It's quite possible that the default headphones that came with my vibrant are defective, but I noticed that one earbud is substantially louder than the other.
In particular, the earbud that has the mic inline on it is the one that is louder. I'd say it's maybe 30% louder than the other earbud. I ever tried swapping them in my ears to rule out if I might be going partially deaf in one ear
Does anyone else have this issue?
yea I got my vibrant about 3 days ago, and I have noticed the same thing. I may call customer care or go up to the store to get it looked at or exchanged.
I noticed that too, those headphones sucked anyway for listening to any music/movies. I cut off the one side without the mic and now use it for a wired handsfree device for when i'm driving.
PS - My other headphones work great so at least it's just the headphones.
Anyone else have this problem? Everytime I call anyone they say I sound like a robot and they can barely understand me, its definitely the phone and wondering if this is a common issue or I just need to go replace my phone. Also being inside the 14 day return, can i just go in there and get another phone from tmobile or do i have to send it off?
i had a similar problem, i was on the phone with my gf the other night while in a car and she couldn't understand me because of all the noise, this may be because there is no second noise canceling mic. the funny thing is when i use to call on my g1 it wasn't a problem and that phone only has one mic, this is making me reconsider and go back to HTC
With all the phones getting noise canceling mics, I am starting to wonder if they really help alot....iPhone, Nexus, Droid X even has 2...
I saw some vid test of iPhone noise canceling and it didnt seem to work.....
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i had a similar problem, i was on the phone with my gf the other night while in a car and she couldn't understand me because of all the noise, this may be because there is no second noise canceling mic. the funny thing is when i use to call on my g1 it wasn't a problem and that phone only has one mic, this is making me reconsider and go back to HTC
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Take the phone back and exchange it for a new handset. I have no problems at all. After reading this post, I even tested it out and called a few friends and asked them if they could hear me ok both on the phone and on speaker.
If you're talking about the HTC HD2, that's the worst OS ever. Windows? Seriously? Over Android?
Well, if it's any help:
My first Vibrant had a faulty headphone jack, that would short out at the slightest touch. I'm talking: 'brush-the-cable-or-jack-and-it-shorts' shorting out. It was completely unacceptable.
And that's what kind of worries me with the phone. It doesn't rattle or anything, and is solid in terms of plastic construction -- but it just feels cheap.
I guess we'll find out more in the coming weeks. Thanks for reporting that microphone issue. I'll be asking my friends to report on my voice quality to ensure that mine is working properly.
I have the exact same problem....this only after I rooted... what the heck is going on?
There's no automatic gain control. The mic input easily clips. Most other devices adjust the input to the noise floor where a loud voice easily walks over the background.
Any solujtion guys?
I don't have any solution, but I can't hear and they can't hear me when I'm driving in my car. Never was an issue with my G1 or MT3G. I've been using the headphone w/mic that came with the phone for when I'm driving. (to cheap to buy a bluetooth headset) I did cut one of the sides off of that so it's just for one ear now. (left the side with the mic obviously.)
As of about 2 weeks now, i have been getting this same complaint from a few people. They used the exact term "u sound like a robot or something" i have no clue what it may be and im past my 14days, thinking about just calling tmobile and complaining b/c its getting annoying.
$5 says one of you in this thread has your finger over the mic hole... just saying.
I noticed through the Bluetooth in my car which has always worked flawlessly my Vibrant comes through as having really muffled scratchy sounds at times. Full signal strength. I sound bad and the person talking sounds bad. This works flawlessly with my 5800, 3 iPhones, E65. All on the same routes I use every day.
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$5 says one of you in this thread has your finger over the mic hole... just saying.
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I tried that and it didn't help. The microphone was saturated and clipping. The other party couldn't hear anything over the noise.
while driving I have been told that I sound like I am under water.
this was one of the reasons, I traded in mine for a new unit. waiting on a fix
this happens to me especially when i'm driving and i have the air on high. Im sure it doesn't help that i have a 3inch exhaust and a big turbo making noise either though
I have the same problem on my UK version (Galaxy S).
I have tinkered with the voice TX levels in one of the service menus but it made no difference. No matter how loud I speak into the mic it never gets louder at the other end! It's only just audible and it's driving my friends mad to the point where they can't be ar5ed to phone me!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks guys.
I just want to jump in here even though this is an old thread so i can log my complaint too - the voice quality of the mic microphone on this phone is really poor - i am under the 14 days return and i'm am really close close to returning both of them i bought... anybody come up with a fix? A replacement microphone with better quality would probly go a long way.
I've been getting complaints from the other side as well. Even when using the voice recorder it doesn't sound very clear. I've been using the headset a lot, but I don't think its any better w/o it. Oh and also, often I try to use voice search and it says i didn't say anything... I then plug unplug and then it works. Dunno whats going on.
Also, I put it to charge yesterday, and it wouldn't turn on - only the home keys were lighting up. So I pulled out the battery and it smelled burned. Still does 24 hours later.
But it seems to be working fine anyway.
How long does warranty replacement take if ur past 30 days?
Thanks!
The vibrant is pretty much unless for me for phone calls. I switched back to my nokia N900. i can not make phone call from in my car the people on the other line can not hear me at all. Even in quiet areas its still muffled/choppy. My finger is not over the mic hole. My nokia has no problems with this at all even in a very very loud car with the windows down going 60.
So i'm having some issues, and there's probably nothing that can be done, but i just thought i'd check. I had the motorola droid before switching to the fascinate, and i'm extremly happy with the move, but I do have some issues. The only thing I have not been able to fix is the phone audio.
I have a standard 3.5mm phono jack on my car stereo, and i will hook the fascinate up to it so i can listen to pandora or mp3's while on the way to and from work. on the droid this worked fine because if someone called me i could just answer, and it would route the incomming audio through the car speakers, and i could just talk and the droid's microphone would pick it up. i loved it because it was so much louder and clearer than the speakerphone. on the fascinate however if i answer the phone with it plugged in, i can hear the other person great, but they can't hear me at all. the fascinate is apparently muting the onboard mic expecting that one is plugged in. i'm wondering if this is happening to anyone else. is there a setting i can change to fix this? do i need to try a different kind of audio cable? any ideas?
Ok..maybe I just got a bad unit. But here it is. Phone is one day old.
When I initiate a phone call with my wired headset, I immediately get hissing. Then if I move my head or the wire brushes my cheek.. it sounds like someone is making sexy time with a paper sack inside my head. This isn't an echo as it is real-time. All the noise is obviously being picked up by the mic and is pumped into my ears at an explosive level. I attempted to turn the volume down which only resulted in the call volume dropping rather than the demonic feedback. It kind of reminds me of the in-ear monitors that vocalists would use.
Here's what I've tried:
1) 6 different headsets, all different brands and cost including the freebies that came with the phone. The only set that didn't blow my eardrums out with noise were some cheap ass Maxwells from Wal-Mart, but the problem was still there
2) looked through all the settings I could find. The only thing that makes a difference is turning on TTY mode.. which causes too low a volume for me to carry a conversation without going into a noise cancelling chamber.
3) applied the latest OTA update. No change
What I'm willing to try:
1) rooting and flashing a new rom.. But only if this will actually fix my issue.
2) perform a sacrificial ritual involving an SII, an SIII, and an S4... None of which had this issue.
3) changing some call setting that is hidden somewhere between Narnia and Atlantis....
Thanks in advance
Quick update....
Tried the demo unit at retail store.. same thing.
Tried bluetooth headset.. no problem.
It seems like as soon as the Phone app opens a connection the mic is overamplified or SOMETHING. It is driving me nuts and I hate my BT headset.
Still wanting to know if anyone else is experiencing this.
Just a quick update.. This is still present even with BT headset. For a lack of better phrasing.. this seems like the mic is being back-fed into the ear pieces. And it only happens on the Phone app. It there a setting somewhere that I am missing that will solve this? It is super annoying to be able to hear yourself and surrounding noises than the person you are trying to talk to.
Thanks
Tried mucking around in mixer_gains.xml to no avail. Maybe some kind soul who is smarter than I am could provide some guidance? I don't know how to explain it any better.. It's as if everything going into the mic is being output simultaneously to the buds. It drives me nuts
I just tried to listen to what you were describing on my headsets/headphones but I couldn't replicate it. Crystal clear calls for me, and apart from it being the headsets I have no idea. Maybe both you and the store have faulty units.
I'm having a weird Bluetooth audio issue with the Nexus 6P that I'm not seeing reported anywhere else: I'll be in the middle of a call when I suddenly become incomprehensibly distorted to the person on the other end. They say I sound like "a robot" or "the Borg." The only fix is to turn the headphones off and on again. I've had this issue on multiple Nexus 6P devices, as well as on multiple Bluetooth headsets (several Sol Republic Shadow headsets, plus a NuForce BE6i). Has anyone else encountered this issue? And does anyone have ideas about how it might be fixed?
I have had this happen many times with both my Nexus and my GS5. I dont think it is necessarily a Nexus issue. everything just goes garbled. I notice it in my vehicle when connected to BT for the phone call. I have AT&T if that helps.
Yep, Noticed as well. Mine even goes as far as dropping the call from the headset, then re-establishing it about 5 seconds later.. so for 5 seconds I dont know what the other person on the call is saying..
annoying as all hell.
Does it both on my LG bluetooth headset, and my car's built in bluetooth.
To clarify -- the issue that I'm describing isn't about what I/I] hear on a Bluetooth headset, but rather with what the person on the other end of the call hears of me: as far as I can tell, everything sounds fine; but the person on the other end of the call says that my voice is incomprehensibly garbled. And once this happens, it doesn't get better until I turn the headset off and on again. Are people having this issue? (It sounds like the responses so far might be about what they themselves hear through Bluetooth.)