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Bluetooth is amazing!!

Specifically the sound quality when streaming music. Wow is all I can say. I stream music to my motorcycle helmet (Chatterbox Xbi2) and have lots of listening experience with my Garmin Zumo GPS and my 3GS iPhoney. I must say that my i9000 kicks both their tales by a huge margin. I fidelity of the sound is fantastic, a tiny bit of base is lost but holy moly the rest is awesome. I'm not sure if it can attributed to BT 3.0 or what but I don't care, I am happy. Good job Samsung.

agree
i used to stream a lot of BT using previous phone, but the BASE on the i9000 is almost intact even after streaming
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Yay. Finally something nice to say about sgs. Mind you we are the only phone with bluetooth 3.0 out so far. Nice
Typed with bloodied fingers on a Apple Newton 2100. Hail Fuhrer Jobs!

Bluetooth streaming in BMW
I have an Iphone 4 and a SGS and except for the stuttering on my radio. (which the iphone 4 doesnt do) the sound is really really good and is MUCH better than iphone 4 streaming quality. I am very pleased with the quality. I believe Froyo will fix it. . Still cant dial out using Bluetooth on SGS

there are tricks to dial out using BT
and it will depend on your headset or the car deck function keys
or voice activation key

opensourcefan said:
Specifically the sound quality when streaming music. Wow is all I can say.
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Is it then worthwhile to buy a BT headset?
I mean, will the sound quality of a good BT headset, be as good as a wired headset? And wich one?
I have no idea...

I've been an avid fan of Samsung's Yepp line of MP3 players. They have some of the best quality audio output on the market. WAY WAY WAY better than iPod's.
It's not surprising to see their know-how transfer over to their high-end Galaxy line.

betoNL said:
Is it then worthwhile to buy a BT headset?
I mean, will the sound quality of a good BT headset, be as good as a wired headset? And wich one?
I have no idea...
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I haven't tried a household bluetooth headset but if the quality is the same as my helmet one I would consider it over a corded version if the circumstance required it. I'm interested in trying out a bunch now just to see.
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Terrible Speaker!!!!!!

I'm on this G2, and the build is great but DAMN the external speaker is terrible! In calls and in games... It's like scratching my ears. Anyone else feel this way?

No one else having speaker issues?? Should I get a replacement?

I have the same problem when its at its highest volume setting but that's normal for htc phones I had the same thing from my G1 to my nexus 1 so idk about returning but you could
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mine's the same

Yeah, it sounded pretty shrill and metallic. I was not a fan.
I guess my question would be: "What phone has a good speaker?"

The Vibrant sounds gorgeous compared to this.

the Droid 2 has a good speaker as well..... but that shouldn't be a deciding factor.

funkadesi said:
the Droid 2 has a good speaker as well..... but that shouldn't be a deciding factor.
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yeah, i noticed that motorola phones usually have very good external speakers.

Yes, motorola's got great speakers. I had a rizr and a rokr e8. One of those speakers was better than the g1 and g2's combined! Just a figure of speech of course...
This one does sound pretty crappy though but it never gets used in my use so that's really not a concern to me.
Even so, don't think you'll get a replacement because of it...
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iphone has a good speaker

What? Its that bad? Someone told me it was "loud and clear". Was planning on doing some gaming on my Desire Z..

Yeah, it's pretty bad. It's also not very loud. I was a bit shocked when i tried to play Pandora through it today...

Thasts weird, i think it sounds pretty decent in this clip.
/watch?v=jaYks8qHD1w
Guess ill have to try it out myself when it reachers a nearby store.

AndreasA88 said:
Thasts weird, i think it sounds pretty decent in this clip.
/watch?v=jaYks8qHD1w
Guess ill have to try it out myself when it reachers a nearby store.
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Sounds crackly on Chrono Cross, but otherwise good.

Jon C said:
Yeah, it sounded pretty shrill and metallic. I was not a fan.
I guess my question would be: "What phone has a good speaker?"
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The Incredible actually has a great speaker. Very loud and fairly clear.
My G2 speaker on the other hand, (why cant they use the same speaker in all their phones?) is not great. not even as good as the nexus imo. Its quieter and a bit less clear.

P.S. Check out this pic detailing the difference between the G2 speaker and Incredible speaker. Big difference in size and mesh cover.
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to me the speaker is VERY loud and pretty clear but it ALL highs just sounds like a tweeter. no real signs of "bass" at all sounds like a car stereo with just tweeters lol

Did you notice that the Sim Card goes halfway into the speaker lol!!

Maybe if we could apply a bassy equalizer to all sounds it would sound better. Any idea how to do this?

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What? Its that bad? Someone told me it was "loud and clear". Was planning on doing some gaming on my Desire Z..
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mine is very loud and very clear...this is coming from a G1 though, not sure if that matters (G1 was terrible)

Story of a misguided screw (or- N7000 speaker that sounded a bit off)

Hi everyone
This is not really a development or software related story, but i had a feeling you'd still like to see it.
So, a few days ago, i received my new N7000 i ordered from Expansys USA. Love the device, perfect for my needs in every way.
After a bit of usage, i noticed that the speaker sounded a bit off, and had a really crackling/jarring sound in high pitch. I knew the speaker in the note is not the greatest ever, but this was really not what i was expecting. even the clicking noise when you choose something sounded so bad i had to reduce system volume to 20%
So, i decided to go down to the root of the problem.
Looking at the speaker grill, i noticed something shiny underneath it
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(hard to see, but notice the holes in the circle look "blocked")
At first i ignored it, but when i saw nothing software-wise can fix the sound, i thought, "what if...."
So i took the device apart. I live in Israel and the device was bought in the U.S, so having to ship it back there and back here would cost a fortune, plus i would have to pay for customs again (33% of the total package worth!), not economical, and the note is a device that is very easy to deal with.
Behold the little rascal that was doing all the trouble:
You can see how it caused some kind of depression on the speaker net. When the back panel and the grill were on, they would press on it, which in turn would press on the speaker, and cause the ever-so-annoying sound disturbance
This is really weird, i removed the screw and currently am putting the back... back on. I hope the screw didn't do any permanent damage to the speaker, as the depression is still there and the net won't go back to it's regular condition:
I am waiting for my cousin to swing by with his N7000 and compare the two.
On first impression, the speaker sounds a LOT better now, not great but i can say it's decent, and satisfactory for watching youtube/hearing music/games etc.
I just need to see if this is it's normal condition, or was any damage caused by the screw.
This story will be sent to samsung as well, i want their reply on the matter, it's really unprobable that a brand new device would be delivered with a screw enjoying a little hiking in it's guts.
So, opinions/thoughts, anyone?
I previously had an S1 and an S2 which were great, but this is some screw up (pun not intended)
I'm also worried that this screw previously resided in a place where it SHOULD be within the phone... probably a QA miss

Wow, reminds me of GM cars of the 70's and 80's. Never knew what you would find once you started pulling panels and dashes apart.

so much LOL... it was dame a lot funnier when he told me what was his problem when we talked "live" in IM

Never would have guessed that there would be a left-over screw inside... great story mate, thanks for sharing it, hope your Note is working like it should now.

Lol, who would've thought they left a screw there. Fail
Great story

Aaaaaaand.... bump.
Finally had the chance to check the speaker against another N7000.
100% identical, my speaker is completely unharmed. On the other hand, samsung are just ignoring me completely. Well, seeing as nothing went wrong, i won't need them, but it still ticks me off.

Low volume while playing to music!

I'm a music guy! I listen to music a lot! I use Beats By Dre Studio headphones... I have MoDaCo based on stock rom installed...
I think that the volume on this phone is just too low! I tried installing this mod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2012575
and it just sounded terrible!
When I have my headphones plugged in to my pc it's totally loud and clear!
What should I do? any suggestions for me?
I am super sensitive about the quality

I have beats tours and they sound loud and hurt my ears at max. Try the audio mod in the themes and apps section.
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I have beats tours and they sound loud and hurt my ears at max. Try the audio mod in the themes and apps section.
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After installing Awesome Beats I'm scared to try random mods... do you know any sort of player that may increases the volume?
earphones are always very load because you put them in your ear and headphones are more clear.
Studios sound awesome i don't want to go back to earphones

how about trying these to increase volume? they are what i use.
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/FiiO-E5-BK-...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1359670868&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Generation-...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1359671246&sr=1-1

Hard to carry around specially at the gym
what music player do you guys use?

Stupid question...is it plugged in all the way?
I find the jack weird and sometimes I swore I connected my ear buds fully in when in reality they had that "extra" click to go thorough.
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I'm not a apple fan boy buy iPhone quality is way higher in term of music

shahabk818 said:
Hard to carry around specially at the gym
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that fiio headphone amp is tiny (< 2" square), weighs next to nothing and has a clip on it.

I use Sennheiser CX 300 II earbuds and PlayerPro music player and have no problems with low volume. I've also used MP3Gain, a windows app, to level all my music volumes inside the MP3 files themselves. You can set the level as high or low as you like. I've noticed that MP3's from amazon.com typically have the volume set at 99 dB which is much louder than from other sources so I level all my MP3's down to the default 89 dB in MP3Gain.
http://www.sennheiserusa.com/private_headphones_earbuds-and-ear-canal-headphones_502740
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tbig.playerpro&hl=en
http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/

...chuck away the beats. its going to spoil your ears >_>
the CX300II is a great all rounder. you could also try the Feels Pro.900 (korean company hence the weird name), the Audio Technica CKM500 is not bad as well.

Default sound volume on Nexus 4 is incredibly low. I'd say 50% lower than the HTC One X with beats for example.
The only mod I have found that increases the volume is the Nocturnal mod in the Android Development forum. I am not sure what rom's it's compatible with but I am using AOKP.
While it increases the volume, it's still not enough, and the quality of the music on the Nexus 4, mod or not, is just not good enough.

have you tried this mod? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2025486
it works and the speaker is as loud as my droid razr

Audio noise when charging

OK, I finally found something that isn't perfect. If you are charging phone and have earphones on, there is some (CPU?) noise from doing stuff with the GUI. I first noticed it changing settings on Neutron (no music playing). Then messing around with anything with GUI, notifications, etc seems to do it. I have not been able to hear it unless phone is charging.
Try it and see what you think.

I guess this is perhaps a side effect of the headphone on the bottom.
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Is it a fairly quite buzzing/humming noise? I've had this on pretty much every phone ive ever used, you can also put your ear up to the speaker and hear it.

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Is it a fairly quite buzzing/humming noise? I've had this on pretty much every phone ive ever used, you can also put your ear up to the speaker and hear it.
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No, it is a cpu noise, high pitched whine, correlated to doing things on screen. For example, pulling down notification window.
My I9300 does not do it.

the rezound did this exact thing and they fixed it in an OTA.. i believe it was a software fix.
doesn't have to do with headphones on bottom. rezound was on top
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jayochs said:
the rezound did this exact thing and they fixed it in an OTA.. i believe it was a software fix.
doesn't have to do with headphones on bottom. rezound was on top
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That's great to hear!

I have the same issue on my old s3, although I haven't tried on the g2 yet. On the s3 it was the pwm adjusting on the charger to match changing current draw from the phone. Sounds like it may be the same here.
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FWIW, the noise seems to be only using wall charger. I don't hear it charging on pc.

This sounds like what I hear. I can hear this from the speaker on mine all the time even when not on the charger. Initially I thought I only heard it while on a call but then for some reason I put the phone to my ear when not on a call and I still heard the noise. It is very annoying and I have taken it to two different VZW stores to try and get them to replace it because I figured it was a defective phone but they couldn't hear it so they wouldn't do anything. Does anyone else hear this noise when not on the charger? The sound sounds similar to what you described and seems like some CPU noise or possibly the radio. Maybe this is an inherent issue with all of the G2 but hopefully they will release an update that can fix it.

Only with stock charger
Hi,
I have been holding off rooting and modding my phone because of this issue. Now that I found this thread and know that it is a common issue I won't bother with an exchange.
Nice catch that charging from the PC does not generate any noise. I have subsequently tested with PC USB charging and an old HTC charger and I get no noise when using them.
I believe it is down to the high charging current of the stock charger and the way the phone handles high-speed charging.
However if I had had this noise even when not charging I definitely would have sent it back.

I have the some problem too..it's annoying when you are charging your phone and use it in the same time

I have noticed the noise only in the right channel. Same for anyone else?