I've bought my S23+ about a month ago. One thing I thought I'd leave behind, when upgrading, was the very irritating behavior of the sound/volume suddenly with no reason I've been able to discern, go to almost zero. This happens when I'm listening to a podcast using the Pocket Casts app. I'm sure it would also happen while I'm talking to someone, but I don't make many phone calls, so I'm not sure about this. It's not associated with any podcast. I'll be listening to something, then suddenly the volume goes to almost zero. All I hear is a very faint sound, enough for me to know that Pocket Casts is playing something, but that's it. The phone's sound and volume controls all indicate that they're in a normal range, such as I used to listen to anything like podcasts, phone calls, music, etc. However, when my phone goes into this weird mode, it affects everything, including music, phone calls, etc. If I include the volume to 100%, it doesn't change what I hear, it remains at near zero. I can no longer listen to anything until I reboot the phone. Once I reboot it, then everything goes back to normal.
This shouldn't happen. I've no idea why it suddenly and inexplicably goes to almost zero. Nor do I know why increasing the sound has no effect.
Have other people experienced the same behavior? If so, is there some other action I could take, besides rebooting my phone, to restore it to normal volume?
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I think I may have found what I suspect is a software bug and not I hope a hardware glitch.
I was listening to a track using the HTC Music player with my headphones (Linkin Park's 'From the Inside') and shortly into the powerful bassy intro, the sound perceptively dropped automatically.
The problem is repeatable as follows
Test 1
- After the volume has dropped off (after about 14 seconds) I rewound to the previous track where the sound restored to a normal level.
- I then forward to the 'Linkin Park' track where it starts off as before but then the volume drops at the same point in the track.
- Rewind to the previous track, play a bit, forward and same thing
Test 2
- Now if instead of rewinding to the previous track, I rewind to the start of the Linkin Park track after the volume has dropped, the volume does not re-adjust but remains at the decreased level and the song plays through with no further volume adjustment, but at a much lower level off course.
In Summary, it's only restored if I go back to another song but always drops off automatically.
I repeated all of the above with Beat's audio on and off with no impact.
I'm pretty sure there have been automatic volume adjustments before but I have not been able to quantify this until tonight since I'm testing some headphones. It's almost as if the phone decides mid track, "this is too bassy" or "too loud so I'm adjusting" to a lower volume.
Very annoying issue, particularly since the volume drops to an unacceptably low level so I need to manually increase.
Has anyone else experienced this or is a settings issue I've missed somewhere.
As an update, I just tried playing the same track using 'Play Music' and there was no automatic volume adjustment.
Track still adjusts in the HTC Music App at the same point.
I guess that means I'll be using Google's app unless I can get a fix for this
Shame since I prefer the look and feel of HTC's app.
owens2000 said:
As an update, I just tried playing the same track using 'Play Music' and there was no automatic volume adjustment.
Track still adjusts in the HTC Music App at the same point.
I guess that means I'll be using Google's app unless I can get a fix for this
Shame since I prefer the look and feel of HTC's app.
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Anyone seen this or able to replicate ?
I coincidentally stumbled upon this thread a few hours ago because I was having a different sound related issue and wanted to check the forums first before starting a new thread about it.
Now, seconds ago, while listening to some songs via the stock HTC music player the same bug you describe here happened to me too.
I instantly remembered your thread I read hours before and compared your problem report to what just happended to me.
Just like you I experienced a sudden drop in overall volume that wouldn't go away by itself or rewinding or fast-forwarding the song. Reloading the song by skipping to the next or going back to the previous one helped. The volume drop happened for me at second 49 so I started the song over and was watching very closely to the timeline and waiting for second 0:49 and the drop to come. However it didn't happen and the volume kept its level.
So in my case this bug doesn't seem to be related to the song or a special second or minute in it.
To me it sounded like the same type of volume decreasing like when you receive a message or notification which would change the volume's focus for a second but without turning it up again afterwards.
I'm sorry I can't help you though.
I read many threads about this and I still didn't get a definitive answer concerning this "issue". Whenever a notifications plays on my phone, it is followed by a static noise and a popping sound at the end (as if speakers are turning off, which is what people suggested). The noise and pop are really low and only audible in quiet environments.
I know about amplifiers/speakers and how when they power down they pop a bit. But I just wanted to make sure once and for all that this is either a normal behaviour or a software glitch and NOT a faulty device.
Note that I am not talking about other issues such as crackling/popping/skipping sounds when playing music or watching videos.
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
I have heard it on mine in quiet environments.. happens a few seconds after any sounds play then stop.
Its as you described, a quiet pop.
I try not to let it bother me but cant help but to wonder why its happening.
After upgrading to 8.1 on my Pixel, I noticed that in Android Auto, when listening to Spotify, the music will intermittently have its volume lowered (like a notification or driving direction) for a few seconds. However its not related to receiving any actual notifications or driving directions (happens even when not navigating). Nothing is actually being read out, and I can't find any rhyme or reason - happens typically once a minute, and I can't correlate any pattern (e.g. coming up to lights? start or end of song? moving or stationary? its totally random).
Its only happening since 8.1 (pretty sure that's when it started happening - before I had a perfect experience) and its bloody annoying. Anyone experienced this and/or found a fix?
I have an OG Pixel XL, same sort of thing on mine, but it happens with both pocket casts and GPM as well, sometimes it mutes for a couple seconds for no reason, sometimes is outright pauses for no reason and I have to hit play again.
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Hey guys, tonight I noticed that the audio on my (stock ROM) Nexus 6 quit working. Sort of.
Bluetooth seems to work fine. Speakers plugged into headphone jack are fine. Regular media (music, navigation, Youtube app, etc.) or regular phone call at my ear, I get no audio.
BUT IF I turn on speakerphone then I have audio. The ringer works normally, the alarm works, the countdown timer alarm works.... basically anything designed to be LOUD works.
Also, strangely, if I'm not on speakerphone then the phone mic doesn't work either, which means no dictating text messages or anything like that.
What gives? My 1 year-old did SPLASH the phone earlier while playing with it near the dog dish, but I thought these things were splashproof. (?) Also, if I killed the mic hardware then I would think it'd be dead all the time, and not work on speakerphone.
Repeated reboots have not helped. The problem persists in safe mode. Did he somehow kill a speaker-mic combo? If so, which part do I need? (I've had this thing open twice before, it's not too bad.)
Thanks!
Just wondering if anybody else has experienced this. For me, specifically when playing Dissidia FF: Opera Omnia and one other game that I tried once but can't recall... When playing, sometimes the bottom speaker will not play sound at all or sound will play in "crackles" (as in, the game sound plays in crackle-length spurts). I can't find any particular cause for it, and messing with settings has done nothing.
Doesn't happen to me with watching videos, listening to music, or playing other games. But I'm wondering if it's somehow still something on my end, or if other people have experienced this. It doesn't happen constantly (sometimes the sound is just fine), but I'd say... Maybe 60% of my time spent playing, this issue occurs.
This is indeed a known software issue on MR2 seemingly to do with low volume. Does briefly increasing and decreasing the volume make the problem go away for a while?
Hmm... Initially I had thought I tried that thoroughly enough. But I figured out a way to make the issue more repeatable, and I tried turning up the volume well past the halfway point (which is usually overkill on this phone... lol). Turns out the sound does indeed kick back in when the volume is put above halfway or so. Sorry, I didn't realize it had to go that high to realize what's going on.
It's still weird that it only seems to happen in this one game I play (and that one other random one). All my other games, music, and videos have no issues. Well, here's hoping they eventually fix it... lol.
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Hmm... Initially I had thought I tried that thoroughly enough. But I figured out a way to make the issue more repeatable, and I tried turning up the volume well past the halfway point (which is usually overkill on this phone... lol). Turns out the sound does indeed kick back in when the volume is put above halfway or so. Sorry, I didn't realize it had to go that high to realize what's going on.
It's still weird that it only seems to happen in this one game I play (and that one other random one). All my other games, music, and videos have no issues. Well, here's hoping they eventually fix it... lol.
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I had the same issue playing Clash Royale and Final Fantasy 7. Like you, turning it up to about 60% "fixed" the crackling. But it would return again eventually when I turned the volume back down. I ended up returning the phone because the Microsoft Store is an amazing place with 30 day returns. I love the phone so it sucks, but that issue is a real deal breaker. Once they get it fixed I'll look into getting another. On a side note; I did contact Razer support through twitter and they were going to send me an RMA. Had to go through the whole song and dance of "Did you try a hard reboot" and "Did you do a factory reset". If you decide to do an RMA and they say no let me know.
Nevermind