I am not happy at all abuot the sound quality its too low, so I contacted them and ther reply is:
Thank you for contacting our Customer Support Center. With regards to your inquiry, Please note that we didn’t receive any problems with HTC desire volume ,however you can search over android market for a 3rd party application to raise the device’s volume Thank you once again for your continued patronage. Best regards
anyone know any apps k and r u happy with the volume , please contact theme if your not let theme know about this issu
Thanks
You aren't very clear. Is your problem the quality or the volume? And is your phone branded or not? Branded phones are sometimes limited in volume.
i am not happy about the low handsfree rear speaker volume either. the phone ear piece speaker is ok volume wise. but the handsfree speaker is pretty crap and might probably take the crown for the worst handsfree speaker on the market. i have two desire phones and both are the same. loads of similar complaints on many forums (moneysavingexpert, avforums, three blog and others). htc must be having the heads in the sand if they havent heard about it. i think it is a deliberate denial of an obvious poor handsfree speaker, htc had some chap called dave who said he was following the posts on three blog and replied about poor stocks etc so HTC is aware about this issue, they are just dishing out denials or htc tech guys need to have their ears checked ASAP.
just put anyother phone or media player next to the htc desire and play the same sound / music via all the devices and htc desire will most probably take the crown for having the poorest rear speaker. at high volumes (which one needs anyway if one wants to hear in anywhere where the background noise is present) there is a lot of treble noise. on my archos 605 if i keep half the volume, for the same clip i wont get as good a volume on my desire at full volume. it is pretty easy to miss the notifications when out and about because one didnt hear the notifications.
the poor volume is obvious while using google navigation. while tomtom 760T has a great volume, but when i use the desires speakers for navigation voice, i have to keep the music off and can get tricky in busy traffic as sometimes the volume isnt enough or is barely enough. this might not be a problem when using car stereo with bluetooth but my car stereo does not have bluetooth or an input socket in the front as it is a few years old car.
the notifications volume must be with some internal settings i canty access as i have tried adjusting everything but it does not make a difference, or much of it. but the new yahoomail app i got from the market has a much much better volume that is easily audible. for the other notifications i downloaded the 'car mode' app that makes the notifications louder by using the rear speaker, i guess otherwise it uses the earpiece speaker by default, hence the low volume for the notifications. the volume is ok when inside and when it is quiet but just not enough when out and about. i didnt have a problem with speaker volumes with any of my handsets in the last decade, i am just adding that my ears are fine as they get checked by occupational health at work!
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i am not happy about the low handsfree rear speaker volume either. the phone ear piece speaker is ok volume wise. but the handsfree speaker is pretty crap and might probably take the crown for the worst handsfree speaker on the market. i have two desire phones and both are the same. loads of similar complaints on many forums (moneysavingexpert, avforums, three blog and others). htc must be having the heads in the sand if they havent heard about it. i think it is a deliberate denial of an obvious poor handsfree speaker, htc had some chap called dave who said he was following the posts on three blog and replied about poor stocks etc so HTC is aware about this issue, they are just dishing out denials or htc tech guys need to have their ears checked ASAP.
just put anyother phone or media player next to the htc desire and play the same sound / music via all the devices and htc desire will most probably take the crown for having the poorest rear speaker. at high volumes (which one needs anyway if one wants to hear in anywhere where the background noise is present) there is a lot of treble noise. on my archos 605 if i keep half the volume, for the same clip i wont get as good a volume on my desire at full volume. it is pretty easy to miss the notifications when out and about because one didnt hear the notifications.
the poor volume is obvious while using google navigation. while tomtom 760T has a great volume, but when i use the desires speakers for navigation voice, i have to keep the music off and can get tricky in busy traffic as sometimes the volume isnt enough or is barely enough. this might not be a problem when using car stereo with bluetooth but my car stereo does not have bluetooth or an input socket in the front as it is a few years old car.
the notifications volume must be with some internal settings i canty access as i have tried adjusting everything but it does not make a difference, or much of it. but the new yahoomail app i got from the market has a much much better volume that is easily audible. for the other notifications i downloaded the 'car mode' app that makes the notifications louder by using the rear speaker, i guess otherwise it uses the earpiece speaker by default, hence the low volume for the notifications. the volume is ok when inside and when it is quiet but just not enough when out and about. i didnt have a problem with speaker volumes with any of my handsets in the last decade, i am just adding that my ears are fine as they get checked by occupational health at work!
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Thanks 4 your reply
I decided to sell My phone,Its useless as a media player
No support no update Thank You HTC
I bought 2 HTC Desire phones for me & my wife. Both of them have the most lowest & weakest speakerphones I have witnessed in any phone over the last 10 years. Even the regular flip phones which are not smartphones had the good quality speakerphones for conference. It's a shame having such a Flagship phone with pathetic speakerphone.
I called HTC customer service and though I already new their scripted answer I still asked 'Is it a known issue?'. There reply was what I expected. Complete Denial. 'No, this is the first time we are hearing it.' What a joke. I told him to do some google and check the forums. I also complimented him for lying so well.
He asked me to do soft reset, hard reset and do factory reset which would wipe out all data. Simply put they were giving me a run around & wasting my time so I stopped him right there that son I have already done that.
He transferred me to their Repair department, who turned out to be Telus customer service and they said since it's a new phone you have a 1 year warranty, take your phone to the store you bought it from with the receipt and they'll replace it. I asked what if the replaced phone also have the same problem then what are my options. She said you need to discuss it with the store from where you bought it from, they can let you have another phone but you can't break the 3 year contract.
Dealing with the phones issue is frustrating enough and on top of that frustration caused by the absolute denial by HTC's customer service & not providing a solution is totally unacceptable. I'm selling my HTC Desire on ebay and probably buy the Nokia N8.
Sometimes all what a customer needs is an apology and admission that yes we are not crazy, there is a known issuee with the phone and they'll fix it. But they are following on the footsteps of Apple who literally made their customers feel like they are crazy when they reported about iphone 4 antenna issues. Shame on Apple for telling them that they are not holding the phone properly as if dealing with ignorant kids. Such behavior isn't expected from such large and reputable corporations. Nokia on the other hand makes the best phones and admit their problems and fix them.
What do expect from a tiny rear speaker?? If you want decent sound then plug in some speakers!!
Or are you the annoying twats who play music when in public?
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What do expect from a tiny rear speaker?? If you want decent sound then plug in some speakers!!
Or are you the annoying twats who play music when in public?
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To be fair, I also have a T-Mobile Pulse Mini as a backup phone, and the internal speaker is way, way, better than the one on the Desire.
IMHO, the Desire's speak is "ok", if you want to take/make a handsfree call whilst sitting at your desk, but is worse than useless if you are in a car - for both taking calls and satellite navigation. I do have bluetooth handsfree, so it is less of an issue for me personally, but given the price of the phone I think they could've made the internal speaker a little higher quality.
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Dave
But the phone isn't a media player in the traditional sense, you wouldn't watch a film on it without headphones...given, it could be a bit louder for the navigation side of things but I've got Sat Nav for that...
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But the phone isn't a media player in the traditional sense, you wouldn't watch a film on it without headphones.
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I wouldn't only because it would sound terrible from the external speaker. If it sounded better, it is something that I might well do.
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Dave
EddyOS said:
What do expect from a tiny rear speaker?? If you want decent sound then plug in some speakers!!
Or are you the annoying twats who play music when in public?
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Desires loudspeaker is a disgrace even a £5 mobile phone loudspeaker is better.
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The headphone volume is really low on my desire (stock t-mobile rom) even with hi end noise cancelling headphones and volume at max (am told this is a problem with the t-mobile rom), now I use mixzing which has a gain and graphic for music. It is almost imposible to watch a film while on the underground tho, which is really annoying me, am waiting to see if the froyo update fixes this, if not I will root and change to unbranded rom.
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The headphone volume is really low on my desire (stock t-mobile rom) even with hi end noise cancelling headphones and volume at max (am told this is a problem with the t-mobile rom), now I use mixzing which has a gain and graphic for music. It is almost imposible to watch a film while on the underground tho, which is really annoying me, am waiting to see if the froyo update fixes this, if not I will root and change to unbranded rom.
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you don't need to root to DE-BRAND your device really
Personally, I've never had a problem with the speaker volume on my Desire, its a lot louder than my my old iPhone, if a bit tinny.
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you don't need to root to DE-BRAND your device really
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I meant a stock htc rom without the volume issue.
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Anyone here tried this new Sony-Ericsson Bluetooth Stereo Headset? Comments? Reviews? Reviews on the web?
yeah I tried it and still am!!!!
I bought the hbh-ds220 about a week ago and have had nothing but trouble.
Is a little temperamental connecting to my TYTN II and it not really clear how the buttons are supposed to work with things like voice dial, redial etc. If you just want it to play and pause music then its just about acceptable. The volume control is a bit naff... you press and hold the play button and it cycles through loud, louder, loudest, quiet, quieter, quitest. There's no visible way to tell what volume level you are on though so its a bit guess work.
The headphones are really poor by Sony standards. They are supposed to be mega bass but have barely any bass response at all.
The worst thing though is the in-call sound quality. It sounds like the person on the other end is talking underwater.
I have looked round the net to find a fix but found none. I can't be the only person having this trouble.
I love Sony products and only buy Sony. I wish I'd never laid ears on this though.
If anyone has any suggestons to improve the sound quality then I'd be grateful.
I bought a DS220 the other day and love it! It paired great with my HTC Touch Dual and I listen to music and take calls etc.
I dumped the SE earphones though and use my own ones.
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I bought a DS220 the other day and love it! It paired great with my HTC Touch Dual and I listen to music and take calls etc.
I dumped the SE earphones though and use my own ones.
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I spoke too soon!
I am having problems with the phone dropping the connection the the headset after calls. I have to turn the headset off and then on again to reestablish the connection after every call.
it's been a while, but hey, what the heck:
http://justanothermobilemonday.com/...-ericsson-hbh-ds220-stereo-bluetooth-headset/
you should try a new one like Nokia original, Jabra etc. I think these are better.
or you will have to take to care center.
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you should try a new one like Nokia original, Jabra etc. I think these are better.
or you will have to take to care center.
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I recently bought a Jabra 3030 for my Diamond. And it STINKS. I even went through two of them, thinking that the first was faulty/broken. Nope. They both had a loud background noise that ruined any type of sound quality, not to mention the electronic turn on/off of the bluetooth itself that poked a hole in your ear.
I replaced it with a DS-200 (similar to the DS-220, presumably) and its much, much better. The noise is far less and the turn on/off is barely noticable.
This is just my personal experience though, everyone else seem to praise the 3030 for its quality...
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my HTC Touch HD can´t find it =/ I have buy HBH-DS220.
We all know that HTC is heavily promoting the conference call feature with the big speaker on the back, but I haven't heard a single thing about the music quality.
So, a simple question to anyone who's been able to test out the TP2. How good is the speaker for listening to music?
Good question
I want to know too
Hope it has dual stereo speakers and not only one big on the back
Well, I thought I saw something like this in its launch video, and all it said about speakers is "Bi-Amped Dual Speaker phone". I think that means two speakers. The video is here if you'd like to interpret it for yourself. And maybe I'm just crazy, but I think I remember hearing that there is a dedicated woofer and tweeter on this device, so that could very well mean good audio quality. In addition, since HTC is advertising that conference calling feature so much, it seems that they would want good audio quality on it, otherwise it's just another speaker phone capable device. Just my thoughts anyway.
Dave
woeds said:
We all know that HTC is heavily promoting the conference call feature with the big speaker on the back, but I haven't heard a single thing about the music quality.
So, a simple question to anyone who's been able to test out the TP2. How good is the speaker for listening to music?
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Judging from HTC's spec, "Noise-cancelling dual microphones and speakers", suggests more than 1 speaker. It ends with an 'S'. So 2 Speakers. 2 Speakers must be better than 1.
Guys, I am aware that the specs are better, but I'm wondering how that translates into real world performance. A speaker that's good enough for clear conference calls, isn't necessarily good enough for quality music playback
I can understand you completely. I think the only ones that can answer this is the ones that had the device for preview testings. Or you can wait until June, when it comes out.
For those that arnt aware, Bi-amped means the one speaker takes in two signals. Usualy one signal for the low frequences, and another for the mid's and highs. This results (due to genraly more power to the speaker) in cleaner/louder sound. But its also dependant on how much power is being put to it.
In theory, if these little speakers are in fact, bi-amped, they should sound alot better than if they were not, but this could also mean it sucks up more battery power.
Guys, DO you think HTC have resolve the soft speaker that is on the Nexus One?
Hopefully, HTC improved the speaker fidelity in Desire or used a better speaker brand in Desire... Doesn't make sense that HTC used a lousy speaker for the Nexus One for an expensive phone..
Yeah i would like to have an answer for this too, as i have Touch Diamond now and the quality of the speaker is very, very poor.. This was only only thing which made me think should i buy desire or not, if the speaker is not good in desire either, i will wait till next year or buy nokia or something worse..
Hate to be the bearer of bad news guys but the speaker on the desire is crap! Real shame for such a high end phone.
I second that!....awful .....but still a great phone!
Just took a phonecall from the missy over the loudspeaker. Could barely understand her. Its not that good.
I feel that in a phonecall the earpiece is fine but if you are using it handsfree or playing music it's pretty gash.
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If you don't use full volume it's allright. But at some point it's not that good anymore.
I don't care. I never use the speaker, and when the phone rings it's more than loud enough. If I want good sound quality, I will never use a phone speaker.. ever..
Very disappointed that HTC couldn't manage to get a decent speaker (unlike the iPhone). It's not a show stopper for me but it's still not good for an otherwise high-spec phone.
The sound quality (via speaker) is quite frankly atrocious, whether it's for calls or music. I'm keeping my 3GS to use as an iPod.
What bets that speaker fidelity will be one of the features apple have focused on for the new iPhone, given their iTunes market.
Absolutely love my Desire (proud owner for about 10 hours). HArdware and software very impressive. Yet to find out about the battery life.
aww man, this is disappointing, I would expect HTC could have at least improve their speakers... I have notice that most of their phones really have crap speakers, what gives!!! even my old nokia phone beats any of their lines hands down..
The speaker is half decent, battery life - crap. Other things make up for it, though.
Scholesville said:
aww man, this is disappointing, I would expect HTC could have at least improve their speakers... I have notice that most of their phones really have crap speakers, what gives!!! even my old nokia phone beats any of their lines hands down..
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I'm guessing the fact they are squeezing so much processing power and screen into the thing, and the battery to power it. Speaker space wasn't such a premium a few years back.
Coming from a Touch HD, the speaker is 10x better. I have had no problems hearing alerts in noisy environments. Music sounds pretty good for being a single tiny speaker. I think it's as good as iPhone speakers.
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I'm guessing the fact they are squeezing so much processing power and screen into the thing, and the battery to power it. Speaker space wasn't such a premium a few years back.
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Nope.
iPhone sounds like a boombox compared to the Desire.
And it's only through a 4 mm hole.
I've compared the Desire speaker to my Samsung Omnia HD: the Desire clearly lacks bass. Although the Omnia HD speakers sound muffled in comparison.
I guess there's no perfect speaker on cell phones.
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Coming from a Touch HD, the speaker is 10x better. I have had no problems hearing alerts in noisy environments. Music sounds pretty good for being a single tiny speaker. I think it's as good as iPhone speakers.
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There is no way that HTC Desire speaker match the speaker on iPhone 3GS.
I have both and it’s pretty obvious that the speaker in iPhone 3GS is much better than Desire's.
Anyway, for me, that’s the only thing that iPhone 3GS is better than Desire.
It's got a headphone jack, I'm quite happy to plug my little portable Sony speakers into that. I just cycled home from work and had forgot my headphones.. so had my favourite dancehall reggae mix playing through the loudspeaker in my pocket, it sounded fine, even full blast. Agreed nothing to write home about but it aint bad.
Will post again when I can test it for handsfree.
sounds like the trebble is too high and the base is too low, thats if there is anything in there that does base lol
testing with sound on computer, when you set the equalizer to full treble, it sounds like something close to what comes out of the desire, if there was a way to play around with the equalizer settings the quality may be improved?
So, there is nothing wrong specifically with my handset? I was thinking about returning it.
When I hear calls using phone's default speaker, the sound comes okay till one volume level. If I move up, the sound distorts.
If I use speaker-phone, things are worse. After a certain level, sound crackles a lot.
For music via phone's loud speaker, the sound doesn't crackle. But as identified by many, I can hear music with no bass & lots of treble.
Is this normal for Desire?
Comparing it with my wife's N95 (which has stereo speakers) was a nightmare for me.
My UK T-mob desire has a very quiet headphone out on it. It's not too bad with actually using headphones but it's noticeably quiet when I use it as a line-out jack into a stereo - it's just too quiet. I could live with it just for headphone use but it sounds pretty dire using line out.
Anyone know if this is a software thing or hardware? Seen some people posting about speakerphone volume issues, which I don't know if it's related.
Is this a T-mob rom thing? Is it EU max-volume restriction? Is the hardware at fault?
It's a bit of a disappointment as it stands as my phone is my main music player..
There won't be a definite answer on this because it seems volume is a subjective thing. People will insist theirs is louder than their other players, others will agree with out.
Me, I agree with you. Coming from an iPod Touch, the max volume is about 60% of an iPod. I can hear my music but not every instrument. From the mixed bag of responses it's hard to pin down if it's hardware or software. Judging by the fact previous Android phones have needed volume hacks I'd assume it's a software issue, but because volume is subjective and some people insist whispers are painful to their eardrums you won't see much action.
aw, crap. I'm comparing iphone output directly to this, on the very hi-fi but low sensitivity amp and speakers I have in the kitchen. It's no-where near line level, which could be easily verified. Sounds like I put up or go back to the iPhone. And I'm on a new 2 year contract with the desire. Arse. It sounds OK on my Sennheiser earbuds - won't go quite as loud as iPhone, but it's loud enough - it's the lack of a line level out that's irritating, particularly as there's no dock connector that could be used to extract one...
This is discussed in more detail here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=657233
i actually find the volume a bit higher than my sony walkman.. i guess its what your used to .. some headphones will be easier to drive than others.. so it will appear to be louder with certain headphones
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i actually find the volume a bit higher than my sony walkman.. i guess its what your used to .. some headphones will be easier to drive than others.. so it will appear to be louder with certain headphones
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No, I actually do think some people got louder units than others. The "detailed" post above from A|ex is the problem. Too many people have assumed the volume levels on all the Desires is the same so they're arguing the relative merits of loud volume over low. I think people with normal sounding units are basically clouding the issue because they're satisfied.
Too many people have complained about the low volume for it to be a coincidence. I don't ever hear such complaints about iPods (issues with sound quality aside).
I will say this...this is the lowest sounding volume I have ever had on any device. It's not my imagination and it's not that I had my other devices too high. Even if it is that, say I had all my devices cranked up to 10 which is too loud, why is 10 on this phone where 4 is on every other phone?
There is a problem, and for those who have a decent sounding phone, fine...but stop making it out that people who's volume is too low are imagining it...it's not helpful.
exactly, it's not subjective in my case, it's demonstrably quieter when compared back-to-back with the same media played on a device with line-level out. it sounds OK on headphones as I don't need it ear-bleedingly loud but it sounds like ass hooked up to my stereo.
Am wondering wether to go back to the store and see if another unit is any differnt, but without taking a DB meter with me (actually, I have an app for that on my old iphone!) it's giong to be tricky to persuade them either way.
I've spent my life messing about with AV / recording / studio bits in an amateur fashion and this device is *quiet*
hi mate - wasnt implying your imagining it.. must be a problem with some units then as i can say on mine.. the volume is as loud or louder than most of the portable audio devices i have owned over the years and there's been quite a few!
i hope you get yours sorted and apologies for adding to any confusion
cheers,
mick
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No, I actually do think some people got louder units than others. The "detailed" post above from A|ex is the problem. Too many people have assumed the volume levels on all the Desires is the same so they're arguing the relative merits of loud volume over low. I think people with normal sounding units are basically clouding the issue because they're satisfied.
Too many people have complained about the low volume for it to be a coincidence. I don't ever hear such complaints about iPods (issues with sound quality aside).
I will say this...this is the lowest sounding volume I have ever had on any device. It's not my imagination and it's not that I had my other devices too high. Even if it is that, say I had all my devices cranked up to 10 which is too loud, why is 10 on this phone where 4 is on every other phone?
There is a problem, and for those who have a decent sounding phone, fine...but stop making it out that people who's volume is too low are imagining it...it's not helpful.
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hi mate - wasnt implying your imagining it...
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No, no...not you personally, I was referring to that post A|ex linked to above you. It's infuriating. From helpful hints to "turn the volume up" to anecdotal tales of the volume being TOO loud for their tastes. It's as if some people decided to be as unhelpful as possible.
is yours on t-mobile UK?
Yes, T-Mobile UK.
just been into t-mob store. guy who sold me mine has one and is technical - his does it. he thought it might be an EU-directive software limit. not particularly convinced this is useful information, but there you go.
It may be that. I distinctly remember that a few years ago when I owned a Creative Mp3 player I had to download and install the US firmware to get decent volume due to EU restrictions.
I will say this...this is the lowest sounding volume I have ever had on any device.
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I can only speak for myself... It's the lowest sounding volume in any of my mobile devices since 2003 without a doubt. I have vids and audio on full volume around just 2 people nattering normally and I still can't make out the words (of slow speeches), headphone or loudspeaker [yet I have very sensitive and refined hearing, usually always on volume 1-3 on other devices around people]. Same piece on Nokia N95 only requires volume 40% to listen to with ease and clarity. My family and friends who have all heard the comparatives agree fully.
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Im happy with my sound volume, I have a unlocked desire, don't now if this change something.
The volume using earphones are loud for me
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Ok, I'm on my second Desire now, still from T-Mobile. Sound is still low on headphones and hissy through speaker. I bought an unlocked Hero (for 120gbp I might add ;-) ) and compared the same song through headphones and speaker and the difference is incredible. Much louder output through Hero and greater clarity and depth to sound. I also have a standard iPhone 3G and I'm sad to report that the Desire's external speaker quality is LAUGHABLE in comparison.
Can HTC not release a device with no heartbreaking caveats?
I got a musical Christmas card last year with better musical fidelity than my Desire; perhaps I could swap the speakers???
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I had the opportunity today to compare my T-Mobile Desire headphones output volume to an Orange Desire output. With the same track the T-Mobile device at full volume was equal to the Orange device at 3 clicks below full volume.
I'd already phoned T-Mobile for a new device which is arriving tomorrow. I expect it'll have the same problem, which if it does will help confirm that it is a T-Mobile ROM issue. If so I'll reflash it to the generic ROM.
you bloody legend. or desire, even. great news, can you post back if t-mob number two is the same?
correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't it impossible to flash these until root's been done? i do like the htc sense rom and extras compared to the nexus but i'm mad keen to get this fixed as the phone's only partially useful to me without it.
cheers dude
I just debranded a T-Mobile UK desire for my bro-in-law and after debanding the headphone volume was twice as loud as before or should I say was as loud as my sim free desire . The lesson to be learnt here is debrand your phone whos wants T-Mobile crap all over it anyway .
OK, I'm sold. What ROM do you flash, and how? Never flashed an android handset before (done millions of WinMo ones though!) and do you lose anything - e.g. all the HTC sense stuff.
I remember doing my old HTC Wizard and removing the stock t-mob ROM with the Mr Clean ROM - easily twice as fast afterwards.
Go on, give me some pointers to research and I'll do it tomorrow.
Cheers
Ric
Hi there,
I didn't believe it at first, but the GSM / 3G radio on my Desire interferes with the headphones while I listen to music, to the degree that it is, well... unlistenable. I have to activate the Airplane Mode in order to listen to music, which I think is just preposterous. I've never had that problem with any other phone.
You know that annoying noise that cellphones can induce in stereo speakers, if the speakers are connected to an unearthed socket? That's what I hear in my headphones on the Desire.
Is this due to a unique fault in just my unit, or do any more of you hear this noise?
Cheers
I hear it only when the internet connection is active - and even then it is quite low (but still there).
So all I have to do is turn off internet connection and the problem is solved.
Hi i'm glad someone else has noticed this thought it was just me
here was my thread about it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683024&highlight=shielding
Definitely seems like poor shielding to me. I can't believe nobody else has noticed it. Maybe because I use sound isolating headphones so it makes background noise quieter?
A very serious flaw for something I use as my main Mp3 player
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here was my thread about it:
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Someone at your thread wrote "Apparently I had the 'only use 2G networks' option turned on! Now with 3G the issue is gone". I am actually on the countryside at the moment and unfortunately required to connect using GSM / Edge, perhaps that's what causing the noise and it will disappear on 3G? Either way, it shouldn't be there in the first place
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Either way, it shouldn't be there in the first place
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Exactly. This is a basic requirement.
MapleDouglas said:
...I have to activate the Airplane Mode in order to listen to music, which I think is just preposterous
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Just under that option is the option to turn off mobile internet...try that instead, at least you still get phone calls and messages that way.
I just replied in the other topic. I have this problem withg several in.ears, and disabling internet or enabling airplane mode doesn't help at all. As long as the phone plays sound (and for four seconds afterwards - ie, as long as the "soundcard" in the phone is turned on) it makes a hissing sound, making it completely unfit for music and to some degree tv series/movies too.
edit: Guess I should mention that the volume is also too loud, there is NO way I can have it more than two or three steps from the bottom, and between the lowest step and "silence" (ie. only hissing) there is quite a jump in dB.
What product are you using? I've only noticed this on products of poor quality. Both my AKG and MW600 have no problems with it at all.
As I said in the other thread, I'm using a good quality closed headset and there is no hint of hiss.
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Zhypr said:
What product are you using? I've only noticed this on products of poor quality. Both my AKG and MW600 have no problems with it at all.
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I have the same problem with a pair of Creative Aurvana in-ears and a pair of Sennheiser CX300. While they are not the most expensive sets you can buy, they bot sound fine while used with other devices - ie. a Nokia 5800, an iPhone 3g and my old Creatove Zen Micro. It is most certapnly the Desire that is the problem.
I expect to hear noise wih low ompedance in-ears on cheap laptops and non-branded china players, but not on somathing claiming to be a great multimedia phone at a pricetag of $620 (unbranded in Norway).
This prolem most likely stems from bad intrnal isolation of the audio chip/wires/jack, and would ofc not be heard with a BT headset... As to your AKG, unless they are low impedance in-ears, whether you hear noise in them or not is equally uninteresting.
I would really like someone with a good pair of low impedance headphones and good hearing to say that their phone is NOT producing this white noise. My pal didn't think his did, but it sure does. If it is just faulty units, it means it can be fixed, so I don't have to spend a few months getting my money back and find another phone to buy.