JAMin speaker problems

[spangelsaregreat]

Hi,

Was driving home yesterday when I noticed my Tom Tom voice instructions started to break up. I thought it was just a little glitch and thought nothing move about it.

However today I was trying to play a sound and got nothing. I tried it a couple of times and it played and then started to break up too.

Since then I am getting no sound. I can hear sound fine using the headphones and when I get a call I can hear the caller fine, but if I go onto Speaker Phone I hear nothing.

I tried a soft reset then a hard reset but neither worked.

I have just finished upgrading to the latest ROM but it is still not working.

Has anyone else had this? Is there a secret fix I have missed?

Has anyone sent their JAMin for warrantly work in the UK. If so how long is the turnaround?

Regards

[flicka]

Hi. Used to have this problem when I had the Jam and the JAMin seems to use the same design when it comes to speakers (part of the reason why I didn't get a JAMin when upgrading.)

If it's the same problem as on the Jam hopefully the fllowing will help.

When you plug in headphones or speakers to the socket there is a loose connection. This then sometimes makes the phone think headphones are still plugged in even when they are not! The way I solved it was by playing some music on media player then half plugging the headphones in and wiggling the connector around until I heard sound through the speakers. I also found I could use the tip of the stylus to correct the loose connection. Some people said it worked just by plugging and unplugging their headphones several times.

This thread is where the problem was discussed when on the JAM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=42949

Another thread that might help is this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=18384

[Putra]

If after a hard reset your speaker still has no sound, then it's probably dead. Sad to say, HTC is at fault for using such low quality speakers. I am a victim myself. Go to PPCSG. The prob is so common in Singapore that the service center has run out of speaker parts!

[Dieselman]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=50392

[farbird]

read somewhere that this speaker problem was inherited from the magician?

can anyone verify that this speaker failing problem was inherent even in the magician?

if this is the case, then we will have doubts about PPCs coming out from HTC..

[Dieselman]

I heard about the Magician PDA speaker defects as well although I did not have such a problem with my old Magician but I had to get the Phone speaker replaced. It looks like they used the same Magician hardware in the new Prophet.