So far have been very disappointed with my Incredible S. The phone is from Optus running:
Android 2.3.3
HTC sense 2.1
baseband: 20.2803.30.085AU_3805.04.03.15_M
Kernel: 2.6.35.9-g09f1d1f
Build number: 2.12.980.3 cl37872
I gave my wife my old HTC desire which is working better. Better sound, applications run better. I have had a few complaints from people who have called me that I sound like I am talking through a blanket (quiet). No issues with the Desire.
Talking Tom on the desire works great. On the Incredible S it has very bad lag and does not pick up that I am talking. Maybe once out of 10 times will it pick up that I am talking. This application is no big deal but it is an observation that for some reason my Incredible S is struggling compared to my Desire.
I have tried searching for some Gingerbread updates but have found nothing.
I bought the phone back home in Australia but am in Europe now so no way to return it. I will be back in Australia in about 7 months still within warranty so I am stuck with it for the time being.
Has anyone had similar experiences or are there any fixes out that maybe I have missed?
I have done a factory reset couple of days ago and no improvement was seen.
kind of sucks having an inferior product to my old HTC Desire which runs Froyo.
I forgot to mention that a couple of days ago I was speaking with someone and I could hear them but they could not hear me. Rang them back and same problem.
I have a feeling my microphone must be bad. I tried the voice recorder inbuilt in Gingerbread and the playback volume was pretty low when the volume was all the way up. Also the playback was not crystal clear and there was background noise.
Poor Call Quality and poor playback volume...
Exactly. You are right... I'm facing the same problem... 1st i thought may be the problem with my phone only or because of the network problem. I'm using this in middle east. Then i inquired about the phone and i came to know that 5 of my friends are facing the same problem and all of them are from India.
Very poor call quality and playback volume is also not clear. Having some noises in background.
Really really disappointed with HTC incredible S.
I mailed the HTC Customer care 2 or 3 times. tried all resetting and updates.
No use...
Please let me know if u find any solution for this.
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Regards
Govinda
Call quality issues for me too.
The only workaround is to use my Bluetooth headset Mw600 and then the call quality is fine for both sides.
From what I've found on some other forums, the noise cancelling microphone is causing this issue... Didn't find solution to this though.
No issues when listening to music when using headset.
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The back panel started making some noise after 2-3 weeks.It's kind of annoying.
Might be something wrong with your units, I have none of those problems mentioned. I have optus incredible as well, all my software info matches yours
Rellikzephyr
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Mines fine, not problems with sound or playback, I too have an Optus incredible S. I have recently flashed it with a de branded virgin rom and I still have no problems with anything. If anything the battery life is alot better after de branding my phone but call quality is great.
same problems, I love my phone but i get ALOT of complaints that people cant hear me!!!
No mic problems here with my IS. Sound is crystal clear in 720p video recording. A friend rated 7/10 of my voice over the call.
Running Gingerbread Android Revolution HD 1.0.1 and MDJ's Unity v1 kernel.
Had same problem that people complained about not hearing me. Was just dirt in the hole for microphone, cleaned it with a needle and now its working great ;D
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maybe there's just first in the mic hole or you're covering it with your fingers or you have a case that covers it.
I have dust under the screen. It's very, very annoing. I have that phone for a month. I expected that issue from firs week. Sombady else?
No dust under my screen. Still no problems either.
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my call quality is exceptional since updating to android revolution hd.
music playback is great too.
but to be honest, if talking tom doesnt work, you should really take it back for a refund...
Hyper dissapointed after update to 2.3.3!
There were only one time, where a friend complained about bad hearing.
Otherwise, i don't have any problems with the IncS - so far...
sorry to bump a old thread but has anyone found a fix to the talking tom problem? doesn't matter much but still.
all the "Disappoint" comments are from ppl who only have few posts in xda forum.
are they hired guns from apple or samsung etc?
hussainmushahid said:
sorry to bump a old thread but has anyone found a fix to the talking tom problem? doesn't matter much but still.
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Get in touch with the developers might be a good thing, or try different ROM's and see if it's working in any of them.
Splux said:
Get in touch with the developers might be a good thing, or try different ROM's and see if it's working in any of them.
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will give a non-sense ROM a try, the problem persists in all sense ROMs.
Everybody is complaining about echo issues when talking to me. I don't have any issues from my side, but my interlocutors say that they can hear themselves in their own phones.
This issue is present on both PACMan 22.3 (with various kernel versions) and the older CM10. Haven't tried stock firmware yet, but I think I will.
Has anybody had this issue?
I get a lot of people complaining about the Mic sounding muffled.
I call Vodafone today about the same thing and there sending me a new micro SIM to see if this helps.
Also the phone recently seems to drop calls a lot, but seeing that my Fiance has and iPhone And she's been having the dropped call problems as well I reckon it's the network.
Would seem to me though that the Mic is faulty with the phone. Going to see what the repair centre says I think.
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Geo2160 said:
Everybody is complaining about echo issues when talking to me. I don't have any issues from my side, but my interlocutors say that they can hear themselves in their own phones.
This issue is present on both PACMan 22.3 (with various kernel versions) and the older CM10. Haven't tried stock firmware yet, but I think I will.
Has anybody had this issue?
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Same here
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Hello !
Today my Dad noticed a huge issue with his mobile (HTC One).
When he's listening to music with his phone, (not even loud) the speakers make cracked noises. The music stil plays, but with the crack noises in the background.
I cant really explain it well.. Imagine you buy cheapo loudspeakers and turn them on just a lil to loud. Thats about the sound my dads m7 makes.
We played the same song on our mobiles (M7 and the smaler sibbling M4). I dont have that noises, even at the highest volume, meanwhile his one cracks...
So we want to bring the phone back, as its def. Not a software issue...
I need to remove root, stock recovery and stock rom so they wont notice anything about root etc.
Can someone tell me how to do it, or where I can find exact instructions ?
I heard something about ruu's or something. But Im not sure so I better ask over here before I mess up anything...
Anyone had the same Issue ?
I'd appreciate help
EDIT:
S-ON
TWRP Recovery
ViperOne 2.7
and of course rooted
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After a few issues i managed to install the latest CM11 nightly on my att htc vivid (s-off) however today i noticed that my wired mic is not working when doing a call, the person i am calling can not hear me.
I checked the CM11 thread and it seems that there is at least another memeber that is experiencing the same.
Is there anything i can do? I have tried my iphone and galaxy s4 earbuds with the same results...
Anyone?
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Anyone?
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If you read through the forum you should find a number of other people having the same problem. I have seen a couple of people claim that Skullcandy buds do work, haven't heard any others.
I dont think it is an issue of the brand of buds
I have tried several types with the same results. Whats more, everything works fine when i use Vonage or Skipe, the other person can hear me without problems.
This issue only happens when i do a regular voice call. Rather than hardware, it seems like an issue on the voice call application in the phone
Streaming Bluetooth audio to my LG soundbar works only within 6-7 feet, everything beyond it gets choppy frequently.
I did the same experiment with an older ipad2, sgs2 and the newer Nexus 7 2013. All worked fine within the soundbars specs, 30ft. The nexus actually stretched it the furthest, I streamed from my second floor with only one slight interruption.
Is it that my phone is faulty or is just the compatibility with this exact soundbar? Are there settings or other means to improve the bt signal/range?
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Streaming Bluetooth audio to my LG soundbar works only within 6-7 feet, everything beyond it gets choppy frequently.
I did the same experiment with an older ipad2, sgs2 and the newer Nexus 7 2013. All worked fine within the soundbars specs, 30ft. The nexus actually stretched it the furthest, I streamed from my second floor with only one slight interruption.
Is it that my phone is faulty or is just the compatibility with this exact soundbar? Are there settings or other means to improve the bt signal/range?
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is your phone stock or custom recovery / rom
Viper rom latest with elementalx 18.0. Also on latest sense fw.
I will definitely try it again with stock kernel although I doubt it's a kernel issue. I might try perhaps a different radio but if anyone knows a proven way to make it work.. I surely appreciate any input on this.
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millicent said:
Viper rom latest with elementalx 18.0. Also on latest sense fw.
I will definitely try it again with stock kernel although I doubt it's a kernel issue. I might try perhaps a different radio but if anyone knows a proven way to make it work.. I surely appreciate any input on this.
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Using a RUU back to stock always worked on my AT&T M7
I seemed to have that problem when using the Developer Edition software versions
In case someone experiences the same issue and hopefully before rma-ing his/her soundbar, I isolated the issue to the custom kernel I was using. As soon as I reverted to stock I could take my phone 30ft or more without a single hiccup.
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