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[For actual owners] The Desire speaker output volume?

To the actual (lucky) owners of the Desire :
-How's the main speaker volume?
Is it low as Nexus One or much louder?
I love smartphones but I can't understand why the mot basic things like ringtones volume could be low so I hope the Desire is a true upgrade in this domain compared to N1

Please I have to know to see if I wait 3 more weeks for Desire(Lebanon) or get now the N1

Never heard the volume on the N1 or indeed what you would consider loud - seems ok to me on the Desire.

Mine is more than loud enough....

Mine is pretty loud. However when I listen to music the high frequencies seem too loud. I didn't look for an equalizer yet, but it,s probably there somewere.

Mine is also loud enough, but I wouldn't call the sound quality superb. It's OK.

Karolis said:
Mine is also loud enough, but I wouldn't call the sound quality superb. It's OK.
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Seems like the reaction I had about the HD2 the first time. It is loud, but starting from about 50% max volume and up it starts to sound 'bad'? I was expecting some good things from that 'enchanted dolby around' stuff.. and in the TechRader review they said it sounds quite nice.

Speaker/headphone volume VERY low.....

I sold my HD2 on Thursday and let me say first off that I have no regrets whatsoever: I absolutely love this phone. Before I sold the HD2 I played some music tracks on both devices through the loudspeaker and headphones jack and noticed a HUGE differential in volume.....I thought the HD2 speaker was pretty tinny but it was at least audible; the Desire speaker volume is incredibly underpowered...being practically inaudible in a moderately noisy environment. This problem seems to extend even as far as the headphones socket since some of the songs I was unable to play at full volume on the HD2 for fear of bursting my eardrums are simply not loud enough for me on the Desire.
Am I the only person to think the volume levels are too low? Is there perhaps a way to increase the pre amp levels. It's as quiet as the first generation iPhone which was REALLY BAD.
Any thoughts from anyone here?

Hi there - I've been searching online to see if anyone else has been having this problem and came across your post.
Had my Desire for a week now, and I love it. But the volume via headphones is WAY too low. Stupidly too low. I can't hear it on the tube at all, for example.
I was looking forward to using it - and Spotify, in partcular - as a replacement for my aging iPod. But there's just no way.
I can't believe this is common to every phone, as surely there would be more people complaining about it. Are there different firmware versions knocking about? It's got me pretty frustrated.

Ok this is not nice, speaker volume is very important to me. This is the first time I see somebody be this negative about it though...
Damn..
Further, you coming from the HD2, any more thoughts you want to share about the switch?
How is the 4.3 inch to 3.7 inch 'jump'?
Kind regards

Screen size is not a problem for me, colours are beautiful on the Desire and the screen seems note responsive. I tried using the HD2 for a day after getting the Desire and hated it bycomparison! Only massive annoyance though is that it is nowhere near as loud.
I suspect that people are still in their honeymoon period with the phone and that complaints will start to surface about the speaker volume in time. As far as I can recall all my other Android devices were a lot louder than this.

Don't have the device yet but in a video review the guy said the speaker was pretty loud, so it's probably only a software problem
chipshop said:
Had my Desire for a week now, and I love it. But the volume via headphones is WAY too low. Stupidly too low. I can't hear it on the tube at all, for example..
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Juste buy in-ear headphones ! your ear will thanks you, pushing the volume to 100db because the tube is masking noise : not a good idea believe me.

I too, coming from an iPhone, find the headphone volume painfully low.
I use an under speaker pillow to listen to podcasts without disturbing the wife, and on the iPhone she'd sometimes complain that she could hear it. Now with the Desire I find that sometimes I can't hear it and that's at full volume.

I know this is probably obvious but I take it you have gone through. Audio settings
And maxed the volume? And checked any volume controls on headphones? If both set to max
And still not loud then the handset is faulty so get it replaced
Now!!
Mine set to max would be at ear bleeding levels!!

The speaker quality isn't great, but considering I don't use them that much it is good enough for me.
Am a little surprised with the headphone issues, considering that I have my volume set just under halfway and it is more than loud enough for me.
I am using my Sennheiser earphones, but the volume is fine with the supplied HTC ones too.

what kind of bit-rates are you using for music? ... 128? or more, ... as the quality effects the loudness somehow I believe.
try experimenting with different bit rates and see how that goes

leoni1980 said:
Screen size is not a problem for me, colours are beautiful on the Desire and the screen seems note responsive. I tried using the HD2 for a day after getting the Desire and hated it bycomparison! Only massive annoyance though is that it is nowhere near as loud.
I suspect that people are still in their honeymoon period with the phone and that complaints will start to surface about the speaker volume in time. As far as I can recall all my other Android devices were a lot louder than this.
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I think this might be due to new UE regulations about maximum volume in mobile devices, though im not 100% sure if its already in the system.
However Im pretty sure that in couple days/weeks there will be some hacks/apps/ to change that

So have I got a faulty phone?
Or are people just overly forgiving??
Everything is set to max. I've also noticed that the Mic quality in videos is also shockingly poor in terms of volume. I wonder if all of these functions are shared by the same chipset.

leoni, I'm having just the same problem. I think it must be a problem with some of these phones. I can't believe that people are just being overly forgiving.
I'm not looking to push the volume up too high, but if I can't hear it when there's a little background noise going on, then that's a serious design flaw.
I'd like to do a comparison with another Desire at some point, hopefully I'll bump into someone using one soon...

Just to answer some of the above questions/suggestions:-
I'm using MP3s in 256k bit rate format. All volume controls are set to max and there is no volume control on the headphones I am using.

I'm sending mine back. I'm due an upgrade on Monday anyway so I'll test one in the shop and see if It's the same. The headphone volume is the main issue for me; its just too low.

I also think that the volume is way too low. Just out of curiosity, could this be a Rom issue? I'm using the stock TMO Rom. To the people who think it's loud enough, which Rom are you on?

My biggest problem is with the volume through the headphones....speaker volume I can live with, though it is crap and tinny

I think this must be an issue on your phone or you expect it to be crazy loud. I swapped out my ipod for this today on a good set of headphones (AKG KE518LE's) and the volume levels seem identical. As for the speaker, i find mine is a tad on the loud side to be honest. I find myself having to knock it dont a few notches on the volume.

alex101uk said:
I think this must be an issue on your phone or you expect it to be crazy loud. I swapped out my ipod for this today on a good set of headphones (AKG KE518LE's) and the volume levels seem identical. As for the speaker, i find mine is a tad on the loud side to be honest. I find myself having to knock it dont a few notches on the volume.
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are you on TMO ROM?

Loud speaker isn't audible above the sound of my shower, which is a real shame as coming from a n95 8gb the loud speaker was great. Oh well. I'm a forgiving type!

I have found music volume to be pretty low but I'm fairly convinced it is a software/Rom issue because the volume in some applications is loud! Doesn't made much sense. Running T-mob here.

[Q] Is The Volume Loud For Anyone Else?

Even on 1 this 900 drops a **** ton of sound. Anyone else have the same problem? Podcasts, music, ringtones and notifications doesn't matter: it just booms.

yes. this phone has great volume. But after 15 it doesnt seem to get any louder on my phone.. for music at least..?

What I have noticed, I'd that the volume increments are very irregular on the external speaker, but much more consistent on Bluetooth, and wired headsets.
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Yes when I had mine it was loud. It was a welcome change as most smart phones are not loud enough, but yes low volume setting was still loud.

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What I have noticed, I'd that the volume increments are very irregular on the external speaker, but much more consistent on Bluetooth, and wired headsets.
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This is pretty much what I noticed. I am glad the phone is loud rather than not loud enough. I wish they could adjust the volume to coincide with the numbers better.

LordGreylock said:
This is pretty much what I noticed. I am glad the phone is loud rather than not loud enough. I wish they could adjust the volume to coincide with the numbers better.
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Yeah going from 0 to 1 is like what going from 0 to 15 should be. They need to work on the lower volume range; it's basically an on/off switch at the moment. Annoying at times, but not a deal breaker IMO.

I love volume of my Lumia...its loud and clear....even though it keep it at 10-15 range most of the time...but its really good for very loud places too

I'm deaf in 1 ear...so it all sounds good to me. Though, I am trying to figure out what a ****ton is....

[Q] Sound distortion, anyone have same problem?

I have a really big issue with my HTC One V, since i used to listen to a lots of music on my old phone, i hoped the sound quality would be at least decent on One V, but i hear a lot of background noise in my earphones, not the stock ones ofc, since they are really crappy, i have t-Jays One, which quality is rather superior, but on this phone i hear a lot of cracing noise, like some magnetic/electronic distortion, wich is unbelievably annoying, and it's hearable even with music off, right after i plug in my earphones, is that a reason to give my phone back, or have it repaced? (European version)

If I turn the volume up 100% I can hear a (very) slight amount of noise, but other than that the quality is excellent with zero cracking.

i don't have that issue with stock earphone..

i dont hv, my one v play music really good

Thanks guys, i'll just get it replaced, i guess you can lock this thread...

I have a One V with me and it too has a lot of background noise through the headphone jack. With the headphones plugged in there is no noise but the moment some sound starts playing on the phone you can clearly hear it and it's constant regardless of the volume of the music or whatever you are listening to. While you should get your phone replaced, there is a chance that the new one might have the same issue.

I had a terrible noise problem as well, but over time it slowly decreases. Noise is not yet completely lost, but now is in a tolerant level.
Interesting, is not it?

I have it too. Sometimes noise is so annoying it makes me want to trow off the phone. Noise is present even at boot sound. Changing headphones helps nothing. I had SGS earlier and it had perfect sound with it's wolfson dac, so I'm very disappointed now.

Hi there, I just bought this phone and I'm having the same problem... Did anyone find a solution? Anyone got it replaced and solved the problem?
I think I'm replacing mine as well, this noise problem is really anoying...

Question In call low volume

Hi is anyone else facing in call low volume? i can barely hear people on the other end of the call, i believe the sound is coming from the speaker on top of the phone rather than the earpiece.
Isn't that speaker supposed to be for loudspeaker?
Thanks

I've also noticed the earpiece speaker is pretty low. It's only a tiny slot at the top of the phone though.

hmd21 said:
Hi is anyone else facing in call low volume? i can barely hear people on the other end of the call, i believe the sound is coming from the speaker on top of the phone rather than the earpiece.
Isn't that speaker supposed to be for loudspeaker?
Thanks
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This problem android 13

I found the solution.
Sold the phone

No such issue for me, in quiet enviroment I cant even push it above 50% because it would be too loud.