Has anyone else noticed the in call volume being very loud even when on the lowest setting. Mine is super high, any suggestions to resolve?
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Yes, I'm having the same problem. But it don't seems to be a problem every time. Neither seems it to be connected to specific callee's. Sometimes the volume is totaly normal, and sometimes it feels like speaker mode...
Mine is everytime though, it really is too loud even on the lowest setting.
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You are lucky, actually. I have exactly opposite problem. My volume of calls is so low that I cant her the other callers. This is very serious issue for me and I am thinking about returning the phone. I am searching the net for some service codes that would allow me to raise the internal volume. Do you have 2.3.1?
Visual Voice Mail volume
Why is my visual voice mail so hard to hear with the speaker on?
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Turn the volume up?
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Did that
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T-Mobile's or Google Voice? I have no problems with Google Voice and make sure it's set to come out of the speaker. I haven't used T-Mobile's in a long time.
[Q] volume & screen
After climbing (for me) a steep learning curve I am very happy with my NS. But as with anything, there are different levels of happiness. I still have two issues that sort of bug me.
1. Volume - It seems that I must accidentally hit it a lot, and at times find it turned all the way down.
2. Screen - It's amazing inside, but when I go outside in this Florida Sun (even in the winter) I not only can't read the screen, I can't find the buttons on the handset.
Any suggestions?
always good to see another florida person.
Can't say anything about the first since i don't own the device yet, a case may help though since my dad has a vibrant and he used to hit them, but after getting a silicone case he dosn't do it anymore.
As far as the seeing the screen goes, depending on your brightness setting the screen may be washed out. I normally keep my nexus one at about 40% brightness, but if i'm going to be outside for a day, or when i'm at the themeparks in orlando, i turn on the auto brightness, that usually brings it up to 100% in the sunlight which makes it readable.
Normally switching the brightness involves going through the settings, but there are many applications that give you a quick switch, i personally use the mysettings app that i have on my main screen so it's only two clicks to get to auto.
The screen is very viewable in the sunny Southern California sunlight, but no modern large screen smartphone like these are going to be great outdoors; at least the NS is usable (unlike the N1).
I concur with the other response that setting the screen brightness to max is obviously the best way to tackle this.
There's a very easy way, just install the Power Control Widget that comes pre-loaded on the phone. It gives you a bar with 5 icons on it for wifi, bluetooth, gps, google sync, and screen brightness.
The screen brightness icon lets you tap it for 4 different settings (minimum, about half max, maximum brightness and automatic). As mentioned above, with max brightness, the phone is very usable, for me in sunlight. At least as usable as my iPhone 4 and older iPhones.
Very handy, and also great for quickly turning off wifi and BT to save juice when not using them.
distortedloop said:
The screen is very viewable in the sunny Southern California sunlight, but no modern large screen smartphone like these are going to be great outdoors; at least the NS is usable (unlike the N1).
I concur with the other response that setting the screen brightness to max is obviously the best way to tackle this.
There's a very easy way, just install the Power Control Widget that comes pre-loaded on the phone. It gives you a bar with 5 icons on it for wifi, bluetooth, gps, google sync, and screen brightness.
The screen brightness icon lets you tap it for 4 different settings (minimum, about half max, maximum brightness and automatic). As mentioned above, with max brightness, the phone is very usable, for me in sunlight. At least as usable as my iPhone 4 and older iPhones.
Very handy, and also great for quickly turning off wifi and BT to save juice when not using them.
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forgot about that lol. I actually use power strip with that widget so a double tap on the home button and from any screen i can switch to auto or full.
neok44 said:
forgot about that lol. I actually use power strip with that widget so a double tap on the home button and from any screen i can switch to auto or full.
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I'll have to check that out!
distortedloop said:
I'll have to check that out!
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yeah powerstrip is pretty awesome, theres another app like it called quick desk but i prefer powerstrip.
My setup lets me double tap the home button and i have quick links to 5 widgets and then all my apps, a set list of shortcuts, and my recent apps as well.
neok44 said:
always good to see another florida person.
Can't say anything about the first since i don't own the device yet, a case may help though since my dad has a vibrant and he used to hit them, but after getting a silicone case he dosn't do it anymore.
As far as the seeing the screen goes, depending on your brightness setting the screen may be washed out. I normally keep my nexus one at about 40% brightness, but if i'm going to be outside for a day, or when i'm at the themeparks in orlando, i turn on the auto brightness, that usually brings it up to 100% in the sunlight which makes it readable.
Normally switching the brightness involves going through the settings, but there are many applications that give you a quick switch, i personally use the mysettings app that i have on my main screen so it's only two clicks to get to auto.
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Got Mysettings and it looks sweet. Thanks all.
burtmann said:
Got Mysettings and it looks sweet. Thanks all.
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glad you like it, to switch to auto just long press on the brightness it'll switch to auto, and then long press again to go back to your previous setting.
Its pretty serious for me as well, its like being on speaker all the time. Its there any way to change the volume range? If not this will have to get exchanged.
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I am also experiencing the oposite problem to this, my earpiece even at full volume is still very low. May try to pass by Best Buy and see if i can get test out another phone and see if mine is defective.
Yeah i'm suffering with the same problem. I've even swapped the phone but the new one has the same issue.
Has anyone found a fix for this? I really don't want to have to swap the phone again
Anyone know how to keep the capacitive lights on even when the battery is below 10%? I disabled the energy saving mode in the settings but it doesn't seem to effect the outcome. I don't mind getting down and dirty and modifying some system files. Just don't know where to start. Thanks.
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I was in the middle of playing Angry Birds and the screen just died. its almost as if auto brightness shut to the lowest level. I cannot get anything to show on the screen. I held power button down and it did reboot i heard it but it didnt help the screen not sure what to do?
any insight help i appreciate.
thanks
Watch the screen carefully under the light, if you can recognize any thing, the back light may go wrong
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yup thats it. if i shine a flashlight i can see the screen but i cannot get it to go bright anymore. i will bring it back tomorrow and swap it out for a new one
thanks
So, if anyone finds annoying when the screen brightness turns down always when you have low battery and you can't turn the brightness higher in settings because the option is "locked", just hold the notification bar and it turns into a screen brightness controller, and it actually allows you to put more brightness.
Just found it by accident and its pretty useful for me
Lol thanks, you should really check out the features thread. This is feature from the old original galaxy s and kind of old news.
Check out feature thread, you might find more things built into phone.
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oh i see, thx for the tip. first android here so nothing is old news to me
Hi guys, i have an issue to fix..i leave the autobrightness on but often i get the display underbrightened, especially in the daylight..i don't know if is ok to disable the autobtightness because now the battery lasts for over 3 days!
thank you and sorry for my english
dreamon85 said:
Hi guys, i have an issue to fix..i leave the autobrightness on but often i get the display underbrightened, especially in the daylight..i don't know if is ok to disable the autobtightness because now the battery lasts for over 3 days!
thank you and sorry for my english
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Autobrightness, when enabled, will take 2-4 seconds to adjust the brightness... so you feel its underbrightened...you can disable it and keep brightness maximum, then it will surely decrease the battery life
OP - also make sure you are not holding the phone by the ambient light sensor when the auto brightness is not bright enough for you.
As far as I know "Auto adjust screen power" will limit the maximum available brightness, so you might try to turn it off.
Do you know if the option to save energy for the screen actually saves energy?
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OP - also make sure you are not holding the phone by the ambient light sensor when the auto brightness is not bright enough for you.
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where is it exactly?
dreamon85 said:
where is it exactly?
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One of the sensors to the left from the ear piece. If you grab the phone with your fingers on top and bottom, like in landscape mode, you can easily cover the sensor. Also some thick cases can cast shadow in the area of the sensor and throw off the autobrightness.
But yes, also make sure you have power saving mode off.
ok thanks to you all, i'll try turning down power saving..i'll let you know!
I'm glad I came across this tread as I noticed this too on my phone and started thinking it was a bug. I definitely am not covering the sensor and even placed the phone in direct sun light. I'll try turning the power saving off and see how it affects battery life and the brightness.
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But yes, also make sure you have power saving mode off.
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Power Saving Mode has nothing to do with brightness unless someone manually modify it.
Regards.
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I notice that if its the last of my battery the screen will stay dull