Sound amplifier failure on Blade.

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No ringtones, notifications, speaker, music, touch-tones or alarms (i.e. super-amplified sounds) but ordinary earpiece-speaker works in-call and earphones work in all cases (though rather quietly).

This is very recent on Gen1 SS RLS5. First noticed that ringtone was audible for only a brief period a couple of days ago (with vibrate continuing until call answered) but ringtone has now disappeared totally and all other "external" sounds have also gone (e.g. can't turn on Speaker during call).

I've rebooted a few times and the symptoms totally disappeared following one reboot - but returned after next. This suggests to me that it's not merely a setting but can confirm that Sound=ON & Airplane=OFF and Silent Mode not ticked.

I searched the FAQ thread but no answers there so anyone have any suggestions or observations? OSF was purchased just under a year ago from CPW in UK.

[Guest Maxsas360]

Time to reflash the ROM. Something's wrong with it. First download Ask Mr. Pigfish from the market. If it says Gen 1 you'll have to flash the rom I will give you via tpt. Tpt or Total Phone Transfer will update your phone to Gen 2. Gen 2 is the main gen we use. android.modaco.com/topic/347215-romgen1-2-3-moldovan-mile-high-mountain-pie-rls9-android-235/ If you have Gen 2 just wipe everything. EVERYTHING! You can backup apps via Titanium Backup. Dont forget to wipe /boot, /sd-ext /system partitions. That rom is 2.3 Android and I like to call it Swedish Spring of 2012. I also reccomend flashing undervolt kernel. It's in that thread too. Battery time? Long enough, almost like Nokia's. On standby of course. If this doesnt fix audio, then you'll have to return it to stock form and return it for warranty treatment.

Edited January 17, 2012 by Maxsas360

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Time to reflash the ROM. ... I also reccomend flashing undervolt kernel.

Thanks for that. I found the time to do it to my Gen1 and used RLS9-TPT but didn't flash kernel variant and all seemed OK (with sounds restored) with Mr Pigfish downloaded and telling me I now had a Gen2.

Turning off, changing SIM and turning on again resulted in com.android.phone unexpected-stop error loop. Using any SIM now also results in "no SIM" error.

I presumably missed and/or misunderstood a step or two so I'm in dire need of a clue - do I now just wipe data/factory reset (plus dalvik?) and then use the RLS9-TPT again or is the device no longer suitable for that all-in-one version of the ROM?

</p><p>Edit: Went for it, anyway. With no Titanium restores or other twiddlings it'll find SIM and function on each boot but amplified, "external" sound has now disappeared totally. Time to discover how to get this back to out-of-the-box OSF Gen1 condition for return.</p>

Edited January 23, 2012 by Society

[Guest Maxsas360]

Thanks for that. I found the time to do it to my Gen1 and used RLS9-TPT but didn't flash kernel variant and all seemed OK (with sounds restored) with Mr Pigfish downloaded and telling me I now had a Gen2.

Turning off, changing SIM and turning on again resulted in com.android.phone unexpected-stop error loop. Using any SIM now also results in "no SIM" error.

I presumably missed and/or misunderstood a step or two so I'm in dire need of a clue - do I now just wipe data/factory reset (plus dalvik?) and then use the RLS9-TPT again or is the device no longer suitable for that all-in-one version of the ROM?

Did you flash anything through recovery? Flashing original zte apps addon without factory reset causes this.

Edited January 23, 2012 by Maxsas360

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Did you flash anything through recovery? Flashing original zte apps addon without factory reset causes this.

Ooops, I managed to edit my prior post without realising you'd responded (thanks for that). I had restored Contacts from Backup at some point but perhaps I unintentionally did rather more than that and I have now read elsewhere that restoring Gen1 2.2 stuff over 2.3.5 can cause force close. Current flash was NOT followed by any restore and ordinary operation other than sound seems OK so it now appears that hardware failure is the most likely cause of sound problems.

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... it now appears that hardware failure is the most likely cause of sound problems.

Not complete failure as it sometimes sounds for a few seconds but I'll try a return under warranty.

I've lost confidence in some pinned topics so would appreciate being pointed to correct, up-to-date resources for restoring my Orange SF to original state (of which I didn't take a backup when first flashing) for returning to retailer.

Originally Gen1 0B10 build but I flashed Moldovan PLS9-TPT so it's now reported as Gen2.