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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun2down:
Hello!

After setting up my new note II 3 days ago, i noticed a text in the notification bar pointing out to answer or reject an incomming call via voice command. Today i wanted to test this feature, but it seems i disabled it accidentialy...Now i can't find it in the settings anywhere.

Can someone help me with a little hint?

Sun
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akalias1981:
I think this setting might be buried in the S-Voice settings.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MohJee:
S-voice >> Settings >> Application control
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun2down:
Ok, found it. Now i have to wait for a second phone to test it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun2down:
Option is enabled, but doesn't work with incomming call :mad:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun2down:
Any other idea?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aquaholik:
You have to disable vibration on the phone. Enable sound is ok but do not enable vibration. Set ring tone a little lower and shout "answer" or "reject".
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun2down:
Ok, will try that. But why is the text in notificatin bar gone?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun2down:
Suddenly the text reappeared and the feature works. Can't say why....

Tx so far for all your help.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamjamess:
I am also having this issue. Its driving me crazy. On my iphone it was not an issue. But this new note 2 and my new voyager legend its not letting me answer the incoming call with my voice I have to take my hand off the wheel and hit the button to answer. Ive tried going into the svoice settings and doing what you guys recommended as well as disabling the vibrations. Still mothing.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaKTaiL:
You have to disable vibration on the phone. Only leave sound enabled and it should work.

I was having the same problem until I saw this thread today. :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toughmenot:
Same here.. It wasn't working and I even tried a factory reset. Lately I saw this thread and now it started working. No vibration should be enabled for this function to work. The popup message had already said this but I mistook it for the silent mode with vibration and kept on trying different ways. But the point as clear from above is, vibration should be fully disabled and the phone shoud be in ring only mode for answer via voice feature to function properly... :cowboy:
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Blazy56:
I Installed on my S2 the new version jelly bean for my s2 and than i saw my micro sd cars dosent work it says " SD card blank or has unsupported filesystem" i tried to foramt my sd card but i cant even do this,,, can someone help me ?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradsh1:
Is there any way to turn this off? Every time I plug in headphones in 4.2 in Google Play Music it cuts the volume to under half, then if I try to go over half it pops up a warning that I am going to damage my hearing and I am a moron. So I click this stupid thing and then I can finally turn the volume up to max.

I AM PLUGGING IT INTO A CAR!! This is very annoying but I can't find the option to turn it off. Ideas?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ynrozturk:
Nope. And when you select okay and turn it up to max, it's then "normal", trololo
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradsh1:
im going to need a custom rom just for this, unbelievable this isnt an option
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradsh1:
practically blew out my ear drums today. thanks to the n7 i just set the volume higher on the car. today i plugged in my phone at full volume instead of the n7 and nearly destroyed my hearing because the car volume was set so high to make up for the n7. this stupid ****ing idea has actually caused me damage. thanks google, you idiots!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pushrodv8:
Hi,

I have the International GSIII, with music stored on the internal SD. No matter which ROM I use (whether Samsung-based such as Omega, WanamLite, FoxHound or CM-based such as AOKP, Temasek, etc.), while playing music I get random 1-second skips to random tracks, then back to the track I'm playing. This behavior also isn't player dependent (Poweramp, MixZing, GMMP, Samsung's original Music Player). Also it happens only on music, and not on podcasts (using BeyondPod).

Does anyone have any idea what the problem is and how to fix it?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dvigue:
i used CM10 when the SG3 came out. it was kinds buggy. hows the stable one running now? any issues?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] user1391:
Got my Nexus 4 today.

Half an hour ago I realized some constant noise coming out of the top speaker, all the time.

It's very quiet but it's definitely there. Sometimes it sounds like if you have your phone near a radio or anything else with speakers.

Anyone else got the same problem? Might this drain battery?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zander145:
No issue like that here.

Edit: After further investigation in a quieter place. I do hear a slight sound. As if the top speaker is on.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ProfessionalDreamer:
I just checked. It is really barely noticeable, but it is there! :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ace7196:
Let's try to narrow this down...

If you have the issue, write down if it's dependent upon anything.

Does disabling "touch sounds" fix it?

How about disabling noise cancellation?

If you blast some quick bursts of compressed air at it, does it fix it?

If you mute all the volumes, does it help/fix it?

Could you freeze the audio controller app (don't recall the name atm) in system/app?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tclaw:
I got mine today and don't have that issue
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DDeveryday:
I hope someone with the time and dedication will create a thread with a checklist of all the problems, so new owners can check if they have any of those problem and decide whether or not to return the unit.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pnnorth:
Also have it here, I'll be surprised if this isn't a common issue.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llcarlj:
Me too, just made my first call and noticed it. Its the same if the volume is on or off.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
This is being talked about here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1993668
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G1ukos:
Just you check your old phones, please... Before all that panic...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silas0220:
^^ This. I just checked my Sony Xperia ion and it seems to be going "click..click..click..click..click..." over and over, with nothing going on. I bet a huge number of phones have this normally. How many of the "issues" we're seeing are actually just normal phone things, and people are just being overly picky just because it's THIS phone?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] threeclaws:
No issue here, at least not a constant buzzing.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samthe2can:
Thank you for pointing it out!

Man people are being crazy over this phone.

Next up, the touchscreen doesn't operate properly when water gets on the screen
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacklebott:
My old phone doesn't do it
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pat972:
This has a high chance to come from the last kernel version ! Anyone using linux may have noticed this from the last kernel update of the sound driver , i think somehow related to the powersaving . It's surely annoying but not a big deal, more software related than a hardware defect.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duraeas:
Very interesting.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richieboy67:
That makes sense, I am sure there will be patches..

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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sandman2749:
SOLVED!

That noise is the combined anguished screams of those who couldn't get through on order day or who got back ordered.

Google records them on all android fans and then plays them back over the Nexus 4 at low volume.

Andy Rubin says it makes him smile and helps him sleep. :laugh:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariosraptor:
My Xperia mini pro makes noise too. This is normal. Peace
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tian105:
Just checked my old phone(galaxy s3) with 4 different ears, and no such noise was heard.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strung:
My Nexus 4 has the annoying EMI interference sound. It's obnoxious :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(. Galaxy Nexus, OTOH, is silent. I will be returning the Nexus 4. NOT ACCEPTABLE, LG.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elliot.newnham:
How loud is the noise? My Motorola Charm has slight noise when its turned on, inaudible unless its pressed up to my ear.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rottensalad:
Been using my nexus for half a day and have not noticed and sounds from the ear piece. Phone rocks by the way.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssauger:
I have to press it on my ear to hear it. Now the question is, is it a hardware failure or normal on the N4, since people say its also on some S2, GN, HTC Sensation....? I didn't noticed the sound before i read about it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BravoMotorola:
LOL. Some people just know how to make hilarious comments haha.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhi2889:
Just checked my s2, it doesn't have any sound...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mat.hen:
In a dead quiet room I can hear it from about 5-10cm away. Until I saw this thread, I hadn't noticed it at all.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strung:
Yes, well, you are going to press it to your ear when you are on the phone, aren't you? :p
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lockett:
If you place your ear up to any speaker with a power source hooked up to it and running you are going to hear noise.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strung:
I don't hear any noise on my galaxy nexus. None. My nexus 4 OTOH has loud EMI interference. It's distracting during calls.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moosery:
Are you sure its not the components in the EL circuit (the backlight for the screen). These commonly whine hum or buzz. It would stop with the screen off if that is the case..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssauger:
I now think its not the speaker, cause when i take the rear (flashlight) to my ear i also can hear something. But Voice quality is fine for me and i didn't notice any drain or problem.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ceejay83:
I have this too. Could only hear it if I put my ear next to the headset. Wonder if this is draining battery.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 666fff:
Don't think it drains battery. My N4 started at 91%, and after 1 day 10 hours 31 minutes it's on 31%. Moderate use, but no SIM card, wifi on.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaxCarnage:
Just got mine today and I am not noticing this. I put it to my ear with screen on and off and I don't hear any noise.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d4ft:
I just found out I have the hissing noise too. But really, it doesn't bother me...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huntedsoul12:
How about that annoying noise during calls? Its not the rattling, its like the em interference like noise..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ravynmagi:
I can hear it, but have to press the phone right up to my ear.

Thank god I work in a server room with lots of noisy computer fans and have permanent ringing in my ears. So this just blends in nicely. :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjjsong:
I have the same issue. Seems to be very audible when screen is on or when it's charging.

When the screen is off and not charging I can't hear much. I guess it's fine since when I'm on a call it's usually the case the phone's screen is off and not being charged...

Edit: I can still hear it during a phone call... now I'm deciding if this is acceptable to me..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crusinx1:
Ya, I have the noise too, and can also hear it when making a call. But only if I listen for it, it's pretty faint.

I'm not sure what to think of it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilive27:
add me to the list... can hear it pretty well when charging or screen on.

not a huge deal but definitely strange. My galaxy s3 doesn't do that, but it does rattle when you shake it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Luxferro:
Mine does it too. My guess is its LCD backlight.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptesmoke:
my One X has a noise... I never ever noticed it until I read this thread... I think you guys are making a huge deal out of this... it doesn't bother me...

now when I get my n4...If it's a lot louder than my One X... maybe ill see your point of view..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaiowas82:
Hiss is present with screen off too, at least on my device....but I'm not bothered at all
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okplaya:
I have hiss when the phone is on, period. When I'm on a phone call it is very bothersome. I could care less, otherwise. The fact that it greatly affects call quality is a big deal (for me). None of my previous Android phones have done this, or have been noticeable during calls. I think while on a call you shouldn't hear the hissing from a premium phone such as this one.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptesmoke:
OK so my n4 just showed up....no noise..at all...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Csquared:
I have the same problem. I charge my phone at night next to my bed and it makes a hummig noise. If I unplug the charger from the phone it stops. Doesn't matter if the screen is on or not.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] germanj:
No sound here either on a S2, S3 and MyTouch4G. I agree you guys are getting particularly picky about this one!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ceroglu:
Same problem here. It is very disturbing while on call. It feels like the phone is going to start smoking and catch on fire while talking to someone. Hopefully it will get fixed with an update.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlemonds:
not too noticeable, but definitely there
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runal:
I have the same issue, I can hear this noise constantly unless the phone is turned off. I wouldn't care about this little noise but I believe that this causing issues with call quality. When I'm on speaker phone I hear distortion on and off and people complain that they can't hear me well when I'm on speakerphone. I called Google Support and arranged a replacement which I bet the replacement phone will have the same issue.

A couple tests that I tried;

I called Google Support from Nexus 4 and put it on speaker phone, the sound gets distorted immediately starting from the 4th second of the initial Google Support recorded message. I tried calling from IPhone 4S work phone that I rarely use, speaker phone was so clear.

I downloaded Easy Voice Recorder on both Nexus 4 and Galaxy Nexus, recording at the same time, GNEX playback had less background noise and static.

I saw a post that GNEX on 4.2 has the same noise which indicates a software issue but I still couldn't hear it on GNEX even after upgrading to 4.2.

I ordered my Nexus 4 on launch date and have no other issues that I'm aware of so it's really frustrating to go through replacement knowing that the replacement might come with more issues. Other than issue I love this phone. Going back to GNEX for now.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarcosis:
Count me in this group. It only happens to me though when the speaker volume is less than all the way and when the screen is on. Never happens when the screen is off or charging like some others. It might be present when the volume is all the way up, but i might just not notice it. It only happens on the headset speaker. Phone audio comping out of the 3.5mm jack, Bluetooth or speaker phone sound fine. Not a deal breaker at this point, but i'll get it warrantied down the line.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamhlj:
If anyone gets a replacement unit because of this issue, please let us know if the replacement has the issue fixed.

However, I wonder if its some sort of noise reduction technique that got a little too much juice, lol.

You know when you turn the screen off and the animation is like an old school TV turning off, the noise that emanates from the speaker kind of adds to the effect of the old school TV now that I think about it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simer03:
+1 same here... The other person talks and i wanna stop talking to them cuz it's so annoying

Sent from my Google Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tenji7:
When I first got it a week ago, I read about the noise issue on the speaker. I try listening if I could and I did not hear it. Skip to Yesterday and I pick up a call. I notice the static/hissing nosie right away. I am disappointed with google, I also have another issue, It also happen yesterday. When someone call, I pickup the phone and see an all black screen that's on with color line all over the left side, kinda like when you see a crack lcd screen effect. The color line was also flickering like the screen was dimming on and off really fast. I press the power button to make it sleep and wake it back up, It was fine afterward. Might be a software issue.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcfella:
I hear the hiss/buzz constantly too. I only notice it in quiet rooms though.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runal:
I was supposed to get my replacement today and UPS says that it was delivered this afternoon but the package is nowhere to be found. I've received hundreds of packages to my house since I've lived here and this has never happened before. I got home pretty late and couldn't get a hold of UPS but Google Support was friendly and understanding, I guess Google will take care of this but I'm hoping a neighbor will stop by tomorrow before we announce this lost or stolen. The cool things is, if I understood correctly, Google can deactivate the phone.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ragnarok_:
i hear the buzz during call mostly, it is very annoying buzz when people speak... i hope its not a hardware issue
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexicon:
I received a warranty replacement for the issue but it still has the slight buzz. Although it might be a little less than my first one. Oh well. I'm keeping it
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fpuig:
The phone is absolutely silent when not on calls. I hear the same "static/buzz" when someone speaks to me on the other line. What I've notice is that if I lower the earpiece volume to around 30% the "static/buzz" is completely (or about 95%) gone. Since I'm not having the certain noise problem most people are having (the noise when even the phone is turned off) that leads me to conclude that either the OS is just not tuned correctly or LG makes a really bad speaker. Not sure whether to send it back or not : / ... Someone else try lowering the volume and seeing if the same happens. Thanks
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joshr:
I've got the buzz. Louder when the screen is on but still faintly there when the screen is off. Doesn't matter what volume level the phone is on or what brightness setting.

Regardless, its quite faint and I need to be in a fairly quiet room to notice it. I will only ever have it up to my ear in a phone call; the background noise of the call would drown it out I'm assuming. Still haven't tested a call though, have to go buy a SIM card (coming from sprint).
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmejiaa:
I noticed it but it doesn't really bother me, unless people start returning and getting new phones without it I won't call the Play store for it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahampstead:
I have the buzzing too. Very annoying during calls in quiet rooms.I exchanged my phone with o2 but the replacement is the same. I find that you can hear it quite loudly if you put your ear to the centre of the phone's screen when the screen is on as well as over the earpiece. I know you wouldn't normally put your ear in the centre of the screen but on trying to help pinpoint the problem!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr4stic:
This likely won't be a software fix...

Having worked with sound on PC's and elsewhere, this sounds like the tell tale signs of noise due to poorly isolated circuits.

With the phone completely off, there's no noise. If the phone is idle with the screen off, there's a slight noise. The noise, when listened to closely resembles the sound you hear when a cell phone is too close to amplified desktop speakers or a modern conventional telephone. Putting the phone in Airplane Mode makes the sound become much more consistent and relatively flat(ish), which just about confirms that our issues are due to poor isolation.

The earpiece speaker is likely not shielded well to EMF noise. The crackling changes depending on whether the screen is on or not (more calm when it's off, but still there), as well as when in airplane mode. That makes this hardware and that means it won't likely ever be fixed by a software/firmware update. Eliminating it would require turning the power down on other components like the antennae or the display, and that's just not gonna happen on a cell phone.

For me, the crackling is faint (thankfully), but definitely there. However if I'm not paying attention to it, I don't hear it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c900712:
Anyone else noticed that the noise gets worse if your on edge/3g or lower rather than hspa+? I was in a quiet room and it almost made me switch phones..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strung:
I notice this. I remember the LG G2X would get a quiet annoying buzz on EDGE in the earpiece, but not on HSPA.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [hfm]:
I can hear it but only if I put the phone to my ear while not on a call. Since I never do that I will mark that ticket WONTFIX.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c900712:
yeah after testing it out more with my gf.. when on edge you get a really loud buzz noise like if your close to a radio or something like that even if there are no electronic transmitters receivers close to you or in the room
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strung:
If you want even more noise, go to Settings -> More... -> Mobile networks -> Use only 2G Networks
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Emama:
Yes, there is noice,

but even in 2G network I can't hear it unless I put in next to my ear.

So why bother?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strung:
Can't tell if serious or trolling. The interference is disturbing during phone calls.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tommynator87:
Got a replacement because of the buzzing, but the noise is now even worse! Dont know what to do... Will try a third time, i guess, but if thats not gonna fix it, i have to search for other options.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbell13:
You people are the biggest bunch of whiny crybabies I have ever seen. Seriously. First it was with the Galaxy Nexus, and the "OMG WAHH THE SCREEN TURNS PURPLE ON THE LOWEST BRIGHTNESS SETTING." And now this. "OMG WAHHH A VERY SLIGHT BUZZING NOISE THAT I HAVE TO BRING MY PHONE TO MY EAR TO HEAR." Probably the same types of people that call an ambulance for a toothache.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strung:
How does one get an exchange/replacement? Through Google or Tmobile depending where you purchased it? Or through LG?

---------- Post added at 05:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:00 PM ----------

You hold a phone to your ear when making a call. If you can't grasp that concept, don't post.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samthe2can:
This is something that all speakers do when they are powered. This one is just a little louder than others for its size.

Do not worry about it people
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Emama:
The noise of mine is so tiny that I wont notice in phone call
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NICEGYPT:
I returned my phone to tmobile today. I like it but I can't stick for 2 years with a noise and rattle