Google Voice Volume Extremely low.... - Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II

So I decided to give Googlr voice another try just so I could get away from VZWs Visual Voicemail app. I used Voice for my voicemails before right after it first came out but it easnt up to snuff so I switched back to VZW and now that I am wanting to make the change to Google Voice I am having nothing but problems with the volume.
When I first used it I noticed the volume was extremely low on voicemail playback. I used my google-fu but was unable to find a fix for the issue. The volume is so low that I cant make out what is being said most of the time. I get absolutely no sound unless I put it on speakerphone and then I have to hold it up to my ear to even hear anything, and even then it is barely audible.
Is there anything I can do to fix this?
I should probably note that all my volumes are maxed out, but no matter what I change them to it doesnt seem to affect the volume for better or worse.
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Though I can't speak for google voice, you could always try youmail. It is a visual voice mail app that works pretty good. Though I dont use voice dictation, the paid version has it.
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shangrila500 said:
When I first used it I noticed the volume was extremely low on voicemail playback. I used my google-fu but was unable to find a fix for the issue. The volume is so low that I cant make out what is being said most of the time. I get absolutely no sound unless I put it on speakerphone and then I have to hold it up to my ear to even hear anything, and even then it is barely audible.
Is there anything I can do to fix this?
I should probably note that all my volumes are maxed out, but no matter what I change them to it doesnt seem to affect the volume for better or worse.
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Had this problem when I first installed. Seems to happen when Media volume was set to max. Back it off one or two notches and it may work, it did for me.

I will give that a try tomorrow when I can get someone to leave me a message. Sorry I didnt reply sooner, we had a tornado come thru in Alabama. They said it was 70 MPH straight line winds but I actually saw the funnel cloud pass by my house and there was quite a bit of damage, a couple of 7 foot long 2x4's straight thru some chicken house walls and all kinds of other ****. Also I havent had power so I havent been able to chargw my phone....
Anyway, ill test it out and report back tomorrow afternoon, I just wish I could figure out why its acting so wonky. I really really like it niw but that volume issue is so bad that if I cant fix it I will have ti switch to something else.
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I may end up having to switch to that. I really enjoy Google Voice but its ridiculous when I cant even hear the voicemails.....
Thank you for the suggestion
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I just went a borrowed my girlfriends phone to test it out. If I adjust the volume while listening to the message on speakerphone it works, the downside is that I like my volume all the way up and in order to hear the voicemail I have to turn the volume down to the halfway point to hear it.. I really dont understand that but at least I got it working! Thank you so much!
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Variable volume in calls

Does anyone else's volume go up and down in a call? And no, I'm not hitting the volume button at all...lol
Yes, mine does this. It's annoying. Still love my 3d.
Same here. Luckily, using the phone for actual calls is the least thing I do.
Indeed.. drives me crazy
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Yep
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Same here. Every time I call someone the ring is half-quiet, half-loud. Like someone is flipping the switch of an amplifier on and off.
yup,same here,,Not sure what the problem is but I don't like it
put me down too, guess i originally thought it was some sort of noise cancellation amplification type of thing.
I've only noticed that while the other person's phone is ringing. Haven't had an issue during a conversation though.
Nice to know I'm not the only one I notice it most when the phone is ringing before the person I am calling answers...sometimes during the conversation itself. Not a huge deal, but a minor annoyance.
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Background "hiss/white noise" durring calls

I've been using a Note 2 demo unit for the past two days and have noticed that during a call, and the other person is talking, I can hear a "hiss/white nose" around the voice in the earpiece speaker. But when the person isn't talking, there is no hiss. I tried this with several calls (and also 1-800 recordings) and can hear it for every call. I'm not sure what the cause is, but it is quite distracting.
On the GS3 is does have a slight hiss, but it is hardly noticeable. The Droid DNA doesn't have any hiss during calls.
Since I wasn't sure if it could just be an issue just this Note 2, I stopped by a store on my way home today and tried the Note 2 that was on display. It has the same hiss/white noise that I'm getting on my unit.
Has anyone else noticed this on their phone?
I'm thinking it may have to do with the Note 2 using P_Rev 6 and the EVRC-B Vocoder. In my area, the regular EVRC sounds better than EVRC-B, but I don't see any way of changing it on the Note 2. I've changed between the P_Rev and Vocoders on other phones by doing ##PROGRAM, but that command doesn't work on the Note 2.
FAUguy said:
I've been using a Note 2 demo unit for the past two days and have noticed that during a call, and the other person is talking, I can hear a "hiss/white nose" around the voice in the earpiece speaker. But when the person isn't talking, there is no hiss. I tried this with several calls (and also 1-800 recordings) and can hear it for every call. I'm not sure what the cause is, but it is quite distracting.
On the GS3 is does have a slight hiss, but it is hardly noticeable. The Droid DNA doesn't have any hiss during calls.
Since I wasn't sure if it could just be an issue just this Note 2, I stopped by a store on my way home today and tried the Note 2 that was on display. It has the same hiss/white noise that I'm getting on my unit.
Has anyone else noticed this on their phone?
I'm thinking it may have to do with the Note 2 using P_Rev 6 and the EVRC-B Vocoder. In my area, the regular EVRC sounds better than EVRC-B, but I don't see any way of changing it on the Note 2. I've changed between the P_Rev and Vocoders on other phones by doing ##PROGRAM, but that command doesn't work on the Note 2.
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I had the same problem on my first Note 2. Took back to Verizon and replacement had the same issue. Was going to get a third one but the CSR tried it out and heard the same thing on the 3rd one so just returned it all together. Awesome phone otherwise but I make a lot of calls in a quite office, and with no other sounds it was really annoying.
Here is another thread with same issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2021447
Really hope it is just a bad batch. I'm going to give it a few weeks and try another one.
I have the same issue, for what it's worth. However, I'm lucky enough to almost never use my phone to make phone calls so I can live with it.
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I can't wait till some one comes in here and claims they don't have the problem lol. "My device is a special snowflake out of the manufacturing plant that doesn't exhibit this problem at all!"
DaRkL3AD3R said:
I can't wait till some one comes in here and claims they don't have the problem lol. "My device is a special snowflake out of the manufacturing plant that doesn't exhibit this problem at all!"
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I've definitely noticed the hissing but honestly haven't noticed it since the first couple days of having the device. Going to pay attention the rest of the week and see if I still have it. I use speaker phone or etymotic ear buds with mic 95% of the time however
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I just started noticing it with headphones. Light hiss behind notification sounds, stops just a moment after the sound. Hmph. Not sure how I feel about it. It's pretty distracting.
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I have it but don't mind it too much. Probably because it's better than the tinny distortion I had on the Thunderbolt! I've noticed the headphone jack must be better too. Much less hissing when listening to music with headphones...at least compared to the TB. I can't believe I had that TB for so long...so...painful...
Haydenpup said:
I have it but don't mind it too much. Probably because it's better than the tinny distortion I had on the Thunderbolt! I've noticed the headphone jack must be better too. Much less hissing when listening to music with headphones...at least compared to the TB. I can't believe I had that TB for so long...so...painful...
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Yeah man, same here. I pick it up every once in awhile now and just hold it in my hands and laugh. What a piece of garbage.
First and last HTC device. They're still making twitter posts saying they're still working on ICS for the Thunderbolt............. loooooool
Had a tb too. Held it today. . It's so bricklike in comparison! Not to mention the problems in function. Think I'm over the light hiss now. ..rarely have headphones in and not listening to music anyway so rarely have a chance v to notice it.
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Does turning off noise reduction (menu during call) address this problem at all?
Just an update on my previous post. I made a couple somewhat long calls today and I did not hear the background noise on the other end the way I had in the early days of the phone. Either it is simply a sporadic issue or it has worked itself out somehow.
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I don't think it's a noise reduction issue. With noise reduction on or off, Voicemail calls sounded perfect. No hiss or anything. And I am quite sure of what the hiss sounds like, so I know what to listen for.
I'm wondering if it's just a case of the person you're talking to having a crap phone that has outgoing issues. It doesn't do it when I call my brother on his Note 2, just some other people. Wierd.
DaRkL3AD3R said:
I don't think it's a noise reduction issue. With noise reduction on or off, Voicemail calls sounded perfect. No hiss or anything. And I am quite sure of what the hiss sounds like, so I know what to listen for.
I'm wondering if it's just a case of the person you're talking to having a crap phone that has outgoing issues. It doesn't do it when I call my brother on his Note 2, just some other people. Wierd.
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I've also noticed who I call makes a difference in when I hear it, though I've heard it at least once with everyone who I've talked to... Some every time some only randomly... weird.
Definitely flippin annoying when you pay attention to it...
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So in the past two weeks since I posted about this, I've tried calling a few people and tested it out, and I hear it on every call.
When the person on the other end is quiet, there is no hiss in the Note 2's earpiece speaker. But when the person talks, you can hear the hiss "surround" each word.
I've also tried it with the noise reduction feature on and off, and it doesn't make any difference.
Hi,
Does it happen when using bluetooth?
Thanks,
Bryan
I hope it is software not hardware. Was thinking about getting a Note II but this flaw would render this phone unusable to me, I use my phone as a phone a lot.

Fuzzy distorted call quality / defective top speaker... Help

I noticed the other day that when the volume on my phone calls exceeds about 2 thirds up the callers voice gets fuzzy / slightly distorted like a radio turned up to loud. I'm hoping this isn't symptomatic of a blown speaker. Can someone else test this to tell me if this is normal? My other phone is a blackberry z10 and it does not display this symptom so I'm fairly certain it's not a network issue. To test call an automated number I.e. a bank or credit card and turn the volume up incrementally. Again this is not in speaker mode (or less / barely noticeable do to the fact the bottom speaker also turns on and drowns out the top speaker). Just need to know if this is normal or I should exchange for a new one prior to my 2 week exchange window to not receive a refurb. Thanks a lot,
Andrew
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th3h0ff said:
I noticed the other day that when the volume on my phone calls exceeds about 2 thirds up the callers voice gets fuzzy / slightly distorted like a radio turned up to loud. I'm hoping this isn't symptomatic of a blown speaker. Can someone else test this to tell me if this is normal? Just need to know if this is normal or I should exchange for a new one prior to my 2 week exchange window to not receive a refurb. Thanks a lot,
Andrew
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Turned it all the way up and called my work voicemail. No distortion at all. I'd check to make sure that you have a decent signal first. If so, swap it for a new one
Thanks for checking... It seemed to get a little worse today so I'm going to call tmo tomorrow and try and have a replacement shipped out because they have no stock left at my local tmobile.
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Has anyone had problems with super low Microphone Volume

When I talk normally into my phone people on the other end can hear me just fine. When I go to speakerphone everyone is complaining that they can barely hear me.
Is there some issue with the microphone or some way to increase the mic volume when I'm on speakerphone? I looked through the android settings and didn't see anything.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks
Download audio manager from playstore. It's the voice volume.
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SKyRocKeting727 said:
Download audio manager from playstore. It's the voice volume.
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Well i am having problems too with my One,people constantly complain about not hearing me properly,i installed audio manager and i set voice vol to 5,but no change.any idea?!
lev04 said:
Well i am having problems too with my One,people constantly complain about not hearing me properly,i installed audio manager and i set voice vol to 5,but no change.any idea?!
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ditto. i was having that problem and a problem with battery life so i just called att and got my new unit...
lotreaglesfan said:
ditto. i was having that problem and a problem with battery life so i just called att and got my new unit...
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Yeah,i will send mine back too.
Well I had that problem but found that when I held the phone in my left hand, my pinky finger would rest under the bottom of the phone covering the mic hole. I think they should have positioned it in the middle.
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Same, I always rest my pinky there mainly because that's where I would rest it on my note (sgh 717). Everytime I'm talking no one hears me so Im learning to reposition my finger slowly but it's difficult lol
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I had this problem. The issue I had was when I installed the zagg skin it covered the noise cancelation mic on the back of the phone. It is the little hole on top right of back of phone. Make sure it is not covered. If you are on speakerphone and that is covered you are barely heard. Anyone who does not have the problem you can try this by covering the hole with your finger while on speakerphone and everyone will say they can't hear you.
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I also have microphone problem on v22 and im not sure what to do to gwt rid of it can anyone suggest because ive looked back through the thread and havent seen any solutions other than to use other versions. I will be trying a clean install at some point but would prefer to just fix it. Surely theres a value we can change?
SKyRocKeting727 said:
Download audio manager from playstore. It's the voice volume.
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Is this post for real? There are dozens of audio managers in the play store.

Phone won't stop ringing

My phone started ringing at a low volume an hour or so ago, I cleared all notifications, changed all settings I thought neccessary to make it stop but it's still ringing
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I fixed the problem by rebooting and clearing caches, but I would still like to know what caused the problem
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Wow that's crazy. Are you sure you didn't enable the "excuse to not talk to the wife" feature that we added in the settings?
It wasn't the alarm going whacko was it? Were any notifications shown?
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I had exactly this same issue a few weeks ago and never did find out what caused it. Weird.
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I had the exact thing happen to me too a while ago. It wasn't even a ringtone I have ever used either and it rang until the boot animation started. Some very strange glitch.
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that's the overheat alarm if I'm not mistaken. Google it... many people had that issue and I remember trading that the nonstop ringing def was an alarm of some type.
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jayochs said:
that's the overheat alarm if I'm not mistaken. Google it... many people had that issue and I remember trading that the nonstop ringing def was an alarm of some type.
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I thought it was mentioned the DNA doesn't have an overheat alarm though? It may throttle or shut down, but no alarm.
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I wasn't any alarm or notification. And the phones amber light flashes when it's overheating, but that wasn't the case. Never heard the phone make that ringing noise before. It was sitting on the table not even charging. Just started ringing.
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CharliesTheMan said:
Wow that's crazy. Are you sure you didn't enable the "excuse to not talk to the wife" feature that we added in the settings?
It wasn't the alarm going whacko was it? Were any notifications shown?
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Haha, no I love talking to her.
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I definitely saw a thread around here about this same situation and it turned out the guys phone was like overheating and just going crazy and it was a constant, yet very subtle ring noise... i forget what he did that fixed it though.
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jayochs said:
that's the overheat alarm if I'm not mistaken. Google it... many people had that issue and I remember trading that the nonstop ringing def was an alarm of some type.
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pio_masaki said:
I thought it was mentioned the DNA doesn't have an overheat alarm though? It may throttle or shut down, but no alarm.
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jayochs said:
I definitely saw a thread around here about this same situation and it turned out the guys phone was like overheating and just going crazy and it was a constant, yet very subtle ring noise... i forget what he did that fixed it though.
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Per HTC there is NO overheat alarm. The unit WILL shut down.
BTW mine was also ringing this morning, this is my second DNA that has done this.. Just might account for a dead battery if I forget to plug in at night. Usually I can get 36 to 48 hours on a battery charge.
my bad. I found the thread. a bunch of people were saying that, not confirmed lol but read this.. someone said it was the roaming alarm?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2034760
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jayochs said:
my bad. I found the thread. a bunch of people were saying that, not confirmed lol but read this.. someone said it was the roaming alarm?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2034760
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I have talked to HTC about this issue, they do not have a clue what the cause is.
lol that's always comforting.
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Unknown cause - only restart stops it
I too have had this problem several times over the past several months. It is not overheating related nor is it an alarm, a roaming alert or anything else I can uncover. It's an alert of some sort, but damned if I can figure out how to stop it other than restarting the phone. HTC told me they have no history of such a thing, but that could be because it is hard to describe the faint ringing type sound. If you have ear buds plugged in, as I did yesterday while listening to music, believe me it AIN'T faint. It was a full blast chirping ring from ear to ear even though i had my media volume set very low so I could hear the paging system at work. I hope somebody figures out what it is because it's annoying and I'm just plain curious as to what is causing it.
Rick_In_NC said:
I too have had this problem several times over the past several months. It is not overheating related nor is it an alarm, a roaming alert or anything else I can uncover. It's an alert of some sort, but damned if I can figure out how to stop it other than restarting the phone. HTC told me they have no history of such a thing, but that could be because it is hard to describe the faint ringing type sound. If you have ear buds plugged in, as I did yesterday while listening to music, believe me it AIN'T faint. It was a full blast chirping ring from ear to ear even though i had my media volume set very low so I could hear the paging system at work. I hope somebody figures out what it is because it's annoying and I'm just plain curious as to what is causing it.
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Are you stock?
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Rick_In_NC said:
I too have had this problem several times over the past several months. It is not overheating related nor is it an alarm, a roaming alert or anything else I can uncover. It's an alert of some sort, but damned if I can figure out how to stop it other than restarting the phone. HTC told me they have no history of such a thing, but that could be because it is hard to describe the faint ringing type sound. If you have ear buds plugged in, as I did yesterday while listening to music, believe me it AIN'T faint. It was a full blast chirping ring from ear to ear even though i had my media volume set very low so I could hear the paging system at work. I hope somebody figures out what it is because it's annoying and I'm just plain curious as to what is causing it.
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Workaround
keith843 said:
My phone started ringing at a low volume an hour or so ago, I cleared all notifications, changed all settings I thought neccessary to make it stop but it's still ringing
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Workaround: Make a call and the ringing will stop.
Background:
I don't know a solution to prevent it occurring again later. I've had this phone about 5 months and it has happened probably five times. (It's not been evenly spread out though. When it happened just now it had been long enough since the last time that I had to Google the workaround again.)
I'm adding the workaround here because this is the first link when I Google this problem. And it didn't yet mention the workaround.
Had this happen the other day. Reboot fixes it but that's a stupid problem to have.
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