Hi there. Just having upgraded from XDAI to XDAII and I am very impressed overal but what I can't understand is how such a good product can come with such lousy earphones. I am not sure who's ears these are designed to fit and by reading here on the forum it seems that a lot of users are having troubles with the XDAII earphones falling out of their ears. The headset and the speakers in them seem pretty good it just that they fall out of your ears.
I have been looking at the
Jabra eargels http://www.jabra.com/products/jabraeargels.htm
and
Slic Sound http://www.slicsound.com/ss001.asp
which seem to fit over the earphone and sit further into the ear so that they are less likely to fall out. Is there anyone out there using these on the XDAII headset? Do they fit the headset? Do they stop it falling out of your ear? Also where can I get them in Sydney??
Andrew.
Dont wash your ears for a while, you will then accumulate enough wax for the earphones to adhere to.
Duct tape works well too
Can I have recommendations for a bluetooth headset/headphones from anyone who has to wear eye glasses when using their headset.
I've tried a couple in a shop, and the problem tends to be where they clip over the ear or rest on the ear they interfere with the glasses.
Has anyone used the Bluesppon AX2 as that looks to fit "in ear" and may be better for us glasses wearers.
Thanks
Mike
Being a glasses wearer myself, i have tried a number of bluetooth headsets and have found the best one is the "O2 Blue" by Bluetrek, it is very similar to the Bluetrek G3 but is only available through O2 shops....
or on ebay (hehe)
this is a great little unit, well worth the money.
mike_m said:
Has anyone used the Bluesppon AX2 as that looks to fit "in ear" and may be better for us glasses wearers.
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I've used the Bluespoon AX and it was very comfortable, but unfortunately the amount of static made it near unusable. I don't actually wear specs, but it would have come nowhere close . I belive the AX2 is identical but with different components inside. I'd be very interested to hear if you find it more acceptable.
I've ended up with a iTeck Clip III from Orange which has the shirt clip and headphone design. While the design isn't ideal because you have it clipped to your shirt, it seems to have good reception. It would also work fine with specs...
So I'm reading around and alot of people are hating the speaker placement on the tbolt. The speaker is placed right behind the kickstand. Personally to me I think it's a great spot. When the kickstand is closed the sound bounces off and projects to the front. I'm not noticing any substantial muffeling that everyone is talking about. The speaker is loud. Great speaker. Anyways what do you guys think about the tbolt speaker placement?
(On a side note worst speaker placement ever on a phone: iPhone series. Put the phone in landscape while playing a game and hand covers up the speaker. Horrible.)
Bounces off it??? It’s down in a crevice!!
Just pick one up and do anything that makes sound and open and close the kickstand... It does not take a rocket scientist to hear that in every single instance of the phone making sounds from ringtone, to speaker call, to YouTube video that the audio is muffled with the kickstand closed!!
It wouldn't sound muffled if you had robot ears!
OK let me rephrase this. Listening to music, playing games etc. Your hand makes a cup shape weather your in landscape or portrait. So if you doing anything with audio the sound is bouncing off your hands to you. It may be in a crevice but it's not air tight. Alot of the sound escapes toward the end of the kickstand. And that gap could possibly act as a cone and speed up the wavelength, increasing volume. But when your wanting to play audio with the kickstand out. The sound is bouncing all over the place. Off the table and kickstand. Giving off a louder sound. I'm just saying it's not the worst design flaw on the phone.
I'm doing a video demo right now... Will post link soon...
Here it is - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1l-9oZAu4w
My 4 year old Nikon Coolpix couldn’t really pick up the stark audio differences…
but they are hugh!
I like the placement.
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I also like the placement.
Only an audiophile would care about the slightly muffled sound, and a true audiophile wouldn't use tiny phone speakers anyway.
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mcmillanje said:
I also like the placement.
Only an audiophile would care about the slightly muffled sound, and a true audiophile wouldn't use tiny phone speakers anyway.
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See this kind of statement that proves a lot of people here must just be fan boy because it manes absolute no sense. ..
You like the placement? Really? You like that they chose to cover the speaker with a piece of metal as opposed to not covering the phones only speaker with a piece of metal?
So you look at all those other phones out there on the market and say… “Well I don’t know… Looks a little off, for one thing they need to have a movable piece of metal that in almost all uses of the phone is snapped down right over the speaker. “
Or
“Wow… the phone looks ok but that unimpeded speaker looks a little questionable… Better slap a piece of solid metal over it just to be sure… I think for a high end phone that is what you need…”
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See this kind of statement that proves a lot of people here must just be fan boy because it manes absolute no sense. ..
You like the placement? Really? You like that they chose to cover the speaker with a piece of metal as opposed to not covering the phones only speaker with a piece of metal?
So you look at all those other phones out there on the market and say… “Well I don’t know… Looks a little off, for one thing they need to have a movable piece of metal that in almost all uses of the phone is snapped down right over the speaker. “
Or
“Wow… the phone looks ok but that unimpeded speaker looks a little questionable… Better slap a piece of solid metal over it just to be sure… I think for a high end phone that is what you need…”
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For the second time, yes. Even with the metal stand over the speaker it's noticeably louder than my older devices.
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ddgarcia05 said:
For the second time, yes. Even with the metal stand over the speaker it's noticeably louder than my older devices.
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For the 2nd time... Who the hell cares?? This is not about the Thunderbolt Vs. "your older devices"!!
You really don’t get this yet?
It’s about the Thunderbolt with the kickstand closed Vs. the Thunderbolt with the kickstand open!!!
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... Who the hell cares??
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You said it yourself.
I understand what you're saying, but I think your you're preaching to the choir on this one.
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Zomb!e said:
You said it yourself.
I understand what you're saying, but I think your you're preaching to the choir on this one.
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Is the choir a bunch of people that refuse to acknowledge that the kickstand is a really bad design for two very significant reasons? Because if that’s the case... yes I am preaching to the choir…
But personally all I have seen on here are people that want to pretend that that’s not the case and blindly praise the device just because they have one.
I use headphones most of the time so its not really an issue.
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Video # 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sPr84FkQpE
Yup works great! Great design!
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But personally all I have seen on here are people that want to pretend that that’s not the case and blindly praise the device just because they have one.
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Hey man I'll complain about other things regarding the TB. Lack of aluminum unibody, finicky GPS...when I reboot my TB sometimes it resets my ringtones...occasional data drops. The Speaker?? Sorry man but I love the speaker design. Best speaker I've ever had on a phone. The way they designed it works fantastic for me and I wouldn't change it if I could. I can even put the TB in the car dock and clearly hear the voice turn by turn commands with the window down, that's how loud and clear the speaker is for me. Ringtones and notifications, seinfeld episodes...phone calls on speakerphone all are loud and clear and often I have to turn the sound DOWN. Like I said it's one of the things I would NOT change about the TB. Everything I have described is with the kickstand closed. I do not use my kickstand.
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Hey man I'll complain about other things regarding the TB. Lack of aluminum unibody, finicky GPS...when I reboot my TB sometimes it resets my ringtones...occasional data drops. The Speaker?? Sorry man but I love the speaker design. Best speaker I've ever had on a phone. The way they designed it works fantastic for me and I wouldn't change it if I could. I can even put the TB in the car dock and clearly hear the voice turn by turn commands with the window down, that's how loud and clear the speaker is for me. Like I said it's one of the things I would NOT change about the TB. Everything I have described is with the kickstand closed. I do not use my kickstand.
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So again... just to get this straight... You would request a solid metal plate tightly fitted over speaker in recessed indention over just a normal speaker... OK. Check.
So why did they perforate the speaker cover underneath the solid metal plate? I guess the engineers determined that the perforated speaker grate covered by the solid metal plate was the ideal config huh? OK cool. I mean if it wasn’t for that kickstand they would have just had the speaker cover be a piece of solid metal by itself... Only because they knew it was going to be covered by another piece of metal most of the time did the decide that it needed to be perforated... ok I get it know.. Makes perfect since!! Damn this phone is high tech!
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So again... just to get this straight... You would request a solid metal plate tightly fitted over speaker in recessed indention over just a normal speaker...
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Yes I did. Long before the TB was released I constantly email HTC and asked for this feature. They honored my request, gave me fantastic audio, and as a bonus irritated the hell out of you.
Sorry dude the speaker works great for me. I thought your video was funny but I don't use my kickstand so the USB placement is not an issue for me.
Why in the hell would I care what they did with the speaker as long as I can hear it loud and clear? The speaker causes no audio issues for me so they are free to cover it with the kickstand if they want to...at least on my phone. Oh and yours as well like I asked them to. If the kickstand affected the audio for me then I would be unhappy.
If you don't like it return it. Period. I have no issues with my speaker. Everyone else I know with this phone don't mind it either. They don't see it as an issue. Your not going to change minds by doing what you're doing. Just return the device and move along. Easy.
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I wonder what would happen if you drilled holes in the kickstand?
Design a case that has a 'channel' for the speaker. use a little bit of common sense in your design since lg didnt have the sense to design the phone correctly.
channel = put and indentation/recess from the speaker grill to the side and bottom edges of the case so the sound has a decent chance of escaping. or put a 1-2mm hump/bump on the bottom corners of the case to lift it up so the sound can escape.
help a brother out would ya? its prety much a guarantee that the first one to do this will have the most popular case among the n4 and the optimus owners.
I actually prefer having the back of a phone to be flat. It feels a lot better in my hand but I do agree that when the is face down the speakers are not hearable
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zephiK said:
I actually prefer having the back of a phone to be flat. It feels a lot better in my hand but I do agree that when the is face down the speakers are not hearable
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i like it being flat. reminds me of my old iphone days. i just wish they would have designed the phone in a way that we can hear notifications when sitting on a flat table. or better yet... the ringtone loud enough to wake me up when i get a phone call. i miss more calls and texts than i ever have.
its all well and good until you miss a home cooked meal because your brand new top of the line phone cannot emit decibels because the speaker is muffled.:angel:
i think a properly designed case will get around the issue pretty well. im talking about a recess or a couple of itty bitty bumps on the corners by the way. not a big hump.
Is there maybe an adapter available to fit ears better like the rubber tips you find on most in ear headphones? The hard plastic just doesnt stay in my ear and starts to hurt after short periods of listening.
I wonder... are they the same size as EarPods? I have a pair of EarPods and absolutely hate them, even though they sound great. They make my ears hurt badly after an hour or so. Funny, because I never had an issue with them before... my ears are weird.
If they're the same dimensions as EarPods, then maybe EarPod covers would work. I think you could force them on if you tried. The only issue is making a space for the grills.
What's the build quality like for these, BTW? I'm kind of interested in USB-C headphones.