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Samsung Galaxy Express I8730 - No sound at all

I have a problem with my Samsung Galaxy Express (GT-I8730), international version.
I updated my firmware using Odin to a newer build. The firmware was downloaded from SamFirmware.com.
After the update finished and my phone restarted I've got no sound at all. I tried doing a factory reset but no luck. I thought the firmware was corrupted and after downloading and installing a new one, the exact same thing happened.
In the video posted below I am doing a factory reset from recovery, just to show you that I'm doing everything from the beginning.
The phone vibrates but there is no sound.
Before the update I had build version : I8730XWAMB8. After the update I tried with : I8730XWAMD7 and I8730XWAMC4. All these builds have the version number 4.1.2.
If I reinstall the I8730XWAMB8, I have sound but this build is branded and I'm very mad that I can't install other versions. This thing won't happen on my Note 2. I can install what firmware I want from SamFirmware.com.
I also saw that with all these builds my phone will randomly power-off at different times. It can be 5 minutes after I turn it on or it can be 18 hours. After the power-off I need to take out the battery.
What is wrong with the phone? Before these updates everything worked perfectly (before trying these updates, with the initial build I had sound and there were no random power-offs).
Any suggestion would be appreciated.

I also wanted to de-brand my i8730 and had similar issues as you. I tried 4 different firmwares, and the only firmware that really works OK is the original, branded one. With other firmwares (same version, same country but different branding) got me the occasional shutdowns like you described and wifi constantly disconnecting and connecting again.
Now I went back to the XWAMB8, rooted the phone and with Titanium Backup removed all the branded apps.
If you don't want to root your device you can always hide the apps, from the app list click on the Menu button and choose the option Hide applications.

Isn't that weird? I had a lot of Samsung smartphones and flashed a lot of firmwares (both stock and custom) and never experienced something like this. Can you tell me where you bought the phone from (what carrier and country)? Thanks.

ssweays composed
It is indeed very weird. My phone is branded to Portuguese Vodafone, I tried flashing other portuguese firmwares and also from other countries, the only stable one is the original one.

I think the phone is designed to be like that.
Sent from my GT-I8730 using xda-developers app

It is happened to me too, this power of thing in XWAMC4 firmware. (it is happened after less then 5 minuts after i turned out the screen)
finally i went back to the XWAMB8 and it's all work great.

No sound at all - not a problem in Australia
I updated and Optus branded i8730 with the plain vanilla variety and have had no problem.
Is your phone network locked?
99% sure mine is not and that may be what is causing it.
Bazzan

Well, it was a Vodafone Romania firmware but not really branded. I mean, it only had some apps installed by Vodafone. However, I'm getting my hands on an unbranded grey Galaxy Express today. Let's see what's going to happen with this one..

Something similar happened to me. I rooted it via motochoper from my linux desktop. Played a bit with root stuff, and later then I had no sim detection and no more speaker sound. I reflashed /system and got sim detected but still no speaker sound. Now I'm affraid of rooting the new one (I got lucky with my carrier). Something is weird about that phone...
Edit: In fact it seems to be TB that messed up the device... Everything fine now...

viges666 said:
Something similar happened to me. I rooted it via motochoper from my linux desktop. Played a bit with root stuff, and later then I had no sim detection and no more speaker sound. I reflashed /system and got sim detected but still no speaker sound. Now I'm affraid of rooting the new one (I got lucky with my carrier). Something is weird about that phone...
Edit: In fact it seems to be TB that messed up the device... Everything fine now...
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I've got the same problem, no sound, when i call someone i can't hear the voice of my friend.
Base band version : I8730XWAMB7
Kernel version: 3.4.0-100842
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Version number: JZO54K.I8730XWAMB8
Do you have any soluce to fixe this probleme ?
Thanks a lot

Wipe and full reflash with odin or heimdall...

Try full wipe and full reflash of original firmware with odin or heimdall...

Does somebody was able to flash a ROM released for a different carrier and still have sound working on this phone?
I either have no sound at all (after burning a new ROM for different carrier) or have strange sound (like "ET call home" - not my problem description, just found it on this forum too) after mixing new ROM with my original MODEM file.
Of course, everything is fine after burning back my original ROM.

ionutzm05 said:
I have a problem with my Samsung Galaxy Express (GT-I8730), international version.
I updated my firmware using Odin to a newer build. The firmware was downloaded from SamFirmware.com.
After the update finished and my phone restarted I've got no sound at all. I tried doing a factory reset but no luck. I thought the firmware was corrupted and after downloading and installing a new one, the exact same thing happened.
In the video posted below I am doing a factory reset from recovery, just to show you that I'm doing everything from the beginning.
The phone vibrates but there is no sound.
Before the update I had build version : I8730XWAMB8. After the update I tried with : I8730XWAMD7 and I8730XWAMC4. All these builds have the version number 4.1.2.
If I reinstall the I8730XWAMB8, I have sound but this build is branded and I'm very mad that I can't install other versions. This thing won't happen on my Note 2. I can install what firmware I want from SamFirmware.com.
I also saw that with all these builds my phone will randomly power-off at different times. It can be 5 minutes after I turn it on or it can be 18 hours. After the power-off I need to take out the battery.
What is wrong with the phone? Before these updates everything worked perfectly (before trying these updates, with the initial build I had sound and there were no random power-offs).
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
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I have this exact same problem!! Ughh.
Any fix?

Flash I8730XWAMK1, will work and you will not have the brand logo. I use this one and is perfectly ! Good Luck ! :good::good:

hi All
have the same problem
original firmware is AP I8730XWAMB8 / CP I8730XWAMB7 / CSC I8730BOGAMB1
phone freeze , restart , no sound ..........
Solved with I8730XWANE1_OXXANF1 , all is OK , sound OK

After I flashed LineageOS 14.1 for GT-I8730T (mine is GT-I8730) the sound doesn't work, video player and music players too, they open and I can fast forward it, but it doesn't play. I changed it back to I8730UBAMD2 and CM 13.1 but nothing. Please help me!

NOTE 3 N9005 Hard Bricked :(

I'm facing a problem my note 3 N9005 is hard bricked , my phone bootloops when i flashed a rom so i flashed a stock rom, then suddenly my PHONE CAMERA FAILED to open, NO SOUND AT ALL in the phone NOT EVEN THE RINGTONES SOUND (hangs when pressing volume key rocker), PHONE DIALER DOESNT OPEN black screen appears when i try to open it and i have laggy phone and it hangs alot, HOPE GOOD DEVELOPERS WILL HELP
Things I have Tried : Flashed Stock Roms, didnt work
Flashed Stock Rom and rooted, didnt work .
Flashed Stock Rom Rooted and installed cwm recovery philz edition, didnt work.
Flashed Stock Rom with a PIT FILE , that too didnt work...
KNOWN DEVELOPERS HELP PLZ...Thanks in advance.:crying:

Flash a rom first and flash the attachment will solve your problem

masrooraly said:
I'm facing a problem my note 3 N9005 is hard bricked , my phone bootloops when i flashed a rom so i flashed a stock rom, then suddenly my PHONE CAMERA FAILED to open, NO SOUND AT ALL in the phone NOT EVEN THE RINGTONES SOUND (hangs when pressing volume key rocker), PHONE DIALER DOESNT OPEN black screen appears when i try to open it and i have laggy phone and it hangs alot, HOPE GOOD DEVELOPERS WILL HELP
Things I have Tried : Flashed Stock Roms, didnt work
Flashed Stock Rom and rooted, didnt work .
Flashed Stock Rom Rooted and installed cwm recovery philz edition, didnt work.
Flashed Stock Rom with a PIT FILE , that too didnt work...
KNOWN DEVELOPERS HELP PLZ...Thanks in advance.:crying:
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Quick FYI and correction -
Hard Brick = Won't power on or do anything.
Soft Brick = Can still access the device - bootloop/power up/bootloader/recovery.

masrooraly said:
I'm facing a problem my note 3 N9005 is hard bricked , my phone bootloops when i flashed a rom so i flashed a stock rom, then suddenly my PHONE CAMERA FAILED to open, NO SOUND AT ALL in the phone NOT EVEN THE RINGTONES SOUND (hangs when pressing volume key rocker), PHONE DIALER DOESNT OPEN black screen appears when i try to open it and i have laggy phone and it hangs alot, HOPE GOOD DEVELOPERS WILL HELP
Things I have Tried : Flashed Stock Roms, didnt work
Flashed Stock Rom and rooted, didnt work .
Flashed Stock Rom Rooted and installed cwm recovery philz edition, didnt work.
Flashed Stock Rom with a PIT FILE , that too didnt work...
KNOWN DEVELOPERS HELP PLZ...Thanks in advance.:crying:
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Did You ever tried a full wipe several times before and after flashing?

Post some more information.
1. Where did you buy the phone
2. PDA/CSC/Baseband
3. IMEI still displayed as a number or is it null/null
4. Do you have EFS, FSC, and FSG backups
5. Which stock rom(s) did you flash
It sounds to me as though you have been flashing the wrong stock rom for your device. The behaviour you describe sits in line with that.

i bought it From official Samsung Shop, and it was running like normal before this problem.
IMEI is ok, not showing null or anything like that.

didnt help
bhasg1007 said:
Flash a rom first and flash the attachment will solve your problem
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I tried to do this but this too didnt help brother. Now what do you suggest

masrooraly said:
i bought it From official Samsung Shop, and it was running like normal before this problem.
IMEI is ok, not showing null or anything like that.
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Okey you need to get EFSBackupPro and use it to backup efs and fsc and fsg partitions. Just Google it and you will find a link to the thread here on xda.
After that you need to tell us what is the phone model. Look at my signature to see what a model looks like.
I think you flashed the wrong stock ROM. We need to find out which model phone you have so we can link you to the correct n9005 stock ROM.
You must make efs backup first. You can lose your imei and I have not seen a working method to fix the phone if that happens.

Efsbackuppro has bricked Note 3's previously. I wouldn't advise it.
Sent from my LG-D855 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

radicalisto said:
Efsbackuppro has bricked Note 3's previously. I wouldn't advise it.
Sent from my LG-D855 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Not sure about what happened in those case. It is quite literally a GUI that runs a few dd commands, that's it.

didnt help
bhasg1007 said:
Flash a rom first and flash the attachment will solve your problem
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Tried this but didnt solve the prob brother, i have tried fashing several stock roms but still problem exits.. Phone has no sound at all , Camera Says error Camera Failed , Phone hangs like a hell lockscreen lag And Phone App is not working. when ever any call comes screen goes black and i cant access the call atend or decline it. please tell me any fix for these 3 things..

AO7 said:
Post some more information.
1. Where did you buy the phone
2. PDA/CSC/Baseband
3. IMEI still displayed as a number or is it null/null
4. Do you have EFS, FSC, and FSG backups
5. Which stock rom(s) did you flash
It sounds to me as though you have been flashing the wrong stock rom for your device. The behaviour you describe sits in line with that.
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i have tried fashing several stock roms but still problem exits.. Phone has no sound at all , Camera Says error Camera Failed , Phone hangs like a hell lockscreen lag And Phone App is not working. when ever any call comes screen goes black and i cant access the call atend or decline it. please tell me any fix for these 3 things..

I have the exact same problem and I think it's a hardware problem. This was happening to me yesterday and is not related to software. I think it's the sound IC or dac.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

After flashing stock rom, do FULL WIPE using recovery.
You did not mention doing it.

I did this and no change. As I mentioned I don't think this is a software problem. I did remove cameras and usb charging port even the upper hedfone port and is the same behaviour. One of the iC is malfunction . I did stop everything that is related to sound and I use now my phone as a tablet with no sound and recording capabilities.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk
L.E.
After I was looking over schematic of motherboard and online for similar hardware defect I think is the audio codec IC WCD9320 that need to be re-balled or replaced. On the MB it has the the code U707. I will try this tommorow.

CHECK
I did not seen any Note 3 with full sound hardware bullit , but I faced to not have sound when I flashed a different firmware and I tryed t update trough ODIN to the last firmware nf3 nf4 TRY THAT AND put your news here , DON'T TRY TO OPEN YOUR PHABLET DOES NOT HAVE PRB AND ALSO SAMSUNG INFO app from play... you will se your hardware is ok and also your sound codecs )::)) ODIN 3.07 is the most stable >LAST FIRMWARE (UPGRADE) PROBABLY TO TRY INSERT YOUR CSC AND PIT Country files ( AREA CODE for example XEO mine )

I did reheat al the components on the main board. Nothing happened. But... i did reflash (as a last try)with mobile odin the last build from south est of Europe and miracle happened is up and working well.

[Q] Stuck at logo. No recovery even after stock ROM flashing

Hi guys
I have LTE sm-n9005 32gb from Holland (PHN).
As the Lollipop leaked i flashed it and got an error, hidden.ext4 FAILED!!
Of course phone rebooted and was showing the logo for a long time, so i just plugged the battery off, gave it a few seconds time and put it back.
Phone booted, was working but with glitches (bad reception and no 3G, only GSM or LTE).
I left it as is and now, when the Polish 5.0 was out so i flashed it. This time it went through and showed me PASS! sign, but phone is stuck at logo.
I can't enter recovery, i flashed TWRP and could not wipe because the TWRP failed to mount /data partition.
Then i though maybe i have partition problems, so i flashed MSM8974.pit but nothing changed.
Any idea how to recover the phone?

Solved
Cool that so many people tried to help, but anyway i managed to recover the phone by flashing this ROM
https://mega.co.nz/#!IVAykBTD!-LGw1U9ajSSLPylhdrGVxJzCY5B6_rW0-z3dXWJgSmM
Then on top of it i flashed the Polish Lollipop and it worked. The data from the phone is lost, but the phone itself works like before.
But there was one problem before, and it exists now too: the 3G or 4G networks are not supported. Phone fails to connect, but the GSM one works as expected good.
Did anyone have this problem with the note 3 (EU) ?

Very funny you are. What do you think, people are just sitting here waiting to answer your questions ? Patience.
But you are the 4 millionth person to have this issue, so there are definitely fixes out there, you just have to do some searching.

S4 DUOS, GT-I9502, can´t finish “Odin updating” even for stock roms

Hi everyone, I´m really pissed about that issue; I´d really appreciate any help and thanks in advance to you all.
Story: I was using Sva´s rom for kitkat, everything normal, then I´ve seen Sasikas´s for lollipop and decided to try it out. I flashed the original firmware and then the custom, both via odin, used them normal as usual. For some reason, I decide to compare the new sva´s, also for lollipop and when I tried to flash, THE ISSUE BEGAN!
Issue: after doing the normal odin process, when the message “complete” shows up and the phone reboots, the bar of updating progress stop about 25% and the phone reboot to the normal mode, but only with a black screen. This is the screen I´m talking about: 3w generacionandroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Android_updating.jpg
What I already tried and it didn´t work:
1 – factory reset after the “boot”; I think the problem is that the “system isn´t being write” so …
2 – different roms, both custom and stock; something interesting about this is that the point of the bar that resets the phone varies according to the rom I use, just as follow:
Rom lollipop: at 25% of the bar the system restarts;
Rom kitkat: the bar jumps from 25% to the end and boots the system until Samsung logo. I noticed that the carrier logo sound is cutted in the end.
I can freely install any recovery and enter dl mode.
By the way, the bootloader file must be flashed at pda or bl in odin?

Flash the bootloader file in the BL slot.

about the bootloader...
I´ve installed a bootloader to try the new lollipop in sva´s rom, maybe because of this I can´t flash anymore? I´ve found this info about bootloaders, could someone tell me if I´m thinkg right about it?
"In literal terms, bootloader is code that is executed before any Operating System starts to run. "
This way what I need is a bootloader for kitkat or previous? Where can i find it?

cry for help
almost givin up...
so, happy new year to everyone, I´ll wait until January to check any replies, otherwise selling for parts. ='[.
Shortening: I can enter recovery and dl mode BUT not getting to install roms;
I know I fixed selinux permissions once and installed a bootloader said to be to install a version of lollipop, that´s all new stuff I did.

Note 3 N9005 wont boot any ROM

HI
My friend need help with his NOTE 3 SM-N9005 LTE
Phone wont boot anymore. It only bootloops. I installed stock rom 2 times with ODIN and still phone stuck on recovery booting and then reboots only.
Then i flashed TWRP with ODIN and cleared everything on phone and wiped then installed MagMa_NX_UX9.7_Premium_XDA ROM
and everything sucess and seems fine, but when comes to boot it only stucks at Note 3 Splash some time and reboots.
I wonder if his partitions are ****ed up or something? ODIN dont show any errors neither.
HE said that this came after some update or something but i dont know if he tells the truth about what really happened
with the phone.
Any way to reparition whole phone and maybe update bootloader or something?
I forgot to mention that he replaced the LCD with new one but could it realy be issue? Because everything works in recovery and i can see Samsung Note splash screen.

I manage to fix it.
I flashed EUR version of STOCK ROM instead of NEE and phone finnaly booted. I dont know what the heck problem was.