Unlocked my white 32GB after 300 MB download. No issues.
Installed a few apps, nothing special yet, no system related apps.
This afternoon my N9 started ticking from the bottom speaker each time I touch the glass. Just unlocking via pattern does it also.
About 12-15 very quick clicks like a speaker wire is shortening out.
Any hope before I call in a RMA?
B
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benwish said:
Unlocked my white 32GB after 300 MB download. No issues.
Installed a few apps, nothing special yet, no system related apps.
This afternoon my N9 started ticking from the bottom speaker each time I touch the glass. Just unlocking via pattern does it also.
About 12-15 very quick clicks like a speaker wire is shortening out.
Any hope before I call in a RMA?
B
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How loud are these clicks?
It isn't unusual to get quiet clicks and buzzes when using a device, the Nexus 4 for example is a famous for it, it constantly makes a noise if you put your ear to it even when it is sleeping.
The CPU and other components are awake shy. They spend a large amount of time in sleep mode, perhaps coming on for a millilsecond then going off for several milliseconds, then back on at the next touch where it needs to display a nice graphic or do something, then off again. Everytime the CPU switches on, so does a lot of electrical circuitry to drive the power requirements. Currents switching on and off flowing through wires creates noise, either audible directly, like the hum from a kettle or a buzz from a power supply, or via electrical noise that is picked up by other circuits, for example the amplifier for the sound, which then makes it audible. Almost every electronic device if you put your ear to it makes a noise and buzzes, often changing in tone when you make it do something.
So I would say if it is very quiet, only audible in a quiet room when near to the tablet, it's is probably just normal operating noise. You might find a replacement is quieter, or you may find it is louder. You may find someone else can't hear it at all, if you are young you are more likely to hear these things than someone who is older as we lose high frequency hearing as we get older, and listening to loud music in headphones makes it happen quicker
Of course if it is pretty loud, audible all the time and annoying, certainly go for a replacement.
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Phil
Just wanna make sure, but you are not talking about the button touch sound on Android 5.0 are you? The sound has been changed to a very swooshing sound that almost sounds like static on an audio line.
Thank you guys for your input.
The sounds I observed were loud, not the near silent hum kind. More like a finger nail is hitting a window.
The sound got progressively louder during my trouble shooting.
It ended up in a total distorted, muffled tone coming from the bottom speaker.
Something inside shortened out.
I had a micro-Tesla conductivity meter this morning at my bench and I could see that by touching the screen even at the top it induced a small current directly at the bottom speaker.
I called an RMA and the N9 was declared DOA.
Replacement is in the mail.
B
benwish said:
Thank you guys for your input.
The sounds I observed were loud, not the near silent hum kind. More like a finger nail is hitting a window.
The sound got progressively louder during my trouble shooting.
It ended up in a total distorted, muffled tone coming from the bottom speaker.
Something inside shortened out.
I had a micro-Tesla conductivity meter this morning at my bench and I could see that by touching the screen even at the top it induced a small current directly at the bottom speaker.
I called an RMA and the N9 was declared DOA.
Replacement is in the mail.
B
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When you called what did you tell them? Where did you get it from? I got mine from best buy, and have this same problem. I think I'm going to wait until its closer to my 14 day period... Maybe I'll get a second batch device.
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Not me. The ticking sound was the first thing I listened for when was testing out the speakers. I didn't hear anything out of the ordinary.
Took me awhile to be sure though cuz the song i used to test actually did have occasional ticks in it. I had to relisten to it on my headphones and on my home theather system to be sure it was just the song and it was.
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When you called what did you tell them? Where did you get it from? I got mine from best buy, and have this same problem. I think I'm going to wait until its closer to my 14 day period... Maybe I'll get a second batch device.
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I told them just my findings. Repeated click sounds by touching screen from a single speaker. This was a direct Google order and they sent a replacement within 24 h's. No questions asked.
The new White N9 is perfect. No unusual click sounds. In addition to that, there is a little less light bleed and from the few hours I used it so far I get the feeling that the battery is lasting a good bit longer. The first N9 went from 100% to about 40% within 3 h's of trouble shooting, the replacement is still at 75% after I unlocked & rooted and put back all my files, about 2.5 h#s screen-on-time. Makes sense, since the constant shortening out the speaker uses electricity.
The serial number difference of the last 4 numbers is a 44 higher count number, so I believe its the same batch/lot.
Overall, a quick and painless exchange and Google's RMA process is one of the fastest and easiest I have gone through.
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Just noticed an odd very light whirring noise from my headphones when they are plugged into the Evo 3d and the screen is updating.
For example when i turn the screen on and the weather animation on my lock-screen runs, it makes the whirring noise, but when I am on a static home screen it is quiet, but then if i swipe to move to the next screen i hear the light noise again. Same if click on the launcher button to open the app drawer, or click on the phone button on the screen and it opens the dialer.
Wondering if this is a common issue/bug, or if I have a defective unit i need to exchange.
The headphones work perfectly fine in my old phone so it isn't the headphones.
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Just noticed an odd very light whirring noise from my headphones when they are plugged into the Evo 3d and the screen is updating.
For example when i turn the screen on and the weather animation on my lock-screen runs, it makes the whirring noise, but when I am on a static home screen it is quiet, but then if i swipe to move to the next screen i hear the light noise again. Same if click on the launcher button to open the app drawer, or click on the phone button on the screen and it opens the dialer.
Wondering if this is a common issue/bug, or if I have a defective unit i need to exchange.
The headphones work perfectly fine in my old phone so it isn't the headphones.
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I had headphones on for about 40 minutes yesterday morning and didn't notice anything like that at all. Have you tried a different set of headphones?....just to pinpoint in fact that it's a problem with your phone.
I see what you are talking about. The noise is really faint, but I'd say not to worry about it since it may be software related. When browsing apps and what not the sound is gone.
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Damn......just put my headphones on again and still nothing like that. Either my phone's not afflicted or my ears are worse then I thought after to many years working in a factory.
I can hear it too, when I scroll I can clearly hear it. This isn't anything new, I've noticed this sort of thing from other devices. Certain laptops will make a tiny squeal when rapidly scrolling something on the screen with the volume jacked up. We're probably hearing added EMI from the increase in CPU activity. Not much you can do about it. :/
The original Evo used to always make this annoying warbling noise during silence. At times it honestly sounded like faint music almost, it was that pronounced.
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I can hear it too, when I scroll I can clearly hear it. This isn't anything new, I've noticed this sort of thing from other devices. Certain laptops will make a tiny squeal when rapidly scrolling something on the screen with the volume jacked up. We're probably hearing added EMI from the increase in CPU activity. Not much you can do about it. :/
The original Evo used to always make this annoying warbling noise during silence. At times it honestly sounded like faint music almost, it was that pronounced.
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Yep, that's a fact of life, when it comes to electronic devices. When it puts out enough power, it'll interfere with the headphones (Which, if you think about it, headphones are just a giant magnifier for electronic pulses. Makes sense)
If you don't believe me, hook up an aux cable to your car stereo, and pinch the end. It'll make a buzzing noise. You're electrically charged enough to play music!
Same thing for the internals of your phone. Doesn't take much. Heck, you could probably set your phone next to an MP3 player that you have your headphones plugged into, and still get some interference.
Thanks for confirming that you can hear it too.
I know what you all are saying about electronics having some EMI, but i went back and compared it to my original Evo, and a friend's iPhone 3GS, and neither of the two gave any background noise because the screen was changing/scrolling etc.
Gotta decide if I want to return it. I love the phone's speed, features etc., and this is definitely a minor thing I am bringing up, but it just bugs me a little.
I also have this noise problem, noticed it right away. I also have a slight cracking sound from the speaker when a loud sound plays. It's odd because normally other devices are able to be placed at max volume without hearing distortion. I'm not ready to return it yet, my roomate got one this morning, and I want to see if his does the same.
My Evo did the same thing, especially worse when I had it plugged in.
Same effect on my phone. I just noticed
last night and thought I was hearing things.
I noticed this right away on my 3D. I never noticed any similar sound on my EVO 4G.
Thankfully, it seems to disappear when I am not interacting with the phone. Therefore, it's not a huge issue for me.
I have a small lamp desk beside my bed and I leave my transformer charging on top of the desk. I only notice this in my bedroom, (I guess its quiet and the sound bounce off the wooden desk)
The electronic buzz and hissing sound bothered me, and I couldnt figure out if it was my laptop, cell or the phone. It was loud enough to disturb me whenever it decided to hiss. (hisses for 5~15 seconds randomly sometimes every 2 minute, sometimes more/less often)
Turns out it was the prime. If you put your ear on the back of the tablet, you will really hear it. (top left corner looking it from the back is where it makes the most noise)
Is this a defective prime or is everyone like this. I am not sure if this has to do with the .13 update because I didn't hear the sound when I first got the prime.
Could you guys check your prime and please tell me this is normal/not normal
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I have a small lamp desk beside my bed and I leave my transformer charging on top of the desk. I only notice this in my bedroom, (I guess its quiet and the sound bounce off the wooden desk)
The electronic buzz and hissing sound bothered me, and I couldnt figure out if it was my laptop, cell or the phone. It was loud enough to disturb me whenever it decided to hiss. (hisses for 5~15 seconds randomly sometimes every 2 minute, sometimes more/less often)
Turns out it was the prime. If you put your ear on the back of the tablet, you will really hear it. (top left corner looking it from the back is where it makes the most noise)
Is this a defective prime or is everyone like this. I am not sure if this has to do with the .13 update because I didn't hear the sound when I first got the prime.
Could you guys check your prime and please tell me this is normal/not normal
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Yeah, I got that too. Noticed it yesterday. Quite annoying for those who have better hearing. There are other people experiencing this too
http://www.transformerforums.com/forum/transformer-prime-help/13855-buzzing-noise-tf-speaker.html
I will try to ignore it
Do you have your phone near the Transformer? Phones interfere with amplifiers and can generate buzzing noise in the speakers (it sounds like old school phone modem). I use it to detect phone calls before the phone starts calling.
You are duplicating my thread ;P
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469596
HungryEel said:
I have a small lamp desk beside my bed and I leave my transformer charging on top of the desk. I only notice this in my bedroom, (I guess its quiet and the sound bounce off the wooden desk)
The electronic buzz and hissing sound bothered me, and I couldnt figure out if it was my laptop, cell or the phone. It was loud enough to disturb me whenever it decided to hiss. (hisses for 5~15 seconds randomly sometimes every 2 minute, sometimes more/less often)
Turns out it was the prime. If you put your ear on the back of the tablet, you will really hear it. (top left corner looking it from the back is where it makes the most noise)
Is this a defective prime or is everyone like this. I am not sure if this has to do with the .13 update because I didn't hear the sound when I first got the prime.
Could you guys check your prime and please tell me this is normal/not normal
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when i hold mine up to my ear, it just whispers "You're Awesome."
i dont seem to get this noise with or without it plugged into the dock. i hope ya get it fixed!
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when i hold mine up to my ear, it just whispers "You're Awesome."
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^^^^^^^^^^^^
THIS!
Seriously, now. It could be the phone as somebody suggested. Specifically you cellphone, or pager (or any wireless communication device within 1 - 2 meters away)
It could also be due to the update. How's your battery life? Some are reporting that Audio_out is intermittently waking up during sleep. That's another item to consider.
I think it's Asus' hardware fix for the poor wireless. They filled the new ones with messenger bees. They fly out of your HDMI port to hand deliver data packets.
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I think it's Asus' hardware fix for the poor wireless. They filled the new ones with messenger bees.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZs39wggIW4
Actually mine is ticking...
Does that mean something, or is it just a figment of my imagina...
BOOM!!!
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uh oh. did you pull the pin out? i guess we'll know if he never answeres us...
serious now, is it ticking in the same spot? ive held mine up to my ear for like 10 minutes, listening all over and i cant hear a thing.
which isnt a problem, but everyone in the coffee shop is staring....
Still here.
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uh oh. did you pull the pin out? i guess we'll know if he never answeres us...
serious now, is it ticking in the same spot? ive held mine up to my ear for like 10 minutes, listening all over and i cant hear a thing.
which isnt a problem, but everyone in the coffee shop is staring....
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Sorry, I know this was a serious thread, just couldn't resist.I am trying to see if I have the sound described, but it's a bit loud where I am ATM. Will check tonight at home.
I hear the ever-so-slightest whisper along most of the top-end of mine. Along the bottom however, nothing.
Certainly would never have heard this without everything cut off and the Prime almost wedged into my ear lol
So, wonder what it is.
At first I thought this was about the issue of feedback when not playing audio but keeping the Prime plugged in to a 3.5mm jack. MicroHDMI of course exhibits no such behavior. But it's not, so I don't even know why I'm mentioning it
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Much worse when plugged in. Still not very noticeable. Just sounds like static from the speaker to me, I now hear it best right under the speaker grille (that is beneath, not directly behind).
Put me in the "can't hear a damn thing" category. Not a single hiss.
Hi
Recently my UK TF201 has begun making an intermittent croaking noise. It does this at totally irregular timings and often without any user activity occurring at the time.
My Prime is stock and not rooted. It is not associated with any particular program or app running in the background and is becoming very annoying. I'm writing this now after having been woken up by one of the croak sounding noises.
Look forward to your recommendations.
firefox73 said:
Hi
Recently my UK TF201 has begun making an intermittent croaking noise. It does this at totally irregular timings and often without any user activity occurring at the time.
My Prime is stock and not rooted. It is not associated with any particular program or app running in the background and is becoming very annoying. I'm writing this now after having been woken up by one of the croak sounding noises.
Look forward to your recommendations.
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Please post a video
I'd love to be able to, as this would have saved me having to write the description as best I could. Unfortunately though, it makes the noise only a couple of times a day. Often just the one chirp/croak sound but occasionaly it will put out a couple within a second or two of the first. I don't have the time or a memory card large enough to sit with recording, waiting for it to croak before editting it down for a video I'm afraid.
It isn't exactly like a frogs "ribbit", its more or a deep "ugggh" but my children refer to it as croaking.
I've heard an identical sound before from a friends laptop, which he brought round to show me. It made these random noises a couple of times a day for about a fortnight, before it crashed and died. I hope these symptoms are not an indicator of a similar fate for my lovely Prime.
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I'd love to be able to, as this would have saved me having to write the description as best I could. Unfortunately though, it makes the noise only a couple of times a day. Often just the one chirp/croak sound but occasionaly it will put out a couple within a second or two of the first. I don't have the time or a memory card large enough to sit with recording, waiting for it to croak before editting it down for a video I'm afraid.
It isn't exactly like a frogs "ribbit", its more or a deep "ugggh" but my children refer to it as croaking.
I've heard an identical sound before from a friends laptop, which he brought round to show me. It made these random noises a couple of times a day for about a fortnight, before it crashed and died. I hope these symptoms are not an indicator of a similar fate for my lovely Prime.
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Yea I was thinking it was probably random, so it'd be hard to catch on film. That's so odd though. Doesn't look like anyone has any idea, since no one has posted. Does it come out of the speaker, or resonate out of the whole device? Does it do it if it's completely shut off?
Thanks for the reply Jay.
I'm darned if I can tell where the noise comes from. It's occurred a number of times whilst I've been using it but unfortunately with the speaker located on the back it is difficult to know whether it's from within the unit or speaker generated. Personally, I'm 99% confident it's from the speaker, it's just the 1% I can't fully confirm.
With regard to whether it happens with the unit shutdown, I rarely do a full shutdown other than once a week and then only for a full restart. It hasn't been left off for a long period to monitor. However it does this random chirping when in use and when in standby (screen switched ogg). Sorry can't be any more descriptive.
Mine does it some times. Nothing to be worried about tho...
That sound is typical from CPUs. Some laptops/desktops do that sound too.
There was a case from some Dell XPS that were doing that sound so loud that you could hear your CPU even with the internal fan at full speed.. they were offering a free CPU change for these users.
Sometimes my laptop does that sound too (AMD Phenom II X4) and my gfs laptops (Intel i5). I have yet to find what triggers it... but all my machines have done it.
Thanks Zephyrot
Yes that's exactly the noise. The laptop that my friend had was a Dell XPS 1210. Perhaps it was just a coincidence then that the laptop died a couple of weeks after it starting making this noise.
The noise that occurs usually at least once an hour has not occurred in the 2 hours that I have had it totally down powered for investigation. This therefore also lends itself to your theory that it could be CPU based.
The problem I'm having though is that it is loud enough to wake me up when it erupts with one of these chirp/croaks. If someone actually knows why the internals make this noise and more importantly what can be done to stop it from occurring, I would be grateful.
I appreciate that down powering is an option but this is not something that I had intended to do with a tablet. I use my table at work and need to get access to it within 15 seconds of picking it up. Turning the screen off and with such a good battery life, I can readily access information on the fly, whereas having to turn it on would mean waiting up to 2 minutes which is just too long I'm afraid.
Is there anything else you can add Zephyrot with regard to describing the noise, or diagnosing that you have done for the rest of the community to be able to comment on?
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Hi
Recently my UK TF201 has begun making an intermittent croaking noise. It does this at totally irregular timings and often without any user activity occurring at the time.
My Prime is stock and not rooted. It is not associated with any particular program or app running in the background and is becoming very annoying. I'm writing this now after having been woken up by one of the croak sounding noises.
Look forward to your recommendations.
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There is obviously an animal stuck in your tablet, probably small frog or bird. I would RMA immediately before the animal dies.
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Thanks Zephyrot
Yes that's exactly the noise. The laptop that my friend had was a Dell XPS 1210. Perhaps it was just a coincidence then that the laptop died a couple of weeks after it starting making this noise.
The noise that occurs usually at least once an hour has not occurred in the 2 hours that I have had it totally down powered for investigation. This therefore also lends itself to your theory that it could be CPU based.
The problem I'm having though is that it is loud enough to wake me up when it erupts with one of these chirp/croaks. If someone actually knows why the internals make this noise and more importantly what can be done to stop it from occurring, I would be grateful.
I appreciate that down powering is an option but this is not something that I had intended to do with a tablet. I use my table at work and need to get access to it within 15 seconds of picking it up. Turning the screen off and with such a good battery life, I can readily access information on the fly, whereas having to turn it on would mean waiting up to 2 minutes which is just too long I'm afraid.
Is there anything else you can add Zephyrot with regard to describing the noise, or diagnosing that you have done for the rest of the community to be able to comment on?
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Put an SSD into the tablet, 2 second boot time. Either that or you've got aborked speaker.
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I am getting a very low volume from the earpiece when i am on a call. even if i put it up to level 10 i can barely hear the other person. this is at home where there are no outside noise. any one else having the same issue? if i am outside i can hardly hear the other person.
if its a general lumia 920 issue then i think i can live with it as i like the phone a lot. but if its just my unit then i wud like to get it replaced before the return/exchange period ends..
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I am getting a very low volume from the earpiece when i am on a call. even if i put it up to level 10 i can barely hear the other person. this is at home where there are no outside noise. any one else having the same issue? if i am outside i can hardly hear the other person.
if its a general lumia 920 issue then i think i can live with it as i like the phone a lot. but if its just my unit then i wud like to get it replaced before the return/exchange period ends..
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Mine is QUITE loud. In fact, so loud that the Camera Vibrates. I may return it because the vibration is so bad I cannot hear the other party a lot of the time. Otherwise, I LOVE this phone!!!
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Mine is QUITE loud. In fact, so loud that the Camera Vibrates. I may return it because the vibration is so bad I cannot hear the other party a lot of the time. Otherwise, I LOVE this phone!!!
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The volume on my 920 is the loudest of any phone I have ever used. I have it set on 2/10 and it's almost too loud.
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I am getting a very low volume from the earpiece when i am on a call. even if i put it up to level 10 i can barely hear the other person. this is at home where there are no outside noise. any one else having the same issue? if i am outside i can hardly hear the other person.
if its a general lumia 920 issue then i think i can live with it as i like the phone a lot. but if its just my unit then i wud like to get it replaced before the return/exchange period ends..
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I'm having this same issue, however it's happened on two different Lumia 920 phones. It's intermittent though. During the same call, half of the time I hear great and half of the time I can't hear anything. Even increasing the volume to 10/10 doesn't seem to help. I called Nokia support & they said it was an issue with bad AT&T signal at my house. I do have very few bars sometimes, so it's possible that's the issue, however one time I was having the issue & switched to speaker phone & it went away, so I think it may really be a hardware issue.
sounds like a call quality issue. Dial only goes to 10. Spinal Tap Release takes it to 11.
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The volume on my 920 is the loudest of any phone I have ever used. I have it set on 2/10 and it's almost too loud.
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Wow....really, I would love to be able to have it at that low of a setting and it be too loud. Both my wifes and mine are mostly anywhere between 8-10 and there's no way it's close to being too loud for us. I may have to go into a AT&T store and see if we got a couple of lemons.
I would check that, I find the my rogers 920 earpiece is produces low tones, but not quite, almost like there might be too much bass but I also found I was holding the phone wrong lol and the earpiece wasn't pointed into my ear canal rather was press along my upper ear (yes its embarassing lol)
I've had my M8 for about a day now and I'm very happy with it. I really love how you can now set up the volume rocker as a shutter button...finally!
Unfortunately my phone has an issue where the top speaker crackles in two situations, both when the volume is at the max setting. The first situation is when placing an outgoing call the top speaker crackles with every ring. Not too bad a situation by itself. But that top speaker also crackles along with peoples' voices. No other issues when listening to music either via Google Music or Pandora. I even tried to install an equalizer app to tone down the mid range but the crackles persist.
Hopefully this is the only phone with this issue but I did want to share this with the community. I'm heading to an AT&T store later today to exchange it for another unit.
You are not alone. I bought two brand new phones (ATT Version) in ebay. Both had the same issues. I am in the process of returning them. When you dont have proper reception of the voice call, the unwanted noise gets amplified. The phone does not have proper noise filter. My ear pains sometime. When this phone cannot be used as a basic phone, then I dont want to waste my money. Apart from that, this phone has lot of other issues like bluetooth, sluggish sometime, battery, intermittent touch response issues, etc.... mentioned in the various forums in the internet.
The sound quality on the bottom speaker and the external look are the ones worth mentioning which stand outs from other phones. My experience with HTC One M8 is very bad and I am not going to get another HTC product.
I bought mine three days ago and I notice a little bit of crackling as well. It happens when the volume is at max is not a strong cracklings but I can hear it, should I go to at&t to get a replacement?
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