Yoo guys, just a heads up. This morning I woke up with some music, nothing bassy, not loud, nothing out of the ordinary. However, I suddenly hear a loud speaker pop and sound cut out. Not really sure what to make of that, and in a slight hurry to get to school, I reboot my phone and went about my day. It wasn't until later I realized that it wasn't making any noise, I couldn't get audio over the loud speaker, all I could get was the handset speaker. This was on CM11 Official nightly cm-11-20131216-NIGHTLY-m7u. Restored to stock 4.4 GPe, same problems. Sound over BT works fine.
Anyway, just a heads up, be careful. I have some BS best buy warranty so hopefully I can get it replaced through that, but when I went over there they told me it'd be a few weeks before it'd be fulfilled.
If anyone knows how to maybe get the speakers to work again that'd be lovely, but hopes aren't high.
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This post would have been better posted in the rom thread you downloaded from. Remember if there is an existing thread you can post in please do so, only create new threads when necessary. Also there is a thread in the general section already regarding speaker issues as well.
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Has anyone lost like 60% of sound reproduction volume with the upgrade to 3.1? I'm about to do a wipe and reinstall if it's just me, but basically I can't hear **** now.
I used to be able to hear the tablet clearly from another room, not loudly but i could make out what song was playing. Now I can barely hear the tablet when it's in my hands. Is it 3.1 or did primordial do something. Is there a sound mod app? I have looked and my volume settings all APPEAR to be maxed out.
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I don't know that it's a 60% reduction but I have noticed it as well.
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No change for me. Internal speakers are still plenty loud. Headphone is too quiet, but that was the case with earlier firmware too, but that can to some extent be solved with a free app called Volume+. (It's a pay app in the market, but free if you go to the author's own site, and enable installing apps from outside the market.)
What's hopeless for me is the microphone. It barely picks up anything more than 2-3 inches away from the mic port. To Skype, I actually have to hold the tablet sideways so my mouth is right next to the mic, which seems ludicrous to me. Been meaning to start a thread and ask if others have the same issue.
I just tried to play some mp4s that I have, I noticed that the volume is lower too.
It was anemic before and possibly slightly more now. The overall volume (or lack of it) is the only thing I really find disappointing about the TF. Was playing a vid for a doc at a meeting the other day, and three of us huddle around it had a hard time hearing it cranked all the way up. The slightest noise of anyone else doing anything in the room just killed it.
Yeh I've had a major drop in left speaker and bad drop in volume on headphones ...... And mine was the official 3.1 update too...... Very dissatisfied
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Same problem here. Video is very low when playing avi's or TV Shows Stream. But YouTube app is plenty loud.
Any fixes?
I bought volume + and now it is much louder. Left speaker is still lower volume though. But now atleast I can hear music from the tab.
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Bumping this. I'm hoping someone has an idea. It feels like its getting worse. Basically I used to be able to place the tablet on a rack in front of the ****ter and enjoy a show while I pooped, but now I simply can't hear it at all, even with no white noise or anything that could be an issue. So with what you guys have said, I know I'm not crazy.
SOMEONE PLEASE FIGURE THIS OUT. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW.
some peeps already figured out it's a messed up sound config file and you can fix it if you are rooted, was readig through a thread on it here I bleieve lst night. I'm sure it'll be fixed with a software update.
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some peeps already figured out it's a messed up sound config file and you can fix it if you are rooted, was readig through a thread on it here I bleieve lst night. I'm sure it'll be fixed with a software update.
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I'm delivering pizzas right now. Do you have a link
I had this too before I sent it in for RMA service.
In fact, I knew about this issue before I even upgraded to 3.1 so I was aware and decided to see if these people were making this up or not. After upgrading I did notice a significant decrease in volume. This was disappointing, it almost made me feel like I was using the Nook Color again.
You're not imagining this. Before the sound was so loud that you could hear it from another room and the unit actually vibrates a bit. Now it's so low it's hard to hear the low tones in anything.
My guess is they messed with it to try to fix the imbalanced speaker issue but ended up messing it up for other people now. ETA for fix is fifteen years. See you then!
Noticed lower volume too after update. take the srs_proceeding.cfg file from my 3.0.1 and paste it to the 3.1 rom and it was louder.
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Mine is fine. I'm not rooted and I have the update.
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I'm making a new thread for this because it applies to cm7 and miui and will get buried in their threads.
Basically im assuming MIC volume is maxed out. Your own voice can feedback into the speaker when on a call. You sound distorted to the person on the other end, especially when you're not in a quiet location. Basically making the phone part of the phone un usable. I have had this happen on all cm7 miui builds.
Also speaker volume can not be changed when the screen is off
Known issue acknowledged by Uber that is somehow involved with the mic feedback resolution. They are working on it, but I have no idea when it'll be fixed. Flashing Bushido or Shadow kernel seems to help.
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Having the same problem! Thought it was the replacement phone I just got but on stock 2.3, the mic sounds great.
Distortion and low mic threshold. Picks up way too much background noise.
"sounds like you're surfing"
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Hello all.
Since I am still a new user here, I cannot post in blackwing182's appropriate thread about this ROM.
I wanted to report a bug regarding headphones; when headphones are plugged in, the slightest movement of the cord or touching the jack itself results in small amounts of static that I can hear that are very loud to the person I am talking to. If this goes on for too long, the other person will no longer be able to hear me. Hanging up and calling them back is a temporary, but annoying solution to this problem.
I performed a full wipe and installed v7.0 of the ROM. I am on Android version v4.04 and running Kernel v2.6.35.14-CollectiveACE-BFS-v0.1.5.
If anyone can offer a solution to this microphone problem, I would be grateful. This ROM is perfect otherwise, but since I speak for hours at a time using a headset, fixing this problem is important to me.
Thank you.
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Hello all.
Since I am still a new user here, I cannot post in blackwing182's appropriate thread about this ROM.
I wanted to report a bug regarding headphones; when headphones are plugged in, the slightest movement of the cord or touching the jack itself results in small amounts of static that I can hear that are very loud to the person I am talking to. If this goes on for too long, the other person will no longer be able to hear me. Hanging up and calling them back is a temporary, but annoying solution to this problem.
I performed a full wipe and installed v7.0 of the ROM. I am on Android version v4.04 and running Kernel v2.6.35.14-CollectiveACE-BFS-v0.1.5.
If anyone can offer a solution to this microphone problem, I would be grateful. This ROM is perfect otherwise, but since I speak for hours at a time using a headset, fixing this problem is important to me.
Thank you.
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It has fixed in 7.0
But v7.0 is the version I downloaded.
It didn't happen to me on ver. 6.2 and I haven't tried headphones on 7.0 yet. This could be a deal-breaker for me
I used my headphones yesterday. Moved around plenty and didn't have any issues. Might it be your headphones?
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Shao_X said:
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I wanted to report a bug regarding headphones; when headphones are plugged in, the slightest movement of the cord or touching the jack itself results in small amounts of static that I can hear that are very loud to the person I am talking to. If this goes on for too long, the other person will no longer be able to hear me. Hanging up and calling them back is a temporary, but annoying solution to this problem.
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That static-y sound happens to me when pocket lint gets into my headphone input. Might try checking if something might have fallen in there.
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No issues with version 7.0 either. Must be your headphones.
Think its your headphones bro. Stopped using icecold two weeks ago and never had the issue.
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Easy to test, go to a very quiet room. Really quiet. Put your phone to your ear while screen off and listen. (Not phone off)
You will hear a faint sound, static, cracking well some kind of noise.
This is nothing new, and not just bound to this phone. However I had this issues only on the Nexus 4 and never noticed it on other phones I had.
It becomes a bit annoying while in call, really quiet room, and every pause, when both parties are not talking.
I think only option is learn to live with it? As if the numerous threads from N4 and other devices are true, this is a HW fault on all devices. Some ppl just do not hear it. What varies is the intensity, which ppl reported that exchanged their devices.
Is there someone on some variant not hearing it? (State your age as well)
Is there someone who exchanged their device based on this problem and got a new one with a different level of the noise?
Mine is international LG D802
I do hear the pops and squeals when I'm on a call, but not otherwise. VZW version, rooted, stock rom, "A" version of modem/radio.
Here's the thread I started: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502265
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I do hear the pops and squeals when I'm on a call, but not otherwise. VZW version, rooted, stock rom, "A" version of modem/radio.
Here's the thread I started: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502265
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The sound that you experience, since its through your BT as well, might be normal connection/call sounds. I have this really on all phones even sometimes on iPhone. But if its something tha tyou do not expect to hear, and have it constantly , bring it for repairs, I do not have somehting out of the ordinary in the calls, except what I described in the OP.
What I mean its really like static electricity, cracking sounds. But its faint, you won't notice it in normal environment, at least not when you do not know what to look for. There are youtube videos for the N4 with the sound I mean. cant listen to it now, as I am at work but I think something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wOxtzStUZ4
you really need a quiet environment, put your ear to the earpiece.
Also thanks for your post!
I am on ATT and noticed this and I was thinking about returning it but I tested the display model at the ATT store and the same thing. I tested an Iphone 4s and the same thing with the earpiece. I think this is more common than people think because you really have to be in a quiet setting to actually hear it. Thanks
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I am on ATT and noticed this and I was thinking about returning it but I tested the display model at the ATT store and the same thing. I tested an Iphone 4s and the same thing with the earpiece. I think this is more common than people think because you really have to be in a quiet setting to actually hear it. Thanks
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FWIW, I haven't had this issue at all since the update came out months ago. Maybe they just haven't updated the demo model in the store.
Thanks for the info are you saying you had the issue prior to KitKat and the OTA with KitKat resolved the problem
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Thanks for the info are you saying you had the issue prior to KitKat and the OTA with KitKat resolved the problem
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Nope, had the issue before VZW did their radio update. No KK update for us yet.
Im on att and wish there was some sort of software patch for this
I have the same issue (internationl LG G2)
Isn't there any fix?
Mr.Kos said:
I have the same issue (internationl LG G2)
Isn't there any fix?
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Different phone. Best not the LG brand?
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PAGOT said:
Different phone. Best not the LG brand?
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The thing is that before this phone I have been using the White one for 6 months and it didn't have this issue.. but 2 days ago I traded it for the Black one and now I don't know what to do.. this thing is so annoying!
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FWIW, I haven't had this issue at all since the update came out months ago. Maybe they just haven't updated the demo model in the store.
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whether you'll be kind enough to write a link for what you did two months ago, as you say it is successful and that the problem is solved. I tried to find it but I could not
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whether you'll be kind enough to write a link for what you did two months ago, as you say it is successful and that the problem is solved. I tried to find it but I could not
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All I did was accept the 12B update. 24A (Kit Kat) is rolling out now, I believe.
I'm sorry for bringing this from dead, but have you guys found any solution for this? Or it's not fixable once it occurs? charging + headphones +v4a developed this bug this evening on my g2.
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Closed Force said:
I'm sorry for bringing this from dead, but have you guys found any solution for this? Or it's not fixable once it occurs? charging + headphones +v4a developed this bug this evening on my g2.
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My ears or better brain adjusted... same way you adjust to every annoying sound after a while. It is there... but you stop caring - hearing it.
I do not believe there is a software fix. If your problem is the one that I described, new hw might help.
But as I said. I adjusted ...
Definitely seems to be hardware problem. If I knew about it earlier I would never connect headphones and charger at the same time. Symptoms: static noise @ approx. 120bpm from both speakers, while phone in deep sleep.
Tried uninstalling v4a drivers, app, poweramp, flashing different kernels, clearing caches, and what so not.
I don't want to raise hope, but I found temporary workaround. I'm on stock kk, and I use g2 tweaksbox and gravitybox to get statusbar aosp quicksetting tiles. There is a compass tile. If I leave it ON there is no more noise. At first I thought that maybe this prevents phone from deep sleeping, but bbs is showing that phone sleeps well. Have not tested standby battery impact yet.
Closed Force said:
I'm sorry for bringing this from dead, but have you guys found any solution for this? Or it's not fixable once it occurs? charging + headphones +v4a developed this bug this evening on my g2.
@PAGOT @goran60 @pitsgraft @Mr.Kos
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Hi,
Thanks for the remainder, as I noticed latest @dorimanx kernel eliminates this (from v 8) and my itchy fingers installed Viper4Android again and yes I struck my luck the distortion starts again...
My conclusion is an option between have better audio performance in mid to high volume level. But, lived my days with G2 enjoying the distort...
Or uninstall everything about viper4android and listen to flat music beat...
And I choose ingore the distort and drive away with awesome audio performance in my bluetooth car audio....
Cheers,
Hey, do you have xposed? I noticed that if I enable compass in quicktiles, there will be no more crackling. But I'm not sure about battery. So I use this when it's quite, in the evening, and I start hearing cracks, I just turn on compass.
Hi guys,
I recently upgraded from the S3 to the S4 once I saw the S5 wasn't that great IMO. I just want to know if anyone feels the S3 had better volume when making calls. I will sometimes have people on speaker and I can barely hear them (I can but it's a strain) I never had that issue with S3.
I also feel like the vibration is softer, I've missed several calls when the phone was in my pocket or right next to me on the bed. Never had that issue w/ the S3.
I see a couple of audio fix and tweaks but it seem to only be for media audio than speaking on the phone. I've been searching for about a week and still haven't found anything solid. I tried Volume_Boosting_Sound_VERSION_2_VERY_LOUD and I guess with me running Liquid Smooth 4.4 this tweak doesn't play nice because I can't hear anyone when on the phone so I had to take that off.
If these questions have been asked I'm sorry, I did some searching on particular threads and only found those about media volume. I hope someone can point me to a fix.
Thanks.
For me.the speaker on the gs4 while in a call is better. Might just be me but I've had each phone for almost a year now. If you flash sacs ROM I know that comes with the volume boost.
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philly0128 said:
Hi guys,
I recently upgraded from the S3 to the S4 once I saw the S5 wasn't that great IMO. I just want to know if anyone feels the S3 had better volume when making calls. I will sometimes have people on speaker and I can barely hear them (I can but it's a strain) I never had that issue with S3.
I also feel like the vibration is softer, I've missed several calls when the phone was in my pocket or right next to me on the bed. Never had that issue w/ the S3.
I see a couple of audio fix and tweaks but it seem to only be for media audio than speaking on the phone. I've been searching for about a week and still haven't found anything solid. I tried Volume_Boosting_Sound_VERSION_2_VERY_LOUD and I guess with me running Liquid Smooth 4.4 this tweak doesn't play nice because I can't hear anyone when on the phone so I had to take that off.
If these questions have been asked I'm sorry, I did some searching on particular threads and only found those about media volume. I hope someone can point me to a fix.
Thanks.
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Check out this thread for some help. And also look at this post to do the mod yourself.
As @daniel4653 mentioned a few of the latest ROMs already boost sound - Sac's, Negamann's etc..
I also use ViperFX and that works EXTREMELY well; but requires some tweaking (all of which can be learned on the viper threads).
Good luck
leaderbuilder said:
Check out this thread for some help. And also look at this post to do the mod yourself.
As @daniel4653 mentioned a few of the latest ROMs already boost sound - Sac's, Negamann's etc..
I also use ViperFX and that works EXTREMELY well; but requires some tweaking (all of which can be learned on the viper threads).
Good luck
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Thanks for the replies, I found ViperFx but I wasn't sure if it was just for Music. I did install it and i'm playing with it now.
daniel4653: Thanks I will check out that ROM.. I really appreciate you guys response.
philly0128 said:
Thanks for the replies, I found ViperFx but I wasn't sure if it was just for Music. I did install it and i'm playing with it now.
daniel4653: Thanks I will check out that ROM.. I really appreciate you guys response.
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No problem. We are here if you have any more questions.
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