Hi People.
Every day more pissed off with the pixel, for the coverage issue and for something that is already being the straw that breaks the camel's back.
Now, every two or three days, if someone calls me or I call someone, in the first seconds of initiating the call or receiving it, some very unpleasant noises sound, like when you take a medicine out of the plastic.
It is a "Clack-Clack" that almost makes you want to remove your ear.
Then it goes away and if you try to reproduce the problem, you have to wait another two or three days. Very rare.
Does it happen to anyone else? Thanks in advance.
I remember having same issues (network and the noise) but so far after installing kirisakura kernel never had it. I'll keep on monitoring if they're still the case
I think the phone part could definitely be better. I have had several disconnects with a perfect 5G signal that I find to be suspicious.
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Hey Fellow XDA-Members This issue has been bothering me for quite some time. Heres the background info you need:
My girlfriend lives in buffalo (where i go to school) but in the summer I work and live on Long Island. We dont get to see each other as often as i would like, so we keep in touch with a combination of phone calls and webcam (skype). Now, when i call her, or she calls me at night, and we are talking for at least 5min or so, every once and a while my speaker drops her voice. What I mean is, she can still hear me, and I can hear static (the same background noise thats there in the normal phone call (feedback?)) but I cannot hear her. So far the only thing that fixes this is a hang-up and re-dial. Now on some nights this only happens once, and other nights it happens every 2-5min or so. This is quite annoying and I am curious to see if anyone has any suggestions. I have tried Multiple Radios and their respective Rilphones. I have Tried talking to her on and off speakerphone. No Go. Whats stranger is this only happens at Night. When I speak to her during the day, I always hear her perfectly, and everyone else that calls me, I can hear fine.
Any Suggestions will be greatly appreciated!!!
-Dave
Hello all:
I am on my first replacement phone, and am experiencing a recurring problem that I also had on my original phone. At times during the call, the person on the other end will not be able to hear me (a la 'mute'), but I can hear them. I have confirmed that the mute function is not activated (even turned it on then off), but no luck. My initial impression was just a faulty microphone/hardware, but given that my second phone is also experiencing then same problem, I wonder if it is something that I am doing. I can assure you that I am not in any way blocking the microphone hole at the bottom of the phone (experimented with that to see if it was the cause). I can also rule out network issues due to moving between cells - I have experienced this problem driving and sitting still at my desk.
This problem, more than the GPS issue, will be the deal breaker for me - this is a business phone and I spend a substantial amount of time every day on work related calls.
Thanks in advance.
Thomas
I have the same issue. My coworker had the same issue with his the replacement under warranty.
If I use the headset it works fine. If I mute the phone and un-mute it it starts working.
Something is fishy with the microphone of this model ...
Okay, now this is getting ridiculous. Either I have really bad luck, or I am doing something wrong. On my second replacement phone, and like the last two, I have problems with the microphone cutting out during the middle of calls. Am I completely alone, or am I just lucky in getting phones with bad mics?
I keep the phone in my pocket with a body glove case. The mic is not plugged up, and it seems random. Could there be a software issue (ie a piece of software interfering and taking over the soundstream from the mic)? Even though the person on the far end cannot hear me, I can hear them.
Thanks
T
@ banesong: I'm having similar issues. I've had my phone for a little more than 24 hours. last night i couldn't hear anything coming from my mic and obviously could not communicate from my end. taking the battery out and back in fixed it for me. but i look at this as only a temporary solution. hopefully this isn't a hardware issue
I am having the same issue. I've had my Captivate since the end of July and it is running stock 2.1 that came with it and unrooted. I can't remember when the issue first started. But it has been doing it a lot more lately. It seems to happen around 8 or 9 minutes after I am on the phone call. At first I would hang up and just call back. Then I discovered that the mic would start working again if I just turned the speakerphone on and then off again.
It is really starting to get annoying now. I am thinking about getting a warranty replacement. The only reason why I didn't get a warranty replacement sooner is because I don't feel like having to remember and reinstall all the apps that I have on my phone now.
Having the same issue here and I have an idea about the problem.
If you remove the lid on the back that covers the battery the microphone is disabled and no warning appears on the screen. This is the same behaviour we are all experiencing.
There are two round blank spots on the inside of the cover matching two contacts on the phone. My idea is that the 'lid open' detection checks if the lid connects these two contacts.
My microphone usually starts working when I squeeze the phone.
Not sure about a workaround yet but connecting the two connectors directly inside the phone should solve it permanently (but voids the warranty).
Hope that helps.
T
Sorry, please ignore my previous message. I couldn't reproduce it yesterday so it must have been coincidence.
However, I have the same microphone problem and would like to know if there is a fix for it.
Cheers
T
Possible fix
I know this is an old thread but I have one of these old phones and was having this problem. After fiddling with the settings a bit I found a setting under Call Settings->Voice Call->Noise suppression. I unchecked the box and the mic seems to be working - for now.
My dad recently got a HTC incredible S and its generally OK
however its been playing up, after a random period of time on the call the person on the other end of the phone (usually me) has audio issues.
Between 30 seconds and 15 minutes.
I spoke to him for an hour yesterday and had to redial on average every 5 minutes.
I get a very strong echo and he becomes really really loud and distorted.
If i hangup straight away and redial its ok.
If i stay on the call eventually it drops out and his phone can no longer make or receive calls for a few minutes (incoming goes straight to voicemail, outgoing gets network unavailable).
It has been back to HTC twice and they replaced various bits, they also gave him a new phone, they have also replaced the sim card.
During the 2 months this has been going on he has been using a nokia loan phone on and off and it works without any issues as did the previous nokia he had. So this really does seem to be down to the phone.
Virgin Australia (the carrier) has offered him $400 credit to buy a new phone with. Even though the cheapest grey imports on ebay are going for $600. They will not let him out of the contract.
HTC don't seem to think its really a problem, it took their rep 3 weeks to replace the phone.
I have recorded a few calls from my phone to his.
Attached is a copy of the call in audacity, you can clearly see where it dies,also a copy of the audio, its trimmed down to a short time around the call, but its a wav so its ~3.1mb.
It feels to me like some kind of incompatibility between the phone and the network, but between the buck passing and the incompetence of the call centers it seems like nothing is going to come of from on high.
Does anybody have any ideas on how to resolve this?
Sounds like others have had similar issues:
http://androidforums.com/incredible-support-troubleshooting/77618-htc-incredible-sound-quality.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038256
Does the same happen when you are both in different locations?
Personally i'd be tempted to see if it's the same using a custom ROM, but you may not want to do that if there's a chance you'll be returning the phone anyway.
Thanks for the link but it doesn't seem quite like those.
The call quality is pretty good until it glitches then becomes totally horrible with echo and noise.
It really sounds like a bug in something to do with the echo canceler/radio or something else mucking with the audio stream.
I'd be keen on an alternate firmware but that will void the warranty and virgin would like nothing more.
Valen00 said:
Thanks for the link but it doesn't seem quite like those.
The call quality is pretty good until it glitches then becomes totally horrible with echo and noise.
It really sounds like a bug in something to do with the echo canceler/radio or something else mucking with the audio stream.
I'd be keen on an alternate firmware but that will void the warranty and virgin would like nothing more.
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I bet You could keep bouncing it back to HTC, perhaps insist on a replacement unit this time? If your patience is wearing thin it might just be easier to trade up though.
Actually it looks like this is the 2nd phone he has had
The imei number has changed twice.
So it really feels like a problem between the phone and the network.
I wonder if its because he is often on edge there. I don't get edge anywhere else I go.
So, I've searched around quite a bit on this, and the only things I could find were on other devices, not even ones in the moto_msm8960 family, either.
As the title states, I'm getting what sounds like a feedback squeal in my ear when I make a call, or receive a call (doesn't matter which). This does not happen every single call, but it does happen most, almost all, of the time (>=95%). As of yet, I can't determine a pattern of any kind, such as people on a particular carrier, within a certain region or location, or even a time of day. When it does happen, however, the other party can hear static over the line, and it has nothing to do with signal (full bars or no, it's consistent with the squealing I hear). The sound decreases phenomenally when I put the phone on speakerphone, I have to put the phone almost right next to my ear to hear it...but the other parties can still hear the static pretty bad. One person told me it "sounds like [I'm] in the rain" it was so bad, and him living in Florida means he's not talking about a light sprinkle
To answer questions I've seen frequently on similar posts for other devices, and to give you an idea of what I've tried; it does not matter if wifi/GPS/bluetooth are activated. One post even mentioned pocket mode, but that did nothing with I toggled it. The sound does not occur when playing music through the speakers, only calls. On that note, I'm going to reiterate that it does not matter if I'm making or taking a call, the sound persists. I can move the phone away from my face during the call, but it doesn't decrease the sound.
UPDATE: When I make a recording, I can indeed hear the "rain" that the person mentioned above, making me think that it might be my mic.
If this is a hardware problem, I can easily replace the microphone. Spare parts are easy to find, and I'm tech savvy enough and even have the proper tools to replace the parts myself. However, if there's even the slightest chance that this is a software problem, I'd rather see what you guys think first.
Thanks for your time!
When I receive a call and slide the green phone symbol to answer, the caller never hears my first hello or two, only hears me after a few seconds go by.
At first I thought it was network related but it has happened in a few other places too including bluetooth in my car.
Any ideas where I can look for the problem?
Phone is unrooted.
Thanks.
Actually, now that I think of it... I believe I might have this issue as well. I can think of a handful of similar instances where this has happened, but it took this thread for my mind to connect the dots. Time to do some testing...
Yeap. Same here. I learned to be quiet for a few seconds. But then there are some like my brother who would get irritated that he doesn't hear me as soon as he picks up.
I really want to say this is an AT&T problem. I have been wondering the same thing. This also happens to me. But not just this phone. All my phones for the past two years. Including my n5. And if you search this problem in Google it's common on our network. And across many phones.