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SPV M500 Phone Problems

Hi chaps,
I have a SPV M500 but for some reason it is very quiet when on the phone. In a busy street I can barely hear what the other person is saying. I have put the volume on maximum but still very quiet. Is there anyway I can make it louder?
Also, I can't figure out why the 4 buttons surrounding the cursor button locks from time to time preventing me making calls for no apparent reason but I can still use the cursor and the touch screen. This usually occurs after I've synchronised my phone or I have left it for a while.
Any ideas?
Cheers

you might want to post this in the Magician forum since that is what the m500 is. (its a bit more busy in there)

volume slider
Just slide this button up during a call. You should here the volume going up
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Thanks I know about the slider, it is on maximum but it is still very quiet... I have no idea why.
Sorry moderators, can you please move this to the Magician section please!

thanks saldous.
always best to try the simple things first. What's it like on speakephone (hold down the (green)answer key).
Was it loud before? Tired a soft reset

furby said:
thanks saldous.
always best to try the simple things first. What's it like on speakephone (hold down the (green)answer key).
Was it loud before? Tired a soft reset
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Speaker phone works fine. Thanks I didn't know it is activated by holding down the green button!
I've only had the phone for a week, its always been like this but just wondered if anyone knew how I could tweak it to make it slightly louder.
Would a soft reset wipe the memory etc?

soft reset doesn't wipe the memory; it's like rebooting windows.
Hard reset will wipe all memory, like formatting your harddrive (although windows is still there, but "reset" to factory settings)
Are you turning up both sliders on the volume control. There's one for windows and one for the phone.
There aren't really any tweaks to increase sound volume, but it's not very loud to begin with.
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earpiece problem
also im using orange spv M500....it has that fault mate...the problem is with the speaker...thats too week so itz hardware issue cant help..
But still u can do some registry tricks...
install resco explorer to do it...
go to registry editor
find...-HK curr user-controlpanel-sound categeries-Incall-init volume set to 15

Volume Control not working

After I had to re-format (start from scratch) with my cell phone, I noticed that my Volume Control no longer automatically calls up the sound control. I have to click on the little speaker and then i can use the volume control.
I tried soft resetting the unit but still nothing.
I don't know of any way to disable/enable this.
Can someone help me with this?
Thanks
-Mike

Figured it out -
I'm using SmartSKey and had to set VOLKEY=0 in the .ini file
This is what happens when a phone has to be reformatted cause they took an unstable operating system and ported it into a device that shouldn't be running that OS. (Can you smell the anger!!)
Thanks

[REQ]Volume settings 4 Headset connected/disconnected.

Is there by any change an already excisting application that could predifine volume settings when the headset is connect/disconnected. Or even better, a code monkey who is willing to give this idea a go and create it from scratch.
My Diamond Volume is set to max when the headset is unplugged.
But when I Connect it, I've to readjust both Ring Volume & System volume, for its simply to loud and painfull to the ears.
Its not that I'm lazy and not willing to adjust the volume manually, its then when I happen to forget it (and that happens quite often) The Volume of an incomming call can be quite painfull to the ears let alone give me a hart attack. Not the kind of thing I like to see happen while I'm driving my car.
I've searched and ran in to alot of dead ends, so if any one have some suggestions to offer I'm all "Ears"

I guess MortScript can be used here, but you would need to start it manually anyway. I dunno if MortScript allow to write scripts whcih would hang in the memory, probably some loops and it can be set to check required parametrs all the time. However it's not the direct solution. It needs to be a programm, rather simple: it hanging in the memory and checks if headset is plugged in (or if it can't be doen directly then checking specific registry value). When headset in programm change sound values. Too bad I'm not a programmer

Well, I tried to use mortscript for it
(see here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3303572&postcount=1235) , but I didn't check my script, I just tried to change registry entries and see if it affects volume. Unfortunatly it's not (and I just recently read somewhere that sound changes doesn't work this way). Just changing registry values doesn't help, somehow it works directly when you puch buttons. I dunno if it;s possible to emulate this buttons in a script.
I'd realyl like to see solution myself, I just noticed that I was always changing volume for music but not for phone. My luck none called me while I was listen to music .

MrLAG said:
Well, I tried to use mortscript for it
(see here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3303572&postcount=1235) , but I didn't check my script, I just tried to change registry entries and see if it affects volume. Unfortunatly it's not (and I just recently read somewhere that sound changes doesn't work this way). Just changing registry values doesn't help, somehow it works directly when you puch buttons. I dunno if it;s possible to emulate this buttons in a script.
I'd realyl like to see solution myself, I just noticed that I was always changing volume for music but not for phone. My luck none called me while I was listen to music .
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I recall seeing such a feature with phonealarm (commercial thought)....

In Call Volume

In in call volume on this device seems really low. I found the instructions below (which I have done) not made any noticeable difference.
Do these instructions only apply to Speaker Phone and Headsets or do they work for a normal phone call too (none hands free) ???
1) Make sure your phone is Rooted.
2) Using Root Explorer or Similar Navigate to /etc
3) Press the Button "Mount R/W"
4) Longpress on the file "hwVolumeFactor.cfg" and Open in Text Editor.
5) Change the values for "speaker=" and "wired_headset=" settings that are popular seem to be "speaker=90" and "wired_headset=75"
6) Save & Exit.
7) Restart your Phone.
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Any Help would be great

i made the changes beacause i also have the same "problem" but nothing changed and i hope we could find a solution...
the strange thing that i have noticed is that when it beeps (when you are waiting the other to answer) the volume seems louder but when the call starts then the voice is really low...

ioucorsa said:
i made the changes beacause i also have the same "problem" but nothing changed and i hope we could find a solution...
the strange thing that i have noticed is that when it beeps (when you are waiting the other to answer) the volume seems louder but when the call starts then the voice is really low...
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Yes, it's too low for me if there is the slightest background noise. I have done that tweak and have noticed no difference.
It would be great if someone knew a fix or this.

Hoping someone will be able to come up with a solution. . . . .

What the hell happened to my ringtone?

Hey all--
I've been unsuccessfully trying to troubleshoot this for a week or two to no avail, so I thought I'd reach out.
My phone ringtone no longer plays when I receive phone calls. Volume is up, no DoNotDisturb or silence settings on, and EVERY OTHER SOUND works just fine (e.g. app notifications, music/video, etc). If I go to my ringtone settings and try to select ANY option, NO audio plays for anything. However, I DO hear audio when trying to choose a new notification sound. Just nothing on the ringtone.
I acknowledge it may be due to some app I've installed recently, but I can't seem to trace it back to any one in particular. Next step is a full reset, which I'd prefer not to do... Anyone experienced this?

blynkofaneye said:
Hey all--
I've been unsuccessfully trying to troubleshoot this for a week or two to no avail, so I thought I'd reach out.
My phone ringtone no longer plays when I receive phone calls. Volume is up, no DoNotDisturb or silence settings on, and EVERY OTHER SOUND works just fine (e.g. app notifications, music/video, etc). If I go to my ringtone settings and try to select ANY option, NO audio plays for anything. However, I DO hear audio when trying to choose a new notification sound. Just nothing on the ringtone.
I acknowledge it may be due to some app I've installed recently, but I can't seem to trace it back to any one in particular. Next step is a full reset, which I'd prefer not to do... Anyone experienced this?
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I've dealt with a few ringtone-related issues in the past, but not a prolonged one like you are describing.
Try this:
1. Clear all recent (open) Apps using the recent Apps button.
2. reboot: turn your phone off, and back on
3. do the Apps drawer>Device Help>Fix>Hardware Test>Speaker Test (even if you hear it, answer " no" and leave it marked as if the hardware test failed, continue to operate your phone full-time with this marked as fail)
4. Go to select your ringtone, tap once on desired ringtone and give it about 3 seconds, then tap a second time on same ringtone and it should play at normal volume. Press ok. ringtone should be working...If not, reboot phone and try #3. speaker test again.

DUDE. I don't really understand how, but that totally worked (first time on step 4, too)! You are a scholar and a gentleman, and I send you many real (and one digital) thanks. ???