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I'm currently using my Pixel as a Home. It is mounted on a 1st gen Bose Sounddock, both as charging stand and speaker. Although it works most of the time, the microphone is not behaving well when I'm playing music using the dock. It seems to be overwhelmed by the music and tuned down its sensitivity, so it won't respond to "Hey Google" any more unless I'm up close. Does anyone have any idea if there's a fix?
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Hi everyone. I just got an HTC One X on AT&T today from the store. Up until today I had owned an SIII also from AT&T. The music player on the SIII kept freezing and the auto correct wasn't working so I changed to the One X. I listen to music a lot on my phones so I expect the music player to be reliable. Anyway, the music player on the HTC One X is great, however, it's been skipping to the next track without my touching the screen before the current song is finished. I was questioning my sanity because I figured maybe I was bumping the screen, but the player just skipped to the next song a few minutes ago and my hand was nowhere near it. Has anyone else had this issue and is there a way to eliminate it?
Naturally, this is somewhat discouraging as I've only had the phone for a matter of hours. A friend of mine is pressuring me to get an iPhone 5 (blasphemy!) and I'm actually considering getting one since android is clearly not cutting it at the moment. I understand there are other music players on the market but the simple reality of it is that I shouldn't have to download a 3rd party music app, plus, I actually like the stock app.
Thanks for reading!
EDIT: My library is all MP3 files, not an internet radio type thing if it wasn't obvious. The skipping doesn't happen too often, maybe a few times an hour. Beats audio is enabled when this happens, I haven't tried without.
Same Problem!
I have the same problem, when I'm listening to music the voice dialer suddenly pops up and starts dialing numbers from my call history to recent dialed or received numbers. this is so irritating. I installed an app called "headset Blocker" from Google play, it stopped the problem. But my question is why doesn't this phone support other companies earphones? And also whenever I put my headset into it, it displays the symbol of a headphone with mic, is it normal? If not what is the solution to this?
johnbyebye said:
Naturally, this is somewhat discouraging as I've only had the phone for a matter of hours. A friend of mine is pressuring me to get an iPhone 5 (blasphemy!) and I'm actually considering getting one since android is clearly not cutting it at the moment.
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The reply above also raises an interesting point. Are you listening with headphones that have controls? Could you be pressing them, to make the track skip? If they are headphones meant for an iPhone, the buttons may not be doing what you think they should. Or their might be a short in the headset or the headset jack on the phone, that is making the phone think you are pressing the headset button. Have you tried another set of headphones, or listening on the phone's speaker?
Otherwise, try a factory reset, and if that doesn't solve it, swap it for a new one. Its not Android itself, I've never had this problem. Just a hardware or software defect with your particular handset, which can happen on any device, including the iPhone.
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dilip437 said:
But my question is why doesn't this phone support other companies earphones?
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What do you mean by "support"? Do you mean, why don't the control buttons work on some headsets? Its because those controls were designed to work for an iPhone. Unfortunately, there aren't many headphones with buttons that work on Android out-of-the-box, but the mic should work fine (as well as the earphone audio, of course).
If you are trying to use a headset designed for the iPhone, and want the buttons to work, try this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.chobirich.tools.mediabutton&feature=also_installed
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And also whenever I put my headset into it, it displays the symbol of a headphone with mic, is it normal?
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Yes, that is normal. All it means is that headphones are attached. A bit obvious (as in, why do you need an icon to tell you that?). But intentional, nonetheless.
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The reply above also raises an interesting point. Are you listening with headphones that have controls? Could you be pressing them, to make the track skip? If they are headphones meant for an iPhone, the buttons may not be doing what you think they should. Or their might be a short in the headset or the headset jack on the phone, that is making the phone think you are pressing the headset button. Have you tried another set of headphones, or listening on the phone's speaker?
Otherwise, try a factory reset, and if that doesn't solve it, swap it for a new one. Its not Android itself, I've never had this problem. Just a hardware or software defect with your particular handset, which can happen on any device, including the iPhone.
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Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it.
I am using a pair of Sennheiser headphones, there are no controls on them. I performed a hard reset but the problem persists although less frequently. Do you still think I should exchange it for a new one? Since you brought up software defects, I will add that when I restart the phone or power it off, then back on; when I unlock the screen the dialer is shown instead of the home screen. This only happens during the first unlock, so to speak, after restarting. Of course I just press the Home key to get back to the home screen, but it's still a nuisance.
No controls in my earphone.
No, I'm not using earphones with controls. I'm just using an earphone I got from my previous android phone because the At&t version of HTC One X did NOT come with earphones. But I must say, when I listen to music without the earphones, everything is perfect, but when I insert my earphone the voice dialer keeps popping up, the clarity of music deteriorates, tracks go forward and backward and what not. This is also happening while watching videos using earphones. That is why I asked if this phone supports all standard 3.5mm jack earphones or only HTC earphones.
I was listening to audio on my Skyrocket in my car when I noticed the track I was listening to sounded off. I was listening to this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-DuC0tE7V4 (Lollipop by The Chordettes. yeah yeah, wtf? I had Lollipop Chainsaw on my mind for some reason at the moment..)
I noticed that the right speaker wasn't really coming through, or at least not completely. I don't know if this is isolated to my phone or if this is a CM10 issue. To double check this, I listened to this track via bluetooth to my cars' speakers, direct audio input, and also just listening on the phone itself and each time I couldn't hear the "far" right side of the track. I also tried this track as well and found the same issue (Dude Looks Like A Lady by Aerosmith)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf0oXY4nDxE
Anyone familiar with either of these songs will immediately recognize that something doesn't sound right (no pun intended). If you're not familiar, listen on your computer with some headphones and if you're experiencing the same thing as me then you'll notice it.
Is anyone else experiencing this or do I have a faulty install/phone on my hands? Sadly the warranty just expired, so I'm hoping it's not my phone, but I don't want to go and change my ROM unless I absolutely have to.
Sorry for the bump, but can someone please help me with this? This takes not even 30 seconds to test. You don't have to listen to both songs for more than 10 seconds each to realize if you're getting real stereo sound (minus the time you potentially get hit with the stupid YouTube ads.)
Been testing the Idol 3 for the past 2 days. Yesterday the audio effects (which is on by default) worked splendidly, I especially like it for use with the built in speakers and the ear buds. Point being, I could hear a pronounced difference between the on and off position.
However, ever since I turned it off last night (to feed my stereo) I can no longer hear it switching on or off. I have restarted the phone and the apps effected. I heard it working through Google play music before, and now this feature seems to be broken.
Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this. The only major change I've made to the phone at this point would be installing the Action Launcher.
Yeah mine doesn't work anymore either
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Been testing the Idol 3 for the past 2 days. Yesterday the audio effects (which is on by default) worked splendidly, I especially like it for use with the built in speakers and the ear buds. Point being, I could hear a pronounced difference between the on and off position.
However, ever since I turned it off last night (to feed my stereo) I can no longer hear it switching on or off. I have restarted the phone and the apps effected. I heard it working through Google play music before, and now this feature seems to be broken.
Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this. The only major change I've made to the phone at this point would be installing the Action Launcher.
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If you have dj mode on, try turning it off.
peternorris90
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Hello everybody!
I have a question that is more a challenge!
My problem is that while I am driving I use an aux-aux cable to listen to music.
But, if I receive a phonecall and answer, the microphone is automatically set to a low sensitivity even though the audio is going through the aux/car speakers (seems like the sensitivity for a normal phonecall). Therefore I usually put the speaker mode on for the mic to go to a high sensitivity and everything works well. However, sometimes it is hard to hear the call while driving and it would be awesome if I could use the car speakers instead with a high sensitivity mic.
I have a rooted device with Cyanogen 12 OS
Is there any solution to this? Tweaking? Using tasker/trigger or else? (I also have NFC tags in the car dock to toggle actions)
Thanks
Hey everyone - first post here (hi!). My Nexus 6P is experiencing a major issue with three separate pairs of headphones with inline controls - basically, it seems to stop registering double-click-to-skip-track after the device enters 'sleep.' The functionality works perfectly when the device is awake, or (I think) kept awake by something running in the background (like a download - not sure about this part). However, I can perfectly reproduce an issue where, while the device is locked and the screen is off, the Nexus will stop registering double-click-to-skip-track on an inline remote after a certain interval. I CAN press the button once to pause/play, which I'm thinking is making the device 'wake up' in the background -- after that, it will begin registering double-click-to-skip-track actions again for a little bit. This is incredibly aggravating to me, since I'm a chronic song-skipper and prefer not using bluetooth headphones.
The headphones I've tested are:
- Sony 'Extra Bass' earbuds
- Official Project Fi 'branching' earbuds
- A store brand pair I'm surprised still works
... all of which worked perfectly with the Nexus 6. I've seen similar reports on /r/Nexus6P and on XDA about people having big issues with headphone and inline remote recognition, but this case in particular is interesting to me because it seems to span across headphone models.
So I'm curious, two questions really --
(1) Is anyone else able to reproduce this issue?
(2) Most importantly, if you're using a pair of in-ear headphones that absolutely do not experience this issue, what are they?!
Just saw your post. Same issue here, but have you had any luck with any headphones?
Just got my RMA in and tried a couple more pairs of headphones (including Beats) with both phones. No dice. I think it's a software issue - if there ARE headphones that work, they're not common...
my headphones do not work either. My xiaomi pistons made for Android will not even play audio on them. Worked fine on my nexus 5. My amazon premium earbuds however can play audio, but vol down button does not work. The vol up and pause seems to work though.
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the amazon ones work if my screen is off, and only when its off.
Just a heads up, neither Google nor Huawei support are aware of any issues with inline buttons not working. I had to struggle to convince either party that there was an issue, and they continued to press me into (another) RMA. Definitely call and let them know.
I had a problem with Apple and Samsung headphones in-line remote.