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[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okcthunderfan:
Well I haven't updated yet but I've been messing around with my 2013. If I turn the volume all the way up and hold the speaker right next to me ear I can hear a faint sound at the end of most notifications just like the sound on the pure. Kind of like a half-second pause at the end of the notification before it "turns off", so to speak. It almost sounds like a static sound, like a cassette would sound if you let the recording run long. I'm gonna hold off on updating it for now in case I want to mess with it some more, but this leads me to believe the sound has always been there but I never noticed it on that phone since it's a single, rear-firing speaker compared to dual front-firing speakers.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] averamj:
I ordered through Moto maker and have no speaker issues.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciproxr:
I had an idea, ,maybe we can all post which version we have and see if we can isolate the batch.

I have a black and gray, non customized at all, 16GB

I have the notification pops and high volume crackling
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdelcegno:
I have two moto maker 64 gig both have the crackle.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robjbw:
Black and white. Custom 16gb= CRACKLING

ALL Black 16gb (Bestbuy)= CRACKLING
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciproxr:
I bought another black 16GB from bestbuy, same issue.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blestsol:
Black 16gb from best buy, Snap , crackle and popping
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SalTNutz:
Mine does it too. I think its software though, not hardware. I'm pretty sure they all have the issue, the people who say theirs doesn't, just haven't noticed it.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciproxr:
I agree i think they all have it to some extent. The crackling doesn't bother me as much as the notification pop noise does. I hope they fix it
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oaklands:
I got my phone yesterday. I can here the crackle on zeta when my ear is close to the phone but it is not noticeable when it is laying on my desk. Notifications in general do not cause a problem.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaseman:
I do not have it. I believe it is a hardware problem with certain batches. I have the volume at full, played several ringtones including Zeta...ZERO snapping, crackling, and popping! Sorry to disappoint anyone.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alvaster:
I just bought my Moto X Pure off Amazon. Didn't want to wait for Moto Maker. Also get crackling, but only when an action occurs while music is playing. (If I press home, open an app, switch screens, load a new page, etc) If left alone, music plays fine at all volumes. We really shouldn't have to open a new piece of $400 tech just to troubleshoot it.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaseman:
Tried to make mine do what your is doing and nope. Still clear as a bell no matter what I do while music is playing.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ttkyles:
Mine crackles when all the way up
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smokeey:
I'm actually getting worse than crackling! My speaker just straight up WILL NOT play media. It plays notification sounds and ringtones with a crackle beforehand, but if I try to play music it doesn't play. This also happened over Bluetooth and the only way to get music to play was to insert headphones and unplug them. This has led me to believe there is a series issue with the audio binaries that are causing it to stutter or crash all together. Luckily, this can be fixed via OTA, but still a bit ridiculous.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YankInDaSouth:
Looks like there will be a software update to help with sound issues:

posted 2:57 PM by Matt (Forums Manager)ÜBERXprt (12,000+ points)

Just an update...

The team has developed software to improve audio in the areas reported here, for both media and ringtones. Hang in there - coming in a software update.​

https://forums.motorola.com/posts/c751a88e77?commentId=989043#989043
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corduroy-21:
I also have the same problem and it's very annoying in apps like Hangouts and Viber.

I get the popping before and after the notification.

I remember having a similar problem with my HTC One M7 (there was a similar topic back then), but it was not that loud and you could hear it only if really paying attention.

In the Moto forums the kind of promised a software fix which sounds good (there are no problems for example in YouTube or in music), but searching around I found this problem existing even in previous phones. This doesn't make me optimistic.

Has anyone found any way to improve this?
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciproxr:
Its funny that you said that, i noticed on my nieces sprout it makes the same pop noise before and after notifications. Unless marshmallow fixes it i dont think anything will. When they say there going to fix notifications i think they may mean volume issues and not the pop noise we are hearing
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corduroy-21:
I just hope it is indeed a software issue that can be resolved. I'm not so sure.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaseman:
I just am not convinced it is software. If it was software, and all the Pure's have the exact same software, would not all of them have this issue? Mine does not rattle, crackle, or pop at all ever! Never! So what makes mine so different? It's that I don't have the exact same hardware. Software is digital, all 1's and 0's. Either it's the same or it's different. Hardware can be very different based on when, and where it was manufactured. The "speakers" on any cell phone can hardly be called a speaker in the first place because they're so tiny and fragile. I hope I'm wrong and they can fix this for those with the issue with a patch, but I will be surprised if they can.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidsrus:
For me, pop only on notifications and on ringtones I get the crackle but only with the stock ones, if I set a custom sound for notification or ringtone from a diff source it doesn't have a pop/crackle at all so that's got to mean something good right?
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corduroy-21:
I'm not sure if this is the case for most people. Do you use for example any messaging apps? Whatsapp, Viber, Hangouts? Have you changed the default notifications there?
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciproxr:
Actually id be surprised if it was the other way around. Turn your phone all the way up. Then go to notification settings. Then change the message notification to anything, when u press on one, it should play. Listen carefully before the ring tone plays and listen carefully after. There should be a little noise before and after the notification sound. We call it a pop noise but you decide what it sounds like. If you dont hear anything at all before or after, record a video of you doing what i said, to show it doesn't make that noise. If proof is not provided, im willing to bet you get the same pop noise we are.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidsrus:
Its doing the pop sound now to custom notifications which is weird because it wasn't doing it the first few tests I did. It's also weird that if I play it from the app(zedge) it doesn't do it at all. It doesn't do it when I play from the play music app too. Only when im picking a sound from the settings it pops and when I actually receive a notification. If it's the same file/sound playing from the same speakers wouldn't it be doing it no matter what app I play the sound from.

I wonder if this is happening to people running roms like CM and SLIM.

This used to happen on a custom rom I had phones ago and it was eventually fixed with an update after a week or two. Hopefully this can be fixed the same way.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciproxr:
What you described is exactly what happens to mine
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corduroy-21:
I don't use this Zedge, but that's what I'm experiencing too.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mabru2001:
Same here but this one I have is going back soon.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
it is software, and I'm sure mostly every single one has it, but some people are more perceptible to it than others. other phones do this too, guys, but we don't hear bc of the back facing speakers or bottom facing etc. my g2 did the same thing. it's the amp shutting off after it plays a sound. crappy pc sound cards do the exact same thing after a file is played. this is nothing new. your phone isn't defective.

Sent from my Moto X Pure Edition
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blestsol:
My M8 doesn't do it. My Samsung s6 doesn't do it.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidsrus:
It is nothing new, if you do a Google search about the issue, people who have different phones are describing the same pop sound. Unfortunately a good number of those phones were nexus 6's and droids(motorola phones?) HTC's too. There was one thread I came across that people were saying it only started after they updated their software and if they went back to the previous version, the pop went away and that was for a droid phone. So there's a good chance its software related but who knows if those phones ever got an update to fix them.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
my M8 did. and on my X it doesn't happen after every single notification; it's random. it's a software issue.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corduroy-21:
I think it's a... combo problem. It happens in various phones but not always and not at the same volume. I had something similar in my M7 but at a very low volume and not noticeable at all. I just noticed that a Moto G 2014 does it too.

Now in my Moto X it's worse. To be honest most people I showed them, told me it's nothing important and that they wouldn't have noticed otherwise. To me it's annoying.

I also believe that it doesn't happen at the same magnitude all the time. Sometimes it's louder, sometimes it almost doesn't exist.

The fact though that has been around a lot, shows me that we won't see an update or a fix, not unless they did it in Android M.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leolia78:
Noise top speaker

I also have noise on the top speaker. Irritation when calling but also notisable while listening to music or watching videos. Also have the popping sound and crackling at high volumes. The crackling can be minimized by changing settings in the equalizer in play music app. Mine where set to base and I set them to balanced, better than before.

Problem for me, should I return the phone? I still want the Style/Pure. But what if it is software related? Maybe the next phone will be the same. No one knows.

Anyone got a new flawless phone after returning the first?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaker89:
hello guys, straight to the point

can someone upload to mega a stock 5.1.1 firmware backup to restore through TWRP or philztouch?

the thing is mine cant boot up at optimizing apps so i need one already booted up

i would be very grateful

move the thread to the correct link... dont know if we have a request section
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rajada:
what you have, against the idea of flash the rom again? as does everyone.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaker89:
it just wont boot up when i reflash, even wiped
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rajada:
all phones boot, after a successful flash of a stock ROM with factory reset.

if your not start it has a hardware problem
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] cadillax02:
I'm consistently getting 65 to 75 mbps. Huge improvement from the wimax and initial iteration of lte. What's are your speeds like? Post a screenshot if possible!

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] jbadboy2007:
Awesome. Sprint was just named the fastest national carrier at this time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] DarkManX4lf:
Fast but not as fast as you guys are getting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] Cloaker:
Download Signal Check. It will show you what band you're on.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] kueda:
Yea I'm getting some great speeds in my bedroom....got to say I am happy with sprints network and the note 5!!!

Sent from Kueda from my SM-N920P using XDA Premium HD app!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] Geekslayer:
Speeds are really good, they enabled the 2nd carrier on band 41.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] cadillax02:
Jbad and geek, those speeds are sick... Definitely worth the wait, imho...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] cadillax02:
Darkman and nexus, it seems that your upload screenshots are broken?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] DAvid_B:
Sprint is NOT a national carrier.

I got ZERO sprint signal driving down the main highway in South Dakota.

Luckily I took my Verizon company phone, had LTE almost everywhere.

I guess you get what you pay for with sprint, they are $30 cheaper a month.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] cadillax02:
There are several areas in the south where Verizon doesn't pickup at all, so I guess they don't qualify as a national carrier either. And I believe sprint was named the fastest national carrier in Dayton, Ohio. Verizon was named overall fastest network, if I'm not mistaken, but my sprint speeds make my uverse look like dial up. Sprint still has a way to go, as far as reliable coverage, nationwide, but I'm glad to see that they are finally making positive upgrades to their networks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] thatruth132:
I barely get 3g and was told by sprint that i pay to have "access" to there network. ...there are no guarantee to service. .....abs after i threat a complaint to better business Bureau after months of ****ty service and horrible customer service .... on top of them getting caught in a lie about cell towers being down when they were not .... they gave me back what i paid into my previous device and cleared the balance and gave me the phone "note edge" and gave me 100 dollars credit.... and gave me a extra line with free upgrades for both i got s note 5 still horrible signal but i can still upgrade again... so if your service is bad and you have the time to complain. ...do it but you have to be smart on your replies because honestly they are not.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] DarkManX4lf:
This speed test was on band 41.

---------- Post added at 06:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:19 PM ----------

Here is more on band 41 in my area.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] DAvid_B:
Sorry, there is NO comparison between Verizon, which may have a few holes in coverage, to SPRINT which has almost no coverage besides Roaming on the Verizon voice network in most states west of the Mississippi.

I'm sorry, but they don't have "holes", they have half the USA uncovered compared to Verizon, which has 4g in twice the area of sprint.

If you're out west, sprint is almost useless unless you stuck to the towns.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] cadillax02:
You are correct, but I wasn't comparing their coverage areas, just stating the fact that all carriers have holes in their coverage, and that doesn't disqualify one from being a national carrier. Sprint works fine for my location and to where I travel, but may not for others. I have used both carriers, and although Verizon has a much larger network, the difference in cost between the 2 led me to stay with sprint. To each his own....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] nexus6R3plicant:
Yep no comparison. ....sprint i get great coverage all around phoenix 65+mb down cost way less than Verizon all my phones are rooted and still have unlimited data .... you are right there is no comparing it to Verizon :thumbup::thumbup:

Sent from my SM-N920P
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] outlaw815:
Loving it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] veteranmina:
I'm going to be in a Spark town this weekend, will be running test's to see what they come up to on speeds. My town has 4G but it's only one portion of it. City is stingy with letting towers in-town so they are mostly all circling the town.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] DAvid_B:
Ok. I just think a "national carrier" should have nation wide coverage. not skip entire states.

I was very disapointed after driving 4 hrs in south dakota to get no data. And when i researched it after the fact was shocked at how much verizon lte there was and sprint had absolutely nothing.

You are correct, you get what you pay for i guess..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] cadillax02:
Agreed David.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] MooreAJr:
How in the world are you all getting these speeds??? I live in Atlanta, 30328 zip code. It's a Spark city with excellent coverage. I get a strong signal in the house as well as in the house and in my bedroom. I have never gotten any speeds anywhere near what you guys are getting. I took screenshots of my speedtest results & signal check info. Can anybody tell me what's going on? Am I on correct bands and if not can anyone tell me how to boost my speeds???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] nexus6R3plicant:
Band 26 will always be slower than bands 25 and 41 will always be fastest...you will get better signal on 26 though .... 800 mhz vs 1900 band 25 and 2500mhz on band 41 ....simple physics ... you are just on a tower that's already pretty loaded

Sent from my SM-N920P
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] jbadboy2007:
I would check sprints coverage map for your area and see if you have spark. Spark is on band 41 your on band 26. If you do have spark there is a quite a few things you could check but you might just want to take it to the sprint store.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] MooreAJr:
Is there any way to improve my speeds, possibly switching/editing my band? If so, could you point me in a direction of how to do so?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] MooreAJr:
I've checked my coverage multiple times and I know that Atlanta, and specifically my address, are Sprint Spark locations. Given this, and aside from going to a Sprint store, is there anything else you recommend? So far I tried changing my band priority putting 41 in at 1st.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] keebler125:
Disavowed

Disavowed
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] cadillax02:
I'm not sure as to what you can do. You might be able to edit your lte settings if you have your msl number. I will check mine and see if I have some options.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] BKayrac:
I don't know if you've ever driven in atlanta.......But the amount of people in the area is INSANE.

It's quite possible it's just a simple fact of congestion. I know the interstates are a joke all morning and night for rush hours :P
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] cadillax02:
I have, haha. Spent a large part of my younger years in Atl. I do get that "everything" is congested there.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] MooreAJr:
This all may true, but my issue is I'm not even getting a connection to Sprint's Spark 41 band. I'm not sure if I'm connected to Spark bands at all. I've attached screenshots of my connection status in a previous post. Im curious about the speeds in other major cities because congestion just doesnt seem likely as a reason for the speeds I'm getting the difference is too large.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] jbadboy2007:
Take it to the sprint store or try to Odin stock firmware those are your only options
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] nexus6R3plicant:
Spark is just what sprint calls lte now it covers all bands ..... you were on band 26 which is 800 mhz that band would have better building penetration than 1900mhz or 2500 mhz ... you should find your tower and see if you get band 41 closer to it ...signal check lite on play store will show you what band's your on...

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] MooreAJr:
I think I figured out what was going on. I just live in a residential neighborhood with less than stellar signal reception due to all the tree cover and whatnot... I monitored my signal and performed speed tests on my commute to work today. I noticed myself jumping between bands 26 & 41 as I entered and exited certain areas. During this commute I got speeds of 43+ Mb/s. Not as high as you all but significantly higher compared to what I get [MENTION=313982]home[/MENTION]. Too bad the reception sucks as much as it does in my neighborhood :/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] cadillax02:
Great that you figured that out. I'm on band 25 while I'm at my house, but when I go 2 blocks in any direction, I go to band 41 with speeds around 60+. There are a lot of trees in my neighborhood as well, plus my house is in somewhat of a valley. Great find MooreA.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] MoeisHere:
It's all about sprint carrier aggregation. They are deploying this across the country. I have been getting between 60-90 Mbps down. Good times.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] oreice:
I got this last night while out and about
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] BigMosley:
Did anyone here have the Note 4 & also live in a decent Spark area? Wondering if the Note 5 is faster because it has more Bands. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] jbadboy2007:
Note 5 has carrier aggregation I don't believe the note 4 does that's why it's faster
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] BigMosley:
Curious if anyone has a before and after speed comparison in the same location.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] oreice:
I thought I couldn't top my last test but I got this while in city of Chicago downtown...this is insane never have I seen anything go this high ever...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] DarkManX4lf:
My speeds are the same from the Note 4 to Note 5, in my area. Carrier aggregation has not rolled out to my area.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] BigMosley:
There's a tower not far from my house and I had great LTE and Spark speeds early, wondering if I would benefit speed wise from the Note 5.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] nexus6R3plicant:
If you want another note ...probably yes but the new phones are going to have cat 9 modems that are able to aggregate 3x20 on band 41 ....nexus is supposed to do this

Sent from my SM-N920P using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] cadillax02:
Interesting.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] kirschdog1:
Guys my ## dialer codes aren't working anyway to fix this? Do I need to flash a new Epst file?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] cadillax02:
Msl not working?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] kirschdog1:
Can't even get msl to pull up with the dialer codes?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] jbadboy2007:
Dialer codes only work on stock roms
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] Bdozier:
Boy, am I jealous...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] opz187:
very, very happy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] NJeXiT9:
68$ after taxes for Sprints everything unlimited.... The same plan from Verizon is just about double that after you add it all up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] elcidroyale:
Anyone in Los Angeles can share average speeds on their Note 5? Wondering if better than my 1 bar LTE Note 4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] duongdn:
Whittier checking in... much faster than my Note 4. Max on my Note 4 in same area, was probably 25 down.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] elcidroyale:
DAMN that's good news!! Anyone in Hollywood can share their speeds?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] duongdn:
I'm in Buena Park right now and this is the best I've ever gotten.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] DAvid_B:
Yes, sprint is good for people in high density states east of the Mississippi.

I was shocked when I went through South Dakota and got no signal, then looked at the coverage map and saw near zero Sprint coverage.

I'll stick with Sprint, I can't see spending that much for cellphone service when I work around internet wifi all day.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] elcidroyale:
Damn just got mine and NO difference in speed from my note 4 (under 20 MBPS). How do I ensure this is on Spark and not LTE? Which band?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] NJeXiT9:
Check the coverage map on the sprint website.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] duongdn:
Also, make sure to update your PRL. I had to when I got mine.