Mute while charging

[fsecor]

Guys,

Here's a new one on me. New Cingy ROM w/1.40 radio installed yesterday.
Most of day reinstalling apps. No biggie. This AM had the unit out of the USB cradle and ON the HTC charger cable.
Noticed that I had no or VERY low sounds. Ring in, screen clicks (set to loud), everything I tried resulted in little, if any, sound. Ahhhh !!!
Cleared and reinstalled the OS. Restore from yesterday backup on hold. STILL no sounds.
Now what ? Take it back to Cingy ? Hmmm rather not waste the time doing that. Searched the Forum. Stopped the startup animation. STILL no sound.

Pulled it off charger to play around with sounds screens some more. BINGO, sound was BACK.
Restored my backup. All except this AM's install is back. Sounds work fine --- UNTIL I plug in the charger, then they're gone again.
Anyone else experienced this ???
MUST be a new "feature" from the ROM gurus at AT&T or HTC.
Wanted to post something in case someone else has the same heart-failure I did this AM. Now will finish my install, rebackup, and get back to work on more mundane items.
PS, if anyone has a hack to disable this wonderful new feature, please post it. I'd rather have the sounds than the heart-failure again. THANKS

[Karzi]

Its not a dodgy pin on the charger making it think its a handsfree kits as well as a charger?

[fsecor]

Its not a dodgy pin on the charger making it think its a handsfree kits as well as a charger?

Karzi,

Well, your question led me off in another direction.

Removed the HTC Y-connector on the end of the charger cable. Charger alone results in sounds, no problem. Returned the Y into the mix, sounds, no problem. THEN, attached the mini-USB to mini-Stereo adapter I had purchased (to allow regular stereo headphones to work) to the Y-connector... NO sounds.

Apparently the new OS now recognizes that there are "headphones" attached (even though it's only the converter) and turns down the speaker volume to "non-existant", although not completely muted...

See, I said it was a new "feature".
Mystery, however, is solved.
Will now store the usb to stereo adapter with the headphones, rather than leaving it in the charger cable.

THANKS for the "redirect".