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[Q] Strange problem - Metallic sound in calls

A few weeks ago, I noticed a metallic sound while making a phone call, that not only made it difficult to hear what the person on the other end said, but it was also pretty painful to listen when they talked. Earlier the same day, I had received a phone call with no issues. Nothing special had happened to the phone during the day that I know of that should have led to this.
Over the following few weeks, call quality have varied a lot. In the beginning, this problem never occured when I was on the receiving end of the call - only when I was the one who made the call. My calls consistently had this problem, however. Then after a few days, I would start to get the metallic sound when I received calls as well, but not right away. Now I get it pretty much all the time, no matter who made the call, and I'm having to resort to earphones to be able to have a proper phone call.
Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong?

have you flashed a new sense 3.0 rom and not flashed the corresponding radio

bc if you didn't flash the radio designed for that rom base you would get metallic or tinny sounds and they dont seem as magnified when using a bluetooth headset or ear buds

If you have rooted your phone and installed a new ROM, try flasing a radio and RIL suggested..http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877295
But if it is stock...better take it to the service center

It's the stock ROM, haven't even rooted it yet (figured it would be a bad idea to do it before I got the problem fixed). Problem is that I won the phone, and I have no idea where it was bought, so I'd probably end up having to pay for getting it fixed, which I'd rather not But if no one has any idea what could be wrong (when it's stock), I guess I don't have much of a choice..

[Q] phone calls do not sound clear + faint buzzing noise during calls

Yesterday I retired an original MyTouch 3G and picked up a T-Mobile SGH-T989. I've placed 3 long phone calls with different people and have a difficult time hearing them. The volume is good, but their voice is slightly muddled? clipped? reverbed? On every call, I can also detect a very faint electrical noise, sounds kind of like coil whine from a power supply. Frankly, compared to the HTC MyTouch (dream), it sounds terrible and find myself asking the other person "what's that" a lot.
I live north of Boston and can only get Edge inside my house. The phone is stock for now, wifi is connected to my router, gps is on, bluetooth is off.
I will go out soon where it is 4G, turn off wifi, and make a call to see if there is any difference. I suspect it will be the same. This may be a deal breaker for me which is a shame, because I love this monster phone so far (except for the lack of a notification LED).
Anyone else make out the electrical noise during calls?

This is not normal! Mine is clear on both ends.

The noise is faint but can be heard through the ear speaker only during calls. Sounds like some kind of EMI. Just tried talking on 4G with no WIFI. No difference.

Hit or miss for me. Some calls to the same number/person are crystal clear, and then the next one is a bit muffled. Overall it's good, but I never had the issue with my Nexus One.

I had this issue on my first device, was getting a low buzzing noise everytime the other person spoke. Went back to store the next day and showed them. They replaced my phone with another and now it is clear on this device. Remove the SIM card and re insert it securely and if you still have it, get it exchanged.

Thanks. I reset the sim card. Still sounds bad. Will exchange it tomorrow. Hope what I am hearing is not typical for this model.

Hm well I reset the sim too, and also pulled the battery for a bit, and the calls that were a bit muffled are now clear. Don't know if that fixed it, or it is just the line.

I exchanged the phone tonight and the replacement also has a faint but annoying buzzing noise that can be heard through the ear speaker during calls. Both phones were made in the last week of September 2011. The stripes and blobs issue is clearly more pronounced in the replacement phone and the rear camera (under identical conditions) appears to be more grainy than the first one.
Does anyone else hear a real faint high pitched buzz during a call? Try talking to someone in a completely silent room.
Might be my ears are sensitive to high pitched electrical noises. Some CRT TV's, PSU's, and LCD displays drive me nuts. I am going to exchange it again.

I am getting this issue too. I only hear the electromagnetic interference when I am not in 4g or wifi calling. I don't hear it when I am on my bluetooth or when I am using the speaker phone. I sent my original phone back last week. When I got it, I turned it on to find out the noise was still there. I called tmobile and I suggested the sim card, so she sent me off to a store to get a new sim card. Well at the store there is 4g so I didn't hear the buzzing. At home and work I have GPRS and Edge respectively, they both have the buzzing noise. So they sent me out a new phone that I just received about an hour ago and I still hear it. Would a new ROM be able to fix something like this or should I just keep sending these phones back until I get one that works?

I just warranty exchanged my GS2 for the same type of audio issues. I also had an echo so every time I spoke into the phone I could hear myself on a delay. Very annoying!

Earprice crackling sound?

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.

psycho_asylum said:
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.

Abagnale said:
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.

Zhasty0001 said:
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.

Speaker Problem

Recently I have been experiencing weird sounds from my speaker on my new g4. The sound comes through, but it sounds exactly like one of those severe weather interruptions on the television or the radio. It's loud, lots of static, and tinny. But it plays the sound from the video, so I can still hear what someone is saying.. just with this added 'effect'. It always happens on snapchat or Instagram and when I go to YouTube or spotify it sounds fine (it might happen on other apps but this is where I noticed it so far). At first I thought maybe I screwed up my speaker somehow like water damage. But if I did that wouldn't the sound be weird in any app? Is this some sort of known bug or software issue? Is anyone else experiencing this problem, and if so is there any way to fix it? I'm using the Verizon model VS98610B

If your speaker was bad, you would get bad audio with every app. I'm guessing Snapchat and Instagram have low quality audio compared to You Tube and Spotify.
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earpiece sparked issues
I'm on my third LG g4. The first G4 I got, I set up and then checked my voicemail following morning to find the earpiece speaker making a tinny crackleing unrecognizable sound. I promptly return the phone to the store where I purchased it to get a g4. I got that one home and set it up on the speaker workeds great! In just a few days I realized that the second phone had the screen glitch that so many others are talking about so within seven days I returned it. I'm now on my third LG g4. I'm probably just beyond three weeks of having this phone and just now my speaker has gone out. Or at least its doing the same thing that it was doing. I can use speaker phone just fine and YouTube and all the other apps work great but the earpiece speaker has twice failed me. This phone has been in a case under a glass screen protector since day one and has never been dropped or damaged in any way. I noticed about 2 days ago that people haven't been able to hear me when I've been on the phone with it. I've been using LG phone for the last 15 years and really haven't had any complaints. I expected the best from this phone and aside from these issues I have gotten what I expected. I got the same phone for my wife at the same time. She is still on her very first g4 with no problems at all. I'm a bit taken aback by this whole thing. I'll be calling today to see what the dealers will do for me and if not I'll be getting a hold of LG to get it under warranty.

Another user and I had similar issues, in another thread:
[Problem] In-Ear Volume Cuts Off?
In my case, rebooting would at least temporarily fix the issue. Does that help with your phone?

No Audio from speakers plus low signal issue

Hi
My wife has had this phone for 8 months now. For a few months she's been complaining about very poor signal with the phone - significantly worse than her last phone with the same network. To make matters significantly worse, about 2 weeks ago the speakers packed up entirely. No sound issues at all - whether ringtones, alarms or media - except with headphones plugged in or when on a call (and on a call the speakers still do not work, but the earpiece does).
Has anyone come across either of these issues before? I'm thinking that the next step is unlock and flash a replacement OS to see if there's some bug there or if it's a hardware issue. If it is hardware, we're probably just looking at getting a new phone - I've heard mixed things about the Wileyfox support.
If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be very grateful!

Not sure about speakers, but my reception is terrible too.

Me too... no audio from speakers
I've just had this exact issue start up on my WileyFox Swift 2X this morning. It was playing a YouTube video just fine and then all of a sudden the audio went out and it never came back! All I hear is a very faint tick, tick, tick, tick... noise where it should be playing sound. Such a shame because the device was working pretty alright before this issue.
(Plugging in headphones works okay btw. It's just the main speaker that's gone out.)