anyone else having problems with the Mic? I've noticed if I hold the phone on my right ear the Mic is at the bottom and people I talk to complain, if the phone is on my left ear the Mic is on top and people say it sounds great
mike2246 said:
anyone else having problems with the Mic? I've noticed if I hold the phone on my right ear the Mic is at the bottom and people I talk to complain, if the phone is on my left ear the Mic is on top and people say it sounds great
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I have people complain that they can not hear me, especially while driving my car (loud exhaust). But I have not noticed that switching sides helps.
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I'm having a problem talking to people on my razr. They alsways complain about barely understanding me although I'm talking slow and clear, not screaming of course but normal talking.
So I took a look at the razr: the mic hole is not in the middle of the phone and I usually hold the phone with left hand to left ear and then the mic is more far away from the mouth than the other way round. Can this really be a problem? Doeas anyone else (favorable in europe or even switzerland) regonize such a problem?
I also hold my Razr in the left hand to the left ear and it`s no problem. Seems that something is wrong with your mic.
Wiplex said:
I also hold my Razr in the left hand to the left ear and it`s no problem. Seems that something is wrong with your mic.
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I Agree... mic problem most likely
To be safe, you might want to check and make sure that your noise canceling microphone ports (the little hole in the back bottom right and the little slit top center near the flash) aren't being obstructed, either by a case or your hand.
The distance of the mic from your mouth is not a problem. If you've ever put your ear to someone's cheek while they were talking you'd find it to be pretty loud
I have the same problem, however not always, seems to me that rebooting the phone helps, have you tried that? (I am in Sweden)
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Like marsonist said, the distance between MIC and mouth doesn't matter (well, not when the phone is on your face... obviously if you talk at 100 meters of distance, well... hehm..) but anyway other than checking if the noise cancellation MIC is obstructed, check that the MIC isn't being obstructed by YOUR FACE when using it.
If it isn't being obstructed by your face and there isn't any visual problem, try a factory reset. If the problem persists, this is an hardware problem: I haven't got any problem with it and the person on the other part that is listening to my voice says that it is crystal clear and exactly perfect.
Obviously, if it turns to be an hardware problem you have the right to use your warranty.
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Anyone else finding the volume level of calls to be too low? Anyone using an app like Volume+ to boost the volume for in calls?
For me, it's too low - with occasional bursts of normal volume. Wondering if I'm covering up one of the mics or something causing a problem.
This is going to sound dumb, but this happened to me the first time I used my phone. The pulses of loudness is what made me figure out it was a bone head mistake (in my case atleast).
We are all used to holding a phone to our head in a certain fashion. Usually you index the corner to the top/front area of your ear. Since the phone is so wide, you have to bring that corner forward placing the center where the speaker is over your ear hole. As silly as this sounds, it's something I've never had to do before as the earliest phones always lined right up with your ear. I hope your issue is this simple, it sounds exactly what I experienced.
I too adjust where i position it by my ear. I do this often. Especially during the same phone call.
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Chief Geek said:
We are all used to holding a phone to our head in a certain fashion. Usually you index the corner to the top/front area of your ear. Since the phone is so wide, you have to bring that corner forward placing the center where the speaker is over your ear hole.
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This could be it. Experimenting by calling my work voice mail now. Sure enough, if you have the phone's corner resting on your ear, then the grill is a little to the left. I'll have to play when I get some calls (not so frequent for me) and see if I need a boost at all!
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This could be it. Experimenting by calling my work voice mail now. Sure enough, if you have the phone's corner resting on your ear, then the grill is a little to the left. I'll have to play when I get some calls (not so frequent for me) and see if I need a boost at all!
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Yeap, feel like a goon now don't you? We've never had to deal with something like this as there has been few devices where it would be an issue. Sometimes you catch the dumb stuff, sometimes the dumb stuff catches you.
Agree with the above, I've had mine since the pre-release and it took weeks before I figured this out!
Has anyone had the issue when they call or receive a call and the person on the other end says that it sounds like your very far away. Does anyone know how to solve this, which mic is used when using the phone, is it the lower or upper mic?
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Has anyone had the issue when they call or receive a call and the person on the other end says that it sounds like your very far away. Does anyone know how to solve this, which mic is used when using the phone, is it the lower or upper mic?
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Regular calls use the lower mic, speakerphone uses upper mic.
This sounds like the rubber housing on the lower mic isn't seated properly, and may be actually partially blocking the mic. You can try opening up the phone yourself and re-seating the housing... or if you are squeamish about these things, take it to a service center and have a tech do it for you.
Thanks i think it might be something with my lower mic, the case does have space around the mic its a NGP Ultra capsule. Tempted to make it a little larger or it might be i have clocked my phone too low when in call. speaker phone is perfect
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Thanks i think it might be something with my lower mic, the case does have space around the mic its a NGP Ultra capsule. Tempted to make it a little larger or it might be i have clocked my phone too low when in call. speaker phone is perfect
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I was talking about a rubber housing on the mic that is internal to the phone. Meaning to check this out, you would have to actually unscrew the housing and open the phone.
But since you have a case on, it is worth testing without the case to see if the mic quality on regular calls improves. If so, maybe the case is partially blocking the lower mic. But if you can already see the entire lower mic hole with the case ON, then this is unlikely to be your problem, and you may need to have the phone opened up to re-seat the internal mic housing.
I am going to test NR off if that does not resolve it i will take the case to bits and try the card trick
Anybody else having issues with you sound muffled when talking to somebody? I get randomly people telling me I sound muffled and not clear but other times the sound is clear.
Many times people say they can't hear me at all. I think I may have to look at how I hold the phone. I usually have my pinky finger under the bottom of the phone. When holding the phone in my left hand, this covers the small pinhole on the bottom. For some reason I thought the Mic was in the speaker grill.
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From what I see its the ambient noise pinhole next to the camera. Whenever I use my shoulders to hold the phone so I can use my hands to lets say... surf the internet and check email on my computer the person on the other line keeps saying they cannot hear me.
So I fell into water with my new HTC one a few weeks ago and I was able to dry everything out and get the phone working. It was actually almost perfect except for there being some static through the speaker when on phone calls. There is however no static in speaker phone. Well just now the speaker became worse and now I can barely hear people on the phone. I was wondering if there is anyway the speaker can be switch to the other speaker that uses speaker phone while on calls?
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So I fell into water with my new HTC one a few weeks ago and I was able to dry everything out and get the phone working. It was actually almost perfect except for there being some static through the speaker when on phone calls. There is however no static in speaker phone. Well just now the speaker became worse and now I can barely hear people on the phone. I was wondering if there is anyway the speaker can be switch to the other speaker that uses speaker phone while on calls?
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So if I am understanding this clearly, the speaker you put up next to your ear has static, but the dual speakers for the loud speakers work well?
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So if I am understanding this clearly, the speaker you put up next to your ear has static, but the dual speakers for the loud speakers work well?
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Yeah. I used to be able to still make out what people say when I put it up to my ear even with the static but it has gotten worse now to the point that I cant understand them. The dual speaker works perfect.
The two speakers that you speak of I believe are separate from the headset speaker that is used for when the phone is placed to your head. I was looking at some tear down pictures from ifixit but couldn't really make out anything.
It must be very cumbersome, but at least the phone works after being in the water.
Edit: This may sound weird, but back when I had a 4th gen iPod with a touch wheel, most people including me had problems where the headphones sounded like they were blown out and producing static. Not sure where I heard to do this, but putting the inside of the headphone barely on your lips and blowing in and sucking would make the speaker push in and out. Weirdly enough, this fixed the problem we had with the headphones.
Not saying that you should try this, but I wonder if the speaker needs to be flexed and pushed around a bit.
Yeah it sucks that I can't talk to anyone without having the phone on speakerphone. I attempted the blowing in technique but didn't seem to do anything. Thanks for the idea. What I was really hoping for was that there was a software way to porting the incoming calls to the other speakers (speaker phone speakers) on low volume. I am not sure if this is possible though.