How to increase MIC GAIN in the rhodium ? - Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General

Hi.
Somehow my AT&T Rhodium has a VERY LOW mic gain. It shows in very low audio when I use the phone (I listen OK, the third parties do hear me very low).
If I use the voice recorder, the recordings have very low audio level as well.
Now I have an Energy ROM, but the problem is the same if I go back to the shipped AT&T ROM.
Anyone can help me out in boosting the mic gain ?
Thanks in advance.
David.-

i would say your MIC is broken. as you already pointed out. it's not a radio problem and it's not a rom problem. There suppose to be two mikes in rhodium, for the echo cancellation. maybe one of them is dead. mike is not an expensive thing, but you need to search for it, find out what type is it and get similar. I think if you will go search for rhodium microphone, it would be more costly.
the third parties do hear me very low
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btw. third parties on a phone call... you mean those people monitoring your calls? it's nice of you to want them to hear properly.
sorry, I couldn't resist

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papo said:
i would say your MIC is broken. as you already pointed out. it's not a radio problem and it's not a rom problem. There suppose to be two mikes in rhodium, for the echo cancellation. maybe one of them is dead. mike is not an expensive thing, but you need to search for it, find out what type is it and get similar. I think if you will go search for rhodium microphone, it would be more costly.
btw. third parties on a phone call... you mean those people monitoring your calls? it's nice of you to want them to hear properly.
sorry, I couldn't resist
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Hi.
First, sorry for my english flaws. I´m not a native english speaker (my native language is spanish).
I do live in Chile, and around here there is ZERO possibility to get a replacement mic. I can easily import one from the states, if I find one, but so far I have not found it, so I thought a software increase in the gain may at least solve part of the problem (at least meanwhile).
Thanks.
David.-

the joke wasn't about the language, but sorry anyway.
Your english is pretty alright. Mine isn't any better.
My idea was more about getting a mike from an old phone. In a mobile repair shop maybe. Microphone is a generic part. If it will fit by size, it will quite for sure work ok.
don't bother with headset's mics as they are far too big
And as rhodium microphones would be for sure overpriced, I was suggesting you to find out what kind of mike rhodium have, and get a replacement which will fit. Like if you go to mobile shop, they probably would know. then you can get e.g. mic from sonyericsson, anyway if it was kaiser I would say it would fit SE mic. But rhodium I didn't have opened yet.
And don't search "rhodium" but "pro2" as rhodium is chemical element and you'll get rhodium made mikes instead
As for making it lauder, I don't think that's quite possible for 2 reasons.
As you can't amplify digital audio signal, it has to come on maximum level you would use, while still analog, from before A/D so that the dsp can regulate the level from 0 (for maximum) down to whatever -12db. Means it can't go lauder and analog part is on max always. That's the easiest setup. I am not saying it's like that in rhodium, but even if not, second reason is, the phone has an AGC (auto gain control) and that would rise the level itself if it could.

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HTC Remote COntrol / Headphone adapter

Saw this on another site, looks good. Might just splash out for this.
http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=145136&partner=froogle
Jeff
sweetttttt must have one... when i have a working orbit
Still bricked? Those peeps in Glasgow are worth every penny!
Jeff
jthspace said:
Saw this on another site, looks good. Might just splash out for this.
http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=145136&partner=froogle
Jeff
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Hi!
Have you tried it out yet? I sow some people complaining about software compatibility, that it only let you control Windows Media Player. Does anybody know if this remote let you control the HTC AudioManger application, as this is a much better MP3 player than the old WMP.
Regards,
PK
Dear,
I just take it from this web, and I found It's can used with 2 program
1 is WMP and the other is HTC Audio Manager(but you need install drive that come with package). It's very good smalltalk and remote control but I used p800w It's can't used HTC Audio booster, that made me sad because I like Bass Boost.
Have Any one have Base Boost that can used and work with p800w?
Thanks a lot.
paalkr said:
Hi!
Have you tried it out yet? I sow some people complaining about software compatibility, that it only let you control Windows Media Player. Does anybody know if this remote let you control the HTC AudioManger application, as this is a much better MP3 player than the old WMP.
Regards,
PK
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Hi, it sort of works. When I got the package, there was a sticker over the supported models - the O2 Xda Orbit was "not" supported. As I had changed the ROM to the HTC generic version, I loaded the drivers and plugged it in. The adapter works, and I can use normal headphones BUT none of the buttons on the remote function with the O2 XDA
The Artemis and the XDA may just be that little bit different (more than just the case) which may be why they put a sticker over the supported models info. By the way, it was sold as an Artemis accessory and not an O2 XDA accessory, so I cant really send it back.
Therefore, if anyone in the UK has an Artemis (not an O2 XDA) and wants the adapter, they can buy it off me for £15 plus postage. It is brand new, used once, in its original box with driver disk. If you want to pay by PayPal, it's £2 extra to cover the fees, otherwise NOCHEX or direct bank transfer.
Jeff
jthspace said:
Hi, it sort of works. When I got the package, there was a sticker over the supported models - the O2 Xda Orbit was "not" supported. As I had changed the ROM to the HTC generic version, I loaded the drivers and plugged it in. The adapter works, and I can use normal headphones BUT none of the buttons on the remote function with the O2 XDA
The Artemis and the XDA may just be that little bit different (more than just the case) which may be why they put a sticker over the supported models info. By the way, it was sold as an Artemis accessory and not an O2 XDA accessory, so I cant really send it back.
Therefore, if anyone in the UK has an Artemis (not an O2 XDA) and wants the adapter, they can buy it off me for £15 plus postage. It is brand new, used once, in its original box with driver disk. If you want to pay by PayPal, it's £2 extra to cover the fees, otherwise NOCHEX or direct bank transfer.
Jeff
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no, they are the same phone, hardware wise. I have the remote and a O2 XDA Orbit and it works. You just need to install the HTC Audo Driver update for the P3300. Otherwise, the remote won't work when the phone switches off to save power. This stupid bug affects all apps, including in the middle of a phone conversation. I think that is mainly the reason for the audio driver update. I don't have the HTC Audio Manager, anyone know how I can get hold of it?
The remote works with WMP. It also works with the FM Radio app, pressing play mutes it (rather than the mute button on the side), volume control (not the main phone volume) works, FF/FR switches between preset stations.
The green/red phone buttons works even when running other apps like TomTom or TCPMP. But non of the other soft buttons can be mapped to functions in TCPMP or any other program for that matter as they don't exist like your average hardware buttons on the phone itself. So as a result, you can't assign a button to activate Voice Dial or Voice Command.
The other problem is more to do with the new ExtMiniUSB port. I cannot charge the phone while I listen to the radio or mp3s for that matter! Compare to older generations of HTC phones which has a mini usb + separate 2.5mm headphone socket, this is quite stupid as I believe many ppl charge their phone via USB at work and also listen to the mp3s.
Ok, i was wondering why HTC was giving such strange answers about the useless power consumption.
HTC > (there will be no update to solve this, because it is not knowing issue.)???
Its strange behavior in my opinion when the phone wakes up completely after touching one of the buttons and never goes to sleep again. Not even switches the screen off. It uses more energy that way.
I’ve made a application for this problem just to switch the screen completely off after using the buttons on the remote. It runs in the background and waits for a change in the SystemPowerState. When the backlight dims it will switch of the screen after 1 second.
I can’t prevent the device from waking up but this works good enough.
Next step is to hook in to the remote interface driver and make the buttons act like normal devicebuttons so it would be possible to use another MP3 player. But I ‘m afraid my knowledge about this is not enough. Maybe someone can help me with that.
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You just need to install the HTC Audo Driver update for the P3300.
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Hi,
I downloaded the updated driver from HTC when I got the remote (instructions suggested this) and it made no difference at all.
Oh, Well, it looks nice on the bookcase!
Jeff
humps said:
.... I don't have the HTC Audio Manager, anyone know how I can get hold of it?
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Yes, download it from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=39583&d=1179845126
Regards,
PK
paalkr said:
Yes, download it from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=39583&d=1179845126
Regards,
PK
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THANK YOU!
jthspace said:
Hi,
I downloaded the updated driver from HTC when I got the remote (instructions suggested this) and it made no difference at all.
Oh, Well, it looks nice on the bookcase!
Jeff
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Oh well, sorry to hear that didn't help. I received my remote on the 17th, noticed it didn't work too well even after installing the driver that came with the remote. Then found the news that Audio Driver Update was release on the 16th so I got the download and it worked from then on.
it tries to you works in stereo
Works fine
I'm been using the rc for 2 weeks now and one must say it's working exactly the way I expected it to. The only lil hitch is the missing "stand-by" so you waste some amount of battery.
Maybe it's possible to check with a small service whether Audio Manager is running in playback mode and react e.g. with turning of background lights.
I'll give it a try next week in office (need my VS).
Anybody with experience?
wold you recommend one then?
paalkr said:
Have you tried it out yet? I sow some people complaining about software compatibility, that it only let you control Windows Media Player. Does anybody know if this remote let you control the HTC AudioManger application, as this is a much better MP3 player than the old WMP.
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For me it's working without drivers with HTC Audiomanager, WMP and with the FM radio and it's fine to use my own headphones.
HTC's stupid headphone/power socket combo & ultimatum
Dear HTC,
Please, if your are not the appropriate person to be considering my email, pass it on to someone who can adequately able to address my concerns.
Briefly, I am a huge fan of HTC handsets, having been a the proud owner of no less than 5 different models in the last 3 years.
My particular issue is with the HTC TYTN and TYTN II (or Kaiser) models. I am far from alone in this concern, as a simple Google search will reveal, so I am not going to waste time justifying myself. I'll launch immediately into the criticism and the request for an explanation, etc...
2 years ago, my first TYTN had to be replaced after 3 months because the ill-conceived combo-headphone-power mini USB socket became faulty. After 13 months it became faulty again. Since it was out of guarantee, i had to repair it myself. A month later however, when the socket once again broke, I installed a separate headphone socket in the side of the case myself, it was easy... TOO easy...
Since then my original TYTN has been fine.
A few weeks ago, I purchased the new TYTN II or Kaiser. I knew beforehand that the headphone and power sockets were once again the same. However, I assumed that they would have been strengthened due to the bad pres the previous model had received over this issue.
I was sadly mistaken. Within 3 weeks I have had to replace my TYTN II after the headphones started crackling when I moved the headphone cable. After examination, the mini-USB socket is IDENTICAL to the original TYTN,and bending in the same way. I have now stopped recommending this phone to people due to this. Either you don't intent users of this handset to use headphones, or you dont care that the socket isn't up to the job!
Considering that I influence thousands of people through my website in their choice of hanset upgrades, I am sure that HTC will feel the financial blow of my decision, at least slightly.
My questions are as follows:
1.) Why, after all the bad press the initial single connector design got, did HTC decide to do exactly the same stupid thing with the Kaiser (TYTN II)?
2.) Are you prepared to issue me, free of charge, with a a
brand new model, with a SEPARATE headphone socket, for which I will write an article in the magazine I work for singing your praises and recommending your improved Kaiser II, with the separate stereo headphone socket?
I formally give you 7 days to reply to my satisfaction, considering I have spent nearly £1000 with you. Failing to do so will result in a loss of revenue to yourselves totaling at least many hundreds of thousands of dollars/pounds.
Sincerely
Lawrence Bowen
Those with the remote who want to save power when using it as an mp3 player, use MortSaver. basicall you can set it to turn screen off after a predetimend time. Therfore every time you use your remote, it normally turns on the sreen, and never turns off wasting battery whlle its sitting in your pocket.
Mort saver turns if off again after each use of the remote, so you can leave it in your pocket with the knowledge you are not draining you battery.
now Ill I need is some equalizer I can use with Mediaplayer!
XDA-BOJ said:
Those with the remote who want to save power when using it as an mp3 player, use MortSaver. basicall you can set it to turn screen off after a predetimend time. Therfore every time you use your remote, it normally turns on the sreen, and never turns off wasting battery whlle its sitting in your pocket.
Mort saver turns if off again after each use of the remote, so you can leave it in your pocket with the knowledge you are not draining you battery.
now Ill I need is some equalizer I can use with Mediaplayer!
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Perfect! mortsaver worked for me.
With the attached file you have some kind of equalizer. Your using an equalizer to optimize the sound and this prog. realy does the trick!
regards
Cheers already found this and its on the latest touch 4.01 ROM.
combination with Mortsaver and 8G SDHC card now makes the HTC3300 a very usable MP3 Player

High End "over the head" headphone

Hi, I am looking for a good headphone to use with my HTC Touch Pro and my laptop. I will use it together with rc e100 or w100.
Very good sounds
Possible to fold to fit in a big pocket.
Over the head
Nothing or not much leaking of sounds
Possible to use in light sports like heavy walking
Good for music like classics, string instrument and Rock. Ofcource a lot of others to...
Good sound when making calls both for me and the second part
Today I user a Porta Pro headphone but I would use to get better sounds and less leaking.
I have looked (on the Net) at Sennheiser PXC300. I think the PXC350 or PXC450 would be to big?
Does anyone have suggestions for me?
I'm sorry for bad english...
Plantronics 590
Everything you asked for plus stereo bluetooth so you can have great music and crystal clear conversations. I would suggest the A package vs the E package as more comes with it.
If you don't know who Plantronics are - they are the mother company of Altec Lansing. They know sound.
addicus said:
Plantronics 590
Everything you asked for plus stereo bluetooth so you can have great music and crystal clear conversations. I would suggest the A package vs the E package as more comes with it.
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They are unfortunately not manufacturing any more. I have lissened to them. I think that is the best you can get from bluebooth. I have looked for simulare BT headset but can't find any. Therefor I think I have to get a wired one.
I've got an extra pair (unopened) on deck I can sell you, but you would have to pay the shipping. Also Mennesysis wrote a great piece on Bluetooth A2DP headsets here on XDA. Search it and it should pop up.
addicus said:
I've got an extra pair (unopened) on deck I can sell you, but you would have to pay the shipping. Also Mennesysis wrote a great piece on Bluetooth A2DP headsets here on XDA. Search it and it should pop up.
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Thank you for the offer, but I need to buy from "official" channels. Regulations from work...
m8575 said:
Thank you for the offer, but I need to buy from "official" channels. Regulations from work...
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ok - there a few kinds out there but I stopped looking 2 years ago.
hollywoods14 said:
decided to flash.... nice looking rom.
Cannot send MMS!!! regular text is find, but pics do not work... wifi or 3g. I think it is incompatibility with popcorn v4 based and v6 based roms.
Also the wifi toggle doesnt work correctly, it always stays highlighted.
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I'm using popcorn right now and have no issues...granted I'm not running eclipse right now I'm running brokenout 3.0 but everything is peachy... I'm going to be backing up and flashing eclipse right now but I think it'll be alright... Will update in a bit
Sent from my VS920 4G using Tapatalk 2

earpiece quality is not so good

i ve used blackberry, sonyericsson and motorola phones before.
this is my first htc and windows mobile phone.
and im not very happy with the sound quality of this earpiece.
i still have a good ear and can definitely tell its a quality earpiece it sounds clean just not crisp.
the volume is all the way up but the upper frequency band is missing.
its very hard to understand what people say.
blackberry had a great feature called audio booster which let let you bump up low or high frequencies and it made a big difference.
on this phone i cant find any eq settings for earpiece at all
look around and search, there are a lot of similar complaints
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550784
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=572749
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=606051
fuzzysig said:
i ve used blackberry, sonyericsson and motorola phones before.
this is my first htc and windows mobile phone.
and im not very happy with the sound quality of this earpiece.
i still have a good ear and can definitely tell its a quality earpiece it sounds clean just not crisp.
the volume is all the way up but the upper frequency band is missing.
its very hard to understand what people say.
blackberry had a great feature called audio booster which let let you bump up low or high frequencies and it made a big difference.
on this phone i cant find any eq settings for earpiece at all
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T-Mobile? If so, they neutered the earpiece to comply with something-or-another, search around for the file to drop into \windows to fix it.
try this cab
aZzz.bZzz said:
try this cab
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OMG FINALLY ! Thanks soooo much ! It WORKED !
Tried sooo many .. and none of them fixed the ear piece !
Update .. well it seems to have fixed the ear piece however lowered the ring and system volume !!! lol
omg ..
t-mobile tp2
ill post other cab with louder sound soon
uploaded it
aZzz.bZzz said:
ill post other cab with louder sound soon
uploaded it
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Great Job .. Missed your message and new file .. gave it a try .. works very well !!! thanks !

hey guys tell me good and bad factor of HTC desire

hey guys
my dad wana buy htc desire..
and i am using sony x10i ..there are many application which support call recording to my x10i..
so my question is " htc desire will support call recording ?? " and if yes which? .
Also tell me is there any problem in earpiece volume of HTC desire?? because in my x10i speaker volume is very low..so thats why i ask u guys?
reply me soon ..
because i wana order phone today at evening..
thank you...
Check out the reviews and annoyances and use forum search, it seems to work fine for me and speaker volume is ok too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=652893
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=666332
dont give me others review tell me ur review
A|ex said:
Check out the reviews and annoyances and use forum search, it seems to work fine for me and speaker volume is ok too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=652893
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=666332
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hey dude dont give me others review and link...i can find it dat on googling something...but i want ur opinion about this phone..and also wana confirm that call recording(2 side) is possible in HTC desire..
just reply me about this
So.. what do you want?
You start another thread instead of spending 2secs googling and maybe half an hour reading? :/
Sorry... but did you even bother clicking on A|ex' link? The first link has a bunch of reviews from other pages.. so why not bother reading them instead of asking a question which may have been answered before?...
To your questions..
I don't think recording is hardware specific.. so I believe it's an Android app you're using..? and as the x10 is on Android 1.6 and the Desire now on 2.2.. I believe recording should also work on the Desire and even other devices..
I didn't try it though. So don't blame me if it doesn't work like you imagined or doesn't even work at all..
The speaker volume is ok for me too. But maybe using a headset solves this issue for you? Again I can't compare to your x10 as I didn't test it..
And if you consider the audiohack I've read from your "low volume @ x10"-thread be aware of the fact, that the N1/Desire currently seem to be incompatible with this method of increasing the volume what I've read?
And again, do some research pls.. As I saw now, most threads you started seem to ask for links or step-by-step tutorials for things already discussed.. and I don't think everybody is patient enough to answer the same question for the 100. time, just because someone seem to be too lazy to read a bit more :/
And a "thank you" to A|ex would have been nice too, as he tried to point you in the right direction (I think so).
- battery life (1 -2 days )
- optical track pad
+ everything else
in call recording, don't have a use for it, so never tried it.
You can't say that the optical track pad is bad. It's just different from the track ball :/
I myself prefer the track pad over the ball..
Before I forget.. I'd like to mention that the camera seems to need some tweakings in my opinion.. just because of the colours.. but it's all to your likings
I like the optical track pad aswell. I can't find anyhing bad about the device except the sound from the speaker...
I remember back in the good old days when I had a Nokia N73, the speaker sound whas GREAT, and it even had stereo speakers! Then when I got a HTC Diamond I was almost shocked about the crappy sound quality, the Desire has a bit better sound than the Diamond but far from good.
owziee said:
... I can't find anyhing bad about the device except the sound from the speaker...
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Indeed, I can't believe the poor speaker quality. Some phones that cost 1/4 of the desire can overshadow this device.
And, yes, other than that it's excellent.
thank you guys
thank u guys..
but my idea is not clear yet about call recording yet...
i think there is no two way call recording in HTC desire yet...
I got 2 links to share with you.. the first one is about (I guess?) asking the same question some time ago.. but focus more on the legal issue.. which isn't quite unimportant I believe..:
http://androidforums.com/t-mobile-g1/3228-possible-record-your-phone-conversations.html
The second one is a link to an app you might consider testing? Or asking somebody to test it..
http://de.androlib.com/android.application.com-opensystem-callrecord-jjDw.aspx
What I'm still wondering is... what you really want? 2way-recording? You mean ingoing and outgoing calls? Your AND your partners voice?
I don't have any need for recording phone conversations.. so I did not bother spending more time researching that topic... just like you I guess?.. but IF I read your first post correct, you said that there are several apps for your x10 allowing call recording..
My question now would be: Why would those recording apps, which are on Android, run on your x10, but not any other phone? If I recall correctly, both devices run Android? (different versions though)
Either way, try to TEST the desired phone before buying it.. reading reviews and asking for flaws is a good start, but research should just start here.. and continue

[Q] So how many have Bootloop/Dead Earpiece Problems so far?

Hi there, both problems crop up more and more over the internets.
hmm wanted to post links to both motorola support forums and the german forum android-hilfe. but alas i can't. i'm too new here i guess.
Anyone yet?
12 days and no issues apart from ones caused myself
do you use the headphone jack regularly?
julschau said:
Hi there, both problems crop up more and more over the internets.
hmm wanted to post links to both motorola support forums and the german forum android-hilfe. but alas i can't. i'm too new here i guess.
Anyone yet?
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Dead earpiece here.
ive only used headset twice to listen to music for a total of about 3 hours
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ive only used headset twice to listen to music for a total of about 3 hours
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Supposedly use of the stereo jack aggravates the problem. I see this a lot in Europe and very little in the US. So far.
scrannel said:
Supposedly use of the stereo jack aggravates the problem. I see this a lot in Europe and very little in the US. So far.
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Yeah it would be helpful if you post saying you are having an issue if you would also say what version of the phone you have. US or UK or whatever else is out there.
Seems mostly like there are two hardware versions, but I could be wrong.
i am not buying this phone until I get more info on this problem. many people on the net have this problem.
less than a week of ownership and no issues so far
julschau said:
Hi there, both problems crop up more and more over the internets.
hmm wanted to post links to both motorola support forums and the german forum android-hilfe. but alas i can't. i'm too new here i guess.
Anyone yet?
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Honestly I only see the reboot on the non-US Motorola forum: three or four people in the UK. They are claiming it's related to loss of 3G?
i think it has something to do with specific SIM cards (3n or 5n). theres more info on the german forum of android-hilfe.de
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i think it has something to do with specific SIM cards (3n or 5n). theres more info on the german forum of android-hilfe.de
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That's the info that the UK guys are pondering.
julschau said:
i think it has something to do with specific SIM cards (3n or 5n). theres more info on the german forum of android-hilfe.de
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Sorry for my n00bishness but what is the difference between an 3n and 5n sim card, also how do I tell which type I have?
Thanks
Broken earpiece here. Phone wasn't even a week old. Had used the headset a few times.
Now I have my second Defy and hope that it doesn't happen again.
necrolyte said:
Broken earpiece here. Phone wasn't even a week old. Had used the headset a few times.
Now I have my second Defy and hope that it doesn't happen again.
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Where are you? I'm hoping they'll replace mine as opposed to sending it off to get it repaired.
How long have you had the new one?
Less than a week and no issues as of yet. I have had two random reboots so far but both were when my battery was under ten percent. Only issue I've had this far is battery life but I think its in part to me running launcher pro and not rooting yet, and the fact I use my phone ALOT. Overall I'm happy though, so much so that I will pay full price for a second one for the wife!
I am in Germany. They wanted to send it in for repairs first but i had them exchange it on the spot. The second one is on it's first week now. Didn't play around with the headset but am calling myself every now and then to check if the earpiece still works
Must say it's a little worrying reading about this issue. I guess the advice ought to be to simply avoid using the headphones socket! Out of the question for some perhaps, but I would point out that bluetooth headphones/headsets are actually very affordable now. £20-£30 gets a fairly good pair of headphones, which will render this issue kinda harmless (if usage of the socket is indeed the culprit). Plus, who wants cables trailing out of their mobile phone anyway? Unless you absolutely need to use the onboard FM radio, you may as well just leave the 3.5mm socket alone, especially if there's a risk of breaking the earpiece speaker.
Despite this minor issue, I think the Defy is an awesome android phone, and highly recommended. Perhaps in the coming weeks Motorola will acknowledge this problem and sort it out completely - fixing the jack properly for future production, and maybe offering free bluetooth headphones to those who've bought a Defy with this weak socket/earpiece speaker issue (well it would only be fair, certainly cheaper than furnishing all early customers with new Defys... or would that seem to be a far-fetched dream? - help me out, I've no experience with Motorola's aftersales support! Lets hope they feel obliged to do the right thing for all of us who've decided to go for something a little different to the iphone/bberry/htc crowd)
mindlessdrone said:
Must say it's a little worrying reading about this issue. I guess the advice ought to be to simply avoid using the headphones socket! Out of the question for some perhaps, but I would point out that bluetooth headphones/headsets are actually very affordable now. £20-£30 gets a fairly good pair of headphones, which will render this issue kinda harmless (if usage of the socket is indeed the culprit). Plus, who wants cables trailing out of their mobile phone anyway? Unless you absolutely need to use the onboard FM radio, you may as well just leave the 3.5mm socket alone, especially if there's a risk of breaking the earpiece speaker.
Despite this minor issue, I think the Defy is an awesome android phone, and highly recommended. Perhaps in the coming weeks Motorola will acknowledge this problem and sort it out completely - fixing the jack properly for future production, and maybe offering free bluetooth headphones to those who've bought a Defy with this weak socket/earpiece speaker issue (well it would only be fair, certainly cheaper than furnishing all early customers with new Defys... or would that seem to be a far-fetched dream? - help me out, I've no experience with Motorola's aftersales support! Lets hope they feel obliged to do the right thing for all of us who've decided to go for something a little different to the iphone/bberry/htc crowd)
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I love the phone too, but we shouldn't have to work around problems like this. What's the point in having a jack if you can't use it?
Except I believe the radio (FM) will not work unless earphones are physically inserted because they act as antenna.

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