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Voice Call Help

Hoping someone can help, whenever I make a voice call, I'm told by whoever I call that it sounds like I'm in a 'washing machine'!!! and that they can't hear me. In every other aspect, my phone seems perfect, but the fact that no one can hear me effectively makes my phone useless, any ideas?
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terryholmes said:
Hoping someone can help, whenever I make a voice call, I'm told by whoever I call that it sounds like I'm in a 'washing machine'!!! and that they can't hear me. In every other aspect, my phone seems perfect, but the fact that no one can hear me effectively makes my phone useless, any ideas?
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Hi - are you using a custom ROM or stock ?
Has it always been like this or have you installed any odd apps recently ?
..... and Im assuming you arent actually in a washing machine
to get best advice might be best to list ROM details, radio version etc ....

Sorted the problem with a soft reset, amazing how easy it was to get rid of that 'washing machine' phone HTC customer support in the UK and they were really helpfull, very impressed.
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Playing a random sound file

Hi, this is hard to describe with out the sound file, but basically my phone when turning on plays a sound at random, it lasts for about 1sec and has 4 syllables if you get my meaning a bit like 1 ...2-3-4 or Do De-dah-Do (this isn't a silly post I promise XD)
At first I thought it was a few programs I installed, someone told me it could the the THD pinball game, un-installed that but it is still there.
Has anyone else encountered a "similar" issue? It interrupts some programs or games and is very annoying and its beinging to drive me insane; at one point I thought it was malware or a virus so I McAfee scanned it in case (maybe there are other better alts but please suggest).
Oh, I will also add when this happens when looking at desktop the top menu bar sometimes goes green.
Any ideas? Please save my sanity.
kind regards
EDIT: Posting here too as not sure if Q & A or General

Hello, don't know if it will help but green flashing bar looks like a phone call notification ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674783
I remembered to hear some strange sound and i recognized your Do De-dah-Do
but can't remember how i solved the problem ... or even if it solved itself ... sorry.
Instead of "random" you wanted to say "sporadic". Sound is still the same "tone" ?

DanRZ said:
Hello, don't know if it will help but green flashing bar looks like a phone call notification ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674783
I remembered to hear some strange sound and i recognized your Do De-dah-Do
but can't remember how i solved the problem ... or even if it solved itself ... sorry.
Instead of "random" you wanted to say "sporadic". Sound is still the same "tone" ?
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Hi, yes I would probably say more sporadic than anything else and yes this sound is always the same, I never notice this in call though so I have no idea which app is trying to notify me; its notifying me to uninstall it when I find out what it is!

azahoth said:
Hi, yes I would probably say more sporadic than anything else and yes this sound is always the same, I never notice this in call though so I have no idea which app is trying to notify me; its notifying me to uninstall it when I find out what it is!
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Hey guy...did U also tried an airpush detector from google play? Maybe U've installed an app with this annoying crap.

icke said:
Hey guy...did U also tried an airpush detector from google play? Maybe U've installed an app with this annoying crap.
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Thanks for the tip, tried that but its still there.... arg

By turning on, do you mean unlock the device or turn it on after being turned fully off?
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Zulake said:
By turning on, do you mean unlock the device or turn it on after being turned fully off?
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When I unlock the device, so its already on and then the sound at "some" point will start maybe 2-3 times then stop. Its so random I cant even pin point it. When in opera, desktop and other apps this sound will appear and cause mayhem.

azahoth said:
Thanks for the tip, tried that but its still there.... arg
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After installing "addons detecto"r and "Air push detector" I still cant determine what this sound is.

Silly question... Do you have the Zelda Gate of Time Live Wallpaper installed?
I found that certain motions with my handset made the phone do the 'get item' jingle...

The-Last-Hylian said:
Silly question... Do you have the Zelda Gate of Time Live Wallpaper installed?
I found that certain motions with my handset made the phone do the 'get item' jingle...
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thanks for your reply, no I do not have that installed.

azahoth said:
thanks for your reply, no I do not have that installed.
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Okay
Weird then, not sure what's doing it. I presume that you've looked at your BG processes?

The-Last-Hylian said:
Okay
Weird then, not sure what's doing it. I presume that you've looked at your BG processes?
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Yep, had a look, cant really see anything. The randomness is the problem here; hence why its hard to isolate it...

azahoth said:
Yep, had a look, cant really see anything. The randomness is the problem here; hence why its hard to isolate it...
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Yeah, it's strange. I know it'll take awhile but it might be a good idea to look at any/all recently installed Apps and look at their Permissions. See if any of them say anything about making alerts, then force close them if they do and see if the issue persists.

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azahoth said:
Hi, this is hard to describe with out the sound file, but basically my phone when turning on plays a sound at random, it lasts for about 1sec and has 4 syllables if you get my meaning a bit like 1 ...2-3-4 or Do De-dah-Do (this isn't a silly post I promise XD)
At first I thought it was a few programs I installed, someone told me it could the the THD pinball game, un-installed that but it is still there.
Has anyone else encountered a "similar" issue? It interrupts some programs or games and is very annoying and its beinging to drive me insane; at one point I thought it was malware or a virus so I McAfee scanned it in case (maybe there are other better alts but please suggest).
Oh, I will also add when this happens when looking at desktop the top menu bar sometimes goes green.
Any ideas? Please save my sanity.
kind regards
EDIT: Posting here too as not sure if Q & A or General
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Does it by any chance happen when your phone is sitting over your wallet?
I was getting the same sound randomly and drove me nuts. Then realized that it's the NFC kicking in when the phone is near my "blink" chipped credit card.

i'm sure i read a post exactly like this and it turned out it was nfc, make sure it's turned off and see if it continues.

Nfc or perhaps the roaming sound is on?
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niacin77 said:
Does it by any chance happen when your phone is sitting over your wallet?
I was getting the same sound randomly and drove me nuts. Then realized that it's the NFC kicking in when the phone is near my "blink" chipped credit card.
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lawrence750 said:
i'm sure i read a post exactly like this and it turned out it was nfc, make sure it's turned off and see if it continues.
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Passeride said:
Nfc or perhaps the roaming sound is on?
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Sorry for late reply and thank you so much for your input.
Yes people, it is the NFC! The phone resides in a wallet and my works id card on the other side. When I read the phone I fold the cover over and hence this sound. Do I feel stupid? Yes 100% I only hope that maybe some people can learn from my inherent stupidity and thus the madness that was slowly but surely setting in.

Help stop GS3 from making strange sound! (Video)

Ok guys, here is my problem. when ever i shake or make a quick movement with my phone if will make a strange sound. i can't figure out how to turn this feature off, and the bad part is that sometimes it will do it and sometimes not.. just watch this video and it will explain.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3p0bdgh1hizbatd/GS3 vid.3gp?m
any ideas???

treedog5 said:
Ok guys, here is my problem. when ever i shake or make a quick movement with my phone if will make a strange sound. i can't figure out how to turn this feature off, and the bad part is that sometimes it will do it and sometimes not.. just watch this video and it will explain.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3p0bdgh1hizbatd/GS3 vid.3gp?m
any ideas???
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settings>motion>shake to update off

XxSilent.NightmarexX said:
settings>motion>shake to update off
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yeah i got everything under motion turned off and it still makes that sound.. i can't figure it out??????????
https://www.dropbox.com/s/guryj90ti25eq84/Screenshot_2012-08-26-10-00-38.png?m

hmmmm when did this start??

XxSilent.NightmarexX said:
hmmmm when did this start??
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It's always done this, even when i was on a stock rom. does your phone make this sound also..?

My phone does not make this sound. That is very weird. It is nit motion related.
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treedog5 said:
It's always done this, even when i was on a stock rom. does your phone make this sound also..?
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No it doesn't. I thought it was the refresh issues. What apps does it do it on??
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it will do it on home screen or any screen as long as the screen is turned on and the phone shakes it will make that sound.. i just went through all the audio folders under system media and can't find that sound any where..

It has to be with one of your settings options you use if it also did it in the stock rom then
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Thats awesome...your unique. You are the lucky recipient of Samsung's million'th GS3 don't ever try to stop it

I'm having exactly the same problem, except I have an HTC Desire HD and it only started about a week ago. Have gone through all my files on my phone and can't find the sound anywhere, really starting to annoy me as well. Given the problem seems to be across manufacturers I am guessing it must be an app or something that has a bug. PM me if you want to compare what apps are on our phones and see if we can narrow down what might be causing it.

xJames_30 said:
I'm having exactly the same problem, except I have an HTC Desire HD and it only started about a week ago. Have gone through all my files on my phone and can't find the sound anywhere, really starting to annoy me as well. Given the problem seems to be across manufacturers I am guessing it must be an app or something that has a bug. PM me if you want to compare what apps are on our phones and see if we can narrow down what might be causing it.
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So, i got some good advise from one of the developers of the rom im using. his suggestion was to not install any of the samsung apps that come pre loaded on the phone. so i reflashed the rom i was using and chose not to install any of the samsung apps and guess what? it stopped. no more annoying sounds when im walking down the hall at work. but like you were suggesting it has to be app related but i couldn't for the life of me pinpoint which one it was. hopefully that will help you a little and give you some direction.

Help

When my father answer a call, sliding the answer icon in the lockscreen, the phone stands in mute. He has to press twice the Speaker key to hear anything.
Does anybody knows how solve this?
Thanks.

60 views and not a single word.
Oh my.

pirata****zu said:
When my father answer a call, sliding the answer icon in the lockscreen, the phone stands in mute. He has to press twice the Speaker key to hear anything.
Does anybody knows how solve this?
Thanks.
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You won't get a proper answer like this, please mention what rom and kernel you're on and if your phone has been rooted.
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bushako said:
You won't get a proper answer like this, please mention what rom and kernel you're on and if your phone has been rooted.
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Sorry, but i think its related to any setting or internal config i haven't found so far, and nothing to do with room or kernel's issues.
The phone is just rooted, using stock rom and kernel.
Anyway, thanks for your attention.

Can't hear person during call & person can't hear me.

Hello and thank you in advance to all. I have a t989,
I run AOKP Galaxysbean V_12
KKO Kernel Governor is Smartass V2 and I/O is deadline
UVLI4 Radio
Problem: I know for a fact this is not a hardware problem, because I have went through 3 phone replacements because of stupidity and learning how to root phone, flash roms, yada, yada, etc. And with each of these phones this persistent problem occurs where all of the sudden at any given time, I will go to make a call and nothing. I can't hear the ring of another person's number, my voicemail, etc. The person does get the call, and when they answer, I still cannot hear them, and they cannot hear me.
Resolution: Ways I have fixed this before are with the first and second phone I flashed over a new radio, (previously UVLE1, UVLH1, 4G Blaze) and it fixed the calling upon reboot. Also I had flashed custom roms, or restored previous Nandroid backups and it worked again. (Little annoying doing this every 3 or 4 days. Though today, this happened with my newest phone, and flashing a radio did not work nor did restoring a Nandroid. This time I had to flash a new custom rom, then it worked. Then I flashed back over the Nandroid and it still works as of now.
Question: Could this be because of the kernel? Or the rom?

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same here

Me and my wife have the same issues. We both have GS2s but hers is stock unrooted and mine is running CM10.1. Been dealing with Tmobile for months without success, swapping out cut down on how often its happening but did not fix it. Tmobile is stumped, very annoyed by this issue.

Not sure what's causing the problem but it seems jellybean 4.2 has fixed this issue. Try flashing AOKP 4.2 and make sure noise suppression is enabled and call this number 9143388802. The third option is an echo test and fourth option let's you record a playback to listen to how you sound. If you sound normal and people are still complaining then its their phone.
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I've come to the conclusion that its a rom problem because for me it happens with only certain roms. Ive tried all the rom kernel combinations and different radios but the only fix I've found is to retire that particular rom, no matter how good it is. Smoothness aint gonna get the cops or the fireman to your house. The only roms that have worked for me as far as call quality are, for some reason all of TheLastSidekick's Kangs, Darkside evolution 3, Sky Jellybean, Rushing's Bulletproof,and both of the 10.1 variants we have. The strange thing is I can't recall any call quality issue's when flashing roms from the Skyrocket thread. For instance I get the worst call quality ever using Jedi Jelly, but I'm crystal clear using Embryo from the Skyrockets thread, so much so I wont even try our version of the same rom.

I blame T-Mobile network. This would happen to me all the way back to my old flip phones. Every other call or so would do this. I've always put up with it cuz I like T-Mobile customer service.
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bonetweeter122 said:
I blame T-Mobile network. This would happen to me all the way back to my old flip phones. Every other call or so would do this. I've always put up with it cuz I like T-Mobile customer service.
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I wouldn't go that far because I never had a problem on the Sensation no matter what rom I was using. I blame sammy

You know.. Now that I think about it.. My old flip phones were Samsung! Lil..
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I actually just realized this problem persisted when I would turn on the phone and try to make a phone call to quickly. After becoming aware of this. I turned the phone off and allowed it to fully boot back up, and it worked again.

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WatchGintama said:
I can confirm that this is the problem. I rebooted my phone, called someone right away, and couldn't hear anything. Next I let it load for 40 seconds after boot, and I can hear fine.
Now we have to tell t-mobile this.
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This is not the issue, it also happens to phones that have been on for minutes/hours/days.

Is there any updates on this issue? My wife is having this problem on her phone, and it seem like it's been getting worse...

gwuhua1984 said:
Is there any updates on this issue? My wife is having this problem on her phone, and it seem like it's been getting worse...
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I found out with my problem. It was when I tried to make a call to soon. It would do this. As long as I have let the phone load for a minute or two after boot, I haven't had any more problems. My problem may be different from yours tho. Hope this helps.

I'm having this issue, and its not from calling too quick after a boot.
It came on out of the blue the evening of March 6 ...
I have the Tmob phone but it's unlocked and I'm using a Straight Talk AT&T SIM, connected to the AT&T network in Sierra Vista, AZ.

Ok... I need help. I am such a novice at this stuff but I find myself so very interested in the world of root, and the freedom that it brings. Basically my entire knowledge of computers..... Is Android, and worse than that, I'm self taught... Please don't run!! I'm a super quick study. Ok now to my problem, I started off rooting my T 989 surprisingly enough with absolutely no issues at all, or at least that I could tell. Ran beautiful and super smooth, then I went app hoarding and installed A fonts package installer, opened it, it installed about 85 prcnt. done and crashed. Never made it back. The novice, and the dumbass in me, FREAKED! and did an uneducated, no experience attempt to make recovery....... 4 times needless to say that I COMPLETELY wiped the entire phone. I had a friend bless me and show me a thing or two and I successfully managed to flash one of your Roms to it and I must tell you that I supremely thankful to all who n these projects.... MAD RESPECT to all of you. So the one issue I am clearly having is everyone I speak to says I sound like I'm on speaker or just can't generally hear me. Been through the settings a couple of times and I am pretty sure that I have them correct, and I have not touched anything that I wasn't sure about, and I definitely have completely refrained from pimpin my kernel. I really just need someone who can spend a little time setting me straight on some unfamiliars. Also just have a few stupid questions that won't be the least bit stupid after I get them answered. Any time any one can lend would be greatly appreciated and someone's good deed for the day. Thanks for allowing me to vent guy's
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And no, issue definitely is not exclusive to happening on reboot, mine has been that way ever since flashing, and on every call. But I can hear the other end perfectly......
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neilc300 said:
Ok... I need help. I am such a novice at this stuff but I find myself so very interested in the world of root, and the freedom that it brings. Basically my entire knowledge of computers..... Is Android, and worse than that, I'm self taught... Please don't run!! I'm a super quick study. Ok now to my problem, I started off rooting my T 989 surprisingly enough with absolutely no issues at all, or at least that I could tell. Ran beautiful and super smooth, then I went app hoarding and installed A fonts package installer, opened it, it installed about 85 prcnt. done and crashed. Never made it back. The novice, and the dumbass in me, FREAKED! and did an uneducated, no experience attempt to make recovery....... 4 times needless to say that I COMPLETELY wiped the entire phone. I had a friend bless me and show me a thing or two and I successfully managed to flash one of your Roms to it and I must tell you that I supremely thankful to all who n these projects.... MAD RESPECT to all of you. So the one issue I am clearly having is everyone I speak to says I sound like I'm on speaker or just can't generally hear me. Been through the settings a couple of times and I am pretty sure that I have them correct, and I have not touched anything that I wasn't sure about, and I definitely have completely refrained from pimpin my kernel. I really just need someone who can spend a little time setting me straight on some unfamiliars. Also just have a few stupid questions that won't be the least bit stupid after I get them answered. Any time any one can lend would be greatly appreciated and someone's good deed for the day. Thanks for allowing me to vent guy's
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And no, issue definitely is not exclusive to happening on reboot, mine has been that way ever since flashing, and on every call. But I can hear the other end perfectly......
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Just leave me some thanks. Under your phone settings, there should be a noise surrpression box. Make sure it is check marked. Every time I do that people have said I sound better. What do you want to do? Change it back to custom rom? P.S. ALWAYS MAKE A NANDROID BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING.. ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS!.. Google will solve many questions too. If nothing helps or you need to be walked through some processes, message me.

Enable noise suppression in phone settings. Fixed my problem.
[ NEXUS⁴ / VANILLA ROOTBOX / APEX PRO / TAPATALK ]

dEris said:
Enable noise suppression in phone settings. Fixed my problem.
[ NEXUS⁴ / VANILLA ROOTBOX / APEX PRO / TAPATALK ]
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I'm running cm10.1 nightlys as and I cannot find that setting.

Trbobuick said:
I'm running cm10.1 nightlys as and I cannot find that setting.
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Open phone dialer, menu settings, and it's in there.