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which one may actually be muting the speakers. A device may have separate

settings for media, call volume, notifications, and more—and sometimes it’s

easy to change the wrong one.

Some mobile devices also have hardware volume controls on them, so

check them. If that doesn’t work, then start going into the configuration

settings for the device and apps. If none of these steps works, then you may

have a hardware issue: the speakers have been damaged or come

disconnected inside the device. As with all other hardware issues, you’ll

likely have to take the device to a service center for repair.

Connectivity and Data Usage Issues

General network connectivity issues—the kind that can affect all devices—

have been covered elsewhere within the book. For mobile devices in

particular, you should be aware of some additional network connectivity

issues that you will likely encounter at some point. We’ll discuss these in

respect to cellular signals, but the first issue applies to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

network connections as well. For the most part you can’t directly fix these

connection issues, but you’ll inevitably find a connection issue is responsible

for some problem, or at least need to rule it out on the way to the ultimate

cause.

One of the most prominent connection issues plaguing mobile devices is

weak signal. The signal might be weak because you’re deep inside a building,

nestled between skyscrapers, crossing the no-man’s-land between cell towers

in sparsely populated areas, or any of a wide array of similar situations. The

primary symptoms of a weak signal are dropped connections, delays, slow

transmission speeds, and frequent indications that the device is searching for

a signal.

There isn’t much you can do to troubleshoot a weak signal except monitor

it. There are cellular signal boosters you can purchase, but these are of

dubious value in some situations. They are most effective when the user is

stationary in a location far from the cell tower, and usually aren’t useful while

the user is on the move.

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