Thought I would start a new thread for my problem. Earpiece speaker has stopped working. The other speaker works fine so I can still use speaker phone to get calls. Everything else works properly still. My phone had jiliks custom rom v008 installed and overclocked slightly for I believe 3 days with no issues before this happened. I tried reflashing that rom and it didn't change anything. I did a nand recovery i had made to my stock lg 2.3 rom. Same problem. I'm suspecting it could be a hardware issue.
Jilik suggested that it could be a radio issue. I may try the unbricking/radio updating procedure but I'm considering taking apart the phone first to see if a connection has come undone. I found this video LG Ally Take Apart Screen Repair Guide - YouTube and our phones are pretty much the same. This part lists the speakers as the same part number if i need to replace it. LG Ally VS740, Shine Plus 710 Ear Speaker
Jilik suggested that it could be a radio issue. I may try the unbricking/radio updating procedure but I'm considering taking apart the phone first to see if a connection has come undone. I found this video LG Ally Take Apart Screen Repair Guide - YouTube and our phones are pretty much the same. This part lists the speakers as the same part number if i need to replace it. LG Ally VS740, Shine Plus 710 Ear Speaker