Headphone/earphones only left ear plays

Tablets are notorious for bad sound. I use a volume adjuster app to boost sound and use earphones.

Hi Amy

Be aware
There are different length's & thickness's of earphone plugs
Also the spacing on the earphone plug shaft between the black and silver connections may be out.

Take your tablet to a shop & checkout what works.
Cheers

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which sound,? SPEAKER RINGER OR EARPHONE?
try with headphone,,,,check if there is headphone sign on display without headphone?

It should play. Is there something "jammed" into the headphone jack, to "fool" the tablet to bypass the internal speaker?

At the top right of the screen, pull down the menu. Bluetooth settings can be set from there.

If you are talking about speaker volume, not earphone volume, chances are you have a defective speaker assembly unit which must be replaced.

Check if 'Mono Audio' is on (you find it under 'Settings', 'General', 'Accessibility').

Ensure volume control on side of tablet is turned up. Otherwise probably bad output connector.

double check if the volume is on mute there is a certain icon from your keyboard that indicate volume. try holding Fn key then press that volume button to unmute it. make sure also that ther eare no headphone connected as it will disable sound if you are expecting it from speakers. you may also try checking the driver status if you need to reinstall it or update it. simply go to control panel > system > hardware tab > device manager to check audio device there, if the icon has yellow marking on it then that is the problem you just need to reinstall or update the driver for audio by either using the driver disc that came with the system or downloading it from the manufaturers website

I have the same problem and just figured it out. Go to the sound settings and set the earphones as the default. I just did this and it now works.