Hi Chris, Ahh, that's interesting as my friend Ian had the same problem with his as he has his on loud too, and he has no hearing loss, but struggles in loud places. Regards. Lewis. -- Sent from my MacBook 13inch. On 11 Nov 2012, at 00:53, "Christopher-Mark Gilland" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I really doubt that has much to do with it, as I always, like you due to > hearing loss have my 4S turned up as loud as it'll go, and have had mine for > almost a year now, and haven't even come close to breaking the speaker. > > Thank you kindly, > > Christopher-Mark Gilland. > Founder of CLG Productions > > Blog: > http://www.clgproductions.org > > Podcast: > http://clgproductions.podhoster.com > > E-mail: > [email protected] > > IMessage/Facetime: > [email protected] > > Windows Live Messenger: > [email protected] > > Twitter: > @gilland_chris > > Facebook: > http://www.facebook.com/christopher.gilland > > Skype: > twinklesfriend2007 > > Send me a fax from any standard fax machine: > 704-697-2069 > > Google Voice: (Please use sparingly): > 980-272-8570 > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lewis Crack" <[email protected]> > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 6:39 PM > Subject: Re: iPhone Speaker not working. > > >> Hi Esther. >> >> I have just tried this to no avail. >> I've ordered another iPhone. >> Should get it during next week, and I think I'm going to try lowering the >> volume of VoiceOver to try and eliminate any problems with the speaker, as I >> think the main reason why it went in the first place was because I've always >> had my VoiceOver on full volume, especially in busy areas due to my hearing >> loss. >> So I am assuming that the constant heavy vibrations has caused the speaker >> to finally give up. >> So will be using headphones for the next few days until I get my new iPhone! >> I can't wait! >> Thanks for the advice though everyone! >> Regards. >> Lewis. >> -- >> Sent from my MacBook 13inch. >> On 10 Nov 2012, at 23:31, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Lewis, >>> >>> Another possibility to try before deciding whether you need a replacement: >>> I believe that Geoff Waaler had an instance where his iPhone 3GS would not >>> play through the speaker, and after doing some research on the web, he >>> determined that sometimes dust lodging in the input jack area can fool the >>> speaker switch into behaving as though headphones were connected. He was >>> able to get the speaker action back by by quickly inserting and pulling out >>> the jack end of the earbuds or headphones several times in succession. He >>> did this several times in succession, fairly fast, and pushing all the way >>> in, as though he were trying to ream out the region where the plug >>> connects. This apparently dislodged whatever dust particle was triggering >>> the iPhone to behave as though headphones were plugged in, and allowed the >>> sound to get routed back to the speakers. >>> >>> Normally, I suggest doing a hard reset, where you hold down both the home >>> button at the bottom and the sleep/wake button along the top edge >>> simultaneously, and keep holding them down until the iPhone completely >>> powers off, then power it on again. However, you've already tried this, so >>> I'll make the suggestion about trying to dislodge any dust that may be in >>> the region where the headphones plug in. If Geoff reads your post he may >>> be able to give other suggestions. >>> >>> HTH. Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> >>> On Nov 10, 2012, at 12:36 PM, Ian McNamara <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi lewis it sounds like the same thing that happened to mine. 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