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Hello.. a lot of friends keep telling me that they hear me very badly, that they are experiencing some kind of an echo or smth.. and my voice is distorted.. few of them just asked what a crappy phone am i using.
I tried 1.14.25.35 radio (+rilphone.dll), then i switched to 1.08.25.20m1 (+rilphone.dll installed from an appropriate cab) and nothing really helps, its maybe like 10% better or its just a placebo effect...
Can anyone tell what the heck is wrong ?? im really getting to be annoyed with this problem..
How strong is the signal you're getting? Thats what the problem sounds like. I live in eastern Pennsylvania and while I'm in the house I maybe two bars and cant even make a call, sms only.
akires said:
Hello.. a lot of friends keep telling me that they hear me very badly, that they are experiencing some kind of an echo or smth.. and my voice is distorted.. few of them just asked what a crappy phone am i using.
I tried 1.14.25.35 radio (+rilphone.dll), then i switched to 1.08.25.20m1 (+rilphone.dll installed from an appropriate cab) and nothing really helps, its maybe like 10% better or its just a placebo effect...
Can anyone tell what the heck is wrong ?? im really getting to be annoyed with this problem..
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What ROM are you using? Sometimes a modified (louder) AudioPara3.csv can have this effect. You may want to try the stock AudioPara3 & see if that makes a difference.
smokeydonuts said:
How strong is the signal you're getting? Thats what the problem sounds like. I live in eastern Pennsylvania and while I'm in the house I maybe two bars and cant even make a call, sms only.
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It happens regardless of the signal. I can hear everything fine tho.
Im using now the newest energy 14.07.2009 build + 1.14.25.05
my mic seems fine too, ive tried to record my voice and then hear it out and the sound is good..
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What ROM are you using? Sometimes a modified (louder) AudioPara3.csv can have this effect. You may want to try the stock AudioPara3 & see if that makes a difference.
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hm i dont think ive modified the file. Is it modified by default in energy rom?
akires said:
hm i dont think ive modified the file. Is it modified by default in energy rom?
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Possibly. But you'd have to ask NRG to know for sure, or see if he mentions whether he's using a modified one in his thread. If you can record with it okay, then the audioPara3 probably isn't your problem. At any rate, here's a link to the stock one anyway:
T-Back Restore Stock AudioPara3.cab
So ever since I got this phone, I've been dissatisfied with the audio quality. No matter what I did, no matter which equalizer I tried, the sound was too low, too muffled, and just plain BAD. I bought a new bluetooth car stereo this week & I haven't even been able to enjoy it that much cause the streaming audio sounds like ear-rape. Tonight I was messing around with Bloat Freezer and I noticed a system app on the list called "Music enhancer". I wondered if this had anything to do with the craptastic audio quality, so I decided to freeze it & see what happened. To my joy, my music now sounds FAR better! It's like night & day, no more crackling, no more muffled audio
I dunno if anyone else is having problems with audio of if this little trick has already been discovered, but I figured I'd share with the class either way. Don't forget to hit that thanks button if I've helped you out
EDIT: You must be temp-rooted to do this.
Will give this a try, thanks
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
that goes in hand with my deduction that there was something messing with the audio that HTC implemented. Ill be trying this soon.
I've downloaded Bloat Freezer but my phone isn't ROOTED... so i can't use the APP =\
greengoldmello said:
that goes in hand with my deduction that there was something messing with the audio that HTC implemented. Ill be trying this soon.
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This was what I thought too, it sounded like there was a hidden equalizer on the 'terrible' setting in there somewhere.
Man, I cannot WAIT for custom roms for this phone. SO much crapware
Koomoo said:
I've downloaded Bloat Freezer but my phone isn't ROOTED... so i can't use the APP =\
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Just edited my first post to include that you have to be temp-rooted to do this. Head over to the sensation android development section & download one of the temp-root packages(I recommend Eugene's- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161283). Follow the instructions to temp-root your phone if you wanna do this trick. Feel free to PM me if you need any help doing this
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Just edited my first post to include that you have to be temp-rooted to do this. Head over to the sensation android development section & download one of the temp-root packages(I recommend Eugene's- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161283). Follow the instructions to temp-root your phone if you wanna do this trick. Feel free to PM me if you need any help doing this
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Thanks! I haven't Tried Temp Rooting my Sensation yet D: . They needa unlock teh boot loader!!!
Hmm, I haven't had any real incentive to temp root, but I'll give this a shot tomorrow.
kabuk1 said:
So ever since I got this phone, I've been dissatisfied with the audio quality. No matter what I did, no matter which equalizer I tried, the sound was too low, too muffled, and just plain BAD. I bought a new bluetooth car stereo this week & I haven't even been able to enjoy it that much cause the streaming audio sounds like ear-rape. Tonight I was messing around with Bloat Freezer and I noticed a system app on the list called "Music enhancer". I wondered if this had anything to do with the craptastic audio quality, so I decided to freeze it & see what happened. To my joy, my music now sounds FAR better! It's like night & day, no more crackling, no more muffled audio
I dunno if anyone else is having problems with audio of if this little trick has already been discovered, but I figured I'd share with the class either way. Don't forget to hit that thanks button if I've helped you out
EDIT: You must be temp-rooted to do this.
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Thanks for the heads up.
I ran Droid System Suite and in tasks I found it and turned it off.
I'm not temp rooted,BTW [not that I know of].
I'll let you know what I find.
Dayam!!
That works!
The top of my screen shows a music note with a stroke or bar through it.
I guess that means I've disabled it.
@the radius kid, no that just means you have your phone on silent lol
Okay I temp rooted and froze music
enhancer through titanium backup. I tried playing a song before and after and didn't notice any difference. when you tried it, was it with a music file or like ringtones and stuff. It seems like you may be on to something there.
The Radius Kid said:
Thanks for the heads up.
I ran Droid System Suite and in tasks I found it and turned it off.
I'm not temp rooted,BTW [not that I know of].
I'll let you know what I find.
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Unfortunately, this way won't keep it turned off for long, it'll eventually restart. The only way to really "kill" apps until we get real root is to temp root & freeze them.
smoochiezz24 said:
Okay I temp rooted and froze music
enhancer through titanium backup. I tried playing a song before and after and didn't notice any difference. when you tried it, was it with a music file or like ringtones and stuff. It seems like you may be on to something there.
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I'm playing music. I haven't noticed much difference with ringtones. I really dunno if this tweak will work for everyone, YMMV, but hopefully now that we have some clues we can delve a bit deeper into this issue. One thing that you might try though, is disabling it via ADB. I've noticed that some frozen apps don't get totally frozen unless you do it with ADB.
Froze it using Titanium Backup. Testing now.
OP - in the HTC Music app, Settings > Sound Enhancer, did you have that set to "None"?
I do and the sound on my phone is quite good, without your procedure.
I actually find that the Music Enhancer HELPS my audio quality. Without it, its like listening to music with the headphones sitting on a table in front of me rather than on my ears...
I guess I am just lucky? I have none of the problems that others have been reporting...All except for one big one...DUST UNDER THE SCREEN! (Im on the 2nd phone too!)
Matt
smoochiezz24 said:
@The Radius Kid, no that just means you have your phone on silent lol.
Okay I temp rooted and froze music
enhancer through titanium backup. I tried playing a song before and after and didn't notice any difference. when you tried it, was it with a music file or like ringtones and stuff. It seems like you may be on to something there.
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This Android stuff takes some getting used to.
The only thing I'm finding is that I have to kill the app' again when I restart the phone,otherwise it does seem to make a difference.
Always get a clicking sound when audio starts regardless of the source with and without this fix.
Just like my Nexus 1, this phone has crap audio quality over headphones and on the speaker. not to mention the mic. HTC seems to always cheap out on these components, my Nexus S was FAAAR superior in this regard. Although I sold it for the bigger screen, and more powerful processor.
Wish there was a way to restore a backup of DSP Manager. I've tried with TB, but the restore option is not available.
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Hi !
I have installed Bloat Freezer and I cannot find anything called "Music enhancer" or similar in the list ??
My rom is spanish so all apss are in spanish.. but I cannot find any similar name...
U sure that is a HTC app ?? maybe u installed it ?? Any help ?? The volume problem is big !
Really TY !
gracias ,vamos a probarlo. espero que resulte!
kabuk1 said:
So ever since I got this phone, I've been dissatisfied with the audio quality. No matter what I did, no matter which equalizer I tried, the sound was too low, too muffled, and just plain BAD. I bought a new bluetooth car stereo this week & I haven't even been able to enjoy it that much cause the streaming audio sounds like ear-rape. Tonight I was messing around with Bloat Freezer and I noticed a system app on the list called "Music enhancer". I wondered if this had anything to do with the craptastic audio quality, so I decided to freeze it & see what happened. To my joy, my music now sounds FAR better! It's like night & day, no more crackling, no more muffled audio
I dunno if anyone else is having problems with audio of if this little trick has already been discovered, but I figured I'd share with the class either way. Don't forget to hit that thanks button if I've helped you out
EDIT: You must be temp-rooted to do this.
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gracias ,vamos a probarlo. espero que resulte!
Good morning all, I had a question ocncerning the ring/notification volume on my MAXX HD. Right now the lowest volume setting is extraordinarily high, way way too high for an office setting or even anywhere besides outside on a runway. The highest setting is nearly painful. Is this some sort of weird bug on my phone or are others noticing this as well? Can someone possibly recommend a solution without a third party app? Or at least a functional 3rd party app?
Thanks,
MF
(Never thought I would ever have this problem after my Nexus One and Galaxy Nexus were stupidly quiet)
Android is very poor at managing various volume levels. I use and suggest AudioManager. Its free, the paid version lets you save presets...very useful.
This topic has been brought up before somewhere here on the boards. It's the phone, not just you.
The issue is that the volume button only deals with the ring tone and vibrate. You need to change the notification sounds under settings then sounds
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Even then it's loud on the lowest setting. Especially in a quiet room or at night.
GoClifGo05 said:
Even then it's loud on the lowest setting. Especially in a quiet room or at night.
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I have the same issue. I guess it is the phone. Maybe the JB update coming soon will fix this Here's hoping...
I'm going to try the AudioManager app suggested by dreamliner.
I confirm jb solve this issue.
Orphee said:
I confirm jb solve this issue.
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Good to know. AudioManager doesn't really fix the problem.
blackbanjo said:
Good morning all, I had a question ocncerning the ring/notification volume on my MAXX HD. Right now the lowest volume setting is extraordinarily high, way way too high for an office setting or even anywhere besides outside on a runway. The highest setting is nearly painful. Is this some sort of weird bug on my phone or are others noticing this as well? Can someone possibly recommend a solution without a third party app? Or at least a functional 3rd party app?
Thanks,
MF
(Never thought I would ever have this problem after my Nexus One and Galaxy Nexus were stupidly quiet)
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thanks thans
Hey guys! I just bought myself an I9001 Galaxy S Plus from someone (second hand)... It's my first smartphone so i think i've been busted.
The phone seemed to work well, and everything was ok. But when I try to use the GPS (without internet connection), it does'n seem to find any server. I've changed some different ROMs with different Kernels, but it still can't reach any server.
I forgot to mention that with some ROMs the signal level is very oscillating...
Today i was looking at the phone and observed that there is a hole just above the battery where some component, like an antenna or something is missing. I don't know what component is that...
I think that the missing component is the one in te next picture. But what is its name and role? Instead of it, at my phone, there's a soildered wire... This trick was made to mask other issues of the phone? (if i replace the missing component the phone might have problems?)
I'll attach the photos, may be you can help me. Thanks!!!
Does anybody know?
alwaysfresh said:
Does anybody know?
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no need to worry my friend that is a normal component there is nothing missing. i would show you mine on my samsung brightside but cant find my camera xD.
edit: oh crap taking a second look at it (thought the third picture was your phone) it does look like its missing something Sorry mate
alwaysfresh said:
Hey guys! I just bought myself an I9001 Galaxy S Plus from someone (second hand)... It's my first smartphone so i think i've been busted.
The phone seemed to work well, and everything was ok. But when I try to use the GPS (without internet connection), it does'n seem to find any server. I've changed some different ROMs with different Kernels, but it still can't reach any server.
I forgot to mention that with some ROMs the signal level is very oscillating...
Today i was looking at the phone and observed that there is a hole just above the battery where some component, like an antenna or something is missing. I don't know what component is that...
I think that the missing component is the one in te next picture. But what is its name and role? Instead of it, at my phone, there's a soildered wire... This trick was made to mask other issues of the phone? (if i replace the missing component the phone might have problems?)
I'll attach the photos, may be you can help me. Thanks!!!
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I think it's a Connector coaxial, a micro miniature form of RF coaxial connector. Look at one i marked with an arrow.. You can replace that part from samsung service center
Best of luck.
The details:
Design LOC: RFS100
SEC CODE: 3705-001731
Description: CONNECTOR-COAXIAL
thank you!
but that's the reason why my gps doesn't work?
or that's the reason why the signal level is very oscillating when i'm using some custom ROMs?
do I need it, or i can live without ?
alwaysfresh said:
thank you!
but that's the reason why my gps doesn't work?
or that's the reason why the signal level is very oscillating when i'm using some custom ROMs?
do I need it, or i can live without ?
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May be. Not sure..
I used to have a i9000B wich is basicaly the same device.
THE GPS signal simply sucks, it was so bad that sometimes it took 2 minutes to lock in open field, with some roms it got better with other even worse.
I used GPS AIDS with that device an app that was developed just to try to solve this particular device problem at that time. look it up, maybe it can help a little bit, but i thing this device will never get a high speed gps lock.
thize recedust
vinnyconsorte said:
I used to have a i9000B wich is basicaly the same device.
THE GPS signal simply sucks, it was so bad that sometimes it took 2 minutes to lock in open field, with some roms it got better with other even worse.
I used GPS AIDS with that device an app that was developed just to try to solve this particular device problem at that time. look it up, maybe it can help a little bit, but i thing this device will never get a high speed gps lock.
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I know that its GPS sucks, but mine effectively sees nothing. no server
Am i blind, or my antenna is missing completely?
No. Sorry, the antenna is there. I don't know what my problem is with the GPS.
Doesn't seem like there is anything missing. GPS on this was really bad. I never got a GPS signal.
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WildfireDEV said:
Doesn't seem like there is anything missing. GPS on this was really bad. I never got a GPS signal.
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that's it then...
alwaysfresh said:
that's it then...
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I do believe so but I can be wrong so don't take my word for it.
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Hey all,
Everything was fine and dandy with calls being loud and clear, until about a few days ago.
One day the call quality from my side just randomly went from great to terrible.
I can hear the other side just fine, but from my side its really low-volume and barely hearable.
Things I've tried:
-Flashing different radios (25R,30O,33R,Find7, radio from the latest nightlies)
-Flashing different ROMs and kernels
-Switching network modes (LTE, 3g, 2g)
-Combinations of the above
If anyone has experience dealing with issues like this/knows anything to improve the call volume from my side, any help would be very much appreciated.
latenightchameleon said:
Hey all,
Everything was fine and dandy with calls being loud and clear, until about a few days ago.
One day the call quality from my side just randomly went from great to terrible.
I can hear the other side just fine, but from my side its really low-volume and barely hearable.
Things I've tried:
-Flashing different radios (25R,30O,33R,Find7, radio from the latest nightlies)
-Flashing different ROMs and kernels
-Switching network modes (LTE, 3g, 2g)
-Combinations of the above
If anyone has experience dealing with issues like this/knows anything to improve the call volume from my side, any help would be very much appreciated.
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You are not alone, I've had similar issues. For me speaker phone still works perfect, its just my voice during a regular call that's terrible.
jrior001 said:
You are not alone, I've had similar issues. For me speaker phone still works perfect, its just my voice during a regular call that's terrible.
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Yup, the speakerphone works great but its inconvenient.
Gutted to have such a basic function impaired.
Hopefully this issue will be fixed by the next OTA, which should be next week around Monday.
Same here. My call quality is really bad. When I am speaking on the phone I'm typically running around desperately trying to find a quieter place, with the phone held up to my left ear and a finger plugged right into my other ear, hunched over like Quasimodo in a desperate attempt to understand 50% of what the other person is saying.
I learned one thing from the OPO. You actually do get exactly what you pay for. Lesson learned. :good:
win
So, after updating to the latest version of vanir and re-flashing the 33R radio, my in-call volume magically got back to normal.
I wish everyone affected best of luck and patience :fingers-crossed:
OPO hype much more than the phone deserves. Not going to last long
Kiahnlliya said:
Same here. My call quality is really bad. When I am speaking on the phone I'm typically running around desperately trying to find a quieter place, with the phone held up to my left ear and a finger plugged right into my other ear, hunched over like Quasimodo in a desperate attempt to understand 50% of what the other person is saying.
I learned one thing from the OPO. You actually do get exactly what you pay for. Lesson learned. :good:
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@Kiahnlliya I agree with you 100%. Same lesson learned. In fact, if it was not for the invite system, I wouldn't have bought this phone. I just had to own the phone, most difficult to buy.
jrior001 said:
You are not alone, I've had similar issues. For me speaker phone still works perfect, its just my voice during a regular call that's terrible.
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latenightchameleon said:
Hey all,
Everything was fine and dandy with calls being loud and clear, until about a few days ago.
One day the call quality from my side just randomly went from great to terrible.
I can hear the other side just fine, but from my side its really low-volume and barely hearable.
Things I've tried:
-Flashing different radios (25R,30O,33R,Find7, radio from the latest nightlies)
-Flashing different ROMs and kernels
-Switching network modes (LTE, 3g, 2g)
-Combinations of the above
If anyone has experience dealing with issues like this/knows anything to improve the call volume from my side, any help would be very much appreciated.
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@Kiahnlliya @jrior001 @latenightchameleon My in call audio volume from the earpiece is really very low & muffled. I think I am audible on the other end, coz haven't got any complaints from people talking to me. I am on stock 33R unrooted. This is really annoying & really hope I can get rid of this issue with a firmware upgrade.
abhinavsg said:
@Kiahnlliya I agree with you 100%. Same lesson learned. In fact, if it was not for the invite system, I wouldn't have bought this phone. I just had to own the phone, most difficult to buy.
@Kiahnlliya @jrior001 @latenightchameleon My in call audio volume from the earpiece is really very low & muffled. I think I am audible on the other end, coz haven't got any complaints from people talking to me. I am on stock 33R unrooted. This is really annoying & really hope I can get rid of this issue with a firmware upgrade.
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You should try the latest cm nightlies, they've pushed a bunch of improvements to audio and volumes.
It's a very simple fix if rooted. You need to edit a value in mixer_paths.xml. Some custom ROMs increase the value.
nikzDHD said:
It's a very simple fix if rooted. You need to edit a value in mixer_paths.xml. Some custom ROMs increase the value.
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It'll be very helpful if you could please let us know what exactly has to be edited, with what values, in the mixer_paths.xml file.
Thanks in advance.
You can find all the details in this thread or just flash the zip.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2835010
nikzDHD said:
You can find all the details in this thread or just flash the zip.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2835010
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thanks a lot mate.
nikzDHD said:
It's a very simple fix if rooted. You need to edit a value in mixer_paths.xml. Some custom ROMs increase the value.
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abhinavsg said:
It'll be very helpful if you could please let us know what exactly has to be edited, with what values, in the mixer_paths.xml file.
Thanks in advance.
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Even with this mod it doesn't help it. Just make a louder muzzled sound.
tee00max said:
Even with this mod it doesn't help it. Just make a louder muzzled sound.
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as mentioned, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55456484&postcount=704
is there a way to increase earpiece incall volume without root?
nikzDHD said:
It's a very simple fix if rooted. You need to edit a value in mixer_paths.xml. Some custom ROMs increase the value.
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hi, is there a way to increase incall volume to the earpiece without root? im not rooted and cant hear people im trying to talk to. if so please help
No you'll need root or custom recovery to flash the zip unfortunately. Otherwise you will need to wait for your ROM to be updated. CM have merged this in their commits so hopefully if your on stock CM11S you'll see this in the next update.
thanks alot mate for the fix.
Simple fix found
Hey i was having the same robotic voice on the reciever's side as well and i found a simple fix for it! just disable the "ok google" detection and delete your voice recording as well. It worked for me.. It might work for you as well.
flameonfzn said:
Hey i was having the same robotic voice on the reciever's side as well and i found a simple fix for it! just disable the "ok google" detection and delete your voice recording as well. It worked for me.. It might work for you as well.
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Can confirm that this fix works(at least for me too), got my 1+1 yesterday and faced the issue now, thanks man
Flatric said:
Can confirm that this fix works(at least for me too), got my 1+1 yesterday and faced the issue now, thanks man
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You're welcome bro
flameonfzn said:
Hey i was having the same robotic voice on the reciever's side as well and i found a simple fix for it! just disable the "ok google" detection and delete your voice recording as well. It worked for me.. It might work for you as well.
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Huge thanks for this simple fix! I was beginning to worry that my unit had a defective mic