Hi, I have lg optimus g pro e980 stock rooted, which has been running great until now. Recently my callers hear an echo, I hear everything fine on my end. Ive read other posts about cases causing echo's but I have a standard att wireless charging flip cover case, it's never caused an echo before and the case in no way covers my mic which is why i find this strange. But testing it, it would seem if i don't have the case on, my callers do not hear the echo, as soon as I put it on the echo is back. My question is, is it possible that the NFC device inside the case could be causing it, I just want to be certain before I go buy a new cover.
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majicmazo said:
Hi, I have lg optimus g pro e980 stock rooted, which has been running great until now. Recently my callers hear an echo, I hear everything fine on my end. Ive read other posts about cases causing echo's but I have a standard att wireless charging flip cover case, it's never caused an echo before and the case in no way covers my mic which is why i find this strange. But testing it, it would seem if i don't have the case on, my callers do not hear the echo, as soon as I put it on the echo is back. My question is, is it possible that the NFC device inside the case could be causing it, I just want to be certain before I go buy a new cover.
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Negative. Especially since it was not there before and you had the case on. There are plenty of instances of cases causing echos, but in your case I seriously doubt it. Are you sure that absolutely nothing else changed? Have you recently frozen or deleted any apps for example? Have you dropped the phone recently? Are there any new apps that you installed around the same time you started getting the echo? Check what is running in the background to make sure.
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I did a complete wipe and reinstalled the stock rom fresh and my callers still hear an echo. I have done tests when I take the cover off they do not here an echo, every single time I replace the cover they hear an echo again. I understand this is an extremely strange situation which is why I made this thread. I want to know if it's at all possible a wireless charger can somehow interfere with the radio, or the microphone. But it makes no sense to have started out of no where when it never happened before, which is why I am completely stumped.
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Negative. Especially since it was not there before and you had the case on. There are plenty of instances of cases causing echos, but in your case I seriously doubt it. Are you sure that absolutely nothing else changed? Have you recently frozen or deleted any apps for example? Have you dropped the phone recently? Are there any new apps that you installed around the same time you started getting the echo? Check what is running in the background to make sure.
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My desire z is going back for warranty tomorrow ...
The touchscreen and the buttons just under it stopped working without any warning.
Anyone else had similar issues??
Now unrooted with the latest ruu.
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When you say it stopped working, did you by any chance have the phone on a worktop? or was you holding it in your hand?
There are reported issues with phones not working all the time when on a worktop, however mine always works when its in my hand.
When my phone is laying flat on any surface the screen just refuses to respond... however if I angle it just slightly it works just fine, or if I pick it up.
I have the same issue when its in the car dock. I didn't have the issue when I was running the stock bell rom this only happened when I installed cyanogen 6.1
My g2's touchscreen gets super lllaagggyyy, like laggy as crap whenever it is connected to the charger @ near full charge. It's random...yet it's not, like for instance..I can put it on the charger and initially it's very responsive. Then, after a few minutes charging the screen *seems* to be unresponsive, I just have to swipe it slowly and it jerks by @ like..5fps seemingly. This has happened on every rom ive tried so far from stock to CM.
Just installed MIUI and haven't had a chance to test..i'm assuming it's hardware related though.
When I First got my G2, The TMo Rep asked me to open it up at the store since i was getting the first one from that store and the touch screen didnt work at all, we turned it off and on and nada. So they replaced it with another one and it worked just fine. Other than that little problem i never had a issue on my G2 as far as touch screen freezing goes
Seems like shoddy hardware to me... I've never dropped the phone.. its always been in a protective cover.
Although I couldn't help thinking.. maybe all the extreme overclocking / general heating up of the phone may have contributed??
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I have never OC my desire Z (not G2) but I have noticed the exact same symptoms of an unresponsive touch screen after flashing cyanogen 6.1.
I returned back to my stock rom and everything is back to normal.
I haven't had a problem since..
yes, when its on a worktop (table, desk, anything not my hand) and in a dock -- its not as responsive as you'd expect. I have to hold it and caress it with my warm loving hands to get it to respond.
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this is not related to CM 6.1. at all. Ive flashed a lot of things since visionary and its happened on every single rom.
Id go get that phone out of the mail if I were you OP.
I have also noticed the problem with touch screen responsiveness when my G2 is mounted in a car holder.
I have figured that you just have to keep one finger on the aluminium body and the problem is gone. I have to admit that this is somewhat bizarre and I have never had this problem before with my G1 using the same car holder. Seems that there is an issue with electric isolation? I don't exactly understand how capacitive touchscreen works so can't really explain where the dog lies buried.
Maybe this is a feature. Protection and saves battery.
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squbel said:
I have also noticed the problem with touch screen responsiveness when my G2 is mounted in a car holder.
I have figured that you just have to keep one finger on the aluminium body and the problem is gone. I have to admit that this is somewhat bizarre and I have never had this problem before with my G1 using the same car holder. Seems that there is an issue with electric isolation? I don't exactly understand how capacitive touchscreen works so can't really explain where the dog lies buried.
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The same for my DZ - it is kinda weird, because if the phone is for example in the car holder it is impossible to use the touchscreen unless I put another finger on the phones housing. I tried different roms already, but the 'error' is still there.
It would be interesting if all users have the same problem or if it is just a few examples of phones out there.
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Robert
Wow,.... only just noticed this a few days ago. Along with it not vibrating on incoming SMS, i'm starting to get slightly ticked off.
yeah happens to mine too =P
happens to mine also, nothing we can do about this?
I just started using speaker phone with a couple of friends, and they keep saying that they can hear themselves echo when they talk if my phone is on speaker. I'm getting really tired of having to deal with all of these bugs.
Is anyone else experiencing this?
Got it to work. If you're going to use speaker phone, make sure your screen is facing up.
I have also been having this issue...it used to be that when my speaker was turned up too high when on speaker phone the person I would talk to could hear themselves echoing(on my evo4g) but turning the speaker volume down would fix it. But with the Epic 4g Touch even with lowering the speaker volume the person I was talking to still complained about an echo..and this isn't a once or twice kind of thing, its literally every time I talk to someone on the phone and I switch to speaker...my current workaround is not using speaker phone at all which sucks
I found out that if you leave the screen facing up, and have the phone on a flat surface, they dont get an echo no matter how high the volume is. Hope this helps.
I also found out that you have to start the call off speaker, put it on the desk, and then put it on speaker for the echo to go away.
this issue can also be caused by the case
The Sprint Hybrid Gel case caused this issue on my phone. It causes the feedback echo issue. Again, without it the phone works perfectly. With it the caller hears their own voice echoed. Tested in a call. Started the call with the cover on, heard the echo. Removed it, the echo disappears. Do not buy the Sprint Hybrid Gel Cover.
The Case-Mate Barely There is reported to work well, but I haven't had a chance to buy one yet. You can find more information on the AndroidForums site.
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speedy0339 said:
I just started using speaker phone with a couple of friends, and they keep saying that they can hear themselves echo when they talk if my phone is on speaker. I'm getting really tired of having to deal with all of these bugs.
Is anyone else experiencing this?
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I'm having the same problem on my AT&T Galaxy S3. Person on other end of line experienced terrible echo when I turn speakerphone on. I don't have the issue on my stock ICS ROM only on the custom JB ROM's I have tried: CM 10 M2, AOKP M1, AOCP newest build etc... I'm assuming all these ROM's share some common code. It's definitely the the case as I have tried taking it off and on with no effect. If you have found a solution., I'm all ears. Thanks!
Speaker phone may be convenient but on the other end, it sounds very irratating. Many phones sound this way. It sounds like you walked into an empty room with no fur nature or drapes or carpet. Empty room echo city.
I've seen this mentioned on a different site but wanted to get some feedback from XDA folks. Does anyone else have this issue? There's a weird crackling while on calls when the screen is either on or off (speakerphone is fine). I also noticed that when not on a call, if you put it up to your ear and turn on the screen, you can hear a similar sound that goes away when the screen is off. I saw that this problem was also happening with the Nexus 4 at one point but the thread didn't seem to go anywhere, and a similar thread for the G2. I went and exchanged my phone today and this one actually seems worse.
I'm pretty sure I'm not crazy. If it matters, it's a Verizon model.
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I've seen this mentioned on a different site but wanted to get some feedback from XDA folks. Does anyone else have this issue? There's a weird crackling while on calls when the screen is either on or off (speakerphone is fine). I also noticed that when not on a call, if you put it up to your ear and turn on the screen, you can hear a similar sound that goes away when the screen is off. I saw that this problem was also happening with the Nexus 4 at one point but the thread didn't seem to go anywhere, and a similar thread for the G2. I went and exchanged my phone today and this one actually seems worse.
I'm pretty sure I'm not crazy. If it matters, it's a Verizon model.
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I have International version and I have the same problem. I discovered something that wasn't mentioned before. When you'll take off the back cover the crackling is gone. Please try and give feedback if it is the same with your g3.
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I have International version and I have the same problem. I discovered something that wasn't mentioned before. When you'll take off the back cover the crackling is gone. Please try and give feedback if it is the same with your g3.
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Crackling is definitely still there without the back cover. The US variant doesn't have wireless charging, so maybe that part is causing the crackling for you?
edit: I found a couple of threads
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/poor-call-quality-distortion-noise-t2808530
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/q-poor-call-clarity-t2806744
No solution other than to exchange. Let's see what happens when I go back. I will go through all of their phones if I have to.
edit2: Went back to the store after work and they flat out refused to replace it because we couldn't reproduce it in the store. I'm starting to think it only does it when not in a full signal area. Stores have repeaters in them.
I am noticing a slight pop, crackling noise from the phone ear piece as well. I rarely use a phones earpiece...almost always use my Bluetooth(Voyager Legend).
I don't hear any of this when using my bluetooth headset.
It is very minor...imo....though just now, I was talking with a friend via the phone headset....and he said there seemed to be some "white noise every-time I spoke.
Same problem - ear speaker buzz / crackle
LG G3 with AT&T - on any and every call, the ear speaker crackles and buzzes so loudly it is almost hard to understand what the person on the phone is saying. This is my 2nd LG G3 in a week. First one killed the battery in 4 hours with very light use. This one battery is great, but now can't talk on phone. Speakerphone is perfect, Bluetooth in car is perfect, but that ear speaker on the face of the phone at the top is causing a huge problem. Any ideas?
i heard a crackling noise too, during calls, in ear speaker..
i have att version d850
Same here
During phone calls it's almost like the buzz/rattle muffles the voices of the individuals in speaking with. I love the G3 but as a teacher and basketball coach talking on the phone is very important to me.
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During phone calls it's almost like the buzz/rattle muffles the voices of the individuals in speaking with. I love the G3 but as a teacher and basketball coach talking on the phone is very important to me.
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I've had this problem with the G2s but not with my G3. Have D851. Which model do you have?
Headphone cables with higher resistance will reduce the problems. This mostly happens when the volume of the phone is not at max. Try using a Fiio (20$) to connect to your phone, put the volume to max and enjoy clear (and even better quality through better amp) music/audio. The will be no more crackling whatsoever. If there should be, buy your Fiio at amazon.com or similar so that you can return it if it shouldn't work. I myself the the same issue and it got resolved by my Fiio. There's also other reports on a Fiio resolving this issue.
Has anyone been on a phone call with their 5x, reclining or lying down for a minute, when the other person complained that your voice suddenly cut out, became muffled, and/or sounds "robotic"?
This is easily reproducible on two new 5x's I bought a month apart. In fact, it's so easy to reproduce that I'm surprised that I haven't (yet) found a thread here on XDA about it. I guess since so few people use their phones to actually talk anymore, and since it only happens when reclining, people probably just chalk it up to bad reception and forget about it.
But there's a thread on the Google support forums and one reddit comment from more than a year ago about it, suggesting to me that this has been happening since the 5x was released. That's not reassuring me about the chances of this being fixed, which is frustrating since the call quality switches from great to terrible entirely based on posture, so it ought to be fixable in software, right? The Google forum thread describes a workaround of disabling the "fluence" noise cancellation entirely, which is not ideal.
(I can't include links to the threads since this is my first post.)
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Has anyone been on a phone call with their 5x, reclining or lying down for a minute, when the other person complained that your voice suddenly cut out, became muffled, and/or sounds "robotic"?
This is easily reproducible on two new 5x's I bought a month apart. In fact, it's so easy to reproduce that I'm surprised that I haven't (yet) found a thread here on XDA about it. I guess since so few people use their phones to actually talk anymore, and since it only happens when reclining, people probably just chalk it up to bad reception and forget about it.
But there's a thread on the Google support forums and one reddit comment from more than a year ago about it, suggesting to me that this has been happening since the 5x was released. That's not reassuring me about the chances of this being fixed, which is frustrating since the call quality switches from great to terrible entirely based on posture, so it ought to be fixable in software, right? The Google forum thread describes a workaround of disabling the "fluence" noise cancellation entirely, which is not ideal.
(I can't include links to the threads since this is my first post.)
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I’m having similar issues, although I never tested whether it might have anything to do with how I’m holding my phone. For me, it’s mostly when I’m having phone calls in my room that people complain to me I that I'd sound like I’m underwater, or standing a million miles away from my phone. Never had anyone tell me those things when I'm talking on the phone outside.
First thought it would be a network issue, but recently had a few Skype calls where the same thing happened.
Just out of curiosity, does your phone’s compass lose its calibration quite often as well?
Google Maps asks me to calibrate the orientation of the phone pretty regularly. A friend of mine with a 5x said that his orientation is always off by a certain amount.
Still, I think the phone can probably be in nearly any orientation while held against someone's ear, so it shouldn't be trusting that to switch into this cancel-almost-everything noise cancellation mode. I'm not sure that there is any use case that is well-served by the way the microphones behave in this mode.
Please try making a voice call and recline for about a minute, and see if the problem repeats itself! You can send feedback about the device in the Settings -> About section.
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I'm not sure that there is any use case that is well-served by the way the microphones behave in this mode.
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Yeah, true. That's why I thought it would be a hardware issue and considered sending it in for repair.
I'll let you know about how my phone behaves when I lean back when I get the chance to do that during a voice call.
EDIT: Sorry, started Googleing around only now. I came across the reddit-thread you mentioned, plus a couple other articles that mention poor call quality with Nexus 6P and 5X devices. All of them suspect it's a software issue, but it looks like it's been around since at least late 2015.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nexus5x/comments/4askst/nexus_5x_microphone_not_working/
http://indianexpress.com/article/te...sers-complaining-of-poor-call-quality-report/
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/having-nexus-6p-microphone-issues-170254603.html
I just ran a test. My problem, as silly as it sounds, has apparently been that I don't usually let my phone touch my cheek when making voice calls. I hold the speaker against my ear, but then point the rest of my phone away from my face. When I press the phone against my cheek, everything works as it should. Figured it out by calling my Nexus via Skype.
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When I press the phone against my cheek, everything works as it should.
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I've seen other people report that, and my 5x's also drastically muffle my voice the instant they're not touching my face, but they both ALSO do that after leaning back for a few moments, regardless of how firmly the phone is pressed to my face. Does yours not do that?
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Does yours not do that?
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Tested it again and I'm sorry, but noise cancellation doesn't go rampant on mine when I lean back. It's all been as it should.
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Tested it again and I'm sorry, but noise cancellation doesn't go rampant on mine when I lean back. It's all been as it should.
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Which Android version are you on? Also, did you try lying down, or just leaning back a little? I thought the problem must be widespread because it's been happening on two different phones I ordered a month apart.
Wireless charging has recently stopped working on my Pixel 3 xl. It has been fine for about 2 months, but all of a sudden, wireless charging keeps kicking in and turning off intermittently. On my Pixel Stand it will start up for about a second then stop, and an orange notification light pops up on the base of the stand. I have noticed that sometimes, when I lightly shake my phone, it will start up and work again until I move it, so I'm thinking there might be something loose inside.
It is not charger related, as the problem exists on my Pixel Stand, my Anker charger, and multiple other chargers. It is not case related as it continues with or without a case on the phone.
It does not work in safe mode, and a full factory reset has done nothing for the issue.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this, and better yet, has anyone found a solution?
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Wireless charging has recently stopped working on my Pixel 3 xl. It has been fine for about 2 months, but all of a sudden, wireless charging keeps kicking in and turning off intermittently. On my Pixel Stand it will start up for about a second then stop, and an orange notification light pops up on the base of the stand. I have noticed that sometimes, when I lightly shake my phone, it will start up and work again until I move it, so I'm thinking there might be something loose inside.
It is not charger related, as the problem exists on my Pixel Stand, my Anker charger, and multiple other chargers. It is not case related as it continues with or without a case on the phone.
It does not work in safe mode, and a full factory reset has done nothing for the issue.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this, and better yet, has anyone found a solution?
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It sounds like a hardware problem like a loose connection at the charging pad that will have to be repaired at a shop. Definitely contact Google if you haven't already, it dose not sound like something that can be fixed on the software side.
Stupid question, but are you using a case while it is on the stand? Does the case happen to have something potentially blocking the middle of the phone where the charging coils are?
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Stupid question, but are you using a case while it is on the stand? Does the case happen to have something potentially blocking the middle of the phone where the charging coils are?
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I thought the same but OP said it recently stopped working, which made me think it was a phone issue. Also said shaking the phone can get it to work again, which seems more like an internals issue. Also possible that the case is right on the cusp of being too thick and sometimes it works if it's in just the right spot.
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I thought the same but OP said it recently stopped working, which made me think it was a phone issue. Also said shaking the phone can get it to work again, which seems more like an internals issue. Also possible that the case is right on the cusp of being too thick and sometimes it works if it's in just the right spot.
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It also says "It is not case related as it continues with or without a case on the phone."
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It also says "It is not case related as it continues with or without a case on the phone."
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Ah, missed that.
Yeah. I took it in to ubreakifix, a Google licensed repair partner in Canada and they confirmed that it is broken. They don't know what is broken, but it's broken. I will need to get it replaced through Rogers since I got it from them, which is a pain because they are super incompetent.
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Yeah. I took it in to ubreakifix, a Google licensed repair partner in Canada and they confirmed that it is broken. They don't know what is broken, but it's broken. I will need to get it replaced through Rogers since I got it from them, which is a pain because they are super incompetent.
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Just curious, does it happen when you put it on sideways? Sometimes that happens to my phone too, the orange light, but I didn't know what it meant. I would just take it off the charger and put it back on and it was ok but I didn't have to shake it. I sometimes wonder about the employees at ubreakifix. I brought my Pixel 2 in and got completely different diagnosis from 2 people there. And you're sure it's not the stand? Can you test it out on another stand, not a 3rd party one? I'm just offering suggestions since you might have some trouble returning it to a vendor that is not forthcoming in solving problems.
Long story short, I sent my phone in for repair through Rogers. It took them about 3 weeks to get it back to me but they ended up just replacing the device. No word on what was actually wrong with it.