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Q: No sound on iPad speakers.

Ipad doesn't appear on AirPlay menu, only Apple TV and Dock Connector. There is no sound on speakers. How I can solve that?

iPad, iOS 5.1

Posted on Mar 22, 2012 5:31 PM

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  • by buzza182,

    buzza182 buzza182 May 2, 2012 10:07 PM in response to Val E Um
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    May 2, 2012 10:07 PM in response to Val E Um

    Although a slight miss fortune with the pear turns out it was a saving grace!

     

    I went for the slightly more Neanderthal approach and shoved a shape knife in the dock connector to clear out the lint (I thought about squashing a pear into the connector) and when the lint was out.... I have sound! :)

     

    Thanks for taking the time to post much appreciated!

  • by Cece54,

    Cece54 Cece54 May 22, 2012 8:16 PM in response to OGJ
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    May 22, 2012 8:16 PM in response to OGJ

    Thanks a lot , that worked. Was starting to panic.

  • by wimthuis,

    wimthuis wimthuis May 29, 2012 11:23 AM in response to OGJ
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    May 29, 2012 11:23 AM in response to OGJ

    Same problem here, tried everything below, but problem stays. I noticed some strange behavior, when I put the irig midi connector everything is working normal again. When I pull this out, after while the sound stops again and instead of the choices for AirPlay which should be apple tv and iPad, it's apple tv and dock connector. The strangest thing is that magic piano always works normally the only app that gives a sound. If I want to charge the battery after I put the irig midi connector in its giving the message 'not charging' if I pull out this default charge connector I see the battery percentage again.

  • by wimthuis,

    wimthuis wimthuis May 29, 2012 11:28 AM in response to wimthuis
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    May 29, 2012 11:28 AM in response to wimthuis

    By the way I use the new iPad (ipad3)

  • by Ncaminada,

    Ncaminada Ncaminada Jun 11, 2012 8:49 PM in response to Val E Um
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    Jun 11, 2012 8:49 PM in response to Val E Um

    Thank you. My docking port was sligthly oxidated, cleaning with a clean dry toothbrush and doing a reset fixed my sound problem.

  • by wimthuis,

    wimthuis wimthuis Jun 23, 2012 9:14 AM in response to OGJ
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    Jun 23, 2012 9:14 AM in response to OGJ

    Finally i Solved my problem, no knives or toothbrushes used, also competly installing recovering, installing again, but clean, didn't solve anything.

    It's really a hardware bug of the new iPad. The problem starts when you use iRig multimedia midi and accidently type 3 times the home button for voiceover, when the soundbutton is programmed for systemsounds. Complicated, but it took me 4 weeks to discover. Exactly the same way you get rid of it. So shut of in the system preferences the soundbutton for systemsounds en when voicer over is activated with te home button, put in again on and off. Hope i say this right, it's quite complicated but it works. Nothing else works, it's really in the hardware, not in any software of system software. It's a bug in all versions of the iOS software, so i Hope they get rid of it.

    Thank you for all the comments, it was keeping me searching. Spread the word.

  • by wimthuis,

    wimthuis wimthuis Jun 23, 2012 9:19 AM in response to wimthuis
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    Jun 23, 2012 9:19 AM in response to wimthuis

    I use the dutch version of IOS 5.1 and if you're dutch and you want to know if you have the same problem as me, then you can find out with the voiceover. If you use it for example ibooks of for text in safari, the voice is going to a question with a point. So every sentence ends with a question voice. Very weird behavior of the voiceover and the problem is exactly the same.

  • by IPAbev,

    IPAbev IPAbev Aug 3, 2012 11:38 AM in response to Trooper Sam
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    Aug 3, 2012 11:38 AM in response to Trooper Sam

    Plugging in the earphones, hitting play, then pause, then removing the earphones and start playing worked!! In the past pressing the home and on/off button at the same time worked but not this time. Thanks!

  • by Make me happy,

    Make me happy Make me happy Aug 9, 2012 6:08 AM in response to IPAbev
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    Aug 9, 2012 6:08 AM in response to IPAbev

    That wont work cause as soon as you take the headphones out, the volume slider us unloaded. baiscally......

     

    iOS 5 breaks 1ST generation iPad internal speakers.   Why? I don't know and neither does Apple Tech Support.  Now... sound only plays back with a 3.5 phone jack.

     

    I've seen/followed the threads and the advice therin, but there is no answer.  So much for all my apps, radios, clocks? My iPad s basically useless.

  • by Hodar,Helpful

    Hodar Hodar Oct 8, 2012 11:26 AM in response to OGJ
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    Oct 8, 2012 11:26 AM in response to OGJ

    Found the fix.

    If the reboot doesn't fix it.

    If the headphoens work find, but no external speakers.

    If the double-click and page right to the software mute, doesn't show the sound knob - just the brightness

    If your pop-up shows "Docking Station"

     

    Then, the problem is very likely a dirty connector.  The iPad/iPhone/iPod connector uses a resistor value to determine if the device is connected to an external 'speaker'.  There are a range of resistances, for a range of products.  This is known as the Connector Pin 21 issue.

     

    Take some windex on a que-tip, or perhaps a Windex paper scrub and rub it on the bottom connector port.  Somehow, "something" has gotten on those contacts, and it is pulling the voltage on pin #21 down - so that the iPad "thinks" it's connected to an external speaker - this will disable the internal speaker circuitry, as well as the internal speaker volume controls.

     

    Do not over-saturate and short out your iPad.  Do not throw it in the sink, do not use the kitchen faucet to flush it out.  A Que-tip with a few drops of Windex (or other gentle cleaner) should work just fine.  Takes all of 30 seconds - and magically, the volume knob appeared and everything worked just fine.

  • by cjeverhart,

    cjeverhart cjeverhart Oct 21, 2012 5:06 PM in response to wimthuis
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    Oct 21, 2012 5:06 PM in response to wimthuis

    This worked for me!  My kid was toggleing the voice over over and over!

  • by shuggga,

    shuggga shuggga Nov 11, 2012 8:48 PM in response to Bali-Hai
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    Nov 11, 2012 8:48 PM in response to Bali-Hai

    Thanks Bali Hai. I double tapped the home button and it fixed the problem. Dont know how, but it worked. I get audio through the ipad speakers now! You rock.

  • by OGJ,Solvedanswer

    OGJ OGJ Nov 14, 2012 5:57 PM in response to OGJ
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    Nov 14, 2012 5:57 PM in response to OGJ

    Thanks, this helped me. I cleaned the conector without result, then accidentally I triple click home button, the voiceover started,  without sound, of course. I triple-clicked again and for my surprise, speakers started working.

     

    I'm not sure what was the solution, if cleaning or triple-clicking, but the important thing is that after 9 months from my first post, my speakers are up and running again.

     

    Thanks everyone for your inputs.

  • by Left74,

    Left74 Left74 Jan 6, 2013 1:19 AM in response to Hodar
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    Jan 6, 2013 1:19 AM in response to Hodar

    Omg,that solved the problem. I rubbed the connector with a quip soaked in pure white alcohol and ...dada sound again from tha speakers. Although there wasn't any sign of dirt or other stuff, that apparently helped to clear the area of something, and sound again. Fewwww

  • by Marg58,

    Marg58 Marg58 Jan 25, 2013 3:08 PM in response to OGJ
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    Jan 25, 2013 3:08 PM in response to OGJ

    I also was having problems with sound on my original Ipad in connection to using the Airplay Apple TV.  I couldnt find the ipad symbol on my ipad.  All that would come up was dock connector and Apple TV.  I had tried everything even resetting the Ipad and still no sound. 

     

    I read all the postings, and what I did in the end was insert my headphone and take it out and the sound has come back.  I am hoping that this has done the trick.

     

    I hope this might help!!!

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