big problems : Spreaker off, mic off, no sound at all

[EnvyBella]

Hi,

I got a BB Bold (vodafone) from my boyfriend. I don't know when he bought the BB (maybe about 6-8 months ago), and what kind of things happened to the BB while he was using it. One thing for sure, it has never fell off to ground, or 'swimming' in water.

He told me that the first time he used the bold, it went fine (speaker and mic on, sometimes restarting). Then he started to upgrade the OS, and the problem begun. Speaker and mic were off, no sound at all, and the BB keeps restarting itself whenever there was voice call (no ring tone too). And if it's not restarting itself, he can't hear anything from the speaker. Then he changed his handset to samsung, and gave the bold to me.

At first I thought the problem was the OS (the last time, he use .234). So, I downgraded it to .190 (my friend did it for me), then to .162, and still no change.

I had try to bring them to the nearest service center (well, actually there are no official RIM service center in my country), and the repair man say that there is a problem in the hardware. He has to change the 'IC Flash' (anyone can explain?) and there is a 50% possibility for the BB to be off forever.

Kindly please advise me guys...
kinda tired with this BB bold..

[TeamBberry]

I have actually been having this SAME exact issue since the OS 7.1 upgrade. I'm on verizon and my buddy has a bold for sprint with the same issues as well. Any advice or info on this matter would be great. thanks

[saudadeii]

My advice is two fold.

1. Please pay attention to the posting dates. The thread you replied to is almost 3 years old. You'll be much better off creating a new thread to keep your issue separate from others.

2. Please pay attention to the forum you post in. This is the Bold *9000* forum which runs on OS5 not OS7. You will find better, faster help if you post in the correct forum.

Good luck!