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[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esema1o:
Just make one is fast and free here how :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwwI_6doBWk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] realpg:
is that a normal USB 2 MicroUSB cable?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egyptian86:
Hi guys,

I'm new to xda developers and its my first post,i need help to determined which better in sound quality (specially in calls) galaxy s4 or htc one i'm not a fanboy to any company and i'm little afraid from samsung because i have samsung s2 and it's with my respect extremely bad with below average sound level many time in noisy enviroments i can't hear the caller even with my handfree is on !!!

sound quality is my biggest concern and factor if will i buy galaxy s4 or not because i do a lot of calls and listen to music for hours can any body help me to decide please?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipsuvedi:
As far as external sound quality conserned...htc one is ahead..but in internal sound (headphones) wether its call sound or music ...s4 is more impressive than one

..

This is based upon many reviews I read.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egyptian86:
thank you for your opinion,can put some reviews you read that discuss this matter.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yahyoh:
dude u r posting in the wrong place :silly:

and i've never ever had any call quality issue on my GS2 in more than 1,6 years ;) nor on my Note2

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not really

but stereo speakers will give nicer sound but not louder ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krabman:
Nah, the sgs2 is fairly low with the max call volume compared to some other phones I've had and the popularity of the increased caller volume mod seems to imply that a lot of people wanted somewhat more. The sgs3 was better and no one seems to be complaining about in call volume in the reviews for the sgs4. IMO if it is a strong consideration wait for the phone to hit the shelf and try one out at a local shop. You wont have to wait much longer and will have a definitive answer.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egyptian86:
thank you sir, but in egypt there is no phone trying and that's a shame every local shop there is one rule take it or leave it just like that.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yahyoh:
maybe ur phone has somthing wrong !!!

All my Samsung phones have great call quality :cool:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krabman:
I never said anything about sound quality, I said sound volume which is a different thing. The sgs2 had easily the lowest max call volume of any phone I have recently owned and the increased call volume mod was popular with it and included in most roms for a reason. The OP does not appear to be a native English speaker and my impression is that it is max call volume he is referring to rather than the actual call quality even though he did use those words. Perhaps I am mistaken and he really was referring to call quality?

Either way if this is a make or break issue IMO getting a hold of a handset and trying it out is the only way to know for sure that something subjective like sound is going to be acceptable. The OP indicated this is not possible in his local at least from a shop but perhaps he has an acquaintance that is purchasing the phone that might let him try it out?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egyptian86:
I'm not saying the sound is bad all i'm saying is the sound level is not so great and the volume is below average specially in noisy places and i want to sure that galaxy s4 is better because i'm really love to have one.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipsuvedi:
I said sound quality and...

Sound quality doesnt mean only loudness... :p:D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BaronInkjet:
The best, safest bet on headphone quality now (incl S4) is still I9300 or Note2 (or iPhone if you are so inclined). Supercurio reported there are frequency conversion issues with even the Wolfson S4 = noise. And no Qualcomm chip phone has equaled Wolfson to date in S/N.

My transition from GS2 to GS3 I9300 was mind-blowing. It is also a simple hack to turn up the volume to a reasonable level for demanding IEMs.

I was craving HTC One when it came out, but the headphone/camera risk is too great.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adi Shakthi:
Why am here to boost sound quality lol......check my rom......
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shox22:
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_one-review-912p7.php

The one seems to have much better audio quality then the most other qualcomm devices.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egyptian86:
I don't like iphone so much with apple price tag and closed ios and i think about galaxy s3 & not 2 but it's old now & updates will run out very soon on both devices so really i'm very confused!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yahyoh:
get the Exynos Octa version which will have Wolfson WM5102 which is wayyyyyyyyy better than the piece of junk Qualcomm DAC
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nik0la:
gsmarena has updated their readings. It seems that dac in qualcomm version is amazing.

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s4-review-914p8.php
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yahyoh:
WOW great improvement :eek:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bagmar.rakesh:
Dont go into the tests too much..these minor differences cannot be noticed by most of the users..In simple words if the S4 has a wolfson DAC, your ears are in for a treat. Simple. I have a nexus 10 which has a wolfson DAC and nexus 4 which I guess doesn't and I can tell the differences when I listen to music on each of these devices.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ARPwizard:
Sound quality or call quality? Sound quality depends on your media, the DAC's S/N ratio, bit depth/sampling rate, your headphones, etc.

Call quality depends on your cell network
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] realpg:
:good::good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krabman:
He has already come back and said he is talking about sound volume not sound quality.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BaronInkjet:
Beware of the delusions of GSMarena. They "updated" their test results of GS4 and HTC One, but not the phones they compared them to. Pretty dishonest, actually.

For comparison sake (as long as we are doing apples and oranges) see Supercurio's results for iPhone here.

http://supercurio.project-voodoo.org/audio/iphone5/Apple iPhone 5 44 kHz 24bit (EMU 0204 ADC).htm

I have not seen a test by similar standards for Wolfson, but it is probably pretty close to iPhone. They were pretty close by old GSM standards (and everything Qualcomm was noticeably worse.)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] recolor-shrink-spool:
HTC doesn't use the standard Qualcomm, they have a higher voltage on the output, and Beats audio, which really is more than an equaliser.

Sent from my HTC Desire HD+
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redoano:
If you ask the same question on HTC one forum, you'll get the answer "HTC one". And if you ask in s4 forum you'll get "s4". But to me, one is ahead when it's sound quality or even louder sound. One has 2.55v sound output, which means beats is more than just an equaliser and I won't even mention about stereo front facing speakers. But I am not sure about call sound quality..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plegrand:
One for both. It has much better speakers, and beats audio.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jme369:
I've been through 4 HTC Ones and there's a hissing noise at low volumes, no matter how the audio is played. I'm getting an s4 because of this very issue.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skibadee:
What I'm interested to know is coming from an s3 with wolfsen, will I be getting worse, the same or better sound on a s600 s4?

Volume wise and distortion, hissing etc.

Bearing in mind I'm not talking technically, just as a regular user who connects his phone via line-in to my motor?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soraxd:
well gsmarena gave the s600 S4 an even higher rating than the S3's Wolfson, so that's really saying something! if even the benchmarks beat the s3, I'm sure it'll be better, but probably human ears can't tell the difference lol
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BaronInkjet:
The currently posted GSMarena charts for One and S4 are both a great big lie. The two new phones were tested with different methodology than all the old phones they show for comparison, but they do not explain this clearly. When I looked at the S4 updated results, even the new HTC One results were not updated. Either they are extraordinarily incompetent or they are intending to mislead people.

The original test results (apples to apples) were not better than I9300, had 10db worse noise.

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You confirmed what I expected. Was going to get One, but didn't want to risk giving up my I9300 sound. This was one of the problems I had with Nexus 4 (together with horrible high end freq response.) It was obvious and there was no way to fix it. And in the apples-to-apples tests, all Qualcomm chip phones have higher noise than Wolfson or iPhone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yahyoh:
HTC use standard Qualcomm Audio ( but they said they've add amp ) :rolleyes: , Beats is marketing crap :silly::silly:

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i think they're using Wolfson on both variants :D

and no people ears will definitely tell the difference with better frequency response - lower THD ( less distortion ) - higher noise level ( higher volume ) ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vapotrini:
Not sure what you're talking about, no such problem on mine. Haven't seen anyone mention this in the One forum either. Odd.

I can honestly tell you guys that playback from the one is very, very good.

Audio capture capability like shooting videos or taking dictation is even better. It's insanely good under any circumstance. Has to be heard to be believed.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jme369:
There's a few threads about it, try searching. Now it has been released in the US I imagine there will be more.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vapotrini:
Yeah I'm seeing them now. I'm not on a stock rom perhaps that's why I never noticed it.

FYI: There's a new rom out by HTC, hopefully that issue is addressed.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipmanwck:
I agree. Although htc one camera was good and audio capture superb I also had the hissing noise :( sent mine back.

Custom Stock Rom 4.1 Eternity

Brilliantly Stock
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtc276:
Wolfson on both variants? Do you have a source because I'd love that to be true.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beaver2233:
+1, hopefully!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XandroidX:
This needs to be answered... If anyone knows if the Qualcomm version has Wolfson DAC?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtc276:
The possibility is there. The review units had around -82 db (normal for Krait) and the final product units have around -92 db (normal for Wolfson and abnormal for Krait). It's ridiculously possible and is the thing I've wanted most in a phone since basically the Galaxy S (which still serves as my MP3 player). It also wouldn't be surprising if Samsung made some last minute changes since they're apparently now partners with Wolfson. But I definitely can't confirm any of this...I'm just sitting here hoping.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vapotrini:
Will compare my One to my SGS1's audio tomorrow. The One has it's work cut out for it, for sure. This phone hasn't stopped surprising me though, so I wouldn't be surprised if it wins out.

Easy to see that HTC went out of their way to make all audio exceptional on this device. Audio quality everywhere, is phenomenal! So I'd honestly be surprised if the One doesn't win. So far it hasn't even been comparable. It shames nearly everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaL87kEqZ4Y
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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Voltage Spike:
How bad is the hissing? Every mobile phone I've ever tried, including the iPhone and Galaxy S with Wolfson DAC, generate a soft hiss when the audio system turns on. I stop noticing it when actually listening to music, though.

What really bothers me is when the noise levels change with the audio. That's something I can't ignore.

How do you know? I have tried looking for a post on what actually happened, and I have been unable to find an explanation. According to their wording, the issue was only with the specific tests for a few devices, and they have since updated the numbers for those devices. It sounds like you are just speculating...

I am choosing to take them at their word for now, and am cautiously expecting the S 4 (and HTC One) to have great sound output. I wish more sites actually performed audio quality testing so we could at least compare the numbers.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BaronInkjet:
How do I know? Because I remember what the old results were. Their testing problems did not mysteriously appear with One and S4; they have always been there. In their review of the One, they said it was almost identical to the Butterfly. And in the original results were virtually identical. But what is published now is vastly different.

To show how sloppy they are, the One results shown in the S4 review do not even match the One results in the One review. See for yourself.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtc276:
Weren't the changes due to then first review being a test unit and the second a retail unit? Also, there have been rumors of a Wolfson chip being in the retail unit which could explain the change.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Voltage Spike:
Umm, that's just updating the results... I don't see you can leap from "we screwed up a couple of phones and updated the results" to "we changed the testing procedures entirely".

According to the incorrect RMAA results, it was similar to the HTC Butterfly which runs on a different Qualcomm SoC. When they fixed the results, those results were different. Again, why assume that all previous tests are invalidated?

If a newspaper issues s correction, do you assume all previous news was incorrect?

That is very sloppy, and weighs unfairly on the HTC One for those reading the Galaxy S 4 review.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BaronInkjet:
Something else about GSMarena: If you post a comment that doesn't fit in with their agenda, they just delete it. True or not, does not matter.

But believe who you want, LOL.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbob18:
I hope it is a high quality Wolfson. I'll be getting the S4 regardless, but that'd be icing on the cake for the stereo in my car. :)

According to the news here it very well could be. :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inolvidable:
I9505 Teardown from Ifixtit. DAC seems to be Qualcomm's WCD9310

¡So say we all! From my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XandroidX:
That's the same DAC in the Galaxy S3 looks like S4 getting recycled tech....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjy8138:
Tried both for ringtone volume.. I think the s4 is louder compare to htc one.. although the later sound nicer. For me there's no point having nice sound but can't hear it when phone ring
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jooosty:
My note 2 speaker is louder than my wifes GS4. Although louder may not be better

Same speaker location as well

Sent from my Note 2 hehehe (:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maurobonder:
I went to the store where he had a samsung DockStation and tested my GS3, GS4 and ipod.

When testing the GS4 the three had a large decrease in volume when connected to the AUX input, and also had the GS3.

The best of the three is the ipod in my opinion.

Comparing GS3, GS4 and ipod.

1 - Best: Ipod

2: GS3

3: GS4

One thing I did not ask because I forgot. What was the model that I tested the GS4 (i9500 or 9505). Should I go back on Monday to ask.

For anyone thinking of using the GS4 in an AUX input of car stereo, maybe it's a problem. As I am still unsure, not bought.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trenzterra:
Hi there, there seems to be an apparent audio crackling issue at >50% volume for quite a number of IEM models.

The thread is listed here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2258831&page=2

I'm really disappointed especially considering I own one of the affected units.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Obagleyfreer:
I'm using Sennheiser cx -300 mk2 and mine sound fine, even at high volume. Could be hardware....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tango280581:
What firmware you running brother. I ask because I too use the mk2's and mine are crackling like a mofo
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trenzterra:
If you could supply the firmware version it would be great.

I tested two demo sets at the store, one sounded fine while the other crackled like mad. Not sure if it's firmware fixable or just poor quality control :S
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gio_b:
we are toking about snap dragon ,or exynos (big difference) ?

let me know Giovanni.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manbeer:
Im getting a horrible high pitched squeal in the car. Tried different cables to no avail. Sound quality seems harsh compared to my last note 2. Am returning s4 tomorrow. For me the most important part of the phone is the sound
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sz1a:
Did you try increasing the volume?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burner07:
hi , is there any kernel like (boeffla for s3) to improve volume and sound quality , i want especially for volume because is too quiet. thx
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kesgreen:
If you want great sound fem your S4, get the Neutron music player and the Android DAC from Hifimediy
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burner07:
too complicated with dac.. there is no kernel with better sound ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Milandas01:
I'm revert back to stock :cool:
[Android Themes] h4mza:
Hi I'm looking for MIUI V5 icons in square shaped instead of rounded edges please. Thanks
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] math900:
Hi,

I've had my galaxy tab 2 for about a year and just yesterday it started acting really weird.

When i turn the tablet on it looks fine, boots in to cm10 which i have been using for the last 6 months without reflashing, after a few secounds i see that i have some app updates from google playstore and it runs through, but then the tablet just reboots.

After the reboot the apps that just have been updated starts updating again (?!?). I have tried to quickly uninstall some apps from the tablet while the tablet is still active (about 1,5-2 mins). It states that the application is uninstalled but after the reboot the apps are back again.

I have also tried to do a restore from a saved cwm file (first one after my flash) and it takes a while and then states that its all good and rebooting, still cm10 with the exact same problem as before. Also i have tried to do a total reset by installing the stock rom from sammobile through odin, takes about an hour, no error messages, reboots, and cm10 is still on there with the same problem as before.

Seems to me like the system somehow cant write to the internal storage, anybody with any experience on this that could help me out?

[EDIT] I have also tried to do a factory reset and wipe data from cwm, but the unit just reboots [/EDIT]

Greatful for all tips.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dexxmor:
Try formating /system and /sdcart from recovery and reflash your ROM (be shure that your ROM zip is on your external sd).
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 900math:
Hi and thank you for the reply.

When i try to format /sdcard i get an error Message saying error mounting sdcard

Anything else i can try?

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[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dexxmor:
I Think, your internal SD cart is broken.

It reboots by installing new apps/updates and CWM is can not mount internal SD, so i think your SD is brocken.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 900math:
I just noticed that If I try to format /data the tab immidiatly reboots.

Is there some way to reach the internal storage of the tablet to do a format from a pc?

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[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dexxmor:
Mmh, sure with ODIN> flash a stock firmware.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 900math:
Hmm, i guess there is no way of replacing the internal sd? In that case i guess the tablet is just going out with the garbage since the warranty is void... :-\

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[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dexxmor:
Sadly no :(
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 900math:
The weird thing is that for the few minutes that the tablet is on i can add and remove files on the internal card through usb cable in Windows

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Bennyy55:
Is it possible to install a custom rom onto my sony xperia s whilst my bootloader says that is isn't unlockable? Or is there any ways around it, any help would be muchly appreciated
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] karbon11:
the bootloader must be unlocked in order to load custom(3rd party) kernels and custom roms i.e. cyanogenmod, aokp, slimroms etc. but it is possible to load a modified stock kernel and stock roms without unlocking bootloader.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
Stock based ROMs, as XZX, SSpeed and a few others, you can. CM and AOSP based, no.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] RazorMC:
Custom and Modified kernels need an unlocked bootloader.

As the above member (@Felimenta97) said, try out stock-based custom ROMs
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] karbon11:
modified kernel needs unlocking?thanks didn't know that
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] ritzcompca:
wats the difference between xda2 and mda2
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Wiz:
None (except the black colored bits and the T-Mobile customized OS)
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] ritzcompca:
ohh ic same with the i mate too rite
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Rudegar:
yes htc makes them all and the phone company oem them

when o2 does it they call it xda2 and tmobile call them mda2

not sure if imate is connected to a phone company

i know that qtek2 is not always

htc also makes ipaq for hp/compaq
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lucky Thirteen:
Like every other device on the market, the HTC ONE is not perfect, both at device and software levels it is likely that some glitches and hitches will be discovered, this is exactly the place to report those bugs. It is important here to distinguish between a bug from the device and a bug from an XDA ROM developer, the latter case must be reported in the appropriate topic and not here.​

Confirmed or Known BUGS:

BUG : I find that on the odd occasion my back button or home button becomes dead.

SOLUTION : Have a read HERE​

BUG : Beats causes a hissing background noise, most noticeable at low volumes.

SOLUTION : Some say disabling WiFi and re enabling it solved their issue.​

BUG : Bluetooth streaming audio issues, audio keeps cutting out.

SOLUTION : Some has solved this by disabling the energy saving options or simply turn OFF WiFi. To discuss this issue click HERE​

BUG :

SOLUTION :​

BUG :

SOLUTION :​

Post your bugs and issues and if they get confirmed frequently I will add them to this list.​

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[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xperia23:
I find that on the odd occasion my back button or home button becomes dead. This usually fixes itself immediately when shifting to another screen or something. A minor inconvenience.

Other than that I've not experienced anything else.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jme369:
Also beats causes a hissing background noise, most noticeable at low volumes.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaythenut:
try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2231832