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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ragnarok_:
There are 2 separate issues here I believe. My nexus doesn't emit any noticeable sounds when idle, however during a phone call, the other person's voice is extremely buzz-y, as if the speaker is blown or something. This effect diminishes as the volume gets turned lower, but it is still there.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HellBunny:
Exactly. Two different issues. Started using my N4 last night. Had to call AT&T technical support three times to get data and text back on my plan... but that belongs to another thread.

Anyhow, when not on a call, I can only hear the buzzing sound in a quiet room. I can deal with that. No biggie. However, when I am actually on a call, the buzzing and crackling is very obvious and annoying. This is not acceptable for any modern phones.

Called Google support and a replacement will arrive some time next week. Hoping for the best... :rolleyes:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roxy:
Hmmm I don't hear any buzzing sound... So is it just a defect on some phones?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simer03:
I heard the buzzing yesterday but today i haven't heard it at all no matter what i do... Seems to have just gone away.... For now

Sent from my Google Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbell13:
That one I can get complaining about. But that seems to effect far less than the "constant buzzing" issue while not making a call.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbroon:
Got the buzzing if I listen for it. Doesn't affect call quality. As everything else is perfect I'll live with it.

Figured out it starts as soon as phone turned on, I can hear it on boot loader screen so it almost definite its a hardware thing.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoisonWolf:
Does the buzzing cause more battery drain?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] munchy_cool:
anyone tried of custom kernel to see if any of the issues are fixed....
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simer03:
Does anyone's in call speaker volume make you wanna pull your ears off if the volume is more than halfway??

Sent from my Google Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] munchy_cool:
it's super borked ...the handsfree speaker as well ...uploading a video as we speak
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simer03:
It's unbearable

Sent from my Google Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] munchy_cool:
you guys gotta hear this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hnJbN6d_nc
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simer03:
Wow that's way worse than mine... Mine doesn't happen on loud speaker, only in call

Sent from my Google Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] munchy_cool:
lol...I guess have super bad bad luck :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raikyure:
I guess I'm really lucky, mine doesn't have the issue. I tried to hear it last night when it was super quiet but nothing :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guest_2011:
Received phone on 28th. One of the first things i did went over the list of issues including earpiece buzz and did not hear anything. Two days later received micro sim, inserted, used the phone a few minutes here and there, suddenly i hear this constant buzzing. Before the sim card i used GroveIP but there was no buzzing first two days, or maybe i didn't use the phone long enough.

There's no distortion at highest volume setting from the earpiece or speakerphone in back

Buzzing does not interfere with conversation, just annoying

BT/GPS/SYNC/brightness/volume level/touch tones/vibration/airplane mode, etc., don't affect the buzzing noise

Removing SIM card didn't do anything

Buzzing stops when the screen is off and starts again when i activate the screen. I won't blow compressed air in the phone because it's a shielding problem. RMA :mad:

PS - another issue i have unrelated to the above is when i tried to record a video while driving (no wifi or data connection), suddenly recording stops and i get a popup window asking to complete action by choosing one of 3 browsers i have. This happened randomly several times. When i selected a browser it opened www.google.com. WTF???!!!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinkman1:
Sound like a recall/ :mad:

i hope 2nd batch don't suffering same issue .
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhilipL:
Hi

This is obviously a faulty device, it isn't the issue being spoken about here and an exchange will be fine.

The issue in this thread is about a very quiet intermittent buzzing from the earpiece, only audible if you press the phone to your ear in a quiet environment, even then it isn't that intrusive, and seems to be a characteristic of most Nexus 4 phones.

Regards

Phil
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] munchy_cool:
Hey Phil,

There are two issues, one is the buzzing when not on call and the other is the borked up earpiece (maybe less than mine).

I didn't have the buzzing when there were no calls being made but I think the issue I have is an extension of the buzzing issue and is in all probability a manufacturing defect.

They make such an awesome device with bad hardware, Google would be crying

the old device directly goes to LG USA as I can see from my RMA return label so my personal advice to all those who have issue while in call please RMA the device.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ice Phrozen:
herwfue that

I hear a faint buzzing/hissing from my earpiece as well. If I put my eat against the middle of the screen, I can hear buzzing as well. It kinda sounds like a HDD working (very faint).

Is this the thing you are all talking about??
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Docavelli:
I had the crackling, popping, hissing in my earpiece as well. It was there screen on, screen of, in call or not. Obviously when not talking on it it's not an issue. But in call is unacceptable.

Sent back for replacement. Hope the next one is issue free. Glad I didn't sell my GS3 yet.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osi13:
I've noticed what you're describing, and VoIP calls sound worse on my N4 compared to my Gnex, using the same exact settings. I love everything else about the phone, but 90% of my calls are over data. The headset speaker, and screen sensitivity is a lot worse than my Gnex. I really hope both of these are not a hardware problem. If I still have these issues in January, I'll be contacting Google for a replacement.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingnaldo28:
I bought two phones mine has the in calls problem, my wife one don't, so is not normal and is very annoying.

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Damn lucky lady
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrush4:
I also have this issue, received my phone last Thursday and noticed it yesterday.

It gets louder slightly for a split second when I hit the home button or turn the screen off/on. I could live with it, it doesn't bother me that much in phonecalls as the other person speaking is usually enough to drown it out.

I'll be returning mine due to a few little LCD muras on the top of the screen, if I get a replacement which doesn't have the speaker issue I'll report back.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simer03:
I have an RMA coming! I couldn't take the sound in call... This is my 2nd RMA too... first one had a crack out of the box! Hopefully this one doesn't have the same issue but if it does I'm just gonna deal with it, it's not a big enough problem to constantly do replacements but as long as they keep allowing replacements, i don't see why not take advantage of it and see if you get a fixed device

Sent from my Google Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osi13:
This has to be some type of interference/shielding issue. I cannot hear the high pitched buzzing sound when I turn airplane mode on, and when I turn WiFi back on, while airplane mode is enabled, I can immediately hear the buzzing again.

This seems to be a hardware defect, and it really affects VoIP calls. VoIP calls sound horrible compared to my Gnex.

It seems that the screen sensitivity issues have been fixed by downgrading the touch driver, but I don't think software can fix this problem.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmejiaa:
I decided to do an RMA as it's been bothering me every night when I'm in a quite room talking on the phone. Who knows if the new one will be better but I know I'd regret not doing the RMA.

Problem is it's 3-5 da shipping and I leave the Country on Saturday, hopefully I get it in the lower end or else I won't be able to return my phone since I want to take it on my trip.

How much does Google hold from your account while they are doing the RMA? Is it a lot higher than the cost of the device?

if I don't get it in time I might put it up and hope to sell it for the amount google will charge me.

Sadly they didn't let me pay for 2 day shipping.

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I get the same sounds in airplane mode.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nguyen47:
This issue is getting worse in my phone :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmejiaa:
Did you call Google yet?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simer03:
No they only hold $349 (or 299 for 8gb) on your card, no taxes or anything! Last week i did an RMA on Monday and got the phone by Wednesday evening! Weird thing is, i got a shipping confirmation email on Tuesday and when i clicked the tracking number, my phone was already in my state, waiting for delivery the next day! So i think they delay the shipping emails but not the phone

Sent from my Google Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mario24601:
Got mine last Thurs, have not noticed anything...is the noise all times even when screen off?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmejiaa:
Good to hear, the csr was a bit clueless at first but seemed to want to get it out ASAP when I explained the situation... Hopefully I get it before Friday.

If not I'll take the 350 hit and sell it once I get back...

So far I just got a RMA email but no shipping info.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venekor:
What if someone orders the phone but doesn't have the extra money to hold the funds for a replacement, such an odd way to do it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmejiaa:
They'l let you ship yours in and they will ship the new one out once they receive it.

Holding the funds is more of a convenience for the consumer so you aren't stuck without a phone waiting for the replacement.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] otariq:
Just called right now to do RMA guy said they would ship it immediately so we'll see if I get an email tmrw
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Seriously? You buy a $300+ phone off contract, and you don't have enough money? Maybe priorities should be set...

http://goo.gl/J1azk
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] otariq:
Just use a different credit card its just a temporary hold
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrush4:
Just got my replacement, no white spots on the screen, which is nice, this one still has noise coming from the earpiece though. Think I'll wait a few months before trying another RMA, hopefully enough people will have made sufficient noise for Google/lg to take notice and fix the issue.

Also, I didn't get a returns shipping label or anything with the package like I was told I would.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmejiaa:
Yea, I think it's just the phone..In a couple of months I'm pretty sure nothing will be done unless they acknowledge it as a defect and honor it under warranty.

How much of a charge was placed on your card? I'll be away when I get my RMA replacement so it will most likely have to be sold when I get back..

Does anyone know if the original phone will still be under warranty??
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UCFJake:
My top speaker is completely wrecked. It sounds like the speaker is blown when any sound comes through. The main speaker is perfect so I can talk on speaker but using the earpiece speaker is unbearable. It is a physical vibration like the speaker cone is torn.

My girlfriend's N4 sounds crystal clear though so there are good units available. Google is having me RMA mine in exchange for a new unit.

Both units were purchased from the Play Store on Nov 13.

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Google Play Store emails a UPS label to print out to return the original phone.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onthecouchagain:
Has there been any confirmation whether the earpiece constant buzz is affecting battery? As in, draining it because the buzz is constantly "on"...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gotzaDroid:
Mine is dead silent on both speakers. Guess I'm either going deaf or I'm one of the lucky ones!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmejiaa:
So I'm going away tomorrow and haven't gotten a shipping notification.. Turns out the guy I spoke to never sent it out, even though he seemed so concerned about my timing and told me he was really gonna do it asap.. Even did the survey.

The girl today told me I can just get a RMA when I get back, I thought I only had 15 days...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simer03:
15 days to get a full refund... you can do an RMA for a full year i believe!?!? At least that's how it was for the nexus one
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmejiaa:
Yes that is what she said, I just figured the year was for warranty, meaning I'd have to send in the phone for LG to be checked/fixed/returned...

I'll wait it out and if it bothers me enough hopefully by then the buzzing is gone in the new devices.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler:
Randomly the noise started today, but I wonder if it's I've only just noticed it because its the first time I've made calls in a dead silent environment.... did everyone's here just suddenly develop the buzz or did the phone seem to ship with it?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukesleepwalker:
I have found that the crackling is louder at certain times and not bad at others. A quiet room does amplify the effect but I am pretty certain the level varies too.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Endoran:
So, my earpiece buzz/crackle/noise has become worse. It's gotten to the point when on a call it sounds like I'm next to an external speaker on the old edge network (remember when you'd have a phone next to a speaker and the speaker would make that weird sound when a text or a call came in?). That's the sound my earpiece now makes while on a call. It seems to come and go though. Sometimes bad sometimes just OK.

I have noticed that the noise becomes worse when my phone drops data during a call...which my phone always does after 3-5minutes (I've read elsewhere that this is common for our N4's to lose data connection on AT&T during a call, but it comes back after you hangup). Basically, if I'm on a call for longer than 3-5minutes the pulsating buzz/noise is more than noticeable, it is annoying. And a few times when the sound became worse than normal it was a precursor to my phone dropping the call. I don't know if the noise is the cause or just a symptom of dropping a call. For instance, it could be related to the radio ramping up power in order to avoid a dropped call but failing to keep the call - thus increasing the noise because it's probably related to radio power. Or the poor shielding could be the cause of the dropped call?

Anyway, I bought my N4 on release day so it's from the first wave of phones. I'm thinking of RMAing it now. So, I have three questions:

1. Since I've had it for almost 2 months would I go through google or lg for my RMA?

2. What are the chances that my replacement phone would have the same earpiece problem - has it been fixed in the revised hardware? (whatever its called REV11 or something...)

3. My phone doesn't have any other problems. So, in your opinion, with all the other possible defects, should I just accept the noise of my current phone or hope I get a good RMA phone?

Thank you!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmejiaa:
You can still do rma iirc.

Mine is also getting annoying, very noticeable when I'm on the phone at night with everything quite around me..

Not sure about the new phones having this issue or not.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Any new phone owners care to dial in on this?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FormerSlacker:
Got mine third week of December, seems fine as far as I can tell, haven't noticed any hiss.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhilipL:
Hi

No effect on battery, my phone has the same buzzing and if I don't use my phone much, even if connected to the cell tower for data and text messages I can go the whole day and only lose a few percent of battery power, which equates easily to 10 - 15 days of standby which is what is expected of a Qualcomm radio chipset and decent cell signal.

The buzzing is just a side effect of the DC to DC voltage converters and/or the Gobi modem chips being active to keep the cell connection alive. In this phone the EMI is somehow being made audible which appears to come for the earpiece. It may be the case the transistors for the earpiece amplifier are acting like a radio and picking this EMI up much in the same way a cats-whisker crystal radio will pick up sound without the need for any external power source connected to it.

Electronic items like these are rarely completely silent when in standby, some are just quieter than others, but I see no evidence this is a fault causing battery drain.

Regards

Phil
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdarren:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36840046&postcount=606

I posted my RMA experience in another thread, but thought I'd chime in here too. My chances of getting a new phone with the same earpiece problem turned out to be 100%... twice. Hopefully you'll have better luck.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jutezak:
The earpiece 'buzzing' seems to be tied to processor activity. With the phone sleeping there is a frequent 'tic' sound, if it is running it is more of a buzz.

It is indicative of work being done by the phone, but in itself doesn't mean that the amplifier is on. It probably means there is a ground loop somewhere.

Now for fun let's look how little electricity it needs:

Wikipedia says: "The sensitivity of headphones is usually between about 80 and 125 dB/mW". Let's guess 110 dB - it is high efficiency, not high-fidelity.

The level is probably at 20 or 30 dB. Let's guess 30. So the power is 80 dB under a milliwatt, which comes down to 10 picowatts. If that came straight out of the battery, it would produce that sound for quite a time:

10 picowatts is 1/100.000.000.000th of a watt. The battery contains 7 watt-hours, so it would run 700.000.000.000 hours. Which is nearly 80 million years.

That is how sensitive the human ear is. And how much energy the battery contains: the same as 6 grams of TNT.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Update?

Any of the phones shipped recently have this issue still?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhilipL:
Hi

See my post here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37469437&postcount=73

From some time in December a fix was introduced to improve the buzzing issue. The LG service notes do not go into detail about what that buzzing is or sounds like, however given the area the fix is applied to and that we've had no other types of buzzing reported widely, we can only assume this issue has improved for any phone made in January onwards.

Regards

Phil
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waggermama:
My friend got her's yesterday after ordering on Wednesday - it has the slight hiss, same as mine from December.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXiCate:
I have just received my second Nexus 4 from Google, this is a rev 11 and doesn't have any issues with speaker noise ... My other handset which is a rev 10 does ... New handset has the yellow screen problem though, older handset is crisp and white :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] draugaz:
To make matters even more confusing: a rev11 301K unit produced in January emits much more pronounced buzzing noise than my rev10 211K unit.

So, whatever LG tried to fix, they still did not find the root cause of the interference.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billownz:
Just got mine today. Same issue.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] casonswag:
My rev11 is silent don't hear any kind of buzzing from speaker
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calebt:
Mine is Rev. 11 no buzzing here.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kenneth131:
Just got mine yest. 301 and rev 11 the noise on the earpiece is much lower now but in a very quiet room you can hear it.

Best way to describe the noise is the same as that you get from a hard drive when writing data. Not a buzz though. Very consistent with the processor activity.

I love the device but don't want to RMA this one as all stock is still rev 11 and will all be the same unless very lucky

Anyone know how Google handle warranty issues later down the line say 4 months. Do they return to LG for fix or do they just send a new one
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibsonic:
I replaced the earpiece. Mine had a hiss sound while setting the volume above 80%.I live in the Netherlands so I couldn't RMA the phone. I bought the original earpiece and replaced it. it's working like a charm again!! 20 USD was the total cost..

Verstuurd van mijn Nexus 4 met Tapatalk
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazer155:
So it is not really fixable unless LG improves the shielding in the phone to prevent EMI from disrupting the earpiece?

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Where did you get a new earpiece from?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibsonic:
A dutch shop.. They have 2 left. If you want I can buy one for you and send it over.

http://www.mobielbereikbaar.nl/producten/lg/e960-nexus-4/onderdelen

I used this video to help with dissambly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZDAIgwbXk4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Verstuurd van mijn Nexus 4 met Tapatalk
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cpuks:
I bought my N4 in Germany MediaMarkt 29th of Jan - hw rev 10, date of production 10.01.2013, serial 300k

I have this wierd sound but only on 2G networks - when I switch to 3G sound is clear as crystal. Anyone had this symptoms? Maybe there's something wrong with radio?

Seems that this issue occurs also with hw rev 11. This is rather not an software issue as I use newest paranoid android build from sources and this issue is not resolved as many people report this since November.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Superuser_:
Hi

I want to make the selected tab bar transparent.

So I replace the tab_selected.9.png with a transparent image

As you can see at screenshots in applications settings the selected tab became transparent.in dialer no

i'm missing something??

Or the dialer tabs can't be transparency
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NikosGREECE:
My friend from Greece ;) i think that all It's ok

Hit thanks button oc i helped you
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Superuser_:
what you mean?

No it isn't
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CallMeVentus:
*scratches head and wondering if he/she took English lessons before*

"There may be many Ventuses, but there is only one CallMeVentus."
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .:QueNNch:.:
yeahh!! got confused too

please be more clear
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Superuser_:
Maybe he used google translate..

About my question;

Probably nobody know...

Anyway..i change it to eclair ones
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cascabel:
have you tried asking achep or chris? they might be able to help.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nag xperia:
USE U.O.T kitchen;)