Finally got my x and at a good price at that. To bad earphones suck and beats audio is a joke, but hey! I had no expectations on those two items either.
For all who dislikes the stock power widget I can recommend an app called "notification toggle" by j4velin. He's active here on xda somewhere an his apps are in Google play.
Edit: oops! Maybe this should've gone in themes n apps.
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Finally got my x and at a good price at that. To bad earphones suck and beats audio is a joke, but hey! I had no expectations on those two items either.
For all who dislikes the stock power widget I can recommend an app called "notification toggle" by j4velin. He's active here on xda somewhere an his apps are in Google play.
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Oh come on, lol, did you turn Beats Audio off ? Try that and you'll be surprised how much difference it makes Have fun with your new phone :good:
Thanx
Yeah, of course I tried with it off. Sounds like HTC intentionally made sound worse than it should be if beats is turned off. My old desire sound better.
A bit like raising prices beyond standard prices to have a larger sale percentage sign at black Friday sales.
If you want to be notified Beats did not appear in the status bar can be frozen HtsBeatsNotify Titanium Backup
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Oh come on, lol, did you turn Beats Audio off ? Try that and you'll be surprised how much difference it makes Have fun with your new phone :good:
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I don;t hear much difference between it being on or off, except volume level. Though maybe it's just time for me to visit a doctor
Yeah, I agree with tihimasmo. I don't think BEATS is that good(Perhaps My expectation was really High Or a Good pair of headphones might do the trick ). Bought the phone recently and am a bit dissatisfied that the Cam is not good with Flash. My Wildfire S used to take better pictures. If the Flash is on , then the picture color seems to be washed away. I have no other issues with the phone other than camera. Any workaround other than disabling the Flash?
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I keep getting awierd sound from speakers after the device has been asleep..sort of like a buzz sound..can't really explain it..but it happens when the device first makes a sound after its been sleeping..anyone know what this could be? Kernel maybe?
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I keep getting awierd sound from speakers after the device has been asleep..sort of like a buzz sound..can't really explain it..but it happens when the device first makes a sound after its been sleeping..anyone know what this could be? Kernel maybe?
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Maybe electrical interference?
Move the tablet away from any other electronic devices (especially mobile phones) and see if it persists.
It hasnt really been near any phones..my phone is about 1 foot away from the touchpad..I have had it closer before and it hasn't made a noise..
I think I know what you mean, the sound is like a short buzz or "Donk" sound. I sometimes get it when I first click on the pad or when I swipe up to close an app.
The only thing I can think of that I did was installing the increase sound patch and later removed the patch. It started after that.
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I think I know what you mean, the sound is like a short buzz or "Donk" sound. I sometimes get it when I first click on the pad or when I swipe up to close an app.
The only thing I can think of that I did was installing the increase sound patch and later removed the patch. It started after that.
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I got this after going through various patches, although I didn't install the sound patch. It went away for me after a few reboots.
To the OP, you may have abnormally good hearing and can hear the white noise speakers make when they're activated, try it with some other devices, see if you hear the same buzz, if not, call HP and get a replacement.
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Ok so i just got my Touchpad 16GB yesterday and while i was playing around with it, i noticed it doing a weird sound like when those old speakers where powered on. I updated to 3.0.2 and it still does it.
Ps: Its not the WEE easteregg sound
Not sure what sound you mean but it shouldn't be making any noises you don't want it to. Get in touch with HP to see if they can fix it for you.
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Not sure what sound you mean but it shouldn't be making any noises you don't want it to. Get in touch with HP to see if they can fix it for you.
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Well, i bought it from ebay (from canada) so im not sure if they will even think about checking it.
It makes that sound only when its not in 'mute' and when im using it. When the screen is locked, nothing happens. It sounds like a little shutter noise of half a second length.
Ive been using my Rezound to play music through my car stereo via the AUX input and it had been doing well until now....
I just went shopping and started listening to music & the mid's/high's sounded kind of washed out and there was practically no bass coming from any of my subs. I double-checked the settings on the phone as well as on my deck but everything seemed normal.
I decided to plug in my old mp3 player to see if it still did the same thing... but no, music is playing just fine with the mp3 player. So, I plugged the phone back in and it got all fu**ed up again. I tried rebooting and its still doing the same thing.
damn you HTC and Dre!!!...
I had something similar happen the other day and found out that I didn't have the headphones plugged into the jack all the way so the contacts weren't fully connected. Might be worth checking just in case.
humorous response.
its being "weird" even with headphones now. well, now when I exchange it I can bring up the dead pixel and the audio issue. I guess I just got a bad unit.
i thought you were exhcanging this phone weeks ago and hated it or soemthing? lol
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i thought you were exhcanging this phone weeks ago and hated it or soemthing? lol
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well was going to exchange it after the dead pixel yeah... my 30 days with Best Buy Mobile isn't up till the 17th so just figured i'd wait until then & get a fresh new phone again.
and no I don't hate it(how can I when its the best currently available). I'm just anxiously awaiting root as I can't stand phones stock(want to be able to add/remove whatever I want, complete customization).
I still don't know what happened to the Beats on mine... really bizarre that while Beats is enabled its doing that through AUX and headphones. I did use one of those automated temp roots recently though and noticed it gave me some random FC's. the battery died this morning though and seems to have gone back to 'normal'.
p.s. I've actually been using the camera like crazy(especially the panoramas). very disappointed about GN's 5MP.
*UPDATE*: I decided to try again today and Beats is still messed up... So, I then tried POWERAMP and music is playing normally through that... as is the Digitally Imported app. So whatever is wrong is just with Beats. (force stop, clear data & reboot haven't fixed it either)
Is anyone else having anything weird happen just to the Beats Music app?
When you did temp root, you didn't freeze music enhancer did you?
Did you try a factory reset??
It makes sense that PowerAmp works as beats doesn't work at all with that app.
I have PA installed also because I have a $400 pair of Ultimate Ears earbuds that I can easily make sound exactly like the beats sound, but I need the EQ settings from PA to do it.
~John
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When you did temp root, you didn't freeze music enhancer did you?
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no i did not.. but am thinking about temp rooting again & removing the app, then powering down to get out of temp root & have it auto load the app back again. i will try that later on.
hi I have a sensation xe the sound on the speaker is too low, below average. do have rezound the same issues or is it better?
are there some other problems on rezound that sensation xe doesn't have?
thanks a lot!
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hi I have a sensation xe the sound on the speaker is too low, below average. do have rezound the same issues or is it better?
are there some other problems on rezound that sensation xe doesn't have?
thanks a lot!
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From what ive heard the rezound has good external speaker compared to other phones. How loud it can sound can also be determined by how you have your audio set up. EQs can help and also you could get the Sony xLOUD mod which would make your phone louder. I can make mine go pretty loud.
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From what ive heard the rezound has good external speaker compared to other phones. How loud it can sound can also be determined by how you have your audio set up. EQs can help and also you could get the Sony xLOUD mod which would make your phone louder. I can make mine go pretty loud.
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thanks for the answer!
So, can you confirm your satisfaction of sound quality? Have you tried other device with a better sound? (Og droid for example?)
I tried volume+, is EQs better? have you any suggestion for settings?
Is your loudspeaker sound always clear, even when you activate Xloud and similar?
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thanks for the answer!
So, can you confirm your satisfaction of sound quality? Have you tried other device with a better sound? (Og droid for example?)
I tried volume+, is EQs better? have you any suggestion for settings?
Is your loudspeaker sound always clear, even when you activate Xloud and similar?
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sometimes with the xloud mod it may become distorted if its too high, and i would say the audio quality is pretty good. i would suggest upping the higher frequencies if you want loudness and i dont use any universal eq apps like dsp manager. i use poweramp for my music app.
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hi I have a sensation xe the sound on the speaker is too low, below average. do have rezound the same issues or is it better?
are there some other problems on rezound that sensation xe doesn't have?
thanks a lot!
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I have a Rezound will nils p sense 4 Rom. The speaker is very loud and clear for my usage. Much better than my wife's nexus
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sometimes with the xloud mod it may become distorted if its too high, and i would say the audio quality is pretty good. i would suggest upping the higher frequencies if you want loudness and i dont use any universal eq apps like dsp manager. i use poweramp for my music app.
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thank you! if you are in the shower or in some place with some noise can you hear it good? what about comparition with your ogdroid or other phone?
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I have a Rezound will nils p sense 4 Rom. The speaker is very loud and clear for my usage. Much better than my wife's nexus
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thank you! if you are in the shower or in some place with some noise can you hear it good?
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thank you! if you are in the shower or in some place with some noise can you hear it good? what about comparition with your ogdroid or other phone?
thank you! if you are in the shower or in some place with some noise can you hear it good?
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Well it is about as loud as my OG droid was. I would compare them however my OG droid wont boot anymore. and yea with the right settings you should be able too. Sometimes i have to fight over the sound of a TV turned up decently and I can still hear it ok.
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thank you! if you are in the shower or in some place with some noise can you hear it good? what about comparition with your ogdroid or other phone?
thank you! if you are in the shower or in some place with some noise can you hear it good?
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Shower? No problem. Use it all the time
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Well it is about as loud as my OG droid was. I would compare them however my OG droid wont boot anymore. and yea with the right settings you should be able too. Sometimes i have to fight over the sound of a TV turned up decently and I can still hear it ok.
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sorry for my insistence I come from Italy and I would buy it in the usa, so I wanna be sure for this choiche. what mean og droid? is it motorola droid 1? i tried to research it on web but i hadn't found nothing with the name "og droid" also in usa...
thanks!
I use the speaker on my Rezound all the time to listen to radio/podcasts and I think it's very good. I can hear it while I'm showering. I'm listening to it now with it on my nightstand a couple feet from me and the volume is less than halfway turned up.
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I use the speaker on my Rezound all the time to listen to radio/podcasts and I think it's very good. I can hear it while I'm showering. I'm listening to it now with it on my nightstand a couple feet from me and the volume is less than halfway turned up.
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thanks a lot for the answer! have you tried other devices with better or worse speaker? if yes which one?
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thanks a lot for the answer! have you tried other devices with better or worse speaker? if yes which one?
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Can't really compare, this is my first smartphone. Sorry.
anyone else can tell me his opinion? I'd really appreciate. Thank you!
Honestly, loudness is not an issue. Its the clarity that is an issue at high volume. Understand, HTC tried to do a good thing with the Rezound, but there is pretty much a mix of spending time developing a dual core lte device vs finding better hardware components for what most would consider was the selling point for the Rezound. Sound. Its like they gave up and just said screw it, here is a set of 'beats by dre' instead. Oh well, maybe they will eventually get it right.
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Honestly, loudness is not an issue. Its the clarity that is an issue at high volume. Understand, HTC tried to do a good thing with the Rezound, but there is pretty much a mix of spending time developing a dual core lte device vs finding better hardware components for what most would consider was the selling point for the Rezound. Sound. Its like they gave up and just said screw it, here is a set of 'beats by dre' instead. Oh well, maybe they will eventually get it right.
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thanks a lot for the answer. i believe you, the fact is that I have already the sensation xe so i'm looking for a comparision or just one video where I can check the quality and volume of sound of rezound
thanks!
This phone blows the s4 out of the water. Love it. Don't think twice about getting this phone
Agreed, best phone I've had in a while.
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i've got one coming in the mail, but im worried about a couple things people dont like. I'm wondering how you guys are dealing with them. i hear the speakerphone isnt too good, are you guys using volume boost or some kind of app to make it louder. im also hearing people are having issues with knock on, having to do it 3 or 4 times before the screen comes on.
i think my biggest concern, and its not an actual problem with the phone. is LGs drop in value so fast, ill probably play it with for a week and stick with my s4 till the phones done dropping in price in about a month.
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Agreed, best phone I've had in a while.
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Coming from the Droid Incredible, then the Galaxy Nexus, then this - well, the tech has come a long way. I should probably post this in a separate thread, but do the buttons being on the back bother anyone? Because they don't bother me at all. I was a little surprised actually.
its good to hear that from more and more people. i imagine when you click on the back button it pushes the phone forward because of the force it takes the push the button but sounds like no ones having an issue with it.
I also love this phone
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thatg said:
i've got one coming in the mail, but im worried about a couple things people dont like. I'm wondering how you guys are dealing with them. i hear the speakerphone isnt too good, are you guys using volume boost or some kind of app to make it louder. im also hearing people are having issues with knock on, having to do it 3 or 4 times before the screen comes on.
i think my biggest concern, and its not an actual problem with the phone. is LGs drop in value so fast, ill probably play it with for a week and stick with my s4 till the phones done dropping in price in about a month.
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speakerphone? umm im not spoiled since I'm coming from the GNex but i've had a good call yesterday on speaker. knock on issues? i've had one while i was driving and wanted to check the phone layin on the center dash. it woudn't but i guess it was a sign that i shoudln't be on the phone while driving. i've had it for a couple of days and i love it. Rooting is next on the list.
Awesome phone! :thumbup:
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I'm off to the store to pick one up myself. See you guys in a few hours lol
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I'm off to the store to pick one up myself. See you guys in a few hours lol
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Lucky, stupid sprint:/ preorder on October 11the. The faaacck
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thatg said:
i've got one coming in the mail, but im worried about a couple things people dont like. I'm wondering how you guys are dealing with them. i hear the speakerphone isnt too good, are you guys using volume boost or some kind of app to make it louder. im also hearing people are having issues with knock on, having to do it 3 or 4 times before the screen comes on.
i think my biggest concern, and its not an actual problem with the phone. is LGs drop in value so fast, ill probably play it with for a week and stick with my s4 till the phones done dropping in price in about a month.
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Speakerphone & call quality works fine for me, but each person seems to have diff exp when it comes to them. Honestly, this phone could produce NO SOUND and i'd prolly STILL use it, lol
as for Knock On, it takes a few awhile to a) realize you have to tap on a "clear spot" on any homescreen, not over an icon or you will launch it, little bit of learning curve, ppl soooo exaggerate... b) it seems to respond MUCH better to 'tap" from fingertips, not a "knuckle"...And most imp, if you find always, "looking for a cleared area to tap" to turn your device off, just double tap anywhere up by notifications, and it works EVERYTIME!
Do not be worried, within 10 minutes of opening the box, i can almost guarantee you will be totally sold on this phone...
Those "negative Nellies" are prolly the type that HAVE to find something to complain about...Every forum has 'em!
Ms D
I don't really use speaker phone so I can't comment, Bluetooth has worked well for me though. As far as knock on, if I have had my screen off for a long time, I find one initial touch and then doing knock on works 100 percent of the time.
And I actually like lg's keyboard! No one has mentioned it.
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Yeah the speaker is a little weak in my opinion. Other than the HTCone i would say that all phone speakers are mediocre.. some are just a little better and some a little worse... I would say the lg g2's speaker is in the middle.. and if anything a little worse.. still it works and does the job for me. As far as Knock on/off .. It's a fantastic feature.. if the screens been off for 20-30 minutes it works the first try.. if it's been hours since you've touched your phone it seems like it takes 2 sets of knocks.. not a big deal though.. awesome feature! I've been transferring info/data/progs from my gs2 the last couple days and have noticed myself knocking on the GS2.. pretty funny but it's seems natural even after the first day!
Love the LG keyboard, I was using a leaked version on a rooted Optimus G and its the best kb I've used and it comes with 4 skins I believe. Knock on and off is imo the best feature out of all that any company has come up with in the last batch of flagships. I'm talking dynamic notifications, and always listening crap. Also nice to see they use the only feature I actually used on my old S4, smart screen to detect your still looking at screen and display stays on. I love the drag up feature to access quick access items, they added tons of options to the launcher more in line with an aftermarket one to a degree with icon changing, screen transitions and such.
Speaker isn't the worst, but it isn't the best either. Scale of 1-10 I would give it a 6 in accordance with my experience with other phones. It's very usable but won't win any awards for speaker sound, like the HTC One.
As far as knock on; when the screen is on, "tap off" works flawlessly when tapping the bar on the top or any open unused area on the screen. When "tapping on" the phone I tap three times and it works every time. Sometimes double tap doesn't work the first time when the screen is off.
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Yeah the speaker is a little weak in my opinion. Other than the HTCone i would say that all phone speakers are mediocre.. some are just a little better and some a little worse... I would say the lg g2's speaker is in the middle.. and if anything a little worse.. still it works and does the job for me. As far as Knock on/off .. It's a fantastic feature.. if the screens been off for 20-30 minutes it works the first try.. if it's been hours since you've touched your phone it seems like it takes 2 sets of knocks.. not a big deal though.. awesome feature! I've been transferring info/data/progs from my gs2 the last couple days and have noticed myself knocking on the GS2.. pretty funny but it's seems natural even after the first day!
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Speaker volume for both media and speakerphone can be fixed if u r rooted. Its pretty easy. There is a xda thread on how to do this.
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Anyone else usb cable go in so snug that it is a pain to pull out? I'm with T-Mobile, I mean its in their so tight I could use it to rappel with as in toss the phone end onto a building ledge and then climb up the cable.
I have the Verizon version and it does fit very snug.
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Anyone else usb cable go in so snug that it is a pain to pull out? I'm with T-Mobile, I mean its in their so tight I could use it to rappel with as in toos the phone end onto a building ledge and then climb up the cable.
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Yes. It actually pulls my BodyGlove case off. LOL I'm on the AT&T variant and I'm guessing the pins will get worn down a bit after a while.
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Speaker volume for both media and speakerphone can be fixed if u r rooted. Its pretty easy. There is a xda thread on how to do this
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Viper? Was curious if anyone has tried it yet
Hey guys. This is the first device I've owned since the Galaxy Note 2, which was a great device in my opinion. I just got the z2 after extensive searching for a new phone. I couldn't decide between the m8 the z2 and the lumia 930. As photography was important for me I decided on this phone.
Anyways, I just got my phone today and I immediately noticed some oddities and I'd like to know if they're normal or if I should just return it for another. This is batch 14w28, so that means it was made in July.
The first is the volume for notifications... I can't hear them if I'm not paying attention to my phone! The volume is really low. I went into the options and raised the volume all the way up and still the same thing even though it's better. Very low
Build quality is good, but with the volume at max and using speakerphone or music or anything, I can feel the inside of the phone resonate or the sound moving around in there. Very awkward to be honest.
Phone quality. I hear a tinny sound in the background when someone speaks through the ear piece... Is this normal?
I love this device! It's gorgeous and runs very quickly! I'm very happy to get rid of Samsung for a while. Their devices were too cartoony, and I've had a lot of Samsung decides!
Well, please let me know. Thank you very much. Kind regards.
I've searched around and found these issues separately... But all together, is this normal?
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Hey guys. This is the first device I've owned since the Galaxy Note 2, which was a great device in my opinion. I just got the z2 after extensive searching for a new phone. I couldn't decide between the m8 the z2 and the lumia 930. As photography was important for me I decided on this phone.
Anyways, I just got my phone today and I immediately noticed some oddities and I'd like to know if they're normal or if I should just return it for another. This is batch 14w28, so that means it was made in July.
The first is the volume for notifications... I can't hear them if I'm not paying attention to my phone! The volume is really low. I went into the options and raised the volume all the way up and still the same thing even though it's better. Very low
Build quality is good, but with the volume at max and using speakerphone or music or anything, I can feel the inside of the phone resonate or the sound moving around in there. Very awkward to be honest.
Phone quality. I hear a tinny sound in the background when someone speaks through the ear piece... Is this normal?
I love this device! It's gorgeous and runs very quickly! I'm very happy to get rid of Samsung for a while. Their devices were too cartoony, and I've had a lot of Samsung decides!
Well, please let me know. Thank you very much. Kind regards.
I've searched around and found these issues separately... But all together, is this normal?
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Regarding Low notification volume: I believe only one speaker is utilized for notifications on stock ROM. There are mods available to both boost the volume as well as activate both speakers for notifications. Very simple too, just look on the first page of the Android Development section, or click here.
Regarding resonating and tinny sound: I do not experience this at all. My phone actually sounds quite nice playing back music through the speakers. I think you might want to have that looked at, but first try this: Go to Settings > Sound > Sound effects > Enable ClearAudio+
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Regarding Low notification volume: I believe only one speaker is utilized for notifications on stock ROM. There are mods available to both boost the volume as well as activate both speakers for notifications. Very simple too, just look on the first page of the Android Development section, or click here.
Regarding resonating and tinny sound: I do not experience this at all. My phone actually sounds quite nice playing back music through the speakers. I think you might want to have that looked at, but first try this: Go to Settings > Sound > Sound effects > Enable ClearAudio+
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Thank you very much for your reply. I'm going to enable the option you mentioned... For example, playing music I put my finger to the right of the NFC icon and I can feel the vibrations within the phone. Is that normal?
In regards to the notification sounds, I don't know. I'll see how it develops. Thank you for your reply, really.
Also enable Dynamic normaliser in the sound settings can increase volume a bit. Also check out viper for android from here It's an awesome app m8:good:
I'll try a call again in a few. I changed a few other options. Let's see how it works! Because sound in a voice call sounds weird. But through speakerphone it all sounds great. I found the option for xloud and it worked and now it's tolerable. Thanks for your reply. ?
Well just in case someone is interested, Amazon is sending me a new device and taking back this one. Let's see if it still has the same voice quality! I'll report back. ?
Well, I had a second one... It squeaked next to the sony logo ... I felt like I was going to crush it every time I was on the phone.
Third one came, thought it was perfect. I hold it to make calls, all is fine. I let go to make calls and hold it with my head and shoulder while I type out a message or wash my hands or whatever... "Kent... KENT!? Hello!? Are you there?" it apparently makes a noise like it's hanging up or static...
I don't know if I'm going to ask for a 4th phone. Sony has some serious problems. 2 of these 3 phones were W19, the other W29 (or 28, I don't remember). Amazon said to wait until they're out of stock to get devices from a different batch... Arg...