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What the actual **** - I've reinstalled multiple roms - nothing worked. Wiped the phone a few times, etc.

Sometimes audio would play in videos, sometimes not - audio from the ear piece hasn't worked since yesterday.

Then - stumbled on this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-4/help/speaker-doesnt-play-media-sounds-t3682812

Decided to try it, as I realised the last time the phone worked 100% was yesterday morning before I listened to music over earphones - I then got a call - and unplugged them - everything was buggered since then.

So - unplugging and plugging in earphones a few times - and everything is working again.
 
xrapidx said:
What the actual **** - I've reinstalled multiple roms - nothing worked. Wiped the phone a few times, etc.

Sometimes audio would play in videos, sometimes not - audio from the ear piece hasn't worked since yesterday.

Then - stumbled on this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-4/help/speaker-doesnt-play-media-sounds-t3682812

Decided to try it, as I realised the last time the phone worked 100% was yesterday morning before I listened to music over earphones - I then got a call - and unplugged them - everything was buggered since then.

So - unplugging and plugging in earphones a few times - and everything is working again.
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Lol. My girlfriend's Note 4 did the exact same thing. She uses an Aux cable in her car. She told me the sound stopped working after she pulled out the cable. I instinctively plugged in and pulled out my earphones to see if it helps, and lo and behold the problem was solved instantly.
 
BLIXEMPIE said:
Lol. My girlfriend's Note 4 did the exact same thing. She uses an Aux cable in her car. She told me the sound stopped working after she pulled out the cable. I instinctively plugged in and pulled out my earphones to see if it helps, and lo and behold the problem was solved instantly.
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Could it be the sensor that detects the 3.5mm jack gets stuck and causes this?

Such a weird issue to have
 
BLIXEMPIE said:
Lol. My girlfriend's Note 4 did the exact same thing. She uses an Aux cable in her car. She told me the sound stopped working after she pulled out the cable. I instinctively plugged in and pulled out my earphones to see if it helps, and lo and behold the problem was solved instantly.
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I did try it initially, apparently it needs about five attempts
 
Flashed the rom in test point mode and it said success but it still does not get past the boot menu.
 
xrapidx said:
What the actual **** - I've reinstalled multiple roms - nothing worked. Wiped the phone a few times, etc.

Sometimes audio would play in videos, sometimes not - audio from the ear piece hasn't worked since yesterday.

Then - stumbled on this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-4/help/speaker-doesnt-play-media-sounds-t3682812

Decided to try it, as I realised the last time the phone worked 100% was yesterday morning before I listened to music over earphones - I then got a call - and unplugged them - everything was buggered since then.

So - unplugging and plugging in earphones a few times - and everything is working again.
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I wish I had given your problem more thought. I experienced this with my old Note 3. As you said, putting the headphone cable in and out a few times would resolve the issue.
 
chromedome said:
Flashed the rom in test point mode and it said success but it still does not get past the boot menu.
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What rom did you flash?

To give you a quick understanding of what happened:
You bought the phone online from someone that took a non-global phone and flashed it with a global ROM. Resellers do this to save money as global phones are normally priced more than regional as Xiaomi do not make money off global users that stick to Google services.

Some resellers have also been found to add Malware to their ROM's that stay even after other ROMs are flashed, giving end users a bad experience who in turn blame Xiaomi. Xiaomi activated Anti-Roll back on their devices to combat this. So a normal OTA update end up triggering Anti-Rollback, bricking phones that is in violation.

The only way to "Unbrick" the phones is to get the original build's ROM on the device, this can be done via EDL. For EDL you need permissions on your MIUI account normally only issued to Xiaomi service agents. What some users on MIUI forums found is that Test Point Flashing the original device's ROM work on some devices.

Side Note:
Google intended Anti-Rollback as an "info security measure" that would make sure phones get whipped when you try and flash older or other ROM's. It was not intended to work with unlocked bootloaders. Give it to Xiaomi to stuff that one up.

Side Note 2:
Xiaomi Poco and Android One phones does not have Anti-rollback or does not need permissions to unlock as they are not available in China.
 
AlphaJohn said:
What rom did you flash?

To give you a quick understanding of what happened:
You bought the phone online from someone that took a non-global phone and flashed it with a global ROM. Resellers do this to save money as global phones are normally priced more than regional as Xiaomi do not make money off global users that stick to Google services.

Some resellers have also been found to add Malware to their ROM's that stay even after other ROMs are flashed, giving end users a bad experience who in turn blame Xiaomi. Xiaomi activated Anti-Roll back on their devices to combat this. So a normal OTA update end up triggering Anti-Rollback, bricking phones that is in violation.

The only way to "Unbrick" the phones is to get the original build's ROM on the device, this can be done via EDL. For EDL you need permissions on your MIUI account normally only issued to Xiaomi service agents. What some users on MIUI forums found is that Test Point Flashing the original device's ROM work on some devices.

Side Note:
Google intended Anti-Rollback as an "info security measure" that would make sure phones get whipped when you try and flash older or other ROM's. It was not intended to work with unlocked bootloaders. Give it to Xiaomi to stuff that one up.
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I bought the phone from Takealot, I have registered with mui forum. I have no clue what I'm doing. I've taken it to two shops and they can't fix it. The Rom I used was downloaded from Miui website. (http://en.miui.com/download-317.html)
 
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