Voice Calling over Bluetooth - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I recently bought a bluetooth FM transmitter, and it works great except when I try to place a call. The problem is that the prompt to "Say call, followed by a name or number" is far too low in volume. It seems as if doing this temporarily decreases the volume on my bluetooth device by about half, rendering this entire feature unusable.
Here is an audio recording demonstrating the problem. As you can tell, "This is an example of speech synthesis in English" sounds just fine, but "Say call, followed by a name or number" is barely audible at all.
In case it matters, I am currently using this ROM. Does anyone know how I might be able to fix this?

Some_Person said:
I recently bought a bluetooth FM transmitter, and it works great except when I try to place a call. The problem is that the prompt to "Say call, followed by a name or number" is far too low in volume. It seems as if doing this temporarily decreases the volume on my bluetooth device by about half, rendering this entire feature unusable.
Here is an audio recording demonstrating the problem. As you can tell, "This is an example of speech synthesis in English" sounds just fine, but "Say call, followed by a name or number" is barely audible at all.
In case it matters, I am currently using this ROM. Does anyone know how I might be able to fix this?
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You could try an app like viper4android, which can boost the audio output..
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Setting.Out said:
You could try an app like viper4android, which can boost the audio output..
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I don't see how that would help. The problem is that the voice dialer temporarily radically decreases the volume, as in, I can see the difference if I adjust the volume on my Bluetooth device. Turning up the volume on the device also causes an indicator to show up on the phone, which suggests that the Google Search app is lowering the volume for whatever reason.

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Google Voice voicemail playback issue

Anyone else experiencing robotic + tiny audio quality when playing back Google Voice voicemails on the HTC Sensation from both earpiece and speaker? I have tried downgrading but that did not alleviate the issue.
+1 same issue. Super quiet. (And I don't want volume+ app)
guyandhisdog said:
+1 same issue. Super quiet. (And I don't want volume+ app)
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I'm using Volume+ and it is still too quiet and robotic.
Sorry to drum up an old thread, but this issue still has not been resolved for me. I use Google Voice extensively. Even with DSP manager, listening to voicemails through the Google voice app (both thru the earpiece and speaker) the volume is so quiet I can not hear. I have to listen to voicemails using my laptop which is annoying. Anyone else experience this and/or found a solution?

[APP] Earpiece: boost audio, play through earpiece

I wanted an app to play audio through a phone earpiece, so that if I didn't take my headphones somewhere, I could still listen to an audio book as if I was on the phone. So I made a very simple app that toggles whether sound comes from the earpiece or the speaker: Earpiece.
Currently alpha, or maybe early beta, quality. Works on my Epic 4G Touch. Don't know how many other phones it'll work for. (Interestingly, I also noticed that if I have earphones plugged in and I select earpiece mode, then the volume goes up a little. I am curious if this happens for other users)
I also wanted an app that would let me boost the audio volume, so I added that functionality to Earpiece while I was at it (Android 2.3+ only, should work even on devices like tablets that don't have an earpiece). I know there are such apps (Volume+ seems to be the most popular one), but why have a separate app for this?
You can set Earpiece to show up when you long-press the search key. (I don't use this feature myself. Instead, I have another simple app that pops up a menu of my favorite apps when I long-press the search key, and I use that to launch Earpiece.)
Free and open source (BSD license).
Works on SGM l. But DSp manager FCs
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ensoy said:
Works on SGM l. But DSp manager FCs
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With what settings in Earpiece?
I would expect the Boost setting to interfere with DSP Manager, since both apps would be trying to do the same thing.
Not working on Motorola Defy with MIUI GB ROM.
5pace said:
Not working on Motorola Defy with MIUI GB ROM.
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Thanks! Tell me more. How did you test it?
Here's how I test. I start an audio book playing in Mortplayer, and then go to Earpiece, and toggle the Earpiece checkmark.
Clever idea, thanks!
Works perfectly on my HTC EVO 3D ICS 4.0.3 leak, boost as well - even the feeble speaker becomes louder
Cheers
Christoph
Works perfectly on ZTE Blade.
Looks pretty weird when "talking" to phone without saying anything
mikpel said:
Looks pretty weird when "talking" to phone without saying anything
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It looks like the person on the other end of the line is just talking your ear off and not letting you get a word in.
Question: Should I activate the proximity sensor in Earpiece mode, and turn the device screen off and on based on closeness to the face?
arpruss said:
It looks like the person on the other end of the line is just talking your ear off and not letting you get a word in.
Question: Should I activate the proximity sensor in Earpiece mode, and turn the device screen off and on based on closeness to the face?
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Thats great idea. Im using this in sgs2 running aokp.
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I just posted 0.02 with proximity sensor support.
Screen off while close to face is default for phone calls on my htc, saves lots! of battery during long talks.
So, yes, please
Workaround so far: With screen off manually (power button), sound plays nicely in the background.
Thanks and Cheers!
EDIT: Too fast for me Thanks again!
Edit: Getting FC after "boosting"... all options set
chw9999 said:
Edit: Getting FC after "boosting"... all options set
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Did this happen with the previous version?
Can you send me a log after the crash? Install Log Collector, then do the crash again, and then go to Log Collector to email the log to arpruss at gmail dot com.
My ICS has a not stable beats installed, deactivated it, now works flawless
Noticed that the "Volume up/down" beeps don't get routed through earpeace, which is fine with me. Probably, because it's not a media volume sound?
Cheers!
Work on zte blade, but is it possible to use earpiece + speaker in same time?
Envoyé depuis mon Blade
Works for mytouch 4g miui gb
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Gokh said:
Work on zte blade, but is it possible to use earpiece + speaker in same time?
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You mean, for greater volume?
I doubt it, but I can experiment and see. Might actually be hard to tell if it's working, because the earpiece speaker will be drowned out by the main speaker.
I just posted 0.03.
It switches to the earpiece using a slightly different method. I'd appreciate reports whether it works for people.
By the way, no luck routing audio to BOTH the speaker and the earpiece at the same time.
I posted a release in the Market.
The release version carries one text ad on the screen, for my paid products. If the ad annoys you, just buy any of my paid products and the ad will disappear. Or just use a pre-release version.
Cool thing I found. If you turn on Earpiece while in Camera, the camera sound gets routed to the earpiece, and hence is very quiet, at least in my Epic 4G Touch.
(I know there are root-based solutions to the camera sound issue, but I haven't rooted my phone yet--I haven't found a way to do it that's both safe and doesn't involve copyright problems, like downloading unauthorized copies of parts of ROMs.)
I posted 1.01 in the Market and on the google code page. If you press MENU, you can go to Settings and select whether you want the status bar notification always, only when the background service is running, or never. The "never" is attractive if you don't like clutter, but unfortunately it allows the OS to kill Earpiece's proximity sensor and boost features (they need the background service) when the OS runs out of memory. Still, it's up to the user.
I am kind of excited by my discovery that earpiece mode makes the camera sound come out of the earpiece and hence be very quiet. I've experimented some more, and when I combine this with a negative volume boost, I can make the camera sound almost inaudible--probably inaudible to anybody more than two feet away except in an almost perfectly silent environment. Of course, for rooted devices there are ways of turning it off entirely, but I don't have root, and I want to be able to take pictures without disturbing people.

Mic volume very low during call - Normal with loudspeaker On

Hi friends, I have
Nexus S M200
ICS 4.0.4
Build Number IMM76D
When i call, other person hear my voice in very low volume, or i my mic has very low volume during call, its normal to use with yahoo or skype voice call, its normal to record voice through applications, mic volume also becomes normal during network call when i switch my speaker phone on.
I know this is common problem in many android phones, but i could not find any clear answer or solution, some people say switch dual mic off, but i guess there is no dual mic or dual mic settings in nexus s?
can any advance/expert user help me in this regard?
Thanks in advance.
If you are using voodoo control you should disable hi- fi recording
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[Q] Bluetooth Streaming Audio Issue

I've been having an issue with Bluetooth streaming audio on every original development rom I've flashed. I'm currently running Slim-4.2.2 build 5.
The problem is that when I'm listening to music through my bluetooth headphones (LG Tone HBS-700) and an incoming call comes through, the music I'm listening to through my headphones comes blaring out the phone's speaker instead of being paused. This happens only when the phone is in vibrate or silent mode. If I have the phone in ringer mode, then the music will pause and the actual ring tone will play out the phone's speaker as it should.
I use Poweramp for local music and Pandora and Spotify as well. For some reason the problem doesn't show itself when I'm listening to Poweramp; only when I'm listening to Pandora or Spotify. (I haven't tried any other apps).
It's only incoming calls too, notifications don't play out the phone's speaker while in silent/vibrate mode during music playback.
A temporary solution for me is to set my ringtone to "none", but then when I have my phone in ringer mode, I have to remember to manually set the ringtone to the one I want and vice versa. I could use something like tasker to handle that, but I'd prefer to fix the root problem if possible vs. covering it up with a hack.
Has anyone else encountered this and hopefully been able to fix it? I'd really like to leave my phone in vibrate mode at work without the possibility of my music blaring out the phone if I get a phone call.
Not a single person has encountered this issue?
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Have you tried an app called Soundabout? It is not just a bluetooth issue even with wired headsets this happens also. You will have to get the paid version for Bluetooth settings.
Yeah, I tried out Soundabout with the pro license. I messed with every setting and I couldn't get it to fix the problem.
I never use wired headphones so I didn't know that was an issue too. I just tried out some wired headphones to see if it behaved the same way and there's actually zero issue with wired headphones in relation to an incoming call on my phone. In silent mode, the audio continues to play out the wired headphones and I see a phone call on my screen.
As it turns out, now setting my ringtone to "None" doesn't work as a temporary solution anymore. Media audio from Pandora and Spotify will reroute to the phone's speaker for an incoming call on silent or vibrate mode. I'm going to try out Slim's weekly build 5.5. If that doesn't work, I'm going to check out a custom kernel. If nothing, I may need to revert back to stock as this is a deal-breaker. I can't have my phone making unnecessary noise in a quiet area in the slim chance I get a phone call.
Any and all solutions are welcome if anyone has any ideas or troubleshooting methods they'd like to suggest. Thanks!
same here on stock
i am getting the same thing and running a stock Droid Razr android v. 4.1.2
very f'n annoying when i get calls at work and i got jams playing and all the sudden just blares out the phone speakers.
lunchboxdc said:
Yeah, I tried out Soundabout with the pro license. I messed with every setting and I couldn't get it to fix the problem.
I never use wired headphones so I didn't know that was an issue too. I just tried out some wired headphones to see if it behaved the same way and there's actually zero issue with wired headphones in relation to an incoming call on my phone. In silent mode, the audio continues to play out the wired headphones and I see a phone call on my screen.
As it turns out, now setting my ringtone to "None" doesn't work as a temporary solution anymore. Media audio from Pandora and Spotify will reroute to the phone's speaker for an incoming call on silent or vibrate mode. I'm going to try out Slim's weekly build 5.5. If that doesn't work, I'm going to check out a custom kernel. If nothing, I may need to revert back to stock as this is a deal-breaker. I can't have my phone making unnecessary noise in a quiet area in the slim chance I get a phone call.
Any and all solutions are welcome if anyone has any ideas or troubleshooting methods they'd like to suggest. Thanks!
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Has this been solved yet?
Having the same issue with LG Tone+ using PlayerPro with local music. I don't know if it makes a difference (I guess I could test it), but I use last.fm to scrobble all music live.
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[Q] Sound stuck outputting through top ear speakers.

Once in a while I would notice my had it's volume output really low; even at max setting.
What actually was happening was the phone was stuck outputting only through the top speaker meant for phone conversations. Normally it would use the bottom speakers and much louder. Only way I've found to fix this was with a reboot.
Is there a fix or way to stop this from happening? Rather not reboot every time this happens.
Do you have T-Mobile and use their visual voicemail app? If so, that's what's causing it.
Mr. Sprinkles said:
Do you have T-Mobile and use their visual voicemail app? If so, that's what's causing it.
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I have Tmobile but not using their apps. Usually, get this problem after using my headphones listening to music.

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