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Edit: Problem sorted :)

Edit: Problem sorted

There are some noise cancellations issues which we believe to be software related. We hope the issue is solved in the next update, but we can't say for sure.
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Angry_Nexus5 said:
Hello all, I am new to the Nexus 5. I bought mine two days ago. I was really impressed with it at first, but now I'm being told by everyone who I speak to on calls, I sound distant, fuzzy and my mic is crackling. Also, there's a few black dots on the screen. I have done some quick research and found lots and lots of information regarding this issue. However, what I really want to know is, considering this is annoying me like crazy, is it even worth returning it and getting another one? I seen a few posts on other sites and one user had returned 5 times and still had faults. I don't know if I can trust LG again. The problem is, I love this phone so much! :/ I have 30 days to return my phone because of these faults and can either get a refund or an exchange. I don't even think there are any alternatives in the £300 price range :/ I sold my iPhone 5C for this as well! :/
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Do you really have issues with your phone or are you just trolling. I notice your screen name is "Angry_Nexus5"?
I have neither of the issues you've described. My Nexus 5 seems to be perfect minus a software glitch when making calls. If you are having issues then definitely replace it through warranty. No need to ask anyone for permission to do so.
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There are some noise cancellations issues which we believe to be software related. We hope the issue is solved in the next update, but we can't say for sure.
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That's certainly promising. I can't see how they'd be able to overlook such a big hardware flaw if it is hardware, so I guess software could be the problem.

We all have the microphone issue. It just depends how much we notice it. Dodgy noise cancellation algorithm. Just record a video with the tv in the background, you'd probably notice it
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OuncE718 said:
Do you really have issues with your phone or are you just trolling. I notice your screen name is "Angry_Nexus5"?
I have neither of the issues you've described. My Nexus 5 seems to be perfect minus a software glitch when making calls. If you are having issues then definitely replace it through warranty. No need to ask anyone for permission to do so.
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I assure you, I am no troll. This is a well known issue from what I have read and pretending it does not exist is an insult to your own and my own intelligence.

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I have no idea what trolling is, but I assure you, I am no troll. I have a nabour that resembles one though, haha! In all serious though, this is a well known issue from what I have read and pretending it does not exist is an insult to your own and my own intelligence. Nor am I asking permission, I'm asking if people think its even worth returning - because others seem to have gone through the trouble of returning just to find they have another defective product.
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I'm definitely not pretending it doesn't exist. I guess I've never noticed the issue since I never used video recording on this phone. Also no one has told me anything about the call quality having static. If its a known issue that you can bear with then I'd say wait it out and see if the issue gets rectified with the next software update but then again black dots on the screen might be a bit annoying for me to view so I'd probably still do the replacement.
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Angry_Nexus5 said:
I have no idea what trolling is, but I assure you, I am no troll. I have a nabour that resembles one though, haha! In all serious though, this is a well known issue from what I have read and pretending it does not exist is an insult to your own and my own intelligence. Nor am I asking permission, I'm asking if people think its even worth returning - because others seem to have gone through the trouble of returning just to find they have another defective product.
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It is a well known issue and has easy fixes as well. Simply covering the secondary mic is one of them, check out the threads discussing this issue for more help.
Personally I haven't had anyone complain about my voice and they seem to hear me fine for the most part so I've not taken any action. You also mentioned you may have dead pixels and if so you might want to RMA because of that.
The vast majority of users don't come on to report "all is well here" and so when you read forums you get a concentration of people with issues, or some unlucky/overly picky RMAers.

bblzd said:
It is a well known issue and has easy fixes as well. Simply covering the secondary mic is one of them, check out the threads discussing this issue for more help.
Personally I haven't had anyone complain about my voice and they seem to hear me fine for the most part so I've not taken any action. You also mentioned you may have dead pixels and if so you might want to RMA because of that.
The vast majority of users don't come on to report "all is well here" and so when you read forums you get a concentration of people with issues, or some unlucky/overly picky RMAers.
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Thank you for your replies. I will go in store tomorrow and discuss my options with a staff member.

Just to update:
I returned my N5, the lady at Carphone was very friendly. She replaced it with a new black Nexus 5 and said its one fresh off the production line. All in all, I'm very impressed glad I returned
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Angry_Nexus5 said:
Just to update:
I returned my N5, the lady at Carphone was very friendly. She replaced it with a black nexus 5 and said its one fresh off the production line. So far, no black dots - improved calls - bigger speaker and microphone holes and tight volume rocker buttons. GPS is accurate, and no light bleed. All in all, I'm very impressed glad I returned
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so... umm... does this mean that you will now post with a different username? since (hopefully) you aren't angry with your nexus5 now?

jj14 said:
so... umm... does this mean that you will now post with a different username? since (hopefully) you aren't angry with your nexus5 now?
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Am I able to change my username?

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Am I able to change my username?
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I don't know - maybe the administrators/mods can do that, but I don't see an option to change username.

Theres a link somewhere to contact Admin. That's how I did it.
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Am I able to change my username?
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At the bottom of each page there is *Contact Us* Look under "XDA Member or Visitor and you will find change username. Glad you got it sorted.

Done. Thank you
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Done. Thank you
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I am glad you got it sorted out.
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Migrating to Nexus 5?

Hey, I have a couple of quick questions. About 4 months ago I came over to Android from several years on iOS (all Jailbroken & heavily modded devices). I was up for contract renewal with AT&T, and I am still grandfathered in on the old Unlimited Data plan. At the time all I knew about Android, is that I liked how much better it had gotten with Jellybean and that I thought I wanted to give Android a try. At the time I was under the impression that Android was much more open & customizable, and easier to work with. AT&T changed that experience for me. I ended up going with a red Samsung Galaxy S4 because I like the hardware, thinking that if I didn't like the Samsung interface, I could just flash Vanilla Android from Google.......as everybody knows now, not the case. I really like Android and prefer the Vanilla experience to Samsung's Touchwiz interface. their Knox security (and Knox 2.0 coming soon), and the fact that it is not optional has left a very bad taste in my mouth, in addition to the locked bootloader on the GS4. I have also been playing around with Android Studio and am looking at getting into some Android development. So for me, it's time to jump ship and move to the much more user-friendly (mod friendly) Nexus 5.
So for anybody who has come over to the Nexus 5 from another phone, what issues did you run into switching over?
From what I've read, both use a micro sim, so I should be able to just put my sim in the Nexus 5 and go, right?
I currently have root on the GS4 and backup all my stuff to Google drive with Titanium Backup. Theoretically, I should be able to install Titanium backup on the Nexus and restore my apps & app data, correct?
Anything else I should be aware of? I need to make as smooth of a transition as possible. GS4 is then getting restored to factory and is getting sold to pay for a good chunk of the Nexus 5.
I also plan to go with the 32 GB Nexus 5 since there is no SD card slot. Advice on this decision? Thanks for any information and suggestions. I look forward to soon becoming a Nexus 5 owner and member of this forum community.
-Jeremy

Get the 32. Be careful not to restore system data. Insert sim and go.
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Get the 32. Be careful not to restore system data. Insert sim and go.
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Thanks. Sounds easy enough.
-Jeremy

What he said
I came from the S4
Got a 32
Backed up G acct and
Drop box and it was all good
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I came from the ATT I337 S4 myself and yes get the 32gb cause the Nexus don't support an external SdCard .when you just pop in your micro Sim i also recommend calling to match your Sim and IMEI .i have had zero issues and this phone is smooth as silk.below is a link to a little treat
http://www.sony.net/Products/memorycard/en_us/usbsa/
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jball said:
I came from the ATT I337 S4 myself and yes get the 32gb cause the Nexus don't support an external SdCard .when you just pop in your micro Sim i also recommend calling to match your Sim and IMEI .i have had zero issues and this phone is smooth as silk.below is a link to a little treat
http://www.sony.net/Products/memorycard/en_us/usbsa/
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The little treat looks sweet... Hopefully Sony will make it compatible with 4.4 soon
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ilostmypistons said:
The little treat looks sweet... Hopefully Sony will make it compatible with 4.4 soon
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Received the Sony 16gb Micro Flash Drive today and yes when i just plug it in i get no mount options of course.
However when in TWRP it allows me to mount "USB OTG" to do what i bought the drive for witch is Backups.
Edit: tested above USB flash drive with "StickMount Pro" and works great.
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Nice!
jball said:
I came from the ATT I337 S4 myself and yes get the 32gb cause the Nexus don't support an external SdCard .when you just pop in your micro Sim i also recommend calling to match your Sim and IMEI .i have had zero issues and this phone is smooth as silk.below is a link to a little treat
http://www.sony.net/Products/memorycard/en_us/usbsa/
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That looks cool. Nexus 5 came in this last Friday, and my Spigen SlimArmor case & Nilkin Tempered glass protector came Monday. Over the weekend I was able to get the bootloader unlocked and got the phone rooted. So much easier on the Nexus. Can't get much easier than:
"adb bootloader unlock"
I got my S4 back to stock and getting ready to list it on Swappa.
I had one other question regarding the IMEI. You mention calling AT&T to update the IMEI, but I've done some reading and it's my understanding that once you make some calls from the new device after moving your SIM over to it, the IMEI is automatically updated in AT&T's system within 48 hrs. Can anyone here confirm this? Anything else I need to do? Everything is working great on the Nexus 5.
Thanks. I already love this phone!
- Jeremy

jsgates
Can not confirm the auto IMEI switch for you but if there is truth to what you mention than i would call to have it switched sooner than the 48 hour auto period .
Bad ass phone isn't it?
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You don't have to switch anything over. I have a note 2 and nexus 5 and switch the Sim out all the time to use either phone. I never called for anything.
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Kreateablaze said:
You don't have to switch anything over. I have a note 2 and nexus 5 and switch the Sim out all the time to use either phone. I never called for anything.
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Your right you don't its a preference i recommended.
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Sprint Galaxy Note 5 Thread

I had to fight with UPS today for 2 hours, but I got my Galaxy Note 5. In short, I'm glad I got it. I'm sure, like always, each carrier will have their differences, but this is one SLICK SEXY phone.
Out the box I had 25%, I burned through it just doing app updates and setting up my information on the phone and then I tried the Wireless Charging...Guys, it's good! Like really good! I don't even have the Fast Wireless Charging dock. I have the Samsung Galaxy Mini Wireless Charging Pad and that finished up in just over 2 hours, so that Fast Wireless Charger is going to charge as fast as the end of a Prom date. Don't prejudge the phone over what you heard. Use it.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Guess u don't use much storage, that's why u don't have a problem with it. And of course you're going to notice a decent bump in performance coming from a note 3. I've warned everyone I know to not upgrade to the 5 and either get a note 4, or don't drop their 4 cause of Samsung pulling them.

I had to fight with ups as well. Somehow ups got my address wrong... It was either ups or Sprint. Either way I have it.
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Do you get simultaneous voice and data (without wifi) or is it crippled like the note 4?

gtr2009 said:
Do you get simultaneous voice and data (without wifi) or is it crippled like the note 4?
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Is what i want to know as well

gtr2009 said:
Do you get simultaneous voice and data (without wifi) or is it crippled like the note 4?
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No VoLTE, Ive had the phone for 3 days and it doesn't work.

gtr2009 said:
Do you get simultaneous voice and data (without wifi) or is it crippled like the note 4?
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Is what i want to know as well
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Sprint doesn't have VoLTE yet into their network.

ryanalan82 said:
Guess u don't use much storage, that's why u don't have a problem with it. And of course you're going to notice a decent bump in performance coming from a note 3. I've warned everyone I know to not upgrade to the 5 and either get a note 4, or don't drop their 4 cause of Samsung pulling them.
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i use tons of storage... i carry at least 8TB of hard drives everyday. i just don't install many apps and music is all cloud based now for me. movies are kept on a segate wifi drive, i always have a otg adapter and flash ready, but most of the time i just stream netflix/amazon. the majority of my internal storage on my devices are now roms or flashing related crap.
because of the number of devices i have i find it easier to do it the way i do rather than have redundant info on multiple devices - still happens sometimes and i forget which tablet/phone has a certain movie or song... still can find my damn Fried Chicken from Beatnuts!
i started not using an external sd when i got my s4, just as a test, and it worked out for me. so getting an n6 and n9 wasn't too much trouble as i knew what to expect.
though i do think the removal of the SD slot isn't b/c they studied that most people don't use it, but rather that people are suckers and will toss an extra $100 for 32GB.

madsquabbles said:
though i do think the removal of the SD slot isn't b/c they studied that most people don't use it, but rather that people are suckers and will toss an extra $100 for 32GB.
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Totally agree with this. Iphone suckers have been dealing with this the whole time. I've only have known like 2 iPhone users that would pay all that money for a 128 gb iPhone. Most got the 16 or 32 gb versions and became very limited on what they put on their phone.

just got my order in. not time to play with it yet. damn, i forgot that samsung switched to 16:9 ratio. makes this thing less massive than i thought (huge negative for me). it's the same width as the note 2 but ~3/16 taller.

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The funny thing is that i could do this with my note 3. My daughters had motorola Photon and the other had an Evo LTE and both of those phones could do it. So im not sure how Sprint claims that their network doesnt support it when it clearly can

bignibb said:
The funny thing is that i could do this with my note 3. My daughters had motorola Photon and the other had an Evo LTE and both of those phones could do it. So im not sure how Sprint claims that their network doesnt support it when it clearly can
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Bingo! The N3 had the dual antenna...

jauger said:
Bingo! The N3 had the dual antenna...
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Tri-band phones are not supported for talk/talk at same time. Sprint Spark did this

Sprint can't even get the listing of the processor correct.
Just went to the sprint store to look at it. Here's the sign showing the specs.
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Sprint doesn't have VoLTE yet into their network.
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Wasn't asking about volte as that is not phone related at this time. Was asking if the phone itself was capable, as in dual radios.
Guess I'll stay on my note for the foreseeable future. Samsung and Sprint both going backwards. Sucks.

How to root?
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How are the radio and antenna. Are you picking up better signal
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rialsi6 said:
How are the radio and antenna. Are you picking up better signal
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This is actually something I would like to know as well. Thought about picking up one of these as well as a S6+

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How are the radio and antenna. Are you picking up better signal
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I now get lte in my basement which I didn't get on my note 3, so I would say yes for me at least. I can stream videos and watch YouTube in my room now finally. I'm very happy with this device. I just had to put all of my music on Google play store and put my pictures on one drive and I now have plenty of free storage space and am not at all worried about no SD card at this point. I did get the 64gb
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That shouldn't be up, stores were directed to take that sign down.
rbaucom said:
Sprint can't even get the listing of the processor correct.
Just went to the sprint store to look at it. Here's the sign showing the specs.
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Verizon Galaxy Note 5 on Project Fi

In case anyone is wondering, the Verizon Galaxy note 5 is fully functional on Project Fi. I have a V note 5 and a Nexus 5X I swapped sims, and with the edition of an APN change the Note 5 worked perfectly. Even pulling twice the download speeds of the Nexus 5. Strangely enough.

gwe8613 said:
In case anyone is wondering, the Verizon Galaxy note 5 is fully functional on Project Fi. I have a V note 5 and a Nexus 5X I swapped sims, and with the edition of an APN change the Note 5 worked perfectly. Even pulling twice the download speeds of the Nexus 5. Strangely enough.
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What changes did you make?
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How's the network speed compare to Verizon's 4G?

gwe8613 said:
In case anyone is wondering, the Verizon Galaxy note 5 is fully functional on Project Fi. I have a V note 5 and a Nexus 5X I swapped sims, and with the edition of an APN change the Note 5 worked perfectly. Even pulling twice the download speeds of the Nexus 5. Strangely enough.
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That sounds great. Thanks for letting us know! Now to get passed all these invite shenanigans.
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What apn changes did you have to make?
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Can we get a rundown of the changes needed to get going on Fi?

What was the point of starting this thread if you're not going to go into detail about the changes you made to get it to work?? I can't stand people who post this crap but leave out key information. Then multiple people ask what needs to be done and what do ya know - no freaking response. I'm positive you're not the only source for this information, I'm just trying to make a point.
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gwe8613 said:
In case anyone is wondering, the Verizon Galaxy note 5 is fully functional on Project Fi. I have a V note 5 and a Nexus 5X I swapped sims, and with the edition of an APN change the Note 5 worked perfectly. Even pulling twice the download speeds of the Nexus 5. Strangely enough.
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Seriously, what's the APN change that was made?

Nickyro23 said:
What was the point of starting this thread if you're not going to go into detail about the changes you made to get it to work?? I can't stand people who post this crap but leave out key information. Then multiple people ask what needs to be done and what do ya know - no freaking response. I'm positive you're not the only source for this information, I'm just trying to make a point.
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Agree...only been over nine months and no response from original poster, notice that poster is up to (2) two posts.

New Here

Hey guys I'm new here just Traded in My Note 7 and decided to give LG a try because of the recall. Haven't owned an LG in years, and usually stick with Samsung for Android and the iPhone. Can say so far after I received the Marshmallow update last night thus phone has been a beast. Only thing I'm missing is Samsung Pay but with only one card that actually worked with it it's not much of a lost. Just wanted to say hi. Ill be around waiting for the LG V20 announcement and the new iPhone but so far no regrets.
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Cyberguycpt said:
Hey guys I'm new here just Traded in My Note 7 and decided to give LG a try because of the recall. Haven't owned an LG in years, and usually stick with Samsung for Android and the iPhone. Can say so far after I received the Marshmallow update last night thus phone has been a beast. Only thing I'm missing is Samsung Pay but with only one card that actually worked with it it's not much of a lost. Just wanted to say hi. Ill be around waiting for the LG V20 announcement and the new iPhone but so far no regrets.
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I did the same thing yesterday. I know that was Samsung's first recall, but for something like that to get by qa I'll let the Note 7 be enjoyed by others

Did the same thing this morning. I'm not all that impressed by the dac on this phone. How does it sound to you guys? I haven't updated to marshmallow yet, can that be it?

DAC sounds fine to me you can't take dollar headphones and expect to be mind blown by the sound quality. Get some nice pair of cans so you can actually hear the difference. Mine sounds very good using it with a pair of HD 630VB.

Phone was running very well to me, but today it won't connect calls with Voice over LTE enabled . Damn I can't catch a break. Does anyone know if this is common. It did the Marshmallow update, and another one last night.
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Well update, toggled everything on and off and working so far.
Lol. I guess we are the Displaced Note 7 users. Lol.
Edit: Voice over LTE not working. But I'll just deal with it, I guess the good thing is when I decide what phone I want to get next I can probably return without a restocking fee.
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Cyberguycpt said:
Well update, toggled everything on and off and working so far.
Lol. I guess we are the Displaced Note 7 users. Lol.
Edit: Voice over LTE not working. But I'll just deal with it, I guess the good thing is when I decide what phone I want to get next I can probably return without a restocking fee.
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There is an issue with VoLTE on the latest update where you can't hear the ringing when you make a call, but the call will work. Have you tried waiting to see if the call does connect?

YrrchSebor said:
There is an issue with VoLTE on the latest update where you can't hear the ringing when you make a call, but the call will work. Have you tried waiting to see if the call does connect?
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Thanks for the info, one call I had did go down like that.
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This phone + dac fix + power amp + high quality audio files = awesomeness

If you haven't updated to Marshmallow not all apps work with the dac, that could be why you are not hearing improvements. Either update to MM or get the dac fix.