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Audio hissing

I already used the phone the phone for two days and whenever he phone produces any audio, there would be an annoying hiss to it that lasts for another 5 seconds after the audio stops. This includes the lock screen, keyboard etc. as there are sound effects. I'm using Klipsch S4 ear buds and they've been my daily buds for my iPod for almost a year with no issue. When I use the stock Samsung buds or my senns, the hiss doesn't seem to be AS pronounced but still there. Has anyone had the same problems? I'm eager to know because if this can't be resolved then I'm going to need to replace it.
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All 5 of ours have done it ...worse when charging
iSeeNubs said:
I already used the phone the phone for two days and whenever he phone produces any audio, there would be an annoying hiss to it that lasts for another 5 seconds after the audio stops. This includes the lock screen, keyboard etc. as there are sound effects. I'm using Klipsch S4 ear buds and they've been my daily buds for my iPod for almost a year with no issue. When I use the stock Samsung buds or my senns, the hiss doesn't seem to be AS pronounced but still there. Has anyone had the same problems? I'm eager to know because if this can't be resolved then I'm going to need to replace it.
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For real? So is this a persistant issue. If it is I might end up return in this for something else.
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For real? So is this a persistant issue. If it is I might end up return in this for something else.
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I don't think it's just us, I think it's all the SGS II's because of the bad quality Yamaha DAC in it.
How long do you have your sound? From what I know, the louder the sound, the more the hiss is heard.

I rarely hear it unless charging myself
Longcat14 said:
I don't think it's just us, I think it's all the SGS II's because of the bad quality Yamaha DAC in it.
How long do you have your sound? From what I know, the louder the sound, the more the hiss is heard.
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The sound for me is noticeable when using my IEMs. I don't notice it when using the stock buds or Apple ear buds. What are you guys using and does it have the hissing sound?
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I had the same problem...
But it was most noticeable on the first one I got, the second and third return didn't have the problem as bad. The second didn't exhibit it at all but the stuck green pixel in the center of the screen sent that one back. THe third one is not bad unless the volume is maxed out. But the volume rocker on this one squeaks like train trying to stop. I would love to grease it but I am sure that wouldn't be good for the phone.

I hear the hissing too, it's not just for 5 seconds after the audio stops, it's going on constantly.

I have the same issues, which is really annoying when using the Aux cable in my vehicle. It is embarrassing....
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Every android phone I've ever owned has done this, I think it's just how some are built.
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Oddly enough its the first of ours out of nearly 10-12 that has done it
billownz said:
Every android phone I've ever owned has done this, I think it's just how some are built.
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I have a fairly large recording studio in my home and a couple of very large 5.1 video systems. Expensive ones. I've plugged the headphone out from my SR into a pair of Bose Roommates, a $1700 Kenwood receiver pushing a large pair of JBLs for the fronts in a 5.1 system, a Soundcraftsman preamp/power amp system running a pair of Bose with a JBL sub, and several pairs of studio quality headphones. The audio sounds fine playing back mp3's, if you consider that mp3's sound fine to start with.

The issue typically presents itself when music is not playing.. while Pandora loads or in between songs...and as i mentioned in my case most notably when charging
In our case I think the car thing is the head unit itself so we are taking it to the dealership
Midiman57 said:
I have a fairly large recording studio in my home and a couple of very large 5.1 video systems. Expensive ones. I've plugged the headphone out from my SR into a pair of Bose Roommates, a $1700 Kenwood receiver pushing a large pair of JBLs for the fronts in a 5.1 system, a Soundcraftsman preamp/power amp system running a pair of Bose with a JBL sub, and several pairs of studio quality headphones. The audio sounds fine playing back mp3's, if you consider that mp3's sound fine to start with.
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00mred00 said:
The issue typically presents itself when music is not playing.. while Pandora loads or in between songs...and as i mentioned in my case most notably when charging
In our case I think the car thing is the head unit itself so we are taking it to the dealership
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Can't help you much with anything that streams. I hate not being able to call a cab because my phone is dead after I treated it like an entertainment center all day. I carry a 64G iTouch for that sort of thing and loaded the phone with my core of favorite listening material and a few movies just to see how it performed.
I WILL (very briefly) look into it and see if I can duplicate the issue. Being the A/V person I am (15 years as a PBS Producer/Director... after several years as a county government level computer programmer... and an ongoing web development career, all on top of a 48 year career as a performing musician), I'm always interested in that sort of thing.
As I said, I'm reasonably happy with the headphone output's signal. Sometimes it's necessary to run it through a device that actually drops it down to a true line level for some of the more picky gear I have in the studio but that's par for the course with any device with only an amplified headphone output.

It does it with any audio..not just streaming
Any who you and I keep having the same convos cross forums lol
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Midiman57 said:
Can't help you much with anything that streams. I hate not being able to call a cab because my phone is dead after I treated it like an entertainment center all day. I carry a 64G iTouch for that sort of thing and loaded the phone with my core of favorite listening material and a few movies just to see how it performed.
I WILL (very briefly) look into it and see if I can duplicate the issue. Being the A/V person I am (15 years as a PBS Producer/Director... after several years as a county government level computer programmer... and an ongoing web development career, all on top of a 48 year career as a performing musician), I'm always interested in that sort of thing.
As I said, I'm reasonably happy with the headphone output's signal. Sometimes it's necessary to run it through a device that actually drops it down to a true line level for some of the more picky gear I have in the studio but that's par for the course with any device with only an amplified headphone output.
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Nokia wireless charging stand

So I bought this today at the Microsoft store. I have my phone on the charger right now. It seems to work pretty well so far but I'll see how it is after a few days. Got it from the Microsoft store for 25 bucks but I had two 25 dollar gift cards to knock down the price. It's 70 bucks but if you have the cash I would say it's a nice investment. I got the black model and I must say it looks real nice with the Nexus 4 sitting on it. There is also a white one available as well but amazon seems to only have it in black.
Here's the link if you want to check it out.
http://www.amazon.com/Nokia-DT910-W...56390691&sr=8-1&keywords=nokia+charging+stand

How secure is it on the stand? Does it charge just as fast as the wall charger?

racing_md said:
How secure is it on the stand? Does it charge just as fast as the wall charger?
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it's very secure. It's a very sturdy stand so it's not going to topple over with your phone on it unless you don't have it sitting on something stable. Can't really say if it's faster or slower right now but it seems to be charging decently.

Thanks. Can you also check to see if it continues to charge after it reaches 100% or if it cuts off and waits for the phone to run to 95% or some lower percentage?
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I've been reading how Nokia Qi chargers don't work with the nexus 4. Seems like this is an exception?
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racing_md said:
Thanks. Can you also check to see if it continues to charge after it reaches 100% or if it cuts off and waits for the phone to run to 95% or some lower percentage?
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it shuts off when it hits 100. The indicator light turns off.
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I've been reading how Nokia Qi chargers don't work with the nexus 4. Seems like this is an exception?
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It works but doesn't work at the same time. I've noticed that you can't have the nexus 4 sit directly against the plate. You have to angle the bottom of the phone forward a little bit or else it drops in and out of charging. I picked this up for a third of what it costs so not a big deal but After having it for almost 2 days now I would say it's probably not worth the full price but if you can get it for a steal than I would check it out.

Thanks for the feedback. I was thinking of using it as a car dock but if it's so unstable, then probably it's not feasible.
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Just bought this from the AT&T store (I have a FAN discount, so I got it for 25% off). Charging works great (video walkthrough incoming) but I can't seem to get the NFC to do anything. Have you tried anything with that?

the orange bandit said:
Just bought this from the AT&T store (I have a FAN discount, so I got it for 25% off). Charging works great (video walkthrough incoming) but I can't seem to get the NFC to do anything. Have you tried anything with that?
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download anytag nfc launcher app and you can have the nfc tag on the stand launch any app you desire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQj5dKvi0hs watch the end of this video to see what I mean. This guy does it with the droid dna.

I have one too and i have found it to work great, just set it and its fine, at first it may shut off every few seconds or so butt just leave it be, turns back on instantly and after a few minutes or so, it starts working flawlessly, i have noticed a slight charge slowdown but i will do a full comparison soon.

kcbboy said:
download anytag nfc launcher app and you can have the nfc tag on the stand launch any app you desire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQj5dKvi0hs watch the end of this video to see what I mean. This guy does it with the droid dna.
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Thanks - the video is what tipped me off. On the Lumia 920, the NFC tag is near the top of the device. On my Nexus 4, it's at the bottom, just like the DROID DNA. After I watched the video I was able to get my phone to read and program the NFC tag.
I'm going to keep this thing around and try out a suggestion I read elsewhere that if you raise the phone up a couple of millimeters, it works fine.

No ring or notification sounds

I recently switched back to my Droid Charge from an iPhone and at first everything was working fine. I hadn't used the phone since October so I downloaded the FP8 update and let it install. Like I said, initially it was working fine. Now, I have no ringtones, no text message sounds or notification sounds of any kind. Even when I use a 3rd party alarm app and tell it to play music from my library it doesn't play the music. I've tried resetting it to factory defaults both formatting and not formatting the sd card but no luck. Phone is not currently rooted. Any help would be awesome.
*Edit: Audio apps such as PlayerPro play music fine when plugged in to the aux audio to my car but now that I think of it, I can't hear the audio when it's not plugged in so perhaps it's a speaker problem?

Make sure you can't hear any audio with no headphones plugged in (ie not playing through speakers). If it's happening, the sensor that detects whether you have something plugged into the headphone jack might be jammed. A couple of millimeters into the port, there is a small silver thing that kind of looks like half of a tiny ball bearing. Use like a dental pick or a paperclip to try to poke it and free it, or use 99% isopropyl to try to clean the gunk out of it.
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Make sure you can't hear any audio with no headphones plugged in (ie not playing through speakers). If it's happening, the sensor that detects whether you have something plugged into the headphone jack might be jammed. A couple of millimeters into the port, there is a small silver thing that kind of looks like half of a tiny ball bearing. Use like a dental pick or a paperclip to try to poke it and free it, or use 99% isopropyl to try to clean the gunk out of it.
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Tried that and it didn't work. Did a little googling and found some headphone jack toggling apps and tried those and they aren't even working. At least I'm only a few months away from the end of my contract.

Has it had any contact with water recently? Or even high humidity?
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kvswim said:
Has it had any contact with water recently? Or even high humidity?
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No it hasn't. It had been sitting my my office since I switched to the iPhone. Yesterday I made a test call to my office line and switched on speakerphone and got no audio from that either.

Nokia DT-900 QI wireless charger from AT&T online $24.50 + Tax

Saw a post in the N7 thread:
http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/accessories/chargers/sku6290260.html#fbid=hs4U97mkg0I
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2401189

destroyer67 said:
Saw a post in the N7 thread:
http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/accessories/chargers/sku6290260.html#fbid=hs4U97mkg0I
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2401189
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Review if anyone wants to read it for comparison
http://www.androidcentral.com/qi-wireless-charger-showdown

Thank you! Ordered!
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Well doesn't work with my phone. Apparently there was a HW revision that fixes compatibility but my just connects and disconects
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Anthonok said:
Well doesn't work with my phone. Apparently there was a HW revision that fixes compatibility but my just connects and disconects
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Just got mine today and I have the same problem with my Nexus 4. Does not seem to want to hold a connection and charges for a few seconds, then off for a few seconds. I would stay away from these if you have a Nexus 4 as it seems to be a crapshoot whether it works with your N4 or not.

Negotiator50 said:
Just got mine today and I have the same problem with my Nexus 4. Does not seem to want to hold a connection and charges for a few seconds, then off for a few seconds. I would stay away from these if you have a Nexus 4 as it seems to be a crapshoot whether it works with your N4 or not.
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I have the same problem. Do yourself a favor and don't buy this charger if you own an N4.

I don't understand why people keep buying the DT900. The problems have been mentioned time and again with the frequent disconnects and the extremely slow rate of charging. Newer hardware versions (Rev 11 and 12 I reckon) of the N4 have been reported to be working fine. It's just not worth the trouble even at that price. There are other QI chargers available for around 20.

It's on sale again at att :thumbup:
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Works great for my N7, so when I ordered two N4s my dumb ass ordered 3 from the AT&T website, and am getting the same issue with the two that I unpacked. Hopefully the AT&T store can take them as returns.

I picked one of these up for 13$. I don't recommend this charger either. If it is not sitting on the charger just so it will just cycle charging/not charging. If you look at a photo of the phone with the cover off, the battery is pushed down to one side of the phone.(lower left corner of phone looking at screen.) The charger works best for me when i position the phone so the left edge is lined up with the edge of the charger. Once it gets in the 90 percent range the charging rate really slows down, like a percent or so an hour. It WAS working good for me until.....
I got tired of searching, but I had read a thread where people were stating that the phone starting switching through apps, opening and closing and doing weird stuff. Well, it started happening today to me. Somewhere along the line it changed a setting and i lost my nav bar. Tried for hours to find what setting it changed, but never did. Imagine trying to navigate around your phone with no home or return button. PITA. I flashed a updated rom to fix it. What was even worse is I set it on the charger when i had TWRP running and it started cycle screens there also. Considering that it changed my navbar settings, scary what it could do with TWRP.

Charging form Nexus 4 Orb

I tried charging from my Nexus 4 orb and it doesn't seem to work. Can anyone get their N5 to charge on the N4 orb?

Yes. Works fine for me.
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same. works great.

You have to position it a little differently. The N4 would stop charging if it hung down too low. N5 likes to be sliding down more. I've found it easier just to charge it landscape compared to the N4 because the center is more the sweet spot on the N5.