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Just picked my xoom up this afternoon. I'm enjoying it thus far but noticed a kind of crackly sound when playing music at full or close to full volume. Has anyone elze noticed this? Possible defective speaker or is that just how it sounds? It is very noticable on the WY clef song that came on the device.
i haven't noticed it on mine. What I have noticed is that the sound has to be turned up quite a bit nearly all the time.
Tujin said:
Just picked my xoom up this afternoon. I'm enjoying it thus far but noticed a kind of crackly sound when playing music at full or close to full volume. Has anyone elze noticed this? Possible defective speaker or is that just how it sounds? It is very noticable on the WY clef song that came on the device.
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I hear some slight distortion at full volume. If I drop it down one notch, it seems to be fine.
keitht said:
I hear some slight distortion at full volume. If I drop it down one notch, it seems to be fine.
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Yeah I was over by the verizon store earlier and compared mine to the display model and it sounded the same. Not really a huge deal.
Tujin said:
Yeah I was over by the verizon store earlier and compared mine to the display model and it sounded the same. Not really a huge deal.
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Not at all. I would rather have the option to see how far it can go than have volume too low because people complain.
Hi, I am going to buy ZE550KL. I read in a review that sound output from loudspeaker is very low. Is it true? I use loudspeaker a lot in my phone calls. Will it be a problem for me?
heartbrake said:
Will it be a problem for me?
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If you turn off ASUS AudioWizard, the sound of loudspeaker will be low.
Valeev said:
If you turn off ASUS AudioWizard, the sound of loudspeaker will be low.
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How low is it (a comparison with something would be great)? Can it fill a room? I own a Galaxy S advance and the sound on it is so low that sometimes I can't even hear the ringtone when I am near the room the phone is kept in.
heartbrake said:
How low is it (a comparison with something would be great)? Can it fill a room? I own a Galaxy S advance and the sound on it is so low that sometimes I can't even hear the ringtone when I am near the room the phone is kept in.
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I can't make a compare but the loudspeaker is pretty loud with max volume and activated AudioWizard. Sound can fill my room.
Valeev said:
I can't make a compare but the loudspeaker is pretty loud with max volume and activated AudioWizard. Sound can fill my room.
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Thanks. One last thing. Is the phone call audio output via loudspeaker good or not? Most of the time I am taking calls on loudspeaker.
heartbrake said:
Thanks. One last thing. Is the phone call audio output via loudspeaker good or not? Most of the time I am taking calls on loudspeaker.
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I can't say anything about it, I used loudspeaker for call for only one time. Loudspeaker worked fine though.
Flash dolby n speaker sound will be loud then
Got the phone and I am using it for quite a few days. The loudspeaker is fine. It's not too low as mentioned in reviews. It's lower than some smartphones like Moto G. But it is still loud enough to fill the room with Asus audio wizard. I found this phone better than Moto G in many ways and for the price I have to say I am impressed with it. Only downside is the Camera which is average in inadequate lighting but hey for the price I paid I really can't complain. ZenUI is awesome. I am coming from Touchwiz which is crap and laggy compared to ZenUI. Call quality is also really good. Overall Excellent phone. For those having doubts about loudspeaker's capability just don't doubt and GO FOR IT. I recommend this phone for the low price and the quality and functionality it provides
Edit: I forgot to mention the amazing battery life I am getting on ZFL2. 5 hours of SOT and 2 days standby which will only get better when it gets Android 6.0 with DOZE. One of the best battery life I have seen in an Android phone.
Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the Samsung Galaxy Note 8's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.
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Had some time with note 8 display unit in Samsung store. I liked everything, but the external speaker. It is too high pitched, making listening to it a discomfort. I had the same issue with Note 7.
Today will go there again to double check. So far, this is the only thing holding me from preordering this phone
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Abu-khulzat said:
Had some time with note 8 display unit in Samsung store. I liked everything, but the external speaker. It is too high pitched, making listening to it a discomfort. I had the same issue with Note 7.
Today will go there again to double check. So far, this is the only thing holding me from preordering this phone
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I really miss the nexus 6p speakers.
For me, note 5 speaker was the best of all note phones. It was loud and had much more bass
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marvi0 said:
I really miss the nexus 6p speakers.
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I'm using a 6P right now but will preorder the Note 8 when it will be available in my country.
I'm afraid of the speaker quality on the Note 8 because it's so frickin' good on the 6P.
Had some more time with note 8 display units in Samsung store. I was surprised to find out that equalizer settings were applicable to the external speaker sound. For some reason I had been thinking that those settings are for earphones only.
So I reduced the high frequencies and that's it, the sound became much more better without causing discomfort for the hearing. For those who will find volume level low, you can boost all frequencies and get much louder sound.
Finally I made my pre-order for a black 64 GB unit.
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What about the clarity and crispness of sound? Samsung aren't known for.producing good sound even their TVs speakers are poor.
After using Axon 7 and nexus 6p I've got used to good loud clear speakers, this is my major concern with note 8.
For music it's miles away from iPhone 7 (not Plus, I have the "small" one) but not in the good way, it has smaller amount of bass and is more high pitched. I use my phone to play some music in a dinner room or in the bathroom so this is kind of disadvantage on Note 8 side.
Don't have any comparison on calling loudness and clarity but for music... it's shame that Sammy didn't make a stereo setup like Apple did with iPhone 7 which helped a lot.
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For music it's miles away from iPhone 7 (not Plus, I have the "small" one) but not in the good way, it has smaller amount of bass and is more high pitched. I use my phone to play some music in a dinner room or in the bathroom so this is kind of disadvantage on Note 8 side.
Don't have any comparison on calling loudness and clarity but for music... it's shame that Sammy didn't make a stereo setup like Apple did with iPhone 7 which helped a lot.
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You're saying you'd be glad to give up your headphone jack for dual speakers?
Honestly, Samsung should've followed Sony, HTC, or other phone companies that enabled speaker output from the earpiece alongside with the main speaker.
Lol hell no, I am not saying this. I am talking about the dual speaker setup you mentioned also.
Absence of jack is different story, maybe even fairy tail of greedy king who wanted to make all customers to buy wireless headphones which are expensive and most of them sh**ty af. Don't worry, that's what I hate about iPhone 7 the most from the start.
Coming from a 6P using Arise, in comparison, the Note 8 speaker is horrible.
Maybe I need to get acclimated to it, but I can hardly hear my alerts and texts as they come in. With notifications volume cranked to 11, switching ringtones in an area where a conversations happening, I really can't hear the tones. It sucks to be honest.
It's not a deal breaker but if I miss to many texts it could be. My 6p speakers are freaking amazing....Almost as amazing as the screen on my Note 8!
The speakers poor quality is absolutely the only thing on this device that I am not happy with
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Coming from a 6P using Arise, in comparison, the Note 8 speaker is horrible.
Maybe I need to get acclimated to it, but I can hardly hear my alerts and texts as they come in. With notifications volume cranked to 11, switching ringtones in an area where a conversations happening, I really can't hear the tones. It sucks to be honest.
It's not a deal breaker but if I miss to many texts it could be. My 6p speakers are freaking amazing....Almost as amazing as the screen on my Note 8!
The speakers poor quality is absolutely the only thing on this device that I am not happy with
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You are right the speaker on this phone gets a thumbs down. But everything else is great. I can live with that.
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jason504 said:
You are right the speaker on this phone gets a thumbs down. But everything else is great. I can live with that.
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It's not as bad as I guess I made it out to be but it's not an impressive speaker. However this phone is so bad ass that a little less volume is tolerable. I'm so impressed with everything else on it, I feel like an idiot for complaining that the one speaker isn't as loud as my 6p's 2!
Love my Note8 and happy to have my 6p as a backup!
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It's not as bad as I guess I made it out to be but it's not an impressive speaker. However this phone is so bad ass that a little less volume is tolerable. I'm so impressed with everything else on it, I feel like an idiot for complaining that the one speaker isn't as loud as my 6p's 2!
Love my Note8 and happy to have my 6p as a backup!
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Ha ha ha you are correct.
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Is there anything like a mod with no root to boost and or tweak the speaker settings?
iteam said:
Is there anything like a mod with no root to boost and or tweak the speaker settings?
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I remember there was a mod on the LG G5 that would let you use your earpiece as a twitter and you regular bottom speaker as a woofer and it sounded great. I which wi would see something similar on the Note 8.
Edu616 said:
I remember there was a mod on the LG G5 that would let you use your earpiece as a twitter and you regular bottom speaker as a woofer and it sounded great. I which wi would see something similar on the Note 8.
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I think we would need root for mods like that.. I don't want to root... I wish we could do that. It kills me that I was comparing my S8 to my Note 8 yesterday and I then realized how much louder and still clear the S8 was over the Note 8. Now the size of it in my pocket and the dismal speaker loudness are the 2 things making me want to go back to the S8 until the S9.... I've only got 6 days to make my move..... Anyone else know of anything that can be done to boost external volume??
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This works without root!!! Speaker Booster from the play store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.omegacentauri.SpeakerBoost&hl=en
be careful, I found 10-20% boost was enough!!!
Must say the speaker phone sound quite good. Still want stereo dual speakers but a step upfrom my S6 edge+.
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That speaker boost app isn't working on my unlocked note 8 on Sprint FYI?
Miss my axon 7 speakers..note 8 is not nearly as loud. But still like the phone overall
Just got my 6gb Variant today in grey colour, the screen is a bit too warm for my taste and turning it cooler makes it look ugly, also I think brightness is not as good as note 5 pro. it has purer whites and gets way too brighter than this phone. But I guess I can live with it given stock android is way better than ****ty miui. What is bothering me is poor audio quality in headphones and over Bluetooth too. I'm coming from iPhone and redmi note 3 and comparatively, they both get very loud than this also sound quality is superior to this phone.. I can live with other shortcomings like the poor camera (hopefully gcam will fix most of the issues there) and warmer screen but the sound quality is very important. Is there a way to fix this? or I'll have to learn to live with it :\
Root and instal v4a.
PS: For me sound quality is good even though its not loud but enough for my tastes.
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Just got my 6gb Variant today in grey colour, the screen is a bit too warm for my taste and turning it cooler makes it look ugly, also I think brightness is not as good as note 5 pro. it has purer whites and gets way too brighter than this phone. But I guess I can live with it given stock android is way better than ****ty miui. What is bothering me is poor audio quality in headphones and over Bluetooth too. I'm coming from iPhone and redmi note 3 and comparatively, they both get very loud than this also sound quality is superior to this phone.. I can live with other shortcomings like the poor camera (hopefully gcam will fix most of the issues there) and warmer screen but the sound quality is very important. Is there a way to fix this? or I'll have to learn to live with it :\
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Me too brought the 6gb variant and flashed RR Rom. me also facing the same issue the call quality. The person at the other end of phone cant hear my voice clearly. This happens three or four times in a five minute call.
are you facing the same problem? I thought coming back to stock Rom will fix this..:crying:
GryTEcHoG said:
Root and instal v4a.
PS: For me sound quality is good even though its not loud but enough for my tastes.
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Thanks will try it
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Me too brought the 6gb variant and flashed RR Rom. me also facing the same issue the call quality. The person at the other end of phone cant hear my voice clearly. This happens three or four times in a five minute call.
are you facing the same problem? I thought coming back to stock Rom will fix this..:crying:
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I was so busy unlocking bootloader and rooting I forgot to check the main function of it lol just tried calling and it works perfectly on my phone. I would not install any roms on this phone, buying a phone with stock android was to avoid flashing roms, as almost all roms have some issues. I'm just going to use stock firmware with root, adblocker and gcam and that's about it. I want stability more than the features. try going back to stock android with a locked bootloader and all. if that still doesn't fix it, get a replacement from Flipkart maybe there is a hardware issue with your device. The only sound issue I've is, it is not as loud as iPhone or my Redmi Note 3 but rest seems to be in order. Hope this helps. Cheers.
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What is bothering me is poor audio quality in headphones and over Bluetooth too. \
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I faced the same issue, the audio volume and quality was low on bluetooth (Headset/Car Audio). Flashed Firehound and that problem is resolved, though the sound is still a bit bright for my taste.
majiglobal said:
Me too brought the 6gb variant and flashed RR Rom. me also facing the same issue the call quality. The person at the other end of phone cant hear my voice clearly. This happens three or four times in a five minute call.
are you facing the same problem? I thought coming back to stock Rom will fix this..:crying:
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I am also facing the same bad call quality and low bluetooth audio.
paradise220 said:
I am also facing the same bad call quality and low bluetooth audio.
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Your rom and kernal please
majiglobal said:
Your rom and kernal please
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Fully stock with latest update.
Try this for wired headsets
https://forum.xda-developers.com/as...rease-audio-quality-earphonepoweramp-t3822791
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Fully stock with latest update.
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I am using RR ROM since I got this device.
Didn't check call quality for bluetooth issue in stock ROM.
I did my research and found out that call quality may get better after 3 or 4 days in stock.
Don't know about custom ROMs though.
I am going back to stock after couple of hours.
Let me check and confirm the bug.
Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the ASUS ROG Phone II's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
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Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the ASUS ROG Phone II's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.
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Hopefully I can let you know next week or week after next ?
I've just set all volume to maximum and I launched a video on YouTube… it is so LOUD and so CLEAN... and AGAIN so LOUD.... that I have to be very careful, or else, with my alarm clock on 07:00 AM, i will probably wake up every neighbors! The audio power of this device is somewhat insane!!!
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I've just set all volume to maximum and I launched a video on YouTube… it is so LOUD and so CLEAN... and AGAIN so LOUD.... that I have to be very careful, or else, with my alarm clock on 07:00 AM, i will probably wake up every neighbors! The audio power of this device is somewhat insane!!!
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So does it crackle at full volume...?
Thank you
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So does it crackle at full volume...?
Thank you
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It depends on the stream quality. With a good rate music, it doesn't crackle at all.
With low quality music, it crackles just a bit and only with Outdoor mode on.
Tho, when you activate Outdoor mode, a warning message tells you that Outdoor mode increases the loudness even more, but the quality will decrease.
Speakerphone while on call
I am awaiting speakerphone (when on a phone call) clarity and loudness feedback. Not youtube, video etc
NAAJIM, how is speakerphone when on call? I am asking Not on YouTube or video but while speaking on call how's speakerphone?
Unfortunately, for me, sound quality is better samsung s10 plus (my wife's device) than this rog 2, clarity at loud volume is good but not the best.
It yes, this device had loud stereo speakers, but if we talk about clarity and quality, i think samsung s10 plus is better
Or there's some setting that can catch up the s10 plus, idk
The speaker on the phone is bombastic.
lamboyholic said:
Unfortunately, for me, sound quality is better samsung s10 plus (my wife's device) than this rog 2, clarity at loud volume is good but not the best.
It yes, this device had loud stereo speakers, but if we talk about clarity and quality, i think samsung s10 plus is better
Or there's some setting that can catch up the s10 plus, idk
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Dude... S10+ sound like **** compare to ROG 2, in any way.
Linuxkek said:
Dude... S10+ sound like **** compare to ROG 2, in any way.
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Note 10 plus
Speakers is **** besides my rog 2
Same as all low branded with dual speaker phones.
bkcobra said:
Same as all low branded with dual speaker phones.
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You don't have this phone,stop spreading s..t.
marian daciu said:
You don't have this phone,stop spreading s..t.
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1. You must never have mutile phones that have same build concept as rog phone, 2. You must really like the phone and your a child on the internet 3. U mad of the truth ? Try playjng life after at full graphics and see the heat on the side of the phone then wipe your tears.
bkcobra said:
Same as all low branded with dual speaker phones.
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Wrong
Speakers are amazing
rowihel2012 said:
Wrong
Speakers are amazing
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Sure, or your just lying to ur self bcuz u paid loads of moneg in a phone ?
pewpewze or bkcobra,get a life, grown up and try to not being such inflammable against people who have another wiew about the rog 2 phone, people who HAVE this phone.
Stop discussion with you.
marian daciu said:
pewpewze or bkcobra,get a life, grown up and try to not being such inflammable against people who have another wiew about the rog 2 phone, people who HAVE this phone.
Stop discussion with you.
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Ah, this "bkcobra" guy commented on every real life review post (negatively).
If you didn't like the phone after buying (which I'm pretty sure you didn't even own one), just return, damn it.
Sharma_Ji said:
Ah, this "bkcobra" guy commented on every real life review post (negatively).
If you didn't like the phone after buying (which I'm pretty sure you didn't even own one), just return, damn it.
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Just because he's telling the truth you dont need to be an asshole with him
6.000 mah battery with screen on 25%, 60hz refresh rate, deactivated google apps and sevices, no android services opened and disabled, example: Lift phone to ear to answer calls, everything stock twinkered and like i said disabled or opened, battery lasts 2 days with minimum usage, youtube / facebook / some calls / 2-3 hours total usage per day, this is a fake battery marketing, i had years phones that has 5000 mah battery and lasted longer.
So i dont get if you guys are children with little or less knowledge or plain stupid. ( Or payd by asus for advertise this positive , just like all the "youtubers" )
Awesome clarity and loudness
Speakers on their own are the loudest I've ever encountered. (previous phones include HTC one m7, m9 and razer phone).
One thing is if put on outdoor mode the clarity degrades a bit. though with the fairly high boost in volume this is understandable.