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People complain about not being able to hear me..?

Hi folks
I'm wondering if my Kaiser is defective somehow. On occasions, during phonecalls, people are complaining about not being able to hear me loud enough, then after a few seconds they can hear me loud and clear again, without me doing anything.
This happens to almost every phonecall I make, which makes my skin crawl each time, as I'm afraid I could be using an expensive, yet defective Kaiser
Has anyone else experienced this, and if so found a solution?
Thanks for your interest!

Possible App conflict
I encounter the same problem and found out that a 3rd party application (resco audio recorder) is the culprit. Aparrently I enabled an option to record all voice calls and in effect, causes the 3rd party not to hear me. maybe you have the same issues

Try uninstalling any applications that might use the built in microphone and try.
Otherwise, you could have a defective Kaiser.

Try a different radio.

i have the same problem too. What is the best radio to use???

Doesn't upgrading the radio require a ROM update?

Upgrading the radio does indeed require a ROM update, but this is not the same part of the ROM as you would flash for example the AT&T or Dutty's latest to. You can change the radio ROM independantly of the 'application' ROM.
For my personally, the .17 radio ROM seems to work best, but others feel .31 feels best for them. You will have to consult the radio ROM thread (Kaiser -> Upgrading) for further information as to how to change them, and which ROM is compatible with your system.
EDIT: Note that this may or may not help with your issue, I simply do not know and you will have to try it yourself. It's just a suggestion that may fix this issue for you.

well why the hell cannot HTC do this at factory??? they really are dumb arses.
i dont expect to have to play with a phone changing files etc just to allow the person i am calling to hear me.
I wish NOKIA OR SAMSUNG had made it

If you've got a stock rom and radio - completely un flashed from new, then the problem is more likely to be hardware related. If you've changed the rom then there is a good chance that the problem is because the radio also needs to change.
Check here for which radios work with which roms.
I can't help with which will work for you but I've tried most radios and I've found 1.27.12.17 and 1.27.12.32 work well with stanfard HTC rom and also all of Dutty's and Schaps roms.

Yah, the same problem and found so far a brick wall as far as resolution. I am unsure if new radio will resolve the problem as one user has returned his "tilt" phone 3 times under warranty just for the speaker problem and each time the speakerphone did not work even when "replaced". Also, other users have tried different radio/rom as well as "replacing" there phone through warranty: each time result the same; speakerphone did not work.
Here are a couple links relating to the problem but each time the problem seemed to remain.
Here is first post under xda (5 pages i think;relates to speaker problem; you will see users tried different radios and such but no resolution to problem ever found):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=337931&page=5
here is another link from mobile planet that i started....
http://www.mobileplanet.com/ft.aspx?k=104689
resolution to this problem remains elusive. Some speculate that its due to non duplex design of the hardware while others speculate there might be some type of hack to correct this; but so far no fix has been found. Given the poor state of video drivers for this device; one has to wonder though if this is a software issue; but who knows.

Discussions regarding "callers not been able to hear me" seem to have died off.
I am still having this issue having tried many many different radios and roms. It's got to the point where I don't use the phone for calls anymore.
Today I flashed my phone back to the Taiwanese ROM and restored the OEM bootloader and went into the HTC service center. Of course the first thing they tried to do was test it on the spot by calling me in the shop. True to form it didn't show the issue which led them to believe it was more of a reception/network issue, even though I know it isn't. I have left it with them to send to their "technicians" and will await their outcome.
I asked another friend today if he's had the same issue where callers can't hear him and he does. Does anyone else still get "sorry I can't hear you" on nearly every call? I had always put this issue down to the crappy cellphone network in Taiwan but I had the same issue when I went back home last month where I've never had any phone call quality issues in the past (Vodafone NZ).
I'll post the outcome from HTC on Mon 6th Oct.

I'll probably get shot down in flames here but ...
The company I work for bought 200 Kaisers for our techs .... within a few days we people were complaining that the person on the other end of the phone couldn't hear them. It didn't take a genius to work out that with the STUPID mic location and the way you held your phone, the base of your thumb would completely cover the mic and make you inaudible!!
I do this daily without realising it!!!

Might be something to look at when/if I get my phone back. Out of interest... where is the mic???
The fact that the sound cuts in out out for my callers would suggest that it is a different issue though. It goes very very faint for them and then comes back to normal all without me moving or raising my voice.

Bottom right of the phone.... under the "reset" button.

Wow, I never knew that's where the mic was! Thanks!
That tiny hole next to the mini USB? It's almost on the back of the phone and definitely not close to the mouth when holding with your right hand.
I'll have to keep that in mind and see if it helps...

Yeah that's the one .... hold your phone in your right hand and let your hand relax a little and see where the mic ends up!! Completely covered by your hand!!

London luke said:
I wish NOKIA OR SAMSUNG had made it
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i wouldn't say that unless you wanna piss alot of people off

DRZ400 said:
It didn't take a genius to work out that with the STUPID mic location and the way you held your phone, the base of your thumb would completely cover the mic and make you inaudible!!
I do this daily without realising it!!!
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You're right!! I got my phone back from HTC and they couldn't fault the mic. When i got home I tested it with my usual hand grip and sure enough it blocks the mic completely and nothing can be heard by the person on the other end.
Fault = I have fat hands
Hopefully this thread will help anyone else with similar issues.

LOL ... I wonder how many they get daily due to this!!

I'm a leftie so my hands aren't blocking the mic. I also had this problem with the Qtek 8310

Annoying sound when kaiser is awake..Kindly suggest*urgent*

Hi guyz
I just bought a TyTn II device. I don't know whats gone wrong with it that it is giving me annoying sound when its awake but surprisingly when i turn off the screen the sound goes off. its very annoying just like some bee is there behind..
I wonder if i using some wrong radio 1.65.24.36 with PDACORNER v16ultimate, Hard SPL 3.29[as per the recommendation of cook]. I tried to change the radio but to no avail. it seems its more than that.
i dont know if there is some hardware problem or what. but its really making my experience painful. Kindly suggest your remedies.

come on guyz, hardware techies suggest me what needs to be done, I am really worried with the entire thing. I wish to know if it has been faced by someone or if there is any remedy out there?

sakshamkatyal said:
Hi guyz
I just bought a TyTn II device. I don't know whats gone wrong with it that it is giving me annoying sound when its awake but surprisingly when i turn off the screen the sound goes off. its very annoying just like some bee is there behind..
I wonder if i using some wrong radio 1.65.24.36 with PDACORNER v16ultimate, Hard SPL 3.29[as per the recommendation of cook]. I tried to change the radio but to no avail. it seems its more than that.
i dont know if there is some hardware problem or what. but its really making my experience painful. Kindly suggest your remedies.
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Here are some simple questions..........
Did this happen right after installing this rom? Did you have the rom on there a while before it started? did you install any other software between installing the rom and when the buzzing noise started?
Have you tried hardresetting ? ( complete wipe and reinstall of current OS )
Have you tried other spl's? ( as the spl controls things on a hardware level?)
Honestly, to me as a hardware tech, it sounds as though its hardware related. I had a backlight inverter on my laptop cause an odd buzzing sound, but ... maybe its not that...

poor I tried to port hard spl 3.56 but to no avail.
I wish if someone else can help me out. This is really getting very difficult for me to listen to calls with this buzz sound in the back. Kindly help me someone. someone said its a problem of moisture but I am not sure if it is. Bro kindly suggest me if it is the case.

Not much any of us can do at this point -- it sounds like a hardware problem.
Send it in for service.

anybody had this problem. Poor the service company is closed for few days.
I hope someone can help me out with his experience. I wonder if the moisture thing is correct.

How about you answer some of those questions. That guy is trying to help you.

ChumleyEX said:
How about you answer some of those questions. That guy is trying to help you.
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Or he could continue his whining, and get nothing accomplished.

tbrown5175 said:
Or he could continue his whining, and get nothing accomplished.
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That certainly is an option.

tbrown5175 said:
Or he could continue his whining, and get nothing accomplished.
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He obviously cannot speak English and is posting through google translate, but still some details would be helpful.

I think the Humming (Bee like noise) is to do with the way the backlight works, try turning the brightness all the way up! It mihgt eliminate it. Mine has always made that noise but since it got replaced (broken usb port) it does not make it as loud much to my relief!
Find some reason to get it replaced

pyraxiate said:
Here are some simple questions..........
Did this happen right after installing this rom? Did you have the rom on there a while before it started? did you install any other software between installing the rom and when the buzzing noise started?
Ans:not specifically as I do Rom flashing every other day & there was no problem after that ever.
Have you tried hardresetting ? ( complete wipe and reinstall of current OS )
Ans:Yes I tried doing that but to no avail.
Have you tried other spl's? ( as the spl controls things on a hardware level?)
Ans: yes i did as i mentioned my last post. but didn't work either.
Honestly, to me as a hardware tech, it sounds as though its hardware related. I had a backlight inverter on my laptop cause an odd buzzing sound, but ... maybe its not that...
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Thanks mate for your concern.
but do you have any personal experience? or someone in your friend circle had this? i never seen anyone with this annoying problem. some mechanic said its a usual problem of the chip of every flip style phones.
@others
I am afraid if I gave you an impression of being non-english speaker. Kindly stay to the point. I am more concerned about solving my problem rather than showing my english language skills.
Hope some solutions from my friends are on their way.

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hey chumaleyex,
Brother I am please to see you taking so much interest in this thread but would you care to suggest me something constructive. I am very well proficient with software thing but zero about hardware so felt like asking. But it seems you are more interested in something else but not the issue which I want to get addressed. Kindly give your valuable views so I could see the problems eradicated. The service center of HTC in my city is close for 1week so have to do something with my friends help on xda only.
hope someone I see who had faced this problem or someone in the mechanical field. Thanks allover.

{roblem with lack of sound, PDAcorner ROM

I go skiing tomorrw so i need to try and get this problem fixed asap. I recently installed PDAcorner V19 and i adore the rom to bits. The only problem is randomly the sound will cut off. Calls are silent, txt messages/calls dont ring and adjusting the sound has no effect. It takes a soft reset in order to cure it, then after a few hours it goes back to being silent. I originally did a hard reset but it didnt seem to have any effect on it. I am on T-mobile, in the UK using radio 17.09.19.
Does anyone have any idea what could bec causing this? I pm'd the creater of this ROM but havnt heard back yet and i am really hoping to get it fixed before i go abroad. Does anyone have any advice?
thanks guys
(i have searched & googled as much as i can, but didnt find anything of use)

edit; excuse the typo in the subject, if i mod could adjust it id be gratefull!

You can try to flash a different radio to see if that helps or a different rom. I have that rom and do not think that anyone else is have those sorts of problems.
I had the same problem a while back and tried several different roms and radios. Nothing worked. I think it has to do with Voice Command and or bluetooth. Then all of a sudden it went away. Here is the thread discussing it, to see if it sounds like your problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=438457

thanks for your help Denco, ill have a look through and see if it helps!

Calling out giving issues

Hey everyone,
My diamond, has been doing strange things ever since I flashed a new rom. Which was the (udK Syrius Topaz R6 21042) Rom. Yet I do not think it is the Rom.
The problem: When I start a call, I cannot hear my phone dialing, yet the call is still going through. Also when someone picks up, I cannot hear the other persons voice. I played around with this and when I put loud speaker on I could hear the other person speaking.
I flashed a whole bunch of new radios, yet still no prevail, then I flashed a new rom, ( Shaks.P v4.10) and the problem still remained.
The phone should not be broken and is fairly new (January)
I was on a Stock 1.93 rom with a flashed radio of 1.09.25.23 which worked nicely. Only until the new rom did things go wrong.
please help me out here..
Thanks

fighthall said:
Hey everyone,
My diamond, has been doing strange things ever since I flashed a new rom. Which was the (udK Syrius Topaz R6 21042) Rom. Yet I do not think it is the Rom.
The problem: When I start a call, I cannot hear my phone dialing, yet the call is still going through. Also when someone picks up, I cannot hear the other persons voice. I played around with this and when I put loud speaker on I could hear the other person speaking.
I flashed a whole bunch of new radios, yet still no prevail, then I flashed a new rom, ( Shaks.P v4.10) and the problem still remained.
The phone should not be broken and is fairly new (January)
I was on a Stock 1.93 rom with a flashed radio of 1.09.25.23 which worked nicely. Only until the new rom did things go wrong.
please help me out here..
Thanks
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Not an new problem as you see here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=496058

hmm... strange that the search didn't pick it up... Looks like there hasn't been much help there though.
Are you still having the problem? Or have you done something to fix it?

fighthall said:
hmm... strange that the search didn't pick it up... Looks like there hasn't been much help there though.
Are you still having the problem? Or have you done something to fix it?
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no, I just called up HTC here in Germany, the even didn`t heard something about that problem. I think that the Speaker (Part No. 36H00684-00M) is defect.
So i will sent it up to the Service to that they can fix it.

I looked around and came across someone who dialed 150 then constantly turned the speaker on and off. After that I called out and it worked fine. Odd. Im sure it will come back though.

fighthall said:
I looked around and came across someone who dialed 150 then constantly turned the speaker on and off. After that I called out and it worked fine. Odd. Im sure it will come back though.
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Sorry, but that sounds a bit strange to me.

speaker no longer works... please help

I flashed the cannon 2.0 rom, it worked fine for 2-3 days, and then the loud speaker stopped working... I can still hear people during calls but there are no sounds... the phone doesn't ring, no notifications, no music/youtube/etc... I don't really know what to do or how to fix it... I flashed king's 1.9 rom, and still the same... I didn't drop my phone or anything, so I don't think there is any physical/water damage to the phone... I'm gonna try an older rom... but can anyone help me?

Do a nandroid, then wipe everything and reboot. If that doesn't fix it, then its probably a hardware issue. Although flashing a different rom wouldn't hurt.

I would try re-flashing the latest radio. That should sort things out.

ah radio... didn't think about that... will give that a try

flashed to the newest radio... doesn't work...

Try calling HTC and see if they will send you a replacement, or this. If you want I can post a link to a really detailed guide on taking your phone apart/putitng it back together, but I don't feel like searching lol.

Did you try a different rom to see if that works?
Don't forget to wipe.

If a radio reflash and a different ROM didn't fix anything your speaker is probably screwed. They're not hard to replace though (as long as you don't mind voiding your warranty).
Speakers are pretty temperamental though, it could start working again after a few days. It could even just be a loose connection.

thanks guys... I flashed 3 roms, flashed newest radio, reformatted the card, wiped everything, no luck... does anyone know how long the warranty is for the G1? tomorrow I will try to re-root the phone and 'start over'... but I doubt that'll help... anyways might just try to get the new speaker installed...

ebadevil said:
thanks guys... I flashed 3 roms, flashed newest radio, reformatted the card, wiped everything, no luck... does anyone know how long the warranty is for the G1? tomorrow I will try to re-root the phone and 'start over'... but I doubt that'll help... anyways might just try to get the new speaker installed...
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You can carefully peel off the "void" sticker on one of the screws and then replace it afterwards if you're worried about voiding your warranty (you didn't hear that from me! )
I doubt re-rooting will help as it doesn't seem to be a software issue, especially if your headset/in-call speaker works, but it can't hurt trying!
You could try removing the speaker and cleaning the connectors in case a bit of dirt has found its way in and is blocking the connection.