Hi all.
Just got my Z3, and overall the phone is excellent. I owned a Z, Z1 and Z2, M8 and HTC butterfly 2 immediately before the Z3.
Issue 1 - My top speaker SEEMS to be a bit louder than the bottom? Does anyone else have this? Perhaps its by design, and its barely perceptible. Just wondering if I were the only one.
Issue 2 - I have google now's "OK google" recognition on every screen - this seems to create a bug for the camera - every time i go into the camera, it seems to think the microphone is being used and hence there is an error message. I can dismiss it and continue to take a photo or video with no ill effect, but the error message is annoying. Any fixes for this? - this was fine on my M8 and B2 previously
Issue 3 - Youtube app is up to date, but it wont give option for 1080p resolution? 720p is max - (M8 and B2 show 1080 fine for those videos)
thanks!
Only commenting about nr3, 1080p is working fine here... Planet earth video (just looked for 1080p in youtube).
Haven't noticed nr 1 btw, so at least not disturbing me so far...
sephstyler said:
Issue 1 - My top speaker SEEMS to be a bit louder than the bottom? Does anyone else have this? Perhaps its by design, and its barely perceptible. Just wondering if I were the only one.
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You are not. Top speaker sounds different, has more bass, even causes the phone to vibrate. Lower speaker sounds far thinner, doesn't cause any vibration.
Issue 2 - I have google now's "OK google" recognition on every screen - this seems to create a bug for the camera
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I didn't find any option for activating "OK Google" outside the Google now screen. So how did you do that ?
Issue 3 - Youtube app is up to date, but it wont give option for 1080p resolution?
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No problems encountered, used the "Big Buck Bunny" and "Planet earth seen from space" videos for testing. - Resolutions 360 up to 1080p selectable and working.
Simply search for "1080p full hd".
No 1080 here neither...
Exactly the same boat. Videos only go up to 720p and no option for 1080p.
Any ideas?
I had 1080p when I first set the phone up. Now only 720p. Probably on Google's end there.
However for the speaker issue, both speakers are actually even volume wise.
Your perceived differences comes from the fact that the top speaker seems to be tuned towards the lower end, and the bottom speaker towards the highs. To me that seems intentional, as splitting them up would reduce the strain on the speakers and allow them to go louder. But ofcourse, it could all be a hardware fault
But as you say, its barely perceivable unless you actually listen for it.
For the error message all you can do is disable google now until Sony patches in a fix.
Strange about Issue #3,
I read something on reddit a few days ago about the 1080p option being gone for some..
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2ic1zp/google_took_away_1080p_option_on_the_youtube_app/
Thanks for all the responses.
Yes, I've noticed my top speaker seems to have more bass and the lower one is more treble based. Strange how they have set it up this way, would have expected both to be even. oh well.
On the google now thing, ok - i'll just have to wait for an update, but if anyone has a reasonably workaround, let me know!
finally, on 1080 - yeah, its strange, I got 1080 on that Earth film, but on most of the regular channels I view, it seems to top out at 720p. Interesting but hope they bring 1080 back.
Thanks for all the responses. After having a Butterfly 2 (which was awesome), and only having a couple of users on the forum, its good to be back on a forum with active participants!
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I didn't find any option for activating "OK Google" outside the Google now screen. So how did you do that ?
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Chef, you need to have US english selected as the system language.
Hi all
With regards to number 2:
Issue 2 - I have google now's "OK google" recognition on every screen - this seems to create a bug for the camera - every time i go into the camera, it seems to think the microphone is being used and hence there is an error message
I have since downloaded the google now launcher, this brings the persistent google search bar onto each screen, enables OK google from each screen, plus is not giving me an error with camera.
Try it and let me know if you get the same results.
Issue #2 is a well known issue with the z3 and Google now, it should be fixed in the next big update by Sony.
Issue #3 made me realized that I haven't even opened YouTube since I got my D6633 on Monday, so when I checked the it was the same issue than most of you are saying. But I'm used to this issue on my 3 months old Galaxy Tab S, it has never worked as expected showing the maximum 1440p resolution until you clear YouTube cache and data, force close it, disable it Uninstalling updates, once this is done then you go to Play Store and look for YouTube, it should shows Enable, and one you enable it, and update to latest version, then you have your full resolution options including 1440p. Sad thing is that everytime there is a new YouTube update we need to do the same again.
I did the same steps on my Z3 just to see that it didn't work, so I went back to apps and saw that there are 2 more apps directly related to YouTube, I already have disabled Live On YouTube as I tried to use it and never weekend and then I realized that I'll never use it again. Anyway, I decided to do the same steps mentioned above but this time I also disabled the 2 YouTube extensions that are there, went back to the Play Store and Enabled and updated YouTube and when I went back to the app there are all the options including 1080p, one thing though, it seems to not stay skeeter by default, just select it and then re-start the video and you will see it on 1080p.
I re-enabled the 2 YouTube Extensions back just to see if it breaks it again but it seems that it still working so that's good news.
I hope you can fix it with this information, at least until the next YouTube update.
sephstyler said:
Hi all.
Just got my Z3, and overall the phone is excellent. I owned a Z, Z1 and Z2, M8 and HTC butterfly 2 immediately before the Z3.
Issue 1 - My top speaker SEEMS to be a bit louder than the bottom? Does anyone else have this? Perhaps its by design, and its barely perceptible. Just wondering if I were the only one.
Issue 2 - I have google now's "OK google" recognition on every screen - this seems to create a bug for the camera - every time i go into the camera, it seems to think the microphone is being used and hence there is an error message. I can dismiss it and continue to take a photo or video with no ill effect, but the error message is annoying. Any fixes for this? - this was fine on my M8 and B2 previously
Issue 3 - Youtube app is up to date, but it wont give option for 1080p resolution? 720p is max - (M8 and B2 show 1080 fine for those videos)
thanks!
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Hey All,
You guys are the experts so, if I'm being stupid just tell me. Here is my issue/question:
I noticed in late august/early september 2014 that my phone is starting to skip when I stream bluetooth music over to my truck through the Google Play Music app. This happens on any vehicle that I pair with and I am confused. I have two other issues that may be related so I'll list them next but, for now, here is what I've tried to fix the music issue.
-Removed external sd card
-turned off wifi
-turned off gps
-re-synced bluetooth
-factory reset and/or installed new rom and/or upgraded firmware(several times for each)
The next issue is screen lag. The lag issue, to my novice brain, seems like it could also be affecting the music playback which is why i'm including it in this post. It's most noticeable in games but I also notice when scrolling through screens in settings, webpages, text messages, etc. It's a small skip that usually corrects itself within a half a second or less. I have not found any times or circumstances when it is more or less prevalent.
Lastly, while trying to eliminate other possible causes I've tried troubleshooting display issues such as my auto-rotate. I have the auto-rotate feature turned on, and I have re-calibrated my g-sensor. Regardless, I have no auto-rotate whatsoever. I have run this phone in safe mode to no avail, still no auto-rotate. This is true 100% of the time and not just on "some" applications. Possibly related: I can't figure out how to turn off motion launch gestures. I uncheck the box, and anything that may have something to do with motion launch such as media gestures but, no dice.
Previous roms:
NuSense Six
ViperOne
CleanRom2.0
LiquidSmooth v3.1
SinlessRom
. . . and probably one or two more plus 2 or three versions of some of these roms
My current stats:
Android 4.4.4
CleanRom 3.0.0
Kernel 3.4.0-g478f124
Baseband: 1.09.20.0926
Build: 3.28.605.4
Thanks for reading this far!
Hello all,
There is a consistent issue that i have been dealing with ever sense the Oreo update rolled out that I have not been able to find a solution for. At times ( watching a Youtube video/ listening to music from Spotify) media audio would begin playing from the phone as if it was ring/ notification audio. All sounds coming from the phone would get cut back in volume by a significant amount and the bottom speaker stops firing completely.
This only seems to happen once I interact with the app after starting to play the video/song (i.e i go to pause a video/ advance 10 seconds). From that point I would need to leave the app and come back for the audio to go back to normal.
As well I have been having audio video sync issues with the Youtube app that I have never dealt with before, related?
I have the US duel sim variant
I am on build number 47.1.A.5.51 , November security patch
I have tested with all audio settings on/off ( EQ, S-Force,ClearAudio+,normalizer)
I have checked the service test menu and everything is shown as calibrated.
Restarted the phone, cleared various caches for apps
I really am at a loss here, anyone else having these issues? Any possible causes/ solutions?
I had that issue on the first version of oreo... I found the latest oreo update fixed it. Maybe uninstall youtube app and reinstall again?
Were you able to fix this issue?
I have the same problem but for me it happens on all applications.
Mate 20 Pro on EMUI 10, although the issue was also there on EMUI 9
Hi all,
I have what seems to be the same issue but in Android 9 PIE, & latest build 47.2.A.10.107.
I didn´t had this issue in my Xperia XZ Premium G8141 (single SIM) , now it happens after switching to a Xperia XZ Premium G8142 (same phone, but dual SIM, same as you have).
In my case I get around opening volume controls and moving the ring and notification volume (with its slider) for some amount back and forth.
Y don´t use youtube so much (in the phone screen) then I cannot tell if it happens with youtube, but does happen in Spotify and it is very annoying to have to correct every now and then.
Then, same phone, completely different Android version, hardware problem?
Will appreciate any hints or troubleshooting tips from you guys.
When I have some time I will take a look to the kernel messages cable-connecting the phone for USB-debug.
Thanks in advance,
Take care,
Alvaro
Upgraded to S7 from S5 - everything is great, except I experience one very annoying issue: many YouTube videos I download for offline viewing (have YouTube Red) start freezing after a few minutes of watching. Sometimes they freeze right away. If I clear the YouTube cache and restart the app it works for a bit and then starts freezing again (the light circle in the middle is rotating and the video keeps frozen).
No freezing happens when I watch YouTube videos over the internet. Some offline videos work fine. But some consistently do not. Never had this issue with Galaxy S5.
Here is what I tried to fix this issue:
- Wiped cache partition
- Reinstalled YouTube (disabled, updated to new version) and restarted the phone
- Enabled Developer Options and Selected Force GRU rendering - this helped a bit, but did not resolve the issue
- Turned off hardware overlays in Developer Options.
- Turned on 4x MSAA in Developer Options.
- Cleared cache in Google Play app
- Switched download storage from SD to phone to eliminate any SD issue
Any ideas?
Hello,
my only idea is that there is not much to try when app crashes, all you can really do is check in the application settings (in the system settings of the phone and then "applications") if it has all the necessary permissions, clear cache as you did but I don't think it has anything to do with developer options like forcing GPU rendering.
So, all I can think of is:
- Write to Google to explain them the bug you encounter, they might have a solution or may release a fix in a future version of the app. As you use Youtube Red, you pay for a service, in the PlayStore you have been able to install the app so it means it's not incompatible with your S7, so you have the right to ask Google for a solution or a refund.
- Try to go on apkmirror and to get an older version of the app, maybe that bug wasn't there in earlier versions.
- Try to download offline videos with LTE, or with Wifi, to see if that change anything. Maybe your LTE connection or Wifi connection isn't stable and cause downloaded files to be corrupted.
Sorry, that's all I can help you with...
EDIT: I don't know how Youtube Red works about downloading videos, but can you choose the quality? Like 360p ou 1080p for example? If yes, then maybe try different quality settings to see if that has any influence on your bug.
In the end, I would probably it is a problem of corrupted files, or a codec problem maybe. I guess you can only read those videos with the Youtube app? If ever the videos are downloaded really like video files in your phone's memory, then maybe you could try an alternate video player to read them (but my guess is that they can only be read from the youtube app).
I don't know if anyone else has had this same problem.
When i first setup my phone and went to youtube to watch a HDR video to checkout the screen the youtube buttons wouldn't leave the screen as the video played. After a few minutes of wondering whether I would be stuck with a messed up youtube a found a couple webpages/videos that stated that you had to change the "Accessibility" settings in youtube's settings... this was all fine and good except the youtube app on my ZF7Pro doesn't have accessibility settings.
I found the accessibility settings in the android settings and played with the settings. Basically, whatever setting was causing it had to do with youtube going full screen or something (it wasn't defined/labeled in accordance with solution instructions). I just flipped some settings back and forth, and through trial and error eventually corrected the problem.
The setting may have been in Settings - Display - App Scaling, I'm not really sure though because I changed a few things the last time around before I got youtube working correctly.
I'm sorry, I can't be more helpful but the Youtube issue is easily correctable.