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Sound output too low on ZE550KL

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.

Call quality

When you call granny, does she keep saying "Huh?! Wut?!" or does the conversation flow pretty well? Rate this thread to express how you feel about the Nokia 8's call quality. A higher rating indicates that calls are clear and crisp, and that regardless of background noise, you can hear the other party clearly (and with ample volume) and they can hear you.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

i got my nokia thuesday, and think that its better then the samsung s7 i also got, clear speak and sound

Important to me before buying n8, love to see more feedback.

call quality is very good, better than other high end smartphones on the market now

leonausvigilasci said:
call quality is very good, better than other high end smartphones on the market now
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I can agree here.. Very good quality

audio is good but I am not sure about the reception. I had an incoming call from a landline number and every time the person on the other end was quite the audio was like on mute, no background noises no static nothing. When the person starts to talk everything back to normal. Not sure why it happened but happened only once out of 3 calls from the same number,

has anyone noticed that when talking over 4G there's a HD icon on the phone app? When this appears the call is of higher quality

People on the other side keep complaining about random inaudible audio moments

paeschli said:
People on the other side keep complaining about random inaudible audio moments
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Same here. When phone is in horizontal position, i.e. on table, speaker is unusable, other side can't understand me. Probably back mic gets muted and confuses software with audio processing. Stock headphones are also unusable for calls. In normal mode calls are pretty decent. I'm on TA-1012.
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Very good audio!

It has a really good microphone but if you want to unleash the real quality then I recommend tuning onto VoLTE and VoWifi. If your wireless network is decent you'll expirience far better calls quality.

People on the other side keep complaining about audio cutting out fom time to time. Any way to fix this?

Yepp, when You say nothing in call there is a audio cut off.
General Audio processing in voice notes , calls , video recording is not so good as in my xperia z5 compact.
The sony produces much better audio

call quality is very good, better than other high end smartphones on the market now

Call quality

When you call granny, does she keep saying "Huh?! Wut?!" or does the conversation flow pretty well? Rate this thread to express how you feel about the OnePlus 7 Pro's call quality. A higher rating indicates that calls are clear and crisp, and that regardless of background noise, you can hear the other party clearly (and with ample volume) and they can hear you.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

The call quality on the oneplus 7 pro has been very good and actually does better at holding a signal in weak areas than my HTC U11 did.

The call quality is grate but there is more crackling in called when calling someone on att from the TMobile usage oneplus 7 pro. Could be that the att phone has a week signal. Just wish battery was better other then that the phone on TMobile is wonderful

Call ne

I also notice some cracking in the sound while having a regular call. That cracking was not there with my OnePlus 2, same carrier and SIM card.

Call quality is fantastic.
When switching from Bluetooth to phone, a weird little delay that I didn't have on the 5t.

I'm a bit confused by the call quality. I'm calling OnePlus users, Pocophone users, Huawei and Xiaomi Mi 9 users.
When calling them while they drive and have it connected to the car, everything is okay. They are all loud and clear.
When calling "normal", I can easily hear the Pocophone user as well as the Huawei user. If there's a call by a Oneplus 6, it's almost too quiet. Xiaomi Mi 9 is almost silent, it's a pain to understand the caller even with maximum volume.
The Xiaomi users are reporting a bit of crackling sound from time to time when I'm speaking, for the rest it's a very great quality.

When I have low signal (around -105db), I still find that the phone connects and the conversation isn't dropped, chopped, or grainy. Bluetooth calling doesn't have much of a delay either from car or headset, so overall pretty pleased.

The earpiece volume seems very low on mine even though turned up fully

I can hear people very well, and people on the other end can hear me extremely well. Girlfriend says she has to turn down the volume a couple notches specifically when I call her with this phone because my voice comes through so loud and clear.

sometimes when I'm trying to do a phone call , they can hear my voice but I can't hear them, it also happens that the tune sound simply doesn't sound, it seems like the phone is mute... so I have to hang down the call and repeat, and then it works sometimes I had to restart the OnePlus 7 pro... it seems like being a software issue and I hope somebody can fix this soon because it is very annoying

I absolutely love the call quality so far! Just have no data or text with straight talk

What's speaker phone quality like, I heard its not that good, in relation to the microphone.
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Limeybastard said:
What's speaker phone quality like, I heard its not that good, in relation to the microphone.
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It's HD quality!

biggiesmalls657 said:
It's HD quality!
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Is it loud and clear? I read a few pages on the oneplus community forums whereby they said people couldn't hear them when they made a phone call using the speakerphone.
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Limeybastard said:
Is it loud and clear? I read a few pages on the oneplus community forums whereby they said people couldn't hear them when they made a phone call using the speakerphone.
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It depends on the network you used. Mine was clear HD lol I have straight talk and Verizon. Dual SIM lol

biggiesmalls657 said:
It depends on the network you used. Mine was clear HD lol I have straight talk and Verizon. Dual SIM lol
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I'm talking about using the speakerphone. Do others hear you loud and clear?
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Limeybastard said:
I'm talking about using the speakerphone. Do others hear you loud and clear?
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Yes

I can hear people crystal clear and i've been told that they can hear me pretty well but sometimes muffled when outside. I have xperience issues with the call volume when using bluetooth headphones, max volume doesn't seem to be very high but i will take clear call quality over i higher volume.

Excellent on bliss

Call quality

When you call granny, does she keep saying "Huh?! Wut?!" or does the conversation flow pretty well? Rate this thread to express how you feel about the ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019)'s call quality. A higher rating indicates that calls are clear and crisp, and that regardless of background noise, you can hear the other party clearly (and with ample volume) and they can hear you.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

This is specifically for Indian variant.
just got 6z. excellent experience one issue though that incall volume is low and sounds weird. i have heard from Mr Dinesh Sharma Asus India head... its specifically done for Indian market. not so good experience while on calls.
Please confirm if anybody experienced the same.
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I have seen a few YouTube reviews that also state that the call quality is not good due to the limited room for the speaker with the movable camera module. Just another strike against this phone.

jaseman said:
I have seen a few YouTube reviews that also state that the call quality is not good due to the limited room for the speaker with the movable camera module. Just another strike against this phone.
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i think should be fixable through software update. Tweeted to asus India and head
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The call quality is really not good. And while talking to someone on the phone the top part gets warm and gets warmer when the call continues. I had to intentially put the call on loudspeaker.
If anyone find the solution please help me out

prakhar goel said:
The call quality is really not good. And while talking to someone on the phone the top part gets warm and gets warmer when the call continues. I had to intentially put the call on loudspeaker.
If anyone find the solution please help me out
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Hello namesake! Thanks for sharing your honest feedback. For me the call quality and heating issues are a deal breaker. Everything else is exactly what I'd expect from a phone

Wow , Not one good call quality review ??

is this only the india variant that is having problems?

if you hold it at 45° instead of holding it how u hold usually you will hear it better that's work around for me... earpiece is at the top and keep 1 volume down from max. Hope to get updates for the same.
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it seems that this major issue is located in India, don't know why

kooldude7285 said:
This is specifically for Indian variant.
just got 6z. excellent experience one issue though that incall volume is low and sounds weird. i have heard from Mr Dinesh Sharma Asus India head... its specifically done for Indian market. not so good experience while on calls.
Please confirm if anybody experienced the same.
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Do you have VoLTE active or not?

_jis_ said:
Do you have VoLTE active or not?
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very much active
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is this problem affecting only the indian variant?
Can anyone confirm if this sound quality issue during calls (due to the speaker being inside the flipcam) only affects the indian variant? I wanted to buy the global variant sold in Europe and I find it odd that no one is talking about this huge issue while calling... Especially very well known youtube reviewers.
If this affects all the variants, it's a major failure from Asus...
Anyone with a global variant (from Europe) can confirm if this is or is not an issue?

kooldude7285 said:
if you hold it at 45° instead of holding it how u hold usually you will hear it better that's work around for me... earpiece is at the top and keep 1 volume down from max.
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I also think that many users are unaware that ZF6 must hold at its ear in a different way than they were used to with phones with a classic headphone location.
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HelderMF said:
Anyone with a global variant (from Europe) can confirm if this is or is not an issue?
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I cannot confirm this problem with European distribution in O2 network. What makes it strange, in Europe, ZF6 does not support VoLTE, but it supports VoLTE in India. Yet VoLTE is supposed to improve call quality, it doesn't make sense ...
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ema00 said:
it seems that this major issue is located in India, don't know why
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It will probably be the revenge of the gods for this:
https://www.xda-developers.com/asus-zenfone-copyright-india-zen/
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Anyway, something must be different in India ZF6 version...

No such issues for me here in Sweden, although I don't do so many calls using the earpiece, and I don't use VoLTE.
It's also quite loud I have to reduce the volume 1 or 2 notches below maximum.

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I cannot confirm this problem with European distribution in O2 network. What makes it strange, in Europe, ZF6 does not support VoLTE, but it supports VoLTE in India. Yet VoLTE is supposed to improve call quality, it doesn't make sense ...
Anyway, something must be different in India ZF6 version...
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Maybe because VoLTE uses a wider range of sound frequencies make the problem more apparent... Or there is some software bug/coded configuration in some operators. Do O2 supports VoiceHD codec over 3G? It should have a similar sound quality to VoLTE. VoiceHD is usually supported between compatible mobile terminals during calls between clients of the same operator.
GFX said:
No such issues for me here in Sweden, although I don't do so many calls using the earpiece, and I don't use VoLTE.
It's also quite loud I have to reduce the volume 1 or 2 notches below maximum.
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Thank you for your feedback.
Here in Portugal we have operators that support VoLTE, although I think Asus does not currently support their VoLTE. I asked ASUS technical support about that 2.5 weeks ago without any reply yet. In Portugal we have operators, such as Vodafone, that supports VoiceHD over 3G, which gives a similar call quality to VoLTE, but only works for calls between the same operator. I also asked for VoiceHD codec support. I can live without VoLTE if, at leats, VoiceHD support is enabled. I use it for 6 years now and it really makes a huge difference.

HelderMF said:
Can anyone confirm if this sound quality issue during calls (due to the speaker being inside the flipcam) only affects the indian variant? I wanted to buy the global variant sold in Europe and I find it odd that no one is talking about this huge issue while calling... Especially very well known youtube reviewers.
If this affects all the variants, it's a major failure from Asus...
Anyone with a global variant (from Europe) can confirm if this is or is not an issue?
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The speaker on my phone is situated on the body of the phone and not on the flip cam, other than that om running 50% call volume with no issues

leiros said:
The speaker on my phone is situated on the body of the phone and not on the flip cam
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You are wrong, the ZF6 ear speaker is placed in the flip camera body, not in the phone body. There is only a sound grid in the phone through which the sound passes, but the sound is created in the body of the flip camera. Play some music and try to rotate the camera while listening to ear speaker, you will find out that it is designed that way I describe it.

From https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/7046/call-quality-on-asus-zenfone-6z-zenfone-6
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@shivareddy456 Some have reported that their sound improves at high volume when they put their finger on the camera module. Does this happen to you? The sound quality doesn't change on my test unit no matter if I keep my finger on it or not, but maybe it does on some units. That would explain why you think it isn't acceptable if you can hear a difference. It's never going to sound great because we didn't have much room to work with. The earpiece is located inside the camera module but it should sound acceptable and in line with the quality you get from most phones.
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So, reduced sound quality is just a feature of this phone...

The speaker is in the camera module? Just another strike against this phone for sure. I still think my 8/256 OnePlus 6 is better than this phone top-to-bottom. Such a shame.

Call quality

When you call granny, does she keep saying "Huh?! Wut?!" or does the conversation flow pretty well? Rate this thread to express how you feel about the OnePlus 7T's call quality. A higher rating indicates that calls are clear and crisp, and that regardless of background noise, you can hear the other party clearly (and with ample volume) and they can hear you.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

Going the get my device in a few days will post a short review about the call quality.

Received my unit today.
Call quality is great as compared to my old devices.
It's better than Oneplus 7 too.
Earpiece volume feels natural and voices are more audible than other devices I used.

I've used the phone for over 3 days now. Call quality is quite brilliant, however at the beginning, calls used to randomly drop. Could be a carrier issue, also before setting up the device YouTube would just randomly shut off

Any updates?

Have been using this phone past 20days and the call quality has been excellent. No drops at all even when signal is low. I am on Airtel india network and volte works fine. Impressed!

Anyone facing low call volume? both on earpiece and speaker?

Very low volume during calls, tested on 2 op 7t

NisseGurra said:
Very low volume during calls, tested on 2 op 7t
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Atleast we know its a common thing
A Good mixer-paths config will solve it

bhavstech said:
Atleast we know its a common thing
A Good mixer-paths config will solve it
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Yes, but as system is non RW even after root we need an magisk module to fix it.
One option, tested and ok, bit to low still, edit .aml.sh to get it bit better: https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...gisk-stereo-speaker-headphone-volume-t3931406

bhavstech said:
Anyone facing low call volume? both on earpiece and speaker?
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Yes. Low volume on Verizon here in USA

does it have call recording out of the box ???

hadid90 said:
does it have call recording out of the box ???
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No

IDK how you guys are experiencing low call quality. Sounds normal to me. Mind you my wife thinks I'm hard of hearing.
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While on a call I keep pressing mute and/or hold button! Please help
XDA_RealLifeReview said:
When you call granny, does she keep saying "Huh?! Wut?!" or does the conversation flow pretty well? Rate this thread to express how you feel about the OnePlus 7T's call quality. A higher rating indicates that calls are clear and crisp, and that regardless of background noise, you can hear the other party clearly (and with ample volume) and they can hear you.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
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I am getting so frustrated with this phone. In the middle of a conversation the other person will hang up on me because they can't hear me because I keep pressing hold/mute by accident and the call goes silent and the other person hangs up. It does this over and over. Is it the proximity sensor or something weird like that? It shouldn't do that while I'm on a call and then not to mention that my phone accidentally butt dialed 5 different people...things got weird. Considering exchanging the phone for something different unless anyone knows how to fix this. Thanks.

Perfectly fine volume. Specially on vowifi

Very low volume here... It's mostly inaudible when there is some noise around

Poesini said:
Very low volume here... It's mostly inaudible when there is some noise around
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For you or the other person

So I received my 7T last Wednesday. I activated it on Google Fi account and basically used that as my daily driver. I was so impressed with the call quality I have since moved over my Verizon service over to the phone from my Pixel 3 XL. Last year I was impressed with the Pixels camera but other then that the last several years have just been a blah time for phones. This phone I actually enjoy.

The call quality is great on this phone. My only gripe is that the phones volume seems too loud. I wish I can turn it down.
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