So I fell into water with my new HTC one a few weeks ago and I was able to dry everything out and get the phone working. It was actually almost perfect except for there being some static through the speaker when on phone calls. There is however no static in speaker phone. Well just now the speaker became worse and now I can barely hear people on the phone. I was wondering if there is anyway the speaker can be switch to the other speaker that uses speaker phone while on calls?
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So I fell into water with my new HTC one a few weeks ago and I was able to dry everything out and get the phone working. It was actually almost perfect except for there being some static through the speaker when on phone calls. There is however no static in speaker phone. Well just now the speaker became worse and now I can barely hear people on the phone. I was wondering if there is anyway the speaker can be switch to the other speaker that uses speaker phone while on calls?
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So if I am understanding this clearly, the speaker you put up next to your ear has static, but the dual speakers for the loud speakers work well?
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So if I am understanding this clearly, the speaker you put up next to your ear has static, but the dual speakers for the loud speakers work well?
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Yeah. I used to be able to still make out what people say when I put it up to my ear even with the static but it has gotten worse now to the point that I cant understand them. The dual speaker works perfect.
The two speakers that you speak of I believe are separate from the headset speaker that is used for when the phone is placed to your head. I was looking at some tear down pictures from ifixit but couldn't really make out anything.
It must be very cumbersome, but at least the phone works after being in the water.
Edit: This may sound weird, but back when I had a 4th gen iPod with a touch wheel, most people including me had problems where the headphones sounded like they were blown out and producing static. Not sure where I heard to do this, but putting the inside of the headphone barely on your lips and blowing in and sucking would make the speaker push in and out. Weirdly enough, this fixed the problem we had with the headphones.
Not saying that you should try this, but I wonder if the speaker needs to be flexed and pushed around a bit.
Yeah it sucks that I can't talk to anyone without having the phone on speakerphone. I attempted the blowing in technique but didn't seem to do anything. Thanks for the idea. What I was really hoping for was that there was a software way to porting the incoming calls to the other speakers (speaker phone speakers) on low volume. I am not sure if this is possible though.
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I was unlucky and dropping my phone in a bucket of paint!!!
Its almost working fine though.
The only problems I have is that I almost cannot hear what people are saying and they almost cannot hear me (as if I'm talking into a can). Therefore I want to exchange the speaker and microphone.
Anybody who knows where I buy those parts, and the screwdriver as well?
Coming from the d1. My thunderbolt sounds like crap when in my pocket and driving in my car I can't hear most of the time. Volume up and changed tones and still not happy for such a big speaker. So any volume hacks?
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Coming from the d1. My thunderbolt sounds like crap when in my pocket and driving in my car I can't hear most of the time. Volume up and changed tones and still not happy for such a big speaker. So any volume hacks?
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kinda surprises me, this phone is a good deal louder than my evo was with volume hacks. But I don't think we'll see any yet. Probably not until the kernal source code is released anyway.
*EDIT* figuired I'd mention that you posted in the wrong section. Should be in general.
Thinkin about drillin' some holes in the kickstand.
Or you can get a ROM that has the DSP Manager and see if you can't tweak the sound. I don't know if it works with ringing/verifications though.
Perhaps taking it out of your pocket will not dampen the sound
Damn your right about wrong sections. Sorry can the mods move it please thank you...but I hate the speaker sounding like crap the kick stand hurts it more I think.... I can hear my d1 in club..well thanks for your post
put it on vibrate also, so when in your pocket you will feel the rumble.
I agree with the volume issue, coming from a D1 myself. The other issue that I find is that when I plug it in my car stereo, via the headphone jack, the volume is much lower than the D1, so I end up with a fair amount of hiss, due to having to turn the volume up on the stereo.
The kickstand could use a couple holes in it. I really wish that they had switched the side that it opens on, that way we could charge it while using the kickstand.
I have the same problem, coming for Droid1. It's a shame how highly advertised the speaker on the TB is, but it sounds so much worse than my old Droid.
I knew some guys who were audio engineers for Sony-Ericsson, and they said that the biggest hurdle they face in designing speakers for phones is how thin the phones are. Good sound needs depth to the speakers, so it makes no sense to me why a phone like the D1 can have a speaker in a space that is a little more than half of the TB, and sound so much louder and better than the TB.
Wonder if you have a bad unit. I carry mine in my shirt pocket all day and I keep turning the volume down because it is so loud.
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I swear mine is so loud I've never been happier. I had mine in my gym bag downstairs yesterday and I could still clearly hear the ringer at the other end of the house. I'm ALWAYS turning down the external speaker when using turn by turn or speaker phone. I mean this thing is LOUD Best speaker I've ever had in a phone.
I'd consider going to the store and seeing if the units there are louder to your ear, you may have defective units.
The speaker is fantastic if the kickstand isn't in the way. Otherwise the highs are muffled and overall volume is lower than it normally would be without a LARGE CHUNK OF METAL COVERING IT.
I do have a slight hearing deficit. I was on the original Moto Droid and then upgraded to the thunderbolt. I was subject to using the Old Spice jingle because it was loud so I could hear it from across the room or on my nightstand as I slept. I downloaded the same jingle and it just doesnt work. I really have to listen to it to make it out.
I'm glad its not just me. But still there has got to be something.
Just got my One X+ today on AT&T. Does anyone notice how bad music sounds from the speaker when the phone is face up on a desk or flat surface?
Flipping it over produces a much cleaner sound, but it is unrealistic to have the phone screen down while playing music (screen can get easily scratched). What's the deal here - design flaw?
Also, music and videos from the default player play silently even with the volume up. Anyone else have this issue? I had to use another media player to get sound output - default htc sense music app did NOT output any volume on my mp3s!
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Just got my One X+ today on AT&T. Does anyone notice how bad music sounds from the speaker when the phone is face up on a desk or flat surface?
Flipping it over produces a much cleaner sound, but it is unrealistic to have the phone screen down while playing music (screen can get easily scratched). What's the deal here - design flaw?
Also, music and videos from the default player play silently even with the volume up. Anyone else have this issue? I had to use another media player to get sound output - default htc sense music app did NOT output any volume on my mp3s!
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The answer is incredibly simply, when it is face up the speaker is blocked/covered by the surface and moreover the sound reverberates off of that surface. What do you want speakers on the front?
ashamir said:
Just got my One X+ today on AT&T. Does anyone notice how bad music sounds from the speaker when the phone is face up on a desk or flat surface?
Flipping it over produces a much cleaner sound, but it is unrealistic to have the phone screen down while playing music (screen can get easily scratched). What's the deal here - design flaw?
Also, music and videos from the default player play silently even with the volume up. Anyone else have this issue? I had to use another media player to get sound output - default htc sense music app did NOT output any volume on my mp3s!
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I've seen cases out there with kickstands.. that might help you
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The answer is incredibly simply, when it is face up the speaker is blocked/covered by the surface and moreover the sound reverberates off of that surface. What do you want speakers on the front?
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Don't be silly, I know that. I am saying that many phones account for this in the design, and project the sound accordingly. This thing sounds like a tin can when face down. Do they expect us to lay the phone screen-down to play music?
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Don't be silly, I know that. I am saying that many phones account for this in the design, and project the sound accordingly. This thing sounds like a tin can when face down. Do they expect us to lay the phone screen-down to play music?
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I'd venture a guess that they don't assume people are going to play music through the tiny ass speaker on the back of a phone in general. I mean it's got BEATS!
This is one area that Apple got it right...stick the speakers on the side or bottom of the phone so they aren't covered when the phone is on a table/couch/lap whatever. It just makes sense. Even if they used the earpiece cut out and stuck two speakers in there (one for calls and one for tones) that would work. Anything but flat on the back.
Moral of the story...don't listen to music on the crappy built in speaker. It's going to sound bad regardless of how the phone is held/set down.
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I'd venture a guess that they don't assume people are going to play music through the tiny ass speaker on the back of a phone in general. I mean it's got BEATS!
This is one area that Apple got it right...stick the speakers on the side or bottom of the phone so they aren't covered when the phone is on a table/couch/lap whatever. It just makes sense. Even if they used the earpiece cut out and stuck two speakers in there (one for calls and one for tones) that would work. Anything but flat on the back.
Moral of the story...don't listen to music on the crappy built in speaker. It's going to sound bad regardless of how the phone is held/set down.
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Would never think to use a smartphone as a boom box, lol!
dbdynsty25 said:
This is one area that Apple got it right...stick the speakers on the side or bottom of the phone so they aren't covered when the phone is on a table/couch/lap whatever. It just makes sense. Even if they used the earpiece cut out and stuck two speakers in there (one for calls and one for tones) that would work. Anything but flat on the back.
Moral of the story...don't listen to music on the crappy built in speaker. It's going to sound bad regardless of how the phone is held/set down.
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To be fair, Nokia was placing the speakers on the side of the phone, in their N-Series smartphones, long before there was an iPhone. (I know you didn't mean it this way, but I get a little tired of Apple getting credit for so many things that they did not invent.)
Anyway, it's true that a lot of phones position the speaker on the back so that the curvature of the phone creates a small megaphone effect. My Nexus One is actually louder and clearer with the back (and therefore speaker) facing down. At least this works on hard surfaces.
I don't like to listen to music this way. But for podcasts and news I do it all the time. I'm planning to get a One X+, so I hope I can do the same. I suppose I don't really need to see the screen when I'm listening to something like that. But the scratching issue, with the phone sitting on the screen, seems real. (Despite claims to the contrary, Gorilla Glass 2 does scratch.)
cb474 said:
To be fair, Nokia was placing the speakers on the side of the phone, in their N-Series smartphones, long before there was an iPhone. (I know you didn't mean it this way, but I get a little tired of Apple getting credit for so many things that they did not invent.)
Anyway, it's true that a lot of phones position the speaker on the back so that the curvature of the phone creates a small megaphone effect. My Nexus One is actually louder and clearer with the back (and therefore speaker) facing down. At least this works on hard surfaces.
I don't like to listen to music this way. But for podcasts and news I do it all the time. I'm planning to get a One X+, so I hope I can do the same. I suppose I don't really need to see the screen when I'm listening to something like that. But the scratching issue, with the phone sitting on the screen, seems real. (Despite claims to the contrary, Gorilla Glass 2 does scratch.)
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I just see nit picking here. If listening to music or whatever u listen to and u CHOOSE to use the rear speaker, invest $10 in a screen protector and another $15 on a slim case that allows u to place the phone screen down and it will sit on the case, not the screen. Now if ur too OCD for a case then the screen protector will still he just fine. Again, why people aren't using Bluetooth headsets or even a Bluetooth device in one ear to listen to whatever they're listening too is beyond me. To be honest I think this device has a great rear speaker at high volumes and the whole idea behind a speaker is for SPEAKERPHONE, which it serves very well and crisp.
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I just see nit picking here. If listening to music or whatever u listen to and u CHOOSE to use the rear speaker, invest $10 in a screen protector and another $15 on a slim case that allows u to place the phone screen down and it will sit on the case, not the screen. Now if ur too OCD for a case then the screen protector will still he just fine. Again, why people aren't using Bluetooth headsets or even a Bluetooth device in one ear to listen to whatever they're listening too is beyond me. To be honest I think this device has a great rear speaker at high volumes and the whole idea behind a speaker is for SPEAKERPHONE, which it serves very well and crisp.
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Gee, thanks for the gratuitous critique of how I like to use my phone. What happened to if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all? I really don't need to be told, unsolicited, how to use my phone or what sort of case to get, if any. People have different prefences. And no one wants to be preached to by someone else about how their way is better.
Anyway, I find the built in speaker on phones (like my Nexus One) useful for some purposes other than speakerphone. I'm thinking about getting a One X+, so why shouldn't I be concerned about how well it's speaker phone works, comparatively? I don't want to take step backwards. It's a reasonable discussion to have, to learn more about the One X+.
Nah nothing wrong with the speaker sound, it doesn't sound tinny in any way and in fact all my previous smart phones in my Sig haven't sounded tinny either.
My Nokia brick before my n95 had what I would call a "tinny" speaker some 8/9 or so yrs ago.
The hox+ has a rear amp so try higher quality bitrate music, a 128kb to 256kb mp3 doesn't cut it any more for eg.
Also a gnex would be a step back in all categories as well as software imho to be sure, no need to squabble just do the side by side test before u buy.
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I've read that when XTZ speakers get wet makes them muffled, which s normal if there is water in the holes.
But there is something strange I observe. When I get my XTZ-3G wet, one speaker is muffled, but the right one is complete OFF - no sound whatsoever from it. And when the speaker is halfway dry it works, but I observe a buzzing sound coming from it with the music...
This is not observed with the right speaker. And when tablet is dry - 30min later speakers sound OK.
Is it possible to be defective, etc to get water damaged?
I checked the ports and they stay dry, indicators are not visible .
Rozamar said:
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I've read that when XTZ speakers get wet makes them muffled, which s normal if there is water in the holes.
But there is something strange I observe. When I get my XTZ-3G wet, one speaker is muffled, but the right one is complete OFF - no sound whatsoever from it. And when the speaker is halfway dry it works, but I observe a buzzing sound coming from it with the music...
This is not observed with the right speaker. And when tablet is dry - 30min later speakers sound OK.
Is it possible to be defective, etc to get water damaged?
I checked the ports and they stay dry, indicators are not visible .
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Officially you should wait at least 3 hours for the speakers to dry, but my own experience is in line with yours, 30+minutes. For me, the right speaker was clogged badly too but I assumed it was because the Right speaker was submerged longer. It played sound, but very muffled and distorted. I'd recommend doing as Sony says and avoiding use of the speakers till dry if you want to avoid damage.
I recently started to hear rattle from my top speaker on the m7, so i ordered a replacment online, but it too sounded blown and rattled when i put it in to the phone. i thought just bad luck and ordered 3 more from another seller on ebay, all those speakers sound bad as well. i am in the process of having replacements being shipped over from both sellers, but i dont understand why all four speakers would have the same issue. Has anyone had similar problems with their replacement speakers?
I tested first by inserting the speakers in the phone but it was getting tiring replacing speakers and it also started to damage my phone the repeated pulling of the boards and pushing them, so i found an audio amp that could play the speakers at usual levels, all of them rattle when not in the phone, next i had a htc frame laying around that i inserted them in after cleaning them with duct tape, they still rattle.
I cant seem to fix this issue. I am thinking of using a bottom speaker as a replacment for the top after possibly modifying it, it seems to be more powerful and resistant to wear, but has anyone tried this before, if so please tell me what modifications were made.
Check the headphone output for distorted sound. If so, the internal audio amplifier might be blown, and replacing the speakers will make no difference.