i don't think this is an evo, or even android, issue, but i was hoping the great minds here could maybe direct me or at least clear this issue out for me. i have an mp3 file i'd like to use as a voicemail message greeting. is that even possible? i know a lot of people have songs as greetings, but i always thought those were selected from a bank of pre-selected options.
any thoughts on this?
hmmm. Take the song, layer your voice over, then plug your phone into the computer through line output (does the 3.5mm act as mic jack? on the phone) then call your voice mail
elegantai said:
hmmm. Take the song, layer your voice over, then plug your phone into the computer through line output (does the 3.5mm act as mic jack? on the phone) then call your voice mail
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haha i thought of doing that, but i don't think the 3.5mm acts as a mic. if it does though, someone please correct me because i have the most epic of all greetings ready to be unleashed on the few who actually call me haha.
my only alternative, which seems to be the only one at the moment, is to let my laptop scream it out loud while the voicemail system catches it. sigh.. lol
The headphone jack does support mic input, but only through a hands-free headset (that is, a TRRS jack). I just dug through my stuff and I only have 2.5mm headsets, no 3.5mm that would fit the Evo, but if anybody has a stereo headset they should try this out. I tried an external mic and it doesn't pick up, but the headset icon comes on in the notification bar. If it works, it's easy enough to make your own external microphone with simple Radio Shack parts, probably a $5 job. I'll splice something together tomorrow and test this out. The only issue would be that it might trigger the headphone output and mute the speakers. . . .
EDIT: Also just found this. I just sent my cables off with family on a trip so I can't try it right now, but I'll give it a go tomorrow as well.
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The headphone jack does support mic input, but only through a hands-free headset (that is, a TRRS jack). I just dug through my stuff and I only have 2.5mm headsets, no 3.5mm that would fit the Evo, but if anybody has a stereo headset they should try this out. I tried an external mic and it doesn't pick up, but the headset icon comes on in the notification bar. If it works, it's easy enough to make your own external microphone with simple Radio Shack parts, probably a $5 job. I'll splice something together tomorrow and test this out. The only issue would be that it might trigger the headphone output and mute the speakers. . . .
EDIT: Also just found this. I just sent my cables off with family on a trip so I can't try it right now, but I'll give it a go tomorrow as well.
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oooh awesome, please let me know! i don't mind building an external mic at all. thanks!
Well, I struck out looking for my other AV cable and finding one locally. Here's the way this is going to go down:
The Evo headphone jack is a 4-conductor type, also known as TRRS (tip-ring-ring-sleeve). Normal stereo headphones are TRS (tip-ring-sleeve), and you can see the difference by looking at the plug end. If you have a metal tip, then a black ring, then a metal ring, then another black ring, then the metal shaft (sleeve), it's a TRS type. These are able to send the left and right analog signals separately (usually left to the tip, right to the ring, and the ground or shield to the sleeve). The TRRS connector adds another wire to the mix, and this can be used to carry a mono mic or line signal, or even an analog video signal. This is why you could use an analog camcorder cable like this one. I've seen them for less than $2 from some websites, but no local retailers have them, except maybe Best Buy . . . for $41. (You think I'm kidding? )
Cell phones are starting to use these TRRS connectors more commonly, allowing both stereo headphones and a hands-free microphone to share one cable. The problem here is finding a TRRS input cable and coupling it to a line/mic signal. So here's what I was going to do. Get a TRRS-to-RCA adapter like the one linked above, then use a 3.5mm-to-RCA female-female adapter OR a common 3.5mm-to-RCA (red and white) adapter to connect a line/mic signal to the correct RCA connector on the TRRS cable - probably the yellow one. It may or may not take the right kind of adapter to take the stereo line signal down to a mono signal, unless your source is already mono. Otherwise, you could be sending a stereo signal from the source, but only recording the left or right channel into the phone. Alternatively, if I had an iPhone headset or another stereo hands-free headset with a mic built in, I could cut the wire open and separate out the microphone wire from the bundle, then splice a mic/line onto it. It's sometimes tricky getting those tiny wires split apart just right, and those headsets are sometimes expensive.
So, short version: You need a TRRS connector to plug into the Evo headphone jack, and you need to be able to feed a mono line/mic signal to just the tip of the connector. Easy. I have everything but the TRRS plug itself, so I'm stuck for today.
By the way, if you've ever plugged a TRRS cable into the Evo, you'll notice that the standard headphone icon in the notification bar actually shows up with a little microphone coming down, like a flight headset, so you know you have a mic signal at least triggering that fourth conductor.
hmm... you're right about the different icon. i tried it with my old iphone 3gs earphone/mic. pretty slick lol.
i'm going to go to radio shack tomorrow and grab this stuff. all for a custom voicemail lol.
thanks a lot! i'll post up my results, probably this weekend.
There are broader applications to this, I think. Find a good mic and you could record events, maybe. Or hack together your own car kit.
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There are broader applications to this, I think. Find a good mic and you could record events, maybe. Or hack together your own car kit.
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you, sir, are giving me ideas.. i sense a good weekend project coming up.
A different voicemail for each caller.
One of the few times I've been able to come up with an answer before some one beat me to it.
There is a free website out there that I love called youmail.com. You can choose from hundreds of recordings they have or upload your own. Each person can have their own unique voice mail greeting or you can set up groups and each member in that group will have the same greeting.
For example, my work associates get a more professional greeting, family and close friends get something more fun. I've got one just for my wife telling her how much I love her, and a friend of mine that I have shall we say, a boisterous relationship with, get's a very sarcastic greeting. Another friend that's into horses get's a Kentucky horse race greeting. As you can see, you can have a lot of fun with it and do just about anything I like with it.
If you want to do something in your own voice than all you need is a regular microphone to plug into your computer and your set. You can record it directly on the web site or you can use your own software to overlay other audio if you like.
Your limited only by your imagination.
It's a free site, but they do have some pay ring-tones if you really want to give them your money. Personally, I haven't found most of the pay tones to be worth it, but I'm sure somebody does. They have to be paying the bills some how.
Old Spice?
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Old Spice?
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this voicemail is now diamonds
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One of the few times I've been able to come up with an answer before some one beat me to it.
There is a free website out there that I love called youmail.com. You can choose from hundreds of recordings they have or upload your own. Each person can have their own unique voice mail greeting or you can set up groups and each member in that group will have the same greeting.
For example, my work associates get a more professional greeting, family and close friends get something more fun. I've got one just for my wife telling her how much I love her, and a friend of mine that I have shall we say, a boisterous relationship with, get's a very sarcastic greeting. Another friend that's into horses get's a Kentucky horse race greeting. As you can see, you can have a lot of fun with it and do just about anything I like with it.
If you want to do something in your own voice than all you need is a regular microphone to plug into your computer and your set. You can record it directly on the web site or you can use your own software to overlay other audio if you like.
Your limited only by your imagination.
It's a free site, but they do have some pay ring-tones if you really want to give them your money. Personally, I haven't found most of the pay tones to be worth it, but I'm sure somebody does. They have to be paying the bills some how.
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i read about this.. is it really that good? i don't really like setting up my voicemail from a third-party because, well, i've never done it and didn't really have a need before.
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i read about this.. is it really that good? i don't really like setting up my voicemail from a third-party because, well, i've never done it and didn't really have a need before.
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I think it is. Never had a problem and I've spent hours going through the hundreds of sound files they have and had a lot of fun doing it. Found everything from very professional to down right vulgar (used that on my best friend) and everything in between. I've even set up holiday greetings for many holidays. It can be lots of fun for both you and your callers.
Just like ringtones. Some people love them, others hate them and just want a simple ring. It's up to you. If you like custom voice mail greetings, then you'll love this one.
Other than selecting the greetings you like and assigning them to your frequent callers, all you have to do to enable or disable is it to set your no answer call forward from your carrier to the youmail number. *28-XXX-XXX-XXXX to turn it on and *38 to turn it off. It couldn't be any easier.
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I think it is. Never had a problem and I've spent hours going through the hundreds of sound files they have and had a lot of fun doing it. Found everything from very professional to down right vulgar (used that on my best friend) and everything in between. I've even set up holiday greetings for many holidays. It can be lots of fun for both you and your callers.
Just like ringtones. Some people love them, others hate them and just want a simple ring. It's up to you. If you like custom voice mail greetings, then you'll love this one.
Other than selecting the greetings you like and assigning them to your frequent callers, all you have to do to enable or disable is it to set your no answer call forward from your carrier to the youmail number. *28-XXX-XXX-XXXX to turn it on and *38 to turn it off. It couldn't be any easier.
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hmmm.. i'll definitely check it out then. thanks!
A lot of these features are available through google voice. (http://voice.google.com). Google also has an app for google voice to integrate visual voicemail with your phone. Worth checking out if you want a highly customizable v-mail service.
In order to setup your phone so that all voicemails go to your google voice instead of your sprint voicemail dial *28 + google phone number without the 1. it's a free service from sprint.
I have the perfect answer for uploading greetings!!!!
All you have to do is simply download youmail!!!! On your mobile. It works for all cellphones and you can do whatever you want to do. Any other way is simply ridiculous hahaha try it and spread the word!!!!!
So I have had iPhones before, and I have a set of Klipsh Image One headphones with a mic and remote. I'm not really caring about the remote, but the mic doesn't work on the SGS3. It worked on my HTC Titan WP7 phone, so I thought it was some kind of standard, but apparently not.
I've done prelim research and found that the stock in-ear headsets that come with the phone have the mic and ground reversed from the iPhone (WHY would you do that?). Now the issue lies in that I have very small ears, and just about any in-ear phones that I use for more than 5 minutes cause my ears to physically hurt and turn red, even the stock phones with the smallest cushions on them.
If I have to make an adapter just to use the mic, I will, but I'd rather not. I don't care about spending another $100 to get DECENT headphones that have a mic in them, since I use them for work almost every day. Any ideas? I'm looking for something along the lines of Sennheiser, Klipsch, etc, and trying to avoid no-name stuff. Thanks for reading!
EDIT: To rub salt in the wound, my Pantech Burst also works fine with the mic and middle button of the remote. Seems like everyone BUT Samsung uses this standard. Thanks... dicks.
There's a thread about it. I think the title has control talk or something. My search function isn't working on XDA right now for some reason so I cant look it up for you. People posted a lot of headphones and earphones with mic's that work with the S3 so if you can find it you should have a variety to choose from
klipsch s4a?
I've had pretty bad luck across the board with several bluetooth headsets I've tried through the years. Always seemed dependent on phone I was using, had to have it within like 2 feet of the phone for a solid connection...and even with solid connection voice quality was always poor, complaints on both ends. Between cell call quality never being exactly HD, adding in the poor bluetooth compression other companies were using was just too much. One in four words I wouldn't be able to understand, and between the extra noise the mic would pick up (in spite of all having "dual mics with proprietary noise cancelling algorithm!!!!111") the other person would have trouble understanding me. So I had to take care not to speak too fast, speak slowly, clearly. Far too much trouble.
This is the first headset I haven't had any of those problems with. I couldn't be happier. I regularly ask people how I sound and they say "great"; and the other line always comes through loud and clear.
I'm not sure if it's similar bluetooth stack implementation, and I haven't tested this with other phones; but with the Nexus 5 it's fantastic sound quality, noise cancelling, solid connection (even from pocket I want to say but I usually give bluetooth the 3 feet and line of sight regardless when on phone).
It's the LG HBM-235, linked below
ok I'm trying to link it but I might be spamming. Will update after more posts. You can find it on Amazon.
Hope you guys like it too!
Lg tones 730 + viper audio
Sentey has outdone themselves. This is an amazing product for a decent price!
In the box, you get the headphones themselves, the really nice travel case, an auxiliary cable, a USB to aux charging cable, and an instruction manual.
First Impressions: These are pretty nice! The unit which I received does have some scratches upon arrival, which is unfortunate. I have uploaded a picture of the product with the scratches with my review. However, I quickly turn this on by holding down the power button, connect to it on my phone with Bluetooth (it shows up as B-Trek H9), and put them on. They feel VERY nice and comfortable. Music sounds pretty good too. The carrying case, at my first glance, looks very nice. Let’s see how these are after using these for some time.
After using this for a while, I can say that these are really nice headphones! I would like to mention that once you cross a certain limit in volume, people around you will be able to hear your music. So if you are on a plane ride and using these, I recommend to keep the volume low. The headphones do a decent job with blocking out sound. They also have nice bass, but you obviously cannot compare these to Beats headphones. However, in the price range that these headphones are in, the sound quality is superb! I have had a blast wearing and listening to music with these headphones. They feel very comfortable, and not at all irritating. I must note that they do jut out a good amount on either side of your head, but that isn’t something you can exactly control. These headphones fit my head nice and snug (after I adjusted them). The carrying case is really nice and durable. If I were to drop the case, I have a really good feeling that my headphones and contents would be completely fine. They do a great job at carrying the headphones and its accessories around safely and easily. I would like to mention that making calls with these headphones is also great! The quality of the call was great on both ends and both people could hear each other perfectly. When talking with the headphones, background noise can be heard. I do not recommend using these to talk to someone while in a public area around other people or around the TV. While using the headphones, I noticed that the buttons labeled “skip forward” and “skip backward” do the opposite of what they are labeled as. Trying to skip forward will take me backward, and trying to skip backward will take me forward. This was a small annoyance, but nothing I couldn’t get used to. Another weird thing was one of the voice outputs the headphones would say after disconnecting. It would say, “Your device is disconnect.” It should be saying disconnected, but that is another small issue. Because the amazing performance and quality outshines these small annoyances, I could not let it affect my rating for this product. It is simply remarkable. When you plug in the USB to aux cable to charge your headphones, the middle button will light up red. It will become green when it is fully charged. One big complaint that I have is the method with which it is charged. It is charged with a USB to aux cable. This is the first time I have seen a cable like this, and I think it would be easier for everyone if the product could be charged with a micro-USB cable.
Overall, this is a nice product that I would recommend to someone who wants a nice set of headphones for a price that isn’t too expensive.
I was provided a unit for testing purposes and I promised to provide a completely honest and fair review.
Unfortunately, I cannot post the link to this product on Amazon because posting commercial links is forbidden, but you can find it on Amazon by searching for the product's name that is in the title of this thread. Thanks!
IMPORTANT: Avoid buying these headphones!
They are terrible headphones with thousands of failures.
To begin with, the bluetooth link is very bad. It takes a long time to connect and many times it fails. And do not even think about wearing the headphones when you make the connection, because at the moment it connects you will hear the phrase "YOUR DEVICE IS CONNECTED" in a very loud volume that destroys your ear. So also when you turn it on and turn it off, the same thing happens.
Another point that seems totally disastrous is the fact that anyone can connect to your headphones, so you can be in a library, on a subway or in any public place, and people can detect your bluetooth connection and connect to it, even though you already have it connected to a device (to your notebook or your cell phone). And the worst part is that when you connect to another device, it repeats the phrase "YOUR DEVICE IS CONNECTED" with an atrocious volume.
So also when the battery is low you start to hear an extremely unpleasant sound at a very high volume, something like a horns.
I set the volume to the minimum, nevertheless it makes heads explode, I do not even want to imagine what it would be like at a medium or high volume level.
The sound is good but not so much. However, when you are not listening to any sound or music you hear a very unpleasant cutting sound to supposedly save battery. I sincerely consider it lousy, because I usually use them to watch videos or similar, and every time I change the video that terrible cutting sound is heard.
They are the worst headphones I have bought. I do not understand how people can make such bad headphones, I feel really cheated!
I can not reach words to criticize this **** of headphones, if they could be called headphones. I feel very disappointed and my score is 0/10. I will not even give it a point, because the mistakes they have committed are unforgivable.
In Short
As soon as I opened this speaker I was really surprised by the quality and the look of this device. Its really simple to use and has a great sound quality given its size. The grip on the bottom means that it sits solid on any surface. The Aux in gives added versatility to the speaker if you are wanting to use it for non-bluetooth enabled devices. Overall I really love this device and its taken over as my new favorite bluetooth speaker, its a really good looking device, living room worthy.
Detailed Review
Before even picking up the speaker it looks like a quality piece of equipment, the design is very swish, it's the type of thing you’d be happy to leave out on display in your living room. The design has is all matt black with a chrome edge around the top. There is a mesh wrapped around most of the main body that meets at the back. Up on top is a rubber button for play, and volume up and down. There is also a multi colour LED and a microphone hole. Round the back is a flick on/off switch, a power input and an Aux in. The Aux in is an incredibly handy feature and something I’ve not seen on many bluetooth speakers, but it is a welcome one! Melding older tech with new, the ability plug in items which aren't bluetooth enabled into your new shiny speaker is certainly a welcome change. Another plus round the back is the flick on/off switch, it feels nice to be able to have that level of control rather than a button where you cant tell if its on or off. I really like having the switch. Overall the design feels very well thought out.
Also included in the box is a very nice feeling bag for the speaker, along with Aux cable and a charger cable and an instruction manual. Again inclusion of all the cables and the bag feels like a welcome addition and something some manufacturers sometimes skimp on and leave out, so its nice to see that EasyAcc have chosen to include these. The specifications listed in the manual have a charging time of 3-4 hours, playback of 15-20 hours, talktime 8-10 hours, and standby of up to 300 hours. This is all made possible thanks to the included 2200mah lithium ion battery which is built into the speaker. The listed power output for the speaker is 4W.
The setup process is nice and easy, same as any bluetooth accessory, the LED flashes to confirm a successful pairing. Routinely when turning on the device it makes a sound to let you know its on then another beep to let you know it has re-connected with you phone or bluetooth device. Unfortunately if you want to use the speaker paired with more than one device you have to delete the first pairing as it will always try to reconnect to the last device which is a bit of a shame, it would have been nice to be able to pair with more than one device.
The sound quality out of the speaker is great, ive listened to several songs on this with varying levels of bass. The speaker only struggles when I crank up my phone and speaker volume to max with the odd crackle on heavy bass sections, but overall theres a nice sound quality good enough to keep me happy. The wrapped around speaker grill gives the impression of potentially more than one speaker but the sound is directed out of the front only, so dont assume more than one speaker is hidden in there.
Using the speaker as a speakerphone has worked well. People can hear me fine in my office no problem and there is no feedback or issues when using this in a call.
Overall im really enjoying using this device, I’m finding myself reaching for it a lot for listening to music or for speakphone calls, and im preferring it. I think this is a very well made, quality feeling device.
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