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Anyone else's In call volume very low? even though its on maximum volume? I cant seem to hear very well unless I put the phone on loudspeaker. any ideas on this one?
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Yup. I am on .14 and it is awful. I hear the .16 update fixes it though. There are so many good things about this phone that I couldnt care less about this issue though at the moment.
Nope. I have .16 and it's just as bad.
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Nope. I have .16 and it's just as bad.
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Cheers mate, I was just about to follow the debranding tutorial to update to 1.6 to improve my In- Call volume.
I have also heard that 1.6 offers an improvement in this area.
Baggyb said:
Cheers mate, I was just about to follow the debranding tutorial to update to 1.6 to improve my In- Call volume.
I have also heard that 1.6 offers an improvement in this area.
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I'm actually thinking of unbranding my phone just because I can. But it's just to get rid of like one or two pre-installed programs.
i am on firmware 1.6 and it doesnt solve anything, its really really bad! the volume is ridiculous I can hardly hear anyone unless I go into a room where theres no noise at all! SE need to fix this
volume at max is not even iphone at half
Volume is terrible, i keep squeezing the phone into my ear.... what i don't understand is who ever listened to the phone and said ooooh this is good, how is he not FIRED
if this phone ever gets released in the US with the same problem i am complaining to the FCC. it seems someone to do something about it, (remember what happened to Toyota?)
I honestly dont think a firmware can increase/fix the volume issue, i honetly think the speaker is at its limits, i even hear distortion some times, telling me my volume way to loud for the speaker capacity, although i can BARLEY hear something.
Terrible
Yea, I cant say that the volume is loud, but I found out a solution that works for me.
Actually the screen seems to pick up the vibrations from the speaker, so if you instead of holding your ear against the speaker move your ear slightly down so that you actually have your ear on the top part of the screen instead... then the volume is much better!!
Just a tip.
And for SE: I noticed that only the higher pitched frequencies causes distort in the small speaker. Analyze the speaker and identify which frequencies that causes distortion and filter those frequencies out. Sacrifice those frequencies for a louder volume!
Regards // R
I read somewhere that they put the phone in test mode and forced the volume higher and worked.
Which would mean the hardware is capable of higher volume its just bad software.
This issue bugs me big time, and I'm quite dissapointed :-/
Any news on SonyEricsson solving this issue?
I've read that the X10 mini does have a much better loudspeaker. How can this be when it's an even smaller phone?
I strongly(!) hope that SE will fix it! A phone that is useless for phone calls? Than I can buy an iPod touch :-(
there is a 'volume hack' app but works only for rooted devices.
same problem..can hardly hear when on the street or in public place.
i enable speaker..and keep the loudspeaker near my ear.
Nocturnal310 said:
there is a 'volume hack' app but works only for rooted devices.
same problem..can hardly hear when on the street or in public place.
i enable speaker..and keep the loudspeaker near my ear.
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Personaly I don't think that this is the way you have to make calls with a top of the line smartphone ;-)
Does anybody know if Sonyericsson is aware of this low volume issue?
Do they want to adress this issue with a soft- or hardwarefix?
Hopefully the update will come soon
http://talk.sonyericsson.com/message/1899#1899
Willey1986 said:
Hopefully the update will come soon
http://talk.sonyericsson.com/message/1899#1899
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I hope so.
yea...its really in a sad shape
i cant believe it.
i dont know why would they make an android phone when they dont even know whats it like?
X10 = lots of problem + lack of hope and many anger users around the world
Yes there are many problems with X10, i think X10 problems will be solved soon after the update 2.1 let us hope for the best
i use the speaker all the time
i hate SE
Mehdiest said:
yea...its really in a sad shape
i cant believe it.
i dont know why would they make an android phone when they dont even know whats it like?
X10 = lots of problem + lack of hope and many anger users around the world
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Actually, the number of problems is far, far, far, far, faaaaaaar less than you think it is. Being on a board for people needing technical support for their phones will make you think there's a lot more anger and problems than there really are. It's the nature of the internet.
Think about it, if there were really that many shopstopping problems, the phone would have gone through a recall by now. You can't let this forum (or any other tech support forum) give you any sort of indication of percentage of users with problems.
Same problem here... German o2 X10i (R2BA026). Speaker volume set to max. but still can't hear the other side It's a shame...
EDIT: oops... have to change my Avatar and Signature Hihi
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Actually, the number of problems is far, far, far, far, faaaaaaar less than you think it is. Being on a board for people needing technical support for their phones will make you think there's a lot more anger and problems than there really are. It's the nature of the internet.
Think about it, if there were really that many shopstopping problems, the phone would have gone through a recall by now. You can't let this forum (or any other tech support forum) give you any sort of indication of percentage of users with problems.
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Looks like coming from se and not one of forum users. I am not worried as i know it will be taken care of now as it has been launched in us.
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The in-call volume on my Galaxy S2 is very low even i set max call volume.
Anybody here has same problem ??
How can i make it louder ?
Thank you
vodanhdaisu said:
The in-call volume on my Galaxy S2 is very low even i set max call volume.
Anybody here has same problem ??
How can i make it louder ?
Thank you
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Are you on XWKE2?
Its driving me nuts seeing this topic repeatedly posted with no real answer if all owners experience it, or if the volume codes fix the issue.
I have the same volume issues with headphones connected and answering calls... can barely hear anything while on subway etc...
Hopefully the voodoo sound feature will be ported to SGS II soon...
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Are you on XWKE2?
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I'm on KE1
yes, anytime I am in a mall or anywhere will back ground wind... it is very hard to hear the other person....
on a side not, kies keeps telling me there is an update available... each time I run it, I get some dll error... hence me browsing the forums right now!
Is this a third firmware update?
I have the same issue. Can't hear anything with headphones and without them the sound is very muffled, as if there is no treble. My N95 could go so loud that it hurt!
I'm on XWKE2. Any suggestions?
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I have posted volume tweak codes here -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071843
Hope this helps.
RogerPodacter said:
Its driving me nuts seeing this topic repeatedly posted with no real answer if all owners experience it, or if the volume codes fix the issue.
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I must have superhuman hearing. Been on the phone yapping(work) around 2 hrs today, maybe 15calls in total. Have no complaints. And i work in a noisy enviroment. Machinery,etc.
Was using supplied headphones aswell.
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[hey, when i press [5] audio then there is no option but there is caution menu being blocked. plz help
Hi, this is my first post. I have similar issue. I have no problem in a room with low noise but when I'm outside or in a noisy room I barely hear the voice.
if the problem only with headphones then try using Voodoo Louder from the android market. that worked for me. i never had any problem with the headset volume on my sgs2.
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Solution found
My phone is unlocked[T- mobile galaxy s 2], I Have tried every GSM carrier[att pre paid, t- mobile pre paid,h20, Simple mobile, Real att, real t- mobile. (by real I mean contract) , Thought was network issues. It wasn't. Well, I gave up. Called Samsung and shipped my phone for repair. They were quick. from shipment to repair took less than own week and half. UPS second day ship and UPS second receive that four days plus three days repair. Well, the issue is gone!. They fixed the problem. What they did was raise all the sound volume Bars by default to 100 percent. I can tell this by going via volume settings. Now I'm scared of trying Any Rom coz I don't want to lose this settings. My phone was shipped back with original stock rom. Unrooted. Just rooted back. that's how far I'm willing to go , But then again ICS rom is spitting distance based on the news on my hears. don't know what to do. I hope Samsung can Distribute THIS ics ROM . with default volume up. Or hope xda can send a memo to their rom agents to default volume up. Its 20 million users out there in the galaxy two world. Crying for help. with this particular problem. Yes it's not hardware problem . its software problem. Proven.
i KNOW this is DEV ... but nobody can answer me in Q&A ...
My earpiece volume is gone. i've tried replacing lib folder and etc folder and nothing works.
ever other volume is loud and fantastic.
but i can't hear from my earpiece.
it used to just be low. it was fine until i flashed a rom/kernel one day and then it was low.
i don't know what rom combo it was. i want to say one that has BEATS enabled.
any ideas?
rideascooter said:
i KNOW this is DEV ... but nobody can answer me in Q&A ...
My earpiece volume is gone. i've tried replacing lib folder and etc folder and nothing works.
ever other volume is loud and fantastic.
but i can't hear from my earpiece.
it used to just be low. it was fine until i flashed a rom/kernel one day and then it was low.
i don't know what rom combo it was. i want to say one that has BEATS enabled.
any ideas?
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Flash another ROM or try other headphones. If ur talking about the phone ear price than run a logcat and the specs of the ROM your running. Log when u are highering or lowering the volume.
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Since we're not flashing radios, is it still possible that a ROM could change call quality?
My call quality is bad now and was really good before flashing the ROM. Ineffibalis GB version. Hadn't read anything about it in that thread so thought I'd ask in general forum to see if that is even possible that that is the cause. Or the kernel? Or the combo?
I have low volume on speakerphone now, to the point where I need to hold it up to my ear as if it's not even on. If I don't use speakerphone on one call I could barely hear my friend and now I just got off phone with a different friend and she was louder (she always is ) but it was distorted. She said I sounded muffled.
Okay, everything was fine on the call to my mom, good thing since it's her birthday.
Will test again with the same friends later.
EDIT: Okay, this may have been a false alarm as far as it doesn't seem to be a permanent issue. Before I called my mom I had installed Adaway and needed to reboot for that so maybe the reboot helped. I called one of the same friends again and it was normal on my end and better on hers, she did still say I was sounding a little bit muffled but I doubt it was anything major that was really a problem and could have been her headset.
Happy birthday, fera's mom! Lol the only issue I had on that rom was that my speakerphone seemed to disappear.
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What's up with that? Even with headphones plugged in the notification sounds go through the external speaker?
Silliness.
Buuuuuuump no one?
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I would like to know the answer to this as well, my previous HTC when headphones are plugged in all sounds including notifications went through them, yet the S3 sends notifications to the external speaker, surely this is a bug?
It's absurd and not the only Samsung phone that does it. The thing that strikes me as odd is there aren't many people that seem to care about it. Google searches hardly brings up **** and this thread has gotten like 60 views but 1 response...which is you with the same question.
My Galaxy Nexus didn't have this problem. Annoying as fuc-
i'm guessing most people put their phones to silent while listening to music. that's what i do.
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i'm guessing most people put their phones to silent while listening to music. that's what i do.
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That's ok, but when your phone is in your pocket how do you know if you have a text/email unless you put it on vibrate?
On the top screen of your phone you will see a small i which stands for notification, i dont know whats it called but the settings menu on top of your phone drag it down and click notifications then the letter i will disappear now all notifications will alert you normally via sound like call and texts.
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boohoo2u said:
That's ok, but when your phone is in your pocket how do you know if you have a text/email unless you put it on vibrate?
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oops i meant i put it to vibrate. however if u do this there will be a slight pause in the music when a notification comes in(i think it only applies to certain functions like sms. whatsapp nofs dont pause my music)
I can't believe no one cares about this... I still want to hear my notifications over my headphones... Work email, personal email, specific ringtones for individual calls and texts... the list goes on. I've owned Mostly HTC, but even my Palm Pre and older Sanyo phones were smart enough to mute the external speaker when connecting headphones.
Bizarre.
I don't know if this has been explained prior to my response. Notifications work fine over blue tooth.
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I don't know if this has been explained prior to my response. Notifications work fine over blue tooth.
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The issue was never Bluetooth. The problem is, you can have you headphones plugged in while sitting in the library, and if you get a notification, it will blast the entire room. Similarly, if you are in your car, the notifications don't make it to your aux port, and also, if you use the aux port, Bluetooth will not play the audio simultaneously. That's crap. On CM-based ROMs this works just fine. Definitely not a hardware issue. Sure sucks for people who use hands free kits in their cars
Same issue here with the external speaker not being muted when earphones plugged in, and unlike previous comments, issue persists when using bluetooth. Currently using Omega v32.1.
This problem affects my Galaxy Note 2 as well. Wow. How does no one else care about this? I don't understand why people would put their phone on silent just because they are listening to music. CM10 sort of fixed this issue on my GS3, but I can't use that on the gn2 because of all the custom stylus integration.
It's definitely an android thing and I can't believe that in almost 2 years since it's been logged, no traction appears to have been made.
Did a quick search through the developer forums to see if anyone has made a mod, but couldn't find anything. Does anyone know, if one the many talented developers on XDA, have done anything here?
EDIT: Turns out there is an app already out there to solve this, but interesting that it's not standard in the OS.
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It's definitely an android thing and I can't believe that in almost 2 years since it's been logged, no traction appears to have been made.
Did a quick search through the developer forums to see if anyone has made a mod, but couldn't find anything. Does anyone know, if one the many talented developers on XDA, have done anything here?
EDIT: Turns out there is an app already out there to solve this, but interesting that it's not standard in the OS.
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SoundAbout barely works, FYI. I have had major issues after installing this. Sound cutting in and out just using the earpiece.
ScrapMaker said:
SoundAbout barely works, FYI. I have had major issues after installing this. Sound cutting in and out just using the earpiece.
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Yikes.. Might not use it then. Thanks for the feedback (will do a bit more searching to see if there are other apps that could help).
hmm.. i just realize after reading this thread.. any fix for this issue?
ScrapMaker said:
SoundAbout barely works, FYI. I have had major issues after installing this. Sound cutting in and out just using the earpiece.
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zharif91 said:
hmm.. i just realize after reading this thread.. any fix for this issue?
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You could try SoundAbout, but as ScrapMaker states, it may cause issues with the sound cutting in/out using just the earpiece.
I wasn't going to try using it, but have over the last few days and it seems to work ok for me. Give it a go and see if it works (as I haven't been able to find anything else on the play store yet)...
I just got the galaxy note 2 yestersay and noticed the headphine issue today while working on the motorcycle. With the headohines on I can't hear the phone ring or notificationsn. what I hear instead is the music I'm listening to go mute the length of the ringing while anyone around me hears my ringing which comes off a little rude on my part and a bit annoying that it doesn't just ring through the headset.
I'm going over the settings and searching the Web like crazy but not finding an actual solution just work arounds about muting the ringer and/our putting it on vibe, neither of which is what I'm wanting or works for me.