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Hi Guys

Own the LG Expo - have a huge problem at the moment - lost all audio from the rear speaker. It happened while I was in the middle of playing a video file that was recorded using internal camcorder. I contacted LG who replied suggesting I ship the phone to the U.S. (I'm in Australia so I can't make a warranty claim either - the EXPO is only supported in the U.S of course by AT & T. LG in Australia have no idea about it). All other phone functions operate normally. My instincts tell me that this isn't a physical breakdown of the speaker but rather a firmware issue (It happened once before and I fixed it with a hard reset). Hard resetting however doesn't provide a fix this time around. The front speaker (phone call audio) is working o.k.

I'm no techinical expert and I don't have a good understanding of ROM cooking...etc.. however what I do know is that doing a hard reset on the LG EXPO does not reset everything to factory default (I could be wrong).

I checked the registry...I don't know what the default value for the speaker driver registry entry should be. Any help from anyone on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

John

Hi WarRaven

Thank you very much for your prompt reply. I have tried everything you suggestes...(calling the phone / changing ring tones / settings / playing with volume control / inserting headphones (headphone audio is working by the way) / setting alarm etc.... phone only can vibrate... no audio at all from rear speaker.

I must admit that in the past with other phones, I've never really had a need for sound and my phones have also been in vibrate mode (I also have a BT watch connected to phone which is a bonus for alerts from a distance). However it would be nice for the phone to make some noise when required. I think I could put up with it if it could eventually be fixed by flashing the ROM (something I've never done in the past on a WINMO device. Do you think I'd be o.k. in doing that when a ROM update is available?

Also if the phone's proble is a firmware issue - would flashing it resolve any corrupt data?? Does flashing totally delete all current registry or does it write on top of it? Please forgive my lack of knowledge on this topic.

Thank you for the warm welcome to the forum.

Kind regards,

Johnny4fingers

Wait, one last software test for me ok??

Go into your settings an shut Voice command completly off an try to call phone...


Maybe you already did this, Idk, though it costs nothing to try an it will humour me.

WR

Hmm, yeah, sorry.. was just a long shot..

WR

Hi spidertech

I tried the test... no luck. Only the front speaker is audible when performing the test. I even did a factory reset from this menu thinking it may differ from standard hard reset routine - still no luck. Thank you for the info though- it was worth a try.