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Poor magnetic shielding

Hi all looked through the forum but can't see anyone else mentioning this.
When i have headphones pluggged into my Desire there is a noticeable hissing noise coming through them (I have a pair of fairly expensive Shure headphones) which seems to come on and off depending on whether the phone thinks it should be outputting noise. Anyone else noticed this? Was dead silent on my Iphone.
Anyway, as per the title above, when i am listening to music etc through the headphones in addition to the hiss i have just described i can hear the phone connecting to the network. Not sure how best to describe the sound sorry but it's like the one you get if you put your phone next to a speaker while you're making a call. It's not particularly loud but is extremely annoying. It's intermittent and seems to mainly occur when the phone is using GPRS or Edge.
It also occurs when i receive a call with my headphones plugged in.
Has anyone else experienced this or can anyone else test this by listening to music through headphones and browsing the web or similar?
I'm assuming it's down to poor magnetic shielding but want to see if it's just my phone or common to the Desire in general.
Cheers

No problems here using my Shure SE210 earphones. Whisper quiet using Meridian Player for both Videos and Music (FLAC).
Have you tried the earphones you get with the phone, or indeed other earphones? Just to try and isolate the problem...

I also have Shure SE210 and I rather don't use them with the Desire. The static level is just over the roof! What's more I also dislike the sound as a whole, it's tiny. I guess an equilizer could relieve this.
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So has anyone else noticed this issue?
I use Shure SE210s too. But my point was they worked absolutely fine on my iPhone - this is why I believe the problem to be down to the phone hardware not the headphones. I can live with the slight static but the phone buzzing noises are unacceptable.

Hi,
I have the same issues (GPRS/EDGE noises). With any headphones I use, I can hear the phone accessing the data network. The problem is gone, when I'm on wifi. May this be related to custom ROMs and kernels? I really want to get this fixed

OK, I fixed it. Apparently I had the "only use 2G networks" option turned on! Now with 3G the issue is gone

Reviving an old thread here, but just wanted to say I have this problem with a pair of Sennheiser CX300's and Creative Aurvanas. Airplane mode doesnt help at all. As long as the phone is outputting sound, it's hissing. It lasts about four seconds after it has stopped playing sound. It is being retunred tomorrow, after HTC claimed it was not a known problem with the phone, and told me to try and return it.
The same earbuds work without a problem on a Nokia 5800 (Xpress Music "Tube") and an iPhone 3G. If this is a problem with all Desires, mine will be returned for my money back. You can't advertise a phone as a heavyweigth media phone with such a MAJOR flaw.

naguz said:
Reviving an old thread here, but just wanted to say I have this problem with a pair of Sennheiser CX300's and Creative Aurvanas. Airplane mode doesnt help at all. As long as the phone is outputting sound, it's hissing. It lasts about four seconds after it has stopped playing sound. It is being retunred tomorrow, after HTC claimed it was not a known problem with the phone, and told me to try and return it.
The same earbuds work without a problem on a Nokia 5800 (Xpress Music "Tube") and an iPhone 3G. If this is a problem with all Desires, mine will be returned for my money back. You can't advertise a phone as a heavyweigth media phone with such a MAJOR flaw.
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This hissing noize you talk about which is only 4 seconds long also happens on my iPod touch, so I don't think its a massive problem
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Listening to tunes on desire with my sennheiser 555's and it sounds excellent...
Get a very slight click when WiFi connects.
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atomfix said:
This hissing noize you talk about which is only 4 seconds long also happens on my iPod touch, so I don't think its a massive problem
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The hissing noise is present all the time while the phone is producing sound AND four seconds after. So I would say it is a pretty big problem.

[Q] DHD phone calls alone and launches voicesearch when headphones are plugged in.

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.

[Q] Defective headphone jack incredible 2?

I had a moto droid, the headphone jack was defective. It would work as long as you didn't move the device around. It got worse after the warrantee ended and stopped working altogether.
My new incredible 2 does something similar. I have it in my pocket with nothing else and the jack constantly pops out and pauses my music.
If you rotate the jack like you would while walking it pops out. Is this model line defective like the droid or is it my device.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130986
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1084662
It's a known issue with history of threads on this forum.

Thanks for the reply the other posts were about music stopping, wasn't searching for the right terms. I was googling for some time and all the posts weren't coming up about the Inc2, they were about "incredibles" with 2 mentioned somewhere.
I was going nuts. I was thinking the same thing was happening with the incredible 2, that happened with my droid. I had purchased one new and one used ebay incredible 1 and they both had touchscreen / screen defects, the owners hadn't noticed. I was really bummed out with all my problems.
Then I said screw it and bought a contract free incredible 2 for way too much at verizon. Don't like 2 year contracts always got 1 year contracts. Was thinking about returning it until I read the posts you provided. I filed down the tip of the headphone jack and that seemed to make it stay in.
Thanks!

Yianaki said:
I was googling for some time and all the posts weren't coming up about the Inc2, they were about "incredibles" with 2 mentioned somewhere.
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I feel your pain there.
One thing I've found useful is if I can't get a good result with "incredible 2" in my search terms, I'll throw in "incredible s" instead. Something else to try is in your search terms, throw "incredible 2" in quotes, or try some regex (google search supports some regex syntax).

I have an issue where if I have haedphones plugged in and I listen to pandora, notifications come through the headphones and the external speaker as well. Its really annoying at work, and the phone is set to vibrate or silent before plugging in the headphones.

selayan said:
I have an issue where if I have haedphones plugged in and I listen to pandora, notifications come through the headphones and the external speaker as well. Its really annoying at work, and the phone is set to vibrate or silent before plugging in the headphones.
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HTC implemented a lot of custom media controls that seems to be pretty broken. There may be a setting somewhere to address this. I have the same issue using bluetooth (I hear the alert tone on my phone then car speakers).

If you unlink your volume settings and turn alerts volume down it still doesn't work. You can download Audio Manager and then set your alert tones to mute and it won't make a noise and you only get the LED blink.

Headphones not recognised when plugged in...

Anyone having this problem?
I am suffering with the volume rocker issue, but noticed this morning that 2 sets of headphones are not recognised when plugged in.
I've tried a restart, but no difference.
Right now I have a lot to talk to Samsung support about this morning

Don't know yet about the Nexus, but Samsung phones need earphones with a three ring jack.

Sweerts said:
Don't know yet about the Nexus, but Samsung phones need earphones with a three ring jack.
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nope, incorrect. They need headsets that have a TRRS jack. Normal headphones (that do not have a mic) are fine as long as they are a 3.5mm TRS jack.

Sorry, you're right!
Hope that 'll still help the OP though.

I just plugged in my old HTC Desire headphones, and listened to some youtube videos through them, but I noticed a couple of odd things:
1. No headphones symbol appeared.
2. When I used Twitter, pulling to refresh, the sound came through the headphones, but when the pop sound came for new Tweets, it came from the phone!?
Has anyone seen the headphones symbol?
EDIT: Forgot to mention, the stock Samsung headphones do exactly the same things.

Cleargrey said:
I just plugged in my old HTC Desire headphones, and listened to some youtube videos through them, but I noticed a couple of odd things:
1. No headphones symbol appeared.
2. When I used Twitter, pulling to refresh, the sound came through the headphones, but when the pop sound came for new Tweets, it came from the phone!?
Has anyone seen the headphones symbol?
EDIT: Forgot to mention, the stock Samsung headphones do exactly the same things.
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Just tried with two pairs of headphones and no symbol came up either, not a big deal though really.
Also I notice when you change volume on the phone (when music isn't playing) you hear the noise through both the phone and headphones, so I guess notification sounds play through both, like the Twitter thing you mentioned.

I think I just found out the answer. It's doesn't seem to be a "problem". It was never going to show.
I just tried it in a friends GS2. No headphone symbol popped up. I asked them has a headphone symbol ever popped up and she looked at me confused and said "No. Why would it? I've never had a phone even back to my Sony Ericsson days that did that."
I said, like computers, they normally show when anything is connected.
"But computers don't show when you connect headphones or a headset." she said.
"...... ..... Good point." lol

Headphones buzzing sound

Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this but I have a buzzing sound in my headphones in the left ear. It is fairly loud when the phone is idling. When I switch apps or screens it goes away momentarily then starts again. I have tested it in the music app and it does not appear to be an issue while playing music. I checked some very low volume sources and its not there. Still I wonder if I have a bad unit or have something activated doing this. I am completely stock new AT&T LG G3.
Update: After testing a few more sets of headphones, this only happens on my Bose QC15s which have the noise cancellation. Its interesting though that the Bose are dead silent on my Galaxy S5 and my wifes iphone. I tried both cables with them (since one is designed for idevices) but it doesn't make a difference. Not sure what interference they are picking up but I think I will take them to an AT&T store this weekend and see if it does it on their display models.

Is it anything like...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2804065
Thanks
Christopher.
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I think it's the same thing. With the Bose it's like a humming buzzing sound. I don't hear it at all with the Apple $79 IEMs. They are listed at 23ohm impedance. With mine it's as if theorizing switches on and off though. I can switch apps or play music and its dead quiet after I immediately pause but then it clicks back to buzzing.
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awtryau89 said:
I think it's the same thing. With the Bose it's like a humming buzzing sound. I don't hear it at all with the Apple $79 IEMs. They are listed at 23ohm impedance. With mine it's as if theorizing switches on and off though. I can switch apps or play music and its dead quiet after I immediately pause but then it clicks back to buzzing.
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Same here, Bose QC20 LG G3 D855... Left Channel buzzing.
Do you think it's a defect of the phone?

they all have this problem, let's hope an update

olivierdo said:
they all have this problem, let's hope an update
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I was almost returning my G3 and i was like "Hell no, again..." , i have exchanged my nexus 5, 5 times! and still has the same problem!

One interesting thing I will note guys, when I plug my headphones in that I hear a buzzing sound, I get the headphone icon in the NB. When I plug in the Apple headphones that I cannot hear the buzzing sound at all I get the headset icon in the NB.
I have read this is a Kit Kat 4.4 issue but I did not have it at all with a Galaxy S5. I am hoping it will be fixed soon but I am thinking about grabbing some different headphones anyway.

I have the buzzing just listening through the earpiece on the phone itself, no headphones required. I have the T-Mobile D851 model. So one would theorize that this is also using power since it's powering the earpiece to make noise. Some kind of electrical interference in the phone itself would be my guess.

Hi. Just got my UK spec G3 in the last few hours and I've just come across what I believe is the same problem. There is a distinct buzzing/crackling/static sounds when I have headphones connected via the 3.5mm jack. The sound is only present when I have certain media playing (using Spotify at the moment). I only notice this when connected using the jack and not when using my Bluetooth receiver (HTC BH S600). I did hear this while using two pairs of earphones while they were directly plugged into the device, the LG QuadBeat 2s from my G3 and the in box headphones from my old HTC One M7.

This has to be a software problem. I was just testing again and the buzzing becomes stronger in any app I use just when I touch the screen and scroll. I hope this is an easy fix in a custom rom. Also as I reported earlier, I do not have the buzzing during playback. I know this because I have tested some very quiet tracks and also checked on some very long gaps between songs. If it is humming it is much quieter. Only when I exit out of the Music app it is immediately quiet then it clicks in at about 2-3 seconds. I have also had a few quirks today where my headphones come up with the Aux Icon then after pausing the Music app a few times they switch to the Headset icon.
Not really sure what is going on but there has to be a software fix.
I will say the Music app sounds unbelievable with Viper4Android installed. It definitely has more oomph than with Play Music. Comparing the same tracks in both apps back and forth, the Music app is cleaner. Not sure what LG has done in that app but I like it.

I only get a buzz during charging. Disconnect the charger and it goes away. Most devices I've owned have the same issue recently. S4, S5, note 3, moto maxx, moto X, nexus 5 have all done it to me but only while charging

I have a really nasty popping crackling sound in between tracks when using aux in my car, but headphones no issues... Never had that problem at all on my nexus 5 so it can't be my head unit in my car

I wanted to post an update to this problem. I originally reported I had this issue with my Bose QC15 headphones. I do not have this issue with my Apple In Ear headphones. Today I was diagnosing things again and had been listening the the Apples. The Apples always correctly have the headphone icon show up in the Notification bar. When I plug in the Bose, I always get the Aux icon. This got me to thinking about if the cable was different. I pulled the cable out of the Bose and on the end that inserts into the headphones themselves there is a Hi Low switch. Mine was on high. When I switched it to Low, the G3 started to recognize them as headphones and not show the Aux icon. The hissing and buzzing immediately went away and its dead quiet. This switch is an input level switch and undoubtedly having it on Hi causes the G3 to not recognize the Bose properly.
There is a thread about the Aux input problem and I think they have it diagnosed. Its going to take some software manipulations. I listen to my G3 in my car through Bluetooth so I do not experience any issues on that end like the folks in that thread. As for headphones, I am not having the issue with my 2 sets.

Just a little update...
Updated to V10E, issue seems to be fixed...
No more buzzing noise in my left channel...
QC20
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awtryau89 said:
I wanted to post an update to this problem. I originally reported I had this issue with my Bose QC15 headphones. I do not have this issue with my Apple In Ear headphones. Today I was diagnosing things again and had been listening the the Apples. The Apples always correctly have the headphone icon show up in the Notification bar. When I plug in the Bose, I always get the Aux icon. This got me to thinking about if the cable was different. I pulled the cable out of the Bose and on the end that inserts into the headphones themselves there is a Hi Low switch. Mine was on high. When I switched it to Low, the G3 started to recognize them as headphones and not show the Aux icon. The hissing and buzzing immediately went away and its dead quiet. This switch is an input level switch and undoubtedly having it on Hi causes the G3 to not recognize the Bose properly.
There is a thread about the Aux input problem and I think they have it diagnosed. Its going to take some software manipulations. I listen to my G3 in my car through Bluetooth so I do not experience any issues on that end like the folks in that thread. As for headphones, I am not having the issue with my 2 sets.
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I have this problem when I plug into the car aux port (noise in between tracks). Just a quick question, which icon should appear in the NB if I plug in an audio cable from the Aux socket?

EpicChineseTime said:
Just a little update...
Updated to V10E, issue seems to be fixed...
No more buzzing noise in my left channel...
QC20
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?? I'm in v10e and always thé sale problem

olivierdo said:
?? I'm in v10e and always thé sale problem
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Mine it's resolved... [emoji5]
How strange...
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I picked up a D855 V10d (Telstra branded Australia) two days ago and noticed this yesterday myself.
I have Shure SE425 canals and they make the static noise when idle, very noticeable on these headphones. When music or audio is playing the static goes away. This is of course only when the charger is plugged in.
I tested it with the LG headphones that came with the phone and the noise is still there but softer, grabbed my Samsung headphones that came with my S4 and couldn't hear anything. I believe it's due to the resistance of the headphones.
Another test was to turn off the phone and charge it with the headphones plugged in, no static noise if I did this.
Going to exchange the phone today as it's unacceptable, I primarily use it at work to listen to music and often charge it at the same time.