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I have the Samsung Galaxy S 16GB but am about to return it due to the useless GPS and get a Desire (or eventually recover the money and buy a Desire later)
How accurate is the current Desire's GPS? Can anyone show me some MyTracks paths for instance?
Another thing that worries me is audio quality on the 3.5mm as I use the units a lot for music. How well does it behave with audiophile headphones? Including low-impedance ones.. any background hiss, etc?
The Galaxy S is really excellent at audio and the screen is amazing but I really need a well-balanced unit that includes a reliable GPS.
I have never had an issue with the GPS but I've only used it for in-car navigation every now and again. The sound on the Desire is acceptable for me. I'm using a pair of Klipsch Image X1s and it sound the same as, if not better than the iPod.
It does however seem to have a volume limiter on it which is bloody annoying! Still it's not an issue if you have a decent pair of 'phones.
Same expeirence here. Music quality on headphones is at least the same as on the ipod classic (old 80GB model). Gps outside has a quick fix (usually within 10 seconds) and i haven't had any signal los yet (except for tunnels and inside buildings).
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I have never had an issue with the GPS but I've only used it for in-car navigation every now and again. The sound on the Desire is acceptable for me. I'm using a pair of Klipsch Image X1s and it sound the same as, if not better than the iPod.
It does however seem to have a volume limiter on it which is bloody annoying! Still it's not an issue if you have a decent pair of 'phones.
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A My Tracks sample for GPS accuracy. Unlike the Galaxy S, Desire never lost the signal.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...874704971674600592.00048b2dcdedf643cc518&z=14
Audio quality is almost as good as Galaxy S. Maybe a little bit noisy, but it's a phone after all.
h t t p://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&z=14&msid=106701584406805964837.00048ad075c8a785906d6 - another patch from MyTrack
Audio quality is at least comparable (or better) with iRiver T60 and better than in most ipods. I'm using Koss Porta Pro or AKG K416P headphones.
10 sec or less GPS fix on desire is only if using AGPS (you have the 3G so it can load satellite data). Otherwise it takes more than a minute. It helps if you are not moving.
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A My Tracks sample for GPS accuracy. Unlike the Galaxy S, Desire never lost the signal.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...874704971674600592.00048b2dcdedf643cc518&z=14
Audio quality is almost as good as Galaxy S. Maybe a little bit noisy, but it's a phone after all.
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Thanks for the feedback.
I don't really care about the fast fixes. Don't mind waiting at all even if the initial gprs assistance is off. That I care about is accuracy and keeping the locks after the inicial fix. That is something the Galaxy can't do.
I gathered some more feedback about the audio and while the Desire seems weaker in that area it should be good enough for normal use.
One thing I'm now wondering is if it suffers from the same "lag" or occasional pauses that I got on the Galaxy. Sometimes it would pause for 2 or 3 seconds while some IO was happening, sometimes more. Perhaps I'll post that in a different thread.
Meanwhile if anyone has more GPS tracks (google maps is fine) especially driving in town, I'd like to see them. The ones I did with my Galaxy S are just scary and full of zig-zags... don't want that again.
I’ve used my desire to track routes with Maverick when out mountain biking in Portugal. I put it in my shorts pocket and it tracked me very accurately without any variations. I haven’t really used it in my car while driving. I can give it shot today and see what results I get. Obviously it’s not going to be as accurate while driving as it is when cycling because of the speed factor but I will let you know later on.
I have used my desire since I got it in April, as my Ipod, and Tom Tom and cycle computer. It does all these thing very well. I agree about the headphones, should be decent quality. Have not experienced any problems with music play back, while doing other things. Gps seems very accurate. The desire is now my main music device, there are several music apps which are better than the stock player, Mixzing is one and it now has an equalizer, which I don't use, but is there if you need it.
Hi Beowulf_pt I’ve uploaded two tracks I recorded yesterday when I was out driving. Both of them seem very accurate and don’t deviate or jump about at all. The 2nd one is over 34miles long and is very accurate. A lot of the roads I went down have tree/hedge coverage on both sides too. I you want to get a good idea of what the roads look like you can go onto Google earth street view as all of Northern Ireland has street view. I’m very impressed with the performance of the GPS on the desire anyway.
I hope this helps.
http://www.trialsworld.com/hosted/9%20Aug%2010%20Track%201.gpx
http://www.trialsworld.com/hosted/9%20Aug%2010%20Track%202.gpx
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Hi Beowulf_pt I’ve uploaded two tracks I recorded yesterday when I was out driving. Both of them seem very accurate and don’t deviate or jump about at all.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...286,0.059996&z=14&iwloc=00048d2c27552512edb09
http://www.trialsworld.com/hosted/9%20Aug%2010%20Track%202.gpx
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Thanks for taking those, those don't have many low speed driving with lots of turning probably but in any case are very accurate, really pretty good.
If anyone wants a good laugh, this is what the great Desire's rival produces.. the mighty Samsung Galaxy S:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...09658333539209.00048d2c2727adf4f601e&t=h&z=13
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...09658333539209.00048d44b071f0237417b&t=h&z=14
I tried everything (except plugging in an external antenna yet) but it loses lock so often and is so imprecise that tracks look like that and navigation is pathetic.
It’s strange the results you got with the Samsung. It’s kind of understandable that it’s inaccurate between buildings but in areas that are quite open it’s bad as well. Did you try it with Assisted GPS (mobile internet) on? Admittedly I didn’t use it when I took mine but maybe it might help yours. The only City I could really use mine on is Belfast and I’m off at the moment so I would get the chance to try it for a few days. Belfast wouldn’t be in the same class as city as Lisbon. I still think the Desire would get a lot better results than the Samsung though.
I think the Samsung GPS chip has alzheimer's. It gets confused quite easily.
I remember the days with my touch. All the hacks and toys I had with it. At the time the phone was awesome, my iPhone killer
One thing that sucked was the speaker.. for one including this phone I can never understand how a video device has the speaker In the rear, but whatever with this phone it works, he touch not so much, it was pretty bad, so I use to hack it so it would amplify the speaker, so much that I busted it 3 times had had to get 3 new phones...
I am not asking about the loudness with this phone, even though I see some apps that increase the volume, I don't need it, but what I'm asking is.... since my touch I am always scared when a video or game plays loud. I am always thinking that the speaker is going to blow... does this speaker hold up? I am more scared about the alarm (stock) as it can go off sometimes for 10 minutes before I wake up LOL.....
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fastfed said:
I remember the days with my touch. All the hacks and toys I had with it. At the time the phone was awesome, my iPhone killer
One thing that sucked was the speaker.. for one including this phone I can never understand how a video device has the speaker In the rear, but whatever with this phone it works, he touch not so much, it was pretty bad, so I use to hack it so it would amplify the speaker, so much that I busted it 3 times had had to get 3 new phones...
I am not asking about the loudness with this phone, even though I see some apps that increase the volume, I don't need it, but what I'm asking is.... since my touch I am always scared when a video or game plays loud. I am always thinking that the speaker is going to blow... does this speaker hold up? I am more scared about the alarm (stock) as it can go off sometimes for 10 minutes before I wake up LOL.....
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I really don't think you'll ever find what you're looking for.
1) When your alarm goes off, get up and turn it off
2) If you're concerned about loud audio killing the speaker, plug in some headphones.
I may be coming across as an ass but I'm seriously not trying to be. You modded and destryed 3 phones before, just accept that you need to change your habits or pay the price for destroying things before their time.
I've never had an issue with the speaker but, except for the alarm, I really don't use it much.
I plug in some pc speakers when im playin music or videos, there are few that dont need batteries or wall plug.
ausch30 said:
I really don't think you'll ever find what you're looking for.
1) When your alarm goes off, get up and turn it off
2) If you're concerned about loud audio killing the speaker, plug in some headphones.
I may be coming across as an ass but I'm seriously not trying to be. You modded and destryed 3 phones before, just accept that you need to change your habits or pay the price for destroying things before their time.
I've never had an issue with the speaker but, except for the alarm, I really don't use it much.
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Maybe you didn't understand my post.. I was writing it from my phone and it was my first time..
I blew 3 phone speakers before.. The phone as I said WAS NOT THE EVO, it was the TOUCH..
The speaker on THAT phone sucked..
Again.. With that phone (the Touch) it was very common for the speaker to go bad.
So again, do you hear(no pun) a lot of people breaking their speaker on the EVO?
How is the speaker on the EVO?
You say you plug headphones in while playing a video, is that because youre afraid of blowing the speaker?
I'll give you my non-professional opinion. It's tinny (no that's not a typo). No bass. I could easily see it getting blown if you pump bass heavy songs especiallyif you're using an EQ. That being said, I have used it for music and found it plenty loud
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I've used gentle alarm since the phone's release week and have mp3s playing at 80% system volume as my alarms. So far my speaker has had no issues whatsoever. Like wuclan48 says you're probably gonna be ok if you don't use it extensively with heavy bass or at super high volumes.
As for alarms going off for 10 minutes, my mp3 playlist plays at 7, 715, 730 for 10 minutes each assuming i don't turn them off, which i normally don't cuz i'm a lazy bastard that likes to sleep in.
Don't intentionally push the speaker and you will most likely be fine.
Anyone had issues with music popping/clicking on your GSII? I'm using a middle of the road set of Klipsch IMAGE S4 earbuds and they always sound great except on this phone, also, my LG G2X doesn't do this with the headphones so I know they are fine. It's rather loud as well, like left my ears ringing loud. (Disabled DSP manager and it is still painfully loud)
For specifics, I'm using the newly released Google music, it's the only music player on my device. I have DSP manager installed on both of my phones.
Rom is Juggernaut 2.0 with the latest bullet Kernel but it did this before the Kernel.. and I'm 99% sure it happened before the root/rom and I just blew it off as the song.
I know it does this both on streamed music as well as music on the phone that i have confirmed is clean on other sources. (MP3 at 320kbps). I'm curious if this is just a me thing because I've also noticed a cycling stutter on my phone that wipes and new ROMS has not resolved. It's so faint you can barely notice it unless playing a game, ESPECIALLY the new Need for Speed Hot Pursuit. It'll do it's little stutter and by the time the game catches up your smeared all over a wall. Not a framerate issue at all as it's completely random and never seems to reoccur in the same place even when all other conditions are the exact same.
Anywho, thanks for reading and indulging me.
Noticed today but on stockmusic player,sounds like its.skipping
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clear cache and the dalvik cache
Happens to me too, I though it was just the music player I was using.
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I was getting it often after going back to the stock kernel for better battery life, I did the above and it went back to normal.
It happens to me whenever i enable dsp manager and if i receive a notification when playing music
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I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the button control feature of the 4-pole 3.5mm jack in the phone. Personally, I don't use anything with buttons(headphones or the like), so I could do without it, but that's just what I've noticed.
Certain connections will do this on my phone. I can't plug my phone into the head unit on my saab without the music skipping like a mofo. But if I plug it in through my wife's mazda5 with the same cable, no problems.
I think maybe the 4-pole jack is just picking something up that isn't there.
Previous posters: Have you tried using different headphones to try and recreate the problem? I have a set of shure e2c's, some seinnheiser headphones, and some standard apple earphones and they all seem to work very well. The only connection problem I have is in my 2007 saab 9-3.
heygrl said:
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I personally have done this many times and it hasn't helped. It does it on the stock headphones that came with it as well as my stand alone headphones.
I went back to the stock kernel and it still does this, reflashed everything, same issue still.
As a side note I'm a bit OCD so every time I always clear everything, wipe data, etc. I'm very meticulous...to a fault.
Maybe use the stock rom, customs are useless..
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InGeNeTiCs said:
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the button control feature of the 4-pole 3.5mm jack in the phone. Personally, I don't use anything with buttons(headphones or the like), so I could do without it, but that's just what I've noticed.
Certain connections will do this on my phone. I can't plug my phone into the head unit on my saab without the music skipping like a mofo. But if I plug it in through my wife's mazda5 with the same cable, no problems.
I think maybe the 4-pole jack is just picking something up that isn't there.
Previous posters: Have you tried using different headphones to try and recreate the problem? I have a set of shure e2c's, some seinnheiser headphones, and some standard apple earphones and they all seem to work very well. The only connection problem I have is in my 2007 saab 9-3.
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I have used 3 different headphones, got same result until i disabled dsp manager
two headphones had buttons on them
I had it too. My issue was I didn't push the jack all the way into the phone. I don't know if that's anyone's issue here, but maybe it is. I was actually afraid of breaking the phone when I got it. I only pushed the jack until I felt resistance. I later realized I had to push hard enough to make it "click", and the bottom of the Jack touches the phone. There should be no gap in between.
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I noticed this issue, but only when I was using a music player other than the stock or Google music ones. I've since only been using Google music.
Damn guys that sucks. Im on bullet kernel as well but have been using my phone to listen to hella EDM that's all in 320kbps and haven't noticed anything. Im actually using music playback in Google music right now... Still perfect. Ill try stock and post if i can reproduce the issue.
Sorry for posting even tho i don't have the issue... But music quality is very important to me and the functionality of my phone so i will keep a close eye on this thread especially since a few of you are running on bullet like me.
Who is using a ROM with this issue and who is not?
I for one am stock.
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I listen to MOG all of the time, streaming and cached songs @ 320Kbps MP3 or 256 AAC and no popping. I did notice it after I went back to the stock kernel, it was happening every 30 seconds and it was very frustrating.
I've definitely noticed this issue using Pandora and less frequently in Spotify.
Well I've not had the issue in about a week, which is really odd. Normally I've had it at least once a day but not since the new Google music update. It may have been the old Leaked google music beta that caused it, after the update it hasn't happened.
I guess its resolved, not really sure but cautiously optimistic.
I will say this, the audio chipset in this phone leaves a LOT to be desired.
bobbyphoenix said:
I had it too. My issue was I didn't push the jack all the way into the phone. I don't know if that's anyone's issue here, but maybe it is. I was actually afraid of breaking the phone when I got it. I only pushed the jack until I felt resistance. I later realized I had to push hard enough to make it "click", and the bottom of the Jack touches the phone. There should be no gap in between.
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I was experiencing the same thing until I read your message and gave mine a good push to "click" it in and the pausing/skipping/popping completely stopped.
Thanks Bobby
Sometimes it's dust that gets in the headphone jack. I had the same problem years ago with my old Palm Pre and recently experienced it with my SG2 and fixed it doing the following:
1. Take a q-tip and rip most of the cotton off of one end so that there's just a slight film of cotton left on the tip.
2. Dip the stripped tip in alcohol and then squeeze out the excess alcohol (you want it moist not soaking).
3. With the phone OFF, stick the q-tip in the jack and spin it, which will effectively clean the jack of dust and any other debris.
4. Wait about 15 minutes for the alcohol inside the jack to evaporate, then turn on your phone and the problem should be gone.
had the same problem here
I've had my Note 7 since it was released on AT&T and actually love it. I was a bit reluctant to go back to Samsung after my Sony Z3Compact, but the Note 7 really wowed me.
As a commuter, I use the bluetooth audio 3 hours every day in the car and often either plug in headphones or use a set of bluetooth buds while I'm doing chores around the house. Until Saturday, audio output was phenomenal. Saturday I got a notification that there was a software update available, so I thought nothing of installing it. Since that time, my audio (BT, built-in speaker, or plugged in headphones) gets static-y when I have the screen off. Turn on the screen and everything sounds fantastic again. Short of reformatting the phone (or rooting and rom-ing, which I'm not even sure is an option yet), I've tried everything I can think to try to get this issue cleared up.
I'm willing to experiment, so throw your suggestions at me. I've searched around and haven't come up with any other users experiencing this issue. Any help is appreciated.
I've had this issue occasionally with my Tmobile Note 7. It hasn't received any updates yet. I noticed plugging in the charger also stops the problem.
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More info: on the ride home today, I switched to Google Play Music and put on some music that would give me some pretty clean audio... No crunchiness,no static. Seems it may be related to Pocket casts.
I'll see if some setting or other got tripped.
Any suggestions on THAT are also welcome.
Aha! I may have it sorted now.
I had also bumped the playback speed of my podcasts to 3x (from 2.6), so I figured I would check to see if that's the cause and taking it back down to 2.7x seems to have fixed it!
Whomever is in charge of the things can close the thread.
Hi
My wife has had this phone for 8 months now. For a few months she's been complaining about very poor signal with the phone - significantly worse than her last phone with the same network. To make matters significantly worse, about 2 weeks ago the speakers packed up entirely. No sound issues at all - whether ringtones, alarms or media - except with headphones plugged in or when on a call (and on a call the speakers still do not work, but the earpiece does).
Has anyone come across either of these issues before? I'm thinking that the next step is unlock and flash a replacement OS to see if there's some bug there or if it's a hardware issue. If it is hardware, we're probably just looking at getting a new phone - I've heard mixed things about the Wileyfox support.
If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be very grateful!
Not sure about speakers, but my reception is terrible too.
Me too... no audio from speakers
I've just had this exact issue start up on my WileyFox Swift 2X this morning. It was playing a YouTube video just fine and then all of a sudden the audio went out and it never came back! All I hear is a very faint tick, tick, tick, tick... noise where it should be playing sound. Such a shame because the device was working pretty alright before this issue.
(Plugging in headphones works okay btw. It's just the main speaker that's gone out.)