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[Q] Rear speaker stays on when I plug in headphones

When I plug in my headphones, I expect the phone the be totally silent to anyone but me, i.e., my sleeping roommates. But I found out that the speaker on my MT4G stays on and plays the sounds along with my headphones. Kinda defeats the purpose of having headphones. Anyone else have this problem or know how to resolve it? This is still a pretty new phone, and I haven't rooted it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

The only app that is supposed to allow the speaker to play while headphones are plugged in is the fm radio. The radio has a toggle to turn this function on or off. Make sure you're not using any speaker widgets. Are you using the headphones that came with the phone? Try switching to different ones. Other than that, IDK.
Swyped on my rooted MyTouch4G

MoJoeLDS said:
When I plug in my headphones, I expect the phone the be totally silent to anyone but me, i.e., my sleeping roommates. But I found out that the speaker on my MT4G stays on and plays the sounds along with my headphones. Kinda defeats the purpose of having headphones. Anyone else have this problem or know how to resolve it? This is still a pretty new phone, and I haven't rooted it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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You're talking about ringtones and notifications, right? Yes, it's hugely annoying and has been like that since the release of the G1. I don't understand why it does that, but it happens with all my wired and Bluetooth headsets. To my knowledge, there's no way to make it truly route ALL sound traffic to the headphones. I've used JF, CM, and Enom's ROMs as well on different handsets, and they do the same thing. I hope that Gingerbread FINALLY addresses this.
However, I'm keeping an eye on this to see if anyone has found a "fix" for this. For now, I just leave it on vibrate at work while using headphones so I get *some* sort of notification when a call/text/whatever is coming in.

Please post questions in Q&A section.

Well, I AM using Gingerbread. I just now tested it and verified that it is indeed only for ringtones and notifications, while music and videos route their sound properly with headphones in.
Apparently Gingerbread did not resolve the problem. :-(

MoJoeLDS said:
Well, I AM using Gingerbread. I just now tested it and verified that it is indeed only for ringtones and notifications, while music and videos route their sound properly with headphones in.
Apparently Gingerbread did not resolve the problem. :-(
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You're using Gingerbread? Please explain? Unless of course you're on a Nexus S.

T-Mobile just released the 2.3 Gingerbread update for the MT4G in a last several days. My phone just out of the blue said I had an update available, and it was Gingerbread.
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Ok I lied, I'm on Android 2.2.1. When I saw the update, I Googled 'Android OS Update', naively assuming, in my new-to-Android inexperience, that it would be that simple. All the results said '2.3 Gingerbread' all over them, so I assumed that's what I was getting.
I was dead wrong, and I'm still on Froyo. Sorry if I got anyone's hopes up.

Lol, oh wow!

Everyone's gotta start somewhere, and I guess today was my day to be the n00b.

Sound too quiet, try this.

Hi all,
I've always felt that when playing music on my DHD that it's too quiet, when I've listened to music through my headphones I would say it's acceptable however when I've plugged my DHD into a HiFi or into my stereo in my car I could crank the volume to full control without it been deafening. I happen to find a fix yesterday by accident, I had my DHD plugged into my car stereo and the phone rang, I pulled the audio cable out and answered the phone, when I was done I put the cable back in and immediately I was like WTF just happened now, the music was much louder than what it was before I answered the phone, I would say it was about 30% louder.
I tested my theory by stopping the music and unplugging the cable, plugged the cable back in and started the music, while it was playing I opened the phone and simply dialled any random number and ended the call immediately, when it went back to the music it was most certainly much louder. I've tried it several times now and every time it makes it much louder than what it was before I make a call, I can now no longer turn the stereo full blast as it is simply too loud, just by turning it up to half way I would say it's the equivalent of what it was before when I had it turned up to the maximum.
I'm using Poweramp and I don't know if it's got anything to do with that, I will test it with the built in music player and see what it does. I originally downloaded Poweramp as I thought that the built in music player may be the problem.

i'll repet what you do and post some results... really want a louder volumen in headphones. I plugged my headphone in a Wildfire and it's incredible louder, no talking about an ipod! last week in a party i was ashamed when my friend put off his $50 cell phone and i plugged mine on stereo, so low volume....

wtf, that's true.. really don't understand what the phone turns on!! probably the same thing that volume boost turns on!!

Aha that actually works
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thiagodark said:
wtf, that's true.. really don't understand what the phone turns on!! probably the same thing that volume boost turns on!!
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Good news, it must be a software bug with the volume control.

works here too.. atleast on poweramp and soundcloud, didnt hear any difference on spotify

MarkieSA said:
Good news, it must be a software bug with the volume control.
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let's hope someone let this bug permanently turned on, with no call trick...

Haha! Tried it myself, and it works! Awesome!

I found using shazzam or sound hound while music was playing caused it to go louder. Seems to be when the mic is initialised. Noticed this two days ago
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Interesting find.
I've noticed a couple of ROMS which suggest better audio volume by 20%.
For example this one. (Speaker Boost +20%)
So somehow, somewhere the bug or issue has been fixed or improved.

Grant Barker said:
Interesting find.
I've noticed a couple of ROMS which suggest better audio volume by 20%.
For example this one. (Speaker Boost +20%)
So somehow, somewhere the bug or issue has been fixed or improved.
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Not really, i'm using that rom right now, and what it makes is improve SPEAKER volume, not from headphone. I made my tests in Android Revolution rom and can confirm that headphone is as quiet as stock rom, and it is improved by the "call trick"!

Thanks for sharing! I was experimenting a bit, and it seems like the simplest way to boost the volume is to make a call while music is already playing. The call MUST connect though, or the volume will revert to normal levels. Tested with Winamp.

Maybe have one of the dev's ask to look into this.
If this is different from the already increased speaker volume output, it probably is a bug that can be fixed / feature that can be 'un-featured'

works fine

I had similar experience with my laptop. When listening a mp3 file, the sound coming out from my laptop seems like no effects, standard sound without bass and treble effect. Have to play a movie file first together and stop the.movie make the song hear with the effect.
I believe this issue coming from my sound driver. Using another OS in same laptop. The sound play normally with no issue.
For our Android, it's about the sound driver too?

well well, i just noticed that in the Android Revolution 4 (leaked gingerbread based), the sound is improved by default, no needing the call workaround, looks like HTC fixed the strange bug for the next version...
i just wanted to share!
edit: if someone could try to confirm it, i'll appreciate! =o)

sound problem
hey guys i'm new to this forum, i would appreciate if anyone could help me..
my DHD tones(just keyboard sound, lock sound, shutter sound) have came very low and i can burly hear it.. i turned all the volumes to the max but it's still very low, can anyone help me with that?

indramino said:
hey guys i'm new to this forum, i would appreciate if anyone could help me..
my DHD tones(just keyboard sound, lock sound, shutter sound) have came very low and i can burly hear it.. i turned all the volumes to the max but it's still very low, can anyone help me with that?
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I had the same problem, go to the Market and download "Volume Ace".

MarkieSA, you're an accident hero.
I noticed sometimes my DHD volume suddenly were loud . If I restart the phone, it will go low . I couldn't find out how to make it loud again until reading your post. I'm using PowerAmp too . I think it plays a role in this case.
Thank you for this great finding.

Really useful little trick for 2.2 users, especially for peeps using stock ROM's without the 20% boost via custom kernels. I had tried some of the volume boost type apps before rooting but all they do is invert the phase of one of the stereo channels. All this does is give you a very tinny mono output which is no use to say the least.

[Q] NO SOUND NEXUS 4 (ringing,media,notification)

i have recently bought nexus 4 .. a month back !
It was working fine but today as i was using the paranoid android rom out of a sudden the sound just disappeared. no ringtone no media no notification no sound at all
when i attend the call theres not a single sound.
what kind of problem am i experiencing ? is it a hardware ( speaker problem) or software?
PS: I have factory wiped and flashed 4.3 stock image from fresh and tried the recovery as well but nothing seems to work.
When i try to run mp3 file nothing hapens or google player says cannot play this file.
Not even getting the sound through headset !!
plz help

vampyrick said:
i have recently bought nexus 4 .. a month back !
It was working fine but today as i was using the paranoid android rom out of a sudden the sound just disappeared. no ringtone no media no notification no sound at all
when i attend the call theres not a single sound.
what kind of problem am i experiencing ? is it a hardware ( speaker problem) or software?
PS: I have factory wiped and flashed 4.3 stock image from fresh and tried the recovery as well but nothing seems to work.
When i try to run mp3 file nothing hapens or google player says cannot play this file.
Not even getting the sound through headset !!
plz help
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I have the samr problem, did you manage to fix it and how did you do it?

Rejoice!
zorbakun said:
I have the samr problem, did you manage to fix it and how did you do it?
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Hey fellas,
So, it appears that the problem is related to the device thinking that headphones are plugged in. I would assume it is some kind of hardware fault.
However, there is an easy way to work around it (took me days of despair to find it) - install the app "soundabout" from the app store (cant post a link because I do not have 10 posts yet) . Under the media audio setting you can route all media sound through the speakers, thereby bypassing the problem. You do not need the pro version, but if this program just saved you from buying a new device...
app does not require anything other than a one time install and setup, so no annoying icons or thelike. only problem i encountered is that switching to different accounts on the device somehow mutes the sound, and it requires a restart to get it back to working. If anyone encounters the same limitation, let me know (or better, find a fix for it )
Cheers,
pilfer
Since it took me forever to find this app myself, some tag words for google: no media sound on speakers, only notification sounds, alarm sounds only, no sound from videos, no sound from music

[Q] LG G2 Bluetooth audio quality issues

I have the verizon g2 and the bluetooth connects fine and all but sounds bad compaired to other phones even older ones. I guess im just an audiophile but it sounds very cracklie when a song get louder. I know i cant be the only one experiencing this but i have looked and looked and found nothing but great feedback about its sound. Has anyone else experienced this and maybe found a fix?

findogg213 said:
I have the verizon g2 and the bluetooth connects fine and all but sounds bad compaired to other phones even older ones. I guess im just an audiophile but it sounds very cracklie when a song get louder. I know i cant be the only one experiencing this but i have looked and looked and found nothing but great feedback about its sound. Has anyone else experienced this and maybe found a fix?
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I see it more with talking on my car's BT than with audio streaming, but so far I am not that impressed with the quality. It works, but isn't all that great.

SquireSCA said:
I see it more with talking on my car's BT than with audio streaming, but so far I am not that impressed with the quality. It works, but isn't all that great.
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Yeah thats all im seeing also. But i hope it will change with an update

Using my Motorola Elite Sliver, Bluetooth sound has been just fine. Phone call clarity has been great; significantly better than my DNA.

Posted about this a while back on the Nexus 4 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44130362
It's -super- irritating, and I believe this is a bug in all recent android versions (after 4.1 I think) with the new bluetooth implementation. I was hoping we'd find a way to 'fix' it in a similar manner, but I have no experience developing for non-nexus devices. I'm glad someone else notices the crackle though, it's annoying to the point where I won't listen to audio over the G2's bluetooth anymore.

Just gonna wake this back up to see if anyone else has any ideas on what we can do here.... this issue blows on newer Android phones and we ought to be able to find a way to fix it ^^

cbaronne said:
Just gonna wake this back up to see if anyone else has any ideas on what we can do here.... this issue blows on newer Android phones and we ought to be able to find a way to fix it ^^
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I read through the thread you linked and it looks like you fixed the issue on stock Android ROMs. I have the AT&T D800 running CleanROM XE, also had the issue on stock G2 ROM.
I wanted to offer to test anything you came up with. I connect to a 2011 Hyundai daily and stream Pandora and XiiaLive.
Thanks in advance.

I ran into this as well, although I've only tried Soundcloud, Pandora and Google Music. Pandora is the only app in that list that has issues. Soundcloud and Google sound fine.

findogg213 said:
I have the verizon g2 and the bluetooth connects fine and all but sounds bad compaired to other phones even older ones. I guess im just an audiophile but it sounds very cracklie when a song get louder. I know i cant be the only one experiencing this but i have looked and looked and found nothing but great feedback about its sound. Has anyone else experienced this and maybe found a fix?
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I actually found it sounds better on bluetooth than my old Rezound and my wife's DNA do. In wife's car, songs on bluetooth (any app) have an echo/hall effect. The G2 is the first phone that sounds normal with no echo. Plus, the song info is finally displaying properly on the screen. Just wish my car had bluetooth because then I wouldn't have to deal with the thumping sound I hear while plugged in via the aux/headphone jack and changing tracks. I have another thread here regarding the thumping noise.

Enable aptx. Bluetooth had been nice and clear for me even before doing so.

Steamer86 said:
Enable aptx. Bluetooth had been nice and clear for me even before doing so.
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How do you do that? Is there a menu/switch for that?

Prop command in terminal emulator. Is around here on forum in another bt thread. Most variants aren't enabled out of the box. Hell, Verizon didn't even have the logo on the box.

Steamer86 said:
Prop command in terminal emulator. Is around here on forum in another bt thread. Most variants aren't enabled out of the box. Hell, Verizon didn't even have the logo on the box.
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Saw that thread. Figured that if the G2 was already set up for that, then you shouldn't have to go through superuser and ADB to make it work. I mean, if it is an advertised feature then it should be easier to activate. What am I missing here?

I went ahead and enabled aptx a few weeks ago to test it out... either my headunit doesn't support it or it doesn't seem to make much of a difference on my end as I still have the crackly highs as I did before. This was the same issue that I had on my Nexus 4 that I was able to fix by tweaking the sbc bitrate... I'm just not sure how to do that in the source code on this phone. (or if that's even possible here)

Could someone please link the thread to enable aptx? I am unable to find it or how to do it.
Or at least tell us here how to do it?

I am also getting the crackling over bluetooth, when plugged into an aux jack the sound is amazing, over bt not so much. Also track data is really wonky, it rarely works. When the track changes it shows the song info for a split second then says unknown. I've never had a problem with the track data in my car and this is the 4th device I have used in this car. This is a link I ran across for enabling aptx, don't know if it works I'm not rooted yet.

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I am also getting the crackling over bluetooth, when plugged into an aux jack the sound is amazing, over bt not so much. Also track data is really wonky, it rarely works. When the track changes it shows the song info for a split second then says unknown. I've never had a problem with the track data in my car and this is the 4th device I have used in this car. This is a link I ran across for enabling aptx, don't know if it works I'm not rooted yet.
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Same problem here, except my car stereo doesn't support aptx.
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Just to pitch in -- I get the same crackling on music. Driving me nuts.

When I play music over my car stereo it's great. When I call using sync the person on the other side said it sounds like a whining noise for the entire call. The whining does fluctuate from moderate to extremely loud.
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megadeth8828 said:
When I play music over my car stereo it's great. When I call using sync the person on the other side said it sounds like a whining noise for the entire call. The whining does fluctuate from moderate to extremely loud.
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This sounds like a ground issue in your car maybe? Does it change pitch with engine rpm? Mine sounds like when your stereo is up too loud and the bass distorts, except it's only distorting for high's. Much more noticeable when listening to rock or something with a lot of cymbals. Rap/hip hop sounds fine (not really any high's there). Enabling aptx doesn't sound like a solution here, why would enabling a premium sound feature correct this when other devices I have used that don't have aptx sound better than my G2? Not trying to ridicule here just trying to keep the ball rolling. I really believe this is an issue with phone or bt antenna or something.

[HELP] CM12 Problem with Stereo Channel - Pls Help!

I have an exact same problem with this guy, he is using moto g so i think the problem is from cm12/blisspop source or whatever its called .. as an audio guy its realy annoying to hear music in reversed stereo :silly: any help plss??
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So, yesterday, while I was listening to music in Poweramp I figured out that there's something wrong with my audio. I tried to go to options and see what happens when I switch it to the left channel. And as I expected, Sound went to the right channel. I did a stereo test with "Stereo Test" app and result is the same. When I came back from CM12.1 to stock Lollipop, the issue didn't exist, but after installing the newest build the problem started again. I was looking for an app that may help me with it, but no luck. :crying: Do you guys have any suggestions?
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