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[HTC Titan] artzznyzz:
Update re Sound Issue - Exchanged Unit : - )

Total fustration, so yesterday I went back to the AT&T corporate store (where I had upgraded from the Titl-2 to the Titan) and traded the Titan in for a new unit.

The trade in transaction took an hour ++, because the staff, although very friendly, cooperative and sincere, had no experience with the Titan (and I have a lot on my phone.) The store did not have or was missing the bluetooth dongle needed for content transfer, etc, etc, etc . . . But we got it done, thanks to my Exchange for Outlook, and e-mail for a few business photos, etc.

Anyhow, after 24 hours, it seems to be night and day on the sound issue - Extremely good, (except in very noisy environments); very loud both ends, better / tolerable connections in a few fringe areas where I had trouble with old Titl-2, No complaints on early test calls, etc, etc. I'll update y'all after several more days of experience . . .

So, Status Quo:

- My Titan is a very good phone (only) and decent electronic rolodex, with pretty good mapping / traffic / gps.

But:

- Lots of nagging ??software?? issues, some mentioned in prior post above. These problems seem like quality control programming bugs which should not have gotten through, and should be easy to fix. (Hope so as I really like this phone for my heavy business use!) More to follow.

HELP:

- How about a WIKI page for the Titan P139100 to organize the list of defects needing improvement, and most important, to supplement the superficial HTC / AT&T documentation, user guides? (lots of these problems may be mere lack of information & training for us users . . .)

I've tried to set up the WIKI page, with no luck. Maybe one of you with more experience can either get it started, or private message me with a little guidance . . .

Thanks

Arthur
[HTC Titan] Klocker2:
I appreciate your feedback and it is encouraging to know that another handset might fix my issue (call quality) with the device. thanks! :) Think I might try to swap out for another unit when my local store gets more in

OTOH, I don't understand your transfer issues. Do you not have all of your photos and music synced with Zune? also do you have a live account where all of your contacts and calendar is saved?

I don't use Exchange server so maybe it's different but I walked into a store and swapped devices last week (Focus S) and stood there and reset (wiped out) my phone, typed my live account on the new device and walked out of there with all of my contacts calendars and email on the new phone instantly. plugged it into Zune when I got home and had photos and music back as well.

Went online to Windowsphone.com and clicked on all the apps I had previously installed and they too were put back on the phone

:cool:
[HTC Titan] Balmador:
For everybody who having problem with the microphone.. I just spoke to HTC Hardware Department. They even not aware of this problem. Please call them and let them know. So at lease they will add this to the known issue list. Their phone # is: (866) 449-8358
[HTC Titan] Rickgig:
For what it's worth, I just got my phone this past weekend. I've only had a few calls so far and no complaints from anyone. I have asked everyone I talked to if they could hear me okay and there was no problem.

I bought mine from a large retailer which hopefully means they go through a lot of Titans and I got a good one.

I did play a video from GoPro today and when I max'd the volume, it was distorted and had static. Haven't had the problem with other vid's so I am assuming it was the vid and not the speaker on the phone.

Decent phone. I was about to blow up when I realized that Outlook Sync was gone but after playing with it for a few hours, I was able to get the Windows Live connector to do it's thing for me. Not 100% happy but pretty close.
[HTC Titan] slitching:
Same problem here

I have the same problem. I love the titan, but I have to fix this issue (or return the phone) for the sake of my relationship and work.

It seems as if the noise cancellation software is dumbing down the highs of my voice (it sounds like I am underwater). I haven't experience this problem when using Tango to video chat. I've also read that the problem doesn't exist while recording a video. Just a heads up, people have been posting about this issue in the wpcentral forums. I'm new to the forum, so I can't post links.
[HTC Titan] Balmador:
Here are the links to WPCentral forum:

http://forums.wpcentral.com/titan/184444.htm

http://forums.wpcentral.com/titan/184445.htm

I've also posted in this HTC forum:

http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/windows-phone/f/174/t/14751.aspx

Please put your comments as well. We need HTC's attention to this problem. Now we almost sure that it's not a mic problem (thanks to TANGO). Somehow dialer/phone software (noise cancellation or coding or any other filtering) and may be camera's part are not performing as needed on some units. And it should be fixed or patched.
[HTC Titan] Rickgig:
Just a thought that might help with diagnosing the problem. I have a wired hands free headset (don't like any of the bluetooth devices from inexpensive to way over priced) and if you think it's the microphone or software for noise reduction is the problem, I bet you could try a wired headset and see it the trouble persists. If so, I would go get a replacement phone.

Just a thought.
[HTC Titan] Balmador:
Can someone who doesn't experiencing a "muffled" effect send me a private message with his phone # so we can make a couple test calls? That way we can really compare and make a better statement.
[HTC Titan] matthewhypolite:
I've bought a titan for my wife, and had these same mic issues, she sounds muffled, recessed, underwater, got her a plantronics 975, and call quality went from bad, to terific.

Something is definately up with the mic/software on these things. I got the UK version from Clove.

I've since bought a second device for myself, and call quality is horrible, lots of chopping out, bad signal, bad reception. I was later told by my service provider, its a problem with their HSPA network, and the TITAN was not tested on it and may not be properly supported, i swithced off the 3g radio and sure enough all my problems went away, perfect call quality and reception, but no 4g? Sucks. They say they need to do patches on their network before the phone will work properly. But that seems to be a spereate issues, the mic stuff defiantely needs to be addressed. or we all use bluetooth!
[HTC Titan] Rickgig:
Maybe I should factor in my location to the lack of problems with my phones audio quality. I live in the Dallas area, home of AT&T, and it's possible the network has been upgraded here and when I travel outside of this area, the quality will suffer as many of you have reported. This could be why some are not having troubles and others are.
[HTC Titan] matthewhypolite:
Exactly.

I'm actually outside of the US.

But happy to report i've resolved all my reception and call quality issues.

i've tried sim replacement suggested , it helped alot, but did not resolve the issue.

In the end, it was 1 setting on my phone.

Settings->Pan Across to Applications->Radio.

Change Region from “World” to “North America”

My Titan is actually imported from Clove.

Changing this one setting resolved all my issues.

Im not madly inlove with the HTC Titan. Samsung Focus had its time, but HTC's Got its sexy back. GG.
[HTC Titan] Balmador:
Most probably when we are using a regular dialer (during the phone calls) noise cancellation software is involved and trying to make our voice "better" by removing noise. Here is where problem starts. When you using TANGO or camera or any other apps, then no noise cancellation working in background. and we getting clear sound. So in my opinion it's a 'noise cancellation' software problem. It's catch part of our voice as a noise.
[HTC Titan] AN8663:
I've been following this site for years after buying my first HTC P3600 several years ago. Moved onto a HD2 and just recently I bought a Titan. I too experienced this low volume in calls. Speaker volume at max (30) I could hardly hear w word. After a chat with the poeple at HTC I decided (on their advice) to do a hard reset. Didn't work, so I decided to visit my provider shop and look into exchanging the phone. You can't imagine how dumb I felt as the girl in the shop took my Titan, dialed her own number and, during the connection setup pressed the volume rocker and increased THE TELEPHONE VOLUME from 4 to 10. Problem solved, all calls are crisp and clear.

I don't know if this will solve all your problems but who knows?

Why does WP 7 have two volume controls?
[HTC Titan] Balmador:
Are you with AT&T model? Most probably not. This is not a volume issue.. This is related to the quality. Looks like only AT&T units are affected. It's something with noise reduction functionality (which we don't have access to).
[HTC Titan] AN8663:
Nope, I'm with Vodafone Germany. Is it a fact that the handsets differ in hardware depending on country/provider? Personaly I find that hard to believe.
[HTC Titan] Balmador:
It's not a hardware it's software (ROMs are differ)
[HTC Titan] artzznyzz:
Lousy sound

My third Titan in three weeks - and sound bad to worse. Numerous other issues, so returned it and am back to my Tilt-2, until this gets resolved, or I try a better phone.

Good-by, beta testers . . .

:(
[HTC Titan] TIGGAH:
I love how when people exit like this they feel compelled to make a parting jab at everyone else as if to justify themselves even more.
[HTC Titan] azhiker:
Volume limited

No matter what volume I have the phone set at, during an incoming call it goes to number 10. I can lower the volume but NOT raise the volume. What is up with this?

My Tilt 2 had a dual sound control for notifcations and phone volume. The Titan should improve on that, instead it is a step backwards.

Is there any way to overide this limited volume for incalls? Of better, a app being developed to add dual volume control?
[HTC Titan] einsteinisgaurav:
regarding noise and concerns abt HD7S

I had HTC HD7S....it had different problem....the high freq noise used to reverberate in phone body, some how when I used to talk on mic, my voice would come out of speaker and go back to mic......:confused:

this caused feedback and caused huge high frequency noise.....it was so loud that i couldnt hear from my ear for atleast 2 min.....check HTC posts

http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/windows-phone/f/136/t/11873.aspx

http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/windows-phone/f/136/t/11848.aspx

so it looks like HTC "attempted" to resolve this by putting a low pass filter....they simply cut off high freq band....which must have solved the high pitch noise problem.....but inturn screwed up titan....i returned my phone....90% HD7S had problems some say....i am looking forward to buy something....but now that i am pissed off bcoz HTC screwed up their design....i feel samsung is cheap plastic....nokia had cozed 300$ loss to me....so i am left wid no option.....:eek:

though of buying titan....but now even tht doesnt work it seems.
[HTC Titan] GreenGrenadez:
Interesting to find that the sound quality problem with the Titan has been going on since the phone was released it seems. My wife got me my Titan for my bday this past March and since then I've exchanged them 4 times and ALL with the voice problem, all with the same ROM.

We purchased it from an AT&T store here in Florida. It was mentioned by someone here that HTC knows nothing about this problem and to call them to let them know. Also was stated to click here and make it known on their website. Well apparently no one clicked or called, because AT&T finally told me to take a flying leap or call HTC about the problem. I called them I they claim that my situation is the first they've heard of!

Through reading around here (the subject of sound quality is on lots of post here in XDA) I have learned so many different things to try, tweak or do and so far nothing works. AT&T says it must be an app that I'm using. So they last one they sent to me, right out of the box I put my SIM card in and call 611 and they couldn't hear a word I was saying.

So, I have turned off attentive phone, we'll see if this works. I have ordered my y-cable and have my Gold Card ready for flashing a new ROM to it and see if that works. I personally think that it something to do with the noise cancelling feature (hardware) but what do I know.

I am on my 9th HTC device, T-Mobile HTC MDA, Wing, Tytn, TytnII, AT&T Tilt, Touch HD (EUR), HD2, HD7, Inspire 4G and now Titan and this is by far the the buggiest HTC device I've had. However, it is still better than any iPhone or Android!

Regards
[HTC Titan] njpegi:
Titan Problems

My husband got a Titan less than 2 weeks ago after being a Blackberry user for many years. Absolutely love the size of the screen and clarity for web browsing, but talking to him while he's using the Titan is terrible. The sound quality is awful and the calls keep dropping. We never had any problems at all with the blackberry. (But the screen is nothing in comparison to the Titan!)

I just called HTC about it and the rep told me to have my husband take the battery and sim card out and reinsert it. If that doesn't work, then he wants my husband to call them to do a hard reset on the phone. If that doesn't work, he told me to bring it back to ATT store for a new sim card. But after seeing all of these reviews, I'm convinced that it is a Titan issue and not a SIM card issue. I found another forum that it specifically for people who have Titan issues: wpcentral.com/are-you-having-issues-your-htc-titan- My husband is away on business for a few more days. If this doesn't get resolved by the time he gets back, we are going to look for another phone. It's really a shame though, because it is a nice phone.
[HTC Titan] GreenGrenadez:
First, I can't believe that AT&T is still selling these Titans. I noticed that they've taken it off of their website and it isn't on the shelves here in Florida. But it is what it is.

Second, I would recommend our Titan's any day over blackberry. There are lots of pluses to our Titans and work-arounds for the negatives. My work-around for the sound quality was using a Bluetooth headset and doing this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1467643

Third, What I've learned about AT&Ts customer service / Tech support is they SUCK!!! We are merely a dollar sign to them at least until the end of our contracts! They lie, they all read from a script and tell you what you want to hear regardless if it's true or not. Stop calling them. Post here for solutions and answers (much more competent and friendly.

Lastly, I am on my 6th Titan! The friendly name I gave to this one "the Final Titan" (whereas the last one was "piece of ****")! This one came in the mail 7/3/2012 and as soon as I put the SIM card in and booted it up, a call came in. Now this is a business line and ever since I've owned my Titan, each time the phone rang, I dreaded answering it because of the comments I'd get from my customers. So upon receiving this call, the feeling of dread took over; only to be relieved to find out that the customer on the other end could hear me just fine! I made a few phone calls too (all good). Having said that, I had covered the noise cancelling mic (described here), and as soon as I got home, I flashed the EUR ROM then flashed the SPL / HSPL then finally a custom ROM and I have not had the slightest problem since! I did return to the AT&T store just to let them know that I fixed the phone and to direct any one with problems to me. So, long story short, flash a custom ROM and stop calling AT&T and all will be merry! I actually told the wife (an iPhone user) the other day that I absolutely LOVE this phone now!

Hope this helps
[HTC Titan] skewerskewer:
I am experiencing the same problem. I also covered the top mic but it helped a little. How do you flash the titan with a custom rom? Did you use y cable or other method? Appreciated your help.
[HTC Titan] GreenGrenadez:
Is your Titan a USA AT&T Titan?
[HTC Titan] skewerskewer:
Yes. USA ATT Titan. I upgrade to official 8773
[HTC Titan] GreenGrenadez:
I did use the y-cable method (that's the only way right now). Do you have yours?
[HTC Titan] skewerskewer:
No. It is kinda cumbersome to make one.
[HTC Titan] GreenGrenadez:
I personally don't recommend making one. It's too easy to make a mistake and you have one shot at it. You can get exactly what you need thru amazon for under $10. Go ahead and get it ordered and PM me when it comes in and I'll lay it out step-by-step for ya!
[HTC Titan] skewerskewer:
Thanks!
[HTC Titan] GreenGrenadez:
You do know what to get, right?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] 9-iron:
I am an android noob and I have been very frustrated because the OS boot setup does not allow me to control which apps will boot-up at start. I’ve tried various startup managers and none of them can keep apps disabled as they seem to auto start themselves so I have to constantly close apps in order to preserve resources.

I Then sought to root phone to gain control by using a collection of root apps; Universal Androot – v1.6.2 beta 5, 6 & 7, z4root & Super One Clickv2.2 all w/o success. I do not know why they failed only that these apps seemed to do no harm to the phone otherwise. The phone is a Samsung Galaxy I5500M through PC Mobile, the carrier being Bell Mobile. The following is the particulars on the phone:

Model number: GT-I5500M

Firmware Version: 2.1-update1

Baseband version: I5500MUGKE3

Kernal version: 2.6.29-perf se.infra@SEP-40#1

Build number: ECLAIR.UGKE3

When I dial *2767*4387264636#.

Product code: GT-I5500YKMBMC.

When I dial *#1234# I get;

PDA: I5500MUGKE3

CSC: I5500MUGKE3

Phone: I5500MUGKE3

I have an acquaintance that has the same phone from the same source that attempted to install a custom ROM using the method outlined on the madteam website "cyanogenmod-7-installation-guide-for-g5-users"

Unfortunately after rebooting that phone it simply boot looped on the Samsung & Android logos. After many attempts to fix boot loop the phone was put aside, to my knowledge that phone has yet to be repaired.

Anyway, I really want to take control of this phone but am afraid of bricking it. Any help to be able to at the very least root it or even better to install a custom ROM would be very much appreciated. Thanks very much to all those that have contributed to this forum… it is amongst the most informative I’ve come across.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] CurtisAndroid5:
Hello there!

If your phone isn't rooted you won't be able to install a custom rom or anything, so I shall try and help you as much as I can, I'm a noob at this kind of stuff too so I'd wait for somebody to confirm what I say before you try it.

I rooted and installed Superuser on my I5500 using Universal Androot, took a few tries though so it might be worth trying it again.

Basically, can you put your phone into download mode? (Turn off device, hold down power button and the volume buttons and it should boot into Download Mode) If so then you could install Clockworkmod (Don't hold me to this, wait for some confirmation from someone with more knowledge) I'm not sure if your device has to be rooted to flash Clockworkmod v4. Even if it doesn't then surely accessing Download Mode and opening KIES will allow you to reset your device and get out of the boot loop.

Here is how to install a custom rom- I use Cyanogenmod 7.1, I'd recommend that to be honest, plenty of customization and many options to tweak performance.

Root your device (I use Universal Androot, it worked for me)

Flash Clockworkmod v4 via Odin.

Put the 3 Cyanogenmod files onto your SD Card.

Reboot into recovery on your device.

Select install update from zip.

Select the 3 files in the specific order.

Wipe data, cache and dalvik cache then reboot.

Then you're running CM7.1.

You can find the files and a more in-depth guide on the Development section under our phones name.

I hope I have helped a bit.

oh I almost forgot, have you tried hard-reseting your device by holding down certain buttons in a specific order? If so then you can reset your phone like that and maybe sort out the boot issue, should fix it, but again don't hold me to it. Hold down the menu/home key, volume key and power off button whilst your device is turned off and that does a hard reset.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] 9-iron:
Hi CurtisAndroid5,

Thank you for responding. To give a little history I have tried repeatedly using Universal Androot – v1.6.2 beta 5, 6 & 7, z4root & Super One Clickv2.2 to able to gain Superuser access all w/o success. As far as the custom ROM... that would be the ULTIMATE! But as mentioned on the original post there is someone I know that has possibly bricked one using the exact instructions outlined by the madteam when installing cyanogenmod-7 & spent weeks trying to solve a boot loop... still not fixed. The only reason I have not attempted to do this is I don't want to see the same result.

I have literally booked marked a dozen or more threads, have read hundreds of posts trying to find a solution to rooting this Bell Samsung phone. In my searches I've found on Samsung Open Source website a zipped update; "GT-I5500M_OpenSource_eclair_update2" that I no idea how to use. I honestly think that there are some subtle differences in how Bell sets up their phones that prevents rooting & Superuser access.

I will delve deeper into your suggestion and view posts under the Development section under the phone name. Again your response is deeply appreciated. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] CurtisAndroid5:
Ah I see, like I said, I'm not the most experienced person in this kind of stuff so I can't help you any more seen as though my knowledge is limited. I hope you managed to sort your phone out, it will probably be a minor error and will be easily fixed, your G5 will be an amazing little phone once you get it rooted and installed a custom rom!
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Birdmanul:
I had the same problem with my samsung i5500, i just got odin, flashed clockworkmod with it then put in my custom rom, i'm currently on cyanogen mod 1.7.2
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Jordanooo:
I wish mine was -.-
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mcarrode:
Hi everyone!

I just got my sgsii yesterday and I'm loving it. I have one problem though. I've tried to download wallpapers to set, and they are super low resolution and grainy. I'm downloading the correct resolution size (Cant remember off the top of my head) and it still comes out bad. Are there any solutions for this?

Thanks for the info :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] GeremyHamlett:
I'm not sure this is the solution you're looking for but the way I find wallpapers (easiest in my book) is to go to google image search and specify the resolution to 960 x 800. The put whatever search term you want. Every image I get from there is always crystal clear, unless its just a terrible image in the first place. Give that a shot and see what you can find.

the good thing about specifying the 960x800 resolution is that most of the images are already intended for android phones, so alot of them have the android robot, etc.

Happy hunting. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 21cdb:
You should also check out the Zedge and Backgrounds Box apps. They have lots of high quality wallpapers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Kadin:
+1 for Zedge. Excellent free app.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mandroid007:
My phone was working fine until I dropped it in the sink, There were only a few droplets of water that actually got on the phone as the sink was mostly dry. Heck my phone has gotten more wet talking in the rain (not that I do that often haha).

People are now saying they can't hear me and that I sound muffled but they can hear me fine if I switch to speaker (I can hear them fine either way).

Any suggestions?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samizad:
I dropped my Galaxy Nexus today while skiing. Some snow must have got into the mic and speaker holes because now I can't hear the caller, nor can they hear me, unless I am on speakerphone!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BiGMERF:
Any one else want to go here!! I would be like a 5 year old in Toys R us!

http://youtu.be/KGwFphUxJ2k