Help Captivate Speaker Problem and Refresh Issue

[BrianZephyr]

Hello AF,

Ever since I updated my rooted Captivate to 2.3 last month, I have been having a few weird problems.

The first problem is that my phone has a weird refresh issue. Basically, sometimes, when switching apps, the homescreen (launcher pro) and other running apps don't retain their display, icons, status, or information. For example, sometimes when pressing the home key, the app minimizes and the home icons all have to reappear and refresh, taking up to 5 seconds. Another example is when using task switcher to switch to and from Reddit is Fun, the program must reload whatever page it was on instead of just jumping back to it.

This gets very frustrating when dealing with anything that needs to stay idle such as web browsers and certain games. It's as if 2.3 is closing the programs and then relaunching instead of retaining them in memory, but it's not consistent.

The other perhaps more frustrating problem is that the speaker does not work all the time. The phone switches to headphone mode and cuts out all the sound. Smacking the top of the phone sometimes makes it come back. Headphones always work, but this is problematic for me since I use my phone as an alarm. I've tried plugging in phones repeatedly, battery pulls, and made sure all volume is up, to no avail.

Thank you,
Brian

 

[Italo]

I'm not sure about the first thing. How many homescreen widgets are you using? I've found running a lot of widgets can slow down the phone.

As for the speaker, try plugging and unplugging headphones a few times. I've read that helped fix speaker issues for some Captivate users.

Dead speakers are a common problem with the Captivate. If you keep having trouble, you may have to take the phone apart and loosen one of the screws on the speaker. There's a thread on xda that goes over the process in some detail.

 

[Dennis_Bham]

The speaker problem for both me and a friend appeared to be a physical connection issue - when the speaker stops working, take the back off and place the phone face down on a flat, level surface. Using your thump, press down FIRMLY just above the speaker location on the back. This seems to reseat the physical connection and cause the speaker to work again.

Good luck ...