Anyone else have this issue? I've tried flashing multiple Roms and that hasn't helped. It doesn't sound blown just a quarter of the volume of the bottom speaker
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Have you tried to flash a mod for audio?
Probably is an hardware issue...
Guich said:
Have you tried to flash a mod for audio?
Probably is an hardware issue...
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I have this issue, and have tried everything with no fix. When snooping around I found a few people on android central, and one another person on here.
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Anyone else have this issue? I've tried flashing multiple Roms and that hasn't helped. It doesn't sound blown just a quarter of the volume of the bottom speaker
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Same issue here... Did you fix it?
I think this is because there is a difference in frequencies of the sound output from both the speakers. The upper one tends to give more treble while the lower one has better mids, that's why the lower one sounds louder. Hold the speakers to your ear one by one and see the difference.
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yea. went to att and got a new phone
n1234d said:
I think this is because there is a difference in frequencies of the sound output from both the speakers. The upper one tends to give more treble while the lower one has better mids, that's why the lower one sounds louder. Hold the speakers to your ear one by one and see the difference.
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The difference is so huge that I don't have to keep it to my ear to notice it. This is the actual problem that I have. The top one is tooooooo low compared to the bottom one and not just while listening to music/movies but even while having a phone call, the in-call volume is incredible low. It seams like total volume of the top speaker decreased ten times.
Right now I'm an exchange emails process with HTC technical support... I'm curious what is their final verdict going to be.
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The difference is so huge that I don't have to keep it to my ear to notice it. This is the actual problem that I have. The top one is tooooooo low compared to the bottom one and not just while listening to music/movies but even while having a phone call, the in-call volume is incredible low. It seams like total volume of the top speaker decreased ten times.
Right now I'm an exchange emails process with HTC technical support... I'm curious what is their final verdict going to be.
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Somebody tried brushing it with a dry toothbrush and got it working like new. If that doesn't work, you can always send it back to htc.
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Somebody tried brushing it with a dry toothbrush and got it working like new. If that doesn't work, you can always send it back to htc.
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I know what you mean, but is very clean So I guess I have to send it back...
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Somebody tried brushing it with a dry toothbrush and got it working like new. If that doesn't work, you can always send it back to htc.
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Did he remove the speaker cover and then used the toothbrush or did he used it over the cover?
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Did he remove the speaker cover and then used the toothbrush or did he used it over the cover?
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With the speaker cover on. Get it done with HTC. I had the same problem, and they changed my top audio daughterboard as well as the top speaker.
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With the speaker cover on. Get it done with HTC. I had the same problem, and they changed my top audio daughterboard as well as the top speaker.
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Thanks for the info but since my problem is not major(top speaker is almost 40% lower volume compared to the bottom speaker) I leave it as is.
Strangely enough during phone calls everything seems to be normal with the top speaker.....
tasos12 said:
Thanks for the info but since my problem is not major(top speaker is almost 40% lower volume compared to the bottom speaker) I leave it as is.
Strangely enough during phone calls everything seems to be normal with the top speaker.....
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I had it the same way, but it got worse with time, and eventually in call audio became extremely soft too, so I had to send it in
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I had it the same way, but it got worse with time, and eventually in call audio became extremely soft too, so I had to send it in
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doesnt seem to get worse and I dont know if it was this way before.
I realised it when I runned the HTC Tools sound check.....
I will see how it goes.
I hope I dont have to send it to service.
Cause I had bad experience with my last ONE X and service.....
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doesnt seem to get worse and I dont know if it was this way before.
I realised it when I runned the HTC Tools sound check.....
I will see how it goes.
I hope I dont have to send it to service.
Cause I had bad experience with my last ONE X and service.....
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Just try brushing it with a toothbrush (center part of the top grille). Actual service involves disassembly of the phone and then replacement of the speaker. HTC should be able to get it done without any further damage
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Strangely enough the toothbrush solution worked great. Both Speakers are back to normal now!
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Guys...all you have to do is clean the speakers with an air duster. I have this issue often with my phone too. Sometimes even my notification light gets really dim, all I do is clear out the dust from the speaker grills and the sound and lights are back to normal.
I totally agree for the air duster but it's not easy to get your hands on one....
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A day after receiving my phone, I began to notice the bottom speaker was louder than the top. Now I'm wondering if this is common.
Holding the phone about 6-8 inches away from you, play a video or mp3 of talking (standup comedy/video blog/etc) with the volume 3-4 notches below max. Do one of the speakers sound slightly/noticeably louder?
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A day after receiving my phone, I began to notice the bottom speaker was louder than the top. Now I'm wondering if this is common.
Holding the phone about 6-8 inches away from you, play a video or mps of talking (standup comedy/video blog/etc) with the volume 3-4 notches below max. Do one of the speakers sound slightly/noticeably louder?
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Part of the update to the international version is a better stereo audio mix.
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Part of the update to the international version is a better stereo audio mix.
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Thanks for the reply.
Maybe that would fix it. With it my Sprint unit only being a week old, I'd rather not risk it to wait and see. Lets Talk is sending me another one as we speak (type?). Gonna test my new unit to see if it has the same problem.
I actually might have waited it out if it weren't for the fact that the top speaker died at one point, requiring a soft reset to fix. Hopefully I just got a bad unit because I love this phone.
I noticed this on one that we took out of the box to play with. Was watching a few youtube videos on it and I noticed that the bottom speaker was slightly louder than the top. Otherwise it wouldn't really be noticeable imho, seems like a software mixing problem on the device we tested. Yours could have been defective if it was significantly louder than the top speaker.
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I noticed this on one that we took out of the box to play with. Was watching a few youtube videos on it and I noticed that the bottom speaker was slightly louder than the top. Otherwise it wouldn't really be noticeable imho, seems like a software mixing problem on the device we tested. Yours could have been defective if it was significantly louder than the top speaker.
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That's exactly what I'm experiencing. It's a minor volume difference, but enough to be noticeable. I almost started to believe one of my ears were less capable than the other, lol. I'll try out the replacement and see if it's an improvement. Wish I didn't have to set everything up again, though.
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That's exactly what I'm experiencing. It's a minor volume difference, but enough to be noticeable. I almost started to believe one of my ears were less capable than the other, lol. I'll try out the replacement and see if it's an improvement. Wish I didn't have to set everything up again, though.
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Just turn the phone upside down..
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Just turn the phone upside down..
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Don't be a smartass. I have this same issue. How exactly is flipping the phone supposed to help if one side is louder than the other? If i flip it over, ONE SIDE IS STILL LOUDER THAN THE OTHER. smh....
My bottom one is louder too I think, not by much tho...
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I can barely notice a difference between the two speakers. If you didn't post this I probably would never even detected it but there is a very slight difference between the two speakers.
My apologies to any glass shattering moments created for anyone who reads this topic.
I've confirmed the volume imbalance by venturing to different retail stores and testing their models, along with the two I've posessed. Each time I've been able to have it presented to me in random orientations and, with my eyes closed, identify which side is the bottom speaker. It's kind of a neat party trick at this point, lol.
I've become used to it, assuming it to be a software fix away from perfection. Here's hoping HTC notices and balances the two.
Just got my black sprint model 2 days ago. Seems equal to me. Maybe I'm just not that anal.
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For what it's worth. I haven't noticed any imbalances with my phone...
I noticed this on one that we took out of the box to play with. Was watching a few youtube videos on it and I dynam rc planes noticed that the bottom speaker was slightly louder than the top.I can barely notice a difference between the two speakers. If you didn't post this I probably would never even detected it but there is a very slight difference between the two speakers:good::good:.
My bottom speaker is very slightly louder. I thought it was a hardware fault but turn beats on and both speakers level out perfectly! Can't complain!
Mine seems to be well balanced
Hi Guys
Just got my New One and Im having the same issue.. the bottom speaker is ever so slightly louder than the top.. On its side, the SIM tray down over, front cam at the top, listening to TuneIn Radio Pro and any music In the player.. the Right speaker is louder. Im running 422 / 2.24.401.8.
Are these defective units and should I replace it or is there a fix out for it.
Thanks
my top is louder.. for sure.. but it still sounds great to me.. i didt get my phone new.. i traded my S4 for the ONE.. from someone off craigslist.. the dude i got it from his first htc one died.. so they sent him a replacement he had it for 5 days the we traded phone
Stereo is never equally output balanced..which is why its stereo.
My top speaker is louder. Over the updates the overal sound volume has been decreased. Does anyone know of a volume fix?
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Have a m7ul, not a Sprint One, but I noticed my bottom speaker is MUCH louder than my top one. To the point where there's no noticeable difference in volume/sound if I cover the top speaker. Had anyone noticed if the ROM makes any difference? Stock sense vs Play Edition vs CM?
I'm on CM 10.2 nightly right now. I did have a lot of difficulty hearing people on phone calls on ARHD Sense though.
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It seems like the vibration motor on my HTC One is loose, as whenever it vibrates there's a slight rattling sound. I've also noticed that I can hear this sound whenever i tap the screen, or back of the phone, anywhere near the top, which is where I'm guessing the motor is found. This is gradually getting more and more annoying so I'm wondering if I should send it off to get fixed, so has anyone else experienced this problem?
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It seems like the vibration motor on my HTC One is loose, as whenever it vibrates there's a slight rattling sound. I've also noticed that I can hear this sound whenever i tap the screen, or back of the phone, anywhere near the top, which is where I'm guessing the motor is found. This is gradually getting more and more annoying so I'm wondering if I should send it off to get fixed, so has anyone else experienced this problem?
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its the same for me with two htc one´s
I've noticed the same thing as well.
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Yes well I have noticed it too, but as I have noticed this sound before with other smartphones. I think it has something to do with the camera components. Although it wasnt caused by the motor when I heard that. This motor vibration setting is way to strong. HTC should reduce the strenght when its activated in a next update or so, at least I hope they will.
it's the image stabilisation components for the camera.
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it's the image stabilisation components for the camera.
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its not
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It is.
Same here I turned of the haptic-feedback which I cant stand and I don't really notice it any more.
My dad's One has this issue, it sounds like the vibration motor is causing something glass to move and instead of hearing a smooth motorised vibration it sounds more like glass vibrating. It's really annoying when typing in a quiet location, it sounds like a crappy keyboard typing sound
My One isn't doing this, it feels and sounds normal.
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I have same issue.anyone found a solution or Is this a norm for most out there?
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Anyone please?
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Got my one today, just noticed the rattling, seems it is very very common! Personally I can't stand it, can I learn to live with it?! Or send it back in hope for a rattle free replacement?
Htc could have a very large warranty issue in the coming months!
But by large the rattle seems to be in most.
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Got my one today, just noticed the rattling, seems it is very very common! Personally I can't stand it, can I learn to live with it?! Or send it back in hope for a rattle free replacement?
Htc could have a very large warranty issue in the coming months!
But by large the rattle seems to be in most.
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I am not seeing this in ny one. But I am getting worried with all these reports... HTC should have spent a little more time QCing their flagship product....
They will definately have warranty issues in the next couple of months. Tons of reports on dead pixels, blown speakers, gaps in physical build, horizontal lines on LCD and now this....
As much as I love this phone I am very much considering returning it... I'd hate to have something go wrong and be without a phone for a little while, while it's being repaired....
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any have a solution to this?
just want to join the crowd...
My HTC One is also rattling .. it began doing so yesterday, 7 days after i got it
I can't decide weather i should simply disable haptic feedback -- the motor is too strong at the moment, which i hope they fix with firmware/updates
btw. the phone also have slight gaps in top and buttom, but i dont really considder them being a problem...
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I'm having this problem too. I just turned down haptic feedback intensity for swift key and everything is fine now. I don't know if I should bother exchanging for another HTC one since many people seem to be having this problem..
Same issue here. I upgraded to the HTC One and was impressed by how solid that vibrator was. Dropped it in a toilet and toasted it. Got another and it had this problem. You could shake the phone and hear something faint. Replaced that one and same thing. It's my only hardware gripe with the phone as I enjoy having haptic feedback. It's probably a hardware issue.
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2 of my friends with htc one's have the same issue. don't think it's worth exchanging..just wait for an update that will reduce vibration intensity for now. other than that...LOVE the phone
Im on my second HTC One and both had that rattly sound to the haptic feedback, which is annoying. Weird thing is that you can hear it if you shake the phone.
What are the problems that are happening to your HTC BUTTERFLY S and state which one you currently have?
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What are the problems that are happening to your HTC BUTTERFLY S and state which one you currently have?
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901e red:
-sound crackling with bass at high volumes using in ear headphones
-hiss with IEMs and cpu noise on left channel
-volume messes up (beats volume gain reversed or no gain on either mode) after plugging in headphones while speaker is playing music
Latest update also adds charging percentage animation when charging phone and you cant turn it off unless you turn the phone on standby and charge it as such
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901e red:
-sound crackling with bass at high volumes using in ear headphones
-hiss with IEMs and cpu noise on left channel
-volume messes up (beats volume gain reversed or no gain on either mode) after plugging in headphones while speaker is playing music
Latest update also adds charging percentage animation when charging phone and you cant turn it off unless you turn the phone on standby and charge it as such
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I am 901s red and don't have problems with mines at all but I didn't get my update. I also notice some phones came in an open box and mines came sealed I am now wondering if all the 901e have the same problems you do
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I am 901s red and don't have problems with mines at all but I didn't get my update. I also notice some phones came in an open box and mines came sealed I am now wondering if all the 901e have the same problems you do
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I got mine in a box with the imei on the box so it did not come with stickers. It was purchased from PDA king which I think is an official seller as their main store is also official HTC service center in Taiwan. HTC Taiwan seems to partner with such store (also Fat Lizard lol weird name) s their employees are HTC.
Then again tsokh says he has similar problems on the 901s
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I got mine in a box with the imei on the box so it did not come with stickers. It was purchased from PDA king which I think is an official seller as their main store is also official HTC service center in Taiwan. HTC Taiwan seems to partner with such store (also Fat Lizard lol weird name) s their employees are HTC.
Then again tsokh says he has similar problems on the 901s
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I saw also that there were early editions also
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hmm, mine was purchased in late August, but perhaps it was one of the earlier models as the store is relatively small but then again it's part of a rather large computer market (NOVA). I wonder if any other Taiwanese users here can confirm my problems.
I think a lot of headphone amps will have distortion if volume is too high, I have an iPad 2 and I think it has an amp as its volume level is very similar to the Butterfly s, probably a tad higher. It has a similar distortion with IEMs but only at the absolute highest volume setting (which is way too high for my ears anyways). With over-ear headphones it sounds fine at max volume. With my Butterfly s, however, I notice it at 12/15 of the maximum volume already (which I consider my ideal listening volume to block out noise and hear more of the music). I do not notice any distortion with anything else but slow bass notes. The high pitched CPU noise only happens between tracks although there is still some hiss going on (only very noticeable in very quiet parts with IEMs - update seems to have fixed the continuous hiss after music is stopped).
Really should have asked for a replacement in Taiwan but I only had one week before I returned to Canada, and also took a few days going to Macau . I don't want to have it RMA'd here in Canada because it is primarily an Asian product plus so many people complaining about HTC's RMA service. (more or less so in Taiwan, probably slightly better)>
Droider.se a Swedish HTC fan site said they had similar problem as mine with a partially "broken" UrBeats headphones while a new UrBeats sounds fine. Well I think Beats headphones have higher impedance so they might not distort as much (but then I'm not a fan of the Beats sound)
Received mine through negri electronics, and am not happy!!!!! The phone itself is amazing, but i do have one dead pixel!! And it squeaks when bending a little. I can live with these minor problems. What i cant live with, is the fact that i paid 750.00 for a NEW phone, and got one already opened!!!! I assumed that it was standard operation procedure, to make sure the device worked, and wasnt cracked, or shattered etc. etc.
Boy, was i wrong!! Seems like Negri, has a "open box special" on their website. Lol! I must have got in on this deal unknowingly!!!! At twice the cost! Im gonna post a couple screenshots, and i suggest anyone else who has had this happen, stand up, and say something! Ive been sending email after email trying to reach a manager. I will contact better business if i have to. This is unacceptable, and im not gonna settle for a bargain phone, at a full retail price!!!
If u notice, in the screenshot, there is no mention of a "open box special" because, thats not what i paid for!
https://db.tt/7cp9WrDm
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Received mine through negri electronics, and am not happy!!!!! The phone itself is amazing, but i do have one dead pixel!! And it squeaks when bending a little. I can live with these minor problems. What i cant live with, is the fact that i paid 750.00 for a NEW phone, and got one already opened!!!! I assumed that it was standard operation procedure, to make sure the device worked, and wasnt cracked, or shattered etc. etc.
Boy, was i wrong!! Seems like Negri, has a "open box special" on their website. Lol! I must have got in on this deal unknowingly!!!! At twice the cost! Im gonna post a couple screenshots, and i suggest anyone else who has had this happen, stand up, and say something! Ive been sending email after email trying to reach a manager. I will contact better business if i have to. This is unacceptable, and im not gonna settle for a bargain phone, at a full retail price!!!
If u notice, in the screenshot, there is no mention of a "open box special" because, thats not what i paid for!
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https://db.tt/XRYUhta4
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Damn that really sucks. so much for 440 ppi though because I thought you wouldn't be able to see a dead pixel lol.
I think squeaking when bending is somewhat unavoidable my One X+ also made creaking sounds when bending. They're both "plastic" phones though the HOX+ has a really nice unibody it feels rugged. I bought the BS mainly because I would want an unlocked phone to use when travelling, unfortunately, the next time I go to Taiwan I think I'll need to take up 2 weeks for RMA and who knows, it might not even be the headphone amp but the DAC itself or something else...
Do you have problems with audio quality such as bass crackling?
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Damn that really sucks. so much for 440 ppi though because I thought you wouldn't be able to see a dead pixel lol.
I think squeaking when bending is somewhat unavoidable my One X+ also made creaking sounds when bending. They're both "plastic" phones though the HOX+ has a really nice unibody it feels rugged. I bought the BS mainly because I would want an unlocked phone to use when travelling, unfortunately, the next time I go to Taiwan I think I'll need to take up 2 weeks for RMA and who knows, it might not even be the headphone amp but the DAC itself or something else...
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Mine came in open box too, but I bought it from local seller, as the phone would cost me more than 1000$ with customs taxes. anyway, I checked if everything works during a week including testing for dead pixels. I don't hear any squeaking when bending. Regarding the sound, I have the same issue as FYL21, but I really don't bother about it, as I don't listen to music on such volume level when the hiss or crackling are noticeable with my stock headphones. However, I still prefer listening to music with high-impendance earphones (borrowed AT ESW9 from my friend for some time - really like the soundstage).
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Received mine through negri electronics, and am not happy!!!!! The phone itself is amazing, but i do have one dead pixel!! And it squeaks when bending a little. I can live with these minor problems. What i cant live with, is the fact that i paid 750.00 for a NEW phone, and got one already opened!!!! I assumed that it was standard operation procedure, to make sure the device worked, and wasnt cracked, or shattered etc. etc.
Boy, was i wrong!! Seems like Negri, has a "open box special" on their website. Lol! I must have got in on this deal unknowingly!!!! At twice the cost! Im gonna post a couple screenshots, and i suggest anyone else who has had this happen, stand up, and say something! Ive been sending email after email trying to reach a manager. I will contact better business if i have to. This is unacceptable, and im not gonna settle for a bargain phone, at a full retail price!!!
If u notice, in the screenshot, there is no mention of a "open box special" because, thats not what i paid for!
https://db.tt/7cp9WrDm
https://db.tt/XRYUhta4
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thats bad lol i had to tell you all it didnt make sense the box coming open because my friend got one from fgs trading on amazon and we sent it back the camera was not focusing and that too came in an open box
901s- makes a squeaky sound at the back of the phone near the volume rocker when push or pressed
-speaker cracking sometimes at high volume
Anyone has any problem s like this???
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That's not a big issue lol
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Are you also getting headphone crackling at high volumes with bass?
Test song: https://app.box.com/s/71ernfnfrucms6iggetk
I think a little bit of crackling with speakers is somewhat normal; a lot of people with HTC One reported the same issue as well, to which turning Beats audio ON might actually stop it because it lowers the volume of the speaker while for headphones it increases volume slightly.
I think this 1.9gHz Qualcomm chip is quite problematic considering the Galaxy S4 had very similar audio problems using headphones... It seems to only affect some units though. The problem is nobody else has reported such problems to HTC so they think mine should be RMA'd and I don't think everyone has this problem. If the problem lies within the DAC, I am not sure if they can replace the SoC...
As for the creaking you have noticed, it seems like there is a space of air near where the volume rocker is. It isn't much of a problem
Stupid question here but what is the different between the E and S models? Does one have different specs or something along those lines?
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Stupid question here but what is the different between the E and S models? Does one have different specs or something along those lines?
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the only difference is that 901s supports LTE frequencies, 901e doesn't have LTE. All other specs are similar.
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the only difference is that 901s supports LTE frequencies, 901e doesn't have LTE. All other specs are similar.
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Ah. Thanks for the clarification.
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Are you also getting headphone crackling at high volumes with bass?
Test song: https://app.box.com/s/71ernfnfrucms6iggetk
I think a little bit of crackling with speakers is somewhat normal; a lot of people with HTC One reported the same issue as well, to which turning Beats audio ON might actually stop it because it lowers the volume of the speaker while for headphones it increases volume slightly.
I think this 1.9gHz Qualcomm chip is quite problematic considering the Galaxy S4 had very similar audio problems using headphones... It seems to only affect some units though. The problem is nobody else has reported such problems to HTC so they think mine should be RMA'd and I don't think everyone has this problem. If the problem lies within the DAC, I am not sure if they can replace the SoC...
As for the creaking you have noticed, it seems like there is a space of air near where the volume rocker is. It isn't much of a problem
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Some ppl are having software issues and some isn't we want to kno which phone has the problems
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Stupid question here but what is the different between the E and S models? Does one have different specs or something along those lines?
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I am using 901e. I have a serious purple camera tint issue.
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What u mean purple tint send a photo image
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What u mean purple tint send a photo image
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I mean that you can notice purple color in picture when you take a picture in low light condition. You can Google for more information and sample picture. Here are some keyword to search "HTC purple camera".
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I read lot of posts where people is asking himself if the nexus 5 vibration is normal or not (seems like a truck). I'm here to CLARIFY the question. I can do this because fortunately i bought 2 phones (1 for me and 1 for my girlfriend) and i have 1 faulty and 1 not.
To explain better i can 100% says that the sounds i listened into the defect thread is exactly like my phone (the faulty one - 32gb white) and the other one (32 gb - black) is totally DIFFERENT AND NORMAL, so guys i know lot of you are happy to have a vibrator in their hands but trust me and check with someone else you meet : is FAULTY ,the right one is normal, like any other phone (to be honest isn't a good quality vibration like my htc one for example, but it doesn't sound loud as the faulty).
and few words about this:
I know guys that everyone here loves google, me too, but i'm objective. If you sell a phone and for example os is not 100% stable, i can understand, i wait updates and it's ok; if you don't put a 2$ earphones inside, i can accept, but if you sell phones with dead pixels, dust under screen, faulty and crappy vibrator motors, faulty screens, faulty buttons with rattle, here is a question of QUALITY and PLEASE don't say me that the phone is low cost. I PAID 410 EUROS, not 100 and if go to a market and i buy a cheap phone (100euro) i don't have rattle or something like this. We can say that they don't do quality control process properly and that a BIG company like google MUST check this and the data that confirm my ideas is the form that users here have compiled: only 38% of phones are resulted with NO DEFECTS, all others with SAME PROBLEMS, so it's not just a feeling. It's a Real problem...
my suggestion is : DO RMA until it's possible, my MONEY wasn't with dust, or it wasn't rattling...
hope to have done a useful thing
A.C.
You're using ellipsis instead of periods.
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finalhit said:
You're using ellipsis instead of periods.
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lol...
finalhit said:
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it's okay, he's European.
I paused every single time i saw those "...". Damn it lol
Lol...I´d suggest waiting for the 2nd or 3rd charge or just replace the motor yourself (it is glued to the BACKPLATE, so it´s VERY easy ) - at the moment with my personal experience, there are more faulty motors than correct ones..it might just be something like the Power Button rattle, easy to fix. I have had hands on 5 devices (including mine) - ALL of them did that Chirping sound when typing on the keyboard ( all of them were black, if it matters ). So RMA´ing now will most likely not result in a perfect device. You just might get a worse one..
So again: Wait a few months and then RMA -> until then JUST DEACTIVATE the vibration on keypress - this is an easy fix as the chirping noise only occurs on very short vibrations rhythms (e.g typing on the keyboard)
Here a sound example what everybody is talking about:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7q6j7iviigfmxt0/VIBRATION Nexus5.m4a
Greetings and sorry for the bad English grammar - I´m European aswell :S
I'm very confused about what is written in the OP.
What is wrong with the vibration motors? I noticed mine is not as strong as the one in my GS3, but that's about it.
Tony_YYZ said:
I'm very confused about what is written in the OP.
What is wrong with the vibration motors? I noticed mine is not as strong as the one in my GS3, but that's about it.
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Just play the file above to hear how does it sound like. Is yours the same?
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Sn00ky said:
Just play the file above to hear how does it sound like. Is yours the same?
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Mine does not sound anything like that. It's a consistent vibe.
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Mine does not sound anything like that. It's a consistent vibe.
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It´s not about the consistency...try TYPING with your keyboard...one letter at a time..95% chance it will do that screech sound liek a car choking...
iNaruX said:
It´s not about the consistency...try TYPING with your keyboard...one letter at a time..95% chance it will do that screech sound liek a car choking...
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I just did a bunch of typing on the keyboard while keeping the phone near my ear to hear what it sounded like. I didn't hear/feel anything abnormal.
I tried slow one-letter-at-a-time and rapid typing.
Crap...I was hoping for it to be "normal"...guess I have to RMA then..what a DRAG! Waiting again for a new device and transferring ownership from the previous owner..seriously, why is this so hard, google?
iNaruX said:
Crap...I was hoping for it to be "normal"...guess I have to RMA then..what a DRAG! Waiting again for a new device and transferring ownership from the previous owner..seriously, why is this so hard, google?
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You definitely have a faulty motor.I listened to your sound file and it's terrible; my Moto X doesn't even sound that bad and it has a loose motor. I can barely here the one in my N5 but I can feel its vibes.
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wow...there is LOT of nitpicking going on.
The vibration is fine..... you feel subtle vibration while typing and the "noise".... i only heard when i had the phone's back against my ear....plus it's the same sound i've heard come out of all phones that use a linear oscillator vibration motor.
Infekxion said:
You definitely have a faulty motor.I listened to your sound file and it's terrible; my Moto X doesn't even sound that bad and it has a loose motor. I can barely here the one in my N5 but I can feel its vibes.
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Put the back of phone to your ear and then type...you'll hear it. and it's fine if you do cuz it's freaking normal!
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wow...there is LOT of nitpicking going on.
The vibration is fine..... you feel subtle vibration while typing and the "noise".... i only heard when i had the phone's back against my ear....plus it's the same sound i've heard come out of all phones that use a linear oscillator vibration motor.
Put the back of phone to your ear and then type...you'll hear it. and it's fine if you do cuz it's freaking normal!
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I think you're absolutely right!
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Mine makes no sound what so ever. Only the keyboard click from SwiftKey. Not even up against my ear. In fact when the phone was up against my ear I couldn't even hear the click sound from SwiftKey. No sound whatsoever.
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Mine sounds weird too. Doesn't seem normal.
youtube.com/watch?v=BSntwD7-V5k
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Mine makes no sound what so ever. Only the keyboard click from SwiftKey. Not even up against my ear. In fact when the phone was up against my ear I couldn't even hear the click sound from SwiftKey. No sound whatsoever.
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it's impossible that there is "no sound whatsoever" if your vibration is on for the keyboard. Do you even have haptic feedback on in swiftkey?
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it's impossible that there is "no sound whatsoever" if your vibration is on for the keyboard. Do you even have haptic feedback on in swiftkey?
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Umm it's not impossible and yes I do have it enabled and actually have the haptic set to 20ms which is longer than default.
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Mine sounds perfectly normal so far. it's actually quieter than my htc one s.
I tried a phone call and the volume seems really low even at max volume. Anyone else have that issue?
Also, what about using simultaneous voice and data - does it require an update to work?
I seen some other people say that voice and data didn't work together. Are u kidding me? My old Note 2, Droid 4 and HTC One Max all had data while talking on the phone.
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I tried a phone call and the volume seems really low even at max volume. Anyone else have that issue?
Also, what about using simultaneous voice and data - does it require an update to work?
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I too noticed low call volume. Boss got the phone same time I did and he says the same. Tried the trick of holding down volume to all the way low and then raising it and that still didnt fix it.
Loving the phone, but if I cant hear people unless its dead quiet, thats no good.
Speaker problems
I just picked up the 64gb! I love the phone...a lot! I notice the low volume on calls as well, but I think there is something more going on.
The speaker sounds absolutely horrible. There is no way this thing isn't defective. It sounds like an old speaker with a busted cone that makes the "tingy" noise. :crying: Just curious if anyone else is having this problem. I listened to the one in the store, but it was very noisy in there. I couldn't get a good gauge. I am going to go back and see what is up. These things happen, I just hope that is what it is. I powered up my Razr Maxx again and listened to see. It sounded great. Please be defective!!!
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I just picked up the 64gb! I love the phone...a lot! I notice the low volume on calls as well, but I think there is something more going on.
The speaker sounds absolutely horrible. There is no way this thing isn't defective. It sounds like an old speaker with a busted cone that makes the "tingy" noise. :crying: Just curious if anyone else is having this problem. I listened to the one in the store, but it was very noisy in there. I couldn't get a good gauge. I am going to go back and see what is up. These things happen, I just hope that is what it is. I powered up my Razr Maxx again and listened to see. It sounded great. Please be defective!!!
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I noticed this too, my speaker sounded pretty "fuzzy". Haven't had much time to listen to the speaker.
I didn't call anyone yet but I tested a movie and it sounded great coming from an s4
I fixed my problem. Turn off the stupid equalizer for the phone speaker. Much louder for everything.
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I fixed my problem. Turn off the stupid equalizer for the phone speaker. Much louder for everything.
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And how to do this?
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And how to do this?
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It's somewhere under the sound settings.
Yeah in the sound settings under Audio Effects.
It seems the call sound is coming from the upper right speaker not the whole speaker strip. I find it a bit loader with my ear closer to the top right corner. Seems a bit silly and i could be wrong but feels this way for me.
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I agree - I think the sound is very low.
This is compared to a Galaxy S5 which I could basically set down, not use speakerphone, and still hear.
I'm also experiencing low volume in calls. It's bad enough that I'm tempted to return the phone. I've owned many smart phones and have never experienced this.
The only "workaround" that I've found is to hold the phone in an unnatural position slightly away from my ear and with my ear at the top corner of the phone, and even then the volume is still too low. Totally unacceptable. Did they never make a phone call during testing?? I hope this can somehow be addresses via a software update asap.
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I'm thinking this can be solved by a software update. I agree though, the volume is quite concerning.
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I'm thinking this can be solved by a software update. I agree though, the volume is quite concerning.
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If we had root it would probably just be a build.prop edit... Oh well.
I'll be waiting for one or the other
So if I'm on BT and switch to speaker on phone instead of talking through the car, the speaker on the phone is super loud, nor van be turned down. Anyone else notice this?
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It seems the call sound is coming from the upper right speaker not the whole speaker strip. I find it a bit loader with my ear closer to the top right corner. Seems a bit silly and i could be wrong but feels this way for me.
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You're right. Seems weird that its not in the middle but its fine if you put your ear to that corner
There are little notches on the left and right side of the grill, my suspicion is that there are "stereo" speakers with one located above each notch. They may also have the audio configured to split volume between the two speakers.
Each call I have had was on speaker phone, and the call quality for me was MUCH better than my G2 and much louder. I took a call today and did not use speaker, I too noticed at first that the call volume was extremely low, I was clicking the volume up constantly and no change. Finally I moved the phone around a bit on my ear until I found the sweet spot.
It seems the call comes from the side, possibly one of the stereo speakers, I believe I remember having to hold the phone on the right side to my ear to get the best volume. It is plenty loud though, just move it around a bit and you will figure it out! Hope this helps!