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Verizon Galaxy Nexus

I have been experiencing some odd issues. Some of these issues will be repeats of whats already been posted numerous times, but i'll list them anyways because it's what I am experiencing.
- No sound from front speaker. (intermittent)
- Voice search not hearing me at all. (could be a microphone issue, intermittent)
- Receiving calls causes a reboot sometimes.
- Many random reboots
- Horrid battery
- Freezing when doing UI related tasks (intermittent)
- Horrible Signal (known issue)
- WIFI Issue (known issue)
Also getting terrible frame rates in quadrant, not sure if that is ICS related or if it's another problem to add to the list, but I thought i'd mention it.
Has anybody else had these issues, or do I just have a bad device?
Thanks in advance.

Take it back for an exchange immediately.

smot13 said:
Take it back for an exchange immediately.
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I tried they were all sold out.

xplanowestx said:
I tried they were all sold out.
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Have them order you one then.

spencer88 said:
Have them order you one then.
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Yeah I was thinking about that. I'll probably do that today. How is everybody else' experience with the Galaxy nexus?

The only thing that should be wrong with our phones is the battery life. If you have all these other ailments, then you need a new device. That's too much going on with your phone. Get another.
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xplanowestx said:
Yeah I was thinking about that. I'll probably do that today. How is everybody else' experience with the Galaxy nexus?
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Mine's been fantastic, aside the low signal issue. I haven't had any dropped calls or decrease in data speeds, it just low bars and actual low dBm so I really don't know why it does that. The auto-brightness is a little off too but nothing major really.

xplanowestx said:
- Horrible Signal (known issue)
- WIFI Issue (known issue)
Also getting terrible frame rates in quadrant, not sure if that is ICS related or if it's another problem to add to the list, but I thought i'd mention it.
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Outside of the above 2 known issues, and the quandrant frame rates, the other issues point to a bad phone. We know the signal is bad, and that wifi has issues. We also know that quadrant isn't built for ICS, hence the reason for the bad scores.
That being said, I'd get them to order you a new one to replace it. There's got to be something wrong.

xplanowestx said:
I have been experiencing some odd issues. Some of these issues will be repeats of whats already been posted numerous times, but i'll list them anyways because it's what I am experiencing.
- No sound from front speaker. (intermittent)
- Voice search not hearing me at all. (could be a microphone issue, intermittent)
- Receiving calls causes a reboot sometimes.
- Many random reboots
- Horrid battery
- Freezing when doing UI related tasks (intermittent)
- Horrible Signal (known issue)
- WIFI Issue (known issue)
Also getting terrible frame rates in quadrant, not sure if that is ICS related or if it's another problem to add to the list, but I thought i'd mention it.
Has anybody else had these issues, or do I just have a bad device?
Thanks in advance.
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Quadrant hasnt been updated in about a year. Not only does it not support ics, but its not coded for dual core devices either. Quadrant = useless
As for your other issues, just sounds like software issues that will likely be ironed out. Give it time.

Got a new device and all is well! Love this phone!

I was having reboots when opening camera (about 20% of the time) and voice search not hearing me (about 70% of the time) as well as a few other crashes. I did a factory restore, which seemed to fix the crashes, but was still having the voice search problem.
Then I noticed that voice search would stop hearing me after a crash of 3CX Phone (an SIP softphone app), so I uninstalled it and rebooted. No problems now for 12 hours. And SIPDroid doesn't seem to cause the same problem.
3CX Phone would crash often and I guess it was hanging up the mic input when it did. The phone app must have a separate path to the mic, however, since phone calls would still work, but even after a call voice search wouldn't work.

xplanowestx said:
Got a new device and all is well! Love this phone!
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Success! Enjoy!
I am using the 2100mAh battery with SetCPU and I am getting great battery life. I listen to podcasts and stream music via Google Music at the gym for a few hours each day and easily make it until I go to bed.

[Q] Headset Problem - Just me ?

I just got a Galaxy W 2 days back, and I absolutely love it, but there is this one issue I am constantly facing.
Whenever I use my headphones, after removing them, the Music ( or whatever audio an app has ) gets routed through the top speaker
(Image Attached) . Although I found a workaround, i.e calling someone on handsfree mode does the trick, Can't find any permanent fix.
Would be glad if someone here could help me out with it. I can't figure out if its a hardware problem or a software bug.

Nope didn't happend to me.
try go to 2.3.6 via kies or auto apdate from the phones settings, maybe it will fix it.

It is already 2.3.6 I updated it as soon as I got it. Will go to service centre today.

But do you have the latest 2.3.6 version?

Does it always do this? You probably have installed an app that might have been messing with your phone's audio. This has never happened to me before.

I bought the phone hardly 4 days back, Yes, happened from the moment I bought it, with no apps installed. Tried ToggleHeadset, but that did not work either.

What is your version and the built date?
*#1234#

sound strange , it didnt happen to me.. maybe u should approach samsung customer service..

Assuming that you tried a different headset and it still doesn't work, I suggest returning the phone as well.

That would be a good idea!

Hey guys,
Just got it back from the Samsung Centre, they say it was a software issue. ( Though its still LA2) Anyways, its solved now.

And what they did with your phone? Factory defaults or what?

I've been having this same problem. I'm glad to hear it's a software problem. I toyed with the idea of sending my phone off to Samsung but I'm glad I didn't now. Especially as I'm planning on rooting soon once I've done a bit more reading up (it's my first android, feels strange to be a beginner with something again, takes a while to learn all the little tricks).
Anyway I posted the following to Android Forums a couple of weeks ago, with no reply (I can see this forum is much more active).
"A problem I've been having recently (not exactly sure when it first happened) is that I'll go to watch a video and instead of the sound coming out of the loudspeaker, it comes out of the handset/phone speaker (not sure what you call it, the one above the screen for putting your ear to). Needless to say it's way too quiet to hear anything properly. It's happened randomly now about 6 or 7 times. I've had to restart the phone every time to remedy the problem. It's getting kinda annoying.
Also I think my headphone volume may be playing up. Not sure if it's related, but there's been times where at full volume music has been pretty underwhelming (I know about the dreaded EU volume cap (which I hope to remedy with a forthcoming root once I've read more up on the subject), no - it seemed even quieter). I'm almost sure there's something wrong because all of a sudden earlier today while listening to some sounds the volume jumped up to what seemed more akin to a maximum volume.
Could these two problems be related? And if so could anyone suggest what I could do to sort this out? Perhaps a factory reset (which I understand I'll have to do if I want to root anyway)? I really don't want to have to send it off for repair. I dunno if I could part with my new favourite toy lol."
Anyway OP you're not alone. Glad to hear you got it sorted. Mine's an XXKK1 btw, although I don't really know what that means.
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They updated firmware (try updating it) and then set it to factory default.

RSX....Hi
Are you 2.3.6 or 2.3.5??
The XXKK1......means in Sammy code
XX Region
Austria, Belgium, France,
Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain,
United Kingdom
KK1 simply shows Year/Month/Revision....
1st K is 2011.....starts with A [2001]
2nd K is Nov. [Jan-Dec.....A-L]
So, your FW is Nov 2011, Ver 1
You prob due update......
Check with Kies or Check Fus App from Market
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.johnan.checkfus
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[Q] Microphone Issue

Hello xda members! I have been experiencing a strange problem with my "T-Mobile G2"'s microphone and would like to share it with you in case you had any insight on it:
My phone's microphone is not working - I cannot use voice input, music recognition services, etc. all it picks up is silence. What makes it a "strange" problem? Well, the microphone will work during calls, but ONLY IF I first snap out the keyboard and then snap it back in! Sometimes the microphone will fade out and then go silent again, at which point I'll open/close the keyboard again so that the other party can hear me again.
I thought it was software at first, but then I flashed it to stock and still had the same issue. Now I'm worried it might be a problem with the ribbon cable that connects the two halves. Have any of you ever heard of a similar problem? Any suggestions as to how I might fix it?

If it is intermittent and you reflashed then my guess would be hardware like you suggested.

Most likely you mic is loose. Does it behave the same as opening and closing if you just hit it or shake it?
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Thanks for the replies, I honestly didn't expect any! Interesting thing.. I flashed MIUI yesterday and now it feels like the problem is fixed. I've noticed a slight lag before the mic responds the first few times but now it's spot on. I don't see why flashing to stock didn't fix it while flashing to MIUI did so I think it's just a coincidence and that this is still a hardware issue.
I'll try and poke around explore this more when I get more time.

jervill said:
Thanks for the replies, I honestly didn't expect any! Interesting thing.. I flashed MIUI yesterday and now it feels like the problem is fixed. I've noticed a slight lag before the mic responds the first few times but now it's spot on. I don't see why flashing to stock didn't fix it while flashing to MIUI did so I think it's just a coincidence and that this is still a hardware issue.
I'll try and poke around explore this more when I get more time.
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Do you superwipe?

killj0y said:
Do you superwipe?
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Yup I did use superwipe.
Incidentally, the issue returned after 2 days of working perfectly. Doing a wipe and then installing that same ROM fresh (not a backup) did not fix it so that new most likely ROM had nothing to do with it. I'm giving up then and calling this a hardware issue, period. I guess it's a good thing that the HTC One phones are are coming out soon!

Horrible Outgoing Audio - Mic problem?

Everyone is complaining that my outgoing audio is horrible. They hear me, but it is muffled, with an echo, and not very clear.
I'm not sure if it started when I installed AOKP, or whether it started after I installed the new skin.
Ideas anyone????

Can anyone specify where the two microphones are? I know that one is on the bottom. But I can't find the other one (unless it is on top under the back cover)...?

try turning down the ear piece volume the mic can pick it up

This happened to mine as well. I had to factory reset it, but that fixed the problem. Obviously some update (most likely) or program caused it. Backup everything first (apps media and data). I then reinstalled my apps from the app store then recovered my data from the backup.
Remember, the reset will erase EVERYTHING on the phone -- including "SD" memory.

IMWarthog said:
This happened to mine as well. I had to factory reset it, but that fixed the problem. Obviously some update (most likely) or program caused it. Backup everything first (apps media and data). I then reinstalled my apps from the app store then recovered my data from the backup.
Remember, the reset will erase EVERYTHING on the phone -- including "SD" memory.
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A couple of questions:
1. which ROM are you on? Are you on stock ROM or AOKP?
2. I did a factory reset before upgrading to AOKP Build 28. A factory reset DOES NOT wipe the SD card. It only wipes app data and rom data. What reset are you talking about?
I'm wondering whether this problem is due to something simple as a modem change. Feedback anyone?

IMWarthog said:
This happened to mine as well. I had to factory reset it, but that fixed the problem. Obviously some update (most likely) or program caused it. Backup everything first (apps media and data). I then reinstalled my apps from the app store then recovered my data from the backup.
Remember, the reset will erase EVERYTHING on the phone -- including "SD" memory.
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Well I did a factory reset and installed AOKP Build 31 and I still have the same problem.
The factory reset DID NOT format the SD drive, so I have no idea what you are talking about.
Is anyone else experiencing bad outgoing audio?

montrealguy said:
Well I did a factory reset and installed AOKP Build 31 and I still have the same problem.
The factory reset DID NOT format the SD drive, so I have no idea what you are talking about.
Is anyone else experiencing bad outgoing audio?
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First of all, I am sorry to hear that you are having this problem. We welcome you to our lives. A lot of CDMA Gnex and a few GSM GNex users had this issue arise more than 4 months ago.
Second of all, I don't think you searched for this issue yet, or you just haven't found it, so I'll do the search for you. This issue is somewhat prevalent.
1) the post I made about this issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604730&highlight=microphone
2) the post most of us with this issue have been following here on XDA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1403051
3) And the location map (Although, I personally believe location doesn't even matter because even according to this post, it pretty much happens everywhere):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1545621
4) Google Issue Report:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=24019
The bottom line:
1) there's no fix as of yet, even if some users naively recommend you to get custom ROMs, Radio, Factory Reset, the chances are, none of will work.
2) due to severe variations among devices, some have whole lot worse than others (happening as soong as 5 sec into a call on every other call), some have it better than others (never had it happen for weeks, but infrequent enough for it to be any "issue" per say.)
3) I have noticed many of the members here at XDA don't even use GNex as a phone that much but rather a very nifty computer you can flash OSs on. Hence, the issue might be a little bit more prevalent than users report simply because many of us don't use this phone as a phone.
4) When you hear from problem free users "You are covering mic with your finger", "It's probabaly user issues, check out the apps that you installed."
Stay calm, just realize that some hasn't seen this issue and do not understand what we are going through.
5) In the mean time, I recommend you not using this phone for business purposes (e.g. try landline or second phone for conference calls, etc). Or even use a flip phone for business purposes. You may also try to get a replacement hoping the other one will have less issue. But it will have it most likely as well.
Let the other party know if your voice becomes robotic sounding and starts breaking up, let them know you'll call them back as soon as you call them.
6) Contact your carrier, and let them know. Many of them actually have been telling all of us the fix is on the way since January, so who knows..
Hope this post saved your time understanding this issue in depth.
Thank you for reading my 4 months of investigation regarding this issue.

Charlescom: I read through your posts and I am doubting whether I have the same problem as you.
My OP stated that people hear me, but it is muffled, with an echo, and not very clear. Your posts state that the microphone cuts out entirely or sound turns robotic. My microphone has never cut out.
Is this really the same problem?

montrealguy said:
Charlescom: I read through your posts and I am doubting whether I have the same problem as you.
My OP stated that people hear me, but it is muffled, with an echo, and not very clear. Your posts state that the microphone cuts out entirely or sound turns robotic.
Is this really the same problem?
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In a broader scheme of things, it is a similar problem or even a same problem.
I had people tell me 1) my voice turned into a static robot that chops up 2) muffled with an echo...as well..

see post 1199 here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1557606&page=120
but before you slam me--
i am not sure if these two audio issues are even related and if the N1 fix can be adapted to the GN--just fyi for the real techies

rugmankc said:
see post 1199 here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1557606&page=120
but before you slam me--
i am not sure if these two audio issues are even related and if the N1 fix can be adapted to the GN--just fyi for the real techies
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Well it seems that the fix works for some people on the Desire and on the Nexus One on a 4.04 ICS ROM!
Can one of you tech experts check it out???

It was the only fix that worked for me--my issues were no onboard working mike and overdriven audio to listener as well as echo. I am on that rom--bcmics 4.0.4

rugmankc said:
It was the only fix that worked for me--my issues were no onboard working mike and overdriven audio to listener as well as echo. I am on that rom--bcmics 4.0.4
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Now we need to know whether it works on the Galaxy Nexus GSM and AOKP...
And can someone create the fix in the form of a CWM zip? Most of us have no idea how to use ADB.

montrealguy said:
Now we need to know whether it works on the Galaxy Nexus GSM and AOKP...
And can someone create the fix in the form of a CWM zip? Most of us have no idea how to use ADB.
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Cwm zip is a good idea. Learn how to use adb. It's actually pretty damn easy.
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Can someone with expertise here create a CWM version of the audio fix for us? And comment on whether it actually works on the Galaxy Nexus GSM? And AOKP?
I'd love to find out whether it works!
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I got this issue while running AOKP.
Yup. Never changed ROMs faster.
Solution: Different ROM
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Smokeey said:
I got this issue while running AOKP.
Yup. Never changed ROMs faster.
Solution: Different ROM
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Which ROM are you using now on your GNex GSM? I think that AOKP is based on CyanogenMod so I don't think CM9 would work either.

Are you having this problem with calls only or does it happen when you record audio with the mic (I.e. a video or voice recording)?
Personally, I'd stick with stock rom and kernel as the custom stuff often introduce issues here and there and troubleshooting them can be a nightmare.

montrealguy said:
Well it seems that the fix works for some people on the Desire and on the Nexus One on a 4.04 ICS ROM!
Can one of you tech experts check it out???
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Different audio chipset.
No bueno.

EP2008 said:
Are you having this problem with calls only or does it happen when you record audio with the mic (I.e. a video or voice recording)?
Personally, I'd stick with stock rom and kernel as the custom stuff often introduce issues here and there and troubleshooting them can be a nightmare.
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I just tried a video recording with the front camera and the audio is great. Sound recording in the same conditions with Tape-a-Talk sounds pretty bad (robotic). And calls sound pretty bad too.
Could it be that the stock camera is using/not using the second microphone for noise cancellation, and the calls feature isn't?

[Q] Call quality - other person cannot hear me

My T-mobile LG G3 has been working like a champ for many months. Now, call quality for person to whom I am speaking is very poor. It sounds like there is very faint speaking that drops in and out. This happens both on bluetooth and off, but is worse on bluetooth. There is no physical block to built-in or headset microphone. I know this because can record voice memo and do 'OK Google' dictation with ease. VOIP calls (Google hangout) are ok given my WiFi bandwidth.
T-mobile tier2 support tried to sell me on notion that lollipop might fix me (based on www_androidauthority_dot_com/lg-g3-problems-517832 ) but I'm skeptical and jumped at the offer of a handset replacement. Any other ideas out there?

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My T-mobile LG G3 has been working like a champ for many months. Now, call quality for person to whom I am speaking is very poor. It sounds like there is very faint speaking that drops in and out. This happens both on bluetooth and off, but is worse on bluetooth. There is no physical block to built-in or headset microphone. I know this because can record voice memo and do 'OK Google' dictation with ease. VOIP calls (Google hangout) are ok given my WiFi bandwidth.
T-mobile tier2 support tried to sell me on notion that lollipop might fix me (based on www_androidauthority_dot_com/lg-g3-problems-517832 ) but I'm skeptical and jumped at the offer of a handset replacement. Any other ideas out there?
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try the replacement handset. I've had my G3 since it came out with no problems whatsoever.

steve.whisenhant said:
My T-mobile LG G3 has been working like a champ for many months. Now, call quality for person to whom I am speaking is very poor. It sounds like there is very faint speaking that drops in and out. This happens both on bluetooth and off, but is worse on bluetooth. There is no physical block to built-in or headset microphone. I know this because can record voice memo and do 'OK Google' dictation with ease. VOIP calls (Google hangout) are ok given my WiFi bandwidth.
T-mobile tier2 support tried to sell me on notion that lollipop might fix me (based on www_androidauthority_dot_com/lg-g3-problems-517832 ) but I'm skeptical and jumped at the offer of a handset replacement. Any other ideas out there?
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Wow, my G3 just started doing this too. I've had it for 6 months and it's just been the past week that I've been having issues. It's hit or miss, but about 90% of the time I get complaints that the other person can't hear me or that I sound very faint. It's been driving me crazy. I've figured out that I can toggle speaker mode and it fixes it. Can you try that out see if it's the same for you?

I noticed this about a week ago, interesting. Wonder if it's something on tmobile's network.

This just happened to me as well on Tuesday, March 10th. I live in Los Angeles. A reboot seems to fix it for one call. This is kind of a big problem.
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madmanjsm said:
This just happened to me as well on Tuesday, March 10th. I live in Los Angeles. A reboot seems to fix it for one call. This is kind of a big problem.
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I'm now running in safe mode and a couple test calls to my Google Hangout sound fine. Don't think it's a hardware issue.

I've started to experience this too. It's really annoying. I hope it gets fixed soon. Though, I am glad to know it's not just me. I really didn't want to dig around in my apps to find the offender.
Question: Do any of you guys have the Nova Launcher Beta running? I think I started having issues around then.
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I'm on Verizon with a G3, but try reading my post @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59423187&postcount=25 and maybe it'll help some of you

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I'm on Verizon with a G3, but try reading my post @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59423187&postcount=25 and maybe it'll help some of you
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Thanks! I downgraded and installed Google App 4.1.29 here http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-search/google-app-4-1-29-1706998-arm-android-apk-download/. Also disabled auto-update for Google Apps so it doesn't update to 4.2.16.87075793. I'll test it out and see what happens.

I also have had the same problem lately, just twice. A reboot fixed it

This is affecting me as well. I'm also in Los Angeles and the phone was fine until some time last week. I'm trying to the google apps downgrade now...

I also am having the same issue in my D851. My phone worked fine for 2 weeks and now 75% of the time the caller on the other end says they cant hear me and I sound like I am a mile away. This does not happen when I used VOIP such as hangouts. I am thinking about flashing a AOSP ROM until the t-mobile 5.0 build comes out.

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I also am having the same issue in my D851. My phone worked fine for 2 weeks and now 75% of the time the caller on the other end says they cant hear me and I sound like I am a mile away. This does not happen when I used VOIP such as hangouts. I am thinking about flashing a AOSP ROM until the t-mobile 5.0 build comes out.
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Try downgrading the Google app. Worked fine for me.

Downgraded, seems better. Are people also recommending not to use voice activated Google now?

How do I downgrade the google app? I tried turning off the "OK Google" way, but still have the same problem.

tippingvan said:
How do I downgrade the google app? I tried turning off the "OK Google" way, but still have the same problem.
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In the play store for the Google search app click the uninstall button. That will return the app to it's factory version. Then just install the version that's linked earlier in this thread. Make sure you have automatic updates turned off for the app or it will keep updating.
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Same thing happens to me. I had my phone for about 2 months now and sometimes people cant hear me or i sound like a transformer. i restart my phone and it fixes the problem but still does it after a couple days. I'm not rooted or anything like that. I also have a problem when I'm on a call. my volume bare goes up and down if i wanna lower and or raise it and the volume sounds the same even on speaker phone it does it too..

I had the problem turn off ok google from any screen and reboot and problem with voice calls fixed

I had this same problem. Maybe I should have came here first. I got a replacement in the mail a couple of days ago. New one seems to be working fine. Hopefully the problem doesnt start happening again.

JohnnyDanger said:
I had this same problem. Maybe I should have came here first. I got a replacement in the mail a couple of days ago. New one seems to be working fine. Hopefully the problem doesnt start happening again.
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I was gonna do a factory reset and if that didn't work i was gonna get a replacement . Hopefully this fixed the problem. The only issue I seem to be having is. when I'm on speaker phone or have it to my ear. and when i go to adjust the volume it doesn't change it. like i see the meter go up and down but the volume stays the same. its weird

I can confirm that after enabling voice activation for google now from any screen was the culprit of Mt audio issues. I was told I sounded far away or like a robot far away. Reset my device numerous times and reinstalled all apps and made calls. Once I enabled OK google from google now the issue came back. Disabled it and BOOM it worked fine. Haven't had an issue since.