Does anyone hear the same distortion I'm hearing or is my N7 defective? If its only me I'll send it back (reluctantly) but if its just cheap speakers to keep down the price, I don't mind.
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Highest volume and boosting it by 20% i do get distortion sometimes watching top gear. The speaker is just pretty bad.
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The speakers stink.
There is some distortion at high volume on mine, but I still find the sound quality to be extremely good.
Mine cracks and breaks up so I requested a new one.
OK so its not just me. Thanks
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It is the same on mine...is it a defect or the way it is?
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I get some nasty noise when moving my finger around on the screen randomly, and the WiFi animation even makes clicking noises. This is with headphones on full.
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NO! This is NOT normal...why? Because my first Nexus didn't do this..
Okay, I was quite happy with my first Nexus, but the screen separation issue (still present on my replacement device btw), but at least the speakers didn't distort and sound like sh*t!
If you were to hold the device in front of you, right side up in portrait (ie normal), and you play some songs, the one on your left will sound distorted.
For those of you that did the screen separation fix (those who haven't, the easiest way I've found to get the back off is to shove either a guitar pick, plastic opener tool etc. in the top right corner, just above the power button. The sweet spot is just between the volume up and power button. It'll come off like butter once you get it to open right there. Easiest spot for it to separate. Just Don't be afraid to push hard, you won't scratch it, as long as you're using a plastic tool).
Anyway, use this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8ODm-F9-IM
..and then with your fingers once the back is off, and the audio on high, feel the speakers vibrate.
If the left one vibrates a lot more and sounds way more distorted than the right (or the other way around), it is a defect. My first Nexus did not distort my music at all like this.
ARGH!
Thinking of getting mine replaced due to distortion at high volume
Noticeable just cycling through the notification sounds in settings at maximum volume, particularly on the 'pollux' notification sound.
Be interested if a few people could try this and let me know if you think this level of distortion is a) normal and b) acceptable!
Cheers, dave
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froggy666uk said:
Thinking of getting mine replaced due to distortion at high volume
Noticeable just cycling through the notification sounds in settings at maximum volume, particularly on the 'pollux' notification sound.
Be interested if a few people could try this and let me know if you think this level of distortion is a) normal and b) acceptable!
Cheers, dave
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mine is real distorted at that setting on that tone as well. I don't think it should be normal. I'm going to Sam's today to see if they have another I can exchange.
hmm, mine was fine on day 1. now its distorting at less than half volume. from testing on poweramp, any sounds with a frequency lower than 500hz are fine... but anything with frequencies higher than 500z with 40-100% volume will distort the speakers. its frustrating that i now need to RMA this unit since i didnt have any of the other reported issues.
Souai said:
hmm, mine was fine on day 1. now its distorting at less than half volume. from testing on poweramp, any sounds with a frequency lower than 500hz are fine... but anything with frequencies higher than 500z with 40-100% volume will distort the speakers. its frustrating that i now need to RMA this unit since i didnt have any of the other reported issues.
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I exchanged my first one for a new unit from Sam's Club. Doesn't seem too bad now. Not to say the speakers are great, but no real bad distortion anyway. I'll keep you posted later today.
tarusdg said:
Does anyone hear the same distortion I'm hearing or is my N7 defective? If its only me I'll send it back (reluctantly) but if its just cheap speakers to keep down the price, I don't mind.
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I've recorded an audio clip in m4a format demonstrating the problem. I have two Nexus 7 tablets. One is fine and one is obviously bad. The recording is me alternating between the two devices, pressing the "Proxima" system notification sound in the sound chooser. They're both set to the same volume (one notch below maximum). The problem begins around 30% volume and gets worse as it gets louder. Music is unbearable to listen to.
Update: I tested with headphones; each device sounds normal. That makes it more likely that it's indeed a problem with the physical speaker, though it's still possible that the two sound outputs use different DACs and that the problem could somehow be fixed in firmware (doubtful).
This was also noted on theverge podcast this week!
So When I play music I can cover up the right half (display facing up) of the speaker grille on the bottom and the sound is muffled, as expected. But when I cover up the left half of the grille, there is no change in sound which means the left half is not emitting any sound at all. Is this a hardware fault or is the grill just for show to house the mic as wellr?
its normal
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So When I play music I can cover up the right half (display facing up) of the speaker grille on the bottom and the sound is muffled, as expected. But when I cover up the left half of the grille, there is no change in sound which means the left half is not emitting any sound at all. Is this a hardware fault or is the grill just for show to house the mic as wellr?
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The second half is for mic
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Oh ok thanks. I was a little worried for a second
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I thought of the same thing with my Z Ultra. I thought it was like the HTC one speakers but unfortunately it's not. It's just a microphone and headphone.
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Hi all. Up to now I've really never had a complaint about this phone until I found an iPhone 5 the other day.
now I still don't like apple products but what I did notice is not only did the speaker volume and clarity blow my htc one out of the water but the in call volume was far superior as well.
Is something wrong with my phone or are or supposedly amazing front facing speakers not that great
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Clean your speaker grills with a tooth brush or a paint push. Sort of stab the grills with the brush
This is my second Nexus 6 in a week now. The first one I had serious back plate bulging and some kind of liquid coming out of it . Me and the T-Mobile sale Clark assumed it was battery fluids or some water had some how gotten into the phone it was the craziest thing I'd ever seen. I got a brand new replacement and everything seems to be OK except when I'm on speaker phone the top speaker is working but the bottom one is not. If I remember correctly on the first n6 both speakers worked when I had the phone on speaker mode. Can anyone confirm this or am I mistaken and only one speaker is on during a speaker phone call.
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I can confirm that only the top speaker functions in speaker phone mode.
So my nexus 6 has always had an issue with the headphone jack. The audio has a constant static in the background and at low levels it severely distorts sound. Especially videos. I looked in my headphone Jack and noticed that at the bottom there is a little black spot that is very out of place. Also one side has a small out of place line that reminds me of rust/curosion or something. What should I do!? Its driving me and my anime and music crazy!
Please help!
THANKS!
Warranty?
AverageLibrarian said:
So my nexus 6 has always had an issue with the headphone jack. The audio has a constant static in the background and at low levels it severely distorts sound. Especially videos. I looked in my headphone Jack and noticed that at the bottom there is a little black spot that is very out of place. Also one side has a small out of place line that reminds me of rust/curosion or something. What should I do!? Its driving me and my anime and music crazy!
Please help!
THANKS!
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Clean it with compressed air...
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Had s similar issue with my audio jack. It's pretty easy to replace yourself if you've had a phone apart before.
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Warranty?
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BigDig said:
Clean it with compressed air...
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JinHD said:
Had s similar issue with my audio jack. It's pretty easy to replace yourself if you've had a phone apart before.
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I am unsure about warranty.
What type of compressed air.
I'm not risking my phone. I can't afford a new one.
keyboard cleaner canned air is probably your safest bet
We used to spray liquid Freon in to clean electronics, but that is discouraged nowadays.
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I tried cleaning with alchohol but that didn't help. And also it really really screws up music when the bass is turned up in music apps. I have a 3 ring no microphone pare of headphones. Does that make s difference? My iPod jack is much more dirty and no audio distortion. My amazon 30 day return is up so I guess Motorola is my only return option. If they don't know I unlocked rooted and booted blisspop with my phone.
Pocket lint? I had some in my Note 3 and a needle and a flashlight does magic.