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Hi all,
I tend to use a BT headset with my Athena most of the time, but today I forgot it before going out! so I had to go back to using the Athena to my ear, not a huge problem with hands my size, however even with the volume down to its lowest it was still way to loud. Does anyone know of a reg hack or small program that will let you lower the volume down to a discreet volume, and not a hands free volume? its not a problem most of the time, but as a paramedic some of my calls can be a little personal. Its just in case it happens again. you can appreciate I'm not in the position to nip home for left items
Many thanks
Jay
responderman said:
Hi all,
I tend to use a BT headset with my Athena most of the time, but today I forgot it before going out! so I had to go back to using the Athena to my ear, not a huge problem with hands my size, however even with the volume down to its lowest it was still way to loud. Does anyone know of a reg hack or small program that will let you lower the volume down to a discreet volume, and not a hands free volume? its not a problem most of the time, but as a paramedic some of my calls can be a little personal. Its just in case it happens again. you can appreciate I'm not in the position to nip home for left items
Many thanks
Jay
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I put my fingers over the loudspeakers.... isn't confortable but it works!
I have been thinking about this issue a bit lately myself. My thought is to glue something over both the left and right speaker to completely or almost completely seal it. I might try with different materials and see the effect. May be we can make it almost like a normal embedded earpiece.. just thinking.
eaglesteve said:
I have been thinking about this issue a bit lately myself. My thought is to glue something over both the left and right speaker to completely or almost completely seal it. I might try with different materials and see the effect. May be we can make it almost like a normal embedded earpiece.. just thinking.
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hi
i already tried to put tape over the speakers, and can tell you it wont work out. it is like the hole athena will sound, the backcover acts like a speaker. when you tape the speaker holes it sounds a litle bit like it came from a cave, but is still much to loud for a 'private' conversation. i think you have to grab a soldering iron and a resistor, to come to a solution, or someone find a way to reduce the volume by software some more than the volume slider can do.
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Buy several cheap sets of earbuds and put them in different locatations where you might need them (car, office, briefcase). Not needing stereo for phone calls, clip off one of the earbuds for easier handling.
Brad
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miterb said:
Buy several cheap sets of earbuds and put them in different locatations where you might need them (car, office, briefcase). Not needing stereo for phone calls, clip off one of the earbuds for easier handling.
Brad
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Well that is a good idea, and one that I have done already. One at the ambulance station, one at home, one in the car, and one in the rig. three ended back at home AHH the price of age! The one in the rig got nicked, so ive put them all back now, but thats why I need the program or hack.
Thanks for the idea's guys, any more?
take care
Jay
eaglesteve said:
I have been thinking about this issue a bit lately myself. My thought is to glue something over both the left and right speaker to completely or almost completely seal it. I might try with different materials and see the effect. May be we can make it almost like a normal embedded earpiece.. just thinking.
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That is a good idea, could it be so, that there is a kinds of software, that we can adjust the volumen of left and right speaker, so that we can just use the right speaker or just use the left speaker, what ever. has anybody heard of that kind of tiny little soft ware?
Is there a regestry setting to lower the in call volume on the athena itself, so it would start at nothing?
Any solution on this "problem"? Sometimes my headset runs out of battery.
Regards
Hans
This only seems to be a problem with some of the cooked ROMS. The original WM6 ROM that came with my 7501 had a good low-volume level, but when I switched to AP4 the low-end is what used to be about mid-level before.
It must be either a registry change, or a sound driver.
Or a software that make it possible to decrease the volume more
Why does HTC continue to put the USB connector, and especially the 3.5 headphone jack on the bottom of the phone? In this configuration you have to put the device in your pocket upside down, and to pull it out you're bound to press a button. And when you're not connected the jacks are just little more than traps. So why, when HTC does so many things well and is even innovative to some degree, fail to see the downside (no pun) to putting two extremely large holes, which are critical to the use of the phone, on the bottom of the device?
I guess so the 3rd party dealers can make them, I just got this for my office use.
http://www.amazon.com/USB-Cradle-Ba...3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1271816381&sr=8-3
Not much chance of listening to your music in that configuration, huh?
Cradle
Tref said:
Not much chance of listening to your music in that configuration, huh?
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I have 1 similar, mine has 3.5 headphone jack in cradle, & output on back of cradle, also usb port. It rings through earphones & phonespeaker, Or external speakers. I love it. Don't know if this 1 does all that. Quig
Tref said:
Why does HTC continue to put the USB connector, and especially the 3.5 headphone jack on the bottom of the phone? In this configuration you have to put the device in your pocket upside down, and to pull it out you're bound to press a button. And when you're not connected the jacks are just little more than traps. So why, when HTC does so many things well and is even innovative to some degree, fail to see the downside (no pun) to putting two extremely large holes, which are critical to the use of the phone, on the bottom of the device?
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personally i find it better with it on the bottom. Makes more sense. I would hate to see a wire over my screen listineing ot music.
lemonspeakers said:
personally i find it better with it on the bottom. Makes more sense. I would hate to see a wire over my screen listineing ot music.
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You couldn't place the cord around the back side? With an L-shaped plug it would naturally fall the way the cord was pointed anyway, whether that was to the back or either side.
It's a lame orientation that makes little sense, imho. I have a Nokia N85 that I used between Winmo devices. Having the phone and power jacks on the top works very well (even if Symbian doesn't )
Having the audio jack on top would probably see them sued by Apple
It's just selfish to assume that HTC should pander to your specific needs. If it really irks you so much, maybe you shouldn't have bought it in the first place.
I prefer it on the bottom, out of the way, good for 3rd party cradles.
In the end, it's impossible to please everyone. Take it or leave it.
bottom works well for me too
One downside of this phone is that it struggles to make it through a day on a full charge. I drive a lot, so i can put it in a holder and plug the charger into the bottom. I also carry it in a horizontal belt holder. If it's in your pocket, does it matter if it's upside down?
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One downside of this phone is that it struggles to make it through a day on a full charge. I drive a lot, so i can put it in a holder and plug the charger into the bottom. I also carry it in a horizontal belt holder. If it's in your pocket, does it matter if it's upside down?
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I agree with concreteman.
HD2 is intended to be a business phone, so you will find a lot of them charging in the cars.
I also sometimes listen to the music in the car, and it certainly looks better and more graceful when both the charger and the audio cable are connected at the bottom.
Previously, my Touch HD looked like a Borg in the cradle with all those wires
being a user oh the Touch HD for a year, when i swapped over to the hd2 i found the connections at a much more convinient place than the hd's
I actually prefer them to be on the bottom as well. When I put the phone in my pocket I like to put it in upside down so that when I pull it out it's right side up. It's just more convenient for me and I don't feel like the wires are in the way.
i prefer the plugs on the bottom, Ive always put my phone into my pocket top down, so when i reach in and grab it, it is already in my hand in the orientation that i am going to use it. having the plugs, esp the headphone plug on the bottom is better for me because when using headphones with the phone in my pocket the cord comes straight out.
tref, i dont know what weird person u are, but i need the plugs on the bottom side of the phone, i hate them on the upper side like many other phones have now..
if the plug would be on the upper side i would need to rotate the phone first, before i could use it, else not
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I agree with concreteman.
HD2 is intended to be a business phone, so you will find a lot of them charging in the cars.
I also sometimes listen to the music in the car, and it certainly looks better and more graceful when both the charger and the audio cable are connected at the bottom.
Previously, my Touch HD looked like a Borg in the cradle with all those wires
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I really don't know what you guys are doing on your hd2, but I am a power user on my hd2 and my battery will end up to about ~35+/- 10~ by the end of the day. Thats from 8AM to 9PM at night.
I heavily multitask from google maps, browsing, listening to music on lunch breaks, movie clips of my next design from CAD to clients, text, check email CONSTANTLY, take random pictures with CAMERA for my next CAD inspiration...
And the list goes on.
It must certainly be the ROM and Radio you guys are using. Until then your HD2 will suffer badly like when I first got the phone and complained like a Biotch!
I used to use Duttys HG v1.2, and things only got better flashing 2.09 radio with Clean EX roms.
Everyone's hd2 is different so ymmv.
I personally also prefer all the sockets at the bottom
I always have my phone in my pocket upside down, so when I pull it out it's already in my hand the way I use it and I don't have to flip it around to use it.....and I would HATE to have the earphone jack on top...that's just silly in my opinion....I love it the way it is...
I put my phone in my pocket top towards my feet so when I pull it out its right side up already... so having the plugs on the bottom makes sense.
My computer is under my desk, so charging my phone while it sits on my desk works, if the jacks were on top my phone would be upside down... Having the plugs on top makes no sense to me.
The verdict is clear.
In the process of claiming HTC is stupid, he has proven that he himself is the odd one out.
d4rksorrow/kenkiller,
Never said HTC was weird or stupid. Didn't say anyone else was either. But I will say you two appear to be still wet behind the ears.
It does appear that I'm in the minority here, and that's fine. I'll stick with keeping my phone in my pocket right side up, and enjoying mp3 players and other phones with a headphone jack on the top. Takes all kinds to make the world go 'round.
Hey guys!
My HTC HD2 is showing some strange behaviour lately. When I go cycling and turn on some music with the music tab (earpieces plugged in (creative ep-830)), it starts switching songs and even switching in to like 1.30 of a different song all of a sudden. Plus it starts calling people all of a sudden. It could be my pocket, which could be thight but I'm afraid not. When I go jogging I'm wearing wide training pants which give absolutely NO pressure on the phone but still it starts calling people and switching songs or in between songs. Could this be because of the accelerometer or something?
I hope somebody recognizes this problem and is able to assist me.
Thanks in advance!
Any help guys?
Come on, surely someone must know a solution?
I don't know a solution, but I've had the problem and found the following helps.
face the screen away from your body. it seems that body heat can activate the screen. I find that in a suit jacket having the screen facing towards me can cause the problems you indicate.
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I don't know a solution, but I've had the problem and found the following helps.
face the screen away from your body. it seems that body heat can activate the screen. I find that in a suit jacket having the screen facing towards me can cause the problems you indicate.
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Hmm, I'll try this out, but also I've had it in a bag once like this: http://www.essaco.com/images/product/images/11576.jpg , but it showed the same behaviour. I'll try your solution because I indeed always have the screen facing towards my body.
Thanks for your help! I'll report the results soon!
Im also having this situation.. Very annoying, the HD2 just calls people. It's a bit expensive for me now, as it happens really often.
I just got it last week, and now it does it often.. :S
its not the screen guys, its your headphones. the remote-control connectors in the plug input is receiving some signals it shouldn't. try wearing a different set of headphones and see if the problem is still there.
I had also same problem on one of Energy ROMS. Strange thing was that it occured ony when my headphones where connected.
Once when i changed them into HTC ones and installed never energy rom problem dissapeared
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its not the screen guys, its your headphones. the remote-control connectors in the plug input is receiving some signals it shouldn't. try wearing a different set of headphones and see if the problem is still there.
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Only seen with some headphone plugs and not all. If you make sure they are well fitted in, and clean the contacts as well as you can, you should be able to make them work (happened to me once with a pair which wasn't used for long - oxidated contacts - and a car radio cassette adapter's plug which wasn't fitted all the way in). If you can't you just need to try another couple of headphones.
by the way, this also happens when the headphones are inserted or disconnected from the device... would be nice with a fix to disabke the remote control input completely!
So I have an audio out cable in my car, and when I have pandora or slacker radio running it skips half of the song, or my voice dialing starts up and my music stops. Really annoying.
I don't hit anything on the screen, or any buttons... It does it on it's own.
Anyone having this issue?
Anyone have a way for me to fix this?
Mine does the same thing, only reason I won't buy Pandora for more hours. Always tries to do it's 6 allowed skips. I've even had it try and dial someone. Only thing I've found is turn off the screen, don't use blue tooth, and that seems to help...after the 6 skips!
I use slacker and I have not experienced any issues like that. It actually works flawlessly for me unlike the other streaming radio apps that rebuffer constantly.
I have almost everything disabled on my phone except 3g to maximize battery life.
I use Pandora with the radio out cable in my car and I have noticed no issues other than the normal buffer issues I have when driving through areas with low signal strength.
I played Pandora for more than two hrs last night and it worked perfect
my wife and i both have the htc incredible and i know exactly what u guys are talking about. cause my wifes phone does the same thing. but "knock on wood" mine doesnt do it. when we have it plugged into the car jack it does all sorts of strange things. and she had told me about it and i laughed at her and said ohh u just dont know what ur doing. but i saw it for myself this weekend. and so i tried mine and it was fine.. so i dont know if its some setting or app thats causing this issue or its a hardware issue. but if someone knows the answer please let us all know.
What's happening is there are 4 contacts in the headset jack... standard on a phone, but different from a regular mp3 player. Shorting some of the pins together is how the phone works with a headset that has a button in it.
The cable is likely not getting a great connection, maybe its not plugging in all the way or something... Whats happening is that occasionally it is shorting out and then not shorting, which causes it to think someone pushed the button on the cable... Maybe try taking the back cover off and then try it, see if it still happens...
Another thing it could be is if the back cover isn't quite on all the way... the first ring of the cable is attached to the back cover, then from the back cover to the phone through that metal ring in the cover... maybe its a bad connection there... but easiest to test with the back cover off.
Ok, so for an update (a little late i guess)
I called Verizon, and it's covered under my 30 day worry free. I'm going to be getting a brand new phone, so hopefully it doesn't have the same issue.
is there any way to disable the voice dialing, or any type of commands that are sent from that shorting portion of my line-in area? I just don't want to uninstall the voicedialing.apk
Maybe a little more help for you
I was going to mention the same about the cable control connections, but here is somthing else that might help: I noticed that my plug has a rather large outer rubber jacket that is interfered with by the car cradle, a plug with thinner or maybe shave yours down so it does not rub the car cradle hole will help.
Yep, I HAD this problem, then noticed it was doing it while playing mp3 also. Then I noticed whenever I moved the cord it would start acting up. I plugged in my head phones and Pandora/mp3 everything worked so I bought a new audio cord. It now works perfect!
i think you guys are all on the right track with this issue. cause i was in the car for a while this weekend "heading to disney" and i was messing with it some more on my wifes phone and i noticed when i plug her phone into the headphone jack. it shows a icon on the top of her phone as if it was plugged into a headset. and when i plug mine into the same cord it just shows a headphone icon.. but like it said her icon looks like a headphone with a mic on it.. so i think vilord is on the spot. im going to have to go home tonight and try my wifes phone without the back cover on it and see if it works. if it still is messed up then im thinking its just a faulty headphone jack in the phone. but she doesnt want to take her phone back cause she doesnt want to have to reinstall all her stuff on a new phone.
One of, if not the worst design decisions with this phone was the idea to stick the headphone jack on the top. I mean, right as Apple finally realizes why this is such a huge deal, LG goes and leaps backwards with this one. I'm not sure if everyone feels the same way I do but having it on the top is annoying and stupid.
Primarily, I have to flip my phone around every time I want to pocket/unpocket it when the headphones are plugged in. I put my phone in my pocket top side down and with the screen against my leg. That way it can be put in and taken out in one swift movement but thanks to the relocated headphones I now have to fumble with it each time.
Additionally if I'm trying to quickly pocket it in my jacket or sweater pocket I'm worried I will ruin the headphones due to the angle. There is no comfortable way to pocket the phone this way without once again fumbling with it to spin it around.
The best thing I can think of so far is to put it in my jacket breast pocket but that will only work while it's still cold out. Anybody here come up with some creative solutions to this?
I personally like it up top. It makes the phone easier to hold when a headphone jack is plugged in. Doesn't get in the way on the bottom.