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I have Google Nexus S with ICS 4.0. This phone was bought in US from AT&T Carrier and gifted to me by my brother. Right now I am using it in Saudi Arabia. Since last six months its giving trouble like suddenly rear speaker doesn’t work. Consequently I do not hear any ring when somebody calls nor alram tone or any music. This is the third time it happened. First two times speaker went off for few days and started working again and now I don’t know when I will be able to hear any sound. Just recently I have upgraded to ICS 4.0, before I was having Ginger Bread but this problem was there even then and also persist now. If there is really a hardware problem with the speaker then the voice shall not come back after few days by itself. I would like to know whether this is just happening with my phone or anybody else is also experiencing the same problem.
Please help.
I don't think its a software problem. I haven't heard of a speaker dying because of software. Yes it can happen, but usually on unstable software. That being said, I thunk it is a hardware problem. Every phone is different, some can survive slight water contact, but I've hard of many Nexus S' speakers breaking due to water damage. Has the phone been in any water? Even if not, I still thunk it is a problem with your hardware. Best of luck!
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FirePoncho86 said:
I don't think its a software problem. I haven't heard of a speaker dying because of software. Yes it can happen, but usually on unstable software. That being said, I thunk it is a hardware problem. Every phone is different, some can survive slight water contact, but I've hard of many Nexus S' speakers breaking due to water damage. Has the phone been in any water? Even if not, I still thunk it is a problem with your hardware. Best of luck!
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Thanks for your response. But it was never been in water. If it was hardware problem, the voice shall not come back by itself after few days. I am just waiting to hear voice again as was happend previously. Just today my phone is upgraded to Jellybeans but even this upgrade did not solve my problem.
Nexus S
Hey guys!
I have similar problem. There is no sound from rear speaker at all but I can hear sounds from earphone.
I thought that it was a hardware problem but I have just realised that there is sound only from MIUI rom and only in the settings of sounds just "voice volume and bluetooh volume". When I hear these voices, I have realised that there is no issue about rear speaker but the problem is about software.
Could you please help me if you know about some conflicts about any software?
Thank you in advance
Hi guys,
i am facing an issue with my HTC one S microphone, people can't hear me, when i use the headset everything just fine, when i voice record i hear nothing but noises ... also when i video recording... any one faced the same problem ? is it a microphone issue? or an App issue ?
help any one ?
Same issue, going to create new post
Faouzi.ah said:
Hi guys,
i am facing an issue with my HTC one S microphone, people can't hear me, when i use the headset everything just fine, when i voice record i hear nothing but noises ... also when i video recording... any one faced the same problem ? is it a microphone issue? or an App issue ?
help any one ?
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Hi, I have the same issue (I think) when you switch to loudspeaker can people hear you just fine? I have been looking into trying to make the phone microphone act as it does in loudspeaker all the time. I have created a new post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50121879
Hopefully someone can help us
chrispepper1989 said:
Hi, I have the same issue (I think) when you switch to loudspeaker can people hear you just fine? I have been looking into trying to make the phone microphone act as it does in loudspeaker all the time. I have created a new post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50121879
Hopefully someone can help us
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I'm with the same issue. People can only hear me when phone is in speaker state. The speaker however doesn't work so then I can't hear them. When not in speaker state I can hear the other party but they can't hear me. I figure that the microphone and speaker it located in the lower part of the phone, behind the little cover so maybe that whole section "went out".
Being able to re-route the microphone used in speaker mode to be used all the time would somehow solve the issue so that would be great.
Faouzi.ah said:
Hi guys,
i am facing an issue with my HTC one S microphone, people can't hear me, when i use the headset everything just fine, when i voice record i hear nothing but noises ... also when i video recording... any one faced the same problem ? is it a microphone issue? or an App issue ?
help any one ?
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You have a broken microphone. When you use the headphones or loudspeaker phone uses a second microphone.
Hello, so, I've seen a lot of people complaining about microphone noise but that's not my problem.
The Problem:
Sometimes when people call me they say they can't hear me, or hear me like I'm meters away from the phone, other times it's fine. Tried recording with the camera and with sound recording apps from the play store and they all record the sound perfectly on both mics.
The Debugging
Seeing this seemed to be happen randomly on the calls but I couldn't reproduce it anywhere else I decided to start digging the root of this problem.
I searched the web and got this thread on Google Forums: http://productforums.google.com/d/topic/nexus/JZGA5p-VX1A/discussion where they mention recording with Google Keep, so I did a comparison betwen a recording with ASR (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nll.asr) and Google Keep, here:
ASR: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13954549/ASRbgnoise.ogg
Keep: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13954549/Keepbgnoise.3gp
As you can see (hear), the problem doesn't seem to be hardware related, as the recording with ASR sounds perfect, even when I recorded with noise cancellation on, off and using the camera mic, with background noise, but I can barely hear the Google Keep recording, it sounds like I'm meters away from the phone.
The problem seems to affect about 1/4th of my calls and with Google Keep it seems that it's always there, atleast on all my recordings, I think it might be a software bug on the noise cancellation, what do you guys think? I think that if it was hardware problem it would happen with all apps?
Any help you guys could give me on how to further debug and/or fix this would be very welcome.
any help would be appreciated
Having same problem with mine
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Same issue here. Waiting for an update. I'll RMA if that doesn't do anything.
thank you for your feedback, I updated the OP to make it easier to read.
Atleast I'm not the only one with this problem...
I'm a programmer and I know a bit of android but I only have the general idea how the noise cancellation works, I don't really know the details, so if a dev could help me debug or fix it would be great.
shameless self bump
I had the same issue, only the mic was basically useless on every single call, unless you used speakerphone.
I was going to RMA, but decided to flash
Cataclysm before I did. Surprisingly, this corrected the issue completely! Not sure what the rom changed, but I'm not complaining!!
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well that ROM seems to have a non-stock dialer, may have something to do with the dialer app?
Oh crap, I thought I was the only one! I'm having the same problem, but it's so random!
Just wanted to say I'm having this issue too. I noticed it gets worse if I point the microphone directly away from me while on a call. I think there's some interference with the noise cancelling microphone at the top of the phone.
Me too *bump*
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thx for your feedback. I'm still trying to figure out how to further pinpoint this bug, I need help from some dev...
I too have experienced this but only while the phone was charging.. weird.
I'm also having this problem...it seems to work about 50% of the time...I thought it was a signal strength issue.
I also have the same problem that will surely be a software bug and that has to do with the microphone from the top! while there is no solution for it, I glued some black adhesive tape to cover the microphone hole in the top, and it seems that resulted ... nobody complains hear me far away ...
Hi same issue
Since someone said the Cataclysm ROM fixed that bug i've contacted the ROM dev to see if he has any idea what could be that fixed it so i can pinpoint what is wrong
daily bump
Just posting that I too have this problem. Usually happens when calls first connect. I have to say "hello" 2 or sometimes 3-4 times before the other person can finally hear me. It's annoying listening to my girlfriend say "ugh what's wrong with your new phone? See you should have gotten an iPhone" LOL.
I posted about this in another thread. I have the same issue.
If you haven't tried already, record a video in a quiet environment on your phone. You can hear a hissing noise and any time you talk it sounds kind of staticy.
Hello
I went to Sam Smith's concert in Lille (France) tuesday, tried to record a short extract of his performance but the sound is horrible. My girlfriend has an iPhone 5S and the sound quality is perfect.
Do you experience a ****ty sound quality in noisy sound conditions too ?
How to fix that ?
Sample Honor 6 : https://plus.google.com/117302260800656329753/posts/4pw7ufZNRSJ?pid=6132892992149710754&oid=117302260800656329753
IPhone 5S : https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwNX7iCXyoPdYWJ2UHhoMWkxaXM/edit?usp=docslist_api
:crying:
Not sure how you're supposed to enjoy a concert being a static tripod.
Thanks daddy but you dont solve the problem of thé sound recording on Honor 6 in loud environement being terrible
I don't play for that team sorry...
@theoneofgod Compare the two videos I posted and tell me if it's normal that Honor 6 has so bad sound ? The problem is that they didn't optimize their Kirin Chips and it's the result...
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@theoneofgod Compare the two videos I posted and tell me if it's normal that Honor 6 has so bad sound ? The problem is that they didn't optimize their Kirin Chips and it's the result...
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It's nothing to do with the chipset but their microphone calibrations/software.
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It's nothing to do with the chipset but their microphone calibrations/software.
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Back in the days when I had a Galaxy S4, with Cyanogen i had the same issue but with stock rom no problem
I think they didn't optimize the "drivers" for the phone, but it's lame
A 300€ device should not have this kind of issue
thrpod said:
Back in the days when I had a Galaxy S4, with Cyanogen i had the same issue but with stock rom no problem
I think they didn't optimize the "drivers" for the phone, but it's lame
A 300€ device should not have this kind of issue
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You need to send this directly to Honor themselves via Facebook or Twitter or whatever they use. If they hear you they might fix it but don't get your hopes up.
Same here.I went on a psy party and the sound was crap..Does the honor 6 + have the same microphone?I think it's hardware prob:crying:
original911 said:
Same here.I went on a psy party and the sound was crap..Does the honor 6 + have the same microphone?I think it's hardware prob:crying:
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It certainly has Contacted Honor, but no answer yet
It's really a game changer for me since I go to many festivals and concerts
Moreover I can't record my self playing music with it... With my GALAXY S4 didn't have this issue, the sound was clear, with bass too
original911 said:
Same here.I went on a psy party and the sound was crap..Does the honor 6 + have the same microphone?I think it's hardware prob:crying:
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It's the calibration of the microphone, the software.
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It's the calibration of the microphone, the software.
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Would it be possible to edit : /system/etc/audio/codec/ascend_MOGOLIA_ULG_ce.xml ?
Line 594 : Stereo camera
thrpod said:
Would it be possible to edit : /system/etc/audio/codec/ascend_MOGOLIA_ULG_ce.xml ?
Line 594 : Stereo camera
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I'm not the person to ask this. It's just that Huawei haven't tested the microphone under those circumstances and many other phones and cameras have the same problem.
I edit sample rate at etc/media profiles from 48000KHZ to 44100 as they say and the prob still exist.Even moto e records perfect sound...I'm already thinking changing to meizu mx4 and i really don't want to change it..
Does the microphone issue has a fix?
Hi,
I am looking to buy this phone and already got some good feedback on the battery side. The camera I have seen some nice or good enough photos, now the matter of sound...
This issue with the microphone is quite worrying. I do not record a lot of video, but if I wanted to I want to make sure I get some nice clear audio in the recorded video. Does anyone know if this issue has a fix? I haven't seen this posted anywhere, so maybe someone has done some research better than me and found a workaround. Maybe the latest OTA fixed the issue or some of the custom roms don't have the issue?
Do we have a solution for this?Did Huawei answered?
Hi!
Have another problem: when I call to someone or pick up the phone, people with whom I spoke complained of poor audibility. But in the dictophone mode microphone level still stay absolutely normal. Looks like as program error.
Reflash & customize my phone regular, may be something wrong ((
Now I make 3-th button restore to 5.9.1 without any customization, recieve auto update to 5.9.16, but no luck.
Any idea, please?
frankie_p said:
Hi,
I am looking to buy this phone and already got some good feedback on the battery side. The camera I have seen some nice or good enough photos, now the matter of sound...
This issue with the microphone is quite worrying. I do not record a lot of video, but if I wanted to I want to make sure I get some nice clear audio in the recorded video. Does anyone know if this issue has a fix? I haven't seen this posted anywhere, so maybe someone has done some research better than me and found a workaround. Maybe the latest OTA fixed the issue or some of the custom roms don't have the issue?
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The microphone quality on the Honour 6 Plus is also very poor when using Bluetooth handsfree.
Have tried this with many different handsfree car kits and car stereos.
It would appear the the noise reduction algorithm is reducing the mic gain with the result that the mic audio level is about 15% of what it should be. This makes it extremely difficult for callers to hear what is being said.
Phone has been replaced.
Have tried 4.4 and 5.1 - no difference
For such a fantastic phone this is a massive oversight. Looking at the Mate 8 (when it appears), but worried may have same issue
Have emailed Hauwei support about issue, but there is no resolution
Hey,
i have a huge problem with my microphone. I got my u11 yesterday, I recorded a voice message via WhatsApp and I noticed that the quality is very miserable. I assume that a microphone must be damaged, but before I complain I wanted to make sure that this is not normal. In Videos the sound quality is alright (first example) but in voice messages the quality is very bad (second example)
I had to add a few blanks
good:
ht tps: //ww w.dropbox. com/s/km9ub4eye134w80/Sprachnotiz%200008.aac?dl=0
bad:
ht tps: //ww w.dropbox. com/s/49a18fojngsdxt5/Meine%20Aufnahme%20%233.wav?dl=0
Is this the normal quality? No, right?
MaxHTC7 said:
Hey,
i have a huge problem with my microphone. I got my u11 yesterday, I recorded a voice message via WhatsApp and I noticed that the quality is very miserable. I assume that a microphone must be damaged, but before I complain I wanted to make sure that this is not normal. In Videos the sound quality is alright (first example) but in voice messages the quality is very bad (second example)
I had to add a few blanks
good:
ht tps: //ww w.dropbox. com/s/km9ub4eye134w80/Sprachnotiz%200008.aac?dl=0
bad:
ht tps: //ww w.dropbox. com/s/49a18fojngsdxt5/Meine%20Aufnahme%20%233.wav?dl=0
Is this the normal quality? No, right?
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Have you tried recording a message in the stock recorder app? If it is fine then it sounds like WhatsApp is the problem.
It's not a problem of whatsapp. Because the problem also occurs with other apps.. i downloaded several voice recorder apps and always the same bad quality. But with the stock recorder app the quality is good.
MaxHTC7 said:
It's not a problem of whatsapp. Because the problem also occurs with other apps.. i downloaded several voice recorder apps and always the same bad quality. But with the stock recorder app the quality is good.
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So it sounds like the problem exists in 3rd party apps which probably haven't been updated to work properly with the hardware of the device. Doesn't seem like a hardware defect to me if you can get good audio recording in any app.
My WhatsApp sounds fine so yeah might be your mic...call someone and see
Same problem on mine
I have just bought an HTC u11 in taiwan and I have the same problem. I ran the audio diagnostics (See HTC.com support for instructions) and the Microphone #3 has a very low level with some electrical noise, so it is clearly a hardware problem.
The phone is 2 weeks old... I am very disapointed and ask HTC to replace it but they don't seem cooperative, they want to open it and fix it, which is obviously not great. Haing a brand new phone open for repair is not good.
Not Good HTC...
jterpreau said:
I have just bought an HTC u11 in taiwan and I have the same problem. I ran the audio diagnostics (See HTC.com support for instructions) and the Microphone #3 has a very low level with some electrical noise, so it is clearly a hardware problem.
The phone is 2 weeks old... I am very disapointed and ask HTC to replace it but they don't seem cooperative, they want to open it and fix it, which is obviously not great. Haing a brand new phone open for repair is not good.
Not Good HTC...
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If you're within your return window, just return it. Buy another u11 or find a different device.
I have the same problem in microphone 3. Interesting enough, It is not completly useless and seems to get better from time to time. I wonder if there is a problem with the water isolation. The main problem is to talk while in loudspeaker, people cant hear me well. I wonder if I can divert the microphone while in loudspeaker so that the phone uses microphone 1, 2 or 4. Then my problem would be solved. Anyhow, if some functionality exist in the microphone, shouldnt we be able to increase gain?
There is something up with the microphones... Works fine in stock apps including phone and camera but fails HTC diagnostics and third party apps - the HTC diagnostic app doesn't even pull anything from any of them including the headset. I wonder if it's a kernel issue.
I have absolutely great news. I have discovered my problem at least. I happened to discover that the glass protection was covering microphone 3. The glass was badly cut and when I took the protection off everything was alright again. Maybe same problem jterpreau? please check.
HEY THERE
cAN U TELL ME WHERE COULD HE MIC#3 BE LOCATED?
Having the same problem. Had the phone for 5 days. Will be looking to return if I cannot find a solution soon.
VIKASHUMMER said:
HEY THERE
cAN U TELL ME WHERE COULD HE MIC#3 BE LOCATED?
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Mic #3 is imediatly left of front facing camera
Solved
Yeah, I had the exact same fault and it was the screen protector covering the mic.
Have removed it now and it's all good!
Yeah, i fixed it!!!
so mic #3 has issues, but i noticed that the protecting glass is the problem, because mic #3 is right above the screen and if you use inappropriate screen protector, it will lead to this. remove the screen protector and test it
i have issue using Instagram video snaps, the sound is awful and not clear! all microphones are NOT covered!
same goes for whatsapp videos!
however using the stock camera app, all works well!
PLEASE HELP!
Microphone broken? - U11 mic3
Same problem, initially worked for all audio, but after phone got briefly rained on, voice recorder does not work, and I have no voice output in calls. Video records audio (different mics). If I try to record on voice recorder it briefly registers one initial peak then nothing, playback produces one brief click at the start, which can be felt through the back (midway down, to the left) as well as heard. Earphones still work, although HTC's adaptor won't work if I plug the audio lead from the stereo into it. No wireless charging is a shame, can't cv charge when you're using the USB C socket for audio. I've been loyal to htc for a while, this phone is a disaster, for more reasons than I've mentioned, and far too fragile. I reckon it's hexed or coated in marching nanobots, you can't put it down anywhere without it sliding off - it often waits 5 or 10 mins before doing this, and requires no disturbance, vibration, notifications or passing traffic to assist it. My first u11 broke when it slid out of its case whilst in call, something it was quite adept at. Sadly it is the only HTC offered by my carrier as an upgrade from the m9 . I'm not saying the HTC one was without the odd issue, but I found them to be durable and robust, sensitive and responsive,and intuitive to use. There apoear to be lots of issues appearing with poor integration with 3rd party apps & hardware. Swype is barely useable, and glitchy. Very very disappointed. Looks nice, feels good. Insufficient design & dev. Doomrd. How fast did you break or brick yours?
paborges said:
I have absolutely great news. I have discovered my problem at least. I happened to discover that the glass protection was covering microphone 3. The glass was badly cut and when I took the protection off everything was alright again. Maybe same problem jterpreau? please check.
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Mic#3 is positioned in front of the phone at the top between the camera and the sensor.
Banaan666 said:
Mic#3 is positioned in front of the phone at the top between the camera and the sensor.
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Thanks a lot!! With a small knife I was able to reopen the whole of the mic so the sound could be received again. It solved the issue. You may dial *#*#3424#*#* and select "Audio Test" to test quality of all 4 microphones.
Thanks!
Daniel Liedke
I've got a problem as Cantata. In stock apps microphones works nice, but in apps as snapchat or whatsapp sucks. Apps uses front microphone and recordes good in about 1 second, but after app mutes micro. Any help?