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i don't think this is an evo, or even android, issue, but i was hoping the great minds here could maybe direct me or at least clear this issue out for me. i have an mp3 file i'd like to use as a voicemail message greeting. is that even possible? i know a lot of people have songs as greetings, but i always thought those were selected from a bank of pre-selected options.
any thoughts on this?
hmmm. Take the song, layer your voice over, then plug your phone into the computer through line output (does the 3.5mm act as mic jack? on the phone) then call your voice mail
elegantai said:
hmmm. Take the song, layer your voice over, then plug your phone into the computer through line output (does the 3.5mm act as mic jack? on the phone) then call your voice mail
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haha i thought of doing that, but i don't think the 3.5mm acts as a mic. if it does though, someone please correct me because i have the most epic of all greetings ready to be unleashed on the few who actually call me haha.
my only alternative, which seems to be the only one at the moment, is to let my laptop scream it out loud while the voicemail system catches it. sigh.. lol
The headphone jack does support mic input, but only through a hands-free headset (that is, a TRRS jack). I just dug through my stuff and I only have 2.5mm headsets, no 3.5mm that would fit the Evo, but if anybody has a stereo headset they should try this out. I tried an external mic and it doesn't pick up, but the headset icon comes on in the notification bar. If it works, it's easy enough to make your own external microphone with simple Radio Shack parts, probably a $5 job. I'll splice something together tomorrow and test this out. The only issue would be that it might trigger the headphone output and mute the speakers. . . .
EDIT: Also just found this. I just sent my cables off with family on a trip so I can't try it right now, but I'll give it a go tomorrow as well.
SilverZero said:
The headphone jack does support mic input, but only through a hands-free headset (that is, a TRRS jack). I just dug through my stuff and I only have 2.5mm headsets, no 3.5mm that would fit the Evo, but if anybody has a stereo headset they should try this out. I tried an external mic and it doesn't pick up, but the headset icon comes on in the notification bar. If it works, it's easy enough to make your own external microphone with simple Radio Shack parts, probably a $5 job. I'll splice something together tomorrow and test this out. The only issue would be that it might trigger the headphone output and mute the speakers. . . .
EDIT: Also just found this. I just sent my cables off with family on a trip so I can't try it right now, but I'll give it a go tomorrow as well.
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oooh awesome, please let me know! i don't mind building an external mic at all. thanks!
Well, I struck out looking for my other AV cable and finding one locally. Here's the way this is going to go down:
The Evo headphone jack is a 4-conductor type, also known as TRRS (tip-ring-ring-sleeve). Normal stereo headphones are TRS (tip-ring-sleeve), and you can see the difference by looking at the plug end. If you have a metal tip, then a black ring, then a metal ring, then another black ring, then the metal shaft (sleeve), it's a TRS type. These are able to send the left and right analog signals separately (usually left to the tip, right to the ring, and the ground or shield to the sleeve). The TRRS connector adds another wire to the mix, and this can be used to carry a mono mic or line signal, or even an analog video signal. This is why you could use an analog camcorder cable like this one. I've seen them for less than $2 from some websites, but no local retailers have them, except maybe Best Buy . . . for $41. (You think I'm kidding? )
Cell phones are starting to use these TRRS connectors more commonly, allowing both stereo headphones and a hands-free microphone to share one cable. The problem here is finding a TRRS input cable and coupling it to a line/mic signal. So here's what I was going to do. Get a TRRS-to-RCA adapter like the one linked above, then use a 3.5mm-to-RCA female-female adapter OR a common 3.5mm-to-RCA (red and white) adapter to connect a line/mic signal to the correct RCA connector on the TRRS cable - probably the yellow one. It may or may not take the right kind of adapter to take the stereo line signal down to a mono signal, unless your source is already mono. Otherwise, you could be sending a stereo signal from the source, but only recording the left or right channel into the phone. Alternatively, if I had an iPhone headset or another stereo hands-free headset with a mic built in, I could cut the wire open and separate out the microphone wire from the bundle, then splice a mic/line onto it. It's sometimes tricky getting those tiny wires split apart just right, and those headsets are sometimes expensive.
So, short version: You need a TRRS connector to plug into the Evo headphone jack, and you need to be able to feed a mono line/mic signal to just the tip of the connector. Easy. I have everything but the TRRS plug itself, so I'm stuck for today.
By the way, if you've ever plugged a TRRS cable into the Evo, you'll notice that the standard headphone icon in the notification bar actually shows up with a little microphone coming down, like a flight headset, so you know you have a mic signal at least triggering that fourth conductor.
hmm... you're right about the different icon. i tried it with my old iphone 3gs earphone/mic. pretty slick lol.
i'm going to go to radio shack tomorrow and grab this stuff. all for a custom voicemail lol.
thanks a lot! i'll post up my results, probably this weekend.
There are broader applications to this, I think. Find a good mic and you could record events, maybe. Or hack together your own car kit.
SilverZero said:
There are broader applications to this, I think. Find a good mic and you could record events, maybe. Or hack together your own car kit.
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you, sir, are giving me ideas.. i sense a good weekend project coming up.
A different voicemail for each caller.
One of the few times I've been able to come up with an answer before some one beat me to it.
There is a free website out there that I love called youmail.com. You can choose from hundreds of recordings they have or upload your own. Each person can have their own unique voice mail greeting or you can set up groups and each member in that group will have the same greeting.
For example, my work associates get a more professional greeting, family and close friends get something more fun. I've got one just for my wife telling her how much I love her, and a friend of mine that I have shall we say, a boisterous relationship with, get's a very sarcastic greeting. Another friend that's into horses get's a Kentucky horse race greeting. As you can see, you can have a lot of fun with it and do just about anything I like with it.
If you want to do something in your own voice than all you need is a regular microphone to plug into your computer and your set. You can record it directly on the web site or you can use your own software to overlay other audio if you like.
Your limited only by your imagination.
It's a free site, but they do have some pay ring-tones if you really want to give them your money. Personally, I haven't found most of the pay tones to be worth it, but I'm sure somebody does. They have to be paying the bills some how.
Old Spice?
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Old Spice?
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this voicemail is now diamonds
djstern said:
One of the few times I've been able to come up with an answer before some one beat me to it.
There is a free website out there that I love called youmail.com. You can choose from hundreds of recordings they have or upload your own. Each person can have their own unique voice mail greeting or you can set up groups and each member in that group will have the same greeting.
For example, my work associates get a more professional greeting, family and close friends get something more fun. I've got one just for my wife telling her how much I love her, and a friend of mine that I have shall we say, a boisterous relationship with, get's a very sarcastic greeting. Another friend that's into horses get's a Kentucky horse race greeting. As you can see, you can have a lot of fun with it and do just about anything I like with it.
If you want to do something in your own voice than all you need is a regular microphone to plug into your computer and your set. You can record it directly on the web site or you can use your own software to overlay other audio if you like.
Your limited only by your imagination.
It's a free site, but they do have some pay ring-tones if you really want to give them your money. Personally, I haven't found most of the pay tones to be worth it, but I'm sure somebody does. They have to be paying the bills some how.
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i read about this.. is it really that good? i don't really like setting up my voicemail from a third-party because, well, i've never done it and didn't really have a need before.
shift_ said:
i read about this.. is it really that good? i don't really like setting up my voicemail from a third-party because, well, i've never done it and didn't really have a need before.
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I think it is. Never had a problem and I've spent hours going through the hundreds of sound files they have and had a lot of fun doing it. Found everything from very professional to down right vulgar (used that on my best friend) and everything in between. I've even set up holiday greetings for many holidays. It can be lots of fun for both you and your callers.
Just like ringtones. Some people love them, others hate them and just want a simple ring. It's up to you. If you like custom voice mail greetings, then you'll love this one.
Other than selecting the greetings you like and assigning them to your frequent callers, all you have to do to enable or disable is it to set your no answer call forward from your carrier to the youmail number. *28-XXX-XXX-XXXX to turn it on and *38 to turn it off. It couldn't be any easier.
djstern said:
I think it is. Never had a problem and I've spent hours going through the hundreds of sound files they have and had a lot of fun doing it. Found everything from very professional to down right vulgar (used that on my best friend) and everything in between. I've even set up holiday greetings for many holidays. It can be lots of fun for both you and your callers.
Just like ringtones. Some people love them, others hate them and just want a simple ring. It's up to you. If you like custom voice mail greetings, then you'll love this one.
Other than selecting the greetings you like and assigning them to your frequent callers, all you have to do to enable or disable is it to set your no answer call forward from your carrier to the youmail number. *28-XXX-XXX-XXXX to turn it on and *38 to turn it off. It couldn't be any easier.
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hmmm.. i'll definitely check it out then. thanks!
A lot of these features are available through google voice. (http://voice.google.com). Google also has an app for google voice to integrate visual voicemail with your phone. Worth checking out if you want a highly customizable v-mail service.
In order to setup your phone so that all voicemails go to your google voice instead of your sprint voicemail dial *28 + google phone number without the 1. it's a free service from sprint.
I have the perfect answer for uploading greetings!!!!
All you have to do is simply download youmail!!!! On your mobile. It works for all cellphones and you can do whatever you want to do. Any other way is simply ridiculous hahaha try it and spread the word!!!!!
Hey, i have a problem with the jack plug. of My DHD when using Headphones.
I went to the beach last week and i think some sand went in the jack plug. (even though i was carefull)
I can't plug headphones whithout seeing the phone make calls and launch voice search,every 5 seconds. Really Annoying as i can't listen to music anymore.
I tried cleaning the plug but nothing had changed.
My theory is that the phone thinks i'm pressing the call button of a handsfree set.
I'm thinking of buying a blutooth audio receiver.
Or, if there was a way to disable handsfree controls, i think this would do it, but it doesn't seem possible yet.
Has anyone Got a clue ?
Thx
Does this happen with every set of headphones, or just the HTC set provided?
Hey, i've tried with several sets of headphones and it does the same thing with each of them.
I'm thinkink about sending back it to htc.
Yet, as it's rooted, i'm not so sure they'll repair it for free :/
Do you think i should i revert it to stock before sending it?
Thnx
I've heard about this problem before in a different forum.
The ppl there found out that it has to do with the lenght of the plug. (some are slightly longer than others and they cause the problem)
According to the guys on the other forum, it shouldnt happen with the stock headphones though.
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I use three different set of head phones. It doesn't happen with skullcandy or ipod in ear ones with me. (Does with sennhieser hd280)
I am pretty sure it's a jack related issue.
I have a hands free bluetooth system in my car. I noticed that while I play music via auxiliary cord, and someone calls me, the Bluetooth isn't working. Anyone else having same issue?
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krazyflipj said:
I have a hands free bluetooth system in my car. I noticed that while I play music via auxiliary cord, and someone calls me, the Bluetooth isn't working. Anyone else having same issue?
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I have the exact same issue in my car, tried everything to get around it. You just have to unplug the auxiliary cable when you get a call incoming.
geekingitup2005 said:
I have the exact same issue in my car, tried everything to get around it. You just have to unplug the auxiliary cable when you get a call incoming.
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Calls come through bluetooth if using audio through car dock.
nobrakes said:
Calls come through bluetooth if using audio through car dock.
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I hope that's not the only option. I didn't have this issue with the Evo so I wonder what's causing this
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krazyflipj said:
I have a hands free bluetooth system in my car. I noticed that while I play music via auxiliary cord, and someone calls me, the Bluetooth isn't working. Anyone else having same issue?
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Get an A2DP cd player and you don't need to worry about auxiliary. It's all done through bluetooth. This is what I got
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SONY-XPLOD-...In_Dash_Receivers&vxp=mtr&hash=item3cbe5d6b2a
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I hope that's not the only option. I didn't have this issue with the Evo so I wonder what's causing this
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Car dock is cheap and works really well
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I wonder if we can stream audio to the car using super mono app
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It has something to do with TTY settings. I also have this issue.
I hope someone could figure out how to fix this. I have to take out the aux cord whenever I get a call in my G35.
*UPDATE* So I did some searching and it looks like the original Epic had the same issue but was fixed via OTA update. Hopefully Samsung/Sprint is aware of this issue.
other forums have mentioned this problem "Received confirmation from Samsung that there will be no fix for this. It was made this way on purpose. I guess the Epic 4g does the same thing. I am not buying a $400 stereo system just to use this phone properly. What was Samsung thinking? Every other Android device works the correct way."
I haven't called samsung myself but this is absolutely ridiculous if it was made this way on purpose. full thread here (well because i don't have 8 posts to this forum, i can't post the full thread link! it's on android forums at android central.com. you can access the thread by doing this search "No car kit bluetooth while Aux stereo cord is plugged in" sorry!
what possible reason would there be to have to unplug the auxillary jack to use bluetooth? it's an incredible inconvenience. and i would rather not use an A2DP adapter to play music, i'm assuming that this would eat up more battery life than using the auxillary 3.5 mm jack
anyone know of a ROM that get's past this issue?
Same situation
Galaxy S II in original car dock+cable to car audio system AUX jack
Stock ROM 2.3.4
Bluetooth Jabra BT125
It's possible to answer with bluetooth earphone, but can't hear other side, just myself.
Other side hears me OK
Try this:
http://www.miccus.com/products/blubridge-mini-jack-rx
Plugs in to your car deck and allows you to use Bluetooth to stream music to it.
I think you can pair both your headset or BT speaker phone and the Blubridge to your phone at the same time.
http://www.amazon.com/Miccus-BluBridge-Mini-Jack-Bluetooth-Bluetooth-Enabled/dp/B0038MA11U
Buying something else is not a solution.
This is some type of design flaw.
What a completely useless technical support they have. "This is how the phone was designed and we cannot change that"
Last samsung product I will buy. They have no concept of customer service.
This is a design flaw. Bluetooth should be completely independant of the audio jack.
What they want is you to use the dock for use in the car so it can be hands free. Unfortunately if its true they don't intend to fix with an OTA then the only option is to use the functionality they have given you. The headphone jack takes priority over other connections in this instance. Sorry. I am sure you don't want this to be the resolution.
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What they want is you to use the dock for use in the car so it can be hands free. Unfortunately if its true they don't intend to fix with an OTA then the only option is to use the functionality they have given you. The headphone jack takes priority over other connections in this instance. Sorry. I am sure you don't want this to be the resolution.
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Take the car out of the equation. I am using a Jabra headset to take calls, but have the phone plugged into an external speaker to listen to music at my desk.
Call comes in, I have to unplug the speaker to use bluetooth.
What dock would affect this?
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Take the car out of the equation. I am using a Jabra headset to take calls, but have the phone plugged into an external speaker to listen to music at my desk.
Call comes in, I have to unplug the speaker to use bluetooth.
What dock would affect this?
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Similar scenario for me. I listen to Sirius/XM through earbuds at work. When the phone rings, I have to unplug the earbuds to hear through my Bluetooth headset. Then I have to tell the caller to wait while I exit the Sirius app because it keeps on playing through my Bluetooth headset.
Wrote about this issue to my local Samsung office.
Answer was:
That's the way device works. Only one source can be used: jack or bluetooth.
Not both together.
I don't have words to describe how this is lame.
Just stupid, audio should be independant of the source.
All my past phones have worked fine. Evo would pause the music, I take the call, when I end the call, the music picks back up and plays.
Terrible design, and while I could live with it if Samsung agreed it should be fixed, them simply saying "thats how it is, live with it" is not acceptable. I will not get another samsung phone because of their poor service.
Let alone the stupid kernel partition they use.
Back to HTC.
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Hmm, reading the other thread got me thinking.
I know there are different AUX cables, some have two bars (looking at the male part that plugs into the jack) and some have 3.
I wonder if there is a different behavior between the two. Maybe the phone is thinking there is a headset plugged into the aux jack.
Installed 2.3.6
I can confirm that problem is fixed.
When there is incoming call, it's routed to bluetooth headset, music is shutdown.
Navigation warnings in headset are heard as short beeps.
Great !!!
I am looking to get my hands on a really nice pair of headphones, but need it to be a pair that I can talk and still hear the other person at the same time.
The ones that came with my SGS3, when I start talking it automatically seems to give a mute effect to the person I am talking to on the phone and this has gotten extremely annoying. I am looking for suggestions because I remember that when I got my Galaxy S Vibrant it required a proprietary pair of headphones. I couldnt just go to best buy and grab a pair.
Does anyone have a suggestion? I HIGHLY prefer wired over bluetooth.
Either that or maybe I am missing some kind of setting so I can still hear people if I start talking. lol
I got a HS3000 to plug into my aux port on the radio to give myself bluetooth. Its working fine for my music , but when I use it for phone calls the people on the other end report a bad echo of themselves. I cant really turn down the speaker volume or I wont be able to hear them....Does anyone else use this adapter and have this issue? Its so close to being perfect so I will be able to use my S3 for everything in the car, phone, nav and music. But if I cant get the hands free calling to work Im not sure if its worth it or not. I really dont want to have to replace the stock radio just so I can get hands free going.
Nobody?
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I got a HS3000 to plug into my aux port on the radio to give myself bluetooth. Its working fine for my music , but when I use it for phone calls the people on the other end report a bad echo of themselves. I cant really turn down the speaker volume or I wont be able to hear them....Does anyone else use this adapter and have this issue? Its so close to being perfect so I will be able to use my S3 for everything in the car, phone, nav and music. But if I cant get the hands free calling to work Im not sure if its worth it or not. I really dont want to have to replace the stock radio just so I can get hands free going.
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Echo is usually from your car speakers. The little mic can't really handle it. It's pretty normal too.. Think of when someone puts you on speaker phone, you ear a echo of yourself. Now have that echo times w/e how much louder and stronger your speakers are compared to a phone's speaker. Your mic is the one having the hard time and I'm not sure much can be done for that