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calls received from x10 have loud hissing and echo

i recently got my gf an x10 for her birthday, whenever she makes a call the person receiving the call hears loud hissing noises like someone is blowing into the mic, and a bit of an echo of there own voice. I searched around the forums but noone else seems to be experiencing this so assumed it was a faulty phone and i went and got it replaced.
However the problem still persists on the new handset. After much messing with the phone i deduced its the contact between hand and handset thats causing the hissing.
The simplest way to reproduce the annoying noises is to just rub your finger lightly up and down the back of the X10 (sounds wierd i know), remember theres no noticable sound impact on the X10, just any phone receiving a call from one will hear the sound.
Just curious if anyone else has experienced this or knows of a way to prevent it, currently half the conversations i have with her are inaudiable because when ever shes moving around (ie walking down the street) all i hear are loud hissing noises. (this is not wind blowing into the mic, iv done many tests)
thx for reading. Mike.

I have the same problem with. my gf when I call her she told me that there is annoying. voice and echo
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i don't have any noises or echos.
but now as you mention, the decoupling of the mic is far from optimal.
when touching the back of the (white) X10, you can hear noises on the other side of line. (no other phone is that sensitive.)
can anyone confirm, that this is better with the rubberized back, black edition ?

Easy solution guys, just dump your girlfriends. Problem solved.
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BTTNext said:
Easy solution guys, just dump your girlfriends. Problem solved.
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LMAO. Girlfriends are using the phone and boyfriends are getting worried.

Anyone know of a way to turn the sensitivity of the mic down, she loves the phone, so doesn't want a different one.
also she as the black rubberized edition, so im guessing it doesn't make a difference

me 2 i have the black one help guys

i do not have the hissing sound but echoes...as if the other party is using speaker phone which she is not... and the sentence is cut off here n there..help!!! losing heart on my 20 days old X10...

i have a similar problem, but i the contact i'm talking to wont hear an echo if i'm using the included headset. i also have the white x10.

I found the same problem today, calling two different people. I found the echo and hiss is very noticeable when I put the call volume up to max, or very high. As soon as I reduce the call volume it goes.
The reason I used to have the call volume very high is I could not hear the other callers, but realised I have to (and can - without pressing any buttons!) press the phone quite close to my ear, this way the volume is good enough at half the level and the callers then do not hear teh hiss or echo.
Hope this made sense and helps?

i have the same prob . how can solve the prob???

Echo during phone call - Solution
Hi,
there are 2 solutions to the echo problem mentioned.
Firstly make sure you do not cover the mic hole on the side of the phone with your hand or finger etc.
Secondly, SE has released a SW version 016 for some (not all) of their customers which is supposed to fix that problem.
Apparantly that SW version is not available to all SW versions (customers) yet, but will either come soon or the fix will be included in the first maintenance release.
I have had my X10 on 014 and after the upgrade to 016 the problem was gone.
//Ratske

oneonezerosix said:
i have a similar problem, but i the contact i'm talking to wont hear an echo if i'm using the included headset. i also have the white x10.
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Me too
(x10 white)

Echo echo

I've villain Rom 3.0 flashed on m s2.
I've bad echo on voice calls my friends tell me whenever they ring.... As in they can hear there own echo. everything is ok my end.
I installed villaintweaks 1.3.1 as I was told there was a fix fire this. I installed the noise cancellation fix.... But still it remained. Anyone any suggestions?
How can I completely remove villaintweaks and all its data btw? I had superuser access problems with villaintweaks initially before I got access allowed.
Really would like to get this echo. I don't like having to keep pressing menu-noise reduction off during every call.
Also notice that if I remove my protective case the echo disappears completely.
Any help would be great!
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Remove your protective case .
jje

Yeah I already said I know the case can cause the problem... But I don't want to remove the case.
Any way of disabling the noise reduction without having to do so during every call?
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Install VRTweaks and disable noise reduction, that solved it for me.
Unfortunately, in CM7 (which I'm trying right now) such a fix does not exist yet AFAIK.

echo
is there a patch or some sort of fix to this dialer issue
of noise reduction?

Really wish there was,starting to get on my (.)(.)
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I'm discussing the issue with Samsung here in Belgium - trying to convince them this is a (rare) hardware issue. Did the test: same cases produce an echo with my phone, and not with other SGS2s.
If you can, restore to stock state, and go to a service point.

Tiim said:
I'm discussing the issue with Samsung here in Belgium - trying to convince them this is a (rare) hardware issue. Did the test: same cases produce an echo with my phone, and not with other SGS2s.
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Yes it is a hardware issue, not so rare. NR should work fine with case too. There was slight echo on the other end even without case, horrible with.
Mine _much_ better after applying two layers of thin white soft medical tape over the ear speaker. The back of the case needs to be unscrewed and unlatched with a guitar pick. Not so difficult once you google up the service manual. Am interested in a proper solution without tape. That service manual is not very specific about speaker placement.

Echo during phone call

Hi everybody. I got a problem with my Telus galaxy s4. During phone call, the person who im talking with heard her voice in background like an echo. There is something I can do to solve that problem
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xxjack3dxx said:
Hi everybody. I got a problem with my Telus galaxy s4. During phone call, the person who im talking with heard her voice in background like an echo. There is something I can do to solve that problem
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Have you had anybody else report echoing? If not I would think it is feedback on her end causing the echoing
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I can here myself during call..not sure what it is
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Try disabling noise reduction in call settings... echoing has been a problem since the s2 sometimes disabling noise reduction helps or turn down volume on your phone.
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I have made a lot of test :
Disable noise cancellation (Still echoing)
Change SIM card (Still echoing)
Reset the phone (Same problem)
Also when I plug a pair of headphone with a mic, Ive got no problem but when I remove it, the echoing are coming back
Did I have to try something else or its a hardware problem?
PS: everybody who im talking with hear the ecgo of her voice
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Its Obama. He forgot to mute his end.

xxjack3dxx said:
I have made a lot of test :
Disable noise cancellation (Still echoing)
Change SIM card (Still echoing)
Reset the phone (Same problem)
Also when I plug a pair of headphone with a mic, Ive got no problem but when I remove it, the echoing are coming back
Did I have to try something else or its a hardware problem?
PS: everybody who im talking with hear the ecgo of her voice
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First try to remove the back cover and test the problem without any backcover.

sanris said:
First try to remove the back cover and test the problem without any backcover.
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i had the same problem and i removed the back cover and the problem is gone, any idea why?

Most of covers causing this problem. Use the original cover comes with phone.
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sanris said:
Most of covers causing this problem. Use the original cover comes with phone.
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Not truth.. I have orginal cover and talking on Bluetooth and have echo sometimes. This is do to other side keeping they phone to loud and you hear you voice tru they phone.Tell person you talkig to lower volume and echo will be gone.

norbarb said:
Not truth.. I have orginal cover and talking on Bluetooth and have echo sometimes. This is do to other side keeping they phone to loud and you hear you voice tru they phone.Tell person you talkig to lower volume and echo will be gone.
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i agree, some of original covers also cause issues. I have both original samsung s-view flip cover (bought @ INR 22XX/- ) and i had same issues and my friend have problem with original backcover comes with phone. we showed the problem in service centre and changed the back cover for my friend within warranty. now its ok for my friend.
for me, i stopped using that s-view cover and used the original one comes with phone and now ok for me.

xxjack3dxx said:
Hi everybody. I got a problem with my Telus galaxy s4. During phone call, the person who im talking with heard her voice in background like an echo. There is something I can do to solve that problem
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Hi,
I have exactly the same echo problem. Did you solve the problem?

I just started experiencing the same thing after flashing 4.4. Never had this problem and now the problem doesn't even get fixed when I went back to 4.3 or 4.2.2. No idea how to fix it, I have full wiped each time and tested on the clean rom so it can' t have anything to do with my apps. I also removed the back cover and case to test that theory but nothing helped. I hear a static and my own voice echoing. I don't think the other person hears the echo though. Does anyone have a solution?
I have also tried flashing different modems but that didn't solve the issue.

Problem solved!!!
I found the problem. i was experiencing the same problem, the other caller was hearing an echoe. First i thought it was the s-view cover but no. if the microphone is in any way covered it makes an echoe so do not cover it, and for the answer to your questions just clean the microphone hole using a needle. Now it works perfectly. Have fun Guys!!!

chossen said:
I found the problem. i was experiencing the same problem, the other caller was hearing an echoe. First i thought it was the s-view cover but no. if the microphone is in any way covered it makes an echoe so do not cover it, and for the answer to your questions just clean the microphone hole using a needle. Now it works perfectly. Have fun Guys!!!
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I have the echo effect of my voice when someone calls me. I use a bluetooth earpiece so the phone mic is not the problem. I've thied three different bluetooth headsets and all of them have the echo effect for my voice (the other side doesn't hear it).
I did put on a Samsung Qi charging cover but I can't remember if the echo effect started before or after I put on the Samsung Qi enabled cover. first i want to test the unchecking the noise reduction box to see if that works, if not then I'll replace the back cover to see if that is the issue.
I'm skeptical about the back cover being the problem, however, because it only happens when someone calls me. For example, my daughter called me and I could hear my voice in the echo. I asked her to hang up and try again. Again I could hear the echo. So I had her hang up and I called her. No more echo. Neither have I heard the echo on any other calls I make, but it is on all the calls I receive.

nogods said:
I have the echo effect of my voice when someone calls me. I use a bluetooth earpiece so the phone mic is not the problem. I've thied three different bluetooth headsets and all of them have the echo effect for my voice (the other side doesn't hear it).
I did put on a Samsung Qi charging cover but I can't remember if the echo effect started before or after I put on the Samsung Qi enabled cover. first i want to test the unchecking the noise reduction box to see if that works, if not then I'll replace the back cover to see if that is the issue.
I'm skeptical about the back cover being the problem, however, because it only happens when someone calls me. For example, my daughter called me and I could hear my voice in the echo. I asked her to hang up and try again. Again I could hear the echo. So I had her hang up and I called her. No more echo. Neither have I heard the echo on any other calls I make, but it is on all the calls I receive.
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I have exactly the same problem with my 2 new galaxy S4 , did you fix it?

Person on the other end hears their voice back --- Help

Guys, since my 6p, almost every call I make or receive, the person on the other end tells me that they are hearing what they said back. It's like an echo of what they said. I head them perfect and no issues on my end.
Anyone else having this issue?

And to add, I'm trying calls with and without case and it doesn't make a difference. Sometimes the echo for the person on the other end goes away after few minutes but most of the time it stays for the entire conversation. I also just today tried whatsapp call but same issue. Very frustrating as everything else on the phone is perfect.

I had this yesterday on WhatsApp

Any ideas? I sure can't be the only one out there with this issue.

It's a typical Google mic cancellation issue like the nexus 5 had. It will never be fixed.

scoobiesnacks said:
It's a typical Google mic cancellation issue like the nexus 5 had. It will never be fixed.
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Doesn't look so typical as Internet/forum search brings nothing being reported regarding this on Nexus 6p. Don't care what's on Nexus 5.
The problem is specific to callers on the other end of the phone hearing themselves back when they speak.

I have had the same issues. To fix I lower my volume all the way down then they say it's fine. The other option is to use speakerphone. I did read somewhere people are using their finger to cover the mic hole on the back. I'll try that today.

mikevipsr said:
I have had the same issues. To fix I lower my volume all the way down then they say it's fine. The other option is to use speakerphone. I did read somewhere people are using their finger to cover the mic hole on the back. I'll try that today.
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Keep me posted Mike. I'll try the volume, but I won't be able to hear them if volume is all the way down hehehehe

Lepa79 said:
Keep me posted Mike. I'll try the volume, but I won't be able to hear them if volume is all the way down hehehehe
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Here is the best temporary fix. Use a headset with a built in mic.
Also, calls over internet are more likely to get echo. Try a regular phone call, no Google voice and such either, just a regular sim number based call.

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Keep me posted Mike. I'll try the volume, but I won't be able to hear them if volume is all the way down hehehehe
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Covering the mic hole did help but if my volume was to high it would still do it. It's like the sound vibrations are getting picked up through the phone. Anyways I am rooted and romed. I may look into turning noise cancellation off.

I'm personally having this issue only when the back casing are attached to the phone or when i accidentally cover the back mic with my finger

Posting an update. It seems doing either one of the below fixes the echo callers on the other end are hearing:
1. Cover the mic at the back top of the phone during the call
2. Or Lower the volume to like half or three quarters of the way
I prefer option 2 and all is fine now.

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Doesn't look so typical as Internet/forum search brings nothing being reported regarding this on Nexus 6p. Don't care what's on Nexus 5.
The problem is specific to callers on the other end of the phone hearing themselves back when they speak.
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This is happening in quite a few different places:
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/1...one-google-says-it-is-investigating-issue.htm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/people-tell-im-hard-to-hear-call-t3291011
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/nexus-6p-microphone-t3238695
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/g70qCHkqLA4
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/3ui2i7/echo_when_talking/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/4fh189/has_there_been_any_progress_on_in_call_echoing_or/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/3rxsko/fix_bad_voice_quality_in_calls_rooted_devices/
Just to name a few. I did the fix listed above because I was sick and tired of having everyone tell me they could hear themselves echoing while they talked to me.

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This is happening in quite a few different places:
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/1...one-google-says-it-is-investigating-issue.htm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/people-tell-im-hard-to-hear-call-t3291011
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/nexus-6p-microphone-t3238695
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/g70qCHkqLA4
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/3ui2i7/echo_when_talking/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/4fh189/has_there_been_any_progress_on_in_call_echoing_or/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/3rxsko/fix_bad_voice_quality_in_calls_rooted_devices/
Just to name a few. I did the fix listed above because I was sick and tired of having everyone tell me they could hear themselves echoing while they talked to me.
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Glad my post helped someone. Cheers!
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Glad my post helped someone. Cheers!
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Long term have you had issues in busy places like airports, bars/restaurants? Do people complain of too much noise around you with noise cancelling turned off?

the issue is still persist even after the June OTA. is there any way we can contact Google or Huawei to fix this issue permanently ?
I really love the phone but this issue is frustrating as it is a basic need in any phone. phone calls must be ok. how it can be fixed without root ?

It might be due to phones calls over the internet such as advanced calling on Verizon...I had this issue too a while back but I read somewhere this could be the issue do I turned off of advanced calling(calling over the internet so while I'm on a call I can use the internet over 4g). This is quite annoying since I sometimes do need to use internet while I'm on a call but I think the echo problem is worse.
So far no one has complained about an echo since I turned off advanced calling when before purplpeople would complain or stop talking about every call. Hope this helps

Poor call quality

Have only had the phone for a few days but have noticed that the call quality on my phone is horrible. Everyone that I call tells me that the quality is horrible, I keep going in and out and it just sounds like I have no service at all even when i have full 4g.
I have tried everything I can think of (Turning HD calling on and off, turning data on and off, factory reset my phone) and nothing has helped. If someone could please help me that would be great! I love the phone, but this could be a reason why I will be returning and getting a replacement or just something else all together.

savini72 said:
Have only had the phone for a few days but have noticed that the call quality on my phone is horrible. Everyone that I call tells me that the quality is horrible,.
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I would take it to a Verizon store and have them check it out. See if theirs is the same. I don't have that problem and if it was common I'm sure a lot of people would be complaining about.

Eddie Hicks said:
I would take it to a Verizon store and have them check it out. See if theirs is the same. I don't have that problem and if it was common I'm sure a lot of people would be complaining about.
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That's what I was thinking of doing tomorrow. Hoping they can just replace it and it will be 100%... Will post back after i exchange

savini72 said:
That's what I was thinking of doing tomorrow. Hoping they can just replace it and it will be 100%... Will post back after i exchange
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Try turning off your HD calling. (S7 comes with HD calling enabled by default... to disable... go SETTINGS > ADVANCED CALLING > switch to OFF ... see if that helps)

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Try turning off your HD calling. (S7 comes with HD calling enabled by default... to disable... go SETTINGS > ADVANCED CALLING > switch to OFF ... see if that helps)
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I tried it all. HD on and off, full service/ 4G on and off, Wifi Calling.... it all just sounds horrible. I will be bringing the phone to them tomorrow

savini72 said:
I tried it all. HD on and off, full service/ 4G on and off, Wifi Calling.... it all just sounds horrible. I will be bringing the phone to them tomorrow
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I'm having the same problem. The other day it was choppy for a call, and today I got a bad echo. Please post the result, I'd like to know if it's the phone.
Unfortunately while waiting for my phone case in the mail and trying to be careful, I managed to drop the phone and there's a very small chip/bubble underneath the left soft-key so I'll be unable to exchange it if it's the phone.

I shall know tomorrow! I need to get to the bottom of it
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Personally coming from a Nexus 6P the call quality is amazing...like perfect. I have Advanced calling enabled as well. I did have issues when I tried to enable wifi calling, but with wifi calling off it's the best voice quality of any device I recall.

savini72 said:
Have only had the phone for a few days but have noticed that the call quality on my phone is horrible. Everyone that I call tells me that the quality is horrible, I keep going in and out and it just sounds like I have no service at all even when i have full 4g.
I have tried everything I can think of (Turning HD calling on and off, turning data on and off, factory reset my phone) and nothing has helped. If someone could please help me that would be great! I love the phone, but this could be a reason why I will be returning and getting a replacement or just something else all together.
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Have you tried toggling the voice privacy setting in the dialer to see if that helps. I remember that being a quick fix on some random phone from years ago... Don't even know if that would accomplish anything but worth a shot of nothing else is working.

Just to update my problems with the phone, I think it's inherently different from OP's problem. After talking with the people I experienced the issue with, they could here me fine, I would just hear them in poor quality. But the issue hasn't happened for a few days now and the echo I experienced is due to one person's phone, and I think the issue is on their end. Chalking it up to crappy connection for me.

so after a few days of trying to figure out what the problem was and having a guy at Verizon look at it and installing a new SIM, the phone seems to be working fine. Call quality is normal and no one has complained about it sounding choppy or anything out of the norm. g

I had this problem on my note 3 before sometimes it's just lint not the phone there should be little holes one on top one on bottom they are microphones tiny dot of you get it dirty you sound horrible to the other ppl I had that happen on many phones good luck. Oh be careful use something small to clean but try it.
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Oh yeah and ppl talk into the bottom of their phones when on speakerphone this is wrong the top of the phone has the mic for this mode of chat. Or ppl can't hear you or think your far away. Good luck folks.
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I have an s7 using the ATT network and the complaints about call quality has led me to looking into switching to a Nexus. I will never buy a samsung again after this experience. The entire purpose of a phone is to have calls go through. I can use my tablet or anything else if I wanted to only have good wifi call quality.

I purchased my S7 in April of 2016 and am having the same or similar problem. If someone is talking to me on the phone and I start to speak or if there is noise in the room, the voice of the caller crackles in my ear and then gets muted completely. The voice will not return until I quit speaking or the room noise changes. All of this happens within milliseconds, so you only catch bits and pieces of the conversation. It is very annoying. We have done all kinds of tests and setting changes to the phone with no results. The poor call quality is random but persists when using the phone earpiece, speaker phone or Bluetooth headset.
Verizon has sent me two replacement phones and one SIM card. Now they are saying that they want to send me a third phone and SIM card.
Any suggestions?

Grrr... I feel you on the cracked device. Thanks for the warning/reminder. I switched off the HD call setting altogether. Just got mine and the call quality is awful; cuts in and out and sounds like electrical interference (one of those old kid voice things that make it sound electric). If these tricks don't work, I am returning it before I 'crack' mine.