Media Volume Woes

Ok. So, last night I was bored and browsing through my soundboards looking for a new ringtone. I was opening and closing apps, running task killer, if I thought it necessary. Everything was fine, until all of a sudden my media volume stopped working. On screen, while I'm playing media, I can pull the volume up and down, but no sound comes out. The Alarm volume, and ringer volume continue to work.

So this morning I snooped around the forums and decided to reset my phone. All was going well, until I accidentally played some mp3's that were on my SD card. Now the media volume has stopped working again and when I turn on my phone, my music app has attached itself to that screen that you have to pull down to log in. I didn't request that, and can't find a way to turn that off in the settings.

To be honest, I am a new user. I've had my hero for two weeks, and I'd love to know that my problems are user error and not a faulty phone.

I've also re-downloaded task killer and am wondering if that was a bad choice. I'm still at the point of just playing with my phone: launching apps, installing, uninstalling, etc, and it seemed like a good idea.

In a worst case scenario, I'm thinking of deleting the mp3's and doing another reset. But if I have to keep doing this regularly, the exercise will get a little old.

Any advice is much appreciated.

-M

 

Uhm, I believe I did a 'factory reset'. I held down a couple of buttons and the phone reverted back to factory settings. I did not pull out the battery.

 

Well the music app problem appears to be user error. I just can't get the hang of this interface...

I ended up restarting it again, and am going to try to resist the urge to download a task killer. Maybe that's the problem. So far, everything is running smoothly. But of course I'm at work, and resisting the urge to play with the phone.

I definitely feel my phone bog down, when I'm toggling between apps. But maybe I'm being impatient by reaching too quickly for the task killer.