Hi,
When I use the HD2's builtin FM player I only get noise.
It can't find any radio stations, also doesn't play them if I manually select a correct frequency (101.0FM or 98.7FM or 87.6FM, Netherlands)
What should I do?
Do nothing. The radio on an HD2 is about as useful as a kick in the goolies.
There is a registry tweak to alter the sensitivity, but this will just waste 2 minutes of your life as it makes no difference at all to the reception quality.
The HD2 is great but its radio sucks balls.
nobnut said:
Do nothing. The radio on an HD2 is about as useful as a kick in the goolies.
There is a registry tweak to alter the sensitivity, but this will just waste 2 minutes of your life as it makes no difference at all to the reception quality.
The HD2 is great but its radio sucks balls.
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Couldnt have put it better......
Some have said that a different radio will make a difference.......
In fact, if your HD2 does have a functioning radio, it is a faulty unit and should be returned for repair back to its normal state (static across all frequencies).
nobnut said:
Do nothing. The radio on an HD2 is about as useful as a kick in the goolies.
There is a registry tweak to alter the sensitivity, but this will just waste 2 minutes of your life as it makes no difference at all to the reception quality.
The HD2 is great but its radio sucks balls.
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Can you point me to this tweak? I've got 2 minutes to waste!
Greg in Mississippi
Hi Greg,
I can't lay my hands on it right now but I am 99.9% certain it is contained within BSB Tweaks - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=589305&highlight=bsb+tweaks
Good luck.
Has worked for me on all roms and radios ive used...
Bought my hd2 ~6 months or so ago, that 'UK' version (trough the internets), using it in the netherlands, had several official and several custom roms, several radios, and the radio has always worked a-ok?..
Just to be certain of my reply i tested just now, it works, im located near amsterdam (~15km) if that matters.
Maybe 'you all' actually got faulty radio antennas or something??
Excellent, I will move to Amsterdam straight away!
I want to listen to my HD2 radio.
I highly recommend Mr Banana that you take your HD2 straight to an authorised stockist who will be happy to 'repair' your radio back to its natural state - broken.
lol nah thx.
Besides, seeing how i was to jumpy to wait on a dutch release, ive got no warranty whatsoever
Warranties are vastly over-rated. I believe them to be a trick employed by secret Government departments to control citizens' movements. Some people even believe that warranties were used during the Gulf War by Saddam Hussein as a chemical weapon against the Kurds.
I have no evidence of this but I too have no warranty cover for my HD2 due to my propensity to flash ROMs in an inappropriate manner.
I tried flashing some different radio's but still couldnt get it to work.
I made a video for you guys so you can see exactly whats going on.
At the end of the video is full specs of the device including what software versions + radio. Volume is very low, if you turn up the volume you can hear the "gggggg" noise when the radio is supposed to play.
youtube.com/watch?v=5WAgRCg3KF4
The reason I want my FM radio to work is to be prepared when TMC/RDS becomes avaiable so it can communicate with iGO
Hope it helps!
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youtube.com/watch?v=5WAgRCg3KF4
Hope it helps!
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Video is set to private.
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Video is set to private.
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Fixed sorry.
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Fixed sorry.
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solution should be simple.
My HD2 warns me that FM radio only works with headphones plugged in, since it functions as the antenna.
I can see you do not have the headphones plugged in, hence, the static.
Trust me, even with head phones plugged in...................
hisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
You may be able to pick up a signal by ramming a wire coat hanger in the 3.5mm jack and standing on the roof of your house though.........
I would try it but I dont have a ladder
I never realized I had to plugin the earphones for antenna function. I tried it and I have radio working now! Thanks!
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Trust me, even with head phones plugged in...................
hisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
You may be able to pick up a signal by ramming a wire coat hanger in the 3.5mm jack and standing on the roof of your house though.........
I would try it but I dont have a ladder
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hehehe
My FM radio works well, when I am outside.
Inside stores and such there are too many interferences, a lot of the time.
"I tried it and I have radio working now! Thanks!"
you are welcome, And the first person I was able to help on XDA
Glad to hear it............ Mines a complete turkey.. indoors / outdoors......
Im gonna try my own advice and see if that helps.... glad the problems sorted though.......
Related
I'm running DamageControl on my HTC Hero (Sprint) and all of a sudden my ear speaker sounds like its blown! I have never had it on max volume because I have excellent hearing and don't need it that high. Also when I talk I can hear myself echo through it. It sounds TERRIBLE.
What could have happened? Going to do a nandroid and restore Fresh 2.0b2 and see if its still happening.....
JUST A NOTE: DAMAGECONTROL DID NOT CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN TO MY HERO. I AM ONLY NOTING THAT I AM RUNNING DAMAGECONTROL, NOT THAT IT BLEW MY SPEAKER
Cause derp.
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I'm running DamageControl on my HTC Hero (Sprint) and all of a sudden my ear speaker sounds like its blown! I have never had it on max volume because I have excellent hearing and don't need it that high. Also when I talk I can hear myself echo through it. It sounds TERRIBLE.
What could have happened? Going to do a nandroid and restore Fresh 2.0b2 and see if its still happening.....
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might be the hardware...you should be able to exchange at sprint store.warranty.
http://androidforums.com/sprint-htc-hero/17137-speaker-blown.html
Well, I guess there is my answer. I bought the phone from Radio Shack, will this be an issue when taking it to a sprint store?
depend, after 30 days you can bring into sprint(with TEP much easy/less hassle)before 30 days you can bring back to the shack...i exchanged mine all the time.i have insurance which took care of everything.Mostlikely if tech at sprint cant fix it(most likely they wont fix it) then they will order you a new one....good luck.
Flashed back to Fresh 2.0b2 and still had problem, used my air compressor and blew the crap out of the speaker, tada it works. I'll hit up the Sprint store tomorrow though.
QUESTION:: I should probably revert my phone to stock eh? How would I go about doing this WITHOUT RUNNING THE RUU...That is a scary bastard to run after the other threads around here.
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Flashed back to Fresh 2.0b2 and still had problem, used my air compressor and blew the crap out of the speaker, tada it works. I'll hit up the Sprint store tomorrow though.
QUESTION:: I should probably revert my phone to stock eh? How would I go about doing this WITHOUT RUNNING THE RUU...That is a scary bastard to run after the other threads around here.
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RUU is the only way... otherwise you stay rooted.
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Flashed back to Fresh 2.0b2 and still had problem, used my air compressor and blew the crap out of the speaker, tada it works. I'll hit up the Sprint store tomorrow though.
QUESTION:: I should probably revert my phone to stock eh? How would I go about doing this WITHOUT RUNNING THE RUU...That is a scary bastard to run after the other threads around here.
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You could revert back to the nandroid you should have made right after you rooted but before you flashed any roms. I highly doubt that sprint is going to check deep enough into your phone to realize that it is rooted. If they take it and give you a new one they will fix it, wipe the old OS, flash the stock 1.5 rom, and push it out their door to the next person that needs a warranty replacement.
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You could revert back to the nandroid you should have made right after you rooted but before you flashed any roms. I highly doubt that sprint is going to check deep enough into your phone to realize that it is rooted. If they take it and give you a new one they will fix it, wipe the old OS, flash the stock 1.5 rom, and push it out their door to the next person that needs a warranty replacement.
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Well, thing is I made that nandroid backup, and then I accidentally flashed my SD card, so I have no original 1.5 backup (heh whoopsies?) that was back when I was super noob....sooooooooo flying by the seat of my pants here. BUT GOOD NEWS IS 2.1 IS SO FREAKING FAST AND STABLE IT MAKES MY PHONE A SEXY MAN BEAST AND WHY WOULDN'T SPRINT WANT A SEXY MAN BEAST PHONE I MEAN COME ON?!
I'll give it back to them running Android Home with Live Wallpaper turned on. Really make them go "....Huh?"
Nah, I'll wait for it to fritz again and flash the first decent looking 1.5 rom I can find.
I have this same issue, and it did not start until I did flash Damage as a matter of fact. I thought I was making it up and being too OCD. Hey dude, after you RUU back to stock let us know if the problem still exist.
the same thing happened to me. brought it to a Sprint store and they replaced it for free
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the same thing happened to me. brought it to a Sprint store and they replaced it for free
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After flashing to 2.1? What did it sound like for you?
Tipharet said:
I have this same issue, and it did not start until I did flash Damage as a matter of fact. I thought I was making it up and being too OCD. Hey dude, after you RUU back to stock let us know if the problem still exist.
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I just blew it out with an air compressor, 60lbs pressure output, and it fixed it. Went back to DamageControl rom and everything is ok so far. Maybe the software on the rom outputs too much to the ear speaker? Maybe the Nexus One has an earpiece speaker able to handle louder noise? I don't know... Being a nix core, you can easily put too much power to something....
Somebody correct me if I am wrong?
I have heard that dust gets in the speaker and clogs it up. Saw a thread on Sprint a while back. I had the same thing happen to my phone and they replaced it no problem. That was before 2.1, so I doubt the OS has anything to do with it. Again, probably dust, the speaker does have a lot of open surface...
This has nothing to do with the 2.1 ROM. Me and many others had the same issue while running stock firmware. I got a brand new hardware v.2 Hero out of it.
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This has nothing to do with the 2.1 ROM. Me and many others had the same issue while running stock firmware. I got a brand new hardware v.2 Hero out of it.
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Oh? How do I check what Hero I have?
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Oh? How do I check what Hero I have?
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Menu >> Settings >> About Phone >> Hardware Information
or you can look at the battery cover, if it says "with Google" it is V.2 if it doesn't it is V.1
mine blew out when i was running 1.5. Still waiting for a replacement 4 weeks later.....
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mine blew out when i was running 1.5. Still waiting for a replacement 4 weeks later.....
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I took mine in to a Sprint repair center, they verified the speaker had an issue and they placed an order for a new handset. It came in 24 hours later and we swapped my broken unit in for a brand new one.
I bought this phone directly through Sprint online, not sure if that matters. The whole transaction was smooth for me.
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the same thing happened to me. brought it to a Sprint store and they replaced it for free
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replaced the speaker or the whole phone?
If anything, DamageControl1 seems to handle loud audio better than the stock 1.5 Sprint ROM did. I have a few mp3 files I put on my phone to use as possible ringtones with RingDroid that sounded too bad to use with 1.5, but actually sound quite good now under DC1.
Theory #1: 1.5 rendered the mp3 to pwm without regard to the nonlinear frequency response of the phone's electrostatic speaker. 2.1 runs it through a DSP companding altorithm to concentrate the sound's volume in the bands the speaker can reproduce well, and attenuates bands the speaker can't handle well. Net result: louder perceived output with fewer artifacts.
Theory #2 -- 1.5 did a hack job on the audio before sending it to the speaker, and arbitrarily clipped it to some max ordered by Sprint's upper management or legal department, whereas 2.1 either goes out of its way to properly compress the dynamic range, or (being open source, and having its kernel parameters dictated by concerns of audio fidelity rather than paranoid theories of legal risk) simply doesn't care, and sends the rendered audio straight to the speaker without further mangling
I'm assuming that both ROMs do mp3->PWM entirely via software, and the Hero has hardware codecs only for hardcore things, like video (and even then, only for things like the acceleration of inverse discrete cosine transformations).
The reason I am asking is I have just horrible results listening to music through the headset!
I have tried a couple different headsets with the same results, they all skip and pause like at least 5 times a minute!
As a experiment this morning I took my wifes original instinct to the gym with me and used that for an hour and it was flawless.
So anyway I was just kinda hoping it might work!
Thanks
Roman
No it doesn't...
I noticed this too. What rom are you using
I have used a2dp bluetooth with my car stereo on Darch's rom, Flip's and Damage's. They all have had the same BT hiccuping issues. Mine is more like once every five minutes, but occasionally it freaks out.
Really I am just waiting for the official 2.1 release to come out and then I will go to an AOSP build (come on Darch!). I expect this issue will be sorted out then.
I am using Damage, but it's been off with all the roms I have used! Although it does seem worse with damage! I am thinking about trading with the wife, the bluetooth at the gym is way more important to me!
It really seems to me not a lot is known about A2DP other than it seems kinda unreliable to many, but works great for some!
I really don't know what the hell is wrong, but i am tired of researching it and trying to find a fix!
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I have used a2dp bluetooth with my car stereo on Darch's rom, Flip's and Damage's. They all have had the same BT hiccuping issues. Mine is more like once every five minutes, but occasionally it freaks out.
Really I am just waiting for the official 2.1 release to come out and then I will go to an AOSP build (come on Darch!). I expect this issue will be sorted out then.
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Just wondering why you expect it to be sorted out?
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Just wondering why you expect it to be sorted out?
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Because in the official 1.5 build a2dp worked without this issue... and an official CDMA 2.1 build has not been released yet.
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Because in the official 1.5 build a2dp worked without this issue... and an official CDMA 2.1 build has not been released yet.
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Ah I see, I had never tried bluetooth on 1.5 yet, so maybe I will do my nandroid and see how it works!
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Ah I see, I had never tried bluetooth on 1.5 yet, so maybe I will do my nandroid and see how it works!
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Post your results. I was using the stock 1.5 build, but rooted. Now I am running Damage's 2.1 build with Flips new radio.
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Post your results. I was using the stock 1.5 build, but rooted. Now I am running Damage's 2.1 build with Flips new radio.
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Well I did my nandroided back to 1.5 about an hour ago, and since then I have been running around cleaning house!
In the same room with my phone absolutely no skips, when I walk out of the room a few skips and the farther away I get the more skips I get, but not important to me as the phone will be on me when I am listening to music anyway!
Using the phone while listening to music only presented a few skips as well!
Using any Rom while doing the above would have left the music skipping at least 5 times a minute!
So all in all I guess I got it solved, although I am stuck on 1.5 as it seems, but i am stuck with the question of why does it not work so well on any Roms that I have used!
Thanks to you danknee you have made me a happy man(well as happy as a man can be cleaning house) as I have spent countless hours searching for an answer to this!
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Forgot to add that I am still rooted, but all stock!
Good to hear. Your results sound about the same as mine. I use my phone in a stationary car bracket (ProClip) that is positioned about 1.5 feet away from the A2DP BT radio (Sony with built in receiver).
With this setup my 1.5 was outstanding, but all the 2.1 builds have been very sporadic. I thought it was data connection issues with the 2.1 builds, but tried locally stored music and video with the same issues (narrowing the issue down to BT).
Just wanted to give another update:
Went to the gym today and did 20 mins on the treadmill and 30 mins on the bike and about 15 mins playing B-ball! I had one skip that was like 1 100th of a second skip, could of even been the song!
Now my question: Why do most of the Roms not work very well with A2DP?
Thanks again danknee!
Roman
Roman G said:
Just wanted to give another update:
Went to the gym today and did 20 mins on the treadmill and 30 mins on the bike and about 15 mins playing B-ball! I had one skip that was like 1 100th of a second skip, could of even been the song!
Now my question: Why do most of the Roms not work very well with A2DP?
Thanks again danknee!
Roman
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from other things i have read, android has some weird issue with the way it handles bluetooth, which has clearly been resolved with 1.5 given the results that i can attest to, but possibly not as high a priority for 2.x since they haven't even really gotten it out yet and probably have more basic issues to take care of first?
just a thought...
R
Just wondering as it seems it's much better out of the box than what we have!
I was also reading the moment forums and it seems there still convinced that we will get the update before them, seemed kinda strange to me!
Thanks
Roman
Roman G said:
Just wondering as it seems it's much better out of the box than what we have!
I was also reading the moment forums and it seems there still convinced that we will get the update before them, seemed kinda strange to me!
Thanks
Roman
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Is like to use the instant messenger from the moment. The one in the hero sucks
Yes possible, I'm downloading it now and will mess with it tonight.
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Yes possible, I'm downloading it now and will mess with it tonight.
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I thought about flashing to see what would happen, but it seems the process is a bit different than on our heros!
don't just flash the leak, you'll very possibly wind up with a nice brick.
LOL Flash the leak and tell us what happens.
Ya I kinda figured that, but I like to take one for the team!
Plus I am so tired of 1.5 and bluetooth crap on 2.1!
Where is the Moment leak?
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Where is the Moment leak?
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http://www.sdx-developers.com/index.php?topic=1436.0
Tell me how to flash it and I will!
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Ya I kinda figured that, but I like to take one for the team!
Plus I am so tired of 1.5 and bluetooth crap on 2.1!
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What bluetooth crap? I've been running 2.1 since I got my hero (only ran 1.5 long enough to drive home from Best Buy. Already had the rom downloaded and my pc set up for rooting before I even went to buy the phone).
I've never experienced one single problem with bluetooth, across at least 10 different 2.1 roms I've tried.
You'll be giving up a lot of standard features... like pinch to zoom (although I hear they finally got touble tap to zoom). Just FYI
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What bluetooth crap? I've been running 2.1 since I got my hero (only ran 1.5 long enough to drive home from Best Buy. Already had the rom downloaded and my pc set up for rooting before I even went to buy the phone).
I've never experienced one single problem with bluetooth, across at least 10 different 2.1 roms I've tried.
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Bluetooth problems seem to be about 50/50 with hero owners!
I seem to be in the 50% that bluetooth sucks ass on any 2.xx rom, and works flawless on 1.5.
Sometimes I wonder if all heros were hand built, it would explain all the different problems some have and some don't!
Roman
Roman G said:
Bluetooth problems seem to be about 50/50 with hero owners!
I seem to be in the 50% that bluetooth sucks ass on any 2.xx rom, and works flawless on 1.5.
Sometimes I wonder if all heros were hand built, it would explain all the different problems some have and some don't!
Roman
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no i think that everyone uses the BT diffrently ... my BT on the hero suckss ass on 2.1 and works great on 1.5 .. i have a car radio that i can play music form my phone and at the same time do navigation voice ( from the phone also ) ..on 1.5 it works great ..on 2.1 it works for 5min and then both sounds are gone and i get a FC on BT driver , my audio BT headsets on 1.5 works great on 2.1 it just craps out every couple mins ... cant even use it at all...
I guess that explains it. I only use bluetooth for a small headset and file transfers. Both work flawlessly.
I don't use a2dp at all, which now that I think about it, is what I've heard most people say they've had trouble with....
I can do this. Expect a port in 10 minutes, or whenever it's done downloading.
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I guess that explains it. I only use bluetooth for a small headset and file transfers. Both work flawlessly.
I don't use a2dp at all, which now that I think about it, is what I've heard most people say they've had trouble with....
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By small headset I assume you mean just a single ear piece?
If thats the case it works great on any Rom I have tried, it just streaming music where it cuts out and skips a minimum of 5 times per minute of song, and forget doing anything else on your phone!
Roman
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I can do this. Expect a port in 10 minutes, or whenever it's done downloading.
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Wow I would love to try it out when you get done!
From what I hear there are supposed to be BT enhancements in the update!
I've used stereo bluetooth on dc v1.0 and flipz2.0d without a problem... was only for about ten minutes, but was still longer than 5
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Yep, the single earpiece with a mic used for phone calls, not headphones for listening to music.
Even though both uses are transferring audio, they actually use completely different bluetooth profiles, which I suppose explains why one works well and the other doesn't.
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I've used stereo bluetooth on dc v1.0 and flipz2.0d without a problem... was only for about ten minutes, but was still longer than 5
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Like I said it's 50/50 across the board!
Hoooolllly cr*p. The volume in the X10 is totally unacceptable! I had an appointment today I was waiting for a very long time and I set up 3 reminders/alarms. They went off. but I heard not a single one! Appointment missed, pushed back another month.
What is the point of an alarm function that you can't even hear!
All my volumes are set to max. I can't hear text messages going thru, I can't hear notifications going thru. My ears are fine, the phone whispers. God it's driving me nuts.
I've never had this problem with any other phone, could hear those things a mile away. Am rrreally starting to lose faith in something I can't rely on.
(/Vent)
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Hoooolllly cr*p. The volume in the X10 is totally unacceptable! I had an appointment today I was waiting for a very long time and I set up 3 reminders/alarms. They went off. but I heard not a single one! Appointment missed, pushed back another month.
What is the point of an alarm function that you can't even hear!
All my volumes are set to max. I can't hear text messages going thru, I can't hear notifications going thru. My ears are fine, the phone whispers. God it's driving me nuts.
I've never had this problem with any other phone, could hear those things a mile away. Am rrreally starting to lose faith in something I can't rely on.
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The x10 is a complete failure.
Bad GSM radio.
Bad audio.
Lack of hardware features.
Great cpu, camera and sexy screen let down by everything else.
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The x10 is a complete failure.
Bad GSM radio.
Bad audio.
Lack of hardware features.
Great cpu, camera and sexy screen let down by everything else.
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I second this. Sexy shell, but lousy internals.
Dunno what to say.
Mine is set to below halfway and it wakes me up just fine. Sure it's not the loudest phone I've ever had but it's more than acceptable (even without xLoud for most things).
BTW, did the snooze function work? I mean, if 3 alarms were set and if they kept on going, then they keep on coming back on every 10 minutes (default unless changed).
Maybe your loudspeaker is busted? Did you ever try any of the roms with xLoud?
Have mine set up with xloud and latest dsp manager app, combined, my phone now has the same volume as my friends galaxy s2, just about. However the speakers will die soon at that rate I expect. But my contract is up in 4 months so I dont care if I kill it!
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denverseven said:
Hoooolllly cr*p. The volume in the X10 is totally unacceptable! I had an appointment today I was waiting for a very long time and I set up 3 reminders/alarms. They went off. but I heard not a single one! Appointment missed, pushed back another month.
What is the point of an alarm function that you can't even hear!
All my volumes are set to max. I can't hear text messages going thru, I can't hear notifications going thru. My ears are fine, the phone whispers. God it's driving me nuts.
I've never had this problem with any other phone, could hear those things a mile away. Am rrreally starting to lose faith in something I can't rely on.
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You must either be a heavy sleeper, you're going deaf, or you have a defective phone.
I have my alarm go off on workdays at a bit over half volume and I can hear it no problem.
Seriously, all this X10 bashing is incredibly old.
Another question.
Was it an alarm or a calendar reminder that you were using? The reminder function for the calendar just uses the SMS tone.
xLoud is your friend. Huge difference with it opposed to without, just use some common sense though.
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The x10 is a complete failure.
Bad GSM radio.
Bad audio.
Lack of hardware features.
Great cpu, camera and sexy screen let down by everything else.
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"bad gsm radio" !!!!!!!!!!!! You must be crazy.....SE has the best gsm radio in the these companies....or did you forgot that whos making the gsm radio and antenna is Ericsson itself....btw...ericsson is the best in the bisness.....plus did you forget that the x10 is a 2009 phone....its old...dont compare it to today's phones.....also the sound is just fine...i hear my phone ringing from miles away.........god damn.
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with all due respect, I still don't get why people **** so much about the speakers.
Maybe I've been lucky, I don't know, but I don't have any issue with the sound.
Granted, you need to put an appropriate ringtone... you won't here anything if you put a ringtone of rainfall
That said, If I had to complain of a similar functionality on the X10, it would be the phone's vibration, which I feel is very week compared to my old SE W810i.
I'v gone over three X10i (hugh...thank god for Orange France's insurance) and all have been exactly the same for me. No sound issue, but ****ty vibration compared to my old phone.
Just a thought guys and gals but it also depends on your ring tone. IMHO i find most of the standard ones a bit dull, but i found somefree mp3's and midi's online and the other morning when my alarm went off i nearly hit the ceiling! even woke up the girl
Pvy.
Here is my alarm tone. give it a go see if it helps
http://www.mediafire.com/?ibocw3qa76nvxci
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"bad gsm radio" !!!!!!!!!!!! You must be crazy.....SE has the best gsm radio in the these companies....or did you forgot that whos making the gsm radio and antenna is Ericsson itself....btw...ericsson is the best in the bisness.....plus did you forget that the x10 is a 2009 phone....its old...dont compare it to today's phones.....also the sound is just fine...i hear my phone ringing from miles away.........god damn.
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Wow, he doesn't compare X10 with anything.
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Personally phone speaker volume, vibration, hardware...I find spectacular. Phone speaker is exceptionally loud without dsp manager or xloud or any other programs. Vibration intensity seems to be fine for me. Hardware...I don't understand what is wrong with it...perfectly good to me...and GSM and WIFI work perfectly...always have H signal RARELY I have to use 3G I mean RARELY...maybe like for 2 minutes in a month. Always have phone signal...btw I have ATT. ONLY issue for me is SONY not providing proper phone SOFTWARE. GB update was a tad disappointing from their kernel, 16 mil, fps uncap, and everything else... was not a well done job.
OK...the IN-CALL VOLUME is something that bothers me; the only hardware related gripe. It is extremely quiet...barely can hear person on other side...when in average loud environment. BUT I suspect that with DSP Manager installed the IN-CALL VOLUME could be louder.
I am using "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" for ringtone/alarm.
I am using "Altair" for notification.
Your phone might have an issue. OR you...haha; deep sleeper.
Anyone know what the best option is, dsp manager or xloud?
The main thing I need is call volume clarity. I tried some versions of DSPManager.apk but they didn't seem to make a difference... Tips?
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im usin xloud
and believe me
its tat loud
Anseldor said:
with all due respect, I still don't get why people **** so much about the speakers.
Maybe I've been lucky, I don't know, but I don't have any issue with the sound.
Granted, you need to put an appropriate ringtone... you won't here anything if you put a ringtone of rainfall
That said, If I had to complain of a similar functionality on the X10, it would be the phone's vibration, which I feel is very week compared to my old SE W810i.
I'v gone over three X10i (hugh...thank god for Orange France's insurance) and all have been exactly the same for me. No sound issue, but ****ty vibration compared to my old phone.
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Aaah, the w810... probably my most favorite phone that i've owned. That phone had one hell of a speaker for its size.
I don't mind the vibration of the X10i. Yeah, it's a tiny-little-bit weak but it's good (really good IMHO) and really comes down to preference. I like how varied the vibration can be (mild, medium, high). I came from an N85 and that had only 1 setting: seizure. That thing would vibrate like nuts at anything. On a scale of 1-10, it was at '11' all the time. LOL
I find the speakers to be satisfyingly loud enough with xLoud. I use the Beep-Beep-Beep sound for alarm. never fails to wake me up.
Vibrations on large phones like this are hard as it's absorbed by the phone's weight itself but i find it rather pleasant to have than annoyingly skidding over the table.
tomh235 said:
Anyone know what the best option is, dsp manager or xloud?
The main thing I need is call volume clarity. I tried some versions of DSPManager.apk but they didn't seem to make a difference... Tips?
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I am running both, but if you just want one take the dsp, gives you an equalizer to adjust for clarity of sound. Yesterday someone posted a brilliant version of dsp in wolfs 2.3.3 thread. The apk is in a rar file so just use root explorer to install it
The sound is noticeably improved
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walidhiphop said:
"bad gsm radio" !!!!!!!!!!!! You must be crazy.....SE has the best gsm radio in the these companies....or did you forgot that whos making the gsm radio and antenna is Ericsson itself....btw...ericsson is the best in the bisness.....plus did you forget that the x10 is a 2009 phone....its old...dont compare it to today's phones.....also the sound is just fine...i hear my phone ringing from miles away.........god damn.
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Turn on 3G in a location with low signal and charge it, now browse online and watch the battery heat.
Don't cheat by putting the phone in LN2 first. try it in a nice 27*C summer ambient heat.
And tell me it's awesome. you can cook food on it. and the battery goes dead in 1 hour from there on, you can cook some meat by then and make some coffee on it.
Then once the power circuits have completely nuked you can use it as a paper weight.
people using xloud should be careful.....
mark my word, people are going to start blowing their speakers. You can hear it cracking/getting damaged.
Hello together,
i don´t find a similar Thread for the One with my Speaker problems. So i start a new one:
I got the following problem:
When i play a Sound with my Phone after 2-3 seconds the Speakers do a "klack" Sound in front of the shut down.
example:
When i press Volumen + or - the Phone plays a Sound, around 2-3 seconds later the Speaker do a "klack".
the problem seems for me similar with the problems the Galaxy Nexus got.
Someone can confirm that?
I get that with my Nexus 4 and almost every other Android phone i have used. I can mostly only hear it if i used some sort of volume boosting mod/app or if i hold my phone close to my ear after a sound is played. I think its normal, but annoying.
Wow, i thought i was the only one. I have the same issue. After playing a sound file (ring tone, music, anything), if you put the speakers to your ear you can hear a shhhh sound, then a "click" which almost sounds like the speakers "turn off". For some reason the same sound sometimes appears when opening a music app (such as HTC Music), as in the speakers get turned on OR some sort of amplifier gets applied. Turning off beats audio doesn't help. I got O2 (germany), 1.27 Stock rom. I'm tempted to try 1.28 custom rom to see if it's a software bug, but i am a bit afraid i might need warranty to get this fixed...
that is the sound of the amp / dac discharging. happens on my one x with and without earphones on
shiningarmor said:
that is the sound of the amp / dac discharging. happens on my one x with and without earphones on
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So it's normal? Can it be turned off or fixed via software?
firaX said:
So it's normal? Can it be turned off or fixed via software?
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i got rid of mine by uninstalling those volume boosting mods
shiningarmor said:
i got rid of mine by uninstalling those volume boosting mods
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I doubt that's possible on stock Rom, is it?
I have it also, not all devices have the problem but HTC is aware of it and working on a fix.
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I doubt that's possible on stock Rom, is it?
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although it does click, but clicking to the point that is audible, i think something is wrong somewhere.. u might as well email htc about it
It's audible in a quiet environment when i have the phone close-ish to my face. Question is whether it's fixable via software update or whether i need hardware fix. I don't really feel like sending it in already...They'd probably say it is within tolerance anyhow.
I just wonder, tons of ppl complain about stuff such as "corner is too sharp, tiny gap etc", why don't more people complain about this noise if it is "normal"?
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It's audible in a quiet environment when i have the phone close-ish to my face. Question is whether it's fixable via software update or whether i need hardware fix. I don't really feel like sending it in already...They'd probably say it is within tolerance anyhow.
I just wonder, tons of ppl complain about stuff such as "corner is too sharp, tiny gap etc", why don't more people complain about this noise if it is "normal"?
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I have heard it's fixable by software
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Is it like the click of death heard when a hard drive is about to die? lol! Sorry just curious but don't have my HTC One yet.
You never had a decent amplifier, had you?
It's dedicated amp. All those devices "click" when turned on and off. There's nothing to be fixed, although the sound should be very quiet.
It's like hdd click of death indeed. Sound is quiet but audible.
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It's like hdd click of death indeed. Sound is quiet but audible.
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Like I said, it's an amplifier turning off (and on as well to be precise - but usually this sound is more subtle).
I don't think this is an issue. It's just a fact of life with speakers.
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Like I said, it's an amplifier turning off (and on as well to be precise - but usually this sound is more subtle).
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i already said that. it should not be that loud
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firaX said:
It's audible in a quiet environment when i have the phone close-ish to my face. Question is whether it's fixable via software update or whether i need hardware fix. I don't really feel like sending it in already...They'd probably say it is within tolerance anyhow.
I just wonder, tons of ppl complain about stuff such as "corner is too sharp, tiny gap etc", why don't more people complain about this noise if it is "normal"?
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ah , it shouldnt be that loud too, unless you're using earphones and u hear the click then it's fine. but if hearing it without speakers, i think it is insulated badly. like i said, try emailing htc
My Asus D2X Sound Card for my PC does that, always wondered what it was.