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Win w/audio booster > Android audio?

I really used to love the audio quality in windows. Now this was only the case when using audio booster. It just made the highs higher, and the midtones richer.
Is there anything like audio booster for android? I really miss my custom presets

i 100% agree with you winmo + audio booster + srs wow hd completely pwns android in terms of sound quality. Search the forums for "meltus audio hack", i remember using it on my g1 and it helped a lot. (there should be an app in the market too however you should check it is comatible with our builds first)

try LVH 3.6 (Loud Volume Hack 3.6) need rooted rootfs

louder volume hack only works for g1 and mytouch 3g he hasnt updated it to support new phones

*Bump* Anyone that can make a Program that looks and works as good as: Audio Booster v2.5? i'm even willing to pay for it!

thecp said:
*Bump* Anyone that can make a Program that looks and works as good as: Audio Booster v2.5? i'm even willing to pay for it!
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In the market there's a music player called PowerAMP. It costs about 2 or 3 bucks if I'm not wrong. There you have a 10 band equalizer and so on. Try it out.
J

JanssoN said:
In the market there's a music player called PowerAMP. It costs about 2 or 3 bucks if I'm not wrong. There you have a 10 band equalizer and so on. Try it out.
J
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You are my hero mate!

thecp said:
You are my hero mate!
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No problem

Got it for free..
Sent from HD2

fmedrano1977 said:
Got it for free..
Sent from HD2
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Who doesn't? hehehe

i thought americans always use legal apps. unlike in my country.

dan138zig said:
i thought americans always use legal apps. unlike in my country.
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Piracy is everywhere

the worst hd2 android problem
neugroove said:
I really used to love the audio quality in windows. Now this was only the case when using audio booster. It just made the highs higher, and the midtones richer.
Is there anything like audio booster for android? I really miss my custom presets
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same problem, or similar ... under wm 6.5 i used srs wow hd to boost audio for youtube and other video.
Under froyo, the nand one, nothing yet...anyone can help?

DIscussion on best APT-X headset/earphone for Galaxy S3

Hi Guys,
I know that the Galaxy S3 has APT-X enabled with Wolfson DAC. Can we discuss on some good headsets that will sound great with GS3??
What about external DAC like E17 USB DAC?? Will that make much difference in sound quality?

viveeshk said:
Hi Guys,
I know that the Galaxy S3 has APT-X enabled with Wolfson DAC. Can we discuss on some good headsets that will sound great with GS3??
What about external DAC like E17 USB DAC?? Will that make much difference in sound quality?
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hello
my verizon store gave me this set for free:
http://www.monstercable.com/productdisplay.asp?pin=6490
they sound amazing to me. I usually use the ones off amazon that are like $3 or something.
I was considering selling them, but my wife said she can hear me much better when i use these as a microphone.
So ill keep them.

rsarno said:
hello
my verizon store gave me this set for free:
http://www.monstercable.com/productdisplay.asp?pin=6490
they sound amazing to me. I usually use the ones off amazon that are like $3 or something.
I was considering selling them, but my wife said she can hear me much better when i use these as a microphone.
So ill keep them.
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Thanks for your reply. Have you tried using sennheiser earphones? Many of them in XDA saying its wonderful.

Please share your thoughts and experience so that we can keep this thread live.
What about the external amplifiers like fiio e17?

I use Skullcandy Titans. With siyah kernel (voodoo sound) they sound amazing. Especially the bass effect is out of this world!!
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venkatesh.velmani said:
I use Skullcandy Titans. With siyah kernel (voodoo sound) they sound amazing. Especially the bass effect is out of this world!!
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thanks Venkatesh. Can you tell me where can i get this kernal?

Can anyone tell me whether my apt-X compatible Bluetooth headset will be able to make use of the apt-X functionality of the phone if I'm on an AOSP rom instead of a touchwiz-rom? Or is it kernel-specific?
Edit: Never mind, I tested it myself here

Preggy said:
Can anyone tell me whether my apt-X compatible Bluetooth headset will be able to make use of the apt-X functionality of the phone if I'm on an AOSP rom instead of a touchwiz-rom? Or is it kernel-specific?
Edit: Never mind, I tested it myself here
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Is APTX ROM or Kernel specific? Somebody knows this?

Sound Quality: TW vs AOSP

I have loaded several different TW roms on my gs4, and only Tasks AOKP for aosp roms. I have noticed the sound quality in AOSP is horrible compared to TW. I first noticed it when I plugged it into my car radio, it sounded muffled and muddy. I tried playing with the settings, even bought faux sound in hopes it would help but it did not. I plugged my friends iPhone in and played the same song to see if it was my radio... It was not. So I loaded a backup of a TW rom I had and low and behold it sounded just as good as the iPhone, just slightly quieter, turning the volume up a little and I couldnt tell the difference. I loaded the backups of TW and AOKP roms back to back with my headphones with different songs to see if I was just dreaming, but there is a huge difference in highs and lows, base sounds underpowered and starts crackling in AOSP. Faux sound didnt help anything, tried playing with the equalizer, and it never sounded anything close to the TW rom. I was going to try and load CM 10.1, but have not done so since they are still on nightly's with no RC or final builds.
Now I know AOSP uses open source drivers, so is this the problem? Or am I missing something that could be causing this?

EDIT: AOSP DOES NOT HAVE APT-X.
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Use APT-X on AOSP instead.
Otherwise, I can't comment on bluetooth since I only use the APT-X codec. But Task has stated in the past he does not care about bluetooth audio.
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I think the exact opposite, my phone sounds better on AOKP then TW. Are you setting all the equalizers up properly?
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Thermalwolf said:
I think the exact opposite, my phone sounds better on AOKP then TW. Are you setting all the equalizers up properly?
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I'm using the headphone jack to physically connect it on my car, so its not the BT. I'll look up APT-X, doesnt sound familiar to me. And as far as I can tell its setup properly. I looked up settings that several people suggested. I'm open to trying your settings if you want to post them.

fastblack said:
I'm using the headphone jack to physically connect it on my car, so its not the BT. I'll look up APT-X, doesnt sound familiar to me. And as far as I can tell its setup properly. I looked up settings that several people suggested. I'm open to trying your settings if you want to post them.
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Setting the volume all the way up on your phone while its connect to aux may cause distortion. Set it at least 3/4th of the volume bar and control the rest via the headunit.
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No problem with distortion on TW rom with volume all the way up. Also it doesnt really explain the headphone issues.

fastblack said:
No problem with distortion on TW rom with volume all the way up. Also it doesnt really explain the headphone issues.
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Not on touch wiz but AOKP. Volumes seem to be louder as this is also a issue on my HTC One.
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Welcome to the world of propriety drivers drivers versus open source drivers.
Wayne Tech Nexus

fastblack said:
I'm using the headphone jack to physically connect it on my car, so its not the BT. I'll look up APT-X, doesnt sound familiar to me.
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Oh sorry, I thought I read that you were using Bluetooth.
APT-X is the high-definition version of Bluetooth. Comparable to using the headphone jack for audio quality, but with less noise.
If you want the ultimate in audio quality at the expense of some convenience, then try to find a USB DAC that works with the S4. I'm not sure if there are any yet. But they're worth it if you think you might be an audiophile.

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CZ Eddie said:
Use APT-X on AOSP instead.
Otherwise, I can't comment on bluetooth since I only use the APT-X codec...
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How do you use the APT-X codec? Is it part of one of the custom ROMs? I was under the impression that only the international version supported APT-X.

This has been my experience with samsung devices in the past as well. They do a good job with sound quality in the stock software. If you go to a AOSP type ROM, you need some other sound application to improve quality.

EDIT: AOSP ROM'S DO NOT HAVE APT-X.
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GeorgeP said:
How do you use the APT-X codec? Is it part of one of the custom ROMs? I was under the impression that only the international version supported APT-X.
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All Samsung Galaxy S3/S4 TouchWiz and Google Edition ROM's have had APT-X since the Galaxy S3.
All you need to do is find a Car Stereo or a Receiver that support APT-X and then connect by Bluetooth and it automatically uses the APT-X hi-def codec.
Since I never found a Car Stereo that supports it (still new tech) I just connected an APT-X bluetooth receiver to my car stereo. So my phone connects to the receiver. Then the receiver sends the audio directly to my car stereo via 3.5mm audio cable. I hide the receiver inside my dashboard behind the car stereo.

GE 4.3 Bluetooth impressions

For anyone wondering the sound quality for Bluetooth is 1000 times better on 4.3.
I tested this on 3 different stereo headsets with beats enabled and disabled. It is extremely noticeable how much HTC/Google improved Bluetooth quality on the latest update.
This makes me so glad as Bluetooth quality with 4.2.2 was extremely lacking.
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LockeCPM4 said:
For anyone wondering the sound quality for Bluetooth is 1000 times better on 4.3.
I tested this on 3 different stereo headsets with beats enabled and disabled. It is extremely noticeable how much HTC/Google improved Bluetooth quality on the latest update.
This makes me so glad as Bluetooth quality with 4.2.2 was extremely lacking.
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Is it better than the bluetooth A2DP support in the sense version of 4.2? because I use that dialy in my car and have been waiting for them to improve the quality or mods to this effect since I got the phone. I would install 4.3 and give up zoe's just for this.

OK just got done doing a side by side comparison with a stock sense HTC one, and quality is about the same.
I did notice that enabling beats on a stock HTC one has more bass than my GE but not much.
On a clarity and volume level they are nearly identical.
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Mine actually shows song info on my car display now.
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Any Bluetooth improvement is a plus! Thanks for sharing.

jasunto said:
Mine actually shows song info on my car display now.
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This has been working since the Sense 4.1.2 ROMs but glad to hear it's working on GE now.

jasunto said:
Mine actually shows song info on my car display now.
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AVRCP 1.3 support from Android 4.3. Already implemented in HTC Sense.
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jasunto said:
Mine actually shows song info on my car display now.
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How about info from Spotify, does that work for you?

I just noticed something a bit ago. I was cleaning out my garage and listening to some music using my Motorola S9 HD stereo headset, and took some garbage out to the road and the music was not cutting out. I left my phone in the garage and the road is about 100 feet away from where I took the garbage. I have never had this kind of range before.
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thanks
Thanks guys i was holding back on 4.3 now it seems its a must because i use Bluetooth all the time in my car

attahayee said:
Thanks guys i was holding back on 4.3 now it seems its a must because i use Bluetooth all the time in my car
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Don't wait anymore, you won't regret it! I use bluetooth in the car all the time, and this is so much clearer and reliable.

thanks
Gorsty said:
Don't wait anymore, you won't regret it! I use bluetooth in the car all the time, and this is so much clearer and reliable.
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and the scary process begins changing the mid is such a pain, i'm sweating right now. I'm gonna go with the OTA update with this one. the dumps at the xda are being reported for problems.

Can anyone confirm if the sound quality is comparable to using A2DP with aptX on Sense 5? I currently use the HTC Car A100 Bluetooth dongle for streaming music, and when I was on the stock Google 4.2.2 ROM it sounded horrible.

Can we finally use Dualshock 3 controllers???

earlyberd said:
Can anyone confirm if the sound quality is comparable to using A2DP with aptX on Sense 5? I currently use the HTC Car A100 Bluetooth dongle for streaming music, and when I was on the stock Google 4.2.2 ROM it sounded horrible.
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I use a Belkin bluetooth audio adapter and the sound is comparable (4.3 GE vs 4.1.2 sense). Don't know about 4.2.2 sense though. I don't have a custom stereo but it is a decent stock system. Is there a way to see if you are running adp?

PapaRhino said:
Can we finally use Dualshock 3 controllers???
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I remembered try it today, and YES, it is working now :victory: :highfive:
well, the app said it works, I need to test it with the control... LOL

SLver said:
I remembered try it today, and YES, it is working now :victory: :highfive:
well, the app said it works, I need to test it with the control... LOL
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Just tried it out myself, works perfectly, thanks!

blamdroid said:
I use a Belkin bluetooth audio adapter and the sound is comparable (4.3 GE vs 4.1.2 sense). Don't know about 4.2.2 sense though. I don't have a custom stereo but it is a decent stock system. Is there a way to see if you are running adp?
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I think I'll go ahead and test it myself and report my findings. I can connect the HTC car adapter to a pair of headphones, which should give me a good comparison environment. My new car also has built-in Bluetooth with support for A2DP, but since I've had the HTC car adapter for longer, I figured I'd be better off using the HTC adapter instead.
For what it's worth, Sense 5 using either 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 has the same sound quality since aptX is present on both, but I think CSR's "CD quality" claim about aptX might be bogus. I spend most of my time streaming Google Music at 320kbps (a.k.a. high quality) in the car, so if the Google ROM can stream ~320kbps over A2DP without the need for the proprietary aptX, I should be fine.

The Bluetooth on 4.3 is still using SBC instead of aptX, and there is a noticeable drop in audio quality when doing to 4.3.
However, it isn't really a deal-breaker for me. I'll probably end up just running an aux cable to my phone instead.

LG G3 have one of the best sound in headphones

LG G3 have one of the best sound quality
Stereo Crosstalk (higher is better)
htc one mini 2 -90.1
htc one (m8) -79.7
g3 -78.5
iphone 5s -76.1
alpha -65.6
iphone 6 -65.1
S5 -61.9
iphone 5c -61.7
z3 -50.8
xiaomi mi4 -49.7
z3 compact -45.1
xiomi mi 3 -44.2
Dynamic range (higher is better)
htc one m8 93.9
htc one mini 2 93.8
iphone 6 93.8
iphone 5c 93.7
iphone 5s 93.7
g3 93.3
s5 93.3
alpha 92.7
xiaomi mi 3 89.6
xiaomi mi 4 89.4
z3 85.7
z3 compact 85.4
Noise level (higher is better)
s5 -96.3
alpha -95.7
htc one mini 2 -94.9
htc one m8 -94.9
iphone 6 -94.0
lg g3 -93.7
iphone 5c -93.7
iphone 5s -93.4
xiaomi mi4 -91.6
xiomi mi3 -91.5
z3 -85.7
z3 compact -85.4

Whilst I did not have any complain with my snapdragon 800 powered Note 3 I gotta say I just love the music player and audio quality of my G3 more with its astonishingly clear sound through headphones.

One of the reasons I bought this phone. Listening through headphones (ultrasone dj1 pro) about 5h/day.

According to the OP the best sounding phone is the HTC M8 & HTC Mini One :crying:

LG is making some pretty competitive phones nowadays!

Viper4android helps a ton also. If you go into the settings and put it in pro mode there is a ton of settings for dialing it in.

Mahapederdon said:
Viper4android helps a ton also. If you go into the settings and put it in pro mode there is a ton of settings for dialing it in.
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Pro mode???? Which Viper are you using?

SamDH1 said:
Pro mode???? Which Viper are you using?
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Sorry. It's under ui settings. Put it on expert. Then you have lots more to play with. Compression is a big one.

Mahapederdon said:
Sorry. It's under ui settings. Put it on expert. Then you have lots more to play with. Compression is a big one.
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Nope, have no clue where you are looking haha. Are you using Viper FX or did you manage to make the other one to work?

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Nope, have no clue where you are looking haha. Are you using Viper FX or did you manage to make the other one to work?
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Click the 3 button menu top upper right. Then click ui setting.

Mahapederdon said:
Viper4android helps a ton also. If you go into the settings and put it in pro mode there is a ton of settings for dialing it in.
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V4A is a piece of crap. If something is is for everything then it's for nothing. How can something that's made as a universal sound enhancement can work well throughout all kinds of phones with totally different hardware? I always say the best is stock! Designed specially for your phone with particular hardware. In some cases a port can do well such as xperia walkman and audio libs but not always.

Mahapederdon said:
Click the 3 button menu top upper right. Then click ui setting.
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Nah I have a different version to you man. I have a "Safe Mode" option where yours says UI Settings. There's too many versions on the App store dude, haha

SamDH1 said:
Nah I have a different version to you man. I have a "Safe Mode" option where yours says UI Settings. There's too many versions on the App store dude, haha
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Try to update the app under settings.
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V4A is a piece of crap. If something is is for everything then it's for nothing. How can something that's made as a universal sound enhancement can work well throughout all kinds of phones with totally different hardware? I always say the best is stock! Designed specially for your phone with particular hardware. In some cases a port can do well such as xperia walkman and audio libs but not always.
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That's like saying vandersteen speakers can only run with a tube amp or it just won't work. Not correct my friend. I have worked for R&D in a state of the art audio company my family owned and I currently work for a high end stereo company. If you know what your doing this app can greatly improve how your phone sounds. Especially with badly compressed files. But I'm not trying to change your mind. Just want you to know im semi educated.

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Try to update the app under settings.
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That's like saying vandersteen speakers can only run with a tube amp or it just won't work. Not correct my friend. I have worked for R&D in a state of the art audio company my family owned and I currently work for a high end stereo company. If you know what your doing this app can greatly improve how your phone sounds. Especially with badly compressed files. But I'm not trying to change your mind. Just want you to know im semi educated.
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I'm just sayin' that software created for a particular hardware is better and more efficient than any universal crap. I like the sound quality in G3 as I liked beats audio in m7 I owned before and I can say that there was no sound enhancement that was better than stock. I use Sony MDR1-RNC headphones. No offence though

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I'm just sayin' that software created for a particular hardware is better and more efficient than any universal crap. I like the sound quality in G3 as I liked beats audio in m7 I owned before and I can say that there was no sound enhancement that was better than stock. I use Sony MDR1-RNC headphones. No offence though
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It's kinda like adding a nice eq to an existing sound system. No offense taken. I can see what your saying but it is a pretty decent app. Better than beats or the Harmon edition of htc. I had both the m7 and m8 and used viper on both just to get it to sound the way I like. Plus it's free so if ya end up hating it just uninstall the driver and move on. Again no offence taken. Hope your day is going well.

czechu01 said:
I'm just sayin' that software created for a particular hardware is better and more efficient than any universal crap. I like the sound quality in G3 as I liked beats audio in m7 I owned before and I can say that there was no sound enhancement that was better than stock. I use Sony MDR1-RNC headphones. No offence though
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There is a huge clarity improvement with Viper through my Shure SE535's and my AKG's.
@Mahapederdon There are two update files, which version do you use? I used the 4.x version before but that didn't work.... So I assume you are using the 2.3+ version?

Electrical Noise Through Headphones While Charging
Is anyone experiencing faint electrical noises, related to touch screen operations while you have headphones connected and the G3 is charging? I've tested two different sets of (wired) headphones and am experiencing the same issue in both cases. It only seems to occur when power is connected when charging. However, I listen to podcasts or music when going to sleep, while my phone is charging. So, this is a definite issue/concern for me. Any feedback would be appreciated.

SamDH1 said:
There is a huge clarity improvement with Viper through my Shure SE535's and my AKG's.
@Mahapederdon There are two update files, which version do you use? I used the 4.x version before but that didn't work.... So I assume you are using the 2.3+ version?
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I'm using the 4.4xx. Try uninstalling it and go download it directly from there website.
Here is the one I pulled from mine.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jehj0vf1xfwzeym/com.vipercn.viper4android_v2-1.apk?dl=0

drk65 said:
Is anyone experiencing faint electrical noises, related to touch screen operations while you have headphones connected and the G3 is charging? I've tested two different sets of (wired) headphones and am experiencing the same issue in both cases. It only seems to occur when power is connected when charging. However, I listen to podcasts or music when going to sleep, while my phone is charging. So, this is a definite issue/concern for me. Any feedback would be appreciated.
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Have the same problem. Really annoying. Works great when unplugged.

Mahapederdon said:
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Word.