I've been using Skype to make calls using a wired headset. People have been telling me that they can hear me very clearly, but the volume is just a little too low. Is there any way to increase mic volume?
I've searched the forums. There are alot of reports with problems using the internal mics, but nothing along these lines with wired mics.
Thanks!
bhageman said:
I've been using Skype to make calls using a wired headset. People have been telling me that they can hear me very clearly, but the volume is just a little too low. Is there any way to increase mic volume?
I've searched the forums. There are alot of reports with problems using the internal mics, but nothing along these lines with wired mics.
Thanks!
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See if an app called AudioManager can help...it has sliders for the various outputs/inputs, and may boost the mic. HTH. G'luck!
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If ppl on the other side can hear you well then what's the concern, skype is making all the adjustments when in auto.
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Anybody verify that when headphones are plugged in to the 3.5mm stereo jack and a call is either placed or picked up that you can hear the person on the other end through the headphones but the person on the other end cannot hear you?
The mic is essentially disabled when the headphones are connected.
I have confirmed with Blackberry, HTC HD2, & Mytouch Headphones that you can indeed talk to the person. I did have a problem with pushing in the headphones in all the way, & when they weren't in all the way they couldn't hear me so make sure it is fully contacted with the jack.
Well it definitely looks like this is a proprietary issue. I took my phone back to verizon to check whether or not the phone was defective. Brought my handsfree (both Ifrogz and V-moda) to test on in-store fascinate. Made a phone call and the sales guy couldn't hear me. Put it in his storm2 and it worked just fine.
Went back and used a co-workers samsung's handsfree, and it worked perfectly. I wish they would've included the handsfree in verizon package. Unless somebody has tested out another handsfree brand to let us know, I'm thinking the 3.5mm jack is customized to samsung accessories only.
Interesting find!
Keep in mind I'm not trying to use a handsfree headset - I'm attempting to use my Bose In-Ear headphones.
I used to be able to take calls on my Incredible (and other phones) with them if I was out trail running, walking, just listening to music, etc.
You have an excellent good point with regards to a proprietary 3.5 mm port due to the fact that it also supports video out.
get a cheap nokia headset controller ad-54 on ebay.. the changes the wiring so calls can work through headphones.. ie one of these
http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-54-HS-45-Han...464602?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item2a0a6bd19a
I also can confirm that this doesn't work with the Fascinate. On numerous occasions, I have been walking to class on campus while listening to music. I assumed I could just answer the call and speak, because I could do that on my Droid X, but the caller wasn't able to hear me.
I'm assuming Bose headphones do not have a microphone, so how do you plan on using those for calls?
You need to use headphones with a 4 prong jack, which has a mic, such as the OEM ones
dmasjz45 said:
I'm assuming Bose headphones do not have a microphone, so how do you plan on using those for calls?
You need to use headphones with a 4 prong jack, which has a mic, such as the OEM ones
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Plugging in the headphones disables the main microphone on the phone though, even if there is not a mic on the headset. Normally on other phones I've had, I could answer while on the headphones and just speak into the phone's mic, but that us not possible with this phone. I don't know if there is a remedy for this that doesn't involve using a special set of headphones...
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I have confirmed with Blackberry, HTC HD2, & Mytouch Headphones that you can indeed talk to the person. I did have a problem with pushing in the headphones in all the way, & when they weren't in all the way they couldn't hear me so make sure it is fully contacted with the jack.
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I used my old blackberry headphones from my Storm and doesn't work but I noticed my friend had a spare headphones for his HD2. I should asks him for them.i doubt he needs a spare since he rarely uses a headphone.
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So I figyred how to use my blackberry headset on my Fascinate. I had to unplug after making a call and then plug it back in.
Why does every cell phone with top notch hardware specs get released with all these tiny little software glitches.
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I'm not sure if it was just me but I also had something odd happen. I used to use my iPhone for navigation and music in my car so, naturally, I use my new Fascinate the same way. I received a call while using my bluetooth headset and the phone routed audio to the car stereo instead of the bluetooth headset. I could hear the caller but they (obviously) couldn't hear me. The audio source on the screen was set to bluetooth too. Fairly annoying.
Anyone able to solve this?
Are you on a stock rom or a custom one? I believe this has been fixed with the Super Clean rom.
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ivorycruncher said:
Are you on a stock rom or a custom one? I believe this has been fixed with the Super Clean rom.
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I'm using SC 2.9.2 and the receiving end couldn't hear anything.
I've run into this same issue. My wife's car has a bluetooth phone connection, so when in her car, I have my phone plugged into her stereo for music. When a phone call comes through, the call is picked up through the bluetooth, but the other end can't hear me unless I unplug the cable from the headphone jack.
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Anyone able to solve this?
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Samsung fixed it last fall (DJ05 and everything after). This thread necro is waaaaay misleading.
s44 said:
Samsung fixed it last fall (DJ05 and everything after). This thread necro is waaaaay misleading.
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Well it wasn't working on the updates stock 2.1 nor SC 2.9.2 still.
solution
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23533875#post23533875
i fixed no problem at all
Is there any news whether bluetooth volume issue is solved in 2.2? (Steph1.2.2?? Or official). Thanks a lot to all the peepz who make this forum great!
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Hi re960088
What Bluetooth volume issue is this then? as i have no issues using my Jawbone headset for voice calls or my Nokia BH-500 for streaming Stereo Music the volume is no different to how it has always been for me since i started using the Streak on its release and running 1.6.
Marc
Dogmann said:
Hi re960088
What Bluetooth volume issue is this then? as i have no issues using my Jawbone headset for voice calls or my Nokia BH-500 for streaming Stereo Music the volume is no different to how it has always been for me since i started using the Streak on its release and running 1.6.
Marc
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This may be a subjective, technical, and / or use case issue. Some people have quite acute hearing and don't experience problems, some people don't use BT headsets while in noisy environments, or maybe the different Streaks have different volumes sent to BT for calls.
In my case, all volumes sent to BT are fine EXCEPT phone calls, which are approximately 1/3rd the volume of media at max volume.
[edit] another issue is the BT mic. In my case, BT tx is waaay to high...most environmental noises are heard louder than my voice.[/edit]
Some means for accessing the BT volume subsystem might be valuable. Apparently "louder volume hack" does not provide answers. If the official 2.2 update does not provide answers, I will be digging. While I am just able to make out conversations under typical conditions, if the calling party is quiet or mumbly, it just won't work!
Thx 4 the above. I use dell streak to call in my car -connect to bluetooth stereo. When it connects it says adjusting bluetooth volume,and the overall sound volume is so low i can barely hear my counterparts very annoying since i sm on the road a lot. Car stereo volume is set at max. Also tried other car no advance! If 2.2 does not fix this, i will have to return it unless some of the smart people here can fix it..thx
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Ive used 3different bluetooth headsets and not experienced any of those issues, so can't really say whether it will fix those particular ones.
But froyo does use different bluetooth stack so it may make an improvement to those who have issues.
I did notice that it's a lot more stable with my one jvc stereo headset. 1.6 used to hang quite a lot using that one in particular if I did a combo of button presses
Hi all,
there's definitely an in-call volume "issue" on the 2.1 build (certanly my O2 8105 anyway) when I hook up to either a BT headset or my car's Pioneer BT head unit. Music streaming is awesome, phone calls are only just workable.....
1.6 was much better on volume level but used to break up the sound really badly so I wonder if it was some kind of "fix" for that?
Does it work with Bluetooth headphones I am planning on buying some and I know volume might not be best so would sound fix work or is it in works
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I believe voodoo sound only affects the headphone output because this uses the DAC, bluetooth would be digital sound only. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Sdobron said:
I believe voodoo sound only affects the headphone output because this uses the DAC, bluetooth would be digital sound only. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
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^^ this.
Since the bluetooth has no sound conversion done through phone hardware (the part where the digital singal is changed from 1s and 0s to actual varying voltage), then voodoo sound does nothing for bluetooth headsets and is totally dependent on the headset itself.
Oh OK thanks I am staying wired sound improvement is to great to give it up
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Does anyone have a working Skype apk that works w/ Amazon Kindle Fire?
a1exus said:
Does anyone have a working Skype apk that works w/ Amazon Kindle Fire?
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Haven't you heard the news?
You can't make audio/video calls on Skype yet, no microphone is supported as of today.
You can only use it for IM.
apk is here
killyy said:
Haven't you heard the news?
You can't make audio/video calls on Skype yet, no microphone is supported as of today.
You can only use it for IM.
apk is here
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i think i saw someone said that if your headset has 3 pins that'd work as mic, i use that headset w/ my android phone all the time, so i should be able to use it w/ kindle
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i think i saw someone said that if your headset has 3 pins that'd work as mic, i use that headset w/ my android phone all the time, so i should be able to use it w/ kindle
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It has been said a lot about those mics in that thread, but the OP made 2 different opinions about using skype. The other users only used those mics with Voice Recording(Tape-a-talk app I think), nobody was able to make a call with skype.
Could you please share your experience with the 3 pins microphone? (I haven't got any of them so I can't try)
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It has been said a lot about those mics in that thread, but the OP made 2 different opinions about using skype. The other users only used those mics with Voice Recording(Tape-a-talk app I think), nobody was able to make a call with skype.
Could you please share your experience with the 3 pins microphone? (I haven't got any of them so I can't try)
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Crashes for me...
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killyy said:
It has been said a lot about those mics in that thread, but the OP made 2 different opinions about using skype. The other users only used those mics with Voice Recording(Tape-a-talk app I think), nobody was able to make a call with skype.
Could you please share your experience with the 3 pins microphone? (I haven't got any of them so I can't try)
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Crashes for me as well. I was hopeful given the threads about 3 pin mic support. I have extra headsets--if you dm I'll send you one.
I only tried voice calling the Echo / Sound Test Service, and it doesn't crash. However, it does just hang up after it rings.
I was able to launch the Skype apk attached to this thread successfully. It allowed me to make an outgoing call with the Fire and using the Edutige EIM-001 mic, but it disconnected the call a second or two after I picked up the call on my cell. I wasn't able to hear my voice when I called my cell since it disconnected so quickly. Unfortunately this is a mic only with a TRRS connector so the speakers are disconnected when it is plugged in. I am going to do some tests to see if I can rig the mic to work without causing Fire speaker disconnect. I still have to test with Google Voice.
I would be interested to know about it very much. So far I have no luck to make a call using mic
I been working on the mic problem all night. So far I think this tablet is missing something. Skype loads but wen making a call it does not see a mic at all.
Changing settings I have got the mic to work with a recorder for a test done a 20 min voice test no problems at all. But other apps like talking tom so on give error of no mic found.
Still working on this but not seeing what the problem could be.
troydog said:
I been working on the mic problem all night. So far I think this tablet is missing something. Skype loads but wen making a call it does not see a mic at all.
Changing settings I have got the mic to work with a recorder for a test done a 20 min voice test no problems at all. But other apps like talking tom so on give error of no mic found.
Still working on this but not seeing what the problem could be.
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I have a successful call using Google Voice but unfortunately only one direction
I mean I could make a call and the other party could receive this call. The problem is that I could hear what that party talk but I can't get his voice. It looks that it works only incoming direction ... but it looks to me that mic itself is ok.
Anyone has has better experience?
susja said:
I have a successful call using Google Voice but unfortunately only one direction
I mean I could make a call and the other party could receive this call. The problem is that I could hear what that party talk but I can't get his voice. It looks that it works only incoming direction ... but it looks to me that mic itself is ok.
Anyone has has better experience?
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What are the changes that you made? Were you using a standard headset mic?
Sounds promising....
I did no changes. I used mic: Universal 3.5mm In-Ear Stereo Headset w/ On-off & Mic for , HTC myTouch 4G Unfortunately I don't have enough technical knowledge to resolve the issue although it sounds promising
It should work right since it is possible with the headphones that come with the iPhone. I know this is completely different since one is a car and the other is earplugs, but it should be possible right? Instead of using the nexus 4 speakers on calls I can use the car speakers. And use the phone's built in mic to talk. I appreciate your input dearly and thanks for any input!
Yes, that's exactly how it works. If your phone is still plugged in when you answer the phone call, the audio will come out of your car's speakers.
I can confirm as well. It works well and I leave my phone in the cup holder while on a call and people hear me just fine. No one has complained about hearing themselves either.
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