4.4.1 in the coming days, big camera fixes - Nexus 5 General

http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/5/5175568/fixing-the-nexus-5-android-4-4-1-improves-camera

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http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/5/5175568/fixing-the-nexus-5-android-4-4-1-improves-camera
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just saw that as well. thank god!!

Good news all round really and if the camera is that much better I will be very happy.

And concerning the sound speaker volume ?

rayns said:
And concerning the sound speaker volume ?
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isn't that a hardware issue??

Looking good to me even though i don't use the camera so much

turkishness said:
isn't that a hardware issue??
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no, its software.
Heres to hoping they fix the low headset volume, and High BT volume experienced on some headsets (that last one is my biggest gripe with the phone)

turkishness -> In my Nexus 5 I haven't got the same sound volume concerning the SMS and when I play a video. I think (hope ) it's software issue

Now we just need to wait for the rollout to start and for some nice chap to post the ota zip and then we can all sideload it right away.

I think the sound problem is software, they just won't let us turn it up loud enough.
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Poor Call Quality

Anyone else here having hissing/crackling in the background on calls with people?
I have checked settings, I'm not roaming, and the phone is stock out of the box.
With the speaker up to highest and 2nd highest setting I can hear hissing and crackling on several calls. People on the other end say they can hear themselves echoing as well.
Tested a Nexus S and iPhone and both don't have the problem.
Wondering if its just a bad device or issue with the quality of the speaker in the phone(which HTC is known for)
To be more specific, the dead air(in between conversation) sounds hissy/crackling.
I can also hear myself in the earpiece when I talk.
Tried same SIM on nexus s and iphone 4(no problems)
erhm.... LOL?
idk where ur livin or what kinda of provider ur using, but im like 100% sure no one in holland or surrounded (since i dont know the state of other country's have this problem)
so no...
Thank you for that informative reply....
Hi! I wrote it before, because i have the same problem in Hungary... People say they dont understand what iam saying... Echoing everytime.. i try it with another sim it wasnt better...
What can we do whit it??? Iam very angry about it!
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I have a very faint hollowness in the call ... Fells like im talking in a cave ... But i kinda like it
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rustybojangles said:
Thank you for that informative reply....
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your very welcome, and most likely its your provider not the phone, forgot to finish my sentence sometimes im busy and forget to add the rest of what i wanted to say.
Turns out, if the volume is turned up anything beyond 50% of the volume rocker, the sound distorts and can hear very low crackling.
With setting 50% and below crackling is not there.
Maybe a blown speaker? Can anyone test this out on their IS so I know whether to swap it out or not.
Thanks
With the higher volume than 70%, i can hear a little crackilng... So, same problem!
Same problem here, but not with all people (60 % problems ; 40 % - OK.), just with some of them (Nokia users in special)
BNQ said:
Same problem here, but not with all people (60 % problems ; 40 % - OK.), just with some of them (Nokia users in special)
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Which problem? Eco or crackling?
Can someone do some test about the crackling problem?
knightrocker said:
I have a very faint hollowness in the call ... Fells like im talking in a cave ... But i kinda like it
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Exactly how I'd describe the sound quality of the Incredible S.
carsmovies said:
Exactly how I'd describe the sound quality of the Incredible S.
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Is there crackling problem on your device at highest volume?
Sorry for my bad english.
Leggenda said:
Is there crackling problem on your device at highest volume?
Sorry for my bad english.
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I wouldn't say there's crackling but it does sound a little harsh.
carsmovies said:
I wouldn't say there's crackling but it does sound a little harsh.
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I don't understand what you mean...
Leggenda said:
I don't understand what you mean...
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Raspy.....
Leggenda said:
Which problem? Eco or crackling?
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Eco (is heard by the person that I am talking to)
Waiting for new feedback about crackling problem...
Just bought one of these and made first phone call. I always have earpiece volume on full on every phone I have and I could definitely hear a faint but noticeable buzz / distortion from earpiece when other person spoke.
Oh well I've got 7 days to find a fix or it goes back. I wonder if these are faulty units or all incredible s devices do this.
Can owners who don't have this problem at all chime in ?

[Q] in call volume too loud?

hi guys,
does any of you know the way to decrease the in call volume on HTC One? I do struggle to use the phone as in call volume literally kills my hearing and I have to move handset away from my ear to feel comfortable. On the other hand, in S3 which I was using up until now, in call volume seems to be controlled in much better way.
I have installed and tried various apps from market but no luck. this is perhaps my biggest complaint about HTC One which in general is an excellent device.
...if only the in call volume control was better implemented (iPhone seems to have best implementation and smallest increments)
yaninowe said:
hi guys,
does any of you know the way to decrease the in call volume on HTC One? I do struggle to use the phone as in call volume literally kills my hearing and I have to move handset away from my ear to feel comfortable. On the other hand, in S3 which I was using up until now, in call volume seems to be controlled in much better way.
I have installed and tried various apps from market but no luck. this is perhaps my biggest complaint about HTC One which in general is an excellent device.
...if only the in call volume control was better implemented (iPhone seems to have best implementation and smallest increments)
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if your rooted then yes , if you are rooted ill send you a link
jaythenut said:
if your rooted then yes , if you are rooted ill send you a link
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i dont mean to troll but... theres a magic button the right side of the phone its called volume down. i'd rather have the high volume available to me when i'm in a noisy area like outside or somewhere crowded.
jaythenut said:
if your rooted then yes , if you are rooted ill send you a link
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Hi, i am in the same situation and i DO KNOW where the volume button is located and how to handle it ....
can you send me the link too - or even post it here?
thanx
LuCyphre
p.s.: i'm rooted and on trickdroid 5.5.1
syaoran68 said:
i dont mean to troll but... theres a magic button the right side of the phone its called volume down. i'd rather have the high volume available to me when i'm in a noisy area like outside or somewhere crowded.
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Lowest volume is still too loud...
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Fidelcastrol said:
Lowest volume is still too loud...
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same here. could u send me the link too please.

Nexus 5 Speaker Mod!

So I know I'm very low profile around here, I've never really posted much, sorry for that, I just though people might be interested in this beautiful mod me and my co-worker did to my Nexus 5 to make my speaker volume louder. First I need to say a huge thank you to AdamOutler , you can see full instructions to do this modification (minus the extra touch) over at his thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2529878and also a big thanks to my co-worker and good friend Jake! Now anyways, on to the pictures!
So in the first picture is the hole mod in the speaker, then in the second and third shots you can see the little speaker hole with mesh made for the back cover to let even more sound out of the device, it's nothing special but I'm super pleased with the way it turned out, my volume is much louder now and it looks simple and clean. Again a huge thanks to Jake for the help and idea and AdamOutler for the original mod, go shoot this guy a quick thanks. !
HazyPreston93 said:
So I know I'm very low profile around here, I've never really posted much, sorry for that, I just though people might be interested in this beautiful mod me and my co-worker did to my Nexus 5 to make my speaker volume louder. First I need to say a huge thank you to AdamOutler , you can see full instructions to do this modification (minus the extra touch) over at his thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2529878and also a big thanks to my co-worker and good friend Jake! Now anyways, on to the pictures!
So in the first picture is the hole mod in the speaker, then in the second and third shots you can see the little speaker hole with mesh made for the back cover to let even more sound out of the device, it's nothing special but I'm super pleased with the way it turned out, my volume is much louder now and it looks simple and clean. Again a huge thanks to Jake for the help and idea and AdamOutler for the original mod, go shoot this guy a quick thanks. !
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I do love your ingenuity but I can never do this to my phone. I don't want to destroy the stock look.
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OuncE718 said:
I do love your ingenuity but I can never do this to my phone. I don't want to destroy the stock look.
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Well thank you aha, I wasn't sure about the hold myself but I'm pretty happy with it so far. :]
Thanks for your feedback.
HazyPreston93 said:
Well thank you aha, I wasn't sure about the hold myself but I'm pretty happy with it so far. :]
Thanks for your feedback.
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You're welcome and thanks for sharing this with us. I'm sure there will be others brave enough to do this mod. The plus side is that you now have true surround sound. It'll be cool if phone manufacturers do this.
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OuncE718 said:
You're welcome and thanks for sharing this with us. I'm sure there will be others brave enough to do this mod. The plus side is that you now have true surround sound. It'll be cool if phone manufacturers do this.
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Yeah it would be pretty cool, the only problem is that my sound is a little tinny, not much just a little, but its fine I only did this so I could actually hear the damn thing ring when its in my pocket haha.
HazyPreston93 said:
Yeah it would be pretty cool, the only problem is that my sound is a little tinny, not much just a little, but its fine I only did this so I could actually hear the damn thing ring when its in my pocket haha.
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I'm confused now. You're saying that the sound didn't improve significantly? It was a marginal improvement?
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OuncE718 said:
I'm confused now. You're saying that the sound didn't improve significantly? It was a marginal improvement?
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The speaker got louder, but the sound quality is a little tinny.
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The speaker got louder, but the sound quality is a little tinny.
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I kind of think I understand. Are you saying that the sound was muffled before and now its less muffled/not muffed anymore because of the mod?
Does the sound, sound distorted at high volume?
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OuncE718 said:
I kind of think I understand. Are you saying that the sound was muffled before and now its less muffled/not muffed anymore because of the mod?
Does the sound, sound distorted at high volume?
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Sorry yes, that's exactly what I was trying to say haha.
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Sorry yes, that's exactly what I was trying to say haha.
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There is some sort of mod or app that you can use once rooted to increase the decibels. I can't vouch for how good sound quality will be once increased since I'm not rooted but you can always test it out.
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OuncE718 said:
There is some sort of mod or app that you can use once rooted to increase the decibels. I can't vouch for how good sound quality will be once increased since I'm not rooted but you can always test it out.
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Yes, look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2532788. You can either flash a zip or change the value manualy in Root Explorer. It improves the sound volume for sure, i`am using it myself.
And many custom kernels have this option to increase volume output (like faux or Franco). Pretty useful imo...
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OuncE718 said:
There is some sort of mod or app that you can use once rooted to increase the decibels. I can't vouch for how good sound quality will be once increased since I'm not rooted but you can always test it out.
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That's alright, I don't really use my phone speaker for anything besides my ringtones honestly.

Have you had any weird sound from speakers on notifications?

Just wondering if any of you sometimes have had any weird sound as distorted / cracked or garbled when phone is ringing or in any notification sound?
Problems found by some users and me:
Crack, Garbled or distorted on notification or incoming calls (ringtone) even on some games.
Doesn't matter the volume level, it's not happening because it is at max level and came a distorted sound, that is not the problem.
It fixes the problem turning off and turning on the phone, so this problem comes intermittent and barely..
I'm pretty sure that could be an android os bug or sound driver bug but still I want to confirm with some of you.
We have 2 Nexus 6 at home, my wife and mine and both of us have experienced the same weird sound issue rarely times and not often, so I don't think that is a defective hardware but I am not sure.
1st Nexus 6 phone Lollipop 5.01 , Stock and rooted
2nd Nexus 6 phone Lollipop 5.01, Stock, Not rooted.
Please advise.
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I don't know if I am experiencing similar problem is you but it is during my phone ringtone.
I have Dione as my ringtone. When somebody calls me, it sounds like my speaker would crackle/pop for a second and then the ringtone would start.
I have our as well. Especially when playing games like civilization.
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garyHal said:
I don't know if I am experiencing similar problem is you but it is during my phone ringtone.
I have Dione as my ringtone. When somebody calls me, it sounds like my speaker would crackle/pop for a second and then the ringtone would start.
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I have not paid attention when my phone rings, but on notifications sometimes I get that horrible crack or distorted sound.
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jhorton014 said:
I have our as well. Especially when playing games like civilization.
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I don't think that is a bad hardware batch that we received, let's wait for more users to answer our concerns
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I too get distortion sound. specially when on call. hmm? hardware issue maybe?
I've seen so many speaker issue. More likely its design issue.
binqker said:
I too get distortion sound. specially when on call. hmm? hardware issue maybe?
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Seems very weird to be hardware issue, I haven't experienced on calls, just from speakers on notification sounds and barely I have this issue, sometimes everything is fine, so I wouldn't assume its hardware.
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jtwlbz said:
I've seen so many speaker issue. More likely its design issue.
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I don't get convinced that is design issue the distortion sound problems come sometimes and very weird. If it was design issue we had the problem always.
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Might help if you list @ what % volume you experience the audio issue. I have zero distortion on my speakers even at above 50%. Movies, notifications, phone calls all sound great on my end =].
zetsumeikuro said:
Might help if you list @ what % volume you experience the audio issue. I have zero distortion on my speakers even at above 50%. Movies, notifications, phone calls all sound great on my end =].
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At max. The problem is that distortion from notification sound it comes intermittent, it can happen once in a while, it is not always. That is on my end even on my wife phone it does the same. Isn't that weird?
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I have noticed this also, it is like a crack just before the actual notification starts to play.
I used to get it all the time on the Twitter app when loading photos (load a photo, go back leave it say 10 secs and load the same photo), it annoyed me so much that I changed my twitter app to just get rid of it.
Obviously is software. Sometimes even it doesn't come out. For example the facebook pop sound when you refresh the news feed. Going to RMA the phone for other issues, I'll let you know if in my new one there is the same problem.
I am having similar problems. I get massive sound distortions all the time. When listening to music, watching videos and playing games. It sounds like a vinyl witch scratches and hurts my ears. I had created another thread but nobody seemed to have the same problem. Is anybody here witnessing something like that as well?
I was having the same problems (at least I don't notice it any more). What I did notice it seemed to always happen when you double clicked on your notification from the lock screen. It was really starting to bother me as I paid a fortune for this phone and it shouldn't have this. Anyway's, I think I found a fix as I don't seem to have the problem any more (it's been 3 to 4 days). I went into sounds and chose other sounds and disabled the screen locking sounds. It seemed to have work. I do have the touch sounds disabled to, but when I only had that on it still did the distorted sound. I'll re-enable it and see if I still get the distortion. I'll post later on.
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Dabarr said:
I am having similar problems. I get massive sound distortions all the time. When listening to music, watching videos and playing games. It sounds like a vinyl witch scratches and hurts my ears. I had created another thread but nobody seemed to have the same problem. Is anybody here witnessing something like that as well?
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Are you getting this through the speakers or through a headset. Mine is working great for music or video playback. I also don't blast it either, that could be it.
I'm getting that same issue. Even when I get a call it distorts and it only seems to do that when my ringer is on full blast... It sounded horrible.. It almost made me wanna switch back to my M8 GPE edition.
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Are you getting this through the speakers or through a headset. Mine is working great for music or video playback. I also don't blast it either, that could be it.
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For me volume does not matter. Also, it is irrelevant if I use speakers or headphones. Same thing happens.
ricey1986 said:
I have noticed this also, it is like a crack just before the actual notification starts to play.
I used to get it all the time on the Twitter app when loading photos (load a photo, go back leave it say 10 secs and load the same photo), it annoyed me so much that I changed my twitter app to just get rid of it.
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Seems software issue, driver on android os
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Hazzo31 said:
Obviously is software. Sometimes even it doesn't come out. For example the facebook pop sound when you refresh the news feed. Going to RMA the phone for other issues, I'll let you know if in my new one there is the same problem.
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Please Keep us posted, we need to check what the problem is
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coldcrush390 said:
I'm getting that same issue. Even when I get a call it distorts and it only seems to do that when my ringer is on full blast... It sounded horrible.. It almost made me wanna switch back to my M8 GPE edition.
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Ohh well, I don't know what to say but we are not alone
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Nexus 6 Sound Problem

Hello friends. I bought a new Nexus 6 two weeks ago. Unfortunately, my device has decreasing sound problem. When phone's charge is below %20 or 30, speakers volume suddenly decrease. How can i solve this problem?
I have this problem too. I found out that putting my phone to battery save mode sometimes can help.
I will love to get more solutions though.
McMannes said:
Hello friends. I bought a new Nexus 6 two weeks ago. Unfortunately, my device has decreasing sound problem. When phone's charge is below %20 or 30, speakers volume suddenly decrease. How can i solve this problem?
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That's normal... the solution is to charge your phone.
blanco2701 said:
That's normal... the solution is to charge your phone.
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How you say it is normal? If it is normal why other phones doesn't have this problem?It is very annoying problem. You say me "use your phone always with 70 percent charge?". It is not the solution.
McMannes said:
How you say it is normal? If it is normal why other phones doesn't have this problem?It is very annoying problem. You say me "use your phone always with 70 percent charge?". It is not the solution.
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The Nexus 6 does this for some reason... You can blame Motorola. I haven't seen any solution.
Let me rephrase... For the Nexus 6, this is normal.
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How you say it is normal? If it is normal why other phones doesn't have this problem?It is very annoying problem. You say me "use your phone always with 70 percent charge?". It is not the solution.
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Why would you want to blast your speakers when it's at a low battery %, do you want it to die faster?
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Why would you want to blast your speakers when it's at a low battery %, do you want it to die faster?
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I don't understand what you mean. Why I want to blast my speakers?
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I don't understand what you mean. Why I want to blast my speakers?
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He's just saying that high volume degrades battery life faster. I think Motorola built it this way to save battery.
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He's just saying that high volume degrades battery life faster. I think Motorola built it this way to save battery.
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I see blanco. But it happens nearly all volume settings. For example my sound is on level 8 suddenly decrease level 2, or is on level 6 again decrease level 2. And when watching youtube videos if i rotate the screen suddenly increase level 8 again and after three or four seconds again decrease level 2. Really so interesting and annoying. But my charge is over %30 sound quality is so good.
Is there any solution suggest for this problem?
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Is there any solution suggest for this problem?
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Last month I was having the same sound issue but also the screen shifting to two images.. after reading up on a Motorola's nexus 6 forums I found someone switched their kernel to Leankernel and their issues were resolved. I now have no sound descreasing issues or display problems.
My Q&A thread, solution on post 3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/help/nexus-6-screen-issue-image-shifted-t3333081
Leankernel link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nex...ernel-leankernel-minimalistic-kernel-t2954316
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Last month I was having the same sound issue but also the screen shifting to two images.. after reading up on a Motorola's nexus 6 forums I found someone switched their kernel to Leankernel and their issues were resolved. I now have no sound descreasing issues or display problems.
My Q&A thread, solution on post 3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/help/nexus-6-screen-issue-image-shifted-t3333081
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Does this kernel work on Android 6? Because it seems only work with Android 5. And kernel links look bad. I didnt load
McMannes said:
Does this kernel work on Android 6? Because it seems only work with Android 5. And kernel links look bad. I didnt load
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I've been using this kernel for over a month with no issues on latest version of Android
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ozzmanj1 said:
I've been using this kernel for over a month with no issues on latest version of Android
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Hey friend, which version of leankernel you use? I try version m3.5 of leankernel but it did not solve my sound issue.
McMannes said:
Hey friend, which version of leankernel you ise? I try 3.5 version of leankernel but it did not solve my sound issue.
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I am using the following version:
V3.5 dated 1.27.16
Here is a link of the one I use, this is from my pogoplug account:
http://ppl.ug/EJjsMJp0MAE/
I have never had any issues whatsoever. I was having issues too where when listening to music or watching a video and I rotate my phone the audio would hesitate. That issue was also solved on this.
Hopefully it works for you. Let me know how it goes.
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ozzmanj1 said:
I am using the following version:
V3.5 dated 1.27.16
Here is a link of the one I use, this is from my pogoplug account:
http://ppl.ug/EJjsMJp0MAE/
I have never had any issues whatsoever. I was having issues too where when listening to music or watching a video and I rotate my phone the audio would hesitate. That issue was also solved on this.
Hopefully it works for you. Let me know how it goes.
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no friend, unfourtunately it did not solve the problem.

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