With all the version of Android that I have tried, all of them seems to cause the phone to chew the battery life like hell.
I have noticed that when you tap the Home-back keys (the phone vibrates, VERY annoying) and I get a click or pop from the speaker even though sound events are disabled.
I also get the click or pop when I load an app from the desktop (does occure with other stuff too but can't remember which).
Any idea what this is?? Seems to me like the speaker is constantly biased (would explain high battery consumption) and any dip in the supply (causes by the annoying vibrate function) causes the sound. ie. the bias to the speaker fluctuates thus creating sound.
If I'm the only one with this issue, please ignore all the above.
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me too i have the same broblems and the same remarque and the desqtop still on whene the phone com to slep that way he drean the battery
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This is all common and discussed in other threads.
Pretty sure it's the speaker turning on/off
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When you are dialing someone, does anyone else get a static click in the quiet part between rings?
It's really bugging me! Any suggestions on how to stop it?
It has been there with the inital 1.03, through 1.06 and now is still there with 1.11
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Marc
uczmeg said:
When you are dialing someone, does anyone else get a static click in the quiet part between rings?
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Well, I have this sound on my device, too.
I guess it's caused by the basic design of the magicians hardware: there are (simply spoken) two parts inside the magician - one part is the PocketPC hardware, the other is like a normal cellular phone. When switching audio from the PocketPC part (playing music, ringtones, sound notifications, etc.) to the phone part (making calls), the click you mentioned appears.
However, I haven't found a definite solution exept for lowering down the magicains sound level (switch on the left side or tapping the speaker icon in the taskbar on top of the screen while not making a call).
uczmeg said:
When you are dialing someone, does anyone else get a static click in the quiet part between rings?
It's really bugging me! Any suggestions on how to stop it?
It has been there with the inital 1.03, through 1.06 and now is still there with 1.11
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I am not sure why you would get a click specifically but I think there are general issues with the quality of the analog components (i.e. speakers and amplifiers) in the JAM. I don't think firmware can help us as much as I hate to think it.
I remember the Sony Ericsson T68 had a similar problem. Sound quality was poor and sometimes it was very hard to hear people on the other end of the phone. Nothing could be done to fix it short of getting a different phone.
Finally, I think the reason why some people have claimed to hear an improvement after applying new firmware (other than changes in the registry values for priority and volume) has more to do with the power of suggestion rather than any actual measurable change.
I get that noise too, however I'm not very annoyed with it since it goes away as soon as the call is connected.
I'm running 1.06 radio ROM, and I for one noticed a very significant audio quality improvement when upgrading från 1.01. The quite heavy distortion vanished completely, and the crackling noises disappeared too.
When I'm on the phone with the Cingular 8525, I would randomly hear some kind of soft typing/clicking noise through the speaker.. I tried talking on the phone with my bluetooth headset and I still hear the damn noise!
Anyone else experience this?
possible screen tap sound from your cheek or something in your pocket (when using bluetooth) touching the screen? turn off screen tap sounds and see if it goes away.
I hear the same thing when I'm driving down the Pennsylvania Turnpike... It just may be one of the reasons I return this phone... Never had this issue w/ my other phone.
JuniorPhatFarm said:
I hear the same thing when I'm driving down the Pennsylvania Turnpike... It just may be one of the reasons I return this phone... Never had this issue w/ my other phone.
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I used to get various clicks/sounds, which were meant to be there but annoying until I turned off event sounds etc.
Mike
nah, my screen tap sounds are off, and im 100% sure im not touching the screen causing it to press buttons.. also with my bluetooth the phone can be sittin on my desk and i still hear the faint clicking/type writer noises
this is really starting to annoy me.. i'm really wondering if this is a problem with teh 8525's or if its just my phone thats defected
Yze said:
nah, my screen tap sounds are off, and im 100% sure im not touching the screen causing it to press buttons.. also with my bluetooth the phone can be sittin on my desk and i still hear the faint clicking/type writer noises
this is really starting to annoy me.. i'm really wondering if this is a problem with teh 8525's or if its just my phone thats defected
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I'm not aware of this being reported by others, except for a couple on this thread. So if event sounds are of and no apps running like push mail then I would think it's a faulty device.
Just for info you described the noise but I'm not clear whether this is an occasional sound or a more or less continuous noise. I'm afraid this device when you get a good one is briliant but there is a high number of flakey ones out there. Warranty return??
Mike
mikechannon said:
I'm not aware of this being reported by others, except for a couple on this thread. So if event sounds are of and no apps running like push mail then I would think it's a faulty device.
Just for info you described the noise but I'm not clear whether this is an occasional sound or a more or less continuous noise. I'm afraid this device when you get a good one is briliant but there is a high number of flakey ones out there. Warranty return??
Mike
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I'm on my second one and it seems to be on a certain strip along the Pennsylvania Turnpike that this persists... Anyone else still experiencing something like this?
Yze said:
nah, my screen tap sounds are off, and im 100% sure im not touching the screen causing it to press buttons.. also with my bluetooth the phone can be sittin on my desk and i still hear the faint clicking/type writer noises
this is really starting to annoy me.. i'm really wondering if this is a problem with teh 8525's or if its just my phone thats defected
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You're probably well aware of this but just in case. Turning of screen tap sounds is not the same as turning off event sounds. Event sounds can be heard for all sorts of reasons including taping screen i.e when application starts to open but also as for example a wifi network is detected and any other event like switching from 3g etc etc.
Mike
My unit just started that weird rhythmic clicking sound this Friday. I've had the unit for a month. I get the noise in all places I've used the phone - all around the city.
The clicks happen in pairs, 1 pair roughly per second. A sequence of these pairs lasts between 3 and 10 iterations. Then a break the length of one pair and off they go again.
I too have done a soft reset and stopped all apps running. The clicking persists.
Its driving me insane, in areas ive got a good reception it just cuts off randomly. Sometimes after 30seconds, sometimes it instantly after connecting?
Is there any way i can check whats causing the disconnet? Or any tweaks can i make? Anybody else had htis problem?
Quick questions, and depending on your answers I might know what the problem is: do you have Gyrator2 installed and running? And if you do, have you excluded from it the incoming/outgoing call process (dialogue)? I found that, before I excluded the dialogue from Gyrator2, sometimes it seemed as if holding the phone to my ear actually disconnected a call. My ear or cheek must have pressed the 'end call' button. Or so it seemed, at least.
Just a shot in the dark, really...
Hi all,
I noticed a lot of people had this problem when I came across it and couldn't find an intuitive solution on the phone.
Some people were having the problem that the alarm clock no longer made any sound even when the phone was on loud etc...
Many suggested reformatting or deleting and recreating alarms etc.
It is not helpful and infact unnecessary.
The problem itself I feel is in the interface and should possibly be fixed (unless i missed something.)
The problem is that the alarm sound is actually muted, when playing, I could not find any way to set the alarm volume, or check if it's silenced.
After hours of playing around, I realised that if I enter the alarm clock settings and enter the sound selection screen (where you pick the tone) you can now press the volume keys and it will show "Alarm Volume" and turn the volume up to where you desire.
In my case it was completely muted.
I feel it's a bit of a design problem, not making the availability of an alarm volume entirely obvious, but hopefully this will help somebody here, or maybe google searching to solve the problem.
sorry to rain on your parade, but this is not actually new. given the fact that it is not obvious to everyone it might be a good hint, but the problem with the alarm is that the sound is not played regardless of the volume setting. somewhat similar to the delayed ringtone problem...
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sorry to rain on your parade, but this is not actually new. given the fact that it is not obvious to everyone it might be a good hint, but the problem with the alarm is that the sound is not played regardless of the volume setting. somewhat similar to the delayed ringtone problem...
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Regardless of the other problem people may be having, this is a problem I was having and found a solution to.
I don't have the problem you are describing, this help is only for the problem I described where the alarm volume is actually muted.
As for the delayed ringtone problem, I have never had it, but I do notice that message notifications often don't play until I wake the device after seeing the notification light or feeling it vibrate, this doesn't bother me too much since my phone is on silent 99% of the time and the only sound I requiree it to play is my wake up alarm.
I don't really care about it, but I think i found the culprit. Its the shutter/flap that protects the camera lense.
Here's a test to confirm: Make phone vibrate by bringing up volume control and tapping the icon to switch to vibrate. Hear buzzy vibrate. Open up camera app (you can sometimes hear the shutter/flap open for the lense) then make the phone vibrate again. Hear less/if anything no buzz at all. This test can also be performed by placing the phone down with slight force (assuming you have a case on), so you can hear the flap moving/buzzing.
I don't know if this affects all phones. But it affects mine, but doesn't bother me. I found it out randomly by chance today when I guessed it was the camera shutter/flap. Chime in if you have this "issue," would be good to know if this affects all phones, or some.
EDIT: Or I could be totally wrong, and its the OIS.
Yes I've also got this, I'm not worried too much about it, it is a bit annoying though. Kinda makes the phone sound cheap. Its a shame because the vibrate is really smooth in this phone, much better than my S3. I've had a few people look at me while turning my phone down to vibrate haha.