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Voice Quality

My voice quality is awful to my callers. They think I'm on speaker phone. After a month of using this phone with this issue I exchanged it. Same result so I've dealt with it by using a Plantronics Pro which sounds decent. The problem is when I'm without a headset and I have to use the phone normally. People continuously tell me that they can not understand me.
Is everyone's NS microphone quality dismal?
My instinct tells me that it's the noise cancellation processing more than the microphone. When I leave quality test voicemails for myself in my house, it doesn't sound aweful but everywhere else people simply can not understand me without a headset!
Any ideas? Do you face this? Will an OS upgrade help?
OS 2.3.2

I honestly recommend upgrading by rooting and getting the nscollab rom and flashing the new radio as well
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I get told this all the time and it pisses me off so bad. I came from the n1 so I am used to having great call quality. As I understand it, the problem is due to the lack of a dedicated noise cancelling microphone and there isn't much we can do about it unless the genius devs can somehow enhance the software noise cancellation. I am rooted and using cm7 with kb3 radio.
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When the nexus s was first released there were topics complaining on this issue. Don't think there is a fix, its just the way it is. Root prob helps I bet, but I think its just Samsung Mic quality or the software noise cancel function.

RogerPodacter said:
When the nexus s was first released there were topics complaining on this issue. Don't think there is a fix, its just the way it is. Root prob helps I bet, but I think its just Samsung Mic quality or the software noise cancel function.
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Yup. I know I was one of those criticizing the vq on the nexus s on launch day. There is no real fix, if you depend on using your phone in noisy outdoor areas the nexus s is a massive downgrade from the nexus one or really any decent phone.
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Same problem as the Samsung Galaxy S.
Supercurio fixed the mic saturation during videorecording for the Galaxy S. I tweetet him yesterday if he is planing to fix it also for phone calls and he answered following:
@Bajo76 you mean voice&noise saturation in loud environments during calls? Next Voodoo sound vers. will introduce call-related improvements.

Bajo76 said:
Same problem as the Samsung Galaxy S.
Supercurio fixed the mic saturation during videorecording for the Galaxy S. I tweetet him yesterday if he is planing to fix it also for phone calls and he answered following:
@Bajo76 you mean voice&noise saturation in loud environments during calls? Next Voodoo sound vers. will introduce call-related improvements.
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That is good to hear. While Voodoo sure has improved call quality, such problem still lingers from time to time.

Review and issues with Wolfbreak's v 6.0.0 rom

I've been using this rom for a month now, and I've noticed that it tends to get a bit laggier every day. At first it was blazing fast but now it's as slow as the original rom. I also suddenly started having a problem with my earpiece speaker crackling.
To fix this I've done the Pull-out-Battery reset. It's helped with speed but the earpiece is still crackling terribly.
To solve the earpiece issue I've turned my in-call volume down to very low and the crackling is a lot less worse.
I just wanted to post a review and a few small things that have been a bit buggy for me with this rom.
Overall I really like it and I can live with battery-resetting my phone every once in a while, but I'm disappointed in the speaker damage.
If they can fix whatever is damaging the speaker I'd say this is a great ROM.

witchcraftz said:
I've been using this rom for a month now, and I've noticed that it tends to get a bit laggier every day. At first it was blazing fast but now it's as slow as the original rom. I also suddenly started having a problem with my earpiece speaker crackling.
To fix this I've done the Pull-out-Battery reset. It's helped with speed but the earpiece is still crackling terribly.
To solve the earpiece issue I've turned my in-call volume down to very low and the crackling is a lot less worse.
I just wanted to post a review and a few small things that have been a bit buggy for me with this rom.
Overall I really like it and I can live with battery-resetting my phone every once in a while, but I'm disappointed in the speaker damage.
If they can fix whatever is damaging the speaker I'd say this is a great ROM.
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Did you use xLoud? Because that hurts the speakers pretty damn much.

aR_ChRiS said:
Did you use xLoud? Because that hurts the speakers pretty damn much.
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agreed ^^
xloud has bad news written all over it

Though the Wolfbreak Rom does come with xloud, I have it disabled.
I have to wonder why it is still included in the rom though, I seem to understand it's fairly well documented to cause speaker issues so I would have thought it would be removed from all roms by now.

i hv v6 WB but it doesnt have xloud preinstalled.
u have to flash it if u want ...

Mind you, even though WB can work wonders with any roms he produces its still based off a SE firmware which can never be truly faster than anything AOSP.
At least in my experience.

witchcraftz said:
Though the Wolfbreak Rom does come with xloud, I have it disabled.
I have to wonder why it is still included in the rom though, I seem to understand it's fairly well documented to cause speaker issues so I would have thought it would be removed from all roms by now.
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because its an option,thats why.Because its fairly well documented to cause speaker issues, wolf made it available to use
I have it enabled,but i rarely use it.Only in ringtones,notifications

WB 6.0 was a working good with me, but now I'm on miui prime from oodie, w8ng por WB 7 final

Wolfbreak v7b5 is awesome. V7b6 comes soon then final release. But he's thinking of doing Cyanowolf!!!!!
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Just want to say i've been using Wolfs Rom (V7b6) for unlocked bootloader (Doomlord Kernel v06) for little over a month now and i've never had any issues. I flashed several things like xLoud + Bravia; battery mod from kitchen; different fonts; different lockscreens ...etc. I hear some people do have issues though, mainly the loss of contacts when the phone shuts itself down (which i think is due to a locked bootloader-not sure). Maybe i'm blessed with a good device/battery . I absolutely love this rom So big big THANK YOU 2 WOLF. Peace.

witchcraftz said:
I've been using this rom for a month now, and I've noticed that it tends to get a bit laggier every day. At first it was blazing fast but now it's as slow as the original rom. I also suddenly started having a problem with my earpiece speaker crackling.
To fix this I've done the Pull-out-Battery reset. It's helped with speed but the earpiece is still crackling terribly.
To solve the earpiece issue I've turned my in-call volume down to very low and the crackling is a lot less worse.
I just wanted to post a review and a few small things that have been a bit buggy for me with this rom.
Overall I really like it and I can live with battery-resetting my phone every once in a while, but I'm disappointed in the speaker damage.
If they can fix whatever is damaging the speaker I'd say this is a great ROM.
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wow exact same issue here, earpiece crackling with xloud disabled on wolf. any fix?
Sent from my wannabe ICS X10

Using WB stock kernel and recently my unlock screen disappeared. It doesn't even give me the option to lock the phone by holding down the power button.
Anyone else notice this glitch?

Phone Speaker crackling, noise, static, while screen off. (Also on call)

Easy to test, go to a very quiet room. Really quiet. Put your phone to your ear while screen off and listen. (Not phone off)
You will hear a faint sound, static, cracking well some kind of noise.
This is nothing new, and not just bound to this phone. However I had this issues only on the Nexus 4 and never noticed it on other phones I had.
It becomes a bit annoying while in call, really quiet room, and every pause, when both parties are not talking.
I think only option is learn to live with it? As if the numerous threads from N4 and other devices are true, this is a HW fault on all devices. Some ppl just do not hear it. What varies is the intensity, which ppl reported that exchanged their devices.
Is there someone on some variant not hearing it? (State your age as well)
Is there someone who exchanged their device based on this problem and got a new one with a different level of the noise?
Mine is international LG D802

I do hear the pops and squeals when I'm on a call, but not otherwise. VZW version, rooted, stock rom, "A" version of modem/radio.
Here's the thread I started: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502265

rfarrah said:
I do hear the pops and squeals when I'm on a call, but not otherwise. VZW version, rooted, stock rom, "A" version of modem/radio.
Here's the thread I started: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502265
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The sound that you experience, since its through your BT as well, might be normal connection/call sounds. I have this really on all phones even sometimes on iPhone. But if its something tha tyou do not expect to hear, and have it constantly , bring it for repairs, I do not have somehting out of the ordinary in the calls, except what I described in the OP.
What I mean its really like static electricity, cracking sounds. But its faint, you won't notice it in normal environment, at least not when you do not know what to look for. There are youtube videos for the N4 with the sound I mean. cant listen to it now, as I am at work but I think something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wOxtzStUZ4
you really need a quiet environment, put your ear to the earpiece.
Also thanks for your post!

I am on ATT and noticed this and I was thinking about returning it but I tested the display model at the ATT store and the same thing. I tested an Iphone 4s and the same thing with the earpiece. I think this is more common than people think because you really have to be in a quiet setting to actually hear it. Thanks

z45123 said:
I am on ATT and noticed this and I was thinking about returning it but I tested the display model at the ATT store and the same thing. I tested an Iphone 4s and the same thing with the earpiece. I think this is more common than people think because you really have to be in a quiet setting to actually hear it. Thanks
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FWIW, I haven't had this issue at all since the update came out months ago. Maybe they just haven't updated the demo model in the store.

Thanks for the info are you saying you had the issue prior to KitKat and the OTA with KitKat resolved the problem

z45123 said:
Thanks for the info are you saying you had the issue prior to KitKat and the OTA with KitKat resolved the problem
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Nope, had the issue before VZW did their radio update. No KK update for us yet.

Im on att and wish there was some sort of software patch for this

I have the same issue (internationl LG G2)
Isn't there any fix?

Mr.Kos said:
I have the same issue (internationl LG G2)
Isn't there any fix?
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Different phone. Best not the LG brand?
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PAGOT said:
Different phone. Best not the LG brand?
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The thing is that before this phone I have been using the White one for 6 months and it didn't have this issue.. but 2 days ago I traded it for the Black one and now I don't know what to do.. this thing is so annoying!

rfarrah said:
FWIW, I haven't had this issue at all since the update came out months ago. Maybe they just haven't updated the demo model in the store.
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whether you'll be kind enough to write a link for what you did two months ago, as you say it is successful and that the problem is solved. I tried to find it but I could not

goran60 said:
whether you'll be kind enough to write a link for what you did two months ago, as you say it is successful and that the problem is solved. I tried to find it but I could not
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All I did was accept the 12B update. 24A (Kit Kat) is rolling out now, I believe.

I'm sorry for bringing this from dead, but have you guys found any solution for this? Or it's not fixable once it occurs? charging + headphones +v4a developed this bug this evening on my g2.
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Closed Force said:
I'm sorry for bringing this from dead, but have you guys found any solution for this? Or it's not fixable once it occurs? charging + headphones +v4a developed this bug this evening on my g2.
@PAGOT @goran60 @pitsgraft @Mr.Kos
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My ears or better brain adjusted... same way you adjust to every annoying sound after a while. It is there... but you stop caring - hearing it.
I do not believe there is a software fix. If your problem is the one that I described, new hw might help.
But as I said. I adjusted ...

Definitely seems to be hardware problem. If I knew about it earlier I would never connect headphones and charger at the same time. Symptoms: static noise @ approx. 120bpm from both speakers, while phone in deep sleep.
Tried uninstalling v4a drivers, app, poweramp, flashing different kernels, clearing caches, and what so not.
I don't want to raise hope, but I found temporary workaround. I'm on stock kk, and I use g2 tweaksbox and gravitybox to get statusbar aosp quicksetting tiles. There is a compass tile. If I leave it ON there is no more noise. At first I thought that maybe this prevents phone from deep sleeping, but bbs is showing that phone sleeps well. Have not tested standby battery impact yet.

Closed Force said:
I'm sorry for bringing this from dead, but have you guys found any solution for this? Or it's not fixable once it occurs? charging + headphones +v4a developed this bug this evening on my g2.
@PAGOT @goran60 @pitsgraft @Mr.Kos
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Hi,
Thanks for the remainder, as I noticed latest @dorimanx kernel eliminates this (from v 8) and my itchy fingers installed Viper4Android again and yes I struck my luck the distortion starts again...
My conclusion is an option between have better audio performance in mid to high volume level. But, lived my days with G2 enjoying the distort...
Or uninstall everything about viper4android and listen to flat music beat...
And I choose ingore the distort and drive away with awesome audio performance in my bluetooth car audio....
Cheers,

Hey, do you have xposed? I noticed that if I enable compass in quicktiles, there will be no more crackling. But I'm not sure about battery. So I use this when it's quite, in the evening, and I start hearing cracks, I just turn on compass.

Speaker phone problem.

Hello. I have problem with my Galaxy S5 G900H.
Whenever I turn on speaker to talk to people, the person on the other line cannot hear me properly. The sounds flickers and very distorted.
I believe something is wrong with the top microphone. Or is this software related.
Any idea would be great. Thank you.
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Did you tried to use another network ? If yes then its may b hardware fault. Get replacement asap.
For try you can reset your software but must backup your data first.
What it will do is reinstall software freshly which can also help to fix bugs.
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Mandeep148 said:
Did you tried to use another network ? If yes then its may b hardware fault. Get replacement asap.
For try you can reset your software but must backup your data first.
What it will do is reinstall software freshly which can also help to fix bugs.
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Just bought S5 (SM-G900H) from India. I have the exact same problem as the OP. If I put the call on speaker the person on the other end can not hear me clearly. As such, the speaker volume is too low and feeble even if I put it on maximum volume. My wife's Moto G3 is at least three times louder. Also, I think the mic is too insensitive. Unless I speak pretty close to the mic the person on the other end can not hear me. On my previous Galaxy S2 and Xperia Z3c I could put on speaker and leave it on the table. I could be even few meters away from the phone and I could still be audible to the other person. I am in a good network (AirTel) area. You think its going to be a hardware issue and I should ask for a replacement? Or is it something that can be moded if I root? I am still on stock 4.4.2, not rooted and not having any case on the phone.

Samsung S10+: Very loud white noise/buzz noise when calling.

Hi Everyone
I couldn't find anything related to this problem in internet. It must not be very common.
When I call someone or I send voice messages, the only thing the other person can hear is a very loud buzz noise. I have tried to make calls using my mobile operator and also using whatsapp. I get the same issue in both scenarios.
The phone is quite new. It might be about 3 months old. And i have never dropped it. I think it looks like a hardware problem. But I would like to know if it could be a software bug or something. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.

I've had this happen to me a few times, person onother end said they could only hear a loud buzzing/hissing sound. Could be a software glitch with the mic?
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dogredwing1 said:
I've had this happen to me a few times, person onother end said they could only hear a loud buzzing/hissing sound. Could be a software glitch with the mic?
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I don't discard that. But in any case I would like to find out what is causing it because I am pretty much unable to make calls. . As far as I remember, the last phone update was a few weeks ago. So I don't think that a bug with the mic was introduced then. Other people would have complained about it.
After work I will try to do a factory reset, but I prefer to avoid it if I can.

Same problem here