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[Q] Audio Chip?

Is anybody privy to what audio chip will be used in this phone? Thats one major thing that will influence my decision.
I currently have a G2, and this phone, along with other htc phones ive had, always seem to lack in the power of the audio. All i want is a phone that volume output will rival the iphones at least.

Guess nobody knows...
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Well if it's of any help to you, old HTC phones have a TI Audio Chip. Maybe they changed this in the Sensation since they are now advertising Hi-Fi Audio which in the best case scenario means a Wolfson 8994 Media Hub Chip.

Same here and had the same question with the Flyer. A Wolfson DAC would be a key selling argument for me. I am just fearful that the Hi-Fi reference is a direct link to the SRS audio enhancement algorithms, which are - frankly - crap; especially compared to BBE.

I have to agree. SRS is a joke.

Oh man. The more I think about it, the more I think they were advertising SRS. The desirability of this phone just plummeted for me. In addition to this, there isn't any lossless format support so in the end, what's the point?

Virtue94 said:
Oh man. The more I think about it, the more I think they were advertising SRS. The desirability of this phone just plummeted for me. In addition to this, there isn't any lossless format support so in the end, what's the point?
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What is every1 talking about -_-
On the Desire HD I LOVE SRS Enhancement while using headphones. Sounds amazing on my shures.

Maedhros said:
What is every1 talking about -_-
On the Desire HD I LOVE SRS Enhancement while using headphones. Sounds amazing on my shures.
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Well I've tried SRS enhanced devices before (Sennheiser MM550) and in my opinion, they don't really sound that great. They just boost bass which I can already do with an equalizer. Btw, what kind of Shures are you using?

Any updates on this? The SGSII and the Sensation are so similar that the sound chip will be what ultimately decides for me.
Will the SGSII carry the same Wolfson DAC that was in the original Galaxy S? Or will the Sensation best it in SQ?

Virtue94 said:
Well I've tried SRS enhanced devices before (Sennheiser MM550) and in my opinion, they don't really sound that great. They just boost bass which I can already do with an equalizer. Btw, what kind of Shures are you using?
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Meh I might not be as much of an Audiophile as most ppl
I have the SE115's
All I can afford

PhaedraCorruption said:
Any updates on this? The SGSII and the Sensation are so similar that the sound chip will be what ultimately decides for me.
Will the SGSII carry the same Wolfson DAC that was in the original Galaxy S? Or will the Sensation best it in SQ?
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SG2 has a Yamaha DAC.
Swyped from my Desire HD using XDA App

nikzDHD said:
SG2 has a Yamaha DAC.
Swyped from my Desire HD using XDA App
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Yamaha shouldn't sound bad but not as good as Wolfson DAC.

i'm thinking to get one but if the sound is crappy as the desire hd and pretty much all htc's devices that i have owned i think i will pass and go for a samsung as they will have a better sound quality...
based on this video .. it seems that the sound is still crappy and as bad as the desire hd..
watch around 20:47
http://youtu.be/15J5OriZ7Qo

PapaDocta said:
i'm thinking to get one but if the sound is crappy as the desire hd and pretty much all htc's devices that i have owned i think i will pass and go for a samsung as they will have a better sound quality...
based on this video .. it seems that the sound is still crappy and as bad as the desire hd..
watch around 20:47
http://youtu.be/15J5OriZ7Qo
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IMO the speaker is good enough. My bro has a Fascinate and that thing is louder than my MT4G. And kinda urking too because I can hear throughout the house. And for me I hardly use the rear speaker on my MT4G. I'm more of an earphone kinda guy, so when it comes to listening to media, videos, etc. I just use my favorite pair of earphones to experience true quality cuz I wanna hear the lows, mids, and highs on what I'm listening to. And for my notifications/ringtones as long I can hear it ring/vibrate I'm ol' good.

Having a loud loudspeakers is always a good thing since you can lower the volume to your liking so at least you have an option ... unlike HTC the highest volume is really low and unclear ...
I have lost lots of friends since I started using HTC devices .. can't hear the phone ringing especially outdoors
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Well I'm glad to see I'm not the only person concerned about this. Htc makes great phones, but when it comes to cameras and sound quality, it seems that they make bad decisions...
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Sensation crappy sound
WHat the hell, nice device with damn crappy sound. better go for SGS II, always own HTC devices with crappy sounds. Time to change. HTC dont care his customers making a real awesome device.

beautyangel said:
WHat the hell, nice device with damn crappy sound. better go for SGS II, always own HTC devices with crappy sounds. Time to change. HTC dont care his customers making a real awesome device.
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Sadly, I agree with you. If HTC advertises that they have Hi-Fi audio, it better be because of the DAC and not because of some joke of a feature like SRS.

beautyangel said:
WHat the hell, nice device with damn crappy sound. better go for SGS II, always own HTC devices with crappy sounds. Time to change. HTC dont care his customers making a real awesome device.
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Why don't you just wait and see if they haven't put some nice sound in it! You can't know, because noone knows for sure. Let's wait on the reviews with the finalized software.

dangerousp said:
Why don't you just wait and see if they haven't put some nice sound in it! You can't know, because noone knows for sure. Let's wait on the reviews with the finalized software.
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Check my previous post .. there's a link to a review where you can hear the crappy sound
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Now that Sensation got S-off...should I keep my sgs2?

I always loved N1 and DHD for the Sense UI and overall quality, I didn't buy a Sensation because mainly of root,death grip,speaker ringtones and screen under sunlight...
Ok!
Now that it finally got root (thanks for the devs) I still don't know if the other things can be dealt with:
-Death grip occur in which situations? putting the phone on the table will kill wifi?
-Can you ''really'' boot the volume of ringtones via volume+,Equaliser or DSP? or the results are the same as on N1 and DHD meaning just a high treble sound?
-I have read VERY DIFFERENT reports about the screen lisibility under sunlight, my ex-DHD was pratically not usable between 11am and 3pm outdoor, I know sgs2 can do better than Sensation but is it miles better or slightly better?
Of course people who used both phones (sgs2 and Sensation) can have the best answers

I have a sgs2 now and will be getting the sensation on wednesday. I will pm you on how both compares, if I post here it will turn into a flame thread in no time
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In answer to your deathgrip question, for me at least, putting in the phone on a table does not kill WiFi. Even putting it on something squishy like a cushion or pillow doesn't kill it Only covering it with your hand kills it really, and who holds their phone like that? That said, it is a slight problem when you hold it in landscape mode

Hey redbull good to see you again!
Did you try a speaker hacking tool like DSP manager? The result is the same as on N1 speaker?
And what about the camera compared to N1,DHD or even Arc?
I hate the pink camera spot on my sgs2, it was also there on DHD but when viewing it on PC it went off...but not with the sgs2 photos (its permanent)

Yeah, good to see you too!
The camera is quite good. No pink spot or anything, which is nice. One thing I have noticed, that when you zoom in, the pictures go slightly blurry. Not sure if this happens on other HTC's, but it's definitely apparent on my Sensation, at least. Could be software; I hope so, because then the CyanogenMod camera app will fix it
I'll try out a speaker hacking tool and report back

OK, so I've tried Audio Manager and Volume+ FREE and both appear to work fine. I've only used the free version of the apps, so you may want somebody who's bought the apps to try too Especially Volume+, with the EQ Settings in the paid version.
EDIT: Just tried Equalizer and that works too

Oh another thing that's annoying on sgs2: there is a lag between when you press the wake button and the screen going on.
Some dudes said it's normal since it's a dual cpu phone, is it the case with Sensation?

vegetaleb said:
Oh another thing that's annoying on sgs2: there is a lag between when you press the wake button and the screen going on.
Some dudes said it's normal since it's a dual cpu phone, is it the case with Sensation?
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Not that I know off. Right now I have CRT-Screen Animation On, because I'm waiting for mike1986 to make one with just the off animation. But as far as I know, there's no lag between pressing wake and it actually waking it up

I wonder how many people sawped their SGS2 to Sensation without any regrets...

kirdroid said:
I have a sgs2 now and will be getting the sensation on wednesday. I will pm you on how both compares, if I post here it will turn into a flame thread in no time
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just post results here, I for one got me a new sgs2, and have ti decide wether keeping it or not aswell.
grtz

For everyday usability i would go for the sensation
i am not bothered if the sgs 2 can load an application a split second faster
Sensation: beutifully designed, aluminium, Sense 3D, Higher resolution
SGS2: UGLY! PLASTIC, Touchwiz (****wiz more like), lower resolution

yea aluminium is good but promotes death grip and what about the volume button falling off?

ikhzter said:
For everyday usability i would go for the sensation
i am not bothered if the sgs 2 can load an application a split second faster
Sensation: beutifully designed, aluminium, Sense 3D, Higher resolution
SGS2: UGLY! PLASTIC, Touchwiz (****wiz more like), lower resolution
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Posts like that can start a flame war, be careful
Swyped from my HTC Sensation

I've always been a Sensation lover but I'll tell you what I feel honestly after using both the phones.
The Sensation is GREAT! It's my baby! The build quality is just perfect! Although the Gorilla glass isn't that powerful as compared to say Galaxy S's or Galaxy S2's I'm pretty sure about that. Other than that, the physical appearance and build quality is the best I guess! HTC excels in physical looks.
The Galaxy S2 is well, quite nicely designed but the quality .. Meh! Plastic? Seriously? Not good. What if it drops from the stairs or something, it'll break.
So we know that Sensation wins in the physical category.
Performance : You may be knowing that the Galaxy S2 is the fastest phone in the world. Well yes, I agree. But the prebuilt UI, touchwiz, is PATHETIC. It's probably the worst company rebuilt UI ever. Even LG's UI sucks. Sensation has sense 3.0 and it's AMAZING BUT if you will be flashing custom ROMS, I'd recommend the Galaxy S2. Galaxy S2 has a much better Dev support according to me as MANY devs have got it for free and many bought it as it's the fastest phone. Although I think Sensation can still beat it in many aspects.
So I'd go for the S2 in this category.
Hardware :
It is been told that the Sensation's hardware is much better as it is 2011's latest technology whereas the Galaxy S2 uses a 2009 or 08, I don't know chip. Although we can clearly see Galaxy S2 beats the Sensation in benchmarks results about which I really don't care. The Galaxy S2 has an nvidia Tegra 2 processor so that means you can get nvidia tegra games from the nvidia tegra marketplace or whatever it's called and SERRRRRRIOUSLY those games are AMAZING.
Other than that : Samsung vs. HTC? .. Umm, HTC DUH'UH.
About service center help and support : I'll go with Samsung (India)
About software update support : HTC, anyday. (So what if the bootloader is unlocked, they are working on it).
Both the phones are great.

arzbhatia said:
Hardware :
It is been told that the Sensation's hardware is much better as it is 2011's latest technology whereas the Galaxy S2 uses a 2009 or 08, I don't know chip. Although we can clearly see Galaxy S2 beats the Sensation in benchmarks results about which I really don't care. The Galaxy S2 has an nvidia Tegra 2 processor so that means you can get nvidia tegra games from the nvidia tegra marketplace or whatever it's called and SERRRRRRIOUSLY those games are AMAZING.
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SGS2 doesn't have tegra 2 chip, it comes with samsung's own exynos chip.
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I just switched from SGS2 to Sensation and so far more then happy. No more games crashing, no more color banding, no more pink spots on photos, no more stupid home button/wake lag, no more phone overheating, no more plastic feel, no more crappy music quality, no more Samsung in my life. Ever.

kirdroid said:
SGS2 doesn't have tegra 2 chip, it comes with samsung's own exynos chip.
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Aaaaaaaaah okay my bad! how come it runs tegra games?

AllWin said:
I just switched from SGS2 to Sensation and so far more then happy. No more games crashing, no more color banding, no more pink spots on photos, no more stupid home button/wake lag, no more phone overheating, no more plastic feel, no more crappy music quality, no more Samsung in my life. Ever.
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haha happy to know! Enjoy the sensation! Just wait for cm7!

arzbhatia said:
Aaaaaaaaah okay my bad! how come it runs tegra games?
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Not a game player, but I guess with the help of open gl driver? Look for chainfire 3d App in market.
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ikhzter said:
SGS2: UGLY! PLASTIC, Touchwiz (****wiz more like), lower resolution
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6MM people would disagree with you.

HTC one S vs Galaxy Nexus

hey guys
I had some requests to compare this 2 phones. I personally believe they are way too different from each other (internal and externally ) but some people are still on the verge to buy one of this 2 devices
So I made a little video side by side for you
enjoy!
HTC one S vs Galaxy Nexus comparison - YouTube

Thanks for the review!

Well done!Thanks for sharing.

spoonflames said:
Thanks for the review!
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No prob! Glad u enjoyed it!
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LOL, "sponsored by beats audio so the audio on this one is definitely way better".
Stopped watching the review right there. You know Beats Audio is just an equalizer setting right?... just on/off and you can't even control anything. DSP manager on a custom ROM is better. Beats is basically nothing. Try looking it up and finding out exactly what it is, that information is nowhere because it isn't anything. Its not a special DAC, not special hardware, not a certification of signal to noise ratio, it is just a label that they print on the phone and a ****ty equalizer that you turn on and off.
Also, the HTC One S has audio problems on the stock ROM, who knows if its caused by Beats or not. For example, in iHeartRadio sometimes it goes silent between songs and you have to either skip or thumbs down the song to get the audio playing again. CM9 / AOKP don't have this problem... not sure if thats because Beats is gone.

FunkyELF said:
LOL, "sponsored by beats audio so the audio on this one is definitely way better".
Stopped watching the review right there. You know Beats Audio is just an equalizer setting right?... just on/off and you can't even control anything. DSP manager on a custom ROM is better. Beats is basically nothing. Try looking it up and finding out exactly what it is, that information is nowhere because it isn't anything. Its not a special DAC, not special hardware, not a certification of signal to noise ratio, it is just a label that they print on the phone and a ****ty equalizer that you turn on and off.
Also, the HTC One S has audio problems on the stock ROM, who knows if its caused by Beats or not. For example, in iHeartRadio sometimes it goes silent between songs and you have to either skip or thumbs down the song to get the audio playing again. CM9 / AOKP don't have this problem... not sure if thats because Beats is gone.
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OK let me start with a disclaimer
My review is my opinion which is the way I perceived the device. Also this review is not for tech junkies like us . But for the average user as well. I cant go into details to them what why and how beats work on the phone In my case it was better and I liked it , and believe it delivered better audio performance. ( only better thing than the nexus)
The issues you are experiencing haven't happen to me (thanks god) nor I've seen a large group complaining about it but I could be very wrong
I found that the Audio quality and loudness on the S is better than my nexus . I decided to test it also against my friends nexus with a stock rom and I still liked the S more. It is an equalizer yes.. it gives better sound in my opinion ? Yes as well
Is it a software or hardware issue ? I couldn't tell however I am not affected by it . But I hope they get it figured out!
Thanks!
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Beats is crap. The stupid icon pops up even time navigation instructions are read. I also do mostly audio streaming to car or home avr and both have much better equalizers then Beats. With Beats ON music actually sounds much worse.
Does it sound better then Nexus in speaker phone mode......yes it does, can you make Nexus sound the same.....probably with DSP Manager
I am glad I don't have Beats

rault18 said:
Also this review is not for tech junkies like us . But for the average user as well.
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Average users appreciate the truth. They appreciate it when you tell them that a $5 HDMI cable will perform just as well as the $80 Monster Cable HDMI cable.
With Beats Audio it is no different. In fact, they're owned by the same parent company. Its a scam.
If you like the audio better on the One S then say that. That is fine and your subjective opinion and I agree with you. The audio is great; but it has nothing to do with Beats. It sounds great on CM9 and AOKP as well.

I missed it FunkyElf- where is your review?

Air bubbles on the Galaxy Nexus, air bubbles on the galaxy nexus... (sorry, my OCD)
About the Beats thing. I'm not sure what the hell it is but damn, there IS a big change when I enable them and I never had this kind of sound previously with only PowerAmp (disclamer: I have Beats Solo HD headphones). I wish some audio professionals would do some serious tests on that matter because it really bug me up...

JohnHenrySDM said:
I missed it FunkyElf- where is your review?
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Did you even look?

Beats audio. Goto to EQ, Make it flat. Take the second from last and second from first sliders and move them up a little. Bam. You have beats audio. This has been a "feature" on radios since the 60's. Its called a loudness button. Why some people prefer the "boomy" sound is beyond me. I personally like my sound flat, on most all styles of music.
Anyway, to each there own. I do think the sound on my one s is a little cleaner then on my other phones. This has nothing to do with the beats audio, and has more to do with whatever codecs they are using to emulate the hardware sound controller.

Beats audio on Sense 4.0 adapt to your Beats headphones so it's not just simple as one band EQ change also, it's not Loudness Compensation.

Really? So basically it eqs to compensate the frequency range of whichever beatsaudio headphones you buy? It just sounded like loudness to me.
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This is really one of the worst reviews I have ever seen. You just said what the specs are from each phone. Wow I knew them already from head.
You didn't even try to elaborate on things such as why beats audio is better for example. Which I totally disagree with btw

wilcoholic said:
This is really one of the worst reviews I have ever seen. You just said what the specs are from each phone. Wow I knew them already from head.
You didn't even try to elaborate on things such as why beats audio is better for example. Which I totally disagree with btw
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In think you misread the title where it says comparison and not review. I am not going in depth on the device but what I am doing is COMPARING them side by side. Not that many people have the luck to have both devices at the same time so they can again COMPARE ..not only internally but externally as well
I am glad that you knew the specs of each device however there are a lot of folks out there that don't and this video was mostly aimed for them
Thanks for your constructive criticisms tho
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NienorGT said:
Beats audio on Sense 4.0 adapt to your Beats headphones so it's not just simple as one band EQ change also, it's not Loudness Compensation.
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Beats doesn't intelligently adapt to anything. The overpriced Beats headphones sound better to people who like boomy bass because the Beats EQ setting sets it that way.
It actually is as simple as setting an EQ band. There's no Dr. Dre hardware magic in this phone or anything else with the Beats logo on it.

im torn i dont know which one to get ahhhh! it seems the nexus has more devs and things but im a sense fan soo idkk but what if something goes wrong with the one s i've read a couple of threads there seems to be alot of problems with the one s such as the whole s3 s4 things and some of them have heating problems plus i can battery pull if something goes wrong

randomnoob83 said:
im torn i dont know which one to get ahhhh! it seems the nexus has more devs and things but im a sense fan soo idkk but what if something goes wrong with the one s i've read a couple of threads there seems to be alot of problems with the one s such as the whole s3 s4 things and some of them have heating problems plus i can battery pull if something goes wrong
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I've had each phone. Actually, 3 Galaxy Nexus's and 2 One S's. I chose to keep the One S because it is faster, has better battery life, and isn't huge.

I'm actually tempted to swap my one s for a nexus. mainly due to the touch button issue. its really becoming annoying now and the phone is basically unusable when it happens!

HTC One X Call Volume Level

Hi!
I'm interested in getting the HTC One X phone and would like to find out from other members if the call volume level is pretty loud as I have a mild hearing impairment.
Thanks in advance for your help!

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lostincyberspace said:
Hi!
I'm interested in getting the HTC One X phone and would like to find out from other members if the call volume level is pretty loud as I have a mild hearing impairment.
Thanks in advance for your help!
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I personally think it's a bit quiet unless I'm using a headset. Didn't have problems on my Captivate nor Galaxy Nexus GSM.

lostincyberspace said:
Hi!
I'm interested in getting the HTC One X phone and would like to find out from other members if the call volume level is pretty loud as I have a mild hearing impairment.
Thanks in advance for your help!
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I think it's loud enough here in the city to hear everything clearly.
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Audio
lostincyberspace said:
Hi!
I'm interested in getting the HTC One X phone and would like to find out from other members if the call volume level is pretty loud as I have a mild hearing impairment.
Thanks in advance for your help!
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I don't have a hearing impairment so your opinion may be different than mine, but i personally feel that it is quite loud despite certain reviews. You can probably find a demo unit in a store to try out, such as an AT&T store (not sure about Rogers). Hope this helps!

I found that the speaker is lean to the left.
When you place the left side onto your ears, it sound much louder.

Sometimes it blows my ear out, is there any incall filter option like s3? Such as loud, clear or sharp?
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I upgraded from a Nexus One, also by HTC, to the AT&T One X. The volume of both handsets is superior to my wife's Samsung Galaxy S phone. I'm really impressed.
For bluetooth, I have a Plantronics Pro series headset and with the smallest earbud installed it directs all the sound right down my ear canal and it is very audible in every environment. I'm very happy with both devices.

Tmobile hd voice

Tmobile announced today that they have launched "hd voice" network wide. They said its compatible with the hos, gsg3, and some other phone. Does anyone know if it'll work on aosp? It looks like it's software codec.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414055,00.asp
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I wish T-Mobile was just as good here like it is over there, so would love to have WiFi Calling.

zguithues said:
Tmobile announced today that they have launched "hd voice" network wide. They said its compatible with the hos, gsg3, and some other phone. Does anyone know if it'll work on aosp? It looks like it's software codec.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414055,00.asp
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Says it's live now?!? And from what I understand from the article we don't need to upgrade to use it.
Try making a call with 3G on.

Blah.
"you'll only get HD Voice quality when both people on a call are using T-Mobile HD Voice phones."
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cannondale0815 said:
Blah.
"you'll only get HD Voice quality when both people on a call are using T-Mobile HD Voice phones."
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Well yeah, it can't encode'/ it with the new audio clodec if the other phone can't decode it.
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I'm on AOSP (JellyBAM), and my wife and uncle are both on AOKP (all three HOS's). I haven't spent more than a couple hours on sense since I got the phones. I just hate the feel of it. The camera on Sense is incredible though.
I haven't noticed call quality changing, but i don't really expect it to be in AOSP immediately. It sounds fully software, so here's to hoping it gets merged into CM and so on, so we can all use it

it shouldn't depend on the software though.
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mannequin said:
it shouldn't depend on the software though.
XDA via HTC One S
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Yeah, the article said the 3 phones, including ours, doesn't need an update. It's already implemented into the HOS. The Towers? are just supporting it now.

zguithues said:
I'm on AOSP (JellyBAM), and my wife and uncle are both on AOKP (all three HOS's). I haven't spent more than a couple hours on sense since I got the phones. I just hate the feel of it. The camera on Sense is incredible though.
I haven't noticed call quality changing, but i don't really expect it to be in AOSP immediately. It sounds fully software, so here's to hoping it gets merged into CM and so on, so we can all use it
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I have to ask but why the fcuk buy three HOS phones that run on sense if you don't want or like sense so then end up compromising features such as camera? Just does not make any sense to me why.

shadowch31 said:
I have to ask but why the fcuk buy three HOS phones that run on sense if you don't want or like sense so then end up compromising features such as camera? Just does not make any sense to me why.
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a few reasons...
it's the best phone for the price point on Craigslist ($200). I don't think i've ever seen a galaxy nexus on craigslist in my area, or I would have grabbed it.
it's a very fast phone. worlds better then my MT4G (which i also used on aosp).
I'm not compromising the camera, because the camera itself takes awesome pics, i only wish the software features of the sense camera were in aosp. Any alternative phone with aosp would have an equal or lesser camera to the HOS.
I prefer to have one phone model for everyone I support, so i don't have to follow multiple forums; I decided to settle on the HOS. Also, I've always liked the build quality of HTC.

xxquicksh0txx said:
Well yeah, it can't encode'/ it with the new audio clodec if the other phone can't decode it.
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Sure, but it's not just a question of the phone, also the carrier. Other carriers will implement this feature differently, so you only get the benefit if you call another tmo customer who has one of the three supported phones.
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so can anyone confirm HD voice works on rooted/custom ROM devices? i have One S (custom) and S3 (unrooted stock) from T-Mo and still haven't noticed any changes using one with the other.

mannequin said:
so can anyone confirm HD voice works on rooted/custom ROM devices? i have One S (custom) and S3 (unrooted stock) from T-Mo and still haven't noticed any changes using one with the other.
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honestly i think t-mobile lied. I think its been enabled since the one s came out. at least in some areas. I've noticed since i got this phone that the call quality is higher when i call my gf (she has a one s also). im not flashing sense to test the sound quality between the two however. way to lazy for that.