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[Q] Really quiet microphone. Normal?

Hi guys, I didn't see anything posted here about this so maybe it's just my phone, but does anyone else seem to have a quiet microphone? People are telling me they can barely hear me. I notice this issue on all ROMs including stock, and even though I have the phone NV unlocked for AT&T, even the sound recorder app is playing back my audio at a low volume.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is there any fix (software or hardware)?

If you have taken the phone to the gym and sweat or simply haven't cleaned out the mic area that will probably fixture issue. I took the phone to the gym a couple times and my fiance couldn't hear me afterwards whatsoever. Cleaned the mic and all of as back to normal.
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Jersey846 said:
If you have taken the phone to the gym and sweat or simply haven't cleaned out the mic area that will probably fixture issue. I took the phone to the gym a couple times and my fiance couldn't hear me afterwards whatsoever. Cleaned the mic and all of as back to normal.
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Hmm, well the mic area looked clean to me, but this was a pre-owned phone I bought from Swappa so I'm not sure if the previous owner did anything. In any case, I called some friends and they said they could hear me fine. I don't know if cleaning the mic did the trick, because using a voice recorder app it still sounds low, but as long as other people can hear what I say, I'm fine with it. Thanks a lot for your help!

phantomsniper773 said:
Hmm, well the mic area looked clean to me, but this was a pre-owned phone I bought from Swappa so I'm not sure if the previous owner did anything. In any case, I called some friends and they said they could hear me fine. I don't know if cleaning the mic did the trick, because using a voice recorder app it still sounds low, but as long as other people can hear what I say, I'm fine with it. Thanks a lot for your help!
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Glad it's working better.. let me know if it persists and I'll do some more research.

I recently snagged an M from Craigslist. The phone is in pretty much brand new condition, not a scratch on this thing, the guy even threw in a brand new Otter Box case for it. It works great, except for the terrible mic quality. No matter who I call, they all complain about the quality, whether I have 5 bars of 4G or not. I've downloaded a few voice recorder apps, and they seem to record in fairly reasonable quality, so I'm not quite sure what the deal is. I've been looking for any reference to poor mic quality for the xt907 for a few days now and this is one of maybe 3 threads on the topic. So obviously it's not a very widespread issue. But I'd still like to be able to use my new phone without resorting to Bluetooth or a wired headset.
Does anyone have any experience with this issue? Or replacing the actual physical mic inside the phone? I've found replacement parts here and there, but they all just say 'XT907 Replacement Mic" etc. If someone has an actual model/part number for the microphone, or know where to find it, I'd greatly appreciate the info.
For the OP, when you cleaned your mic, how exactly did you go about it? I've hit it with compressed air but I haven't taken the phone apart yet.
Thanks again for any help.

WusteHase said:
I recently snagged an M from Craigslist. The phone is in pretty much brand new condition, not a scratch on this thing, the guy even threw in a brand new Otter Box case for it. It works great, except for the terrible mic quality. No matter who I call, they all complain about the quality, whether I have 5 bars of 4G or not. I've downloaded a few voice recorder apps, and they seem to record in fairly reasonable quality, so I'm not quite sure what the deal is. I've been looking for any reference to poor mic quality for the xt907 for a few days now and this is one of maybe 3 threads on the topic. So obviously it's not a very widespread issue. But I'd still like to be able to use my new phone without resorting to Bluetooth or a wired headset.
Does anyone have any experience with this issue? Or replacing the actual physical mic inside the phone? I've found replacement parts here and there, but they all just say 'XT907 Replacement Mic" etc. If someone has an actual model/part number for the microphone, or know where to find it, I'd greatly appreciate the info.
For the OP, when you cleaned your mic, how exactly did you go about it? I've hit it with compressed air but I haven't taken the phone apart yet.
Thanks again for any help.
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Compressed air would probably work, I just blew into it to clear any dust, and I tried to take a small microfiber cloth and insert the corner into the mic piece just in case there was any extra dust, though the mic hole was pretty clean to begin with.
I mostly had the problem when I called my dad though, and I found out the problem was a problem with the earpiece in the Droid 2 Global that my dad was using. When I switched him to an older Sony Ericsson w518a, the voice still seemed a *tiny* bit quieter than I think it should, but by no means was it as bad as with the Droid 2 Global.
tl;dr: I pretty much came to the conclusion that the earpiece of the other person was faulty, not the mic of the Razr M.

I also have the same issue with the outgoing voice quality of the Razr M. After a lot of researching I have come to the conclusion that it is actually the Noise-Cancelling feature of the phone that is not tuned correctly or outright defective on some devices. The secondary mic is located on top of the back camera. If you try to cover it completely with tape or something rigid, the voice quality improves somewhat.
Since the default phone application is the only one that seems to utilize the noise cancelling feature, it also seems to be the only one that suffers from horrendous outgoing voice quality. All my other apps that use a mic, like Viber, Voice recorder and VoIP apps, do not have this problem.
There is no way to disable this feature, on some phones it's a simple toggle but not on the Razr M with JB. I know of other mods where it can be disabled in the Phone.apk by disassembling it and removing the lines of code that way, but I have no knowledge of doing that. If someone is able to shed some light on this process, please help us out.

Problem with noise suppression, nothing else. Try to remove second mic from the board.

SGS5 earpiece speaker crackle/vibration when on phone

Hi guys,
I am now on my 6th Galaxy S5 due to various sensor/build quality issues. Finally I got a handset working fine, however it seems there may still be a problem.
I do not want to exchange it again if it is a product 'characteristic' if you like, and was wondering if you guys can help.
At full volume you can sometimes here a bit of distortion/crackling from the ear piece speaker (NOT the loud speaker at the back of the phone).
I don't have anything to compare it with and my Galaxy S4 doesn't do this (only ever so slightly, if anything).
If I reduce the volume it is greatly reduced but is still present.
Does anyone else have this. Can they test theres at full volume and test it out for me please?
TIA

I just tried it during a phone call and my phone does not have any distortion.
It could perhaps also be caused by a low signal producing white noise, just something for you to take into consideration.
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declan8888 said:
I just tried it during a phone call and my phone does not have any distortion.
It could perhaps also be caused by a low signal producing white noise, just something for you to take into consideration.
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Thanks, it seems to be on all calls - even pre-recorded messages like when you dial 150 on EE.
Its kind of like the speaker is rattling at certain pitches of the voice on the other end. I've compared it with the S4 and the S4 is crisp with the same. However the volume is less on the S4 than the S5 too (when set at full volume on both phones).

Hi, this will seem dumb, but try to put your mouth on the ear speaker and blow in it and suck out.
This will move the speaker cone and chances are it will put it back in place.
Good luck. It worked for me.

Wholy Shi7 this worked!!!!!!!

Galaxy S7 Edge Speaker Quality????

Has anyone heard anything as far as the speaker quality?

???????
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I'd imagine it's the same as the note 5 and s6e+.

What above said.
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A single speaker, and the waterproofing won't help. Don't expect anything spectacular.

I tested this out earlier today. The speaker is just like my note 5

So it's not the rumored 1.5W speaker?
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good enough for a phone

I mean like......it's a phone speaker now, if ya wanna rock - get a bluetooth portable speaker

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So it's not the rumored 1.5W speaker?
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even if it was a 1.5W speaker the protective coating would diminish it a bit especially for such a small driver.

How do you figure? Note 5 isn't waterproof lol. And as for the single speaker, I think there is another speaker in the ear part at the top. 1.2w I think. And the bottom one is a 1.5w

Bradikitty said:
How do you figure? Note 5 isn't waterproof lol. And as for the single speaker, I think there is another speaker in the ear part at the top. 1.2w I think. And the bottom one is a 1.5w
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The S7/EDGE are water proof which I was refering to.

I have asked on another thread, but I wonder for those who have tested the speakers whether you have used the HTC devices with front facing speakers, how does the s7 edge compare to them? I ask as if I was to get the S7 edge, I'd be coming from the HTC One M9+.

its like low end Skoda to high end Mercedes

glensta said:
I mean like......it's a phone speaker now, if ya wanna rock - get a bluetooth portable speaker
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Or just use headphones.

S7 edge earspeaker distortion.

Hi guys
I am back to this forum after so many years. I am having this issue with international version of S7 edge. The problem is even though this is my second unit (I replaced the first one for the same reason) the ear speaker has slight distortion and it sounds like the speaker is blown slightly especially with very limited frequencies.
Please advise is this normal? Any solutions.
Thanks.

Saaduk said:
Hi guys
I am back to this forum after so many years. I am having this issue with international version of S7 edge. The problem is even though this is my second unit (I replaced the first one for the same reason) the ear speaker has slight distortion and it sounds like the speaker is blown slightly especially with very limited frequencies.
Please advise is this normal? Any solutions.
Thanks.
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Are you sure it isn't the signal? I have distortion from time to time. Depending were I am at the time of the call. I thought my earpiece was messed up but it works fine. This phone is weird man. Phone # that are no longer connected it won't ring it'll beep 3-4 times and won't even bother sending the call. I think it's normal unless you hear your earpiece distorted all the time then it's a problem I'd assume.
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Stupid speaker problem on my new Galaxy S7 Edge

Hi.
I had galaxy S5 , recently I've bought a new galaxy s7 edge, now I have a stupid problem with speaker loudness.
S7 edge speaker has too loud volume, for example when I decrease volume of notification to minimum still it has too loud sound.
its unbearable. is that normal ?????????

I just returned my s7 edge due to a speaker issue, i thought switching to an android from iphone was gonna be awesome....? Nope, sound quality sucked the thing popped and people sounded far away, and i had a friend. Call me from his s7 and his was crystal clear mine on his end and when he switched me phones sounded like crap
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J2048b said:
I just returned my s7 edge due to a speaker issue, i thought switching to an android from iphone was gonna be awesome....? Nope, sound quality sucked the thing popped and people sounded far away, and i had a friend. Call me from his s7 and his was crystal clear mine on his end and when he switched me phones sounded like crap
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thank you, but its not my answer.
Is that only my problem or its usual on all s7 edges ???

linkerss said:
Hi.
I had galaxy S5 , recently I've bought a new galaxy s7 edge, now I have a stupid problem with speaker loudness.
S7 edge speaker has too loud volume, for example when I decrease volume of notification to minimum still it has too loud sound.
its unbearable. is that normal ?????????
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Sometimes i have this problem too!!
You're phone is rooted or not? Me the problem is because i have viper..I desactivate and after reactivate Viper and it's work

I've used my s7 edge to calls all types of phones and after asking them if the call is crystal clear they've said yes.
Sometimes it can depend on signal strength from the network too.