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People on the other end are hearing a buzzing

This has happened to me with several 8525's now...hass anyone else had this problem, better yet, figured out how to stop it!
I can hear a VERY faint buzz, and this is how i know that it's happening, but the user on the other end is hearing very loud buzz during call. It's not constant, sometimes it will come and go. but i had to replace a previous hermes because it got so bad. My newest one is now just starting to do it more consistently and this needs to either be fixed or replaced. PLEASE HELP!! THanks,

'Crossed line' during outgoing call in Android

Ok... I just experienced something which was very strange and quite worrying.
I initiated a call in android... got 5 seconds of silence followed by what sounded like garbled voices. My signal is always weak in this location so I assumed I was connected and could hear my friend talking..... so I began with the usual "hello, HELLO, Can you hear me?"....
THEN I heard the phone ringing (MY CALL HADNT BEEN ANSWERED YET)
Before and during some of the ringing sound, I could hear what I am certain was a human voice albeit very garbled and incomprehensible.
Is it at all possible that I got a 'crossed line'? Is that even possible in this day and age?
As my signal is usually weak here so I do sometimes get garbled audio especially while calling out - but this sounded very different and I am 99% sure it was a human voice.
Has anyone ever experienced anything similar under android on the hd2? or even under winmo? Would hate to think someone could be listening in to my conversations
anyone?
edit: radio+ROM= as per sig... build= hyperdroid v1.1

That's funny I was just speaking on my g1 and I use to get that dime times on my g1 so I am guessing its android thing maybe with there radios....or it could be ghost trying to communicate with you from the other side ...maybe Google collecting some more data LOL but if I was ever in that situation again I would battery pull immediately....
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It's a somewhat common occurance, mobiles picking up other mobile phone calls...hasnt happened to me but was actually watching a show that talked about it recently.
thatruth132 said:
maybe Google collecting some more data LOL
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lol......

Did you notice any black helicopters flying overhead during this time?

its how gsm works.. cdma each phone has its own identity.. with gsm before you connect to the call the connection to the tower is open, every phone is on the same channel.
you were probably hearing digital background noise. the actual voices you were hearing were probably your own being echoed back.

Galaxy phone reception is bad for me :( :(

Hello everyone i have had my galaxy for awhile now and i dont know why i never posted this but phone reception is very bad. When someone calls me or i call someone i can hardly hear them, this is with the volume turned up to max.....is there a volume hack or something to turn up volume on inner calls past the max ?....anything at all would be helpful.

There is a way to turn up your volume but you'd have to do it every time you reboot your phone, just search the forums for it. I never had a problem with my galaxy s phones gt-i9000m and I had two of them. Maybe your phone is defective and you can exchange it?

khmerpride said:
There is a way to turn up your volume but you'd have to do it every time you reboot your phone, just search the forums for it. I never had a problem with my galaxy s phones gt-i9000m and I had two of them. Maybe your phone is defective and you can exchange it?
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I have seen that hack other problem is I bought the phone from a friend.
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jark99 said:
Hello everyone i have had my galaxy for awhile now and i dont know why i never posted this but phone reception is very bad. When someone calls me or i call someone i can hardly hear them, this is with the volume turned up to max.....is there a volume hack or something to turn up volume on inner calls past the max ?....anything at all would be helpful.
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are you sure you are putting the earpiece where it's supposed to go?
if you have it higher, you wont hear it, if you have it lower you wont hear it
it has to be exactly facing your inner drums
it's the same with all other phones i've had in the past
have you tried Bluetooth? perhaps that will work better for you?
my SGS sounds loud and clear, and i got bad hearing

Same problem with mine. I find it has something to do with the signal though. When I call OCTranspo or my voicemail or something it's loud and clear, but when I speak to people it always sounds like they're whispering.

hmm it seems fine right now....i really hope it was cause i was in a dead spot or low signal reception when i was on the phone....i will monitor the phone for the next few days and post here if i fall into this problem again thanks for the help guys!...oh and Gamer ill look into that bluetooth headset maybe.

the first 2 are recorded messages, so the audio quality is expected to be the same all the time
those are very good point of reference
that means whatever it is the problem is not the phone earpiece, but the people talking on their end
otherwise you'll be hearing whisper like sound from the voice recorded systems
nemethb said:
Same problem with mine. I find it has something to do with the signal though. When I call OCTranspo or my voicemail or something it's loud and clear, but when I speak to people it always sounds like they're whispering.
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I used that hack. worked alright

Poor volume on video and speaker phone calls?

Anyone having issues with video calls and speaker phone calls? Everyone I have talked to complains about barely being able to hear me. I use hangouts mostly for the video calls. Just wondering if it is my phone or a common issue. Thanks!

My speakers are exceptional for phone speakers. They are far louder than what I came from (Galaxy note 3). They have a very good stereo image when the phone is oriented properly for audio. The lows are quite impressive. While they aren't "loud", they're present and clearly replicated. The highs are a bit much, but that's to be expected from such small drivers. This is easily fixed with viper4android. I haven't actually used the speakerphone yet, but the same rules apply. The only difference is it will use "Call Volume" instead of "Media Volume" in the mixer.
The only thing I have actually found is that the amplifier chip CAN exceed the fMAX of the speakers. Essentially this means that the amplifier is capable of pushing the speaker farther than the speaker can physically travel causing distortion. This can be a problem if you listen to music that isn't normalized. I recommend everyone normalize their audio collection to avoid having a song suddenly be 6+ db above the previous and blow the drivers on the phone. (If you listen with headphones, it's HIGHLY recommended that you do this as well to avoid destroying your eardrums from the same problem.)

hyperlite1604 said:
Anyone having issues with video calls and speaker phone calls? Everyone I have talked to complains about barely being able to hear me. I use hangouts mostly for the video calls. Just wondering if it is my phone or a common issue. Thanks!
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I have the issue as well. Hangouts calls on speakerphone do not work very well. The other person can barely hear you. I sent feedback to Google and I suggest you do the same. Speakerphone on a regular call over cellular network works great.

hyperlite1604 said:
Anyone having issues with video calls and speaker phone calls? Everyone I have talked to complains about barely being able to hear me. I use hangouts mostly for the video calls. Just wondering if it is my phone or a common issue. Thanks!
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Have you found a fix or have you read any more info about this problem elsewhere? it is very frustrating. I have started a thread on google product forums for hangouts as well....
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hyperlite1604 said:
Anyone having issues with video calls and speaker phone calls? Everyone I have talked to complains about barely being able to hear me. I use hangouts mostly for the video calls. Just wondering if it is my phone or a common issue. Thanks!
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Also may want to try this. It seems to have worked for others in the past. Not sure if it is referring to calls over the network or calls over hangouts but I assume the result would be similar. I dont use hangouts mostly for calls so it is not something i can do a lot of troubleshooting with. Give it a shot and report back. If you are rooted you can disable the noise cancelling from within the build.prop (in system directory) by changing persist.audio.fluence.voicecall=true to false.

hyperlite1604 said:
Anyone having issues with video calls and speaker phone calls? Everyone I have talked to complains about barely being able to hear me. I use hangouts mostly for the video calls. Just wondering if it is my phone or a common issue. Thanks!
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Same problem here. Other party complains they can barely hear me. I bet it is software issue since there are others experiencing same thing but this is totally unacceptable. How can you keep a phone that cannot be used for phone calls...
Sent from my Nexus 6P

No I have not found any solutions. I called Google and they were not much help. I can try that solution in the build.prop and let you know if it works for me. Did you try it? If none of this works I may RMA it to see if it is a hardware issue. Thanks for the suggestion.

hyperlite1604 said:
No I have not found any solutions. I called Google and they were not much help. I can try that solution in the build.prop and let you know if it works for me. Did you try it? If none of this works I may RMA it to see if it is a hardware issue. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Cannot try that soution because I prefer not to root this phone as I plan to use it for business calls.
Sent from my Nexus 6P

anglerstock said:
Cannot try that soution because I prefer not to root this phone as I plan to use it for business calls.
Sent from my Nexus 6P
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Well I called my wife at lunch over hangouts and it didn't seem to help. I have a contact at Google support who told me to follow up with him if I continue to have issues. I have sent him an email along with links to a few other threads where people are having issues.

I'm also hearing complaints and frequent "Hello?"s when I'm on speakerphone. I already submitted an RMA for the uneven speakers and my new 6P has the same issues, so I'm reluctant to bother them with this until I find out more. I tried calling the same person using my Moto X 2013 over Hangouts with the phone in the same position, laying flat on the desk in front of me, and they said I was much clearer/louder on my Moto X. I'm dissapointed with these few issues but loving the phone overall. Just trying to see if this is something others are having, which it seems like they are, and hoping to find a fix. Please report back, I'll continue doing research but have only found info similar to the post @elreydenj mentioned making.

Nothing new on this issue?

Wrong thread

Anyone else hear themselves when using wired microphone headsets?

Got the 6P, love the phone, but Im having an issue. Whenever Im in a call, and Im using a wired headset/headphones (mic and earphones), I can hear the microphone. Meaning, I can hear myself. If I tap the microphone, I can hear it too. And the thing is, its much louder than the sound of the person Im on the call with. It makes calls quite frustrating because I can hear the mic rubbing up against my shirt more than I can ever hear the other person. Whats going on here? Anyone else have this problem? Ive tried several different mics and its all the same issue. Is this a problem with the phone? I just bought it, should I return it?

I don't have such issue but it was recently made aware that when using the speaker it causes "noises". Not sure if ota updates will fix it or not. If I were you and you are within the return policy, do it and order another one. Perhaps you got a lemon?