Motorola Drive Assist Question - Moto X Q&A

So I liked the idea of using the driving assist but it didn't seem like it was working very well. I was listening to Pandora, got a test message and the music paused "Message fro.." and it blanked. I confirmed to the phone saying listen and then it continued as though it would read the message but nothing came out from the speaker.
Anyone else having this issue? Is it something easy I need to fix to have it work correctly?

rmead01 said:
So I liked the idea of using the driving assist but it didn't seem like it was working very well. I was listening to Pandora, got a test message and the music paused "Message fro.." and it blanked. I confirmed to the phone saying listen and then it continued as though it would read the message but nothing came out from the speaker.
Anyone else having this issue? Is it something easy I need to fix to have it work correctly?
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I'm not having that issue but I am having the issue where the phone thinks I'm driving when I'm actually sitting at my desk at work writing up computer programs in an office. It is embarrassing when some one sent an immature joke to my phone and it is read out loud. Since then I turned that feature off but I'm going to try it one last time. If it messes up again I'm done with drive assist.

Still haven't gotten it to work. maybe I should take it in...

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Music stops playing when getting a call/text message

Hello
I have recently experienced quite unpleasant problem with my G1 - basically, every time I receive a phone call or text message while listening to the music, the music player shuts itself down and when I open it again, it doesn't seem to play any music (even tho it looks like the song is actually playing, you cant hear anything).
Can anyone advise what could cause it? I've tried 3 different music players, every one of them appear to be subject of the same problem ;/
most likely because you've activated a sound notification on sms and call..ringtone obviously
Hmm, it happens in both silent mode and normal mode, if that's what you meant.
Any audiomods?
Hmm, none that I'm aware of, I've only even installed JesusFreke rom and that was it.
I'm fine with the music being paused when a call comes in, but it really bugs be that it stops (and then resumes) for everything: SMS, Calendar, E-Mail, general notifications, etc.
I guess Android simply can't handle multiple audio streams at the same time. We need PulseAudio for Android
Have you guys tried meridian from the market? Its all i've used since i got my g1 so cant comment on other music players, but when im listening to music and i get a call it stops, but as soon as i hang up it picks back up right where i left off... as far as text messeges and the such goes, the notifaction sounds right over the music and it never stops playing.
Im currently on soulife roger, but ive had jf when it was 1.0, dudecake, dude roger, cyanogen, and so on it they all reacted the same way. Ive also had stock and audio mods and all still same as far as this issue...
fastludeh22 said:
Have you guys tried meridian from the market? Its all i've used since i got my g1 so cant comment on other music players, but when im listening to music and i get a call it stops, but as soon as i hang up it picks back up right where i left off... as far as text messeges and the such goes, the notifaction sounds right over the music and it never stops playing.
Im currently on soulife roger, but ive had jf when it was 1.0, dudecake, dude roger, cyanogen, and so on it they all reacted the same way. Ive also had stock and audio mods and all still same as far as this issue...
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I use DoggCatcher to listen to my netcasts, there's no other app like that on the market. Though if you say it might be app's problem, I'll ask the dev about it.
Has anyone gotten this problem using HTC Music?
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Has anyone gotten this problem using HTC Music?
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I've tried it with default music app, and it does not have that problem. So I guess it's app specific. I already got in touch with the developer of DoggCatcher.
Quick update:
I have just found out that it only happens when the headphones are plugged in. ANy idea why? :<
arczi19 said:
Quick update:
I have just found out that it only happens when the headphones are plugged in. ANy idea why? :<
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I can confirm that. Weird.
I have the same problem =/ any solutions yet?
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I have the same problem =/ any solutions yet?
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Nope Still have the same problem with 1.6

[Q] Strange music started playing..

Hi everyone. I'm really freaked out. I have an N1 running CM6.1 stable and it's always been working fine. This morning though, my phone started playing this strange hawaiian-style music loop by itself and I have _no_ idea where it comes from. I've tried rebooting and it started playing again so I'm thinking I may have caught something.
I tried to look it up and haven't found anything. Has anyone else heard of such a thing happen to android phones before?
Were you plugged into the computer via USB when it happened? I know that if your ringtone was stored on the SD card and you are plugged into USB with mass storage enabled, the phone would play a ringtone from internal storage when you received a notification.
it's just a ringtone... are you sure you've not setup any app for services?
That sounds about right. Although I've never seen it happen before. Thank you very much!
This reminds me of a freaky incident with my phone.
I picked up my phone to go out and I hear my own voice saying, "Hello? Hello?".
I was pretty freaked out but had no idea what it was.
Then it happened again the next day.
And the day after. All around the same time, and all when I picked up my phone.
I eventually remembered I had tested a sound recorder app a while back, so my "Hello?" was recorded as a wav file on the sd card. When picking up my phone I would unplug the headphones, physically pulling out the plug triggered the 'play' as if the headphones had the remote that came with the phone. The music player then played the first file it found which was my test recording.
^-- this is freaking addictive O.O
It's when the strange voices start that you have to worry, especially if you don't have your phone!
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It happens to my android phone too, and quite frequently i must say. i dont have any music app or anything to trigger that type of music. Its hawaian style and also there is this sound like someone is taking a picture! Its really weird but i've laughed it off until now. Has someone found any solution? Btw it happens to my friend too!
Strange music strikes again
Mine too. Android device.
I think it's solved. From the sms app. Did you received any strange sms earlier before this music start playing? I did and I think they are connected.

[Q] Ever sound Distant, Quiet or Muffled? See if you can replicate my findings...

UPDATE: Sept, 23rd, 2013: I gave in a week ago and replaced my phone with a re-manufactured one per the suggestion of another rep. Was hesitant since I was doubtful it would solve the problem, nor did I want any NEW issues. Well, the replacement phone seems fine, except it still has the same microphone issue. A caller this weekend who hadn't actually experienced this problem with me before was very confused while talking to me... "hello? hello? You sound far away."
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UPDATE: May 29th, 2013: We are aware of the problem and there is a fix in the works, however, I do not currently have an ETA as to when that fix will roll out OTA as an update.
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Work Around 1: My personal work around so far is to hold phone steady, don't move it, and talk very evenly (no changes in volume). Occasionally have people unable to hear me, but my satisfaction with the phone has gone up now that I can control the problem more.
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Important Note: If the noise cancellation mic (top back of phone) hears your voice clearly, it may think you are background noise! Once you're registered as background noise, you'll have to be patient and wait 10-15 seconds for the phone to reset. Talking louder will lengthen the problem. Resist the urge, and speak at a normal volume until the caller can hear you again.
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I've had numerous people say I sound "distant", "muffled" or "very quiet" from time to time. It doesn't happen a lot and has been hard to track down. I now know it's not location, or signal related. The "pinky finger over mic" idea is brilliant, but I've been holding my phone with as minimal contact as possible since reading about the signal deathgrip issue to rule that one out too.
I even just called HTC on my ONE to report the problem and it started doing it. The girl couldn't believe what she was hearing.
Unfortunately, they couldn't replicate it in their offices immediately.
After some thinking, I can reproduce this problem any time now and wanted to see if anyone else could as well.
I think it is related to the dynamic MIC gain not resetting quickly enough, if at all.
Call someone and just start talking normally for a few sentences.
Turn the phone so the bottom edge (where the microUSB + MIC are) are pointing straight towards your mouth.
Speak a couple more sentences. (You may need to get it close to your mouth, you may need to speak slightly elevated to trigger the issue... But don't SCREAM AT THE PHONE; it seems to be smart enough to not be affected by this)
Revert phone to normal talking position and continue conversation.
When I do this... the other person cannot hear or make out what I'm saying for 10-15 seconds. Now obviously this seems stupid right? Who talks this way? Well, how do you talk to someone when you're looking something up on your phone during a call?
The real gotcha is that it happens to me when I'm just in a plain conversation. My thinking on that is maybe I coughed, or laughed loudly for a sec, or just accidentally moved the phone closer than I should have since I don't tend to sit like a statue when I'm in a call.
Let me know what you get, hopefully I can rule out personal phone defect vs. issue for HTC to look into for all of us.
Dude... you might have hit the nail on the head. I have exact same feedback from people.. they say "Are you there..? Can you ehar me.. " all of a sudden in the middle of a conversation. I will try this now with someone I know.. me being on the HTC One.
This is the ONLY thing bugging me. Hopefully I can replicate this.
This was basically my theory in the thread I started in General. I have a feeling that it is over-aggressive in its low-cut trying to get rid of background noise. So far since I swapped phones yesterday, I haven't had any complaints. I had a DEFINITE issue and it wasn't the pinky for me either.
Wonder if it's something that can be fixed in software.
Lauski said:
I've had numerous people say I sound "distant", "muffled" or "very quiet" from time to time. It doesn't happen a lot and has been hard to track down. I now know it's not location, or signal related. The "pinky finger over mic" idea is brilliant, but I've been holding my phone with as minimal contact as possible since reading about the signal deathgrip issue to rule that one out too.
I even just called HTC on my ONE to report the problem and it started doing it. The girl couldn't believe what she was hearing.
Unfortunately, they couldn't replicate it in their offices immediately.
After some thinking, I can reproduce this problem any time now and wanted to see if anyone else could as well.
I think it is related to the dynamic MIC gain not resetting quickly enough, if at all.
Call someone and just start talking normally for a few sentences.
Turn the phone so the bottom edge (where the microUSB + MIC are) are pointing straight towards your mouth.
Speak a couple more sentences. (You may need to get it close to your mouth, you may need to speak slightly elevated to trigger the issue... But don't SCREAM AT THE PHONE; it seems to be smart enough to not be affected by this)
Revert phone to normal talking position and continue conversation.
When I do this... the other person cannot hear or make out what I'm saying for 10-15 seconds. Now obviously this seems stupid right? Who talks this way? Well, how do you talk to someone when you're looking something up on your phone during a call?
The real gotcha is that it happens to me when I'm just in a plain conversation. My thinking on that is maybe I coughed, or laughed loudly for a sec, or just accidentally moved the phone closer than I should have since I don't tend to sit like a statue when I'm in a call.
Let me know what you get, hopefully I can rule out personal phone defect vs. issue for HTC to look into for all of us.
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k000 said:
Dude... you might have hit the nail on the head. I have exact same feedback from people.. they say "Are you there..? Can you ehar me.. " all of a sudden in the middle of a conversation. I will try this now with someone I know.. me being on the HTC One.
This is the ONLY thing bugging me. Hopefully I can replicate this.
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I'm glad it's not just me! It's frustrating especially during business calls, or conversations with older family members. Times when you really really need the phone to just work.
I've used Google Voice on another phone to call into and have made perfect MP3 recordings of this problem and already sent them to HTC. I can trigger this issue now on demand no problem by doing the above.
drbadass said:
This was basically my theory in the thread I started in General. I have a feeling that it is over-aggressive in its low-cut trying to get rid of background noise. So far since I swapped phones yesterday, I haven't had any complaints. I had a DEFINITE issue and it wasn't the pinky for me either.
Wonder if it's something that can be fixed in software.
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Excellent characterization of it, perhaps even badass, if I may.
Let me know if you still have the problem on your new phone by doing my test above with someone when you can. It's so easy to do. Just have a conversation and in the middle of it, turn the bottom mic to your mouth and talk just a little more loudly... then resume conversation. Guaranteed issue here on my phone.
And like I said, for anyone else passing by this thread... I know I'm sort of forcing the phone to have an issue by doing this, but it's just an easy way to show what has been happening to those of us with the problem during normal day-to-day conversations.
Once it happens, the louder you talk actually will make it worse. My only cure is to be silent and wait for it to "cool off" the processing it is doing. Again, not easy to do if your recipient isn't understanding.
I get the same comments from people too. They say it sounds like I talk away from the phone randomly, or cant hear what I am saying correctly. Funny thing is that when I was force roaming on verizon I never had one complaint about that. The first phone call after switching back to a sprint prl I had that complaint. So who knows
Ihave been having this problem as well. Was thinking about trying to exchange phone, but I was wondering if you ha e heard anything from HTC after reporting the issue
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junpei1337 said:
Ihave been having this problem as well. Was thinking about trying to exchange phone, but I was wondering if you ha e heard anything from HTC after reporting the issue
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I've sent them three audio samples to a special email they gave me for one of their upper tiers who wanted to look at this case specifically.
I'm able to make it happen with excellent signal, etc. and can do it every time now just by temporarily talking a little louder by turning the MIC towards my mouth.
No HTC response as of yet. Recordings were sent in 3 days ago. I'll update here as we move forward.
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I've sent them three audio samples to a special email they gave me for one of their upper tiers who wanted to look at this case specifically.
I'm able to make it happen with excellent signal, etc. and can do it every time now just by temporarily talking a little louder by turning the MIC towards my mouth.
No HTC response as of yet. Recordings were sent in 3 days ago. I'll update here as we move forward.
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Please do update us! If its a hardware issue that cant be fixed via software I guess I will just wait a while when they switch out their mics then exchange it :good:
Any updates Lauski?
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Any updates Lauski?
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Nada thing yet. I can still do it on demand no problem and still have people occasionally tell me they suddenly can't hear me.
I just called to check up and was told that I in fact, will be getting a call from the escalation team soon according to the notes on the ticket and they'll talk to me about my findings and may ask me to reproduce it on the fly. Obviously, I'll provide all info I learn back here.
I see...my 14 day return period was ending so I'm gonna just exchange the phone. I bought online so shipping is a bit of an ordeal.
Question, are you using an Airave by any chance? I make most of my calls off one, and haven't noticed the problem outside of using it with the Airave - altho it is a much smaller sample size. I'm wondering if this has anything to do with it. I'm also usually on WiFi when this happens.
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I see...my 14 day return period was ending so I'm gonna just exchange the phone. I bought online so shipping is a bit of an ordeal.
Question, are you using an Airave by any chance? I make most of my calls off one, and haven't noticed the problem outside of using it with the Airave - altho it is a much smaller sample size. I'm wondering if this has anything to do with it. I'm also usually on WiFi when this happens.
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Never been on an airave. I've tried in 3G areas, 4G areas, with WIFI on, with WIFI off, toggling between CDMA only and CDMA/LTE. I've had the issue in varying degrees of excellent signal and just average. I can also produce the effect (although it's not as drastic) with just using the voice recorder app.
Not that all of these make a difference, but just trying to be helpful so you know my exact situation. Let me know if after exchanging you see any improvement! I assume you're able to reproduce what I've done above with your current phone?
Update: Disappointing so far. I didn't get a call from the tech, but spoke to someone else after I received notification in an HTC Ticket. The new rep asked lots of questions, some relating to the problem, some not... he said he'd talk to the other tech (to whom I sent my audio samples) and would get back to me.
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Update: Disappointing so far. I didn't get a call from the tech, but spoke to someone else after I received notification in an HTC Ticket. The new rep asked lots of questions, some relating to the problem, some not... he said he'd talk to the other tech (to whom I sent my audio samples) and would get back to me.
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Erick_HTC is doing a Q&A on reddit later today, might be worth shooting it to him, he has gotten some answers for people in the past.
http://www.reddit.com/r/htcone/comments/1ebx9a/reminder_chat_today_in_5_hours_for_htc_one_support/
EDIT: Got you some visibility from him.
http://www.reddit.com/r/htcone/comm...be_answering_your_questions/c9yx5d4?context=3
As you can see, he says he and some of the guys up there are going to sit down and try to recreate the problem based on your description here. Hoping it works.
Not sure if my issue is related, but randomly on a call, usually a couple minutes in, I start getting severely choppy audio both in and out like nearly every other word is being dropped. This has happened while on a Airrave, in my car, and just standing in a parking lot.
I'm not seeing others with this exact issue but maybe someone can chime in as well? Might be I just got a lemon from a launch day pickup.
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Erick_HTC is doing a Q&A on reddit later today, might be worth shooting it to him, he has gotten some answers for people in the past.
http://www.reddit.com/r/htcone/comments/1ebx9a/reminder_chat_today_in_5_hours_for_htc_one_support/
EDIT: Got you some visibility from him.
http://www.reddit.com/r/htcone/comm...be_answering_your_questions/c9yx5d4?context=3
As you can see, he says he and some of the guys up there are going to sit down and try to recreate the problem based on your description here. Hoping it works.
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That's awesome, thank you, I had missed it.
To update everyone else on this thread, we're moving along and I sent them audio samples recorded from the other person's end (recipient).
Seems like we are beginning to lean towards the noise cancellation mic on the back occasionally picking up your voice while in a call, and then the phone filtering your voice out, inadvertently thinking YOU are background noise. The frequency cut would make you sound far away, or like in a tunnel.
Makes sense and it may be randomly happening during a call when you switch ears, look something up on your phone, maybe turn your phone to let someone else speak with you on the phone for a moment, etc. and the mic on the back of the phone picks you up (these are personal theories).
My personal work around so far is to hold phone steady, don't move it, and talk very evenly (no changes in volume). Occasionally have people unable to hear me, but my satisfaction with the phone has gone up now that I can control the problem more.
I noticed muffled call quality as well and think it might be a defect. I noticed an issue also when I tried testing out the video quality and recorded a song playing from my stereo system. After recording it, I noticed almost all of the sound was on the left channel, and the right channel was almost non-existent. I uploaded the video to my computer to hear it and noticed the same issue - the left earphone was loud and clear, the right was very quiet.
Do those of you who have call quality issues also notice microphone issues during video recordings?
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I noticed muffled call quality as well and think it might be a defect. I noticed an issue also when I tried testing out the video quality and recorded a song playing from my stereo system. After recording it, I noticed almost all of the sound was on the left channel, and the right channel was almost non-existent. I uploaded the video to my computer to hear it and noticed the same issue - the left earphone was loud and clear, the right was very quiet.
Do those of you who have call quality issues also notice microphone issues during video recordings?
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I'm having the same problems.....call recipients complain of my voice going in and out. I originally thought it was a defective mic. However, when I tried to record my voice like jpzsports, both left and right channels produced clear sound. I've also tried covering both rear and front mics while recording my voice...the muffled sound only occurs when I cover the front mic (which would be expected).
I'm leaning towards lauski's theory. It does seem to be some type of defective noise cancellation software that chooses to actively cut out my voice. At least, that's the only thing that would make sense if the mic seems to be functioning properly.
Let me know if you guys figure anything else out!
I can replicate the problem all the time by holding the phone with my shoulder instead of my hand. I thought it was my otterbox or I was blocking a Mic but I'm not...Hope a SW update fixes it.
Btw it's my left shoulder pressed against my ear.
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possible headphone issue?

While i was mowing today i had my phone in my pocket and my headphones in my ears. all was well. occasionally the music would cut out and i would hear a ringing, pull the phone out and i see that im calling someone. I figured something must have got pressed idk just a weird thing right well it kept happening about every 5-10 mins. again i thought it was because i was moving around a lot. but it just did it to me while browsing the internet for no reason. starting making a call. any ideas on what could be going on? im on viper rom BT double u
edit - yes i tried different headphones same thing. its hard to get it to do it again its very random
Crap, I remember seeing this on the forum not too long ago. There was some app. Let me get back to you with the link.
EDIT: Here.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321370

Problems with touchless, (Google Now)

Has anyone experienced any issues with touchless controls? ie "Ok Google Now"
Seems my phone is cursed. While sitting on the table tonight it I said something to my wife which sounded nothing remotely like "Ok, Google Now" and it decided to call a very work sensitive number. Luckily I caught it before anything happened. This has been happening a lot lately and will trigger without any audio cues at all. Is it just me or has anyone else had issues?
I've also noticed mines randomly turning on touchless controls. I haven't had it actually prompt any commands but usually it will happen when my phone is in my pocket and then I'll hear the notification sound when touchless controls turns on. I noticed it only happens if there's a lot of noise around me, usually if there's people talking. I've even had it happen to me while I was driving and my radio was on kind of loud and I wasn't even talking. I'm also worried that it'll call someone without me knowing but luckily it hasn't happened. And I also agree with you that even though nothing close to the words "OK Google Now" were said, that it still turns on touchless controls. Hopefully it can be fixed in a future update.
Ok, good. At least I know I'm not going crazy. Two of my contacts are a hospital ER and a 911 call center. They're the last people I want to be calling because my phone is acting up.
One thing you can do is enable the "confirm before call" option. Then if it does decide to go a little crazy it shouldn't actually call unless someone says something that sounds like "call".
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One thing you can do is enable the "confirm before call" option. Then if it does decide to go a little crazy it shouldn't actually call unless someone says something that sounds like "call".
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If I reenable voiceless I'll definitely do that. ThanX!
You could try to retrain the controls via the settings menu
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Has anyone experienced any issues with touchless controls? ie "Ok Google Now"
Seems my phone is cursed. While sitting on the table tonight it I said something to my wife which sounded nothing remotely like "Ok, Google Now" and it decided to call a very work sensitive number. Luckily I caught it before anything happened. This has been happening a lot lately and will trigger without any audio cues at all. Is it just me or has anyone else had issues?
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I've experienced this, too, but not to the degree you've described. While watching TV my phone would activate Google Now in response to something it heard from the TV. Having retraining the touchless control phrase, that hasn't happened since (fingers crossed). I've never had the phone activate without any audio cues.
My wife had something of the opposite problem: her Moto X insisted that she use a perky, upbeat voice or it wouldn't listen to her. Retraining has dealt with that issue, too.
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You could try to retrain the controls via the settings menu
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I've retrained it a few times. That's not really the issue. I can be in a quiet, dark room, typing at the keyboard and it will suddenly kick on saying it didn't understand what I said. A lot of times it's 'come alive' while in my pocket. If it weren't for the tell tell ding I probably wouldn't have noticed.
Yeah mine does it too. During movies, people talking. Its great.
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Mine was also doing this really frequently. I initially trained and retrained it in my house which has stone floors and echoes like crazy.
After training it in my car which has really dead acoustics it seems to have stopped doing it.
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Mine was also doing this really frequently. I initially trained and retrained it in my house which has stone floors and echoes like crazy.
After training it in my car which has really dead acoustics it seems to have stopped doing it.
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Just went in the closet and retrained. No echo. We'll see if this helps.
mta: Since retraining the catchphrase I haven't had 1 misfire. Seems that any extra noise when training will completely throw this thing off kilter.

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