[torndownunit]

I recently got a playbook, and a still playing around trying things out. 2 days ago I played some podcsts and audio was working. Today, the audio is garbled on all applications. It's noisy, and almost sounds like it's playing in slow motion.

I did sideload some apps, and had a crash running words with friends. This is the only thing going I can think of that would be classified as odd behavior with it. I had to restart it, and since then the audio just doesn't seem to work.

Any suggestions?

[torndownunit]

Hey guys, I should have thought of this, but I did a hard reset after finding out how and that seemed to fix the problem.

[FF22]

Reboot/restarting is what I was going to recommend. Check it out again a few times to make sure it clears up.

[torndownunit]

I have run into this issue 2 more times. Out of the blue apps will start having audio issues. It has to be software related because a reboot seems to fix it each time.

Is there any way that sideloading apps could have caused this? I don't want to do a wipe and reinstall, but I am assuming that is the next logical step.

[kbz1960]

Could be. How about just trying to remove the suspect apps first.

[FF22]

Have you tried UNinstalling the various sideloaded apps? Try that, see how it goes, then reinstall one at a time.

You might also mention which apps - someone else may have also run into issues.

[torndownunit]

Thanks, I will give that a whirl. I haven't installed a ton of apps. Pulse, Words With Friends, and a few others. Words with Friends crashed big time the other day though, and required a restart. I will start by removing it. Anything I installed 'works' according to the threads I got them from on here, but who knows.

[oilgeo10]

I had this audio problem for the first time today, after loading the music player. Only recent change in usage was last night, I had been using the HDMI connection to my HDTV. After checking the sound and HDMI settings and still getting the garbled & stretched audio, I went to the Restart. After the few minutes of rebooting, normal sound was back on.

Haven't heard much mentioned here about using the Restart more frequently, but I think it's necessary to clear memory and when apps lockup, don't fully function, or the browser crashes; those are signs that the cpu is clogging up, imo. For me, all performance issues are fixed by this. My work pc requires restarts due to memory intensive software, and I also shutdown it and home laptop at the end of everyday, the PlayBook should be no different.

[spotlightLQ]

Ive ran into the same issues on a few occasions. Other then google maps, I have also side loaded words with friends. Im starting to wonder if that could be the culprit???

fyi: forgot to include that a restart also fixed this problem

[original.woodster]

i had the same problem last night, it was like it was low on RAM, i tried recording a video, was very step-by-step and not a clear flow HD camera. also youtube video's didnt play quickly and sounds were slow aswell as notifications.

a restart solved that problem.

[anon(3896606)]

If anyone EVER has a problem (with anything), HARD RESET!

[Spencerdl]

If anyone EVER has a problem (with anything), HARD RESET!

+1 I totally agree. HARD RESET should be the first thing tried when any problems occur

[torndownunit]

I had this audio problem for the first time today, after loading the music player. Only recent change in usage was last night, I had been using the HDMI connection to my HDTV. After checking the sound and HDMI settings and still getting the garbled & stretched audio, I went to the Restart. After the few minutes of rebooting, normal sound was back on.

Haven't heard much mentioned here about using the Restart more frequently, but I think it's necessary to clear memory and when apps lockup, don't fully function, or the browser crashes; those are signs that the cpu is clogging up, imo. For me, all performance issues are fixed by this. My work pc requires restarts due to memory intensive software, and I also shutdown it and home laptop at the end of everyday, the PlayBook should be no different.

Good to see I am not alone lol.

The restart or hard reset does clear the problem up as mentioned. But the thing is, a couple of the times this happened I hadn't been doing anything with the device. The last time it happened, I had the sound issue and done a restart previously. I tested the audio by playing a random youtube video (it worked), and then not used the device until later in the day. When I went to use it again, the audio problem was back. So if it's a memory issue or the 'cpu clogging up' it's happening on it's own while the I am not even using the device.

[anon(3896606)]

Good to see I am not alone lol.

The restart or hard reset does clear the problem up as mentioned. But the thing is, a couple of the times this happened I hadn't been doing anything with the device. The last time it happened, I had the sound issue and done a restart previously. I tested the audio by playing a random youtube video (it worked), and then not used the device until later in the day. When I went to use it again, the audio problem was back. So if it's a memory issue or the 'cpu clogging up' it's happening on it's own while the I am not even using the device.

This exact problem hasn't ever happened to me, however many problems have. Nothing that a hard reset could fix though!

[mem0ryburn]

this happened to me last night. i was watching a youtube video, paused it, watched another video (can't remember what or through which app though) then when i resumed my initial video the audio was trashy. refreshing the page resolved the issue.

[torndownunit]

I surprised with all the replies in this thread that there hasn't been more threads posted about this issue before. Something new related to OS2 or running Android apps?