Try recording something with absolutely no background noise of you talking breathing is fine you will hear a slight hiss during recording silence this is with the stock camera app and 100% fully stock google Image 4.4.2 Flashed No root no kernel all stock
Also there seems to be issue on the mic when in a voice call when there is silence also hissing noise and or when in a crowded environment it sounds muffled.
There are around 3 threads like this on the Q and A section. All NEXUS 5's have this issue STOP Hiding and bring awareness to Google and or LG
A quick search reveals many people having this issue. Search on Google for Nexus 5 mic issue
In fact it even affects the Nexus 4! and how old is the Nexus 4 now? its been doing that since 4.3!
I love it when people generalize with words like "all" and "everyone". Got mine new last week at Tmobile store. Voice calls are fine with no hissing. Recorded video and audio sounds fine. If there are three threads then why create another one. Read the rules!!, also if you want lg's attention go post in their support thread. No one but deaf ears will hear you here. If you are that unhappy return it.
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I thought the video issue affected all units. So in quiet environments there is no static in your video recording?
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I love it when people generalize with words like "all" and "everyone". Got mine new last week at Tmobile store. Voice calls are fine with no hissing. Recorded video and audio sounds fine. If there are three threads then why create another one. Read the rules!!, also if you want lg's attention go post in their support thread. No one but deaf ears will hear you here. If you are that unhappy return it.
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Yet Google support have confirmed is a software problem.
Liars and shills..what a world.
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Yet Google support have confirmed is a software problem.
Liars and shills..what a world.
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If its a known issue it doesn't mean it can necessarily affect them all. Or maybe I'm not using the device the same way as you are where I can reproduce it .
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Try recording something with absolutely no background noise of you talking breathing is fine you will hear a slight hiss during recording silence this is with the stock camera app and 100% fully stock google Image 4.4.2 Flashed No root no kernel all stock
Also there seems to be issue on the mic when in a voice call when there is silence also hissing noise and or when in a crowded environment it sounds muffled.
There are around 3 threads like this on the Q and A section. All NEXUS 5's have this issue STOP Hiding and bring awareness to Google and or LG
A quick search reveals many people having this issue. Search on Google for Nexus 5 mic issue
In fact it even affects the Nexus 4! and how old is the Nexus 4 now? its been doing that since 4.3!
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https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/nexus/nexus-5/0hvTK4eMVGk[1-25-false]
How do I install this? Do I need to be rooted?:banghead:
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How do I install this? Do I need to be rooted?:banghead:<br />
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Umm wtf are you talking about?...
markdapimp said:
Try recording something with absolutely no background noise of you talking breathing is fine you will hear a slight hiss during recording silence this is with the stock camera app and 100% fully stock google Image 4.4.2 Flashed No root no kernel all stock
Also there seems to be issue on the mic when in a voice call when there is silence also hissing noise and or when in a crowded environment it sounds muffled.
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If you don't like it, buy a new phone. On a side note, have you tried downloading a seperate recording app? As far as the call goes, I haven't had an issue with that, so its not ALL. Instead, you could of used: majority, almost all, a high percentage, a noticeable amount.
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How do I install this? Do I need to be rooted?:banghead:
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What DroneDoom is trying to say is: Read the OP. Then and only then should you reply.
Switched my phone to an iphone till resolved. This is my third RMA device with issue 2 from gplay and 1 from LG
Android 4.5 waiting begins
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I still get the giggles reading your "The radio is great on the nexus 5" post.
I find that the level of hissing differs between devices. Some devices have it really bad where it sounds like someone is constantly blowing air into the mic, where as as on others you can barely hear any noise.
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If this has been posted already, my apologies! i've been reading in the forums for months now and haven't seen it posted yet unless it came and went down the list faster then i could see it.
so the main issue seems to be, after taking a few pictures over time the camera app just freezes with the LED on like a flashlight and won't take another picture. until i found this google code submission
http://code.google.com/p/android/is...s Owner Summary Stars&groupby=&sort=&id=40996
i've always had to reboot my phone just to take pics again. it's been embarassing when in public with friends i've bragged to about this phone... its a good laugh thats for sure, but not what i expect out of this phone. has any of you experienced this? do you guys on custom roms have this issue? is this a google code issue only or are all roms experiencing this issue? i haven't rooted yet as i always wanted to take updates automatically and stay up to date, but with this camera issue i'm in the process of rooting right this minute but want to make sure its worth my hassle.
discuss.
I've had this issue as well. It only seems to affect the stock app though as other camera apps continue to function. A reboot is the only way is been able to fix this bug.
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It happened to me for the first time on New Year's Eve but happened three times. The app reset when I either closed it from the recent apps list or switched to video camera and then back to regular camera. Not sure what caused it and hasn't happened since.
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So what you're trying to say is whenever you try to repetitively take photo, camera freezes with led light on? Never happened to me. Then again, I barely use my camera
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I've had this happen as well, although I don't think I needed to reboot, just closed the app and it stopped. But I've had this happen several times, not recently though. I'm very disappointed with the camera on this thing, it seems to take lack luster photos and the app is very fritzy and the rotation animation awful, as well as this occasional glitch.
It's a bug and has been reported. You can star it here:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40996
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So what you're trying to say is whenever you try to repetitively take photo, camera freezes with led light on? Never happened to me. Then again, I barely use my camera
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that's exactly what I'm saying. I take a lot of pics especially when we go out. it does it all the time... it just freezes with the led stuck in. I can hit home but when I reopen it and take a pic it gets stuck in again. I just read I can switch to video and back and it should work, but that's annoying. my girlfriends gnex just works and she always laughs at me when it happens.
question, does this happen on anyone's rooted nexus with custom rom?
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Happens to me all the time. The camera app on here is pretty disappointing. I don't get it.
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I just got it to produce that problem and I see what you mean by annoying. One easy solution that I heard people using is using a third party camera app. Try a free camera app and tell us how it goes. Tried to reproduce the problem with camera zoom fx and couldn't do it. Also I believe this is a problem with terrible auto focus of nexus 4. Because when this happens the focus ring looks like as if it's still trying to focus into a object. Hopefully this gets fixed with software update. Cheers
BTW, using a rooted stock nexus 4 with Franco kernel and camera mod that'll increase the quality of the image and video.
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Happened to me to..... Bragged to my iPhone friends and that happened trying to get a picture of an Audi r8 . sad
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It's a bug and has been reported. You can star it here:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40996
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Me too and I've now "Starred" the bug.
Hopefully everyone here has too so it gets noticed by Google.
Same issue. Experienced it for the first time on New Year's Eve. Both my Nexus 4 and my wife's had the same thing happen. Only happened to mine once. Happened to hers about 3 or 4 times.
Used the camera the most on New Year's compared to any other time so that's possibly why I never experienced it until then.
Happened twice when asking strangers to take pics of us too, which was extremely annoying and embarrassing.
The LED flash stays on and you can't take any pics. Closing the app and swiping it from recents and reopening does nothing. The same thing will happen on the next try. Need to reboot the phone. It's the only fix.
My phone did this on new years eve too.
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Happened the same to me more then once. I don't use the camera that much but when I really need it doesn't work.
This is embarrassing when everyone around you is taking pics with their iPhone.
Had numerous android phones before and never had one 100% reliable.
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Had this issue also!
BTW while messing around just now, I got it to freeze , but noticed it was out if focus , so I moved it around and it eventually took!
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KtMack23 said:
I've had this happen as well, although I don't think I needed to reboot, just closed the app and it stopped. But I've had this happen several times, not recently though. I'm very disappointed with the camera on this thing, it seems to take lack luster photos and the app is very fritzy and the rotation animation awful, as well as this occasional glitch.
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Try the Camera Zoom FX app. When I say amazing control, I mean AMAZING control of the camera. ISO, tap to focus and shoot, programmable hardware buttons for shutter/gallery etc...
The ability to control ISO means you can get rid of noise for stills/landscapes in almost any light. It works great. Furthermore, the pictures appear to be better from this app. When I started the app, I played around with it and thought "hey this is great, I have control over each shot, but the quality of the picture in auto mode appears the same as stock." Then I found in somewhat hidden "All Settings" menu a SAVE menu which was defaulted to 85% for jpeg output. I put it on 100% output and the pics look very good if not better than stock. The hardware is decent in this thing so the pics should be good. Take a look at the app and try it out for a few minutes to test it.
Disclosure: I have NO financial or personal interest in the company or developer of this app. But I do have a personal interest in photography.
I did a lot of searching but all I found were ways to boost the two front facing speakers volume. I have poor hearing and this phone is much quieter than my old one, so unless I constantly use speakerphone I'm always saying "what? Huh?". It's kinda weak...
So are there any mods or apps that can boost the phone speaker up a few notches?
Volume + is an app that can do that but you need to be rooted IIRC
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tbudke said:
Volume + is an app that can do that but you need to be rooted IIRC
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Actually this doesn't seem to work anymore and the dev seems to have quit supporting it.
Any current options? Reading through old forums it seems the HTC One X commonly had the same issue and only roms/kernals or toothbrushes solved it...
Try 'speaker boost' in the play store. I installed it for a friend a month ago so they could hear their talking caller ID more clearly in a loud environment. Seems to work well. Good luck!
Alsa Mixer.
You need root it will do exactly what you want to.
Free in GP.
Hi everyone
I have tried a bunch of JB 4.2 roms on my Note, some of them really awesome but there's this little annoying bug (feature?!) in each of them:
When speaking on the phone (no headset or sth), when sound level is relatively low, e.g. when a person stops talking, the sound gets cut out. Normally I would hear some background noise, like breathing or wind whisper or the cat scratching or whatever. But not on JB 4.2! Seems like the speaker turns off completely. Later when the caller speaks again, it turns back on, so the voice kinda appears from nowhere, every damn time!
To everyone who passes by this thread, please tell me if you experience this on your 4.2 aosp/cm-based rom, and what's most important, if you dont, please share your configuration (rom, kernel, radio version).
Much thanks
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Guys really? Nobody with 4.2 on note?
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I'm not one for flashy OPs so down to business.
@Misledz, well known for his Nexus Louder projects on the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 7 2012 and 2013, has been meaning to expand to the Nexus 5 now for a little while.
He's recovering from an illness currently but ever-dedicated he wanted me to post the Beta build he made for hammerhead and gather feedback for him.
So without further ado:
http://d-h.st/users/Misledz/NexusLouder/hammerhead/
Please post your thoughts on the audio. Note that Awesome Beats still hasn't been updated to work entirely with KitKat, so please focus on what the mod itself does, not the bundled apps.
Once he's back in action he'll be using this feedback and we'll turn this into an official thread. Thanks everyone!
Hey Osmo, how come the upload date is still showing as 12/23/13? I thought this was an updated one he sent you before he got ill?
He just told me he made it before he became ill and it wasn't posted on xda yet so he wanted feedback from xda at large. I guess if you've been following along closely you might have it already? Was it on his G+ or something?
Yeah, he posted it up on G+ a while ago. Only reason I knew is I'm still subscribed to his Gnex thread. If it's still the same as what he originally posted up, as in the very first test build, then it works great from what I've seen and heard. I really don't have any complaints about it other than I wish there was Pandora compatibility. It works with Iheartradio but not Pandora.
Ah yes, okay so he is looking for feedback from a wider audience on xda now after the more limited trial with G+.
Yes, it seems to be the same as the one he posted on G+. Thanks again, Os!
Edit: md5 is the same.
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So this can be flashed on stock that has not been rooted?
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Oops sorry it is only for hammerhead
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Tell your friends. Misledz wants feedback to make this better.
osm0sis said:
Tell your friends. Misledz wants feedback to make this better.
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Definitely louder
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How does this work?
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Andrew149 said:
How does this work?
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Pretty straight forward. Flash it to mod. The script will backup your original files. Flash the revert to restore.
adame09 said:
Definitely louder
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Haha! So it's louder. That's expected. Is it better, is the balance good on the speaker, and perhaps more importantly on the headphones?
osm0sis said:
Pretty straight forward. Flash it to mod. The script will backup your original files. Flash the revert to restore.
Haha! So it's louder. That's expected. Is it better, is the balance good on the speaker, and perhaps more importantly on the headphones?
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Well what I mean is what is this mod editing to increase the volume?
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Andrew149 said:
Well what I mean is what is this mod editing to increase the volume?
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A number of audio libraries. To see exactly which look in the install zip. :good:
Good to see this mod updated for the Nexus 5. Worked FANTASTIC on the Galaxy Nexus.
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osm0sis said:
Pretty straight forward. Flash it to mod. The script will backup your original files. Flash the revert to restore.
Haha! So it's louder. That's expected. Is it better, is the balance good on the speaker, and perhaps more importantly on the headphones?
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Better audio quality overall over headphones and speakerphone
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these mods were absolutely necessary on the gnex. nice to see for the n5!
I tried out this and compared it to the one posted here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2532788
I find the volume louder and to sound better on my headphone, through speaker and speakerphone using the mod I posted above then this one. Maybe I'm not using this Mod correctly as I didn't own the Gnex and am just trying this out for the first time. That being said, the thread in the Gnex thread is crazy long so I'm thinking there is some user error going on here
Which audio player is recommended with this Mod?
jlevy73 said:
I tried out this and compared it to the one posted here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2532788
I find the volume louder and to sound better on my headphone, through speaker and speakerphone using the mod I posted above then this one. Maybe I'm not using this Mod correctly as I didn't own the Gnex and am just trying this out for the first time. That being said, the thread in the Gnex thread is crazy long so I'm thinking there is some user error going on here
Which audio player is recommended with this Mod?
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The one you linked is just a speaker boost and is louder than this mod but this is a much cleaner way of doing it and this adds beats and xloud so the audio quality is a lot better
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adame09 said:
The one you linked is just a speaker boost and is louder than this mod but this is a much cleaner way of doing it and this adds beats and xloud so the audio quality is a lot better
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Right, that's what I expected to. However, I tested both Mods with an extensive range of music with my Sennheiser's and found the other Mod to sound better through it. As the OP stated, this is just a beta so I'm sure it will get better with time. Or perhaps it's just user error and I'm not fully utilizing this Mod to it's max. Most likely the latter
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Right, that's what I expected to. However, I tested both Mods with an extensive range of music with my Sennheiser's and found the other Mod to sound better through it. As the OP stated, this is just a beta so I'm sure it will get better with time.
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And that is the exact feedback they want to hear to improve it. You can be a great tester since you have quality earphones
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Hey guys
Just wondering if anyone else has an issue where the phone will vibrate and a few seconds later then the sound plays but the sound is all distorted and breaks up :S
Roxas598 said:
Hey guys
Just wondering if anyone else has an issue where the phone will vibrate and a few seconds later then the sound plays but the sound is all distorted and breaks up :S
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I opened a thread with all these issues, go to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2990734
Read And post there your question again, seems there is not a solution yet, I have the same problem just barely, it fixes turning off and on the phone.
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rayosx said:
I opened a thread with all these issues, go to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2990734
Read And post there your question again, seems there is not a solution yet, I have the same problem just barely, it fixes turning off and on the phone.
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Least I'm not the only one
Having another issue today were messages aren't responding with the right notification sound and is always wrong :S