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Speaker Distortion

So for the last few days I've been having this really bad distortion coming from the back loud speaker whenever I try to play games, listen to music or anything. I've tried messin with the volume but its still distorted pretty bad. I'm not sure what's caused this? I've tried factory resets but nothing I've done so far has fixed it. Any ideas?

No ones had this issue?

TaintedCross said:
No ones had this issue?
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Sounds like a hardware issue more than anything.
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i'm in similar boat...only way i can talk on phone now is by putting caller on speaker phone - not ideal! my speaker started sounding awful about 2 weeks ago. i've temporarily purchased samsung charge (don't like it) and plan to return it before 14 days. will probably purchase bionic but wish i could wait til newer offerings coming out in oct-nov. speaker is hardware issue as noted by other response. bummer for you, bummer for me!

when I set both those utilities in CM7 that have sound equializer in them and set them to max bass and played music at 85%+ it sounds distorted too.

Mine is distorted at any sound level

Speakers Crackle

I got my One today and went to show my wife the awesome sound, put on a youtube video and it crackles. Sound all the way up, beats on, crackles and pops. Very noticeable. Play a song not on you tube and the crackles are still there but softer. Anyone else have this problem? Hardware problem? Do I send it back?

toadkiller said:
I got my One today and went to show my wife the awesome sound, put on a youtube video and it crackles. Sound all the way up, beats on, crackles and pops. Very noticeable. Play a song not on you tube and the crackles are still there but softer. Anyone else have this problem? Hardware problem? Do I send it back?
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There was a very minor crackle on max volume on the unit I tested but only when parts were playing with extremely deep bass. If this is happening all the time it could be a bad connection and I was ask for an exchange. This should go without saying but you were playing a 1080p clip on youtube for the best audio quality?

Darkendvoid88 said:
There was a very minor crackle on max volume on the unit I tested but only when parts were playing with extremely deep bass. If this is happening all the time it could be a bad connection and I was ask for an exchange. This should go without saying but you were playing a 1080p clip on youtube for the best audio quality?
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Thanks, I called sprint this morning and they are sending a new phone, pretty painless process. I got to pick black as it is in stock now instead of silver.
I had unlocked it already so I will have to lock it and hope they dont say anything.

toadkiller said:
Thanks, I called sprint this morning and they are sending a new phone, pretty painless process. I got to pick black as it is in stock now instead of silver.
I had unlocked it already so I will have to lock it and hope they dont say anything.
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Glad I sent it back and got a new one. Night and day difference with the speakers. I also got black instead of the silver. I like the black a ton better as well.

nice that sprint sent a replacement without hassle.
did your crackle happen with beats audio off? i've been reading the crackle is software related? if not, i'd like to exchange mine as well.

Im having the same issue with my One. But it is only on the YouTube App.
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JOSE89178 said:
Im having the same issue with my One. But it is only on the YouTube App.
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Mine did it with beats off and on. It is most noticeable on the youtube app, or going to you tube through a browser. But if you listen close enough and play a song that is on your phone youll hear the crackle also. Sprint accepted it back with no hassle. I am so glad I returned it cause that would have bothered me for the life of the phone. Just call sprint and exchange it.

This only happens to me occasionally while using the YouTube app. The crackles are usually few and far apart and typically stop if you leave the screen alone and just let it play. My theory is that it's due to some kind of issue with the streaming or compression. To test this, I downloaded a 1080p .mov movie trailer to my phone and played it using MX Player. Watching the exact same trailer on YouTube, I heard the occasional crackle, but didn't hear a thing while playing the .mov file.

I noticed occasional crackle while using the you tube app. Seems to occur more while tapping the screen to bring up on screen controls during a video. Downloaded media doesn't seem to be an issue. Prob just a software issue hopefully it's fixed with an update.

Are you guys getting this problem with Pandora or mp3s played in the music player? Is it a crackle or more a stuttering/crackle?

Just a note guys, it's unlikely that it's a broken speaker, because if it was, you'd KNOW. It'd crackle a LOT, loudly, and you'd have a hard time even understanding voice.
It's probably a software issue with the amplification being just a touch too high.

toadkiller said:
I got my One today and went to show my wife the awesome sound, put on a youtube video and it crackles. Sound all the way up, beats on, crackles and pops. Very noticeable. Play a song not on you tube and the crackles are still there but softer. Anyone else have this problem? Hardware problem? Do I send it back?
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beats sound effects do not work well on low quality sound, turning it off will get rid of the hissing/crackling sound.

I also hear crackling noices but only within the YouTube app,Pandora sounds perfect...I haven't tried playing music from the memory since I don't have any at the moment. Anyone wonder what it could be?
Edit....I've noticed that if I turn off hd ,the cracking goes away immediately... Maybe it has to do with buffering while in hd?

Bump...any updates on this?

Cracking issues with Note 4 speakers, but only in real specific scenarios.

I am wondering if anyone else has this issue. I notice a wierd cracking issue with the WhatsApp notification sound (the ones you can't change) I then also noticed that I hear the same for the new Google Messenger app and it's unique notification sound. Watching movies or music, or any other sounds don't give this behavior. Just wondering if it is just me or any ideas? Thanks everyone!

Gordon Ramsay said:
I am wondering if anyone else has this issue. I notice a wierd cracking issue with the WhatsApp notification sound (the ones you can't change) I then also noticed that I hear the same for the new Google Messenger app and it's unique notification sound. Watching movies or music, or any other sounds don't give this behavior. Just wondering if it is just me or any ideas? Thanks everyone!
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I get this sound on some notifications once in a while. Doesn't bother me too much to be honest. I wonder why this happens.

Honestly I haven't noticed this issue but it is more than possible that if the sound is usually good on movies, music, etc and then when it gets to certain sounds it cracks, it can be a big chance that the files pitch is too high for our speaker. The speaker quality seems great and that's coming from someone who owned the HTC One M8.

Try this turn off your phone then before turning back on stick your ear to your speaker while the phone is booting up I hear like a bzzzzzzz for a moment an then it goes out completely I guess it is the speaker turning on ready for all the sounds

[Q] Nexus 6 Speaker Issues

I was wondering if anyone else was having a problem with their speakers on the Nexus 6 when receiving calls or messages?
Randomly my ringtones & notifications come in crackling as if the speakers are blown. It doesn't happen much but it's kinda annoying. I think the speakers are fine because playing music or watching videos at max volume sounds great.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated

I have also had this issue. I'm running stock rooted with no mods. Would like to hear If anyone else is having this issue as well. Also would this issue be addressed in the new 5.0.1 update?

I am having issues hearing the conversion tone when sending or receiving messages via WhatsApp. The notification rings but within a chat it doesn't play any sound. Is this happening to anyone else? It's driving me crazy.

Same thing here. Especially with FB Messenger.

There definitely seems to be some static or degradation on some of the notification sounds and ringtones. I noticed the same thing.

I think it has an overactive EQ/Preamp type of ordeal going on. I think there is some sort of software built in that is trying to act like a DSP to save the speakers. For Example just turn up your volume to max and keep hitting the up volume. You will probably notice the volume beep will change volume several times throughout that. it will also be noticeable when playing music.

I have also noticed some strange crackling that I never had on previous Nexus devices. I am certain it is software and hope for an update to resolved it. I also noticed that many of the things going through the speakers slowly get louder. For instance, hit the speakerphone button while in a call and it starts at like 50% volume and goes to max in about 5 seconds. Kind of a strange fade up that I haven't had before...

TOCS88 said:
I have also noticed some strange crackling that I never had on previous Nexus devices. I am certain it is software and hope for an update to resolved it. I also noticed that many of the things going through the speakers slowly get louder. For instance, hit the speakerphone button while in a call and it starts at like 50% volume and goes to max in about 5 seconds. Kind of a strange fade up that I haven't had before...
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I also noticed the gradual increase in volume on everything including alarms. Glad it's a common issue that will hopefully be addressed in a future software update.
Thanks everyone for your feedback.

Nexus 6 Stereo Speaker issue
danotoriusodo said:
I also noticed the gradual increase in volume on everything including alarms. Glad it's a common issue that will hopefully be addressed in a future software update.
Thanks everyone for your feedback.
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I am having an issue with the stereo speakers on my Nexus 6. Every time I listen to music, watch a you tube video or watch a movie on my nexus 6 device, I notice that when I put it on maximum volume it will get loud then suddenly drop down to between 30 to 50%. I'm not sure what is the deal with that, but I can tell you its freaking annoying. Also been having issues with the fade in as well.
Any ideas on how to fix this issue?

wassefkamal said:
I am having an issue with the stereo speakers on my Nexus 6. Every time I listen to music, watch a you tube video or watch a movie on my nexus 6 device, I notice that when I put it on maximum volume it will get loud then suddenly drop down to between 30 to 50%. I'm not sure what is the deal with that, but I can tell you its freaking annoying. Also been having issues with the fade in as well.
Any ideas on how to fix this issue?
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Sorry, I haven't had that problem. Since updating to 5.0.1 I've noticed that my original problem hasn't been happening for calls or alarms. It still does happen with the clock app though. What version are you on?

Ever since i updated to 5.0.1
QUOTE=danotoriusodo;58061396]Sorry, I haven't had that problem. Since updating to 5.0.1 Im on 5.0.1, it started after i ran the update.
I've noticed that my original problem hasn't been happening for calls or alarms. It still does happen with the clock app though. What version are you on?[/QUOTE]

I would like to see some of the Viper4Android users chime in. I am hoping V4A fixes all these issues...

What is the probem??
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I'm having the same issue. were you able to get yours resolved? If so, how?
wassefkamal said:
I am having an issue with the stereo speakers on my Nexus 6. Every time I listen to music, watch a you tube video or watch a movie on my nexus 6 device, I notice that when I put it on maximum volume it will get loud then suddenly drop down to between 30 to 50%. I'm not sure what is the deal with that, but I can tell you its freaking annoying. Also been having issues with the fade in as well.
Any ideas on how to fix this issue?
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The Viper audio download fixed my issues
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I'm having the same issue. were you able to get yours resolved? If so, how?
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Same issue. On CM12. Uugh.
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anyone had this issue sorted yet. today i noticed while using speaker phone there is a static sound and low voice volume any ideas

Viper did not fix the issue
I'm thinking its hardware as I have tried stock and benzo ROM. Nothing seems to fix my low volume issue

Mine does this after flashing kernels or roms sometimes. A clean flash back to stock then reflash rom/kernal with extreme beats fixes it. I've had 3 nexus 6s and they all did this. Even when I flash stock image it don't sound quite right until I flash extreme beats 4.1. Viper has only caused problems for me.

Crackle is noticeable
I noticed the crackle sound straight out of the box simply by testing out some ringtones. This had me disappointed but even worse if I start to think I got a defective unit. It's weird because the problem does not happen very often and it's an issue that I can't demonstrate so easily, but it's there. Reading this post about people having the same problems makes me believe that there could be a update or software solution. By the way, playing music sounds great, the thing happens mostly with game sounds and ringtones.

Call volume too low?

Hi, I just got my Nexus 6 that I purchased from eBay, everything is ok but the call volume, while it's pretty clear, I think it's too low compared to other phones, I'm not sure if I'm crazy or someone else has noticed that? I tried the speakers for music and they are loud, again, it might just me, but I wanted to double check if someone has noticed that, and if it's something normal for this phone, thanks!

saman0suke1 said:
Hi, I just got my Nexus 6 that I purchased from eBay, everything is ok but the call volume, while it's pretty clear, I think it's too low compared to other phones, I'm not sure if I'm crazy or someone else has noticed that? I tried the speakers for music and they are loud, again, it might just me, but I wanted to double check if someone has noticed that, and if it's something normal for this phone, thanks!
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Try this.
1. Make sure the system volume is all the way up as well as the phone earpiece volume.
Get an app the controls all volumes and you'll see it there along with media , alarm etc.
This happened to me but once i raised system and phone it was fine.
Also note that you must practice placing ear in perfect earpiece speaker position lol.
Let me know if it worked that was my problem.

saman0suke1 said:
Hi, I just got my Nexus 6 that I purchased from eBay, everything is ok but the call volume, while it's pretty clear, I think it's too low compared to other phones, I'm not sure if I'm crazy or someone else has noticed that? I tried the speakers for music and they are loud, again, it might just me, but I wanted to double check if someone has noticed that, and if it's something normal for this phone, thanks!
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Ditto. My phone volume way too low for in call - either with built-in earpiece or a wired headset.
Nothing I've found brings it up.
Speakers for media/notification is very good&loud, but speaker for in-call (using as a true speakerphone, not trying to use speakerphone mode as earpiece) and ringing is inadequate.

relaxable said:
Ditto. My phone volume way too low for in call - either with built-in earpiece or a wired headset.
Nothing I've found brings it up.
Speakers for media/notification is very good&loud, but speaker for in-call (using as a true speakerphone, not trying to use speakerphone mode as earpiece) and ringing is inadequate.
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Believe that with update to 5.01 that is going to fix the problem, hope so, I believe that I read it somewhere. I really want to know what are all the fixes for the new version 5.01
BTW, I have Volume Ace download it from play store and see if you got all volume up
Good luck !