Really weird audio issue - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727

Only certain songs with a particular frequency of mid bass cause just my right channel to have a "bwop" sound on the beat for that particular frequency instead of completely clean sound like I get on the left channel.
I have no dsp settings enabled. This happens in Pandora and PlayerPro, with headphones and through the headphone jack to my car stereo aux. The problem exists at any volume.
I'm running a stable release of cm9 meant for my att skyrocket.
** this even used to happen on my old captivate w/cm7!!** (but on both channels)
I know this sounds like nitpicking but I play all my music through my car stereo and this "bwop" sound makes it sound like I'm blowing a speaker and I'm an audiophile and it kills me to hear something like this when I know there should be something I can do to fix it.
I often listen to electro genre and it happens to use this frequency a lot more often. An example today was Wolfgang Gartner - Montezuma.
I would love any help or ideas
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I haven't noticed anything like you describe. What song is it?

See the reference, Wolfgang Gartner - Montezuma. However this happens in a lot of electro or house. I'm not really a Deadmau5 fan but almost all his songs create this issue too
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silverh20 said:
See the reference, Wolfgang Gartner - Montezuma. However this happens in a lot of electro or house. I'm not really a Deadmau5 fan but almost all his songs create this issue too
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I'm a pretty hardcore deadmau5 fan and can say I never hear anything like you describe. Dunno what else to say,

Strange, i wonder what's going on. Wish someone else with this issue would surface, i'd love to find a fix.
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Wondering...
Has this issue always plagued you on cm9 on the skyrocket? Or after a certain update?
It would be strange to say it's ROM related because it happened to you on cm7 and cm9, AND on different devices.. But, have you tried a different ROM on your skyrocket? Same results?
Have you had your hearing checked lately? Lol jk jk..
Seems like an isolated issue. (that I've herd of)
Only other thing I could think of was the peripheral that is playing the sound. Is there other headphones, or another vehicle to test on?
It would bug me.. I have a blown speaker in my car (bad wiring) So I haven't listened to music in it for months.

It's always been on the only rom I've run on this. I'm going to try my girlfriends S3 and see what happens..
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Sound plays through headphones AND speakers.

Hey, I'm currently use a stock JF6 rom and for some reason, sound plays through the headphones AND the speakers. Would anyone know what causes this? It's pretty frustrating, I have a flight to catch on monday and I just want to listen to music on the damn thing.
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Environmental audio with music/earbuds

I use lithium music player because I like the song crossfade, no gaps,
but would use other player if work with this idea...
Can you find a way to enable the microphone on the earbuds and mix with music player to hear both?
When I have earbuds in, I cannot hear my environment, While sometimes that is the whole purpose,
Sometimes I need to hear my environment with earbuds in, like when jogging/walking/bikeriding.
Can you find a way to enable the microphone on the earbuds and mix with music player to hear both?
It's a neat idea, and you could use almost the same trick for noise cancellation if you want to reduce the background noise.
So,
Found an app,
VirtualAmp,
Headphone hearing aid,
Seems to run concurrently with Lithium,
Testing this weekend
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KaptainRandom said:
So,
Found an app,
VirtualAmp,
Headphone hearing aid,
Seems to run concurrently with Lithium,
Testing this weekend
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where did u find that app??
Android market
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Does this phone have bad Bluetooth ??

I'm curious to find out if anyone has issues with Bluetooth. I just spent a decent amount for a high quality Bluetooth stereo headset so I can listen to music while jogging or bike riding with no wires, and for some reason I can't seem to get good signal with it unless the phone is less than a foot away. I know the WiFi in this phone sucks completely, so I was curious if the Bluetooth sucked too.
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kyhassen said:
I'm curious to find out if anyone has issues with Bluetooth. I just spent a decent amount for a high quality Bluetooth stereo headset so I can listen to music while jogging or bike riding with no wires, and for some reason I can't seem to get good signal with it unless the phone is less than a foot away. I know the WiFi in this phone sucks completely, so I was curious if the Bluetooth sucked too.
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idk about bluetooth on this phone but wifi doesn't suck.... i can be outside about 20 yards from my house and still get a low signal
I can't at all. Have to be with in 5-10 feet.
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YoungCorruptionV2.0 said:
idk about bluetooth on this phone but wifi doesn't suck.... i can be outside about 20 yards from my house and still get a low signal
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Yeah, I can connect 4 houses away.
jesusice said:
Yeah, I can connect 4 houses away.
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Yes sir I love being on my aunts porch 5 houses down the road still connected to my WiFi.....but that makes me wonder who else can pick it up...It's locked and all but still It's the thought
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kyhassen said:
I can't at all. Have to be with in 5-10 feet.
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your antenna or something must be broken if you have to be that close
It sounds like all around you need a new phone, I have never used Bluetooth but from the sounds of it there are internal problems
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kyhassen said:
I'm curious to find out if anyone has issues with Bluetooth. I just spent a decent amount for a high quality Bluetooth stereo headset so I can listen to music while jogging or bike riding with no wires, and for some reason I can't seem to get good signal with it unless the phone is less than a foot away. I know the WiFi in this phone sucks completely, so I was curious if the Bluetooth sucked too.
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My WiFi works to about two houses away(my house is concrete brick and my router is in a corner, and Bluetooth has worked well for me. I agree its probably your antennae.
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ok well thank you. its possible that i do have internal issue. i have had a lot of bad luck with this phone. but not much else i can do about it but my mom can deal with it when she gets it lol. im getting the E4GT next week.
I have an issue with my jabra stone 2 cutting in and out when listening to music....so idk if that helps at all....
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bigfdaddy said:
I have an issue with my jabra stone 2 cutting in and out when listening to music....so idk if that helps at all....
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i got the motorola S10-HD bluetooth stereo headset and they barely connect to the device. but i heard if your on CM you should be ok with it. idk y but htc sense doesnt have the greatest radio for bluetooth in my opinion. i tested it on 5 phones, and only htc phones i had issues with.
kyhassen said:
I'm curious to find out if anyone has issues with Bluetooth. I just spent a decent amount for a high quality Bluetooth stereo headset so I can listen to music while jogging or bike riding with no wires, and for some reason I can't seem to get good signal with it unless the phone is less than a foot away. I know the WiFi in this phone sucks completely, so I was curious if the Bluetooth sucked too.
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Make sure the headset supports A2DP and Bluetooth 3.0.
I am able to stream shoutcast over 3g/bluetooth from my phone to my Pioneer DEH-P9800BT no problem.
I just got a new bluetooth 3.0 set from Fry's for like $30 and it has been working fine. Haven't tried music streaming yet.
Link here:
http://www.frys.com/product/6799615?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
I have some issues with connecting and have to repair everytime but not sure if that's my kernel or cm7 or the headset itself. Will check later.
I'm on cm nightlie and have my issue....have tried different nightlies with same issue...but haven't tried other peoples roms cause their still based on cm7... mines support ap2d not sure about Bluetooth 3.0....
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Jelly bean bugs and answers

So ive noticed a couple of huge flaws with jelly bean so far a d have not been able to find or figure out the solution. Firat off my screen lags horribly when my keyboard comes up, especially while trying to send text messages. Secondly, graphics intensive games seem to be sped up too much.
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Has anyone noticed these problems, and does anyone have a solution?
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I had problems with my WiFi. It showed connected but I could not actually get browser to work or send or receiveany data. I did a factory reset (after backing up) and it worked. I tried some WiFi fixer apps with no luck.
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Thats odd, my wifi signal appears stronger following tbe update. Dont know if it actually is or not, I never did any benchmark tests on wifi on 4.0. Im glad your problems got resolved though, hope the reset wasnt too much of a burden
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It's just you.
"Huge flaws"??? Hardly. Switch keyboards. Sammy one sucks.
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I've got one. When I use Google play music using tbe headphone jack, the first song i play works fine. (meaning it plays through whatever i have it plugged into, i. e., headphones, car speakers) But as soon as the next song comes on it bypasses the jack and plays out the phone's speakers. Im running stock rooted K3. only happens on that app. ive uninstalled and reinstalled. ive done a hard reset. Any ideas? thanks much. Oh yeah, when the second song plays through the speakers if I pause and play it then goes through the jack.
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wvcraft said:
I've got one. When I use Google play music using tbe headphone jack, the first song i play works fine. (meaning it plays through whatever i have it plugged into, i. e., headphones, car speakers) But as soon as the next song comes on it bypasses the jack and plays out the phone's speakers. Im running stock rooted K3. only happens on that app. ive uninstalled and reinstalled. ive done a hard reset. Any ideas? thanks much. Oh yeah, when the second song plays through the speakers if I pause and play it then goes through the jack.
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Unfortunately this has been a bug since the first Jelly Bean leak.
You can try enabling "Audio Output Mode" in Settings > Accessories, but I've not personally tried that. I only heard of it as a suggestion.
You could do what I did and put all your music on your phone and use PowerAMP. I know its kind of silly that simple audio output doesn't work but that's the way it is. You could also switch to an AOSP ROM to correct it.
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Random Zapping noise while listening to music

Not sure how to exactly describe the sound but I randomly get a ear piercing zapping noise while listening through earphones or connected to aux wire in the car. After it happens the volume gets lower and I have to pull out the wires and then restart the song. Anyone else experience this?
Fyi my setup is latest synergy r147. But it also happened since I had r125.
Maybe its just hardware related.
this is only happening in poweramp and not the stock player.
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If the phone has got wet anywhere the audio input is this happens.
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If the phone has got wet anywhere the audio input is this happens.
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I see.....so I messed it up then...so is it permanatly damaged? Guess I should get replacement request in. Thanks for the info.
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I see.....so I messed it up then...so is it permanatly damaged? Guess I should get replacement request in. Thanks for the info.
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Not necessarily. It could be that your audio cable is damaged or there is a grounding loop if you're charging it as well
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Not necessarily. It could be that your audio cable is damaged or there is a grounding loop if you're charging it as well
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i get the sound like 3 times a day...both on regular earphones and in the car with one of those static cancelling aux wires from kensington. sleeping on the train and wake up from zap sound to the ear......
idk what i should do.
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poweramp seems to be the problem
I tried playing the same files on the stock player but never got the squealing noise. and if i unplug it it still squeals. and it happens when it is cold outside. pls help i cannot figure it out. seems like poweramp is the problem so i deleted poweramp and reinstalled it. and only restored data from TIBU. and after a while the noise comes back. i don't know what to do
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I tried playing the same files on the stock player but never got the squealing noise. and if i unplug it it still squeals. and it happens when it is cold outside. pls help i cannot figure it out. seems like poweramp is the problem so i deleted poweramp and reinstalled it. and only restored data from TIBU. and after a while the noise comes back. i don't know what to do
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It's the file format themselves then. Which file formats do you notice cause the squeaking? For me, I noticed that wma and m4a files cause constant squeaking in PowerAmp whereas mp3's work fine. I have zero issues playing those same audio files in the stock player. Basically, any music files that I placed on my phone from Windows Media Player and iTunes cause music popping/cracking unless using the stock music player.
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It's the file format themselves then. Which file formats do you notice cause the squeaking? For me, I noticed that wma and m4a files cause constant squeaking in PowerAmp whereas mp3's work fine. I have zero issues playing those same audio files in the stock player. Basically, any music files that I placed on my phone from Windows Media Player and iTunes cause music popping/cracking unless using the stock music player.
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interesting im sure most of my files are mp3 but i will have to take a look. thanks for the heads up
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interesting im sure most of my files are mp3 but i will have to take a look. thanks for the heads up
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It's ridiculous that those two file formats cause issues for me. The worst part is I have those same exact files on my HTC Droid Incredible and have absolutely no issues. It was something I noticed immediately once I received my GSIII in July but previously had no issues with. Months ago I sent an email to the PowerAmp dev to inquire about this and they told me it was an issue with Samsung's firmware not their app. It seems like Samsung sabotaged music file compatibility with third party apps. I still love PowerAmp though.
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I've been having the same problem. Whether its my ear phones, AV cable in the car or, at work it does it. Even on different apps (native music player, play music, and podcast app). I have an otter box so my ports are good and clean and no water damage. No idea why it happens but I've got a replacement on the way for an unrelated reason. So hopefully it won't do it too.
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FesterTOR said:
I've been having the same problem. Whether its my ear phones, AV cable in the car or, at work it does it. Even on different apps (native music player, play music, and podcast app). I have an otter box so my ports are good and clean and no water damage. No idea why it happens but I've got a replacement on the way for an unrelated reason. So hopefully it won't do it too.
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yea for me it doesn't seem like a file issue. at least not the same issue as slim. all my files are mp3 and it doesnt happen on a particular track either. seems obly to happen outside. never happened on previous phone, this is my third replacement.
festor pls let me know what happenes after you get you repkacement . maybe ill request one as well.
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Just got my new phone yesterday and so far its sounding good. Tried it in my truck and at work.
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FesterTOR said:
Just got my new phone yesterday and so far its sounding good. Tried it in my truck and at work.
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did you just restore same data for poweramp and play like it was before?hmm maybe i should get it too.
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Fwiw I think I found the problem....it was a low voltage problem. When my voltages for kernel settings were tweaked to be lower I would immediately get the zapping sounds. Can't say what the levels were but anything I setup away from stock...it happened. Hope this helps anyone.
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