I was just wondering if anyone else found their earpiece to have a muffled almost buzzy noise to it?
It is subtle, but compared to my previous MT4G, it is not nearly as clear or as loud. Sounds almost like the beginning of blown car speaker.
So far no, it sounds pretty good to me. Louder than the Galaxy S and perhaps a little clearer. Are you at 100% volume?
I am at full volume. The earpiece volume is a little low to me. I'm gonna go back to bb and see if they have a demo I can compare it to. I don't know if it's worth risking a return on, as everything else is perfect.
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Had that same problem on my previous ns. The earpiece would rattle on highest volume during calls. It was an obvious defect but if you dont mind having calls at lower volume, keep it as getting a new ns could mean getting other defects.
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Being as some people already bought the phone at Costcos and AT&T's release is tomorrow, I wanted to start a thread for people having speaker issues.
If anyone has read my thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949878 You will notice I and a few others who recently got an Inspire early have noticed very tinny call quality in the earpiece and speaker phone, and very low speaker volume on the rear external speaker to the point where you can bearly hear it ring or hear the notification tones.
So of anyone else is experiencing either of these, please post in here.
I have a report filed with our local HTC rep and she passed it up the chain. So we'll see if it goes anywhere.
just sounds weird when using pandora
Mine has excellent in-call volume, thru ear speaker. External speaker a little weak.
Boo boo speaker
Speaker is garbage. Phone speaker is phone, but the rear one sucks.
My n1 doesn't have very good speakers. Its not faulty though, just not very good. Ive heard its a problem with htc. Regarding the inspire, are we talking about defective or just poor quality?
So far its been ok. Call Quality has been good and loud enough but the speaker volume is weak compared to my iphone 4.
Very low ringtones and notifications, even with volume turned all the way up...
Does anyone know how the volume compares to the Aria? Because it's damn quite, especially if you ever set the phone down face-up, covering the back speaker...
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See this thread for a possible fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773449
Ill be trying a few things myself, hopefully not run into a boot loop in the process. hahaha
Anyone able to compare the earpiece volume to the Captivate and Aria? I thought Aria was way too low and Captivate is about right... don't want to switch to a phone with lower call volume.
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Anyone able to compare the earpiece volume to the Captivate and Aria? I thought Aria was way too low and Captivate is about right... don't want to switch to a phone with lower call volume.
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The captivate is definately louder. Not as loud as an iPhone, but louder than the Inspire.
Also the captivate doesn't have that tinny sound like the Inspire does in the earpiece.
Well we sold out of Inspire's today, as did a a few other stores that I know of.
So far we have been getting good reviews of the phone in general, but many people are complaining of the low external speaker volume. I can see this is going to be a big issue with a lot of people.
I've had a few people comment on the tinny trebly sounding earpiece and speakerphone, but it appears that different people have various tolerences when it comes to sound pitch.
For people wanted to compare it to the Captivate, I would have the say the Captivate definately has better sound quality and the external speaker is a tad louder, but still not on par with the iPhone. So it just seems the Inspire although better in "almost" every way from the Captivate, is definately a step lower as far as the speakers.
I'll keep everyone informed when I hear some more back from our HTC rep. I'm hoping this can just be corrected with the software update.
this phone is AMAZING, but i agree with you choco,
the speaker is pretty much useless...its tinny, and the volume is too low. That being said,
the in ear speaker is one of the best i have used. It seems like the loud speaker, battery, and front facing camera is how HTC managed to keep this one at $100
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We nearly sold out of them as well today...people are responding very well to this phone, much better than they did with the captivate.
I bought it. I must say, I think its a little louder in call than the captivate. I think the external speaker is ok, so my feeling is that theres a production line issue here.
Speaker Issue
The speaker for notifications and ringtones is horrible. I can barely hear it when I get a call. Im thinking about returning it. Whats the point of a phone if you cant hear when someone is calling. (other than that it is a decent phone, I will test battery life tommorrow)
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I bought it. I must say, I think its a little louder in call than the captivate. I think the external speaker is ok, so my feeling is that theres a production line issue here.
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Either that or varying parts. My incall speaker sounds fine. The external speaker is....well just crap. Luckily, I don't use the phone's external speaker for much anyway.
Coming from a Captivate
I bought the phone yesterday, and well I haven't had extensive use of it yet both the external and the earpiece volume are fine to me...no problem with ringer volume.
I will agree that the sound is a bit tinny.
picked mine up yesterday and the rear speaker is a bit quite for notifications. the earpiece sounded a little tinny on the first call i made with it, but i'm thinking it might have been the fact that it was to a buddy of mine on a cm7 nightly and using speaker phone. i didn't notice the tinny sound on any of the subsequent phone calls, so either i got used to it and it doesn't bother me any more or it was his phone not mine
This thread should be rename to post here if u think the speaker level is too damn low. Its not a problem when all the phone are the same. Hopefully it is fixable with a software update.
Yeah speaker sucks I mean look at it... they didn't even try
Is anyone else starting to get bad tinny sound in their earpiece? Making calls, talking, just hearing the "ringing" sound when making a call is driving me nuts. Sounds like the built-in earpiece speaker is crapping out.
Is this covered by warranty?
Did you drop the phone. I dropped mine and then that same problem started. Annoying as hell
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I experience this with my pristine Thunderbolt. No dings, no falls; just a few weeks old.
HTC doesn't care
Yes the ear piece speaker is defective and the external speaker also. I spoke with HTC and they said it was a software problem and would be fixed (What a Load). The phone also has a bad amplifier for the speakers and ear phone jack. If you turn up the base when listening earphones the amplifier cracks and distorts (Same volume on my Zune, Omnia II and Galaxy Tab sounds great). HTC said to turn the volume down. Good answer! Hopefully Samsung starts making better looking phones, because this will be my last HTC!
So its actually a funny story. When i have my ear buds in the sound is not correctly balanced so it's like i hear more with my left ear. So i went to the doctor the other day for my right ear. It turns out that i have some moisture behind my eardrum witch blocks just a tiny bit of sound coming trough my right ear.
So I've made an appointment for the next day. They did an hearing test. And they said it was all fine. (i didn't even see the doctor just an assistant.) And the guy surprisingly send me home!!??. So it's still not fixed.
The Above story does not have anything to do with my question
So my question is. Is there an honeycomb app/extension that makes me balance all the audio coming from my xoom??
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So its actually a funny story. When i have my ear buds in the sound is not correctly balanced so it's like i hear more with my left ear. So i went to the doctor the other day for my right ear. It turns out that i have some moisture behind my eardrum witch blocks just a tiny bit of sound coming trough my right ear.
So I've made an appointment for the next day. They did an hearing test. And they said it was all fine. (i didn't even see the doctor just an assistant.) And the guy surprisingly send me home!!??. So it's still not fixed.
The Above story does not have anything to do with my question
So my question is. Is there an honeycomb app/extension that makes me balance all the audio coming from my xoom??
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There are equalizer apps but I don't recall seeing stereo balance. Have you searched?
Good luck with your hearing issue.
Yea i got several equalizer apps now.
but none of them had a volume balance.
the only one i found was buzz player witch does volume balance for video.
but that's video and not music.
And i called the doctor yesterday. And she said i just have to live with it. Because my hearing is perfectly fine. And she don't what to cut through my eardrum if there is nothing wrong with my hearing.
so yea. is it easy to make an volume balance app myself??
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Yea i got several equalizer apps now.
but none of them had a volume balance.
the only one i found was buzz player witch does volume balance for video.
but that's video and not music.
And i called the doctor yesterday. And she said i just have to live with it. Because my hearing is perfectly fine. And she don't what to cut through my eardrum if there is nothing wrong with my hearing.
so yea. is it easy to make an volume balance app myself??
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Sure, put a bit of cotton wool in one ear bud to dampen the sound a bit...adjust the amount and the volume til you are happy with it.
thanks for the tip!!
i will try that.
Luckily i can just adjust the balance in windows.
Not sure if I have a defective speaker but I noticed notification volume really sucks, anyone else else notice low volume?
Coming from the HTC One Max (M8), the speaker on the phone just isn't that loud, especially if you cover the bottom side of the phone.
The HTC One series had the best speakers/volume of any phone, bar none. I'm coming from the M8 and realized I'm back to just "normal" speakers, which suck by comparison.