FM Radio problem - Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have an xperia Z1 for a week ( BH90C, updated to 14.1.G.2.257).
Normally FM radio reception is very good. However, If the FM application is in background and I do web search, twitter, e-mail or facebook, a very loud hissing sound starts and fm application crashes. If I force close application and restart sometimes application works normally sometimes loud hissing continues and it become impossible to change fm channel. To solve the problem I cleared data and cache of FM radio app (with the Walkman app there is no such problem) but it did not solve the problem. Problem was there before the 14.1.G.2.257 update and it is still there.
Are there anybody else having the same issue? I can not decide whether it is a software or a hardware problem. Did you guys know a solution to this problem?

ozzturkgem said:
I have an xperia Z1 for a week ( BH90C, updated to 14.1.G.2.257).
Normally FM radio reception is very good. However, If the FM application is in background and I do web search, twitter, e-mail or facebook, a very loud hissing sound starts and fm application crashes. If I force close application and restart sometimes application works normally sometimes loud hissing continues and it become impossible to change fm channel. To solve the problem I cleared data and cache of FM radio app (with the Walkman app there is no such problem) but it did not solve the problem. Problem was there before the 14.1.G.2.257 update and it is still there.
Are there anybody else having the same issue? I can not decide whether it is a software or a hardware problem. Did you guys know a solution to this problem?
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I am in Hyderabad, India and the FM reception is very bad, almost unusable. The search channels does not work too. Not sure what the problem is..

Beautyspin said:
I am in Hyderabad, India and the FM reception is very bad, almost unusable. The search channels does not work too. Not sure what the problem is..
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Problem is not about reception, reception is very good in Istanbul , Turkey. The problem is very reproducible in my Z1 unit. It starts whenever I open an application which does data transfer, FM radio app starts to produce hissing sound and FM radio application become unresponsive. Sometimes it hissing persists even after force closing FM application. Problem is about either FM chip or software related.
Today, phone start to produce hissing sound while phone calls, I cannot hear it but the other people on the other side of line start today saying me my sound become suddenly robotic sometimes. Some says they hear a hissing sound.
I hope problems are software related but I don't think so.

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Weird problem with speakers and mic

I have a problem with my unrooted Xperia Z with a locked bootloader. My main speaker does not work for any media like music games or videos, but works fine for loudspeaker calls. Also the earpiece speaker doesnt work at all. Another problem i found was that my microphone would not work at all unless it was in a call and i was using loudspeaker. The final problem is that when ever i plug in my earphones, google now pops up and sometimes my phone starts playing music automatically throught the earphones, when i remove the earphones, instea of stopping the music continues but the speakers dont work so it just keeps playing them silently. If anyone knows the soultion to this, please respond as ive searched everywhere and i have not found one solution yet.
UPDATE: i used the application soundabout to reroute the audio and the calls are now fine, the only problem is that when i plug in my earphones the google now problem persists. If i plug in earphones with a mic, i dont get any of these problems and everytime i want to use my internal speaker for media, i have to manually re-route the audio to them. Anybody know a solution to these 2 problems?
I do have the exact same problem, I tried different ROMs and Audio Mods (at the moment I've got a stock ROM) without any change.
Did you somehow fix it?
Exact same problem, i run stock android 5.1.1 build 10.7.A.0.222 locked boot loader. Problem suddenly came up last week during vacation, quite some time after I did OTA upgrade to 5.1.1 - so this is not related to ROM updates.
After installing soundabout (thanks for the hint) the rerouting did not work immediately - i had to set phone to earpiece and media to speaker in the app and reboot for it have an effect.
I think the root cause is, the phone thinks there are headphones connected, when there really aren't. If I use the UKW radio app, it starts and shows headphones as output-icon right away - it should actually complain that there is no reception without phones because the antenna (headphone cable) is missing. Since it doesn't complain I guess that's the culprit.
Any hints how to fix that, without using a rerouting app? (kinda stupid, using bluetooth speakers and so on now needs a manual setting change in soundabout).
I have that phone for more than 2 years now and used headphones maybe twice with it, so a busted headphone-jack is out of the question too.
Guys give it a try.
Thanks Ess Arr, that really works!

Google Home Mini + BT speaker = stuttering music

I encountered stutter when broadcasting music from GHM to my BT speaker. It's like buffering every second. With the Internet connection everything is ok. The router is located near the GHM. When connecting via BT to the phone or through AUX with any other source, my Marshall Acton plays music without any problems. The problem occurs only when the music is broadcast from the GH Mini. It started a couple of days ago. Up to this point, there were no problems for a week. It happens randomly, it can play an hour without stammering, and then start, or vice versa. The GHM itself plays without problems. Tried TuneIn and Google Music. I also tried to reset GHM.
CC Audio has no Bluetooth
Has anyone encountered this problem?
The same thing has been happening for me as well. It only occurs when playing to a Bluetooth speaker. Playback via the Google Home Mini speaker itself is fine and it is right next to the wifi router.
What firmware are you on? Mine are on 1.32.118652. I think it's a preview firmware so it may be a bug in the firmware as nothing I do has made it any better and it was working fine before and has only started over the last few weeks.
athua said:
The same thing has been happening for me as well. It only occurs when playing to a Bluetooth speaker. Playback via the Google Home Mini speaker itself is fine and it is right next to the wifi router.
What firmware are you on? Mine are on 1.32.118652. I think it's a preview firmware so it may be a bug in the firmware as nothing I do has made it any better and it was working fine before and has only started over the last few weeks.
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The same version. Do you remember what version was before the problems started?
Created a topic in Google support - https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/googlehome/e694YsvR9M8
Another person with the same problem - https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/googlehome/wqB5eG1bwaI
I bought the Home Mini yesterday and found the same problem. Any update about it?
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Same here. Stuttering music. Thought I was the only one and there was something wrong with my BT speaker. Stuttering music. FW 1.32.118652
Managed to get it working by unpairing and forgetting, and re-pairing. Now it happens every time my BT speaker goes into sleep mode.
More irritating is that when this happens the Google Home Mini defaults back to its own speaker instead of trying to reconnect.
This is firmware basics. Let's hope they iron this out.
My BT speaker will start to studder with about 25% battery left now or when it's actually plugged in. Fresh charge will run fine.
I'm having this issue too. I'm at the latest update at the time and using Harman Kardon Aura speaker
I'm having the same issue on GHM in 2022, using an Anker Soundcore Flare 2. Seems like Google has not fixed this issue. Does anyone know if Google Nest Mini has the same issue too?

Huawei Mate 20 Lite - bad bluetooth quality

Has anyone else problems with poor bluetooth quality?
There are some threads for other Huawei phones with the same problem. (https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/how-to/mate-10-pro-crippled-bluetooth-t3769366/page3)
I've got poor audio quality over bluetooth, too. The high and mid freqs are distorted. So i can't hear music over BT.
Let me know if you noticed something familiar.
I, too, am experiencing issues with my bluetooth speaker quality.
When playing music, audio will cut in and out but it almost sounds like a CD is skipping, which is weird. What I noticed is that if I received a notification or if there's a background process running, the skipping was even worse.
I did a Google search earlier and I saw some other people having the same issue, but now I can't seem to find the page.
I'll be following this thread very closely and will update as I dig for more information.
Model: SNE-LX3
Build: 8.2.0.110(C605)
Baseband: 21C10B696S000C000,21C10B696S000C000
soundi1337 said:
Has anyone else problems with poor bluetooth quality?
There are some threads for other Huawei phones with the same problem. (https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/how-to/mate-10-pro-crippled-bluetooth-t3769366/page3)
I've got poor audio quality over bluetooth, too. The high and mid freqs are distorted. So i can't hear music over BT.
Let me know if you noticed something familiar.
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May I ask what type of bluetooth device is connected to the mobile phone? What is your current mobile version?
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jukidyah said:
I, too, am experiencing issues with my bluetooth speaker quality.
When playing music, audio will cut in and out but it almost sounds like a CD is skipping, which is weird. What I noticed is that if I received a notification or if there's a background process running, the skipping was even worse.
I did a Google search earlier and I saw some other people having the same issue, but now I can't seem to find the page.
I'll be following this thread very closely and will update as I dig for more information.
Model: SNE-LX3
Build: 8.2.0.110(C605)
Baseband: 21C10B696S000C000,21C10B696S000C000
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I don't have this problem. Could you tell me the model of your bluetooth stereo?
bobo have a dream said:
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I don't have this problem. Could you tell me the model of your bluetooth stereo?
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The speaker is a Bose Soundlink Micro. I'm actually updating the firmware at this moment and will be using it while biking to work this morning.
My previous phone (Honor 8) never had this issue.
Update: Forgive me for hijacking this, but I believe it might be related with the BT radio along with background processes which maybe could be related to OP's issue.
When connected to my speaker and playing music, turning off the screen, then turning it back on again reproduces the audio skipping issue. Audio goes to normal after 6-8 seconds but will happen again everytime I wake the screen. Does not matter what app I'm using (spotify, music player, google music, etc).
Hopefully, an update or someone figuring out a hack would fix this but I am actively trying to find workarounds for the interim.

Smule application (Karaoke) vocal and lag issues

Smule application i can hear songs very clearly but when you join or start a duel crackling voice and video lag is coming. I thought issue with wired headset when i use Bluetooth headset also the issue persists. Its like dragging of voice and video. I checked in 60hz, 120 and 144hz, changed to auto also but no solution. I know XDA have solution for everything kindly help me.
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Smule application i can hear songs very clearly but when you join or start a duel crackling voice and video lag is coming. I thought issue with wired headset when i use Bluetooth headset also the issue persists. Its like dragging of voice and video. I checked in 60hz, 120 and 144hz, changed to auto also but no solution. I know XDA have solution for everything kindly help me.
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Juste checked this app on play store and there is many complains about the latest update. So I think you should complain to the app developers.
It is perfectly working in ROG 2 and complaints is regarding complex features they introduced. Iam using ROG2 also latest smule update is working very fine

Question Realme GT2 - Audio issue with some software

Hi,
Not sure if its connected to the other common mic issue or not. In google meet specifically there is a lag during conferences as if the wifi is slow. So when I speak others can only hear it after a few seconds delay and the audio is sometimes breaking. If I switch to another phone on the same wifi its super clear and no issues. So its not the network thats causing the issue. Zoom etc works fine and its only in a few software where I have the issue. The problem is there in both bluetooth headset and using phone mic.
BTW the other phones I have are all Android 11 and below. So not sure if its an app compatibility issue with Android 12. Anyone else has any similar issues with this phone?
This was fixed with the latest android update just in case if anyone else is wondering
On version A.17 which is latest for European countries, didn't fix that.
Bad mic audio quality and very bad compatibility with majority of Bluetooth devices out there .
I am selling the phone after 15 days of purchase.
My problem apparently recurred again. Im now inclined to believe it could be some issue with my ISP and it randomly happens once in a while.
Issue still exists. Firmware is A19. I usually use Signal and Telegram and both app suffer because of it while every other phone I have tried works well in same circumstances. Using mobil net the problem disappears.
I'm on RMX3311_11_A.20 and the Problem still persists.
I can't believe that Realme is crippling a phone, just because they refuse to fix the bitrate. I've been playing around with setEdit but it doesn't change a thing.
is not really the bitrate, the problem is in mixer_paths.xml (from vendor\etc) the gains are too high and camcorder uses headset noise canceling that is too aggressive. With root it can be fixed, but they don't allow bootloader unlock...
Issue exist on realme gt 2 pro latest brand new phone. Android 13 update also didnt solve the issue. Its really disappointing

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