When I have music playing in Spotify or Google Music sometimes the display shows a horizontal line that's up on the screen for a split second then disappears. I can only replicate it when when either of those two mentioned apps are being used and music is playing through the headphone jack. The line, which really looks like a long thin bar, only appears when music is being played through headphone jack. I have not noticed it when playing music through the built in speaker, but I will update this thread if I notice anything different. It does not occur often and sometimes takes several minutes for an occurrence, other times it appears slightly more often.
Please post if you are noticing this issue. Seems like a software issue and relatively minor, but I thought it made sense to post here. And what I'm describing is not the same as the screen flickering issue that some are unfortunately experiencing as well.
Three defective Nexus 7s later, I have this issue yet again on another unit, this time an 8gb instead of an original 16gb. What are the odds? If I got two devices with horizontal lines while playing music, again including through the stock Google music app, there's got to be others who are having this issue. I've tried different headphones. That doesn't seem to make a difference.
Could it be a memory leak? Bad display?
I'm on my fourth Nexus. This is getting pretty tiring. I wish Google would provide some answers.
I would be extremely grateful if someone could test this scenario on their device.
Thank you for your time.
There are a couple other threads talking about this - seems likely not a hardware issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1791281
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801556
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Only way to describe it. I have tried multiple sources (music, video, youtube, netflix, several games) and restarted the tablet twice. The sound from each speaker has very slightly de-synced itself or something. Im not sure how to describe it outside of everything now having a very clear echo. it seems the sound from the left speaker is just barely ahead of the right speaker. Also, sounds have become far more "tinny". This has only JUST started happening as of a few hours ago.
Ive had the tablet for about 2 months now and have never had this issue crop up before. Any suggestions?
minor addition since i found my headphones: this does NOT occur with headphones plugged in.
Edit: Little bit more testing shows that unplugging the headphones seems to correct the issue, but it re-appears after a restart. seams an easy fix, tried it several times during this 5 minute post interval. although i am hoping to find something that fixes it entirely.
Just came across a disturbing report in a very recent Droid Life review of the Note 3 (from a list of N3 reviews posted on this forum) concerning "Audio Jack Issues". Anybody who treasures their hearing and uses their phablet for audio material (including movies, music, audiobooks, etc), especially using earbuds or headphones, might want to "listen up." The following is an excerpt from the review:
"...When listening to music through the 3.5mm jack, you are sometimes met with a very weak sound. It’s as if the sound of the music isn’t “full” or quite loud enough. Then, after a few minutes without touching anything while at full volume, the volume just explodes and you are left deafened by the surprise volume attack. Some people are pointing towards low-impedance headphones being the issue, but I have had the problem on multiple pairs of headphones, in-ear buds, through car decks, and everything else. It’s a very frustrating and reoccurring issue that I wish Samsung would find a cure for. Until then, I fear listening to music out of this device because I don’t want to go deaf. It might sound crazy, but it’s a very real issue that I experienced over the course of time I had the device."
I've had 3 Samsungs: a flip-phone a few years ago, a Fascinate 2 years ago, and currently Galaxy S3, and just preordered a Note 3. Of the three previous phones, two had infrequent but definitely-occurring audio issues where the volume changed unexpectedly. The flip phone blew out my ears once, and swore after that would never buy another Sammy (what a kidding-myself that turned out to be). What's unnerving is this seems to have appeared intermittently in multiple samsung phone models (the article reports yet another audio jack issue in the S4).
Chatted online with a VZW customer service rep. about this, who was really no help (wasn't her fault, i guess). She just regurgitated the company standard lines--14 days to return, restocking fee, can get a replacement if the problem occurs, etc. But she pretty much stated if there turns out to be a Note 3-specific issue, the customer is stuck with that model of phone; don't expect help from the carrier other than replacing with an identical unit might likely have the same problem; if you enjoy any kind of audio produced by the phone's audio jack, use it at your own risk. (Even more dicey is that it's intermittent--no guarantee you'll be able to demonstrate it to the carrier's service rep.)
Furthermore, i was one of those who got a free continuation of unlimited plan (thanks to the VZW ordering "system glitch" last weekend), which has been reported in the last day that VZW is going to honor contracts which show unlimited data. This rep completely contradicted that and claimed my data will be capped at 2gb at activation time. So with this diametrically-opposed chatter from VZW, what is one supposed to believe? Really suggests getting a satisfactory resolution from any carrier on a brand-specific phone problem like this to be wishful thinking.
Any thoughts or has anybody experienced thru-the-audio-jack sound issues with sammy phone products? My take is i'm not going to be on the bleeding edge of this one, too much of a hearing risk, cancelling preorder and wait for more reports on the N3 as time goes by.
For sure something is wrong with mine. (tmobile N3) The output levels are maybe half or less what my N2 can put out. I have carefully setup audio systems in my house and car, and it is unusable. Its also not USB compatible with the new Kenwood KMM 100u deck that plays FLAC files. It must be a glitch they can fix, i hope! The jack SQ sucks right now.
I hope mine won't have this problem.
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dareo said:
For sure something is wrong with mine. (tmobile N3) The output levels are maybe half or less what my N2 can put out. I have carefully setup audio systems in my house and car, and it is unusable. Its also not USB compatible with the new Kenwood KMM 100u deck that plays FLAC files. It must be a glitch they can fix, i hope! The jack SQ sucks right now.
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I got that the first time you said it.
im experiencing this too with an AU Telstra Note 3.
ive tested it a bit and it seems like its 2 separate things to me, but I could be wrong.
firstly it seems like all EQs either crash or just lose their settings at random moments. this can be things like between track changes or when the 3G signal drops out. if you go back into the EQ panel it will kick in again, almost like it was off and you've launched it again.. very annoying. ive verified this with both the stock EQ and noozxoide. the difference in volume is minimal though, its more quality / bass / whatever EQ you use.
the second part with the volume dropping out completely only happens to me between track changes. if i pause the music for a couple of seconds then play it again, it will play at normal volume. fast forwarding between tracks is the most obvious since every other track will be minimal volume, and the ones in-between normal volume.
ive only tested this with google music. although my phone isnt stock now, the same behaviour was there out of the box. using etymotic earbuds with reasonably high impedance but i doubt thats the issue since pause/replay fixes it.
Doesn't happen to me on N7player or PlayerPro. (nor on videos in Dice, MX or VLC.)
Try not using stock apps if you have the issue. Might just be a stock problem.
I can't test Google music, I disabled that. Stock player itself is too annoying for me to try.
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kanemari said:
im experiencing this too with an AU Telstra Note 3.
ive tested it a bit and it seems like its 2 separate things to me, but I could be wrong.
firstly it seems like all EQs either crash or just lose their settings at random moments. this can be things like between track changes or when the 3G signal drops out. if you go back into the EQ panel it will kick in again, almost like it was off and you've launched it again.. very annoying. ive verified this with both the stock EQ and noozxoide. the difference in volume is minimal though, its more quality / bass / whatever EQ you use.
the second part with the volume dropping out completely only happens to me between track changes. if i pause the music for a couple of seconds then play it again, it will play at normal volume. fast forwarding between tracks is the most obvious since every other track will be minimal volume, and the ones in-between normal volume.
ive only tested this with google music. although my phone isnt stock now, the same behaviour was there out of the box. using etymotic earbuds with reasonably high impedance but i doubt thats the issue since pause/replay fixes it.
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Got the same here. N9005 with Google Play Music. Sometimes it's also (it seems) input-triggered. Sometimes when I push Menu or Back button, volume goes down and when I open Browser volume goes up. I know this sounds like voodoo and I'm completely crazy but I got this situation some times now.
With original sound files this problem came very often but after installing sound mod, it became seldom but not solved.
Annoying!
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Silberpfeil3110 said:
Got the same here. N9005 with Google Play Music. Sometimes it's also (it seems) input-triggered. Sometimes when I push Menu or Back button, volume goes down and when I open Browser volume goes up. I know this sounds like voodoo and I'm completely crazy but I got this situation some times now.
With original sound files this problem came very often but after installing sound mod, it became seldom but not solved.
Annoying!
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I actually moved to the stock sammy app since it was irritating me so much. i have to say though, that if you can be bothered syncing a playlist to your phone that the sound is much better through that... hard to pick fault with.
i set up galaxy adaptive sound first, which is the one that plays high med low tones through left and right channels on your headphones independently and lets you tune it. found a much more balanced tone coming out after that, to which I then applied higher bass EQ settings from within the sammy music player and it sounds pretty good. some distortion on really heavy bass tracks at high volume, but very nice otherwise. MUCH BETTER than variable bass and audio volume on the google music player.
i think samsung neglected to test the standard music APIs and borked them, but their own proprietary ones work fine. the adaptive music filter doesnt work in any player apart from the sammy one I read.
since i cant cross-flash regional roms without voiding knox warranty i havent tried the updated EU roms, but maybe they fix it there?
Experiencing same problem on my AT&T note 3. Google Music tracks will randomly apply a shoddy EQ setting that is either too loud or too soft. Then the next track will be normal. It explodes my ear drums constantly. I have the EQ set off also, but that doesn't seem to matter. Also unplugging and re plugging the headphone jack "fixes" the issue as well. I'm pretty annoyed by this problem.
When I bought the device 2,5 months ago I had no issues at all, but a few weeks ago I started noticing a lot of white noise when listening to music through the headphone jack on my Note 4, especially the right headphone. I have the feeling the issue started when I updated to NK4, but I'm not sure, so I don't want to downgrade just yet, since I have a lot of app data and it's quite a hassle to make a back up.
I was wondering if anyone else experiences this issue. I know it's present on some Nexus 5 and LG G3 devices as well. I have taken it to the Samsung store and they tried with their headphones as well and the issue persists. It gets even worse when I'm in the car using an aux cable to my car radio. Every time I accelerate or decelerate I hear a howling noise. Also when I'm just using the phone, not listening to any audio at all, all system sounds and notification sounds turned off, I often hear a clicking sound. At first I thought the back cover was a bit loose and made this sound, but it's actually coming from the speaker.
The issue is present in several apps: Youtube, TuneIn, MP3 Player and Google Play Music.
Is there anyone else who experiences such issues, because I'd rather not bring my phone in for repairs, as here in Holland that might take 2 to 6 weeks? And does anyone know if it is a software or a hardware issue, if anyone has found that downgrading might be a fix, I'd be happy to try that.
Just got my Oneplus Two yesterday and I'm really exciting over the phone.
Applied the tempered glass screen protector and started using the phone.
Some minor annoyance like echo-ing when using speaker mode which I'm fine with it since it can be fixed later on via a software patch.
But after some more playing, to my dismay, it seems like I might have a faulty set. (I don't see anyone complaining about it)
For me, when I plug in my JHAudio earphones and the phone is doing absolutely nothing, it is silent, as it should be. As soon as I swipe the phone, or there is any activity on the screen, there is this buzzing noise that is present until the activity stops. For example, when I swipe the phone, as the display is transitioning, there is this noise, after the transition has stopped, it returns back being relatively silent.
This is especially prominent when I'm opening a game with no background music. I can ear the buzzing / distortion-like sound present. Even when there is sound, I can still hear the buzzing. It seems like there is some interference present on.
Anyone else having similar issues?
I have experienced a similar issue when plugging the phone into my aux port in my car. I would get a really loud distorted audio sound when using Google play music the first couple of times I plugged in my phone, but I haven't experienced any distortions since. I have a feeling this is related to my other speaker phone problem.
Whenever I activate speaker phone during voice calls, I hear heavy distortion.
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What did you do to get rid of it? The noise sounds like it is interference occurring.
I'm starting to regret getting the OP2. Should have waited longer and got the 5x or 6p
NFC was nearly a deal breaker and this. This "noise" .
The worse part is that I bought the set via a local distributor using the invite (it seems like there is some cooperation between oneplus and Lazada) so there is no "Order No." in my oneplus account and I can't create a ticket for it. Don't even know how to RMA it.
Also noticing this - it seems bizarre, but yes, something like opening the drawer or swiping across homescreens causes a tiny short static/interference noise when using headphones. Given the reports of OP customer service, I will probably put up with it rather than send the thing back, but doesn't mean a fix wouldn't be great if anyone finds one
Bumping this thread since it's completely related to my issue.
When nothing is moving on the screen, there is no buzzing/distortion/static noticable but the moment I touch my screen (or put my phone in or out of sleep mode) I hear this noise.
Keep in mind that it's not really loud so I only hear it when I am using my phone when it's completely quiet. (It's extremely annoying when watching the news or a movie at night).
EDIT: just decided that i'm returning the phone. Even after the invitation system you get a faulty phone. I really liked the phone but this experience just put me over the edge.
With my Oneplus X I have the same issue. It is highly annoying and I just submitted a ticket on this issue.
I was wondering if every phone has this problem (and that most people don't pay attention to it) or whether it is only in a subset of phones. If that's the case I might consider to RMA it.
Are there other people WITHOUT this problem?
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With my Oneplus X I have the same issue. It is highly annoying and I just submitted a ticket on this issue.
I was wondering if every phone has this problem (and that most people don't pay attention to it) or whether it is only in a subset of phones. If that's the case I might consider to RMA it.
Are there other people WITHOUT this problem?
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Hi!
Did you figure out how to get rid of the static noise? I got it too and have tried everything to get rid of it but nothing worked
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Also noticing this - it seems bizarre, but yes, something like opening the drawer or swiping across homescreens causes a tiny short static/interference noise when using headphones. Given the reports of OP customer service, I will probably put up with it rather than send the thing back, but doesn't mean a fix wouldn't be great if anyone finds one
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i had that problem too, if you go to sound and notification and then click other sounds, you can disable all these things like dial pad tones, touch sounds, etc, after i disabled those i didnt hear the static noise when moving around the home screen or then opening apps, however, i still hear the static noise when im watching a youtube video at a low volume at night or then listening to music, i havent figured out how to get rid of that problem
This is just an idea: did anybody try this with earbuds lacking a microphone (or buttons).
I tried some large high fidelity headphones and I did not hear anything, while I do hear it with my earbuds. This difference could be due to impedance differences, but it might also be the microphone which is attached to my earbuds.
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Often when playing audio through speaker, whether that be streaming/downloaded music from GPM, through YouTube (both app and safari) and other apps sound (like games) after a while the sound will just cut out. If it's music or a video, it continues playback, just without sound. It's seemingly completely random - sometimes I can play music for hours without a problem, other times it will happen nearly instantly. Pausing and resuming will play sound for maybe 0.2 seconds before it mutes again, or sometimes fix it, I can't think of any reason why this sometimes fixes it and sometimes doesn't. It does not happen when using headphones. This happens both pre and post root.
I've spent a few hours googling it and the only solution I can find is disabling OK Google, but this didn't solve my issue.
I have a suspicion it's a faulty headphone jack, but I have no idea how to troubleshoot this. Is there a way to get a status bar icon for showing that headphones are plugged in?
Fair few of us have had this issue, have a look at this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/galaxy-s7-edge-gold-sound-t3346881/
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Fair few of us have had this issue, have a look at this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/galaxy-s7-edge-gold-sound-t3346881/
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Ouch. I seemed to miss that thread. How irritating...