I have the HD7 from day 1 and as much as I love the damn device; there is one thing I REALLY REALLY [email protected]@King hate about this phone and that is the rat-ta-ta-ta noise that you hear when you have a headset plugged in; like the one when you put the phone near a speaker.
I don't know if it has been mentioned before but I have narrowed it down to the problem and it has to do w/ your data signal. When connected to 3g, the noise isn't present but when it drop to E/G that's when it show up. it get so annoying that I have to hang up, wait until i acquire a 3g signal and then make the phone call again.
I get this whether I'm holding the phone; have the phone on the table or having it my pocket. Emailed HTC but got no response.
if they can fix that, that would be great!
/rant.
Might Just be your phone, or your headset. Is your headset shielded? I have been using the stock ones that came with the phone, as they are pretty nice and fit well, and I do not have this issue.
Post your love and hate for hd7 in this thread please...it is sticky btw http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=847822
Closed as redunant.
I am really trying to like this phone even after the mango update..
But I can not understand a few things..
The Volume on this phone is crap There is no way in hell it will ever wake me up using the alarm, My droid I was able to set whatever I wanted to any ringtone or alarm ( my own music) and I was able to make the volume loud enough to actually hear it..
Microphone input why can we not use the microphone anywhere there is a input field? why can we only long press the windows logo or use it for sms? evidently it is built into the OS just fine for voice to txt why not use it across the whole os on any text input field?
No flash?
GPS navigation is piss poor unless you dump 35$ on the Garmin suite.. believe me i have tried every trial and free app this week and they all do not compare to Google maps free on the android..
Also again SOUND unless you drive with NO fan on in the car, no music, and windows rolled up and on a quiet street you will not hear the GPS telling you where to turn.
Battery life:
wow all you have to do is send a few messages and browse the web for less then 5 minutes and you are at a 1/4 power loss ...
Think it is time to head back over to android land where i was able to use the microphone for a lot more voice input...
was able to set ringtone to music I liked and was ABLE TO HEAR IT
was able to HEAR MY alarm clock
was able to HEAR the gps software that was superior and FREE
You could have saved yourself a lot of time, stress and possibly money by reading the posts in this forum which have discussed the points you mentioned about dozens of times.
I feel your pain, I bought a HD7 on launch day and sold it a week later. There weren't any reviews available back then but now, almost a year after launch, all the issues in your post at widely known.
When did you get your HD7?
re: Volume - I've never had an issue with this
re: Nav - GPS Tuner.com's "Turn By Turn" is great and cheap ($5.49 Aussie - Less everywhere else in the world)
re: Battery life - I find it the same as every power hungry smartphone I've owned... I'm used to charging once a day
A lot of the other issues you state will likely be resolved soon... But most you list are WP7 issues rather than HD7 issues...
Perhaps android is more suitable...
I've just defected from Iphone 3gs - I got the Mrs an SGSII back in July and she it has become a permanent fixture to her left hand.
Anyway, as I'm sure a lot of you know, with the 3GS all you had to do was hold the call button down on the headphone cord, wait for the tone then say the name of the person you want to call and off we go.
I cannot for the life of me replicate this behaviour with voice talk on the Note and it's driving me nutz as I used that facility a lot when listening to music out and about. All the searches I've done seem to come back with stuff about blue tooth headsets.
Help!! (please)
Incidentally the Note headphones seem to be a step up from SGSIIs quality wise.
When you select the ring tones and notifications they are so much louder in settings than when actually recieving a call or notification. What's with that? We have these great front facing speakers but sometimes I miss calls and notifications because it's just not loud enough.
Can this be fixed? Sony will have to provide a firmware update or something.
I have noticed this also. I have all the volume settings at max. When compared to my old Nexus 5, the Z3C is a fair bit lower. I really noticed it using Google Navigation in the car. With the N5, I could here the voice prompts loud and clear. With the Z3C, my friend kept saying, I can't hear her, turn it up. It was up all the way.
Maybe compact phone means compact sound as well. :silly:
I find that the "Xperia" ones are much louder than any notifications you might load yourself
yes i can confirm that, when you listening those ringtones are louder than during incoming call or notifications
My phone was in my shorts pocket, I was walking around the lake in my local park. Son got some pebbles stuck in his shoes, I bent over, took his shoes off, put his shoes back on. Kept walking.. Took phone out later to take a picture and the rear panel has a diagonal crack from the lens to half way up the right hand side.
I think it is reasonable to assume you can carry your phone in your shorts pocket whilst walking, bend over and not expect the phone to break. I have contacted Sony Mobile and will return, as soon as possible. I do love the phone, so hope it is replaced under warranty. I will have to be even more conscious of being precious with it when I get it back..
This is not really specific to the S10s, but since the galaxy buds came with it, I'm asking here.
If anyone has the galaxy buds, could you go to Wearable app, then about earbuds, then tap multiple times on device name, you will get a debug page with an option to self test the buds.
I get failed results for the proximity sensors, I wonder if it's just a software problem or something is wrong with my earbuds.
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Further, I just want to convey my frustration with the connectivity, first it has a serious problem with the Facebook Messenger, it would not route the call to the earbuds, I have to reconnect them once or twice. Second, they constantly fall out of sync during calls, as in one bud would be a second ahead of the other.
Other than those issues, nothing really much to complain about, the sound quality is good, microphone quality and sensitivity are good, battery life is awesome.
Same..haven't done any calls long enough for them to drop yet but my music has lagged a few times and one time they completely turned themselves on and off after breaking up too muchView attachment 4721554
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Same here, it happened a few times where they restart themselves, let's hope we get a fix soon.
Thank you for sharing your test results, it appears to be normal then.
Got the a few hours ago, so not much usage time. However I will test them over the next few days, also with whatsapp and messenger calling and revert.
One other thing - the buds work as a single earpiece, perfect for calls at the office. That was a big surprise. You can put one in ear, one back in the box, and the one in the ear works as a single unit. Will test that too and may then retire my headset. The sound during calls is very good and also the sound reported by callers and the music plays very good too, not over done. Do remember to switch on the Dolby Atmos on the phone and the equalizer for the buds (my favorite is the dynamic setting).
Best of luck with them - for the moment they seem very good.
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Got the a few hours ago, so not much usage time. However I will test them over the next few days, also with whatsapp and messenger calling and revert.
One other thing - the buds work as a single earpiece, perfect for calls at the office. That was a big surprise. You can put one in ear, one back in the box, and the one in the ear works as a single unit. Will test that too and may then retire my headset. The sound during calls is very good and also the sound reported by callers and the music plays very good too, not over done. Do remember to switch on the Dolby Atmos on the phone and the equalizer for the buds (my favorite is the dynamic setting).
Best of luck with them - for the moment they seem very good.
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Thank you for the input, I am satisfied with the sound quality as well both in calls and in music, and I have the Dolby Atmos + dynamic equalizer on all the time.
I am using the Galaxy Buds and when talking to through the buds on Phone calls I sound muffled not very clear. Does anyone know why?
ive got 2 pairs of the buds, one for me and one for the wife. mine have been flawless and my wifes go out of range at like 3 ft sometimes. and its like a 1 ear thing sometimes. Then we re-pair and they work for an hour then do the same thing. wonder if its going to be a software update or i need to do a warranty.
I just ran 4 tests on my black Galaxy buds, results are as follows:
In case (1st time):
-All accelerometers failed
Removed from case, laying flat on table:
-All pass
Inserted into both ears:
-Both (Left & Right) proximity sensors failed
In case (2nd time):
-All pass
got an update pushed about an hour ago. hopefully this fixes everything.
I've had the same thing happen to me. I discovered that if I tried to do the self test while wearing them, I would get a fail but when they are in my hand or just laying on the table it would pass. Hope this helps.
themohd said:
This is not really specific to the S10s, but since the galaxy buds came with it, I'm asking here.
If anyone has the galaxy buds, could you go to Wearable app, then about earbuds, then tap multiple times on device name, you will get a debug page with an option to self test the buds.
I get failed results for the proximity sensors, I wonder if it's just a software problem or something is wrong with my earbuds.
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Further, I just want to convey my frustration with the connectivity, first it has a serious problem with the Facebook Messenger, it would not route the call to the earbuds, I have to reconnect them once or twice. Second, they constantly fall out of sync during calls, as in one bud would be a second ahead of the other.
Other than those issues, nothing really much to complain about, the sound quality is good, microphone quality and sensitivity are good, battery life is awesome.
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