This thread here: http://discussions.nokia.com/t5/Nokia-with-Windows-Phone/BAd-audio-recorded-with-Lumia-900/m-p/1385449/highlight/false#M12301
pretty much sums up my experience. The audio recording quality on the phone is horrible. Something with the microphone or a software issue. The guy has links for an apple-to-apple comparison between his 900 and an iPhone as they are driving and listening to music.
Can people please confirm this so I know if this is the case with all Lumia 900s or just some of them? Maybe I can get it replaced.
Thanks,
Reports of this problem here too at WP Central: http://forums.wpcentral.com/lumia-900/190672.htm
No problem with both of my Cyan and White L900.
No problems here too, Cyan L900 unlocked.
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I have an HD7 and an HTC Radar. I was able to watch videos over my bluetooth headphones (Motorola S10HD) on my Radar. I was excited to find out that Mango had fixed it so I tried to do the same on my Mangoed HD7. No luck, videos still play through the phone's speaker as opposed to the bluetooth headphones. So is it a hardware problem, or can the drivers of the two phones be compared and ultimately finally fix this issue for HD7 users?
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I have an HD7 and an HTC Radar. I was able to watch videos over my bluetooth headphones (Motorola S10HD) on my Radar. I was excited to find out that Mango had fixed it so I tried to do the same on my Mangoed HD7. No luck, videos still play through the phone's speaker as opposed to the bluetooth headphones. So is it a hardware problem, or can the drivers of the two phones be compared and ultimately finally fix this issue for HD7 users?
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Good to know that about the Radar. Hopefully they will eventually get a fix to the older devices.
But, it is one less thing that people can hold against Windows Phone 7 when picking a device.
Couldn't this be caused by the older Bluetooth hardware on the phones? Maybe the OEMs included a lackluster Bluetooth chip since pre-Mango didn't support this.
Solution is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312743
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zard said:
Solution is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312743
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You are the man! Worthless google never pointed me in the right direction...
Hi there, anyone experience voice distortion during calls? For example like, when you are answering to the call and the other party talks, there will be a sound for a split second. Means like when the other party speaks, there will be like 'H####llo, how are you. ' Example of a conversation.
On my Lumia, no, but I can tell you that I have had a couple customers return their Lumias' to me for voice distortion. I exchanged their phones and it seemed to solve the problem...
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On my Lumia, no, but I can tell you that I have had a couple customers return their Lumias' to me for voice distortion. I exchanged their phones and it seemed to solve the problem...
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My replacement has the same problem now as well. So much for Nokia's reliable build quality.
agp64 said:
My replacement has the same problem now as well. So much for Nokia's reliable build quality.
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no such issues... but sometimes its the network...
Not the network, Changed back to my L800 for one week no problems with calls.
The L800 feels better in the hand as well.
I have (extensively) tested 2 different, brand new, Note II phones (Rogers and Bell) and when the volume is set louder than 1/2 on voice calls they both return somewhat distorted sound due to the speaker itself vibrating, crackling, especially at high pitch or low frequency sounds/voices. The closest comparison - although grossly exaggerated - would be much like a busted speaker (broken membrane), or more like the membrane touching the frame when the sound is too loud. It's not continuous but it rather comes and goes depending on the voice modulation and loudness, and although one may normally overlook it, it gets quite noticeable (and annoying) when paying attention.
On the other hand the very same phones perform exceptionally well when playing any other kinds of sounds (not calls) - YouTube music or voice, Music Player, Pod-casts, Radio, etc - they are all fine, more than fine actually.
Anybody else has noticed that?
P.S. Please don't make comments like "I don't use loudspeaker on calls", or anything alike, I didn't start this for statistical purposes, but rather to figure out whether I bumped into some isolated cases or it's a rather common issue on our Note 2.
same here... crackling on speakerphone voice calls
con_ritmo said:
same here... crackling on speakerphone voice calls
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Thanks for contributing.
3 reported cases so far...anybody else? It's beginning to start looking like a production or supplier issue.
Same Here.
nacos said:
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3 reported cases so far...anybody else? It's beginning to start looking like a production or supplier issue.
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I already wrote a post about this. Don't think there's anything wrong with the phones speaker because when playing music, youtube etc..., at the highest volume, there is not crackling happening. I think It has to do with the cellular reception and how the signal gets converted to the speaker. The way the phone handles the calls. Hope a software update can fix this.
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I already wrote a post about this. Don't think there's anything wrong with the phones speaker because when playing music, youtube etc..., at the highest volume, there is not crackling happening. I think It has to do with the cellular reception and how the signal gets converted to the speaker. The way the phone handles the calls. Hope a software update can fix this.
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That's exactly what I was thinking and, otherwise the reason behind testing myself 2 different Note II on two different networks. The only reason this still bothers me is because I came from an S3 and I was using it the same way, yet NEVER experienced this. On the other hand I know that for marketing purposes Samsung "pushed" the loudness of the loudspeaker on the Note II and while they may have had strict control in digital conversion of the sound files played through various apps, there wasn't much they could do/control about voice (due to multiple network variables).
I have not noticed this on a voice call, however on some games like Angry Birds Star Wars it does this when the volume is all the way up. Glad I am not the only one to notice this. I have the Verizon version of the Note 2. Mine also does not crackle during music play back. Guess its something we are going to have to live with. I even popped the back of the phone off to see if it helped and it did not. IMHO its sad considering how much the device cost. I paid outright for it.
I also hear this anomaly.
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One would think with the size of this phone that it would have a nice size speaker that could handle it all without issue.
i had 3 note 2 ..i had to switch them out for various reasons..but all 3 including my current note 2 has the same call problem using the loud speaker..but again music and everything else comes out perfectly fine..just on calls only..so guess its normal and we cant do anything about it..
I also went through 2 Note 2's for this reason and have the same speaker issue. I have friends on Tmobile with same issue as well.
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This is odd..... I have never had any problem with voice calls on speaker. Whats really weird is I came from the SGS2 Skyrocket and it had this very same problem, only voice calls on speaker . I was happy when using the Note2 because I no longer had this issue. Maybe it is hardware related, not the speaker but a chip or something
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Yes, having the same issue here. Went from hunting down Volume + for my G-Nexus to looking for a way to throttle the volume on my Note2's external speaker .
Its like Samsung got tired of people complaing about low volume on some devices so they went the complete other direction and over powered the external speaker.
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I don't really use speakerphone so... j/k yea I've had that problem, work with Samsung phones all day, and it does seem to be a consistent issue. I'm not familiar with Canadian carriers are those both gsm or is there any cdma in there? I know gsm has weaknesses when it comes to the digital to analog conversion & back.. your voice is converted to digital for backend transmission and back to analog on the other end. Maybe the note has some weakness in this area. It would be interesting to hear anyone's experience with a cdma note though.
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I tried video recording today. I have a constant hiss in the background. Overall the sound is okay but the hiss is terrible. Wondering if all you guys have it or something is wrong with this thing. Thanks for any replies.
https://youtu.be/mLywUYYVzRQ
Shower Sounds
https://youtu.be/0Al3HlKxuZM
Faucet Sounds
Google has admitted the issue and will fix it with a software update this month
Just got mine. Recorded a video and the audio is absolutely terrible. Cracking and hissing and the odd crackle. What the hell? Do I have a faulty unit?
read the post above the one you posted...
If they don't fix by Thanksgiving I will return and play the waiting game. They supposedly have escalated this issue and a rep will do the faucet test before sending it out again for an rma even though I reiterated it was present on every device.
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read the post above the one you posted...
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Righto mate, settle down yeah, this place is about helping people, sharing ideas etc not being a keyboard warrior.
I have had other problems with the device as well, which may or may not be hardware. Touch events aren't always detected and, it's happening to other people too...
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Hi all,
My wife loves watching youtube videos on 1.75-2x speed. We noticed that the sound specially on music played in the video is very distorted/muffled/sounds like youre underwater. This doesn't happen on the iPhone 7 Plus we switched from. I searched all over and couldn't find anything on this other than an old article regarding Android 5.0 where you can disable something called "nuplayer" in developer settings but I don't see this option.
This has been confirmed to happen on both of our Note 10 Plus' on Android 9.
Any help trying to figure this out will be GREATLY appreciated.
Thank you!
Another interesting find is that this also happens on PC! What the heck did Apple do different?! This sucks big time.
I guess case closed. This is a "normal" occurrence.
I think it's the video as I just done it and it sounded ok to me so must be the video and how the sound is coded
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I think it's the video as I just done it and it sounded ok to me so must be the video and how the sound is coded
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Yeah, I'm not too sure! My wife sent me a couple links to test and they both had the same issue. She complains that most videos she watches has that issue. Anything from music to background noises on planes and such (she watches a lot of traveling/food vlogs). I'll PM you a link for the video I'm talking about as I'm not allowed to post links yet.
When the music kicks in, it sounds distorted. This doesn't happen on the iPhone. I really don't understand what would cause this.
Ok I'll have a listen to it now and report back to you
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Ok I'll have a listen to it now and report back to you
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I guess another thing is that it may sound normal to people who are used to it. But if you have an Apple device to test and compare it to, you'd be able to tell the difference right away. When I first heard it, I thought she was crazy until she showed me the difference on our old iPhones. Then it left me wondering why it would do this. Some more articles I stumbled upon mentioned CPU processing power when setting it to a faster playback but I can't imagine the Note 10 Plus being inferior to the iphone 7 plus in processing power.
I couldn't find video or got inbox also dont have an iphone lol