Just wondering if anyone else is have issues with low speaker volume after updating to 4.3 (Rooted OTA)?
Ever since then, I have noticed that the volume level of the speakers is way lower than before. Specifically, the speakerphone is almost unusable in situations where it was amazing before (like in the car, or a large conference room). Most times, it's like the sound is only coming out of the bottom and not the top.
Anyone else have this issue or have any ideas on what can be done to fix?
Well crap... I guess I am all alone on this one.
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The microphone volume is very low on my dhd, people can barely hear me when I call them. The sound is also low when I use a voice recording app. When I plug in an external mic the sound is fine though.
I've been looking for a solution for this for a while, does anyone have any suggestions?
I'm running MIUI 1.5.20, but I had issues when I was using the stock ROM.
Yes i have this problem, often people complain they can't hear me any good.
However if i turn the phone with backside towards me they can hear fine so i guess it's a design fault that they place the microphone at the back, why?
Did anything ever come of this? It's just that I am experiencing the exact same issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1637855
Cheers, Adam.
I've had my DHD since they came out last November and I've had no real issues with it in all that time. However, I've now got a hugely annoying issue with sound where all sound, ringtones, music etc, comes through distorted at max volume where before it was clear. The obvious suggestion is to turn the volume down but even two steps down from max. volume it still happens depending on the sound coming from the speaker. I don't know how else to describe it except perhaps tearing and that doesn't sound very accurate to what is happening.
I don't remember when this first started happening but I'm pretty sure it was a few months ago and I was using a Sense based ROM at the time. The issue got so bad that instead of playing distorted sound in Sense it would just cut out and all sound would stop for what seemed like two or three minutes. Switching to CM7 has prevented it cutting out but the distortion is still there so I don't think it's related to a specific ROM unless it's a volume boost that was done over all ROM builds. As anyone who owns a DHD will know the audio has always been a little on the quiet sound but the level I have the volume at now is below what I'm comfortable with.
Can anyone offer a suggestion on how to fix this audio issue? It's almost to the point now where I'm thinking of going back to stock and sending it in for repairs. Don't make me do that.. you know it's not a fun process.
I'm only replying to this in case anyone has similar issues so they can see my resolution. Unfortunately it's gotten worse, to the point that I lost all sound on all ROMs bar a few squeaks from the speaker. The in-call speaker worked fine and I could make calls with no issue but no notifications, alerts, alarms etc would sound on the external speaker.
I flashed back to stock Gingerbread and I've sent my phone off to HTC, via T-Mobile UK, to be repaired. I'm also hoping they fix the misaligned camera issue too. I'm a little worried because despite trying I could not get S-ON back before I took it in but it's using stock bootloader and an HTC RUU ROM. Anyway, I'm basically saying that it's a bad sign and will have to go in for repairs. Hopefully this will save anyone from wondering in the future if they get the same sort of issue.
I'm having the same problem.. I think.. if you are talking about the speaker that you make the phonecalls with.. not the "external" speaker.. that works fine..
it has a crackling sound with mine.
Sounds like the external speaker is busted. You already send it to repair, probably that's the only solutions.
Has anyone else experienced a problem where the earpiece buzzes when the volume reached a high enough level? For me it happens during the loud part of a word when someone is talking (typically the beginning to the middle of the word), and on the highest two in-call volume settings. I can crank it down two notches and the issue disappears, but it just seems unlikely to me that the highest two settings would be unusable.
I got the same issue too, but only with certain callers though. The worst is when I call *611 to Verizon customer service and listen through the automated rep/music. It would create a buzz or static/distortion sound in the earpiece. Kinda annoying, but luckily I use the bluetooth headset 99% of the time. I just tested the earpiece today on a normal call and can confirm to you that I got similar problem, but again on certain callers only.
Can anybody else confirm this?
I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this. I tried searching for the problem but it appears that most of the results that come up regarding in call audio issues were the microphone cutting out.
However, the problem i've been experiencing is for long phone calls with my gf, the audio that i hear on the receiving end seems to go in and out. What i mean is, the call will start out normally and everything sounds crystal clear, but after maybe 20 min, my gf begins to sounds really muffled as if she were talking to her phone from across the room instead of having the phone against her face. After a while the audio becomes loud and clear again.
She claims to hear me fine throughout the call, but it becomes almost impossible to make out what she's saying even on max volume (with and without the headphones too). Im not sure if it's an issue with my phone or hers (an iPhone 4s). I've had this issue on 4.0.2, and 4.0.4. I'm now running AOKP's 4.0.3 ROM and the problem still persists. Any help anyone? this is really annoying, esp for a long distance relationship!
So, I bought an N1 from Expansys not that long ago and have generally quite enjoyed my time with it. (5.0.2 is a goddamn clusterf*** and clearly no one bothered to use the tablet in landscape orientation with headphones plugged in before finalizing the design, but I digress.)
I've just noticed something peculiar, though. The speaker volume seems to be substantially higher when the screen off rather than when the screen is on. In other words, if I'm playing music via the speakers with the screen on, for example, and I hit the power button, the volume jumps dramatically. Similarly, if the screen is off and music is playing, hitting the power button drops the volume back down. I'm completely stock and am running the latest Taiwan build.
Has anyone else encountered this issue? I've tried it out with Play Music and YouTube and with the equalizer on and off. Nothing makes a difference. This doesn't seem like a hardware issue, since the higher volume level works perfectly fine as far as I can tell. The speakers seem rather quiet with the screen on, so it would be super awesome if the N1 could just use the higher volume level, y'know, all the time.
What could be causing this issue? I'm running the same apps I always do. This is the first time I've encountered this kind of issue on an Android device. The closest I've come is a Nexus 6 that would get louder and quieter seemingly at random. But in that case, the volume seemed to go up and down continuously, whereas in this case there are only two different volume levels that are linked to the screen turning off or on. What gives? I'd like to blame this on 5.0.2, but I have no evidence to support that claim.
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So, I bought an N1 from Expansys not that long ago and have generally quite enjoyed my time with it. (5.0.2 is a goddamn clusterf*** and clearly no one bothered to use the tablet in landscape orientation with headphones plugged in before finalizing the design, but I digress.)
I've just noticed something peculiar, though. The speaker volume seems to be substantially higher when the screen off rather than when the screen is on. In other words, if I'm playing music via the speakers with the screen on, for example, and I hit the power button, the volume jumps dramatically. Similarly, if the screen is off and music is playing, hitting the power button drops the volume back down. I'm completely stock and am running the latest Taiwan build.
Has anyone else encountered this issue? I've tried it out with Play Music and YouTube and with the equalizer on and off. Nothing makes a difference. This doesn't seem like a hardware issue, since the higher volume level works perfectly fine as far as I can tell. The speakers seem rather quiet with the screen on, so it would be super awesome if the N1 could just use the higher volume level, y'know, all the time.
What could be causing this issue? I'm running the same apps I always do. This is the first time I've encountered this kind of issue on an Android device. The closest I've come is a Nexus 6 that would get louder and quieter seemingly at random. But in that case, the volume seemed to go up and down continuously, whereas in this case there are only two different volume levels that are linked to the screen turning off or on. What gives? I'd like to blame this on 5.0.2, but I have no evidence to support that claim.
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Try updating to 5.1.1. then and see if there is any difference