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[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] jdt:
Hi everyone.

I have an o2 xdaII mini, that I got a few days ago - which I'm very happy with except for the sound quality during a phone call.

Regardless of the speaker volume, the sound of the remote person is fairly distorted at times - almost like the internal speaker is blown.

Has anyone else experienced similar issues with this device while being used as normal phone (i.e. not on speakerphone)?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Guest:
Hi, I have an MDA compact and I immediately noticed that the sound quality is VERY low...not even comparable to the P900 I had before....

and not only! I know other 3 user (they have the JAM italian version) that say the same thing as well!!! (from www.newsmobile.it)

I would like to send it back to the shop (in Germany), but I am not sure about it...
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] peppepep:
It was me to wrote above...

I am wondering also if a different RADIO-VERSION could make the difference in audio quality...

My version is:

ROM-version: 1.01.01GER

ROM-date: 10/21/04

Radio-version: 1.00.10

Protocol version: 1337.36

EXTrom: 1.01.120 GER

I repeat that I am very disappointed with audio quality in phone conversation... :( :( :(
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] killercheung:
My O2 XDA Mini's Radio version is 1.01.00.

It's true that the sound quality during phone call is not as good as XDA II, but I believe it is good enough for me.

It's a lot better than my old T68i and Treo 600.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] katsj:
Ok let me say this! I got the German T-Mobile with the German OS sound was perfect then I flashed it with English T-Mobile ROM the sound was still perfect! Then I flashed it with the iMate JAM ROM the sound became problematic with all the troubles you described so I flashed it back to T-Mobile's English ROM and the sound problems were solved again!

Conclusion the iMate ROM is buggy as fas as it concerns the sound quality and from your posts I see that the O2 has familiar problems with iMate's ROM. So I will stay with English T-Mobile ROM till a ROM upgrade will solve the problem in iMate's or O2's ROM.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] aristobrat:
Very good info, katsj

i-mate JAM (WWE)

ROM version: 1.03.00 WWE

ROM date: 11/01/04

Radion version: 1.01.00

Protocol version: 1337.38

ExtROM version: 1.03.143 WWE

Sound is decent. Not as deep/rich as my SMT 5600 (SP3), but I have no problems hearing people (or being heard)...

i-mate said that they'd have an JAM ROM update on clubimate.com soon. (who knows what 'soon' means though!) :)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] jdt:
My radio version is 1.01.00 too, and my sound quality leaves much to be desired.

I discovered today that the sound is so bad that I can't understand the remote person at all if there's any more than a minimum level of background noise (i.e. in a department store).

The info katsj gave us regarding different ROMs is promising, but a refund seems more attractive at the moment. :-(
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] katsj:
iMate already promised a new ROM fixing this problem! I dont want any refunds! I want this incredible phone to be perfect! Maybe the sound quality needs to be fixed but it is the ONLY phone that I can make a call at my house's elevator without loosing a word! All other phone I ever tried were just dropping the call! Even SE K700i which has the reputation of the best reception!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] kta:
Like katsj, I have an MDA Compact with the T-Mobile english ROM and the sound is just fine. I was using a P800 then a P900 just before I got the Compact, and I cannot tell any difference.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] peppepep:
Very well! I will wait my SD 1GB and I will try to upload an english ROM Tmobile...

The fact is that I have a German Tmobile ROM that, in katsj experiments, should be excellent for sound quality but in my case is very bad...

Why?

one more thing: which are the JAM forums where people are complaing about sound quality? I would like to have a look by myself....
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] PapaDocta:
i got the imate jam and the sound is really bad... i will try the t-mobile english version and hope it corrects the problem.............

hope someone could find a fix for it soon
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Kai920:
O2 XDA II mini here, and sound distortion is bugging...

Radio version: 1.01.00
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] barchetta:
I'va got a MDA Compact from t-Mobile German versione updated with english ROM and my audio is very good.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Guest:
I've got an i-mate JAM with the following:

ROM version: 1.03.00 WWE

ROM date: 11/01/04

Radion version: 1.01.00

Protocol version: 1337.38

ExtROM version: 1.03.143 WWE

Terribles sound quality - has anyone actually flashed the ROm to the T-Mobile English version and the problem been resolved?

Otherwise it's going back for a refund - love the the device - but can't put up with the poor sound quality...
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Guest:
Where can I find the English T-Mobile Rom???
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Lawerence of Asia:
If the problem is just with the Radio version, can someone tell us how to update the Radio ROM only. 8)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] peppepep:
I moved from German Tmobile ROM to WWE Tmobile ROM and AUDIO has icreased a lot in quality... I reccomend this ROM to all people that are complaying about audio quality...

ciaociao
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Guest:
I just moved from the P900 to the O2 XDAII mini 3 days ago. My immediate reaction when I first used it was similar to the comments posted. The sound quality is rather poor when compared to the P900. I am not sure if this is a hardware issue or a firmware issue.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] outfocus:
Same here

XDA II mini

ROM version: 1.03.00 WWE

ROM date: 11/01/04

Protocol version: 1337.38

ExtRON version: 1.03.147 WWE

Sctrachy, tinney, lacking bass, distorts, very loud even at lowest level- speakerphone is a tad better, but lack power, probably cause the treble would low the speaker.

I'm still having trouble understanding how it is the ROM version doing this- sounds like hardware to me....but if they can fix it, I'm in!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Guest:
peppepep,

Can you or perhaps someone else with the T-Mobile MDA Compact WWE radio version post it to this site.

Perhaps someone can test loading this radio version onto the I-Mate JAM ROM and see if there is improvement.

Lastly, I have heard some JAM Owners say their audio is not that bad. I wonder if this is a hardware or radio issue?

I have interest in this topic, because I will have a JAM on Monday the 3rd.

Happy New Year all,

Ed
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] PapaDocta:
now i think it's a hardware problem... because it's not just the imate jam that has this problem... but xda ii mini has the same... unless xda ii uses the same radio as the jam.............

i contacted clubimate and they said imate jam has the best sound... and they said i was the first to contact them regarding this subject and they are not releasingn any update at this time....... they will but god knows when.....

Guest .. i advice you to wait or buy it from a store and try it there....
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] aristobrat:
Yeah, but isn't the XDA Mini running about the same ROM versions as the JAM? T-Mobile's MDA Compact ROM version is a bit older.

If music sounds bad thru the speaker, you can use a shareware MP3 player that lets you adjust the bass/treble until it sounds good.

I see no reason that whomever makes these ROMs can't also adjust the telephone part until that sounds good, too.

There's been more than one person with a bad sounding JAM who's said that putting the T-Mobile ROM on made the sound better. Obviously that didn't change their hardware, right?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
i've got a JAM with terrible sound as well...

i updated to the t-mobile english ROM but that made no difference. the main problem is that when you downgrade to the t-mobile rom it doesn't update the radio part of the rom which i think is causing the problem.

anyone know how to update the radio part?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
this is the conversation i had with i-mate support - according to them its a known problem and they are releaseing a ROM upgrade to solve it... as you can see though - they are not commiting on a timescale...

Roni> Welcome to Club i-mate. My name is Roni and I am a Club Advisor. What can I help you with?

Roni> Hi

Ashley> hi

Ashley> i have a problem with my JAM

Ashley> the sound quality is very high pitvh

Ashley> and hard to hear - distorted when talking to someone

Roni> ok

Roni> have you tried to reset your device

Ashley> is this a known problem?

Ashley> i have tried everything

Roni> ok

Ashley> i know at leats 15 othe rpeople on forums that have the same problem

Ashley> is this a known issue?

Roni> we are going to release a new ROM upgrade which will fix this issue

Ashley> and if so is there a upgrade rom coming out to fix it

Ashley> or is it a hardware problem?

Ashley> ok

Ashley> so its a known problem then?

Roni> as soon as it is ready you may find it posted on our site

Ashley> cool - so its a software problem then

Ashley> i don'tneed to return the device to the retailer?

Roni> no need for that

Ashley> ok - its odd because not everyone seems to have the problem

Ashley> only some people

Roni> yes

Ashley> any idea when the ROM upgrade will be out - it's just that the phone is not much use to me in its current state

Ashley> ??

Ashley> hello?

Roni> no specific time

Ashley> ahhh

Ashley> so it could be quite some time then

Ashley> this seems to be a major problem - is it not possible for a quick fix ROM release to solve this issue?

Ashley> otherwise there are people out there with next to useless $700 phones

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The Representative has left the session

What would you like to do ?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] PapaDocta:
here is my share with the support...

ou're now talking to Buffon

Buffon> Welcome to Club i-mate. My name is Buffon and I am a Club Advisor. What can I help you with?

Buffon> hi.how may i help you?

Hesham> dear sir, i bought an imate jam and when i recive or call the sound of the speaker is really bad is it a software or hardware problem. known that i have to imate jam and all have the same problem

Hesham> the sound of the speaker is really noisay

Buffon> the sound is the best in the Jam

Hesham> compared to the Imate is really bad.. the quaity is bad i just replaced my imate ppc with jam and there is a big differnce

Hesham> even when i use the headphones still the same.. the sound of the other party is distored and hard to hear.. and this is in my both imate jams.. i have 2 not just one

Buffon> ok

Hesham> is there any update for the imate jam that will address this problem?

Buffon> no plan for now

Buffon> so i do not gurantee now

Hesham> so what shall i do with this problem?

Hesham> if it was on only one device i would return it but right now on the two

Hesham> i think imate isn't aware of this problem yet.. well at least could record my complain and hope you could solve this problem.

Buffon> hold on plz

Hesham> ok

Buffon> we respect all our customers and taking there queries or comments into consideration

Hesham> thank you for that...

Buffon> thks for interst in i-mate devices

Buffon> im glad to help you always
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
someone over here:

http://www.compactjam.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=231&PN=1&TPN=3

reckons that the problem is that the contact points on the speaker are not properly soldered - apparantly they fixed it themselves - whos knows...
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] katsj:
I am the one who fixed it and my conversation with clubimate is the last one in the previous page!!! :wink: The speaker is not soldered it justs contact the motherboard with two metal legs! Those legs were not contacting properly with the motherboard!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
did you manage to get the case off the phone easily without breaking any plastic clips?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] katsj:
Yes the build quality is excellent but you have to do it very slow and carefull! Only four screws for the back and then another two inside! and you have to unplug the camera connector and one more connector on the motherboard! Just make sure you have long nails :D and be patient!!!!!!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] rashe30:
I have opened up my Jam and bend the contact legs that did not seem to help at all, I seen the problem that you were talking about but the contacts are tight now and still the sound is the same as before. Flash with the T-Mobile 1.01 Rom and that seems to help but it is a real pain to under go. I am convinced that it is the radio stack causing the problems. Windows media sound excellent when playing through the headset just like the xdaii or pda2k. But phone audio is really high pitched and distorting the speaker it sounds like on mine, but the sound is the same coming through the headset also, so that only leave one thing the radio stack. Does anyone know how to dump the radio stack from t-mobile version 1.00.10. I beleive it is the problem. When downgrading to t-mobile rom the quality is a little better but not that much cause it doesn't change the radio stack. So anyone who knows how to do this please give us a helping hand with it. Waiting for Imate to release a update is gonna be a while it looks like.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] rashe30:
Other question is, is it possible to use the radio 1.18 from xdaii for the jam or should it not work, if you upgrade the radio stack only??
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
rashe30 - i think you are right - the radio stack is th eproblem - but n-one seems to know how to downgrade the radio stack to the t-mobile version....
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] rashe30:
Well I am in the process of upgrading the radio stack to 1.06 from the pda2k rom and so far after using xda3nbftool it is taking the upgrade it is at 62% currently, I shall post my results when the rom uprage completely finishes. HOPE IT WORKS
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] rashe30:
Okay it took the radio stack, will post further results after the extended & ce rom portion is finished.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
look forward to hearing the results....
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] rashe30:
if it doesn't i am going look into build a functional radio stack that does
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
surely it is possible to extract the radio rom from the t-mobile version and use that to update the JAM?

anyone have any ideas?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] rashe30:
yes is possible with mtty.exe and an sd card
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Jez:
Very interested to see your results Rashe, your last post was 00:29, its now 12:45, cmon man thats plenty of time to sleep! Get up you lazy sod and give us our radio stacks ;-)

Just messin, look forward to the results.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] rashe30:
it didn't work, the radio part did but the bluetooth crashed it as soon as I turned it on.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
rashe30 - did you manage to replace the i-mate radio part of the rom witht he t-mobile one?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Carlis:
Hi ..

I´m on my second Qtek s100 .. my first had the "cracked sound" problem.

I just went to the store and asked to try another one.. called my friend .. with the low voice.. he was always hardest to hear.. and on this one.. he sounded realy ok .. :)

So it must be a hardware problem on some units .. or ..?

My unit:

Qtek s100 made in Taiwan.

OS PPC 2003 SE v.4.21.1088.3 (b.14235.2.0.0)

Rom v. 1.03.00 WWE

Rom date 2004-11-01

Radio v. 1.01.00

Protocol v. 1337.38

ExtRom v. 1.03.100 WWE

Carlis
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] rashe30:
I am still beleiving it is something in the radio stack along with the ce rom, the sound quality is the same with a headset on, when listening to mp3 with media player the sound is excellent, but a call will come in and the sound is alot more horrible.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Anybody managed to solve the sound quality problem yet?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] LeSkip:
Well, like I have reported in other places, my subjective experience is that the phone sound quality of my Magician has improved considerably over the three weeks that I've owned it. It might be that I forgot how well my previous phone sounded, but today I would rate the sound pretty decent.

Skip
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] jdt:
I felt the exact same thing myself, but I still sent it back thinking that I'd just got accustomed to the sound.

Interestingly, when I called o2 and said that I had a sound problem with the XDAII mini, they told me to send it back. There was no attempt to troubleshoot anything, nor even an attempt to ascertain exactly what the problem was. That smelt like a known problem with a non-software fix.

cheers!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Sorry guys if this has been asked before but could you explain what exactly is the problem as I am using an O2 mini but so far the sound seems ok to me... :?:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] :
Check for sound quality on JAM/XDA mini

Hi guys-

well, I am a transducer engineer and build loupdspeakers for a living.

The Jam has 2 speakers built in, both are typical capsule speakers as you would find them in any mobile phone. The best way to test a speaker is to subject it to a swept sine wave (similar to a siren wailing) that goes form low frequencies (in this case maybe 200 Hz) to 20,000 Hz and then back to 200 Hz. This has to be done at a slow speed, for example 6 seconds/cycle. Software like CoolEdit should be able to generate such a signal which you then can play back on the PDA.

What this test will show you if there is any extraneous noise in your system (e.g. from a broken diaphragm, loose windings on the voice coil or dirt inside the magnetic gap)...

Keep in mind though that you are testing the electronic ciruit along with it.

If I had a spare JAM I would take out the speakers and measure their frequency response and distortion in our factory to get an objective asnwer whether it is the speaker or the electronics that is to blame.

Obviously, by one can also isolate variables to narrow down the problem (i.e. if the loudpseaker on the back plays back the signal or music w/o problems but scratches during a phone call - its the radio as speaker and amplifier have to be OK).
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Orloj:
MDA compact -bad phone sound quality too

I have new MDA compact and I have the same experience with phone sound -It is ugly: crapy sound with strange clicking, sometimes in noisy place is very difficult to understand remote person.

I have original t-mobile ROMs:

R: 1.00.10

G: 1337.36

D: 1.01.00 WWE

-no imate or other variations.. Tmobile, but not succesfully working..

Have anybody hint for me (and other T-mobile MDAc users with bad sound quality problem) how could we fix it? Any good ROMs or another solution of this problem please?

:cry: :cry: :cry:

..sorry for worse english..
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] X-man germ:
Re: MDA compact -bad phone sound quality too

Orloj I just cannot understand why you are having problems with your MDA compact. I have none of the problems you are having what so ever. BTW, what do you mean by the remote person?

X-man germ

:? :? :?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Kevlar:
I used the Radio Rom update 1.05 on a MDA Compact. It helped a lot. In one of the topic is a .rar file with only the Radio Rom 1.05 update.

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=17405&start=0
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nshaziq89:
hi there, im here feeling frustated to have found my gnex with this yellow colored wavy tinted on my screen.

i got this 2nd hand with very cheap price. im very happy with the performance but this colored tinted really irritates me especially when im running app with white background(sms, whatsapp, etc) which will make it more obvious.

anyone with this problem and know how to fix it? my last option would be to change the digitizer of course.

currently on latest nexushd with color setting to reduce the yellowness.

T_T... its almost the perfect phone for me.....ughh

from the picture, u can see that the less yellow tinted part is where the statusbar and the navigation bar reside.

my theory is that the black colored of the statusbar and navigation bar save the screen from the tints.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oifi:
inform yourself about amoled displays, thats normal.

there's no way to repair this
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CRIME INC.:
You can try this apphttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bengigi.screen.diagnostic
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amjadakmal:
I tried to load old stock of LG E400, however, it gave me some error at final stages. Now, the phone is working except two issues:

1: The USB is not working at all, neither for charging not for data transfer i.e. the phone is not detected on computer.

2: The graphics are not good as it should be. I guess its operating at 8bits or so.

I tried Voume Down, Home key and power, but no help by resetting it to default.

I tried Volume Up, Home and power, but i don't know how to proceed once it shows notice screen. I am not sure how to proceed or restore a new stock ROM or load a custom ROM since the recovery is not installed nor the device is rooted.

The current ROM is V10b.

Please help!
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsarunotres:
graphic error is sometimes because of firmware incompatibility with new released phone if im not mistaken

about your phone not detected

have you ever tried to uninstall the driver then reinstall and make sure that you enable usb debbuging

and if the debbuging works then i suggest you upgrade to other latest firmware because v10b is too old
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amjadakmal:
Thank you for replying. I did tried uninstalling and installing, it did not help. However, I tried flashing 10E and it helped in fixing the USB issues. However, my graphics still not fixed, even i tried installing a custom ROM but still graphics are not fixed :(

EDIT: V10F fixed the graphics problem in the stock ROM however, in the custom Rom, its still not working. Trying V10H stockrom and trying to install the custom ROM to verify.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amjadakmal:
The spectrum and other rooting hacks for LG - E400 only works upto V10C stock rom.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htn2205:
you should trying with v10n t-mobile :p
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amjadakmal:
May I get the link for the v10n, please.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] need4steer:
I have LG-E400f-V10f as a baseband version, and I rooted successfully with spectrum.
[MENTION=4093183]amjadakmal[/MENTION], what error did you receive in the final stage of KDZ-Flasher?

What version of KDZ-Flasher are you using?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Androyx96:
I tried to get the two cores infos (the 1.2Ghz one and the 1.6 GHz one) using: "cat /proc/cpuinfo" but there's only a physical CPU (as described here). What command can I run to see the real CPUs info in i9500 version?

(Sorry for my English but it's not my mother language)
[One (M7) Accessories] huxley309:
Is there a privacy screen protector for this phone?

I asked around but heard nothing as of yet.
[One (M7) Accessories] msgnyc:
Only ever seen the one on Amazon from Handheld Items for $10
[One (M7) Accessories] exavion:
Haven't seen a 'privacy' one yet, though I know many people use matte protectors for the effect, though they have a wider angle of viewing. I personally have the Poetic FlipBook which I keep open at an angle when I'm trying to keep my message private - that way, I don't have a screen protector at all (which feels great) and I can take the case off easily when I'm at home or in bed.
[One (M7) Accessories] pepporony:
Try capdase.

http://www.capdase.com/en/product4.php?cid=1&bid=5&mid=3948

I'm using their Klia one and it's nice. Never try the Privacy though.