Volume Control issues since HTC One update to 4.4.2

[GJ4master]

i cant change my volume at al it is a ****cking problem

 

[SeanCook]

Sorry to just drop into the conversation. I was browsing through forums after having problems with my volume, and my predicament landed me here. I just thought I would toss in a bit more information.

Pardon me if I am completely out of line, as I understand the heading of this post is dealing with HTC One specifically. I have an Android 4, and my OS is only at version 4.1.2 Jelly Bean (Verizon carrier). If I should take this post and issue elsewhere, I am more than happy to relocate it of need be. I'll continue just in case posting here is kosher though, as it may interest some to know that this is a more widespread problem.

Today I began having problems with my volume control. After being told that I had been sent several texts by a family member, which I did not hear, I checked my phone out. All use of the physical volume control was gone. I could push the volume down and the volume bar would appear on my screen, but not move, and make no sound. After playing with it for some time, the on screen volume bar seemed to respond to my clicking the physical volume button on the side of the phone rather than holding it down. Single clicks would intermittently move the on-screen bar, but still...no sound at all. I could take the bar down to vibrate, and the phone would vibrate, but clicking up any higher would offer no audible response.

Miraculously, After one seemingly useless restart (after which the volume problems persisted for about a half hour), the volume has just started working again. All use of the physical volume bar, be it clicking it up or down or holding it works perfectly fine. Pardon me for saying it, but this was certainly a WTF moment.

While the issue seems fixed, I just thought it might be useful to someone out there to know that this earlier version of the OS (again, 4.1.2) is having problems as well, in addition to the later versions that each of you in this thread are discussing. Hopefully we can get these major issues with all versions of the Android OS taken care of with proper attention from those programming them. -_-

Best to all here, and here's to figuring this out.

 

[abdu_taweel]

I have the same issue of the "in call" in my device
Have you found a solution for this one ?

 

[abdu_taweel]

I don't know if this is actually getting worse or if I'm just noticing it more, but this is getting very frustrating and it's crazy to think that I'm the only one noticing it. In my latest experience, when listening to music on the bandcamp site, the hardware buttons got stuck on 'in call' volume, despite the fact that I haven't actually made any calls for days. It stayed this way no matter what I was using (native media player, youtube app, browser media) and even when I unplugged the headphones. I had to reboot the phone to fix it.

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I've contacted HTC support but of course haven't heard back from them.

This is the issue I am talking about.
Let me know if you found a solution.
Thanks

 

[losergeek]

Nope, even after the latest update to 5.0.2 it's still the same. My workarounds have been that for a while I was using Firefox because it didn't have the same behaviour but I eventually ditched it because I hate the browser for everything else. The only real workaround I have now is that if I'm streaming in Chrome or the Native Browser and I need to adjust the volume, I close out of the browser completely and then start something in a native media player (any of the 'real' players work, even soundcloud), adjust the volume, then go back to the browser....this ensures that it uses the media volume slider....but often I'll forget and hit the volume button and get the same issue. Basically, I've also just stopped streaming audio most of the time.

Also, my long term fix is that I won't be buying another Android phone when my contract is up.

 

[JACrazy]

I had the issue where when I would leave a facebook voice call the volume button wouldnt come off in-call mode. I fixed it by closing all apps and then running battery doctor task killer. I'm not sure which did the trick as I didnt test in between. I've read elsewhere that its chrome thats the issue so maybe try just killing that task. Using M7 - android 5.0

 

[Pierrig]

Got this problem too. Everytime I would use voice call in Facebook Messenger, the volume control would stay stuck to In-Call. Just fixed it by going to Setting-Apps-Running-Show Cached Processes, then kill Facebook. Worked for me.