Hi guys,
Sorry for posting in this forum but I thought there might be some users who have upgraded from the original Dash and might be able to provide me with a solution.
So, is there any way to boost the in-call earpiece volume on the original Dash/HTC S620? I have set it to the highest possible level and I can barely hear the other party while I am having a call on the street. If I am in some quiet room, then it's quite acceptable but outside it's just a nightmare trying to understand what the other person is talking.
Thanks in advance!
Moved to proper device forum
Anyone?
s_ivan10 said:
Anyone?
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Did you search? I just did a common search and found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=426006
I hope that helps,
Of course, I searched, a lot actually.
I tried SetVolume - it can't boost the in-call volume more than what I am able to achieve with the JOGGR. And what I need is some sort of hack to allow boosting the earpiece volume (to a level above the max level available by default) so that I can hear the other person louder while having a call. Will SmartToolKit allow me to do so?
BTW, that topic is about the rear speaker volume.
So there is no way to do it, right?
Let me report an experience I had with another device I bought (KS20), but it may help you possibly as well. For that device I noticed that the sound was very low and when increasing volume it got distorted. After closely looking at the speaker (this device has only one speaker - of the normal "membrane" type) and removing the covering fabric from the top I saw the bare plastic membrane. It seemed that the copper coil part was burned (brownish look) and the whole membrane was set too much inwards to the magnet.
Looking closer I noticed that the brownish look did not come from burned copper insulation of the voice-coil, but - hold your breath - from rusted iron dust! This accumulated at the place of strongest magnetism and pushed the membrane inside. So the voice coil was out of the magnetic field and the volume was low. CRAZY!
Carefully removing the iron dust with applying adhesive tape on the membrane sticking to the iron dust the speaker was back to normal operation!
So it was possible that very fine iron dust (from the workplace of the previous owner) was attracted by the magnet in the speaker
After discovering this I could better understand the poor condition of this (cheap) device.
Conclusion: If you are not hearing impaired and the volume is too low - consider the speaker broken and either repair it or replace it. The earpiece for the following HTC devices looks identical: Typhoon, Hurricane, Tornado and Excalibur.
Good luck
OK, it's not the speaker. I just installed Fring, set it to use the earpiece for calls (not the rear speaker) and did a test call. I increased the volume to the max while having the Fring call and it is much much HIGHER than while making regular calls with volume on max.
So basically I now know it's possible to boost the earpiece volume much more than the default setting allows for regular cellular calls - I just have to figure out how Fring does it!
Any idea?
s_ivan10 said:
OK, it's not the speaker. I just installed Fring, set it to use the earpiece for calls (to the rear speaker)
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Are you not contradicting yourself?
- earpiece is the little speaker for the ear
- rear speaker is the one at the back for ringtone and handsfree
I don't use Fring, but I cannot remember that it can route to the earpiece.
Only solution:
1.) Hard-reset - then check, if that does not work
2.) Flash a shipped ROM and see if it works, if that does not work
-> your HW is somewhat weird/broken
Sorry I meant "(not the rear speaker)", I have corrected it now.
The problem is obviously software-related - if Fring can produce a volume much loader than while I am having normal calls with volume set to the max, then it's obviously some setting somewhere (in the registry?) that needs to be hacked for normal calls.
I will write in the Fring forums and hopefully some of its developers might share how they allow increasing the volume much more than the default max level that is available.
Thanks for your advices but, at least for now, I prefer not to flash the phone.
Don't have a working Excalibur at hand, but all other OMAP 850 devices have a registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\AUDIOGAIN and lots of values below. This key is also common for many other HTC devices, so possibly search the forum for more info about it.
Hey guys, I'm almost there making the switch from an iPhone 3G to a DHD. I use my iPhone daily to record my lectures and it does a really good job at picking up what the lecturer is saying even when sitting towards the back of the lecture theatre - recorded audio is loud and clear with a good pair of headphones.
My question was - how is the microphone on the DHD when recording audio? I've heard the speaker itself is a tad on the weak and tinny side but I was hoping the microphone itself wouldn't suffer from the same problem.
So the microphone on the galaxy nexus is really good because in the car it picks up all backround noise and driving noise. when I try to use voice search or any voice function in general, the phone won't hear me and just picks up the backround noise , which gets really frustrating . Is there an app that helps the microphone filter noise and pick up the voice better or should I get some type of external microphone. If I need an external microphone what is my best choice?
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yes most samsung phones have the microphone gain set WAY too high, this phone picks all kinds of noise up.
your nexus actually has a second noise cancelling microphone on the back top of the battery cover. but they seemed to not set it up right.
my nexus one and moto atrix have secondary mic's, and they filtered out background noise excellently.
is there anyway to calibrate it?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
It works really well in situations where there is a consistent type of noise. I can make calls from the hi-bay here at work where theres about 20 racks of servers running and people tell me the background is dead silent and trust me that room is fking loud.
Yesterday I was in my car about 70mph on the highway and the person I was talking to said it sounded like I was at home in a silent room. However typically people can easily tell I'm in the car...
Anyone have a similar problem with their loud speaker not working unless you tap?. headphone and ear piece works fine just annoying as you can't hear it when someone sends a text or phones unless its on vibrate. Already opened it up and bent the pins up and still the same problem.
When I use earphones without built-in microphones to make phone calls (using the phone's own mic) in noisy environments such as cars or cafes, the people on the other side either cannot hear me or the volume is very low. I can hear them just fine. If I take the earphones out of the phone, people tell me my voice suddenly becomes very clear.
Has anybody experienced this? Why would the call quality change on the other side depending on whether an earphone has been plugged in? Maybe something to do with noise cancellation?
FYI, my m8 is all stock except for root, custom recovery and exposed installer.
I've done some testing, and I'm seeing some weird behaviors. As far as I can tell, there are two microphones on M8. One in the bottom speaker grill, and another on the back, just above the camera flash. Here are the results:
*The earphone used here doesn't have built in microphone.
1. Normal phone call uses front microphone.
2. Phone call on speakerphone uses back microphone.
3. Phone call with earphones plugged in uses back microphone.
This is all good when you are in a quiet environment. With noise, however, it seems that you have to speak directly to the back microphone if you have earphones plugged in, otherwise your voice gets drowned in noise and gets cut by noise cancellation.
Weird thing is that the built in voice recorder app always uses the front microphone, regardless of whether an earphone is plugged in or not.