Annoying sound - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
Since a few days my phone is making a annoying noise while playing music or watching a video. It kinda sounds like a little fracture in a cable or when you keep your phone close to a speaker or old television, but then for 0.5 second. It also happens irregularly and also happens when using headphones. I'm using Viper xHifi, but it doesn't make a difference when it's turned off. Does anyone know what it is and how to solve it?
Thanks
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When it started, did something happen? Like .. did you drop your phone? or ... maybe just installed a new application? .. maybe changed the kernel settings?
Also, which ROM/kernel are you using?

I have been having this exact same issue on my nexus 4 and nexus 5... Both phones are rooted, stock rom, and on the latest version of Franco kernel. I have been looking all over for a solution but nothing yet...
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I'm currently using psx kit Kat, it started suddenly. I haven't recently installed an app that possibly could have any influence on the sound. I think I've had it earlier and flashing a new rom fixed it, but I currently don't want to switch roms and I think it's strange that it happens so sudden.
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I switched from franco to hellscore and it got a little better... Now it only seems to happen in YouTube. Will keep trying different kernels and keep you posted
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Only happened to me once using Poweramp with headphones. Never happened in Google music or via Bluetooth/speaker.
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I've got a bluetooth speaker for a few days now and with that one I don't hear that sound. But it still happens with my phone speaker and headphones, regardless of which app.
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Maybe it has something to do with the music buffer size? I don't know how to increase it but a hiccup like this sounds like the buffer might be set too small and it's this split part of a second sometimes it takes to reload the next piece of music into the buffer?
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Now running carbon rom nightlife and hellscore... Noise is completely gone!
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I'm using slimkat and it happens all the time on Power Amp and Spotify, no issue on Player Pro or Google Music.....strange. Anyone have a solution. I love Slimkat/Spotify/PA.......pleased help.
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In Poweramp go to settings/audio and search for the audio buffer setting and set it to highest. See if this helps.
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Tried that....no change
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OK, was worth a try. Poweramp is weird in some things anyway. For me, v4a doesn't work with Poweramp when using headphones. Only on speaker and Bluetooth.
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About your issue. I have been using viper audio and had similar problem. The only thing that solves the problem was exchanging one file. I don't remember the name of that file but I'll try to find it for you.
On slimkat thread someone write that deletin dsp manager should resolve my issue. I will report later if it worked.
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Same thing happens when playing music with poweramp through a headphone jack. It's kind of like a 1 second screeching or something, quite annoying.
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Yeah its annoying i have the same with aokp with helldoctor and tardis. I will try viperaudio to see or it will be fixed and for advanced music listning
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Trying slimkat 5 with stock kernel....if it works that would be great.
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No changes. Glitches.....going back to hells core due to better battery life.
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I don't use PA or spotify anymore, wimp was the solution for me....I pay the same amount of money as for spotify and I have no scretching and have free data transfer for wimp in my carrier plan...

same problem here on simple aosp + franco. went to cm with no sound problems but apps fc all the time! hope we find a solution soon

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Music over Bluetooth

I'm trying to listen to music over Bluetooth on my Jawbone era headset and everything seems like someone is playing the music faster than normal. Any ideas what is causing it?
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tkgod said:
I'm trying to listen to music over Bluetooth on my Jawbone era headset and everything seems like someone is playing the music faster than normal. Any ideas what is causing it?
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I don't know what causes it but I simply disconnect my Bluetooth headset and reconnect. I do it as much time as possible until it doesn't happen again. It doesn't happen very often so that's good. Also you can try to unregister it from the phone and re-register the headset again. Maybe its a Bluetooth bug or something. It happens on my iPhone 4 as well.
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Got it fixed. I think it was a kernel issue or something I added to the Rom.
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[Q] BT Bug or something else

Hi guys...
Start using S4, and I noticed this little bug?
When i paired with the radio in the car, i need always to select Media Audio.
If I turn on them off, Media Audio, is not select.... it's a little boring, always need to go to settings..
Any one is having the same issue?
I'm using the last stock UK ROM.
This didn't happen with S3...
Thx
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Yes and it's dead annoying because everytime I turn my engine on I have to turn s4 BT off then back on and select stereo.
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Same here. Although sometimes I notice I has connected media aswell .
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I have +- resolved the problem
Play store, and install this app
Bluetooth Auto Connect....
simple and it works.
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Audioout_2 wakelocks

Hello,
I really tried to find an answer to my question but I couldn't. There is a thread in the Galaxy S3 forum but as I have a N4 and suggestions in the said thread did not help I'm trying here again.
As BBS tells me, Audioout_2 is causing a lot of wakelocks on my N4. In 10 hours of use, it caused 704 wakelocks (more than 50 minutes). I guess it is a lot since the next on the BBS list is Kakao talk with 9 minutes (280 times). The sound was turned off the whole time (vibrate only). And I don't have Viber installed (some people supposed that Viber caused the Audioout_2 wakelocks). I also turned off Google tts which was supposed to cause the problem too.
Does anyone know what Audioout_2 is and how to decrease the number and time of wakelocks?
Thank you very much in advance.
Edit: Running latest PA on latest franco kernel + some grammar corrections
Really? Am I the only one having this problem with a N4.
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I've read in a thread that the problem could be the touch sounds, try to deactivate them (touch sound, screen lock sound and keytones) and see if it desappears! (Reboot the phone after disabling those sound, in order to be sure)
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TheUnreaL said:
I've read in a thread that the problem could be the touch sounds, try to deactivate them (touch sound, screen lock sound and keytones) and see if it desappears! (Reboot the phone after disabling those sound, in order to be sure)
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I have the same problem. I've disabled touchsounds etc. a long time ago, so that's not the problem.
Really don't know what to do about those wakelocks...
Janne79 said:
Really? Am I the only one having this problem with a N4.
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You'll need to wait longer than 3 hours before coming to that sort of conclusion.
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TheUnreaL said:
I've read in a thread that the problem could be the touch sounds, try to deactivate them (touch sound, screen lock sound and keytones) and see if it desappears! (Reboot the phone after disabling those sound, in order to be sure)
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Thank you for the answer but that's definitely not the problem as I never ever used touch-, screenlock- or keysounds.
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You'll need to wait longer than 3 hours before coming to that sort of conclusion.
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Sorry, you're right, seems a bit impatient by me. But, it was 3 hours and 6 minutes No seriously, I'm sorry.
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Audio_2, so descriptive...
I have had the same problem with this strange wakelock on my N4 with stock google + franco kernel.
I am not sure when exactly it started to appear, so lets find some commonalities:
Do you have Calendar Snooze ( cannot post links yet ) installed ?
Andrey
PS (installed CyanogenMod without franco kernel 6 hours ago, lets see if it will reappear)
andrey.tch said:
Do you have Calendar Snooze ( cannot post links yet ) installed ?
Andrey
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Nope. But latest "rumor" I heard is that the haptic feedback causes the wakelock too. Turning off sounds is not enough. So I'll try to turn off haptic feedback after next charging too (even though I will miss it)
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I'm pretty sure audioout_2 comes up when you are listening to music or watching a video. I've been listening to music on spotify and I get that wakelock normally.
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I'm pretty sure audioout_2 comes up when you are listening to music or watching a video. I've been listening to music on spotify and I get that wakelock normally.
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I don't here any music on my phone. Maybe listening to music causes those wakelocks but there must be something else causing it too.
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Janne79 said:
Nope. But latest "rumor" I heard is that the haptic feedback causes the wakelock too. Turning off sounds is not enough. So I'll try to turn off haptic feedback after next charging too (even though I will miss it)
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I did not have haptic feedback, which pretty much rules it out for me. I did use music player though (3rd party, not internal one) over bluetooth. But somehow it was appearing when I did not listen to the music too, just drove and phone (wow... feels weird to call it like that) was connected to in-car bt audio
Seems to be haptic feedback. After I turned it off the wakelocks from Audioout_2 almost stayed the same (2 min in 2 hours)
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Janne79 said:
Seems to be haptic feedback. After I turned it off the wakelocks from Audioout_2 almost stayed the same (2 min in 2 hours)
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I am glad you have it solved for yourself. I will try to keep an eye on haptic thingy too.
Just a little update: Phone is unplugged for 3 hours now, haptic feedback off, wakelocks caused by Audioout_2 are down to 8 seconds (12 wakelocks). That's a huge improvement.
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Last update: 9hrs, 2 min with 63 wakelocks. I guess that's it, problem solved. I'm surprised how fast I got used to not using haptic feedback.
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Janne79 said:
Last update: 9hrs, 2 min with 63 wakelocks. I guess that's it, problem solved. I'm surprised how fast I got used to not using haptic feedback.
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I hate haptic feedback. it's annoying and a waste of power. Grrr.
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I love haptic feedback but it's a battery drainer indeed.
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Janne79 said:
I love haptic feedback but it's a battery drainer indeed.
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I'm glad you solved the problem. :thumbup:
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Strange I've been running all day (5hrs) with haptic on and I've only got 12 seconds (count 13) worth of wakelocks from audioout_2...
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rysup said:
Strange I've been running all day (5hrs) with haptic on and I've only got 12 seconds (count 13) worth of wakelocks from audioout_2...
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The whole Audioout_2 thing is strange. Some people solved the wakelock problem by uninstalling Viber, some by turning off system sounds only and in my case it obviously was the haptic feedback. I don't get it too but it solved my problem.
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Headset mic not working on CM

I'm on 10.2-20131122, CWM recovery, and whatever kernel came with this version. I have tried other builds. I tried a few 10.1 builds also all with the same issue. I have wired headphones with mic that worked fine on stock and works on my girlfriend's HTC one running CM 10.2. The button still works to skip songs and activate Google now, but when it comes time to talk it doesn't pick up anything through the mic. Any ideas? TIA
So nobody else is experiencing this?
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More of the same on the latest stable release.
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I'm on 10.2-20131122, CWM recovery, and whatever kernel came with this version. I have tried other builds. I tried a few 10.1 builds also all with the same issue. I have wired headphones with mic that worked fine on stock and works on my girlfriend's HTC one running CM 10.2. The button still works to skip songs and activate Google now, but when it comes time to talk it doesn't pick up anything through the mic. Any ideas? TIA
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I have just flashed the cm 10.2 stable version on my HTC oneX yestoday,and have the same problem with you.Would you pls let me know when you fix it?
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I just read this a minute ago. It could have something to do with it.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...sound-levels-on-headset-mics-fix-coming-soon/
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[Problem] Nexus 4 sound Issue(speaker).

Hey guys im in a big problem here, after few days of updating to kitkat, My dads mobile is having sound issues.
Its not working while:
-listening to any audio/video by speaker.
-Alarms.
-Hangouts video call.
but its working while:
- listening music by headphones
-If the phone rings.
As i said its my dad's phone so it isnt rooted or anything..completely stock. Please suggest me some good solutions here.
THanks.
Please any help would be appreciated..
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I wish I could help but mine is doing the same thing. I'm on CM11 nightly though so I thought it might be that.
Any help out there?
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Have you guys tried a full wipe with a factory reset? Also testing the device before bringing back any apps you have backed up? Sometimes you do a full wipe only to bring the problem back with a backup.
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My phone is having the same issue. I've rooted and installed many different ROMs. The last one I tried called Beanstalk installed with all the sound working properly but on the first reboot, the problem came back. I tried wiping an re-installing but the problem is still there, so it seems to be the luck of the draw. There is an app called Soundabout which you can install to route the sound to the speakers, but you would then have to go into the app to route the sound back to the headphones when you need. Very strange. I've seen many posts on different boards of people with the same issue but no true fix. I need to find a good android developer who knows the code well that could probably figure this out...but who that man could be I just don't know...
Are you still facing the problem?

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