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[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macallik:
One other thing you are overlooking is to position the phone upside down in your pocket. Understandable not to have the glass facing outward, but you can put the phone in 'up-side down' and turn on reversible screen . That should prevent the power button from being inadvertently triggered in my experience.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guiniol:
I've had the same issue, but only with this one pair of jeans, so it probably depends on the cloth.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bradlee22:
FYI, if you're rooted, the Gravitybox module for Xposed has a setting under Power Tweaks called "Proximity wake-up" which does exactly what you want in terms of preventing wake ups when the proximity sensor is covered. I've only just turned it on, but so far it seems to be working well.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petrov.0:
Actually it seems that this has been fixed in the latest update for 6039. The display cannot be unlocked by the gesture anymore if the sensor is covered. All other apps have conflict with this (at least for me). Which in turn requires the power button to be explicitly pressed in order the display to be activated. Even if it's not in my pocket anymore.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bradlee22:
Right you are on both counts. I'll test further before posting next time. Thanks for the correction.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaronoh:
Hey,

How do I go from back to stock from cm? I have a TWRP Backup of the stock ROM after root, can I just restore it and unroot?

Thanks,

Aaron
[Amazon Fire Phone] danielnealclark:
Not sure if it had anything to do with the update, but I have been power cycling my phone a lot lately...

Headphones: My headphones don't seem to be registering that they're in, so the sound comes through the speakers--but the headphones work when plugged into other devices. (I have picked up a pair of bluetooth headphones until I figure it out, which work fine.) After power cycling the headphones work again for a while somehow, but will randomly stop again, so it must be a software issue. It could have to do with being unplugged while audio is going?? Not sure

In-call: I can't hear the other person, but they can hear me. If I switch to speaker phone, I can hear them (not sure if they can hear me while on speakers, they usually hang up by the time I realize they are really there but I can't hear them...) It's so weird. I have to say, "I can't hear you, I'll reset my phone and call you back in a minute".

Anybody else with this problem???
[Amazon Fire Phone] alexandergrig:
I've been struggling with the same problem on 3 different Fire Phones. All phones are running Fire OS 4.6.3. I discovered this problem after plugging into my car stereo via the 1/8" audio jack. If not immediately, shortly after disconnecting the cable I would be unable to hear the party on the other end during a phone calls, though they could hear me. I also found that the jack would no longer switch from Speaker to Wired audio and vice versa when I plugged a cable into and out of the 1/8" audio jack.

It looks to be an OS issue as the problem is remedied by a restart. I am really curious if I happened to get 3 lemons or if anyone else experiences this. If this is an issue with Fire OS, have so few people used the audio jack? I am tempted to install Cyanogenmod to see if this remedies the problem, though I would expect this sort of issue to occur with Cyanogenmod as opposed to the stock FireOS install.
[Amazon Fire Phone] danielnealclark:
Thanks for letting me know there is someone else out there with the same issue. I hate thinking I'm the only one!

BTW alexandergrig did you get a warranty replacement for them or you just bought 3 when they were on sale or something?? I am thinking of trying to replace it on warranty, since the issue is new-- it just started a couple of weeks ago, and I didn't experience the headphone/call "mute" issue throughout most of the life of the phone. The other thing that I don't get is why it won't let me take a video--it stops after 1 second (also a recent issue).
[Amazon Fire Phone] alexandergrig:
The phones were not on warranty replacement but rather purchased new. How long had you been using your phone without issue? What version of FireOS are you currently on? Have you side loaded Google Play?

Today, for example, I had no issue with plugging headphones in and removing them. I later plugged the phone to my car stereo via mini-jack and had no issues playing music or placing and receiving calls (using the speakerphone) while it was plugged in. When I unplugged it, I was able to make calls. Later when I plugged the phone into my car stereo again, I had the same problem. Basically all the audio was being routed to the speaker and not the audio jack. No matter how many times I plugged and unplugged the cable, no audio was being sent through the audio jack.

I also happened to try the Soundabout app on the Google Play store, thinking that perhaps the audio was not being routed properly. Unfortunately, when I forced the output to the "wired" audio jack, at best I would hear some popping noises. All this gets resolved with a restart, however inconvenient that may be.

I find it hard to believe that the 3 phones I have worked on all happen to be lemons, though I guess it's possible. I wish I could get some feedback from others to determine if they are having any such issues. Like I said before, this is something that you might expect from a custom ROM not a stock OS install. I'm not sure how much of a pain making an Amazon warranty claim would be. If you opt for this, I would appreciate it if you could let me know how this goes and if the replacement unit works properly. Part of me wonders if a Cyanogenmod install would remedy this issue. If not, then it's got to be something more complicated beyond my ability to troubleshoot. I am very tempted to try.
[Amazon Fire Phone] danielnealclark:
I got the phone in February, and it has worked fine until about two weeks ago. My headphones (the ones that come with the phone) started malfunctioning, and there was an OTA update around that time, so I am suspecting it could have been either thing. I side loaded Google's apps during my first week with the phone, and my current OS is 4.6.3 (463001620) [but I don't know why is says "Installed Tuesday, February 18, 2014" since it has definitely been updated since then...]

I'lll let you know how the warranty stuff goes. Maybe they'll give me a replacement that works...
[Amazon Fire Phone] alexandergrig:
All 3 phones were on 4.6.3 while having this problem. They had immediately been updated to 4.6.3 after purchase. I did test this prior to installing all the Google Play services, but there was no difference. I have not tested this on any other version of FireOS.

Today I made a point to test this more thoroughly. Phone works properly while connected to car stereo via audio jack. I can call out via Speakerphone without issue. However 5 times today when I disconnected the mini jack from the phone, I could no longer router audio through the jack when plugged in again and I experienced the issue where I could not hear the person on the other end of the call but they could hear me.

Plugging in headphones also would not work. This evening, I tested it with a pair of stock apple iPhone earbuds and it has not been behaving in the manner described above. I listened to music for 15-20 minutes, unplugged it and then I'm able to hear the music through the phone's speaker. After plugging it in again, the audio is properly routed to the headphones again. I was able to do this about 10 times without issue. Then at some point the same issue occurred.

I'd like to say that it's an issue with 4.6.3 or perhaps some sort of service that is not handling the audio routing properly and needs to be restarted via a reboot. I kind of wish that I would have tested this issue on another version of FireOS. Despite everyone's disdain with FireOS and my own past inclination to play around with stuff, I really wanted to stick with the stock FireOS, but this lack of proper functionality is bothering me so much I might be inclined to try CM11.
[Amazon Fire Phone] gunslingerfry:
I don't know if this will help you but there's an app called SoundAbout that will force audio through the headphone interface whether the phone thinks a headphone is plugged in or not. You'd have to get a copy of the apk and sideload it on fireOS though. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.woodslink.android.wiredheadphoneroutingfix
[Amazon Fire Phone] alexandergrig:
I had SoundAbout installed a few days ago but that didn't seem to solve the problem. When I force switched it to the audio jack, I got nothing or some pops. It just seems something gets corrupted or quirky until one restarts the device.

danielnealclark, today I was trying to shoot some video with the Fire phone and ran into the same problem that you had by the way. I'll start another thread on this issue to see if anyone else has experienced this.

I only add this because it's getting to the point where I am very tempted to install CM11. If the sound issue persists (though I'm sure other issues might crop up then, lack of mute during a call being one as I understand it...) then I'll have to give up and come to the conclusion that it is some intermittent hardware issue on some of these units.
[Amazon Fire Phone] danielnealclark:
Let me know how CyanogenMod works if you try it. It prob has it's own issues too. I am going to try to get a new phone through the limited 1 year warranty. I'll keep you posted about the process
[Amazon Fire Phone] danielnealclark:
Got a replacement phone, and it worked fine until today...

I thought that a certain pair of headphones were the culprit, and I never should have plugged them in to my replacement phone (they are official amazon fire phone headphones BTW). This pair of headphones went bad and were only working in one ear when in the fire phone (but they work fine in both ears on my computer, which I don't understand) and it was around the same time my last phone had the headphone issue described at the beginning of the thread, so I thought the issues may be related. I tried them today, and oops, they messed up another phone!

From the other posts on this thread, there is an issue with certain headphone jacks--not sure why. But if a certain headphone jack gets plugged in, the phone will forever think (until power cycling) that there are headphones in during a call, and never think headphones are if you try to plug in headphones for music/games.

I guess I still have it under warranty since it is a replacement through Amazon. I'm gonna try to do some resets, troubleshooting, etc...

So pissed right now
[Amazon Fire Phone] sudds65:
I've been having this issue as well. It is very annoying!
[Amazon Fire Phone] alexandergrig:
I have the same problem, as I previously posted. Unfortunately nothing I did remedied the problem nor was I able to find out any more information.

Daniel, did you end up getting Amazon to replace your phone previously, as you had mentioned?

I honestly think that this is not a problem particular to only a few models. I don't feel that a replacement would help because sooner or later it arises again it seems. It could very well be a jack problem, but I really feel this is some low level quirky OS issue. Originally I had mentioned that I might switch to CM. I've decided that this would lead to additional quirks going this route, so I will continue to keep my phone stock. The true test is if someone with CM experiences this issue or if switching to CM remedied the problem. Unfortunately, I've had so many frustrations with technology as of late and so little time, I don't have it in me to fiddle around anymore. I'm not sure if we can expect Amazon updates to remedy this, and all we can do is hope some day we get an update.

My main problem was that I use my Fire phone to connect to my stereo via Aux input. So I was constantly having issues. I ended up simply purchasing a USB bluetooth adapter for my car stereo and going wireless with the Fire phone and it's worked well. I must admit my Fire phone is not my go to phone for listening to music with headphones because of this, but I always found that the Amazon earbuds were less likely to cause this problem than other ear buds in my case.

After a long listening session, the only thing that helped me was simply rebooting the phone. A really crappy solution, but definitely more productive for me than continuing to tinker with this issue for me. Or going bluetooth. For those experiencing this issue, please keep us updated if you find a long lasting solution or if you have experienced any remedy with CM. Or, if our farfetched dream of an Amazon update were to become a reality...

All the best in the New Year folks!
[Amazon Fire Phone] danielnealclark:
I second that post! If anyone solves this one, let us know.

alexandergrig: I did get them to send me a new phone, since it was under the 1 year warranty. The phone call took about 45 minutes, with me trying to convince them by plugging in headphones/unplugging headphones to show that it was really broken. Before that call, though, they told me the first thing I had to do was perform a factory reset before they would even consider progressing to a replacement. [BTW the Fire phone has a great native backup tool if you are just migrating from one fire phone to another, it's all cloud based]. The new phone was a refurb.

I think I'll try the bluetooth thing for my car, that's a great idea. I really like my bluetooth headphones for work (as a bonus I found out they connect to my computer super easy too--at the same time as my phone even--so I can run desktop-only music sites)
[Amazon Fire Phone] jagernbeer:
Curious if anyone was able to fix this. I had this occur on my original Fire Phone. Amazon replaced it in Nov 2015 and my new one just started doing this....
[Amazon Fire Phone] danielnealclark:
Good luck. I also am on my 2nd Fire, and like you have the same problem back again. The funny thing is, it was caused by the stock headphones, other headphones gave me no problems. So what did I do? I gave up! And now I LOVE LOVE LOVE my bluetooth headphones. They are so easy to use and no more cords. Try it out, you'll never go back (until the batteries die... but they charge pretty quick)

Good luck to you.
[Amazon Fire Phone] alexandergrig:
I experienced this problem on 3 separate Fire Phones. So either I am very unlucky or this problem is more widespread than we know. Because of this, I doubted that a replacement would help me. I will say that I have used my one 64gig Fire Phone without this problem being an issue for months and so I came to my own conclusion which might not end up being very helpful but...

I was able to experience this constantly when I made it a point to plug and unplug the headphones for testing purposes (both stock Amazon as well as the older Apple earbuds). Ultimately, the way I ended up using my phone's audio output was by streaming audio via bluetooth to a USB bluetooth adapter connected to my car stereo almost daily. Also most every day I would usually go from the Bluetooth audio in the car, to plugging in my headphones for my 3 mile walks, and then unplugging the headphones and reconnecting via Bluetooth in the car to drive home. Doing this for the past many months, I did not encounter one issue with placing calls via the phone itself, speakerphone or even via the mic on the earbuds.

Because of this I am concluding (as I initially believed) that it might not be hardware but rather the Fire phone's low level OS/system software that governs the audio jack that happens to be buggy. It's like there is an issue with the jack status detection routine and it gets "stuck" in one mode. I may be wrong, but there is a good possibility that Fire phone users that do not experience this problem, very well might start if they constantly plugged and unplugged their headphones from the jack, attempting to place and/or receive calls in between. At some point this issue might arise. But in my experience it goes away and corrects itself until the next time, unless anyone else has experienced otherwise.

Due to the lack of significant continued development of the Fire Phone, Amazon will likely not address this problem via an update. My sense is that if not everyone is experiencing it because it is a software issue, then it's prevalence is due to usage patterns. I, like others, in the beginning found this to be a constant problem the more I tested it, especially with plugging and unplugging the headphones and making calls. With my 3 phones, I have a hard time believing it's actual hardware only because it eventually seems to resolve if I change my usage patterns.

Might be totally different for you guys, but I guess this is my final conclusion. I sold one of my 32gig Fire Phones and still plan on using the 64gig, despite picking up a couple of other phones.

A.G.
[Galaxy Note5 General] svetius:
Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the Note5's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Galaxy Note5 General] svetius:
I think unless you have dual front-facing speakers like on HTC phones or the Nexus 6, you have to keep your expectations in check when it comes to speakerphone loudness and clarity. But I must say that the Note5's speakerphone gets extremely loud, however at the very highest registers of volume, it distorts a little. However, I don't even need to jack up the volume that high because it's so loud at medium settings.
[Galaxy Note5 General] mohdr47r6:
plz help

hi guys i want to know about the quality sound of the note 5 headphones and if it loud or no ?

and is the iphone 6 sounds better if you put apple earpod or the samsung note 5 with there headphones better ?

be fair please!

thanks ...
[Galaxy Note5 General] hextence:
Its not very loud. Really need to crank it up. And the equalizer sucks too. Bass gets distorted and treble is given more prominence.
[Galaxy Note5 General] xdathekilljoy:
Comparing the Note 5 speaker to the Note 4 speaker....In the brief time I did was kind of let down a bit. Though I feel I need more time to make a final decision

The Note 4 was really loud. And despite what people claim not that bad either. Supposedly rated 82-85DB

The Note 5 moved from the 1 watt speaker to a 1.2 watt speaker and dropped the volume down to whats I believe measured 72-75DB. Yet it didn't sound that much better to me in fidelity or bass.

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Since I still have my Samsung Omnia HD from early 2009 I can't understand how Samsung dropped to quieter single speakers after that when it head some of if not the best speakers back then.

And it took til around the S4 or so to make it to acceptable performance. And since then the Note 4 did great.....But here we are almost 7 years later and still only single speaker and with more powerful speaker than the Note 4 is quieter and not much better sounding....

Why??????

Just put the Galaxy Beam "projector phon which I also have" but make it 60-100 lumen laser, the Zoom "their 10x optical zoom lens phone" into the Note. Give it a larger camera sensor, huge battery, and no less than 4 speakers. A physical keyboard wouldn't hurt.
[Galaxy Note5 General] hextence:
If they are giving speakers, they might as well match it with the other flagship phones to atleast stay in completion.

Even the headphone output is really low. My Oneplus One and Xiaomi Mi4 had amazing headphones output compared to what I am getting on my Note 5. Samsung can easily improve it by modifying the software. Hope they make it better in the next updates.
[Galaxy Note5 General] xdathekilljoy:
The audio DAC in the Exynos devices, especially that of the S6/Note 5 means business. Samsung's ability to deliver on it....Not so much. It's one area where they seem to be way less knowledgable and need to figure it out or mature up and ask for help/hire someone that can do the job. Camera, display, SoC, features are class leading. Audio hardware top notch....But audio software...terrible?? No. It's quality is among the better and volume is ok for stock...But very held back.
[Galaxy Note5 General] hextence:
I really wish they make it better. I have stopped listening to music on my phone because it's not loud enough and even the bass is low... I use my 5 year old Nexus One to listen to songs now.
[Galaxy Note5 General] tw1n5nak35:
Ahh, the small kink in this MASSIVE armor of this juggernote phone. The speaker is not awful, it's loud enough it's clarity is ok but I thought for this high end device, it could be better. I try not to use the speaker unless I have to. Most of the time, I have bluetooth headset on or bluetooth in the car going through the speakers. But honestly, who really usses speaker phone now adays? unless you have an older car that does not have bluebooth connectivity. It's a deal breaker for me, the speaker quality is good enough. Snapchat, messenger video and google hangouts video speaker quality and loudness is just above average. Better off using a bluetooth headset, bluetooth in car or wired headset. Not awful, but not excellent either.
[Galaxy Note5 General] svetius:
We know how much you like to stream, ahem, "videos", and so cellular data is mega-important. Rate this thread to express how you think the Note5's LTE performs. A higher rating indicates that it's fantastic: throughput is excellent and signal strength is top-notch.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add.
[Galaxy Note5 General] TAEL:
I think there is something wrong with LTE connection on this device. My previous device was Note3 N9005 and it got full signal bars when I connected to LTE network, but with Note5 I don't get more than 2 or 3 signal bars and 4G speed is extremely slow and not stable. I tried both in same place in my room. But when I force it to 2G, it gets full signal bars. I attached screenshot of LTE connection.

Anybody else having this problem?
[Galaxy Note5 General] bwillet:
Cannot believe I am typing this heresy, but I am MUCH more satisfied with the LTE signal on my Sprint Note 5 than on my Nexus 6. Yes, I said it. Samsung > Motorola.

Granted, the N6 has a somewhat well-known bug with the LTE / 3G switching ever since Project Fi came into existence, but even before that problem soured me on Nexus, the N6 (both my phone, my replacement phone, and my wife's phone) spent MUCH more time in 3G than the Note 5 does. No comparison.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Mediocrates:
I too am getting MUCH better signal strength and speeds on my SM-N920P than my Note 4, sitting right next to it. I get dropped calls, and data at a ridiculously low speed on my Note 4. On the Note 5, I haven't had a single dropout on voice, and I get 25M down/3M up. I'm extremely satisfied with the Note 5. I thought there wasn't any LTE towers where I'm visiting, and now, I know it was the Note 4 that was the problem. I have a feeling when I get home, my speeds are going to double, if not triple, because I live in a Spark covered area, and was only getting 18M down on the Note 4. I have a feeling it will now be in the 50+ range.
[Galaxy Note5 General] SketchyStunts:
I get 10x better signal with my N920P than my Nexus 5.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Geezer Squid:
My Note 5 is doing considerably better than my Note 3. I'm loving it!!
[Galaxy Note5 General] Fatherboard:
In terms of raw LTE reception - My Note 5 will always be 10-15dBm weaker compared to other LTE handsets and will usually switch to HSDPA (3G) when these are still on LTE. No WiFi, Bluetooth nor 3G performance issues however, what leads me to think that the LTE Antenna is poorly designed in this phone.
[Galaxy Note5 General] amwbt:
100% agree. My Nexus 6 gets much better signal.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Benjamin818:
Hello everyone...a little question: I'm on 3G with my Note5 (Network Mode: GSM/UMTS), and i can reach even H+, but i don't know, why the phone won't connect to H+. Someone knows how can i resolve this?