HELP!!!!! GF's Mini stuck in headset mode!!!

[CL55]

Well, I wouldn't be in as deep of a trouble if this were my phone... But I suggested the Mini to my GF.

Anyway, she was using headset earlier today and after she removed the headset, the phone is stuck in headset mode. Meaning no voice coming thru the phone's earpiece on both incoming and outgoing calls. She tried the headset again and voice is coming thru headset without problem, but once removed, it's still stuck. How do I get the phone out of headset mode please???? Anyone has similar problem before??? Please help!!!

[1]

hey hi ,
There are many ways of fixing this -
1)softreset
2)turn bluetooth off! if you are talking about bluetooth headset
3)where it says enable bluetooth headset on today screen - disable it
These might help you!

Regards
AMD

[cruisin-thru]

The socket has probably jammed internally, try insert pull out a few times making sure you pull sharply when removing, if this fails try inserting something slightly smaller and jiggling it about. I have also used a tiny squirt of WD40 which is like an easing oil for rusted or obstinate nuts/bolts/screws, also you can buy a spray called switchgear which is used for electronic components such as volume sliders/switches etc when they become sticky and operate intermittently. This is a well known problem on the xda 2.

[CL55]

Thanks guys, it's not BT and this is after many soft-reset :P I'll give WD-40 a shot. Thanks again!

[solitary]

I've got exactly the same problem here. My phone is bonded to a BT headset. Forgot to bring the headset and found that no sound, or extremely small volume, was coming out from the phone. Tried soft reset, deleting the bond etc. none of it works.

Would be interested in knowing what's the real underlying cause if anyone finds it out.

[CL55]

Hey Solitary, I'm in HK as well and I think it's a hardward rather than software issue. Coz. if I pull the headset, the normal clicking sounds can be heard from the phone, just not during voice calls, I think the earphone on the phone is somehow dead, looks to me like cold soldering :(

I'm calling O2 in the morning and demand an exchange, my GF only had this phone since 1/9 and besides this, on the unit we have, the voice quailty is also bad too :(

[solitary]

Hi, CL55,

You might want to read this:

http://www.coolsmartphone.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=58&Itemid=3

It seems it is an old and common problem for smartphones.

I've also read in a Taiwan forum that they have got exactly the same problem in Taiwan for the Dopod818.

But I wonder if it is hardware related. My problem is that I'm stuck in a BT headset mode, and I'd never touched the hardware headset socket. So either I have a different problem than yours or else it seems it's more likely a software problem.

Anyway, do tell us if you manage to solve it.

[CL55]

Can you confirm if you can hear the clicking sound from the buildin speaker now? Only no voice from the earphone, or no clicking sound from the buildin speaker as well? I really suspect I have a different problem :(

[solitary]

Yes I can hear all other sounds from the speaker loud and clear, except for talking over the phone.

So it seems I've got a BT software (or my BT phone hardware) problem but you've got a Mini hardware problem.

[bumpkin757]

I was listening to some music through my headphones on my jam and I got a call, so i pulled the headphones out of the jack. Once i did that no sound would come out of the speakers, not even after many soft resets. I could still hear sound when i put my headphones back in, but nothing when i took them out. Then i tried making a call and pulling the headphones out of the jack while in the call and that fixed it. It must put the hardware in some bad state if you pull headphones out when there's a call?

[frank.n]

i had this problem to but i've fixed it! hard resets doesn't seem to work so i pulled the battery out for a night and my speaker was working again try it!