My Nexus 7 produces static noise near the top of the device (in portrait) when the CPU is loaded (in game). It's easily noticeable when the speakers are muted. Exit the game and the noise immediately goes away. I don't think it's speaker noise because on the bottom side of the device I can barely hear it, probably just the same noise traveling thru the device from top to bottom. And it doesn't seem to be buzz from the screen backlight because it wouldn't depend on CPU load.
Anyone else has that?
Is this normal buzzing from the components? or could it be that I have a faulty capacitor or something in there that might end up failing?
I don't want to risk an exchange before determining if this is not common/normal since the only problem that I have otherwise is a mushy volume up button, which I can live with since it's still mostly functional.
Happens on all the games you tried? Strange.
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It happens on any high CPU load. Even YouTube and opening a heavy app like AccuWeather triggers it.
It sounds like electric static noise not speaker static noise if that makes any sense. Like a bad PSU.
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Well if you think it is a real issue you should RMA. That sucks. Hopefully you will get a better one.
Mine is on a truck right now. I hope it is good. Starting to have my doubt's after reading the sound issues.
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It is the game, the volume control on this device is cheap and emits a static noise. The reason why you don't hear it out of the second speaker is because most games don't have support for stereo sound.
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It seems to have quieted down. Couple of days ago I noticed it when I was in bed with the device at normal distance from my head. Now, same situation, I have to put my ear against the top part to even hear it.
I doubt it's speaker related because I just tried 3Dmark which has no sound + I had the sound muted and still heard the same screeching noise when I put my ear against it. And it sounds different than the static noise that everyone else is reporting at lower volume levels.
Maybe a few heat cycles were needed to put the components into optimal operating state. I'd say now the noise is almost normal for a consumer grade electronics.
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Is it just my phone or is the ear speaker volume really low? I have it all the way up and can barely hear. On my other phone, its loud and clear.
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I'm thinking mine is damaged. I found a replacement speaker. Anyone know how to replace it?
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How to: REPLACE INCREDIBLE BLOWN SPEAKER
That's for the regular speaker though right? I'm talking about the ear speaker.
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Whoops, sorry about that! In that case, I'm not sure about a link.
I can say though that on my phone, the ear speaker is plenty loud if I'm in controlled conditions (i.e. indoors, or a calm day). If I'm in nasty conditions (like outside on a very windy day), then the volume leaves something to be desired, but frankly I've never owned a phone where that wasn't the case.
Best of luck!
I noticed that the Stock setup the earpiece was very low, but practically every ROM I've tried it's much louder (especially the CM's).
Not sure of an easy way to fix your problem without flashing a new ROM though :/
There's an audio boost kernel Ucan try
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Is anyone getting these slight clicking noise from the speaker whenever the phone is in use, like opening an app for example. I got my phone phone from the launch event (5th in line!! ) and i only noticed when it was really quiet in my room these noises came from the speakers.
To check, open an app and quickly put your ear to the speaker and I hear a hissing noise then a soft click. Always happens when i open an app!
I went back to Phones4U, the guy could tell it was faulty so I got it replaced..now same problem!! (not as loud as before, but still there)
Anyone having the same problem? can anyone check for me? this can't be normal!
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Is anyone getting these slight hissing noise from the speaker whenever the phone is in use, like opening an app for example. I got my phone phone from the launch event (5th in line!! ) and i only noticed when it was really quiet in my room these noises came from the speakers.
To check, open an app and quickly put your ear to the speaker and I hear a hissing noise then a soft click. Always happens when i open an app!
I even went back, the guy could tell it was faulty so I got it replaced..now same problem!! (not as loud as before, but still there)
Anyone having the same problem? can anyone check for me? this can't be normal!
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Yeah I have that problem. It's one of those things that you don't really notice until you know it's there, then you hear it all the time
Someone on another forum posted they had the same, so it might not be an isolated problem.
Isn't that just the touch click?
Try Settings/Sound/Touch sounds.
Personally I rather like it..
TonyHoyle said:
Isn't that just the touch click?
Try Settings/Sound/Touch sounds.
Personally I rather like it..
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No, I have that turned off.
It happens whenever the speaker is used - when the sound stops there is a quiet hiss, followed by a pop as the speaker switches off.
Try it - hold the speaker right up to your ear, and use the volume rocker to hear the beep. Afterwards there is hiss followed by a pop.
It's not noticeable enough to be an issue (for me) in normal use, but you can hear it if you're in a quiet room.
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No, I have that turned off.
It happens whenever the speaker is used - when the sound stops there is a quiet hiss, followed by a pop as the speaker switches off.
Try it - hold the speaker right up to your ear, and use the volume rocker to hear the beep. Afterwards there is hiss followed by a pop.
It's not noticeable enough to be an issue (for me) in normal use, but you can hear it if you're in a quiet room.
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I can hear it on my G2x... I'm sure it's not an issue and your just being paranoid because you dropped a whole bunch of cash on a new phone
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Isn't that just the touch click?
Try Settings/Sound/Touch sounds.
Personally I rather like it..
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The click comes like 3 seconds after you make an input, so it doesn't sound right and it just sounds random (and annoying).
thanks tho!
Edit: Turning off Touch sounds, seems to stop it, whenever im using the phone..but yeah still happens whenever the speaker is in use but that i can live with that!
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No, I have that turned off.
It happens whenever the speaker is used - when the sound stops there is a quiet hiss, followed by a pop as the speaker switches off.
Try it - hold the speaker right up to your ear, and use the volume rocker to hear the beep. Afterwards there is hiss followed by a pop.
It's not noticeable enough to be an issue (for me) in normal use, but you can hear it if you're in a quiet room.
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Happens with my OG Droid. I only started noticing it one late night when for no reason I had the speaker right up next to my ear.
I don't think it's anything to worry about
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I can hear it on my G2x... I'm sure it's not an issue and your just being paranoid because you dropped a whole bunch of cash on a new phone
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Heh, that's certainly got something to do with it
As I say it's not really an issue, and it's not unique to this phone (as you point out). Just one of those annoying niggles - it depends on how sensitive you are to these things
Yes - I have the same problem with my new Galaxy Nexus. In fact, even if it's not a problem for most people, I'd say it is a problem for Samsung because I returned my phone yesterday and got it swapped out. The new one has the same problem, so I assume it's an Android software problem rather than a hardware glitch.
So that's at least two returns caused by this problem. Hope we get a fix at some point!
p.s. Phone is great by the way, even with the annoying click.
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This is hardware problem. And it happens on most of the speakers however its more or less noticeable on some devices.
I have quite good quality monitors (studio speakers) and i can hear something hissing in the back.
Let me put it that way.
Every speaker needs electricity to work. The noise you are hearing is the actual electric current coming through the speakers. The sudden pop and lack of the hiss means that speaker has been turned off. For obvious reasons there is no point for the speaker to work constantly....
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I can't hear any click when I plug headphones in, so maybe you're right - the click could be when the amplifier that powers the internal speaker turns off...
However, for some reason I still get a click if the phone is in silent mode. I guess putting it in silent mode doesn't guarantee it keeps the amplifier turned off.
I hope it's just the speakers; the DAC in my HD2 hissed for a few seconds after any sounds even through my headphones. The hissing was always there when there was sound. It was quite depressing. I'm hoping for a good DAC in the Galaxy nexus.
I've got a click (sounds just like a quite speaker pop) from the back cover.
Turn your GN over and push the back cover, on the "Google" logo (below the camera flash). Then quickly release your finger.
Sometime it can happen with only the lightest of touches. If i put my phone down on my chest, the pick it up.
If you look really closely you can see the cover moving just below the camera surround.
Issue has been reported to google.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22307
I have this issue on my gnex. Its def a sw problem. I took the back cover off and still have the issue.
slightly different, but also hiss related...
my rezound does the same thing when headphones(or aux to car) are plugged in and nothing is playing. once you start to play something you don't notice it. and its a confirmed issue.
It's a hardware issue guys, depends on the audio chip I believe. Impedance-related.
Here is the other thread with this annoying sound
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20087759
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It isn't just on the speaker either. Atleast on my Galaxy Nexus, I can hear it when listening on high end professional in-ear headphones. I can verify that it is almost certainly a signal isolation problem. The activity causes the DAC (the thing that makes a digital signal into an analog signal that speakers and headphones need) to kick on for a few seconds and until it shuts off you can hear the noise coming out of the DAC. It's pretty substantial on mine though, so I'm wondering if I got a bad unit. I'll have to stop by a Verizon Wireless store and plug in to the display unit to see if it is any better. I never noticed this on my Galaxy S (Fascinate).
My unit is also affected, it was made in Vietnam. I checked the Google Code issue tracker link (http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22307) and I can see many people confirming this also. This is definitely not how the speaker should work - I checked another Samsung phone (SGS II) and there's no such "clicks". There's some silent noise but not the click.
I can hear it from the speaker only, not through the headphones.
I think many users are unaware of the issue because it is often only noticeable in a silent environment.
Yes getting same issue. Have tried different ROMS to no avail
This is something that I really mis from my s3 probably the thing I would pick if I could change one thing. The phone gets decently loud when playing music (and the quality is amazing) but in call volume I constantly wish it got louder and the same is true for the speaker phone while in call. I think even just alittle bit louder would make a huge difference since for me at max volume its right at the edge.
Anyone else feel the same? I cant be the only one and I have good hearing lol. Please someone fix this!
So far I am seeing my problems disappear one by one as mods come out (share button in blinkfeed, green battery now clear, 30 volume steps for games and music, ect)
That's odd... I find it too loud already just setting it up 2 steps below the middle level of the volume when in call.
Maybe you have a dud. I can hear mine at almost max volume just like a speakerphone on a cheap device. It really is quite amazing
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Maybe you have a dud. I can hear mine at almost max volume just like a speakerphone on a cheap device. It really is quite amazing
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IDK my dads HTC seems to exhibit the same behavior. I will test more to be sure but I doubt its hardware related since my speakers sounds strong with no distortion or anything.
The N7 is just too loud. I like that it CAN get loud but it doesn't get quiet enough. Even 1 tick seems like its super loud. At night in bed I usually have to turn the audio off to watch videos or use headsets. I had to turn my keyboard volume to 1 and system volume to 1 cause the clicks were too loud.
I know this is a weird question but anyone know a way to lower the lower volume settings? I'm running CM Kanged and perhaps they have the volume increased for other devices.
On my OG N7 I would have it 3-4 clicks in or higher. 1 seems like 7 compared to the old N7.
Too damn loud. I know there are apps to make it louder but I haven't seen anything to lower it. Some custom ROMs can provide more steps for greater control but 1 is too loud. I need like a .15 or .25
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So totally agree, too loud! no idea what the solution is either and I've looked around. Hopefully there's some mod for stock but I'd be willing to do just about anything.
Er... my shiny new N7 is not too loud. (Production date September 13.)
It's significantly louder than my old N7, but far from being really "loud".
Also, it does absolutely not have the reported problem of hiss when turning down volume.
Perhaps production batches differ in loudness?
Mine doesn't hiss and I'm not saying it is glass shattering but at night when everyone is trying to relax I have 2 options, Volume Muted or Volume Notch 1. Volume Notch 1 is still too loud and my family gives me the stink eye.
The max sound is fine but I think the lower portions should go lower.
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Mine doesn't hiss and I'm not saying it is glass shattering but at night when everyone is trying to relax I have 2 options, Volume Muted or Volume Notch 1. Volume Notch 1 is still too loud and my family gives me the stink eye.
The max sound is fine but I think the lower portions should go lower.
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Agreed. I suggest using XPosed Framework if you are rooted, and look for the XVolume module (last module in the downloads section of the app). It breaks the volume into 30 steps. I'm going to test this out for myself and let you know my results.
EDIT: Doesn't seem like it helped very much.
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I wish my Nexus was louder hahaha
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I noticed this last night when I had brightness set to minimum.
My bottom speaker is emitting an awful, high pitched noise. Sounds exactly like a dog whistle if I put it up to my ear. It happens when the screen is on, goes away immediately when the screen is off. It's mostly the bottom speaker, but I can hear it a bit off the earpiece too.
Someone else please test this, set your brightness to minimum, hold the bottom speaker up to your ear. Then set max brightness and see if it goes away.
Reboot did not fix it. May try a factory reset today.
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I noticed this last night when I had brightness set to minimum.
My bottom speaker is emitting an awful, high pitched noise. Sounds exactly like a dog whistle if I put it up to my ear. It happens when the screen is on, goes away immediately when the screen is off. It's mostly the bottom speaker, but I can hear it a bit off the earpiece too.
Someone else please test this, set your brightness to minimum, hold the bottom speaker up to your ear. Then set max brightness and see if it goes away.
Reboot did not fix it. May try a factory reset today.
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I can replicate this on my Verizon HTC 10. The high pitched noise isn't loud or anything, but if I'm listening for it I can hear it if I put my ear to it (both bottom and top speakers.) The noise seems to go away when I make a phone call. I really don't consider this to be an issue... it's not noticeable unless I'm specifically trying to listen for it and put my ear up to the speaker, and only when it's at low brightness. /shrug
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I can replicate this on my Verizon HTC 10. The high pitched noise isn't loud or anything, but if I'm listening for it I can hear it if I put my ear to it (both bottom and top speakers.) The noise seems to go away when I make a phone call. I really don't consider this to be an issue... it's not noticeable unless I'm specifically trying to listen for it and put my ear up to the phone, and only when it's at low brightness. /shrug
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Yeah I'm torn on whether or not it's a problem for me. Right now it's driving me literally crazy lol. Whenever I'm in a quiet room, and brightness is below 30%, I hear it faintly, then I hold it up to my ear and it's a high pitched dog whistle making my brain bleed. It's making my ears ring even when not on my phone. I currently obsessing over it lol.
I'd like figure out whether or not this is present on all devices though.
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Yeah I'm torn on whether or not it's a problem for me. Right now it's driving me literally crazy lol. Whenever I'm in a quiet room, and brightness is below 30%, I hear it faintly, then I hold it up to my ear and it's a high pitched dog whistle making my brain bleed. It's making my ears ring even when not on my phone. I currently obsessing over it lol.
I'd like figure out whether or not this is present on all devices though.
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Understandable. You can count me in the "Yes" column. I believe this has something to do with the LCD though, possibly with the refresh rate or something? Not 100% sure, but if you google search "high pitched noise from speaker when at low brightness" there are quite a few posts about people having this issue with LCD's in particular, even some older Nexus devices. I'm also interested to see if others have this issue, but my guess is all HTC 10's will do this...
Don't have this problem I'd say your units are defective.
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george241312 said:
Don't have this problem I'd say your units are defective.
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You have a US unlocked?
Heisenberg420 said:
I noticed this last night when I had brightness set to minimum.
My bottom speaker is emitting an awful, high pitched noise. Sounds exactly like a dog whistle if I put it up to my ear. It happens when the screen is on, goes away immediately when the screen is off. It's mostly the bottom speaker, but I can hear it a bit off the earpiece too.
Someone else please test this, set your brightness to minimum, hold the bottom speaker up to your ear. Then set max brightness and see if it goes away.
Reboot did not fix it. May try a factory reset today.
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US unlocked and can't reproduce this issue.
Heisenberg420 said:
I noticed this last night when I had brightness set to minimum.
My bottom speaker is emitting an awful, high pitched noise. Sounds exactly like a dog whistle if I put it up to my ear. It happens when the screen is on, goes away immediately when the screen is off. It's mostly the bottom speaker, but I can hear it a bit off the earpiece too.
Someone else please test this, set your brightness to minimum, hold the bottom speaker up to your ear. Then set max brightness and see if it goes away.
Reboot did not fix it. May try a factory reset today.
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I tried it and can't reproduce the same thing
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I can't reproduce this on my unlocked US model either or at least I can't hear it. How high pitched are we talking? I can usually easily hear tones up to around 19 kHz.
Edit: So mine does make a quiet tone with the brightness between about 5-10%. I can't hear it unless I hold the bottom speaker right up to my ear so this is a non-issue for me.
It's probably the pwm for the backlight that causes this.
Just to clarify, to me this sound is difficult to hear, not loud at all and it's not a consistent noise when the brightness is low. Make sure the phone is on about 5-15% brightness and hold your ear to the bottom speaker. It's a very high pitched sound. I believe the sound is coming from the LCD, I doubt our units are defective, but it's possible I guess...
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jaredkzr said:
I can't reproduce this on my unlocked US model either or at least I can't hear it. How high pitched are we talking? I can usually easily hear tones up to around 19 kHz.
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He described it pretty well. It's a squealing, I can hear it holding the phone about 15 inches away, faintly. It's the pitch of the sound that's irritating, very high.
If you guys know what panel (tianma / sharp) your device has, could you post that as well.
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He described it pretty well. It's a squealing, I can hear it holding the phone about 15 inches away, faintly. It's the pitch of the sound that's irritating, very high.
If you guys know what panel (tianma / sharp) your device has, could you post that as well.
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I have a tianma screen
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I have a tianma screen
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Same here
Just saw this here: https://plus.google.com/109103813437959718469/posts/iPvCjjqKR2k
Looks like there was an issue with it on the 2015 Pixel too.
Google's Response:
"After having one of our techs look into this, we found that this is the normal operating sound for the screen at that brightness because of the high density of pixels in the screen. However, it is such a high-pitched sound most people can't hear it which is probably why other owners say that theirs don't make that sound either."
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Seems it's such a high frequency that not everyone can hear it... I'll bet it's the exact same situation here.
Well I just summoned another HTC 10. I had ordered two and cancelled one but they shipped it anyway so I refused delivery. Just went to my local FedEx facility and picked it up.
So I'll test that one out shortly.
most people can not hear that frequency... its the same sound older crt tvs emit... i would be able to walk into the living room and know the tv was on before i stepped in....
im betting they all do this... not everyone can hear it....
joewoo said:
most people can not hear that frequency... its the same sound older crt tvs emit... i would be able to walk into the living room and know the tv was on before i stepped in....
im betting they all do this... not everyone can hear it....
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Agree completely... I was always one of those who could hear that frequency on those old CRTs too I'll just live with it, it's not a big inconvenience to me. The only time I'll have my face close enough to hear it will be when making calls, and it doesn't make that sound when calling
joewoo said:
most people can not hear that frequency... its the same sound older crt tvs emit... i would be able to walk into the living room and know the tv was on before i stepped in....
im betting they all do this... not everyone can hear it....
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Well I'm starting to believe your right, it's on all devices.
The new one that I just opened has the same thing.
I'm not sure how people aren't hearing it. All it takes is a quiet room and it's such a piercing ring. I can literally hold it 12 inches from my face, and move it from side to side and hear the sound moving with the phone.
I've noticed a few things that cause it:
- the brightness is below 30%. 30-40 it's unnoticeable but still there if you hold the screen up to your ear. Above 50 it's gone.
- the background of the screen affects the pitch. The darker the background the louder and higher the pitch is.
I can live with it through the day. When I use my phone before going to bed, or just waking up I usually use my phone at 0% brightness. It's extremely noticeable even a good distance from my face at that point.
I hear it as well... HTC 10 gold, sim free - Spain
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Well I'm starting to believe your right, it's on all devices.
The new one that I just opened has the same thing.
I'm not sure how people aren't hearing it. All it takes is a quiet room and it's such a piercing ring. I can literally hold it 12 inches from my face, and move it from side to side and hear the sound moving with the phone.
I've noticed a few things that cause it:
- the brightness is below 30%. 30-40 it's unnoticeable but still there if you hold the screen up to your ear. Above 50 it's gone.
- the background of the screen affects the pitch. The darker the background the louder and higher the pitch is.
I can live with it through the day. When I use my phone before going to bed, or just waking up I usually use my phone at 0% brightness. It's extremely noticeable even a good distance from my face at that point.
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I don't have any noise from mine. Unlocked variant. But I tested AFTER I took the OTA that dropped today. Maybe it's fixed? I have the tianma screen