Curious to find out why my volume steadily goes down while my phone is set down and then goes back to full once I pick up and move the phone sufficently.
**Disclaimer: The phone is damaged slightly, so its probably soooomehow partially that, but I can't for the life of me think of how that even makes sense so im askin anyway.**
Its been happening for a pretty long time now, so im not sure when exactly it started. Ive just lived with it, but im feelin curious so here I am. I honestly cannot remember if it was a thing before the damage - I only really started using my phone for audio frequently right around that same day.
**The Issue:** When my phone is playing audio of any kind through any output method, it slowly lowers the volume over a long period of time until it goes entirely silent and will keep playing the media even if silent. The volume goes back up to wherever I had set it as soon as I pick the phone up and move it sufficiently.
So if im using a BT speaker while cleanin and set my phone down to charge, ill need to periodically go pick it up and set it down when the music gets too quiet.
Or if I am listening to an audiobook with wired or wireless headphones and folding laundry. The narration will get quieter and quieter until I realize im struggling to hear and then I shake my phone a sec and the volume suddenly snaps back to full and im good for a bit.
Using an aux cable, wired headphones, BT headphones, and BT speakers all produce the same issue. I am unsure about the phone speaker as I damaged it and its not worth using anymore.
It doesn't happen if im walking with the phone in my pocket getting jostled around, and wont happen in a bumpy car ride. It can happen in an especially smooth and bounce free car ride, though. Any time the phone isn't being jostled, the invisible timer begins.
Ive gone alllll over my sound settings and looked for various options and features I found while Googling the issue but all those settings are either off or not on my device.
Ideas? Even if the answer is the physical damage - any guesses as to what kind of damage to what part(s) could cause such an odd issue?