asked 2014-04-16 14:51:31 +0300
my external speakers don't make anymore sound. happened before in the past and after multiple reboots it returned. i tried removing battery for 5 minutes - still no help.
CSD command line tool tested - external speakers producing no audio at all.
android apps, gallery video, youtube, etc - no sound. but earpiece is working fine.
hardware or software issue? anyone else having this problem?
answered 2014-04-16 18:13:44 +0300
There have been some mentions of faulty speakers or speakers spontaneously dying. Most probably yours is defective as well. Check https://together.jolla.com/question/36572/no-sound-headphones-work-somewhat/ and https://together.jolla.com/question/30942/intermittent-sound-problems-from-speaker/
As an addition: You could try the procedure described in: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?s=dd3d26029f09ea2d667e272120d62797&p=1417639&postcount=3
rod ( 2014-04-16 20:35:41 +0300 )editanswered 2014-04-17 02:46:04 +0300
thanks @rod. didn't try that but thanks for the link. however, when i restarted pulse audio, i did see errors about permission problems and the errors were referring to /run/user/100000/pulse
i discharged the battery and left the phone turned off for 4 hours (slept through the night). woke up, charged it, and audio is now working as expected again.
my conclusion? it's not a hardware problem!
I am facing exactly the same issue for 3 days now. I try to kill and restart pulseaudio, reset factory, leave the battery out for the night ... Sound is still not return. As the sound disapear like magic, I guess and hope this is a software issue. Will try your discharged battery solution but I think that leaving the battery out should have done the same... Can anybody help to check once and for all if this is soft or hard issue?
lunatix ( 2014-04-17 11:54:21 +0300 )editi left the battery in the phone till it went down to 0% and let it turn off by itself. left it for 4 hours. i don't think that would make a difference in your case since you removed the battery for the night. have you checked that talk.maemo.org link to see if /run/user/100000/pulse has the correct owner?
droll ( 2014-04-17 14:37:09 +0300 )editAs my phone only has 5% of battery left, I will try anyway but let's say I am pretty pessimistic. I have already try the fix owner for pulse but that doesn't change anything. I think this is not solving the exac same issue. Will let know how it goes after the battery discharging...
lunatix ( 2014-04-17 16:05:32 +0300 )editHi, juste to give the info to anyone else facing the same issue. Here's what worked for me: - reset factory - re-install of White Snow TOH application
It was just that, after the reset factory I only installed the Poppy LE TOH and sound was not working during 1 week. Today, I decided to install the white snow TOH and... it worked. So, this issue is a software issue and CSD tool doesn't mean anything (in this case).
lunatix ( 2014-04-22 15:32:33 +0300 )editAsked: 2014-04-16 14:51:31 +0300
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