My 14 days is nearing it's end and I've all but decided I will keep the phone.
That said, I have a few gripes, minor, however moving forward with the knowledge that I will be keeping this phone in my pocket for the next year or so I want to bring one to the attention of XDA community.
I have been streaming Pandora while in my car for the past three days when driving to work and school and such, not through an aux cord but through the speaker itself and I have noticed that the speaker is QUIET! So quiet that I can actually barely hear it on MAX volume when compared to every other phone I have had, including my G3. Is anyone else experiencing this, and if so does it bother you like it does me? I don't have a large car, in fact a small one with a small cabin and with my G3 was able to hear it loud and clear.
I have also noticed a very tinny sound to the speaker when it plays things such as notifications, however that has gone almost completely away after the first couple days.
Gotta try viper4android with a quality irs file. without it, imo the speaker is literally unusable volume wise Even stock (no viper), the actual sound produced is very clear, just near silent.
LG made a major mistake with this part of the phone imo
My observations I the speaker:
1. The volume sucks for music.
2. It is better for ringtones.
3. Its perfectly acceptable for speakerphone.
4. At higher volumes, some of the ringtones, reveal a bit of distortion, which seems to reveal a poor quality, low-power speaker and lack of any significant internal acoustic housing for it.
This may be a compromise required to accommodate the additional DAC/Amp combo for the 3.5mm output, as I believe they reside in the same area.
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Installed Dolby Atmos, really helped with speaker. You can also edit your mixer_paths.xml. It's in system>etc
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For someone without root I wonder if I might have to go down that road eventually... The speaker is really quiet.
I agree, @JCred. On all accounts.
I will look around on the Play Store, however that's a struggle as is. Not many sound apps actually work that do not require root it seems.
I have a difficult time hearing when driving and using speaker. My car is a loud though, but I still feel it should have just a little more volume.
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Hello,
I have read in reviews that the ear piece speaker and external facing speaker are not the best in our phone, HTC Amaze, however, I was wondering if any one had tweaks or an app to "boost" them, outside of manually adjusting the volume on the phone of course?
I think I saw 2 apps that were developed for the nexus galaxy that improved the LED and the speakers respectively.
Thanks for any ideas
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Hello,
I have read in reviews that the ear piece speaker and external facing speaker are not the best in our phone, HTC Amaze, however, I was wondering if any one had tweaks or an app to "boost" them, outside of manually adjusting the volume on the phone of course?
I think I saw 2 apps that were developed for the nexus galaxy that improved the LED and the speakers respectively.
Thanks for any ideas
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you say that cuz of the reviews you have read or cuz you really feel they are not the best?
I have found that I would like a louder ear piece and speaker.
It is OK in a quiet environment however, if there is exterior or ambient noise I feel myself working harder than I would like to ensure I hear clearly the person speaking.
You don't have a similar experience?
I'm fine. Everyone's hearing is different however. Are you talking about direct ear contact or strictly headphones?
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direct ear contact I find the volume level and quality not as good as I would like.
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direct ear contact I find the volume level and quality not as good as I would like.
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Jeesh! It is a common problem in a noisy environment. I have excellent hearing and no ear wax...ewww. I have a terrible time hearing through the earpiece and find myself constantly moving the phone around on my ear trying to find the sweet spot.
If you enable the "hearing aids" option in settings/call, it will amplify the sound considerably but then it sounds like a speakerphone with no privacy. Maybe in a very noisy environment, that wouldn't be a problem. I tried it in my local very noisy grocery store and it worked fine but still sounded too much like the speakerphone. At least I could hear what the other person was saying!
I have moved the phone around my ear a lot to figure out where the loudest sound is coming from and when I sort of point the very top of the phone at the ear canal, the sound is much louder. Maybe this will help but it is still frustrating. Never had a phone that is so hard to hear in a noisy environment.
Disclaimer: I did search in the forum and did not see this question asked or answered.
First off I LOVE my prime. I thought my only issue was really just a small amount of light bleed in one spot and I could live with that. So I synced my iTune music to my prime and cranked up a tune. To my surprise I noticed a rattling in the speaker that I had not noticed when playing games or watching movies. Thinking it was just a bad song I picked out one that I knew I purchased through iTunes that played great on an iPhone and other devices. Turned it on and though it is mostly ok you can hear distortion in the speaker even when the volume is turned up only 75%. Next I placed the Prime in the dock and the sound became somewhat hollow and the distortion was even more noticeable. It is interesting how the sound changes when placed in the dock. I removed the Prime from the dock and plugged it into the charging cable and the sound did not change as it did when docked. Just to be sure it was not my iTunes music I downloaded a free song from the Market and it performed the same as my iTune music with some distortion. With a headset, however, the music is great.
I have read where others compliment the sound from the speaker and say the dock makes it deeper and better in some ways. I don't expect this to be a high fidelity audio system but I didn't expect to hear the speaker have tones that rattled somewhat like a paper speaker with a small tear.
Just curious if anyone else has experienced this and it is normal or if I am the unlucky guy with a defective speaker. I am undecided on whether to: 1) exchange with Best Buy 2) RMA with Asus or just ignore it as I will normally use headphones if listening to music and alerts and games sound decent so far.
All input welcome.
I listen to alot of music on my prime and have never heard the speakers cracking...
I am also using an app to enhance the speakers (volume +) makes it a lot louder and less tin can like sounding.
Sorry to hear about your speakers crackling, does not sound normal. I don't have a dock so i cannot test what your talking about.
This goes in the Q & A Forum.. Did you search there?
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This goes in the Q & A Forum.. Did you search there?
Three threads above this one...
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You are correct. I inadvertently posted this in the wrong place. I was bouncing between different forums trying to research. Is there a way to have a mod move it ? My apologies.
Well I am not sure what kind of audio you'd expect from mobile devices, but I would call myself kinda audiophil with a rather large home cinema system at home and the Prime is the first mobile device I own and the first I've seen (heard),
where I actually want to listen to music with it.
My Prime has outstanding speakers for that size. I totally love it. So maybe you got a broken speaker (it has actually stereo speakers, so maybe one is broken?)
Ah and I use Volume+ too raise the Volume.
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Well I am not sure what kind of audio you'd expect from mobile devices, but I would call myself kinda audiophil with a rather large home cinema system at home and the Prime is the first mobile device I own and the first I've seen (heard),
where I actually want to listen to music with it.
My Prime has outstanding speakers for that size. I totally love it. So maybe you got a broken speaker (it has actually stereo speakers, so maybe one is broken?)
Ah and I use Volume+ too raise the Volume.
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Glad to hear Volume+ working for you. it really does wonders for the speakers. a lot of times now my Prime be too loud. especially when playing the games. I mean its VERY LOUD now. stereo system loud..lol j/k but its loud as a mofo though
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Glad to hear Volume+ working for you. it really does wonders for the speakers. a lot of times now my Prime be too loud. especially when playing the games. I mean its VERY LOUD now. stereo system loud..lol j/k but its loud as a mofo though
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Yea, start a great action film, put the prime next to a solid wall/thing/whatever, max out the volume and enjoy the brachial sound
Can't stress often enough how impressed I am by the sound Makes me sound like a super fanboy
Unfortunately, regardless the song at full volume my speaker sound over driven the way it is. When in the dock it also sound hollow. Definitely sound different in and out of the dock. Funny thing is I really don't hear the distortion with games or movies only songs.
I called Best Buy and they show them unavailable on their system and I didn't really want to return it to them anyway since it is otherwise great so I will test more and decide if I want to have Asus take a look at it at some point. If so I have a small spot of light bleed they can take care of. Either way I LOVE this device and truth be told I use earbuds or headset 80% of the time anyway. Just the fact that I want it right.
Thank you for the comments.
I tried to watch a movie on the Prime the other day while on an airplane. I could not get the volume loud enough to hear the movie over the engine noise. What do y'all use to overcome this - noise cancelling headphones, headphone amplifier, or ?? I saw this amplifier on Amazon, would it do the job?
http://www.amazon.com/Fiio-E6-Headp...WWW8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332447629&sr=8-1
I had the same issue a couple of weeks ago. I could not hear on the plane even with my noise cancelling headphones. The volume simply was not loud enough to hear movies or play games. So I downloaded a volume booster off the market and it worked much better.
Were you using a pair of headphones? It can be hard for me to hear people talking at all when sitting that close to a running jet engine. I use a pair of etymotic ear buds (great noise isolation) when I want to watch a movie in a noisy environment.
I was using the ear buds that came with my Samsung android phone. They seal pretty well and have been fine for every other environment.
Just recently went flying with my prime for the first time. Using my Sennheiser over the ear headphones, which has excellent passive noise cancellation, max volume was just 'ok' for watching movies. Next time I fly I may try an app such as Volume+ to increase the volume further. For a reference, I normally have trouble listening to music/watching movies (while on a plane) with typical ear buds.
I had a similar issue when I flew with my Prime. There was just too much engine drone that it was difficult to hear the Prime. I has a couple of pairs of noise blocking earphones with me and my Apple in-ear earbuds (don't hit me) were the only ones that allowed me to hear my movies well.
I don't think this is a flaw with the Prime though.
I mean they wouldn't want to manufacture a device that output sound to known dangerous noise levels. Apple got into some trouble with that issue with their earlier model iPods which is why they now come with a built-in sound limiter.
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I tried to watch a movie on the Prime the other day while on an airplane. I could not get the volume loud enough to hear the movie over the engine noise. What do y'all use to overcome this - noise cancelling headphones, headphone amplifier, or ?? I saw this amplifier on Amazon, would it do the job?
http://www.amazon.com/Fiio-E6-Headp...WWW8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332447629&sr=8-1
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I'm not sure this post is necessarily even Prime specific vs. listening to audio sources in general on an airplane, but the best for me is to use smaller earbud type active noise cancelling headphones (because I don't want to lug around massive Bose headphones while on a plane with a tiny carry-on). My Sennheiser CX300 earbuds, while they blocked some of the engine noise, were not good enough compared to the Audio Technica noise canceling ones I got.
Active noise canceling is ideal in environments where you have consistent ambient noise, like jet engine noise. It will actually analyze the background noise, and emit an inverse of the noise which cancels it out. It's not 100%, but based on my experience, it works better than any other headphones I've tried that are portable enough for airplane use.
Getting an amplifier is seriously going to annoy the passengers around you
Volume+ works great my friend. My speakers BLAST!
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I'm not sure this post is necessarily even Prime specific vs. listening to audio sources in general on an airplane, but the best for me is to use smaller earbud type active noise cancelling headphones (because I don't want to lug around massive Bose headphones while on a plane with a tiny carry-on).
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It is Prime specific in as much as I can hear fine with headphones plugged into my Samsung Epic phone and my buddy said he could hear his Motorola Xoom OK on his flight.
I will give volume+ a try, and failing that maybe try an amplifier.
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It is Prime specific in as much as I can hear fine with headphones plugged into my Samsung Epic phone and my buddy said he could hear his Motorola Xoom OK on his flight.
I will give volume+ a try, and failing that maybe try an amplifier.
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I had a similar problem travelling. Tried new ear buds - still bad. A friend suggested a FiiO amplifier. It is rechargeable, volume, equaliser. Unfortunately I had not tried Volume + so I'm not sure if I was just buying an expensive (~$30) solution.
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I had a similar problem travelling. Tried new ear buds - still bad. A friend suggested a FiiO amplifier. It is rechargeable, volume, equaliser. Unfortunately I had not tried Volume + so I'm not sure if I was just buying an expensive (~$30) solution.
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Is it the same one I linked to in the OP? Did it work?
Instead of noise cancellation, look into noise isolation earbuds like Etymotics ER6i's. Been using these on various devices for over 5 years now, with fantastic success. I commute daily via train, thus enduring similar noise issues, and I actually turn my volume DOWN.
volume+ is the way to go. check the thread out in themes and apps section. its a true volume booster/amplifier. not some gloried equalizer like most on the market. just make sure to follow the apps built in instructions and follow tips from the thread. it allows you to boost external speaker, headphones, and BT headphones or speakers. I've been using for a couple months now. now my prime is so loud, I have to be asked to then it down. louder than the t.v. lmfao. plus clarity is excellent. not all muffled and you can increase the bass also.
I should have read the other thread more carefully first. After buying the app in the market, I saw you can get the full app free off the developers website.
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I use an amp on planes with my prime and a500. I mainly use it I use a splitter so me and my girl can hear it. But it also serves as a good volume booster.
But if you use one get ready to have cords everywhere. Lol
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Ever since I booted up the DNA, the speaker sounded outrageously loud distinguishably.
I pulled out my old Samsung Fascinate and tested its decibel level at full volume...and guess what; the full volume from the Fascinate is close to what the DNA produces at the lowest volume level!!!
At full volume from the DNA, it clearly eats up the sound from my laptop at its full volume.
Nonetheless the sound quality even at full is just superb with no distortion nor uneven dynamics of each frequencies (From standards of a phone of course), but it is just too damn loud even at the lowest level.
Yeah I like how loud and clear it is, but I also find it annoying that this thing is still quite loud at the literal lowest volume setting haha. Oh well...
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Mine isn't very loud .. is it broke?
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Yeah, it really cramps my style watching videos in my work bathroom. I have to lug my N7 around now because of it!
Using speakerphone is a bit quiet for my taste.
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Mine isn't very loud .. is it broke?
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You could test your DNA's decibel levels and have HTC determine if your device is functioning as it should be. But I doubt that yours is a faulty one, as HTC would test all products during the manufacturing stage.
GSM arena tested it
x4sper said:
Mine isn't very loud .. is it broke?
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GSM arena tested it and it did very well it is supposed to be 83.1 decibels so I suppose if yours is less than that then your speaker is faulty. I feel like mine is not that loud of a speaker so I may have the same problem as you.:crying:
True.
I would agree, it seems rather loud, especially for some of the ringtones. It also depends on the ambience of the room obviously. In a quiet house where no noise is made for several hours, a simple tone on low volume seems too loud. Though when I go outside, sometimes the speaker is not loud enough. I can't ever find that happy medium.
Ha! OK, I thought I was the only one to think this phone was loud. In fact, I even seem to remember seeing another post on here about the phone being too quiet. Whaaaa?!? I find myself attempting to turn down the earpiece volume even though it's already on the lowest setting. Sometimes I think people sitting next to me are listening in... I can use the earpiece as a speakerphone in a quiet setting. Any devs out there planning on creating a custom ROM would do themselves good to add a wider sound range for the earpiece speaker.
Mine is noticeably loud but not like, exceptionally so. I usually keep it like 2 notches below full and the ringtones are kind of "normal volume".
This is interesting. I have found my DNA to be too quiet even with volume at 100%. I can barely hear (let alone understand) the navigation voice when driving in my car. Though I do find the earpiece to be ridiculously loud. Other people around me can easily hear the caller speaking when I'm on the phone. I'll have to see if I can find a way to test it.
Put me in the "too loud on speakerphone" category. The sound is clear, but it is WAY too loud at the lowest volume setting on speakerphone. It's a real problem for me, as I ALWAYS use the speakerphone, but I don't want everyone within 50 feet to hear my conversation. It's crazy-loud.
Is there any way to tweak this? Some dbproperties, or whatever? Also, has anyone been able to root this phone? I can't find any instructions that actually work. Thanks
ClarkSt,
Adjusting output level from software or kernel isn't yet possible on this device, but you can reduce the speaker volume manually; simply cover the speaker bar with your finger or some rubber or wood material to the length which you want it to be.
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Yeah, it's pretty loud for me too, but only on the second setting level, the first level is perfect on mine, I compared it to a Galaxy S2 and Nexus.
Everyone knows the One has great sound. Since I don't know anyone who currently owns the One and don't think I can get a real feel in-store, can current owners give me a comparative opinion?
My frames of reference are the Galaxy Note 10.1 stereo speakers and the Nokia N8.
Thanks!
I had the nexus 10, which I think was supposed to have the same speakers as the galaxy note series.
The One's speakers are much fuller in terms of range and soundstage. Highs are higher and lows are deeper.
The only positive aspect of the N10/Note's speakers were that they were front spacing, quality wise they were relatively crappy-sounding.
I'm very pleased with the speakers, I will admit I thought they would be a little louder but the sound quality is impressive. If you disable beats the volume is a little greater Imo. I'd try to find a demo unit and mess with it.
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They're almost obnoxiously loud, but the quality is amazing. I don't want another phone with rear speakers.
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They won't replace any headsets or speaker docks, but they have brought built in speakers from hideous to surprisingly acceptable. They're magnitudes better than the very very low bar that is the norm.
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They're almost obnoxiously loud, but the quality is amazing. I don't want another phone with rear speakers.
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Agreed... I have to keep my ringer to half or so in the house because of the volume but I wouldn't have it any other way...
It blows away the Note 10.1, Nexus 10 speakers
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I had to get a new alarm clock that slowly increases the volume of the alarm over 5 minutes. The standard alarm on the One scared the crap out of me in the morning on two occasions.
I agree with the others. The sound is loud but also clear. My GS3 speaker would get loud but that was only if it was facing away from you or if the sound was reflecting off of something. While it was loud it sounded really distorted. The speakers on the One are loud and don't sound like a teeny tiny cellphone speaker. They sound like decent laptop speakers.
redthunda69 said:
They're almost obnoxiously loud, but the quality is amazing. I don't want another phone with rear speakers.
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Is amazing how good and crisp they sound. One of those things that you think is overhyped marketing.....and when you see it in action you don't want to get another phone with rear speaker. Crisp. Clear. If music played has stereo quality it comes out as it should. Obviously, these are small speakers, but for the size it's amazing.
I use my One to play music for my office floor. Rameses b. Not bad stuff. Check him out.
Excellent speakers.
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I love the speakers, they are loud, but not overbearing, the quality is much better than most others phones I have heard. Im happy I dont have to cup my hand behind the phone anymore just to hear the sound when im watching a youtube video. all in all, I think its the fact that the speakers are in front instead of on the back, it makes for a better user experience IMO.:good:
My 2 year old can finally listen to "wheels on the bus" in stereo quality, praise the Lord!
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