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Dre Beats audio on SGS2...

Just a quick question.. It would seem this is mainly software that can be used on other devices? Is there any chance we could get this on our sgs2's...?

Please, mate, just look around. There's been 3 topics on this already.
Bottom line is it isn't possible, since it's for the HTCMusicplayer. And on top of that, it's just an equaliser.

petsasj said:
Please, mate, just look around. There's been 3 topics on this already.
Bottom line is it isn't possible, since it's for the HTCMusicplayer. And on top of that, it's just an equaliser.
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WTF why would some1 pay extra cash for a cheap eq setting?! lol i can get the same stuff with poweramp wich sells for only 3 or 4 Euros... LOL *cantstoploughing* at least they could have added a few gigs of extra memory to make it more attractive... "Beats Audio" LOL
EDIT: i think HTC will die (just like Nokia) quite soonish... i think, releasing every 3 Months a new phone isn't very intelligent... just my opinion...

Sorrow1994 said:
WTF why would some1 pay extra cash for a cheap eq setting?! lol i can get the same stuff with poweramp wich sells for only 3 or 4 Euros... LOL *cantstoploughing* at least they could have added a few gigs of extra memory to make it more attractive... "Beats Audio" LOL
EDIT: i think HTC will die (just like Nokia) quite soonish... i think, releasing every 3 Months a new phone isn't very intelligent... just my opinion...
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Well in their defence, they do come with Beats Headphones!

petsasj said:
Well in their defence, they do come with Beats Headphones!
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Big marketing gimmick, beats headphones themselves are overpriced for their performance, I've tried them and not all that great.
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nikzDHD said:
Big marketing gimmick, beats headphones themselves are overpriced for their performance, I've tried them and not all that great.
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I disagree. I tried them at best buy and they were truly amazing. But not worth 300 dollars and ****
Between the click of the light and the start of a dream.

Mylenthes said:
I disagree. I tried them at best buy and they were truly amazing. But not worth 300 dollars and ****
Between the click of the light and the start of a dream.
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Try something premium from senns, or even shure then you'll hear the difference. Depends on source of audio as well. Beats are not worth it at all any audiophile will tell you that.
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Not to mention if they put it on display - the point is to make it sound amazing so they attract customers..... =s

petsasj said:
Well in their defence, they do come with Beats Headphones!
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WOW Beats Headphones then, i have to get one! LOL
i think i'm gonna sell my SGS2, along my fiio e7 now and get one of these...

Isn't the audio hardware on the Galaxy S2 way too ****e to even want to do this? I mean with headphones in I can hear a hiss when I scroll! This was discussed in the Anandtech review of the S2:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4686/samsung-galaxy-s-2-international-review-the-best-redefined/13

It's not as **** as that with "Equalizer" app from "Smart Android Apps, LLC", simply the best from his category of the market actually, and you will have the EQ everywhere, not only on a music player

petsasj said:
Please, mate, just look around. There's been 3 topics on this already.
Bottom line is it isn't possible, since it's for the HTCMusicplayer. And on top of that, it's just an equaliser.
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I did search man.... Didnt see anything similar.. Have u got any links?

jangomango said:
I did search man.... Didnt see anything similar.. Have u got any links?
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I believe its speaker hardware along with the equalizer. And that means jack **** when you're using the headphone output.
And seriously, Beats are horrible and overpriced and you can get sound quality as good or better for 1/3 of the prices. We're not repeating the sentence for nothing, we know what we're talking about because some of us actually spend $500 and above just for headphones instead of ****ting it down on Beats.

KaliKot said:
...some of us actually spend $500 and above just for headphones instead of ****ting it down on Beats.
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Again, I point out the SGS2 audio output is garbage. I know you didn't buy the good headphones primarily to use with this (or any) phone. If anything, having any personal set of standards for audio quality will bring you great shame and sadness when you try listening to the sound that comes out of the 3.5mm jack on this device.

jangomango said:
I did search man.... Didnt see anything similar.. Have u got any links?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267428&highlight=beats
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1270418&highlight=beats

KaliKot said:
I believe its speaker hardware along with the equalizer. And that means jack **** when you're using the headphone output.
And seriously, Beats are horrible and overpriced and you can get sound quality as good or better for 1/3 of the prices. We're not repeating the sentence for nothing, we know what we're talking about because some of us actually spend $500 and above just for headphones instead of ****ting it down on Beats.
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What headphones do you recommand that are as good or better as beats and only 1/3 of the price?

zxz0O0 said:
What headphones do you recommand that are as good or better as beats and only 1/3 of the price?
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Sennheiser, beyerdynamic, both have models that thrash beats by dre for considerably less money, a well as models that will blow your mind (albeit for a price).
Of course, any good pair of headphones are also going to expose every flaw in both your music and the yamaha chip in the sgs2.
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i own a pair of akg k518
i had to turn down the bass a bit and they sit pretty thight in the first weeks if you have a bigger head.
but despite of that they deliver a very good quality for the price
i can recommend them (although im not shure about the price range of the beats)

netarchy said:
Sennheiser, beyerdynamic, both have models that thrash beats by dre for considerably less money, a well as models that will blow your mind (albeit for a price).
Of course, any good pair of headphones are also going to expose every flaw in both your music and the yamaha chip in the sgs2.
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Well I meant if you can recommand headphones, not brands. And if you say same quality or better than dre beats, are you talking about dre beats solo or what? Because a friend of me owns dre beats studio and it's the best I've ever heard. But too expensive for me

zxz0O0 said:
Well I meant if you can recommand headphones, not brands. And if you say same quality or better than dre beats, are you talking about dre beats solo or what? Because a friend of me owns dre beats studio and it's the best I've ever heard. But too expensive for me
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Give me a price range, I'll give you my recommendation.

Question for LG G2 owners, regarding external speaker decibels

One of the things which hold me from buying this phone, is the speakerphone decibel levels.
In the past, I had some phones with very low speakerphone levels, which led for many missed notifications (it happened mostly with notifications and not phone calls, because notification sound is much shorter).
I've seen GSMARENA's comparison of spkearphone decibel levels (attached image), and was quite shocked to see just how quiet the LG G2 speakerphone is. It is 10 decibels lower than the Galaxy S4 (10 decibels translate to twice as loud, for human hearing).
So, in your day to day experience with the LG G2, do you find yourself in situations that you missed a notification because of the quiet speakerphone ? how much of a problem are we talking here ? can you compare the notification volume to your last phone and conclude this is a real problem ?

notification sound is pretty loud enough imo.
Havent missed any notifications in loud places.
Video sound is a little quiet, but not the notification sounds
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Yeah, it's a little quiet, but there's a post somewhere around here about how to increase your speaker volume above factory specs if you're rooted... Haven't done mine yet because I'm not rooted yet

Well, I'm quite particular about this, thus I sold off the Xperia Z after 11 days of usage.
As for the LG, I'm running it for 2 weeks and still going good.
I did the hack as mentioned above and it's pretty much decent. Videos are pretty darn loud for me (MX player, using HW+ decoder).
Something to note is that the speaker placement is at the bottom. I feel that's the best place for a speaker on a phone. It will face out when you insert your phone headfirst. Also when laying on the desk, the speakers are not blocked (as opposed to the S4). All these help in delivering sounds more efficiently.

I've had the phone for a good 2 weeks now and haven't missed many notification or calls at all. The ringtones and notification tones that come with the phone are plenty loud.
Also, I agree with MasK about the bottom-facing speaker. It doesn't seem to get muffled at all sitting on a desk or even on a pillow on my couch, unlike my old RAZR MAXX.

MasK said:
Well, I'm quite particular about this, thus I sold off the Xperia Z after 11 days of usage.
As for the LG, I'm running it for 2 weeks and still going good.
I did the hack as mentioned above and it's pretty much decent. Videos are pretty darn loud for me (MX player, using HW+ decoder).
Something to note is that the speaker placement is at the bottom. I feel that's the best place for a speaker on a phone. It will face out when you insert your phone headfirst. Also when laying on the desk, the speakers are not blocked (as opposed to the S4). All these help in delivering sounds more efficiently.
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Hi, could you let me know how you did the hack?
Thanks.

You might say that I have been known to be a bit hard of hearing, but I have not really had any issues with the speaker or speaker phone with the G2. I have add these 2 apps:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.divi.volumebooster&hl=en
and I have the pro version for .99 cents of this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cb.volumePlus&hl=en
i hope this helps you

albundy9999 said:
Hi, could you let me know how you did the hack?
Thanks.
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This is what I did. Set the value to 65.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2442883
There's a ViperMOD as well and seem to get very good reviews. However, I could not get it to run. I've yet to troubleshoot it.

I find that picture hard to believe...the HTC one been getting BIG thumbs up for its speaker.

Will ViperMod work on T-Mobile variants? Can someone confirm?
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Ok guys,
I have the LG G2 D802.
There are 2 speaker grills, one on each side of the Micro USB port on the bottom of the phone. I noticed that only the Right Speaker on the phone is working. The Left one is not. My question is, DOES THE PHONE HAVE 2 SPEAKERS OR IS THE SPEAKER GRILL ON THE LEFT JUST FOR SHOW?

abhinavsg said:
Ok guys,
I have the LG G2 D802.
There are 2 speaker grills, one on each side of the Micro USB port on the bottom of the phone. I noticed that only the Right Speaker on the phone is working. The Left one is not. My question is, DOES THE PHONE HAVE 2 SPEAKERS OR IS THE SPEAKER GRILL ON THE LEFT JUST FOR SHOW?
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The second one is the mic
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gm007 said:
The second one is the mic
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LOL.
Thanks a lot for the clarification. I got really worried. :laugh:
btw buddy, dont you think that practically the volume of the speaker is a bit on the lower side? Also, imo the earpiece performance for calls is not the best possible like HTC One. Dont you think?

abhinavsg said:
LOL.
Thanks a lot for the clarification. I got really worried. :laugh:
btw buddy, dont you think that practically the volume of the speaker is a bit on the lower side? Also, imo the earpiece performance for calls is not the best possible like HTC One. Dont you think?
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Yes you are right but each phone has it's + and -
All have weak points at some place
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gm007 said:
Yes you are right but each phone has it's + and -
All have weak points at some place
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True, best part is, 802's positives weigh much more.
anyway any way we can enhance the speaker and earpiece without rooting?

abhinavsg said:
True, best part is, 802's positives weigh much more.
anyway any way we can enhance the speaker and earpiece without rooting?
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I don't think so
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abhinavsg said:
True, best part is, 802's positives weigh much more.
anyway any way we can enhance the speaker and earpiece without rooting?
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Oh yeah,
There is some chance to increase that low volume level without modding device please?
Many thanks guys
I've tried some apps like volume boost or music eq but don't seem work

diegocapassi said:
Oh yeah,
There is some chance to increase that low volume level without modding device please?
Many thanks guys
I've tried some apps like volume boost or music eq but don't seem work
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FiiO e11 and a BOSE speaker in the backpack with car battery, you wouldn't miss a notification at all

Has Samsung improved there stock earphones ?

Till dated Samsung note 123 all of them had poor quality earphones can we expect some good quality stock earphones out of the box.
What do you think ?
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People actually use the stock earphones!?
Mine have always been kept in the box, I have a semi-decent pair of earphones that I use daily. To be honest though, I doubt any phone ships with earphones that are actually worth using over even a fairly cheap pair of third party set.
So I wouldn't advise you rely on the Note 4 shipping with anything impressive!

Dan1909 said:
People actually use the stock earphones!?
Mine have always been kept in the box, I have a semi-decent pair of earphones that I use daily. To be honest though, I doubt any phone ships with earphones that are actually worth using over even a fairly cheap pair of third party set.
So I wouldn't advise you rely on the Note 4 shipping with anything impressive!
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We've companies like Iphone Apple earphones are decent,Nokia Inear ear plugs stock (lumia610) are excellent.
I also have my note 2 earphones still inside my box unused and I currently own a Nokia Coloud I am happy with them.

Isnt it up to each carrier? I know T-mobile is cheap and never include any headphone.

Consider it a bonus if they do. Highly unlikely that you will get a set of earbuds worth talking about. I personally don't care for them since I have my own Bluetooth earbuds.

aukhan said:
Till dated Samsung note 123 all of them had poor quality earphones can we expect some good quality stock earphones out of the box.
What do you think ?
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I both have note 2 and note 3 headphones also s4 and s5 headphones and i love them. For me note 2 and s5 headphones are the greatest. Note 2 headphones has great bass and treble balance. ( Actually it has the best bass over all sammy headphones ). Using them with 63 db kernel headphone boost and viper4android for clarity.It has poor cable quality though. This is my third in two years. S5 headphones are great too with 60 db of course. Music gets too loud on 63 db. Note 3 headphones are also great with 60db boost. In all of them s4 has the crappiest ones. Although it 'doesnt suck' at 57db i wouldn't prefer them.

chong67 said:
Isnt it up to each carrier? I know T-mobile is cheap and never include any headphone.
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verizon doesnt either. last phone that had headphones was s3 or s4?

chong67 said:
Isnt it up to each carrier? I know T-mobile is cheap and never include any headphone.
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My Tmobile Note 3 came with headphones.
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aukhan said:
Till dated Samsung note 123 all of them had poor quality earphones can we expect some good quality stock earphones out of the box.
What do you think ?
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You buy a $700 phone.... why would you not invest in some good earphones if you even like them?
Many providers don't include headphones anymore.
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chong67 said:
Isnt it up to each carrier? I know T-mobile is cheap and never include any headphone.
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Correct. They provided earphones, not headphones.

aukhan said:
Till dated Samsung note 123 all of them had poor quality earphones can we expect some good quality stock earphones out of the box.
What do you think ?
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I've never used stock earphones from my S3,S4,S5 Note 2,3,4. Always use the best earphones.
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Question for Audiophiles

What is the best setting for Quad DAC when it comes to balance?
Do I just leave it at -3db for left and right? Also, do I need to change anything else?
Thanks

hslayer said:
What is the best setting for Quad DAC when it comes to balance?
Do I just leave it at -3db for left and right? Also, do I need to change anything else?
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What sounds the best to you?
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EROMITLAB said:
What sounds the best to you?
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I actually can't tell the difference with the DAC on our off. I get more distortion with the DAC on

Yaboyjfresh said:
I actually can't tell the difference with the DAC on our off. I get more distortion with the DAC on
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Do you have a decent pair of he in? If it sounds better to you with it off I guess leaving it off would be the logical thing to do.
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With ear buds it sounds louder with high impedance cans it comes alive since they have juice to drive. I also feel it has better volume steps with it on probably as it's hardware volume vs software at that point?

Galaxy Buds: issues!!?

The Galaxy Buds fortunately came for free with my S10+, otherwise I will regret buying them, are crap, when doing a Whatsapp call one of them stop working and I need to put them in box, close it, and connect again. A pair of buds that costs more than US$100 that has this terrible behavior, terrible.
Sambug is going from worse to much worse, they are selling buggy stuff... (the s10+ deep battery not working well... and so on)
UPDATE 2 (4-APR-2019): The ASCA firmware update seems or made a positive change, now I have much less skipping and interruptions, I will continue trading this Buds but the connection really improved with the latest S10+ firmware

citytrader said:
The Galaxy Buds fortunately came for free with my S10+, otherwise I will regret buying them, are crap, when doing a Whatsapp call one of them stop working and I need to put them in box, close it, and connect again. A pair of buds that costs more than US$100 that has this terrible behavior, terrible.
Sambug is going from worse to much worse, they are selling buggy stuff... (the s10+ deep battery not working well... and so on)
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Maybe the need a SW update to fix that problem?

nightoooo said:
Maybe the need a SW update to fix that problem?
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Probably but as I know, all a experiencing this kind of behavior and Samsung is doing nothing...

citytrader said:
Probably but as I know, all a experiencing this kind of behavior and Samsung is doing nothing...
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Well that's sad, it should be working well because it's also from Samsung.

citytrader said:
The Galaxy Buds fortunately came for free with my S10+, otherwise I will regret buying them, are crap, when doing a Whatsapp call one of them stop working and I need to put them in box, close it, and connect again. A pair of buds that costs more than US$100 that has this terrible behavior, terrible.
Sambug is going from worse to much worse, they are selling buggy stuff... (the s10+ deep battery not working well... and so on)
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I've had this happen only once, other than that the headphones have been working very well and I use them daily. Got the headphones on March 6th along with my phone so I've used them for a while. I've had no problems with phone calls, video playback or music with these.
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Had mine since launch never had this issue. I've done all the updates so maybe that's why.
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MRDOCA said:
Had mine since launch never had this issue. I've done all the updates so maybe that's why.
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I have all the updates

I can't figure out why my Buds are loud when played on my Note 8 and S8+, but I can barely hear them on my S10+. I have the volume rocker all the way to the right.

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I can't figure out why my Buds are loud when played on my Note 8 and S8+, but I can barely hear them on my S10+. I have the volume rocker all the way to the right.
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It's probably because the bluetooth settings for the buds are configured lower on the S10. It's a weird problem, but if you want, try looking either at the bluetooth settings or the gear settings for volume control. Otherwise, turn on Dolby Atmos sound; it boosts sound levels.

I'm very picky and I love mine. Best BT wireless yet for me and they crank with nice bass with Dolby atmos on... dont know why some peeps are hating on them....there is a lot of issues in general with PIE and Whatsapp.... crapapp glad I dont use it lol

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It's probably because the bluetooth settings for the buds are configured lower on the S10. It's a weird problem, but if you want, try looking either at the bluetooth settings or the gear settings for volume control. Otherwise, turn on Dolby Atmos sound; it boosts sound levels.
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Yeah I already tried Dolby and adjusted the EQ settings in the Galaxy Buds settings....nothing worked. I'm going to try factory resetting.

What's up with these stupid posts? Just report to Samsung and waiting for an update, no need to make drama here.

iteam said:
I'm very picky and I love mine. Best BT wireless yet for me and they crank with nice bass with Dolby atmos on... dont know why some peeps are hating on them....there is a lot of issues in general with PIE and Whatsapp.... crapapp glad I dont use it lol
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I have the gear iconx, the Bose free SoundSport, the Jabra 65t and the Galaxy buds. The best hands down is the Jabra 65t better sound better comfort no weird sound drop every now and again. Samsung are good at innovation and starting trends but they get caught up and left behind quite often.
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jutaejrtouch said:
Yeah I already tried Dolby and adjusted the EQ settings in the Galaxy Buds settings....nothing worked. I'm going to try factory resetting.
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The old app in my note9 had an additional volume control so even if the phone was all the way up there was still some additional gain to be had. But in the s10+ app, it's not there. I wish mine were a bit louder too.
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Factory resetting fixed my problem......

Have had them for over a week or so, no issues with disconnects nor Whatsapp. Works perfectly fine.

Great buds. Just wish they were a little louder

I'm surprised by the bad experiences with these. I've had mine since last Friday. So far, I've had no issues with the battery life being crap or disconnecting. In fact, I've had the opposite. Battery life been very solid and they immediately connect to my s10+ seemingly as soon as I lift them out of the case.
Sound quality is also very good.
Now, would I spend $150 on them? No...but that being said, you'd be very hard pressed to see me spend anywhere near that kind of money on ANY headphones.
I guess it's entirely possible that some got a bad batch or something...
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Mine work great

jutaejrtouch said:
I can't figure out why my Buds are loud when played on my Note 8 and S8+, but I can barely hear them on my S10+. I have the volume rocker all the way to the right.
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After reading online the buds are to be set in the gear wearable app : EQ, parameters, configuration, etc.
I got mine today and after 2 tryouts have considered selling them as 1/ I have issue to wear/adjust properly in the my ears (hard to go thru the canal), 2/ the sound quality seems worse than my Jays not needing charging (worse than my previous klipsch) and they came in white.. like the silicon case they offered me for the delivery delays that came in.. black.. .. for a green S10+...
Indeed, volume is natively less with the buds I had to go max compared to the Jays (but I didn't take the time to open samsung gear/weatable)

They're not bad. I got the Pamu Scroll on an Indigogo special and they're really a top of the line contender. Way more bass and depth of sound. I'm glad to have the Buds as backup and think I have to put time in to optimize.