I have a wonderful xperia SL that works completely fine, apart from the extremely annoying earpiece volume. I can barely hear through phone calls, and it's almost impossible to do so when there's surrounding noise. I tried most - if not all - volume boost apps and they just don't seem to make any difference. I can listen to the conversation through the service test but still very low. I'm suspecting hardware problem but I wanted to make sure there is nothing I can do besides changing the earpiece.
There is nothing wrong with loud speaker / external speaker or the microphones.
Your help is awfully appreciated.
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Hi Guys
my mates defy is presenting a VERY low call volume - you can hardly hear them even in a quiet room and thats on max volume.
Does anyone know if the speaker at the top of the phone (where you put your ear against) is a diferent speaker than the one used for system sounds i.e. when you select menu items and you get a "click"?
If it is diferent then its possible the speaker has blown, if its the same then the speaker is working and it must be an O/S issue.
Thanks!
Your friend can try other rom to take a test.. internal speaker is common weakness in defy.. some users (if you read gsm arena) lost their internal (call) speaker function.. hardware problem..
Hi There,
I have Xperia ARC S. It's working fine with me. but i have a concern regarding the external speaker (loudspeaker).
The external speaker works quite fine for music, and ringing tones. but when it comes to voice calls, I can barely hear ... this is a bit confusing, as if the external speaker has a problem, it would affect the ring tones as well...
I am asking if anyone has experienced the same problem as mine... and if it has a fix or an explanation.
Thanks alot,
Gano
Have you tried pressing the 'up' volume rocker button when on speaker, in-call?
yes... pressed it to the maximum ... but didnt help
Hello,
I do not use the phone feature very often, but recently I had to take some calls while driving and could hardly understand what the other person is saying, because the speaker phone volume is really low.
Now, of course I set the volume to max and checked every setting I could find related to phone calls. I even went into the service menu and did the speaker tests. There I realized that the speaker phone is using a different speaker as the one that is used to play back music or other sounds. The same sound sample is used in the tests and it is much softer in the speaker phone test compared to the mono or stereo speaker tests.
Is there any hack, setting or configuration file change I can do to use the mono or stereo speaker for the speaker phone feature?
Please help, this is the only gripe with this fine phone I have.
Same problem here.
Solutions, anyone?
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Since the last two days I have been suffering from a low volume in the internal speaker during calls. The other person's voice is so low that it's almost inaudible. I can hear the caller on speaker though.
Moreover when the answering machine or IVR is on (during a call like if you call a call center and you need to go through the ivr), the volume is better, though not loud as normal but the moment a human starts talking, the volume drops.
I tried testing the hardware by dialing *#0*# and the receiver does emit sufficiently loud sound. So the hardware looks fine.
I also updated my os from 4.3 to 4.4.2 yet no change in the volume of the internal speaker. I also rebooted, reset my phone, still the problem persists.
I'm on a completely stock rom with no modifications or rooting.
Please help.
Sounds like hardware to me, especially if you're full stock. I had the same thing happened before and I swapped the speaker with a spare dead S3 and the problem was fixed. It may sound louder when a machine answers because its not speaking into a mic and background noise doesnt have to be filtered on that end.
DocHoliday77 said:
Sounds like hardware to me, especially if you're full stock. I had the same thing happened before and I swapped the speaker with a spare dead S3 and the problem was fixed. It may sound louder when a machine answers because its not speaking into a mic and background noise doesnt have to be filtered on that end.
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Yup I also think it might be a hardware bug, which I'm trying hard to ignore
Btw what do you make of the hardware test that does emit a sufficiently loud sound from the receiver? I dialed *#0*#0 and tested the receiver, which works okay. So I thought it might not be a hardware bug.
Is anyone else upset about the low volume while on a call. Is there anyway to change it? Or modify etc/path.XML. just need a little boost not much. Already using viper and dual audio speaker mod so those don't seem to help at all as they don't control the ear piece. I'm rooted on latest pure nexus.
I actually sometimes put in-call volume too high and it hurts my ear unless I hold the phone away an inch or two because it's too loud.
I have WiFi calling turned on, and voice privacy off.
NO issue at all! It's call quality is great! Crystal clear and loud sound!
Perhaps the dual speaker mod affected call volume in some way? I don't have that mod but do have V4A. No issues with call volume.
Hmm, probably the ROM. Cause this phone has the best call quality I have ever experienced, and too loud, and look where I live! Including them old Nokias and Motorolas and BlackBerries.