Being as some people already bought the phone at Costcos and AT&T's release is tomorrow, I wanted to start a thread for people having speaker issues.
If anyone has read my thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949878 You will notice I and a few others who recently got an Inspire early have noticed very tinny call quality in the earpiece and speaker phone, and very low speaker volume on the rear external speaker to the point where you can bearly hear it ring or hear the notification tones.
So of anyone else is experiencing either of these, please post in here.
I have a report filed with our local HTC rep and she passed it up the chain. So we'll see if it goes anywhere.
just sounds weird when using pandora
Mine has excellent in-call volume, thru ear speaker. External speaker a little weak.
Boo boo speaker
Speaker is garbage. Phone speaker is phone, but the rear one sucks.
My n1 doesn't have very good speakers. Its not faulty though, just not very good. Ive heard its a problem with htc. Regarding the inspire, are we talking about defective or just poor quality?
So far its been ok. Call Quality has been good and loud enough but the speaker volume is weak compared to my iphone 4.
Very low ringtones and notifications, even with volume turned all the way up...
Does anyone know how the volume compares to the Aria? Because it's damn quite, especially if you ever set the phone down face-up, covering the back speaker...
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See this thread for a possible fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773449
Ill be trying a few things myself, hopefully not run into a boot loop in the process. hahaha
Anyone able to compare the earpiece volume to the Captivate and Aria? I thought Aria was way too low and Captivate is about right... don't want to switch to a phone with lower call volume.
simulatordos said:
Anyone able to compare the earpiece volume to the Captivate and Aria? I thought Aria was way too low and Captivate is about right... don't want to switch to a phone with lower call volume.
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The captivate is definately louder. Not as loud as an iPhone, but louder than the Inspire.
Also the captivate doesn't have that tinny sound like the Inspire does in the earpiece.
Well we sold out of Inspire's today, as did a a few other stores that I know of.
So far we have been getting good reviews of the phone in general, but many people are complaining of the low external speaker volume. I can see this is going to be a big issue with a lot of people.
I've had a few people comment on the tinny trebly sounding earpiece and speakerphone, but it appears that different people have various tolerences when it comes to sound pitch.
For people wanted to compare it to the Captivate, I would have the say the Captivate definately has better sound quality and the external speaker is a tad louder, but still not on par with the iPhone. So it just seems the Inspire although better in "almost" every way from the Captivate, is definately a step lower as far as the speakers.
I'll keep everyone informed when I hear some more back from our HTC rep. I'm hoping this can just be corrected with the software update.
this phone is AMAZING, but i agree with you choco,
the speaker is pretty much useless...its tinny, and the volume is too low. That being said,
the in ear speaker is one of the best i have used. It seems like the loud speaker, battery, and front facing camera is how HTC managed to keep this one at $100
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We nearly sold out of them as well today...people are responding very well to this phone, much better than they did with the captivate.
I bought it. I must say, I think its a little louder in call than the captivate. I think the external speaker is ok, so my feeling is that theres a production line issue here.
Speaker Issue
The speaker for notifications and ringtones is horrible. I can barely hear it when I get a call. Im thinking about returning it. Whats the point of a phone if you cant hear when someone is calling. (other than that it is a decent phone, I will test battery life tommorrow)
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I bought it. I must say, I think its a little louder in call than the captivate. I think the external speaker is ok, so my feeling is that theres a production line issue here.
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Either that or varying parts. My incall speaker sounds fine. The external speaker is....well just crap. Luckily, I don't use the phone's external speaker for much anyway.
Coming from a Captivate
I bought the phone yesterday, and well I haven't had extensive use of it yet both the external and the earpiece volume are fine to me...no problem with ringer volume.
I will agree that the sound is a bit tinny.
picked mine up yesterday and the rear speaker is a bit quite for notifications. the earpiece sounded a little tinny on the first call i made with it, but i'm thinking it might have been the fact that it was to a buddy of mine on a cm7 nightly and using speaker phone. i didn't notice the tinny sound on any of the subsequent phone calls, so either i got used to it and it doesn't bother me any more or it was his phone not mine
This thread should be rename to post here if u think the speaker level is too damn low. Its not a problem when all the phone are the same. Hopefully it is fixable with a software update.
Yeah speaker sucks I mean look at it... they didn't even try
Is anyone else starting to get bad tinny sound in their earpiece? Making calls, talking, just hearing the "ringing" sound when making a call is driving me nuts. Sounds like the built-in earpiece speaker is crapping out.
Is this covered by warranty?
Did you drop the phone. I dropped mine and then that same problem started. Annoying as hell
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I experience this with my pristine Thunderbolt. No dings, no falls; just a few weeks old.
HTC doesn't care
Yes the ear piece speaker is defective and the external speaker also. I spoke with HTC and they said it was a software problem and would be fixed (What a Load). The phone also has a bad amplifier for the speakers and ear phone jack. If you turn up the base when listening earphones the amplifier cracks and distorts (Same volume on my Zune, Omnia II and Galaxy Tab sounds great). HTC said to turn the volume down. Good answer! Hopefully Samsung starts making better looking phones, because this will be my last HTC!
i noticed lately that when i play songs or w/e in the rear speaker while full volume, the quality is just horrible and its very dirty sound.
could it be that the speaker got ruin from a drop? or could it be that its a software problem? or maybe this speaker is just like this while full volume?
thanks for the help.
no one have problem with the phone speaker?
Did you already try this on cm9 with some dsp speaker tweaks?
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i yet started to play with rooms root and all those things.
right now im fully stock 2.21 untouched
I had this and found that the holes for the speaker on the bottom cover had been plugged. Cleaned them out and it has the same as factory sound again.
I'm curious what horrible means when talking about a tiny phone speaker. It's not really intended as a home theater system, simply a way to hear the narrow range of the human voice hands free. You probably should be using a dock or headphones.
it could be dirty or that it has gotten some water in it and has a short. i see this on a lot of iphones and samsungs in my line of work
Has anyone else had issues with a blown ear speaker? Calls sound clear with a headset or on speakerphone. But sound like **** from the ear speaker. ATT&T should replace it right? I've only had this g2 since march
BTW.. I've tried multiple ROMs. Multiple kernels. And still the same issue
Hey!
I've just bought second-hand OP7 Pro, everything is fine except that ear speaker makes very unclean sound. It's very fine when making calls, but when I want to listen to some music, it's awful cracking sound. When I cover the upper speaker with my fingers, its so good, I'm satisfied with the bottom mono speaker. Is there a way (mod?) to disable the ear speaker? Or do you know what may cause this?
Cheers!
Try Settings-system-accessibility. There should be a balance and mono audio option. Tell me is it works.
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Try Settings-system-accessibility. There should be a balance and mono audio option. Tell me is it works.
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Stereo to mono doesn't mean it will disable one of your speakers. It means only it will convert stereo audio to mono audio but the top speaker will be still enabled.
In accesibility I've changed to mono and made slider all to right, which worked! Only bottom speaker plays right now. I would be absolutely satisfied with that, but... Whenever I use bluetooth earphones, the right one is the only active (obviously). I need to change it in accesibility every time i switch between speakers and earphones. Is there any way to automatize that?
EDIT: I know, that it can be made with Tasker, but I will never figure how to make such a thing.
I have the same issue on my OnePlus 7.
It started when I suddenly noticed low volume on the earpiece speaker when calling a few days ago. I believe that has become better again but when listening to music it just sounds harsh.
I'm wondering if it is because of the recent update or maybe cuz I dropped it but it's not cracked or whatever and I don't think it immediately occurred after I lasted dropped it. (Also using a Spigen Tough Armor with glass screen protector so I doubt it's because I dropped it)
I can't find anything about disabling the earpiece speaker for stereo sound except for the accessibility settings. Where you able to find another solution?
PanOptikum said:
Hey!
I've just bought second-hand OP7 Pro, everything is fine except that ear speaker makes very unclean sound. It's very fine when making calls, but when I want to listen to some music, it's awful cracking sound. When I cover the upper speaker with my fingers, its so good, I'm satisfied with the bottom mono speaker. Is there a way (mod?) to disable the ear speaker? Or do you know what may cause this?
Cheers!
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Best fix is to just replace it.
Look at a tear down of the phone to see how buried it is or isn't. The piezo driver it's self is cheap.