Just got my ATT version. Two things seem wonky:
1) When on wifi, my signal bars turn grey. I still seem to be connected to the network. I can make calls, get internet, send SMS, access Google services. They turn blue on cellular. Anyone else's is grey on wifi or know how to fix?
2) The haptic feedback causes a buzzing/farting sound coming from the top of the phone. It might be the camera. haptic feedback or any other vibration sounds horrible on the phone. Anyone else's do that too?
denimjunkie82 said:
Just got my ATT version. Two things seem wonky:
1) When on wifi, my signal bars turn grey. I still seem to be connected to the network. I can make calls, get internet, send SMS, access Google services. They turn blue on cellular. Anyone else's is grey on wifi or know how to fix?
2) The haptic feedback causes a buzzing/farting sound coming from the top of the phone. It might be the camera. haptic feedback or any other vibration sounds horrible on the phone. Anyone else's do that too?
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1 is normal.
2, yes my vibration sounds a little like a rattle. Seems like at least some of these phones have cheap or noisy vibration motors.
Sent from my XT1058
phositadc said:
1 is normal.
2, yes my vibration sounds a little like a rattle. Seems like at least some of these phones have cheap or noisy vibration motors.
Sent from my XT1058
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Thanks man. I looked at several demo units from ATT stores and they all vibrate the same way too. I think it's the autofocus mechanism. The haptic feedback seems to vibrate it at the precise wavelength and amplitude to jiggle the camera around, even though it's pretty solid when you tap on the phone with your fingers.
I never use vibrate or haptic anyway so no biggie for me.
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Hello everyone,
I thought about buying a BluAlert bracelet (http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/9e31/?cpg=ab). I know it vibrates if you receive a phone call. but would it be possible to get it vibrating for sms, email etc.???
Thanks in advance
I know it's not possible to do it w/ vibrating ear pieces so I doubt it will be possible with this. Unless clearly stated it is 'possible' I wouldn't count on it. Seems gimmicky to me, fyi.
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Seems gimmicky to me, fyi.
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yeah i know. but i miss a lot of sms / emails. okay. i don't miss them but sometimes i anwser sms about 1 oder 2 hours later.
i want to be informed (without a sound and despite the strong motor for the vibration alert, i always miss sms or calls)
I got my 32 CW N6 on Weds, and I've experienced a very strange issue with an incoming call twice now. The phone starts to ring but the ringer is all garbled/distorted, and the screen is unresponsive. It seems to stop ringing fairly quickly, and everything goes back to normal. I do live in a spotty 4G LTE area, and notice the signal meter showing blank often, or a little showing (which I know may be a separate issue from another thread) but checking signal strength, it averages about -105dbm sometimes a little higher/lower, depending on where in the house I am. My previous LG G2 and G3 would regularly switch between 4g/3g throughout the day. The phone was set to Global and I did just change it back to LTE (I thought I'd done it earlier, but maybe I had inadvertently set it back) so not sure if that will make any difference... Wondering if anyone else has experienced this?
edit: I realize that voice is over cdma, but knowing the N6 doesn't do simultaneous voice/data over verizon like the turbo/moto x, not sure if there could be some correlation.
braxync said:
I got my 32 CW N6 on Weds, and I've experienced a very strange issue with an incoming call twice now. The phone starts to ring but the ringer is all garbled/distorted, and the screen is unresponsive. It seems to stop ringing fairly quickly, and everything goes back to normal. I do live in a spotty 4G LTE area, and notice the signal meter showing blank often, or a little showing (which I know may be a separate issue from another thread) but checking signal strength, it averages about -105dbm sometimes a little higher/lower, depending on where in the house I am. My previous LG G2 and G3 would regularly switch between 4g/3g throughout the day. The phone was set to Global and I did just change it back to LTE (I thought I'd done it earlier, but maybe I had inadvertently set it back) so not sure if that will make any difference... Wondering if anyone else has experienced this?
edit: I realize that voice is over cdma, but knowing the N6 doesn't do simultaneous voice/data over verizon like the turbo/moto x, not sure if there could be some correlation.
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Just noticed this myself. I have had the phone for a few weeks now and it was the first time this happened. The screen was off and didn't light up. The phone did respond when I unlocked it though and I was able to answer.
I haven't had the unresponsive screen anymore, but I have had a couple calls today again where the ringer got all distorted and the screen didn't turn on.
When the screen seemed unresponsive, I did have a different case on which covered the buttons so maybe I was just hitting the wrong button... in any case it's mildly annoying.
Having the same issue. It goes garbled and if I don't answer right away it will end the call
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braxync said:
I haven't had the unresponsive screen anymore, but I have had a couple calls today again where the ringer got all distorted and the screen didn't turn on.
When the screen seemed unresponsive, I did have a different case on which covered the buttons so maybe I was just hitting the wrong button... in any case it's mildly annoying.
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Same here.. Verizon, stock 5.01 nexus 6. Get the garbled ring.. Sometimes the ring just for a split second, then silent too.
braxync said:
I got my 32 CW N6 on Weds, and I've experienced a very strange issue with an incoming call twice now. The phone starts to ring but the ringer is all garbled/distorted, and the screen is unresponsive. It seems to stop ringing fairly quickly, and everything goes back to normal. I do live in a spotty 4G LTE area, and notice the signal meter showing blank often, or a little showing (which I know may be a separate issue from another thread) but checking signal strength, it averages about -105dbm sometimes a little higher/lower, depending on where in the house I am. My previous LG G2 and G3 would regularly switch between 4g/3g throughout the day. The phone was set to Global and I did just change it back to LTE (I thought I'd done it earlier, but maybe I had inadvertently set it back) so not sure if that will make any difference... Wondering if anyone else has experienced this?
edit: I realize that voice is over cdma, but knowing the N6 doesn't do simultaneous voice/data over verizon like the turbo/moto x, not sure if there could be some correlation.
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my phone won't run for more than 2 days before this happens: incoming call OR outgoing call. ring works, call answered, then silence. call counter is ticking away, the call is in progress, just no audio on either end!. click Hangup button, and it takes like 60 seconds to hangup. reboot, phone is fine for 2ish days. or less.
Hi all,
I've come across a couple of problems with the phone that I've put down to manufacturing, but I'm not really seeing anyone else complain about them. I'd just like to see if anyone else is experiencing these issues or if I should have my phone replaced under warranty.
Issue 1: Microphone.
During a call, people can hear me clearly, but if I switch to speakerphone (or use an app like Skype or Viber, which usesspeakerphone for video calls), they have trouble hearing me. I know there is an issue where the mic stops working for some people, but mine is still working...only I sound very faint to the other person. If I bring my face right up to the phone and speak, they can hear me somewhat clearly, but it defeats the purpose holding it to my face when I'm in a video call.
Issue 2: Screen touches during a call.
I've noticed that when in a regular call, the screen turns off when I bring the phone to my face, and turns back on as I pull the phone away, which is fine. The problem is though, that while the screen is off and pressed to my ear, shortly after the light of the screen turns back on and it seems I've been pressing things with my ear, e.g. pulled down the notification shade, opened an app on my home screen or opened my app drawer, etc. Is anyone else noticing the screen turning back on mid-call? Or does anyone know if the screen still responds to touches even though the backlighting is off? Or is this an iPhone 4-esque situation where I'm "holding it wrong"?
Thanks guys
I take it the lack of responses means that no one else is experiencing the issue and that I should swap it under Warranty :/
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I take it the lack of responses means that no one else is experiencing the issue and that I should swap it under Warranty :/
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nope. my speakerphone works great, everyone hears me very clearly. and during calls, when my screen goes off, the screen is actually off and my ear doesnt register touches. and yea, id rma it.
ronnie301184 said:
Hi all,
I've come across a couple of problems with the phone that I've put down to manufacturing, but I'm not really seeing anyone else complain about them. I'd just like to see if anyone else is experiencing these issues or if I should have my phone replaced under warranty.
Issue 1: Microphone.
During a call, people can hear me clearly, but if I switch to speakerphone (or use an app like Skype or Viber, which usesspeakerphone for video calls), they have trouble hearing me. I know there is an issue where the mic stops working for some people, but mine is still working...only I sound very faint to the other person. If I bring my face right up to the phone and speak, they can hear me somewhat clearly, but it defeats the purpose holding it to my face when I'm in a video call.
Issue 2: Screen touches during a call.
I've noticed that when in a regular call, the screen turns off when I bring the phone to my face, and turns back on as I pull the phone away, which is fine. The problem is though, that while the screen is off and pressed to my ear, shortly after the light of the screen turns back on and it seems I've been pressing things with my ear, e.g. pulled down the notification shade, opened an app on my home screen or opened my app drawer, etc. Is anyone else noticing the screen turning back on mid-call? Or does anyone know if the screen still responds to touches even though the backlighting is off? Or is this an iPhone 4-esque situation where I'm "holding it wrong"?
Thanks guys
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Never faced any of such issues with my nexus. You should go for a replacement
Is it just mine or is the vibration motor on steroids in this phone I mean it's insane haha whenever I get an incoming call it just goes crazy.
It's not just you. Just got the phone on Wed. Almost returned it the same day. Gonna give it a good couple of days. Vibration is way too strong. And it's terrible when typing (the ramp up strength). Probably the one thing that i hate on the phone.
You can change the typing vibration intensity in the SwiftKey app settings.
As for calls and messages, you'll probably need root to do something about it.
It's normal. (There's already threads about this)
Apparently, that's like that for all Sony phones.
TimeIsAll said:
Is it just mine or is the vibration motor on steroids in this phone I mean it's insane haha whenever I get an incoming call it just goes crazy.
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Yes. It's quite exuberant. I turn it off for calls.
Hi,
for a few weeks now, I'm experiencing the Pixel 5's vibration and haptic feedback being a lot weaker than before.
Because of this I have missed calls and can't really use the phone on silent mode which I usually have always on. I tested it by having my gf call me and I could confirm that the phone barely even vibrates. Nothing you could sense with the phone in your pocket.
Also the typing experience suffers due to basically no haptic feedback at all.
Of course I checked my settings, and I have Vibration and haptic feedback on max as always. Also a few times rebooting didn't fix my problem.
I was hoping that April's update would improve the situation, but got also disappointed there.
It's really annoying that such a basic functionality just stops working, I'm desperate at this point and consider to send my Pixel in if there's no correction in the near future