Loss of audio?

[raremage]

Wondereing if anyone else is seeing this. Three times now this has happened - I will dial calls and hear nothing at the other end, though the call connects. Not even the other end ringing - no audio at all. Rebooting doesn't seem to help, but pulling the battery and restarting hard does.

I've tire connecting external audio devices as well when this happens - including bluetooth and headphones - but they don't work either.

Can't seem to put my finger on what precedes this happening. Very annoying though, as
I rely on my cell as my primary business phone.

 

[subarunut]

have you tried rebooting it? tried removing the battery and re-seat the SIM card? I have had this fix simular issues on other phones I have had in the past.

 

[raremage]

have you tried rebooting it? tried removing the battery and re-seat the SIM card? I have had this fix simular issues on other phones I have had in the past.

Yeah, here's some more details - it's happened a few more times since I originally posted this. Once the audio goes, nothing comes out from any source - built in earpiece, speakerphone, bluetooth, headset. Incidentally, the common thread seems to be when I have the phone docked in my car, with bluetooth enabled AND a jack in the headphone - I typically use my phone for music/podcasts/navigation piped through my stereo via the aux jack, but rely on my bluetooth receiver for phone calls. So it's admitedly not a common configuration, which makes me wonder if it's just a hardware issue, or something that would happen to others except my configuration is a bit off the beaten path.

A reboot does not fix it; a battery pull does fix it. Happened twice more today and it's got me pretty well frustrated. If no one else is seeing this, then maybe I have a hardware issue. If it's more common, though, then I would suspect a software issue.

 

[subarunut]

Odd, Incidently, I use mine for the exact same way and don't see this. I have the audio jack plugged in and listening to a podcast and the the Bluetooth connected to my GPS hands free. Works with out a problem. May need to get it exchanged at the AT&T store.

 

[raremage]

Odd, Incidently, I use mine for the exact same way and don't see this. I have the audio jack plugged in and listening to a podcast and the the Bluetooth connected to my GPS hands free. Works with out a problem. May need to get it exchanged at the AT&T store.

Interesting, appreciate the info! That makes me think it may just be my device, so I guess I'll swing by AT&T tomorrow and see if I can swap it out.

 

[dnmartin98]

I too have been having on and off audio issues on my Focus though not with the configuration you mention. Sometimes I am just using the handset normally and sometimes it has been with just a motorola bluetooth headset. This morning I had 4 calls in a row where there was no audio, just using the phone as a normal handset.

I'd be interested to see if more have this issue.

Cheers,

DavidM

 

[night26]

I have an audio problem as well, if I play my phone through an external audio source using the stereo plug (like to my aux input in my car stereo) I loose my mic once I pull out the plug. For example, after listening to music using the plug, if I pull it out and try to use the voice commands the phone can't hear anything (no sound registers with the phone and it keeps saying "I did not hear you") I have to re-bot to get back my mic, or use the phone (make a call).

Not the same problem as you, but I think there is definitely a problem. Anyone else have this problem?

 

[Neofire]

The focus doesnt play music through AUX good at all. The Music is really low and it only plays on one speaker in my car. Strange.