I have posted a bug with the rear speaker and the volume control. On my unit, when you turn this feature on, the volume is very loud. Even if you turn down the volume to the lowest setting, the volume is less, but still to loud. In a discussion with HTC today, they had no answer as to why this is happening. They indicated that when you turn down the volume to the lowest setting, it should mute. They pointed out that in WM6 there is no settings tab for setting the rear speaker volume as in WM5. Has anyone else tried this feature?
I don't have this problem.
But it doesn't mute though when i use the roll switch on the left side of the kaiser to lower the volume, it does decrease the volume to a minimum, but is NOT muted completely. (that's not a problem for me.. if i don't want to hear the rear speaker, i don't activate them ).
Mike.
kaemon said:
I don't have this problem.
But it doesn't mute though when i use the roll switch on the left side of the kaiser to lower the volume, it does decrease the volume to a minimum, but is NOT muted completely. (that's not a problem for me.. if i don't want to hear the rear speaker, i don't activate them ).
Mike.
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Ditto the only time I use the rear speaker is if I want to hear it.....If I don't I don't use it.
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Hi
When using the speaker phone and turning down the volume, even on the lowest setting it isn't off completely. This makes absolute sense as if you are on a call using the speaker phone having no sound at all, well what is the point of being on the call in the first place?
When playing sound elsewhere, i.e. not in a call turning it down completely does mute it.
Your particular issue seems to be the sound doesn't go quiet enough for you, maybe HTC can change this in future firmware. I expect the complaints they get most often is it isn't loud enough to annoy people even more with silly ring tones!
Regards
Phil
"silly ring tones!"
Ha, that should be a song
PhilipL said:
isn't loud enough to annoy people even more with silly ring tones!
Regards
Phil
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this is my pet hate
the number of ar$eholes who play music through the speaker on their phones - i nearly kill someone every day on the bus to work - one day im going to bludgeon one to death with my kaiser
im sitting inside now and theres some prick outside in his nova doing his bit to deny me of any peace - im gonna lose it and go vigilante pretty soon
Hi,
In htcmania ( http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=8843 ) claim that if you block the output grid of the speaker you get more volume and better quality (less metalic) sound.
I've tried myself and the sound is... different. Anyone else wants to try?
!!
Block it and get louder and better quality sound?
Thanks for sharing! Will try if i get time
carloshdez said:
Hi,
In htcmania ( http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=8843 ) claim that if you block the output grid of the speaker you get more volume and better quality (less metalic) sound.
I've tried myself and the sound is... different. Anyone else wants to try?
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"Different".. Please elaborate. Was it worth it?
chribruu said:
"Different".. Please elaborate. Was it worth it?
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Come on, you just have to open the lid and put the finger on the speaker to try it...
My feeling is a little bit more of volume and more "complete" sound, without those nasty high frequencies that give it the classical metallic sound.
It's just a piece of tape, don't expect 6 dB boost
The Diamond has one Speaker that is used for both calls and other loud tones. During Calls the volume is obviously lower. However the speaker is placed inside the casing, the sound outputs are both on top and through the front hole. Closing the top hole from inside will obviously direct the sound waves to come from the front and so it may definitely sound a little louder.
Regards,
Carty..
wow, imho much better sound! You can test it with the "finger trick" mentioned above.
Yes! I put my finger on the speak lid and the sound became much louder!
Yep definately an improved sound. Put my tape on the inside back cover at the top as it sticks easier.
Thanks for the tip
In fact it is not louder By default the sound is directed from you through the back grid. If you close it, all the sound goes to the front grid. Strange design by HTC engineers :/
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In fact it is not louder By default the sound is directed from you through the back grid. If you close it, all the sound goes to the front grid. Strange design by HTC engineers :/
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i've just tested this and you're right
without the back cover off, the tape will make it louder.
But after you put the back over on and close the phone, the sound will be much lower, maybe equal to normal level.
I've just removed the tape because i can't even hear my phone when it is in my pocket.
it's really work !!!
great tips, thanks
Tried it... Voila.. Good amount of difference.. Should be added as "HARDWARE TWEAK"!!!
Downside, missing some (very) high freqency notes...
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I've just removed the tape because i can't even hear my phone when it is in my pocket.
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Maybe the upper out is there because of that... in case you block the frontal one, at least you can hear something.
I don't know, but it was worth trying, wasn't it?
Works very nice!!
I was trying the same thing on my Touch Pro but the sound gets worser, because it already has some kind of filter plate on the speaker. But with the tape it increased the volume a bit (virtually).
Thank you, i try it.
wow, it is areally good idea.
Please more tricks like that!
I did it when I first had my phone, did it with the cover on though, just put your hand at back but don't cover the speaker, so that the sound is directed to you and not all over the place and it sounds much better, not as tinny and makes the sound a lot clearer .
Just wish HTC would stop putting the speaker on the back and top of phones . When HTC released the SPV C500 way back in 2004, they put the main speaker on the right side of the phone, never had a phone with a better speaker since
seems to work really!
sounds much more clear at higher volumes
thanks!
earpiece volume is very low during calls. maximum doesn’t make it loud enough.
anyone else with the same issue ?
Not to give you an "Apple" response but check the way you are holding it to your ear. There is a dramatic difference in volume if you hold it a little lower so that the top of your phone is in the middle of your ear. My initial tendency was to hold it higher so that the bottom of my phone was where I was used to having it on my face from my N4. Now I consciously hold it lower and its quickly becoming habit.
Also..... Did you wash your ears this morning?
Just kidding lol
If the earpiece volume is too low, either you're not holding it correctly against your ear (I hate giving that response, as the poster earlier said) or you've got a bad speaker. Mine is insanely loud.
I'd play around with how you're holding it against your ear and if that doesn't seem to fix the issue, then I'd look at a possible RMA and get a replacement.
Hi all
I have problem with the sound i set the volume max but when I receive calls or msg sometimes the sound be low and sometimes be loud
is all have this problem or just me ?
sorry for my bad english
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I have not had this problem. Definitely not normal
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I know that for calls the ringtone starts low and it increases slowly but I have no issues with notification sounds-they play as laud as I have set the volume.
When you say the sound is low, do you mean for the ear piece? The ear piece has a known issue of having very LOW sound levels for a lot of people.
A good number of people can't hear using the ear piece.
Check out this thread:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=80817
I want to add to that also. So sometimes I notice when my phone is away from my head when I answer a call for example, the call starts out louder but goes lower once the phone is to my head. Now if I check the volume level, it's still at max. I was almost wondering if the phone doesn't have some type of proximity sensor that KNOWS it's near my head due to light levels or whatever. Kinda like how the phone shuts the screen off when it's near your head?
Either way I can NOT use my ear piece to hear calls. I have to turn on my speaker phone on a low volume to hear it!
They need to add a "boost" button like Samsung has on their dialer in TouchWiz.
There was a fix listed at the above url but sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't for me.
I had a little accident with my M7. I dropped it from the 2nd floor,thank god the screen didn't break. Just some scratches and dents. Unfortunately the lower speaker got blowen. Now every time the phone rings or I play any video or music I hear the lower speaker with high distortion. So I need help from the developers to completely disable the lower speaker. I know it's possible since the speakers are stereos. Fixing it is not an option for me now.