Just recently my XDA IIs has exhibited a strange effect when on a call. The sound in the earpiece will alternate between off, normal & speakerphone at seemingly random intervals. I have tried the obvious soft reset, but to no avail. I am reluctant to hard reset unless absolutely necessary.
Software is standard, except for Radio 1.12.0, which was necessary to cure garbled speech, and has been running for some weeks now without problem. I have also unlocked the phone, but I'm still using my original O2 SIM.
Needless to say, this makes the XDA nearly useless as a phone - although I'm pleased with it as a PDA. I'm having to pack my old Nokia when I go out, as a backup.
PS I should say that these effects are not present when the (wired)headset is in operation.
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I know this topic has be address many many times and there are still no soluation to the problem.
So.. I want to make a poll to see how many user is experiencing this problem.
I hope to grather enough data to see if it is a hardware problem or Firmware problem so that i can address to O2 regarding this issue.
I love my PDA/phone.. but... this issuse really bugs me cos i used the phone for business and it always happens when a important call arrived... :evil:
Pls, Lets Vote with your honest answer...
Derek
No problems here....
What i've experienced is that sometimes the ringing sound is very quite even though the volume is at maximum. I make a soft reset and everything's back to normal.
NO SOUND
I have also experienced the same. I normally have to do a soft reset to fix the problem. Seems its a firmware issue to me.
One more issue is that we need to disable the power off system setting after 3minutes.
If not, a phone call will be automatically ended after 3 minutes talking.
i have also experienced this problem. i had a important caller call me twice and i didnt hear my phone ring. it was also next to me. luckily, i had my backup phone with me when he tried that line.
agreed that we shouldnt have to soft reset to get back the ring tone functionality. i personally think its a caller id version problem, but thats my opinion cause its easier to fix. i just hope it isnt a firmware problem since i wont hold my breathe on O2 releasing a rom upgrade in my phone version.
im going to try some reg tweaks to see if it will help, once my main pc is up and running (currently moving). i just dont want to go back to an older rom because of a ringing problem. but it IS a big problem for most of us.
ps. sorry about the spelling mistakes and punctuations. im on my pda at a coffee shop.
Yup I have see the no sould on outgoing, no sound on incoming, reset does the trick for me. Also feel that the sound is low in general (even if set to max)
Ha.. i call XDA today in their headoffice in Singapore. The CS guy told me.. they know this issue and say there will be a new (Rom) or patch release very soon.
After seeing the vote result. I believe that the issue is do to software, not hardware.
I have a firend that design such product. he told me that it could be that DSP script is not written well. He said, the Echo Cancelling must be overflow causing the unit to manufunction. and after reset, the overflow will be clear out, so the unit function again.
I hope O2 is really releasing a new patch to fix this issue. If not, i think i am force to go back to my Sony Ericsson P910i or one PDA and one phone option.
i'm glad that O2 recognises the problem and not passing it on to other people. thanks for the information rcbear. glad you took the extra steps get them looking this way.
i hope "soon" means in a waek or two.
same problem
My ringer always works but sometimes, at least every other day. When someone calls me i can not hear them, they can sort of hear me, but the earpiece is dead. A soft reset fix's this problem. Is my issue related to the current issue dicussed in this thread? Thanks
Jeff
I have the problem
But I get it seldom and sporadically.
pda2k (out of the box)
ROM: 1.22.00 WWE
Radio: 1.06.00
Protocol: 1337.38
ExtROM: 1.22.162 WWE
AT&T/Cingular
Re: same problem
jeffro01 said:
My ringer always works but sometimes, at least every other day. When someone calls me i can not hear them, they can sort of hear me, but the earpiece is dead. A soft reset fix's this problem. Is my issue related to the current issue dicussed in this thread? Thanks
Jeff
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Hi Jeffro01..
Welcome to the club.. :lol:
Derek
I don't seem to have the ring volume problem, but my phone will get into a state where it rings, I answer the phone, but there is no audio. In the six or so times it's happened, I haven't really determined if the caller can hear me. A reboot fixes it.
I can't pin down any one thing I do to cause it to get into this state, but it seems like a software/firmware issue.
I have this problem too.
I had to send my BT headset for repair for two weeks and noticed it did not happen during that time while it started again since I got my BT back.
When it happens (once to twice a week) I soft reset my SPVM2000 and it then is ok.
Also the BT Orange Switzerland patch makes the problem appear less often.
Phone ring problem got me twice today...
Both times, never heard three calls, but the phone still reports them as being missed.
Gotta be a solution for this or I'll be soft resetting every time I finish a call/use.
I had to send my BT headset for repair for two weeks and noticed it did not happen during that time while it started again since I got my BT back.
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If so I have 2 questions for everyone who has this issue:
1, Do you use a bluetooth headset or any other bluetooth device (gps...)?
2, What is your current bluetooth version and build?
I have Bluetooth build 3900, and I'm using 1.33.
No probleme here
not using BT or WiFi.
Where can I find my BT version?
I don't also have the 3 minutes switch off pb, the PDA function switch off after 3 minutes but the phone remains operational. I often switch the PDA off myself whilst on the phone to save on batteries.
...Hi everyone! (1st post!)...
I get the dead-speaker in calls too...
I took delivery of my first SPV M2000 a couple of weeks ago; it had a few problems, one of which was that the speaker would be dead occassionally when making or answering calls requiring a soft-reset to resolve. I initially thought this might be caused by the device not correctly recognising external hardware had become disconnected - handsfree/BT/car-cradle etc. - but it did seem to be at random.
Orange replaced the device last week; and by day 3 without using any handsfree/cradles etc. and BT and WiFi not even enabled (much less paired/connected); the dead-speaker problem reappeared.
I'm not going to bother chasing Orange about this issue on its own (this device doesn't exhibit any of the other problems I had with my first); as it seems to be a pretty common problem that's going to require a software update to fix. Needless to say when I read that HTC have written a fix I will be on Orange's back to make a fix for their ROMs public. (dreaming?).
Just FYI, both the initial device I was supplied and the replacement have the same software versions (in my sig).
Regards,
Rob.
I circumvented (temporally fixed) the ringtone problem by setting the default ringtone to "None", and also set the phone to vibrate. Then Re-enabled MS Voice Command to announce all incoming calls. The only problem is, the voice isn't loud enough in noisy places, but it does the job in the office or semi noisy environment. I guess this will have to do until a verified fix comes along our way.
Hi
Ive had my SPVM2000 about a week now, I do like it, but am getting annoyed how many times I have to reset it.
Biggest problem is sometimes I can not here audio from the phone, bith in and out calls, The Mic is working and the volme control shows all the way up.
Only way to get it back is a reset.
The other problem is some times it runs slow, I do run a few apps, but even when I shut them down, I often have to do a rest to get it to respond in a reasonable time.
any clues, or can i check anything to give more info?
We had a thread on the 'no sound in call' problem. Last time I checked it, 76% of owners of this handset had the problem!
Updating ROM to 1.40 and Radio ROM to 1.13 seemed to solve it for me.
THe BA is slow by nature. Today screen plugins make it 10 times worse!
Radio 1.3 will solve the issue.
Being slow - It really depends on the type of apps you have in your PPC, especially on the 'today' screen. BA cannot be blamed for that
I have a problem that more people seem to have, according to the search. I couldn’t find the “audio” tab in my Bluetooth-settings, so that didn’t help me.
The problem is as follows. After 1 day the sound on my compact III mutes, including vibration. Sometimes it's after 12 hours, sometimes after 2 days, there's no distinct pattern to be recognized. Also, it doesn't seem to matter if you use the phone or not, since it sometimes is alright at night and the sound is muted the next morning. This is for all sound-events (warnings, incoming call notifications, messages, mp3 etc), however, you can make a call without any problems and hear what the other person is saying. Once you’ve hard-reset the device everything is back to normal.
It does get annoying however, since I regularly miss calls due to this bug.
I had the same problem on my Vario in the past. So I’m guessing it’s somewhere in the software I use, but apart from Total Commander and TomTom6 I haven’t installed any third-party apps.
Yup i've been having a slight problem with the sound. I thought it was like the endless knackered M500's that orange used to send me which had speaker failure after about 10minuites! (Swear they kept sending me the same 2 faulty phones - I had 5 in 5 days once!) But a play in the bluetooth seems to get it working again.
The other annoying thing is that if you leave the power management at the default settings then occasionally the screen blanks without being able to get the backlight on again - so now I have to manually turn of the screen. Stil aint much of a problem - ive had a normal days use, 2 hours of radio play, bluetooth and wi-fi on all day and still have 35% battery - wehay!
Hopefully there'll be a patch soon to sort out he glitches.
I forgot to mention I had the exact same problem on my mda Vario also. I always thought it was a problem with that specific piece, but apparantly not.
Could it be the vibrate.cab that I'm using to produce vibrations when you use the phonepad? Or should I really do some further research in the bluetooth-department?
Same problem here.
Phone becomes completely silent after 9 hours in standby mode.
I need to reset it to get back sound
Does someone know what is going on here ?
Please advise. Thank you.
I seem to experience no problems the past couple of days (fingers crossed). I used the 'speed up your WM5' tweak where you set the Glyphcache to 32768. After I reduced it to 16something the problems seem to have disappeared.
I noticed that this problem happens when for example email is automatically checked during night. If email comes in (and is not read immediately) the phone will start notifying in background.
Notifications are kept and only a program like "check notifications" will delete them manually. But still if you delete them, the phone then needs a reset
to work properly again.
This is not a memory issue, it has to do with the notifications.
I do not know how to solve it.
Hello all,
Recently got my Tp2 and loving it. Initially I got a like new Tilt2 and Hard-SPL and installed latest radio and custom ROM. All is well since then. The problem then arised when I'm incall, suddenly the other party can't hear me and I can hear them perfectly clear. Signal bar shows full 3G signal. I have to end the call and call again. This problem happens everyday and there's no fixed time pattern.
So I thought i got a defective phone from the seller, I sold it and got a new one. It had the AT&T stock rom and stuff on it. I hard-SPL and Security unlocked the phone. All was fine for a day or so leading me to believe my first handset was defective. But to my dismay, my current phone started to exhibit the same characteristics again and I was shocked.
I tried various ROM's even the stock one and different Radio builds still no luck. I'm stumped as I canot believe I received two devices with same problem? It can't be software as no matter which Chef rom i try, the other party suddenly stops hearing me ( sometimes my voice goes very low and then dies out). Here's a key thing I have to do for it to get temp. fixed. I have to blow hard at the microphone and then the opposite party can hear me crystal clear.
I have tried disabling 3G and roaming on Edge, I have tried different locations of my city thinking its related to cell tower, No luck
I am out of ideas and can't figure whats going on. What I can conclude is, during the call, something times out and goes to "sleep" and when i blow hard to the mic, it awakes the mic input. Just talking hard to the mic won't work either...has to be blown hard. My dad say's before he stops hearing me, he hears some "tuck-tuck" sound as if i am brushing the phone against some surface or sometimes he hears the sound as if I just dropped the phone, followed by dead silence on his end untill I blow through the mic. In both instances, i am just casually sitting on the coach.
At this moment I'm dumbfounded and think I'm cursed by HTC lol
I would appreciate any help from this community!
Thanks!
You could try toggling the "Auto Volume Control" setting.
It's under Settings Tab > All Settings > System > Auto Volume Control
Thanks, I will try that..Altough when i checked that, it's usually disabled by default in most Rom's
swatcho said:
Thanks, I will try that..Altough when i checked that, it's usually disabled by default in most Rom's
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Yeah it's a bit of a long shot. The only source I can cite is a review at WMExperts for the Telus Touch Pro 2:
When holding the phone up to my ear to talk, some callers did note that I sounded far away until I enabled the Auto Volume Control in the phone settings.
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Source: http://www.wmexperts.com/review-telus-touch-pro-2
Good luck!
I've been having a weird issue with my phone muting the mic during calls. This mute seems to be independent of the mute softkey on the phone (when it gets muted, the softkey is not lit, nor does toggling the softkey unmute the mic). This is incredibly annoying as once it mutes, the only way to continue the conversation is to hang up and redial. This issue occurs both using the phone normally (phone to ear), with a wired headset (so no possibility of cheek activating softkey), and with a bluetooth headset. In all 3 scenarios the mute will toggle on its own, seemingly randomly. I can go through a 40 minute call with no problems, yet sometimes it seems to mute right after I make the call.
Has anyone else had this issue?
This is what I have done to troubleshoot the issue:
1) With the original phone that I bought, I reset that phone back to factory settings and set it back up. Issue still persists.
2) Had the phone swapped out at the same Verizon store that I bought it at. Issue still persists.
3) Reset the new phone back to factory defaults. Issue still persists.
I will try the following:
Reset phone back to factory defaults and not install any apps whatsoever (running only apps that came with the phone, won't disable anything such as VZW Backup Assistant, etc either). Something tells me that this won't fix the problem either.
Does anybody know what I can do? This is a great phone but I'm a little miffed about not actually being able to make calls with it. I called VZW tech support and they are willing to replace the phone, but I basically have to go from a NEW phone to a certified like-new device (which VZW allows up to a maximum of 2 blemishes on the back, which I am not ok with) through no fault of my own.
See this thread on the Google Code bugtracker: (Hm.. I can't seem to post a link as a new forum member.. well its bug ID 24019 on the android bugtracker off of code.google.com) Don't want to munge up a link and piss off a mod or anything.. sorry guys :/
That im affraid is a nasty bug that is yet to be fixed.
Have you experienced this bug? I'd like to hear from members of this forum on if they have this issue, and how they resolved it (if at all). I was surprised that something so blaring isn't on the list of known GNex/ICS bugs (at least not on the one I saw on androidforums.com). I'm just uncomfortable with how the Verizon reps are pretending to not know about this issue...
//Edit: Oops. Found the other thread in this forum on this issue. It seems that I'm describing this as a mic muting issue, whereas other people are describing it with "mic cutting out" so I can never find their posts. Post ID 1403051 in Galaxy Nexus General.