that hard to open the phone, but if you're not very handy, ask for someone that works with this kind on stuff to help you.
I did this entire procedure in less then 5 minutes.

Losing sound completely.

I dropped my phone yesterday and now there's no sound at all. The phone feels solid, it seems nothing has fallen off or disconnected inside. I thought it was a software problem and did a hard reset but still no sound. Has anyone any ideas? Is there a guide to dismantle Hermes somewhere that I can have a look at?
Cheers.

there's a link in the wiki, and i swear i've seen a youtube video

Cheers,
Googled and found it from a Russian website.

You only needed to search here. All the info you need is on this site. There is detailed instruction concerning both front and rear speakers. Of course you have not said which speaker is concerned. Both can be dislodged in a fall and both are easily fixed if you have dismantling skills. The rear speaker is a piece of cake as it only requires the the push in connector to be re-seated. The front speaker requires a major dismantle and requires the spring contacts to be pulled out a little to restore good contact with the M/board.
I will return with more links for you.
Mike

Speaker Front/Rear Pics/Links/Guidance etc:
Front Speaker(Ear piece) These spring contacts can bend if the phone gets a knock and lose contact with the board.
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Read these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=288728&highlight=speaker
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=283490
Rear Speaker
Note (Rear Speaker) the white push in connector with red/black wires. (This can become loose)
Read this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317870
Mike

Thank you so much, it worked beautifully, it was the rear speaker, the connector was loose.

worked for me
i had the same problem with my 8525. after i dropped it i just removed the back and re-seated the rear speaker wire and it worked fine. thanks for the post.

amazing...
I was totally freaked out when my sound stopped after i dropped my phone...
Luckily i was able to pick up a torx set for less than $6 and pop the sucker open, didn't even have to remove the back faceplate all the way to snap the sound cable back in...
Couldn't of done it without this thread....

Happy Days!​Mike​

Help | Speaker Problem

hi
i have a problem with my Acer S200
i connect an ear phone to my phone ( the pic is it's jack, first i connected no.1, then 2 ) , i think my problem occurred after i connect the era phone
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the speaker does not work while i wanna play song or do some thing else that should have sound, in the call i can't here the voice or speak unless i connect the earphone
but when i have a call the phone rings ( the speaker sounds, so the speaker works ) and also while I'm on the call, if i put my phone on speaker mode, the speaker sounds like the past,and i can hear the voice !
i rebooted my device, did hard reset, changed rom, but my device still has this damn problem
so i can't understand, is it a software problem ? or hardware ?!
help me plz .. how can i solve it ?!
this make me crazy

Take a look at your OEM hands free and see it has only one jack with 3 lines.
2 lines for earphone and 1 for microphone.
the set you are showing will not ever work on our S200..
sorry if I understood wrong..

I have the same problem with my s200. it has occured last week. I think its a harware problem because i flashed with original roms. the only trips i found its open radio fm and put to speaker. i made a morscript for activite speaker.

s200 speaker problem
Same problem with my s200 since some weeks ...
1. With headphones everything works o.k.
2. Without headphones:
a) When the phones rings I have to switch to speaker mode to hear and can be heard.
b) mp3 or video audio can't be heard through the built-in-speaker.
This can be put to normal, if I turn on the speaker on the FM-tuner
or
put in a headphone jack and pull it back some millimeters.
So I think it's a hardware problem - maybe after using a normal 3-connector 3.5mm jack (without microphone-connector).
BUT: Does anybody of you two use the "S2P"-mp3-freeware? I'm not quite sure whether the "Pause playback when headset disconnected" is responsible ...

thanks guys
at the end last weak i opened the device
it was a hardware problem
the hands-free socket had a problem, i can't explain the problem well without pic, but i try it
at the end of the socket there are 2 adnexas , which should connect to each other, but they lost their connection, i fixed that and the problem solved.

I'm having the same problem!!
Dude, can you please show us how we can fix this problem. I am having exactly the same problem. I accidently put in a normal two-ring headphone jack into my S200 and now its not playing any sound unless my headset is plugged in or I place it on speakerhpone. Seeing as you're the man.... can you please guide me through this? Pleaaaaaaaasssssssseeeeeeeee!!!!

I had the problem before, The following is how to fix it
1. use a toothpick to stir in earphone socket. try to recover connection of 2 adnexas on the socket bottom.
2. if 1. doesn't work, you have to open device, try to reset the connection. I attach some pictures about it.
3. if one of the 2 adnexas broken on socket bottom, you have to change the socket (buy new one). or you can solder 3 and 5 points in pictures. let your S200 is alway at speaker mode.

@wysxs
thanks you very very much for guide!!
I resolved this problem in five minuts!!

glukosio said:
@wysxs
thanks you very very much for guide!!
I resolved this problem in five minuts!!
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You are welcome. I'm glad you found these photos are helpful.

GOD, I look at this thread too late !! this ***** piece is a shame, I tried to put the connector at its first place like you but I broken it..... now I need to edit the value in registry to put the speaker on or off...I tried also to braze a new connector but it's too little !!! no way to repair this crap, anyone has a broken s200 and can send me the jack plug piece??? thats my last solution...
(pending this I will be glad to use your mortscript bosphhor that would be nice )

I also broke the grill, but I repaired it with a piece of copper that i took in the usb cable.

glukosio said:
I also broke the grill, but I repaired it with a piece of copper that i took in the usb cable.
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You had a very good idea, the piece look the same, I will try

wysxs,
Thank you very much for your instruction and photos. I got the same problem and fixed.

new socket
I have one dnexas broken on socket bottom, can i just buy a new socket ? will any socket will match ?
Thanks,
Ran

bosphor said:
I have the same problem with my s200. it has occured last week. I think its a harware problem because i flashed with original roms. the only trips i found its open radio fm and put to speaker. i made a morscript for activite speaker.
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Please can you load the mortscript that you create, I need to activate the handsfree mode to sell my phone.
Sorry for my english

Do any of you guys know where to order a new spare online?I've been having problem locating it in Greece cause Acer doesn't support the S200 here.
Thanks
Ilias

Thank yo wysxs,
i was suffering from the speker problem about two weeks.now i fixed this with the help of those pictures. thanks again

Where to buy earphone socket
wysxs said:
I had the problem before, The following is how to fix it
1. use a toothpick to stir in earphone socket. try to recover connection of 2 adnexas on the socket bottom.
2. if 1. doesn't work, you have to open device, try to reset the connection. I attach some pictures about it.
3. if one of the 2 adnexas broken on socket bottom, you have to change the socket (buy new one). or you can solder 3 and 5 points in pictures. let your S200 is alway at speaker mode.
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Hello wysxs, I'm trying to fix the problem but the 3 and 5 pins don't wants to touch each other again...
You propouse to buy another "earjack" socket... Do you know where to buy it? I've googled it a bit but no results appears...
thx

Hi, SaShS
I don't know where to buy it. Sorry about that. you can try to fix it with the piece of copper in usb cable as glukosio said.
good luck
wysxs

Thx Wysxs! I will try that then
rk

Bad mic quality (with solution and pic guide)

Lot's of my friends complained about dumb speech quality on my sgs2, currently on Cyanogen but with stock firmware too. With stock firmware i could disable noise reduction, which i had to do with every call, but it didn't make it really good.
Warning: The following will viod your warrenty and you can easily damage your phone! Just in case: i told you so and it's your responsibility, not mine...
Today i opened the phone (removed battery, sim, microsd), 6 or 7 small screws, with fingernail along all sides of the phone lifteing the two parts carefully apart, Being aware not to loose the plastic power and volume parts. I made the lower mic hole a little bit bigger, removed the rubber housing of the mic (lift it up a little bit and gently pulling away from phone) and made the hole a litte bit bigger (using a small flat screwdriver to access the inner part and a scalpel) , cutting away a little bit of the inside hole. After reassembling i used a paper clip to press the mic towards the display and the rubber piece to the bottom.
Now with picture guide, see page 2, thanks to speedys4 !
My friends asked me if i had a new phone after testing!
Finally this great piece of hardware does even phoning right!

this needs a picture guide

qwerty warrior said:
this needs a picture guide
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It really doesnt.... it is just 7 screws and pushing a pin/small screw driver into the mic hole after you haver removed the mic guard and then refitting everything. (then making sure the mic guard is refitted properly once everything is back together by looking in the mic hole, you should see the entire hole of the mic guard and a little block inside which is the mic).
If your unsure how to do any of that, even after reading the simple instructions above, I recommend you dont take apart your £300 phone yourself...
Also this fix is posted on page 8 on this topic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127103&page=8
along with other software fixes. But like you say. 5 minutes work and its even better! and you get to keep noise cancelation!

Just did the same thing - removed rubber from lower mic. Tested - now seems I can really use speakerphone =D

Many thanks!!!
You have helped make my phone so much more perfect!!! thank you so so much!! I had to use a stanley knife but hey ho it worked and only one scarred finger, but well worth it!!

I assume it also resolves the echo issue too? It's discussed in details here, disabling noise cancellation fix it as well.
I would really appreciate if someone does a step-by-step picture guide.
Edit: Anyone knows a ROM that lets you to disable Noise Reduction by default? I've already tried the fix in VillainTweaks but that didn't work for me.

i have the original samsung black soft rubber case, i had to make the charging hole bigger because even the small microusb connector wouldn't fit otherwise. so i made a bigger mic hole too.
i don't hear any echos.

You don't hear the echoes, but the people calling you hear their own echo unless you disable NR.

nope, calling works well for me, noone i'm phoning too complains. i'm on the offical cyanogen 7.1 with radio ki4 right now and there is no way to disable NR afaik...

arashi said:
Just did the same thing - removed rubber from lower mic. Tested - now seems I can really use speakerphone =D
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did you removed it completely?
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YES IT WORKS! AT LAST!!
Thanks, phi770!!!

I made It this modification last month, there is some photos, I removed rubber from first(main microphone) and enlarge the both holes.
see photos...
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All I did was enlarge the main mike to about 1,5mm and totally cover the noise cancellation mike.
Works like a charm,
G

I will get back rubers to microphones, and make bigger holes in both rubbers.
now its crystal clear sound

I had to do the same on mine: cutting rubber and enlarge the hole, now it sounds good.

speedys4 said:
I made It this modification last month, there is some photos, I removed rubber from first(main microphone) and enlarge the both holes.
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Congrats on the DIY.
But can you also help me on increasing my Bluetooth Mic Volume levels?
I've tried the service mode option which is not a permanent fix and I don't find it good.
Thanks!

Headphone jack borked... sound in one ear!

Anyone have suggestions of how to troubleshoot a potentially faulty headphone jack? Sound is only coming out of the right earbud and nothing on the left (even after twisting and bending a bit). I've tried using multiple sets of earbuds and they work in other devices properly so I know they aren't the problem. And yes, I've pushed as hard as possible and they were fully inserted.

Check your ear?

That happened to me a couple times. Just turn the volume up all the way while playing music for a couple seconds. Worked for me...
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Make sure it's plugged all the way in, the headphone jack is pretty tight and you kind of have to jam it up in there.

Also make sure your not using a mono adapter or something.
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Does your earphone have microphone? Try to use earphone w/o microphone.
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It's definitely all the way in. Tried turning up the volume and no success. I've tried plugging in/out about 50 times to see if maybe a contact wasn't connecting internally. According to Wikipedia, the left sound comes from the tip of the plug whereas the right sound comes from the ring around the plug in between the two insulating rings. It would then sound to me that the tip of the plug isn't making contact as it should. Any thoughts?

dcoaster said:
It's definitely all the way in. Tried turning up the volume and no success. I've tried plugging in/out about 50 times to see if maybe a contact wasn't connecting internally. According to Wikipedia, the left sound comes from the tip of the plug whereas the right sound comes from the ring around the plug in between the two insulating rings. It would then sound to me that the tip of the plug isn't making contact as it should. Any thoughts?
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Take the back cover off and see if you can notice any solder joints cracked.

This happened to me when I used earphones that had an inline microphone.
Try some headphones or earphones without a microphone

Same problem here.
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The one white - iPhone headset : only one side sound
The one black : to the speaker : same problem as the white.
But when i moved the jack around, sound came normal?!

I don't have any pairs with a microphone so that can't be the problem. I also took the back off and check the solder joints and everything looks good even when pushing and prodding a bit, no sound came out of the left side. Could possibly be a broken contact inside? Suggestions on how to fix a broken contact if that's the case?

I blew into the headphone jack and it started working perfectly lol. Odd... didn't know old school Nintendo game strategies still worked.

happyjack96 said:
That happened to me a couple times. Just turn the volume up all the way while playing music for a couple seconds. Worked for me...
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:victory:This also worked for me. Thanks man:good:

Same here....
headphone jack is jacked....sound only comes through right ear. Tried multiple headphones and they are all plugged all the way in. Going back to Office Depot tomorrow!

So what i did was take the back off and taped down the flex cable so it wont move... it messes up a bit time to time but until i buy a broken one and do the swap this works out for me

Solved it
Hi ,
I had the same issue , moving the jack inside a little bit made it work , but as soon as I let go it starts to lose audio from right cup
I opened up the nexus 7 back cover. there wasn't any noticeable crack in the soldering but this definitely felt like solder was not applied properly or it had cracked (notice that the audio jack can move quite a bit when plugged in)
here is what I did.
There are 3 connections soldered on the module and there is a wire strip.
my issue was in the right earphone so my problem was in the middle one (upper on on the left side)
First I just heated it with a solder Iron it worked fine for about 2 weeks. then the issue started to show up again.
This time I added a little more solder to the point and that got it working, been working fine since then.
If it still gives you issue, you can unscrew only this part and solder it from the bottom too. there are pad there too.
I hope this helps

I realize this is a very old thread but, I just encountered this issue on my old one m8 and I can say that blowing into the jack did fix the issue. Thank you!