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[HD2 General] robertlewisca:
In terms of HTC phones, I've had the Kaiser and Raphael before the HD2, and I must say that the call quality on the HD2 is the best of the three! This wold be both through the speaker on the back (speaker phone) and through the earpiece.

I agree that the initial volume was way too loud, however there is a tweak somewhere on the board where you edit a registry entry for initial call volume, and that helped tremendously. So I'm actually quite pleased.
[HD2 General] Bouloama:
People who made the HD2 @ HTC Tech.. were a little bit deaf I think..

Bad speaker quality because of distortion and popping
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Yea I think so, I am gonna try the registry tweak; hopefully it's gonna work.
[HD2 General] spastik:
voicecall is pretty bad because of the random noise similar to radio static. This nosie is particularly noticed when no one is speaking.
[HD2 General] c0rp1:
Same here ... someone spoke with HTC about this issue !?!?!?
[HD2 General] Xeon:
I am not really bothered by the noise but by the poping and cracking sound the earpiece makes.
[HD2 General] Xeon:
The registry tweak did not work for me as I expected :(

I will have to wait for a hotfix if any... I hope HTC will consider this issue...
[HD2 General] aussiebum:
have had the phone for only about a week but no issues with random noise. I do find that the loudspeaker distorts @ max volume, but just one notch below that and it's ok.

think the Touch HD has better earpiece / loudspeaker, but the HD2 can output higher volume on loudspeaker compared to the HD, so that's a plus.

maybe it's an issue with your phone operator?
[HD2 General] Fatherboard:
For people who experience the background noise - Have you tried (if possible) both GSM and UMTS/HSPA (3G)?...
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Yaah unfortunately that did not help :mad:
[HD2 General] Xeon:
What tweaks worked for you guys to eliminate the distortion? when I lower the volume I keep hearing like a popping sound and cracks even with the headset.

Any idea? thanks.
[HD2 General] spastik:
I doubt that this is an operator related problem since my previous phone worked OK with this sim card.

Currently I'm only using GSM network but I will try making phone calls using UMTS. Don't think that will solve this problem though.

About tweaks I haven't tried any because all tweaks I saw were related to the distortion due to extremely high volume (which is not my case).
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Same here, I need to remove the cracking noise, more like filtering the call quality, it's not a hardware fault im sure.
[HD2 General] Xeon:
So guys you think I should return the device and get a replacement? I couldn't find out how to remove the cracking noise during a phone call which is really irritating.
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Well reading the poll results, there's nothing good about it, almost 50/50 which is bad for such a high end phone i must admit.
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Seems like the new ROM doesn't not care about the call quality issue. If they don't release a fix for that soon, I'm dropping my device.
[HD2 General] loomx:
I think you should get a replacement, Mine is perfect incall, yes the outside speaker distorts a bit at full volume, but its not like you dont have a volume control, turn it down a bit, its still perfectly loud!
[HD2 General] Bouloama:
So you do not have distortion at lower volumes? I had it with all my devices :(
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Weird, I am 100% sure it's not hardware related
[HD2 General] Bouloama:
All 3 devices had same software so that could still be the issue :).. I'm not saying its hard/software related.

Its also not a simcard issue since the simcard is only used for identification purpoces. It does notthing with the audio..

On a dutch forum.. there is only 1 other guy which notices this issue.. so it's not a reall issue for many people!
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Don't forget that not all people really care so they dont really spend to much time analysing... As I mentioned, even with earphones, I get the same distortion. So no, nothing related to the earpiece itself.
[HD2 General] Bouloama:
Yes I also had it with the earphones.. which HTC deliverd with the HD2. Funny probably our ears are very good compared to the ipod users today.. lol

It could have something to do with the noice cancellation of the phone app?
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Maybe the sound is too amplified so that's why it's too loud. If you try to edit an mp3 for example and amplify it above a certain threshold you get the same type of cracking crap we get on our phone. Indeed the volume becomes louder but the quality will be bad with clipped spectrum. Just my 2c.
[HD2 General] -NRG-:
the quality is ok, at least it isn't driving me mad like the iphone 3g ihad, the HD2 does ok but when someone talks some louder you here some resonance.
[HD2 General] Bluecharge:
Hi,

for a 600 Euro device (don´t forget to take this into consideration or does the price not matter???) its very poor quality.

Together with other no-go-issues like pink tint on camera I´m gonna give the device back from where I bought it. Perhaps be back if HTC is back with a new revision!
[HD2 General] Toss3:
After updating to the 1.48 rom I'm getting the dreaded cracking and popping during phone calls as well. :( Sent HTC an e-mail about it, but I'm guessing they're just going to sweep it under the rug like everything else.

Like everyone else I'm not getting any distortion while listening to music, so it's definitely a software problem.
[HD2 General] Xeon:
I thought the 1.48 ROM gives you a crystal clear sound. That's what the changelog says anyway.
[HD2 General] dotexe:
I have the same problem as you with ear speaker - distortions EVEN at low level volume in calls. i`m so disappointed.

Music playback is very good with senheiser cx500.

I hope for a hotfix .
[HD2 General] Teejoo:
Hi, I have bought a few HD2's for my work and all have the same distortion on the phone speaker, even at low levels. The sound itself is simply very harsh, very annoying for a device that is a phone...
[HD2 General] DavidC1980:
I've had the same issue. it sounds like something resonating to certain voice frequencies, which makes me feel that this is a hardware issue. I sent my first handset back but the replacement has the same problem. T mobile will only give me one exchange in my 14 return period, so now I either keep it and accept the poor quality or send it back, cancel my contract and start looking for something else.

This is the one issue which will make me walk away :(
[HD2 General] AbdullahT:
me to, I have same distortion noise in the ear speaker while talking in the phone.

its really annoying, is there any fix yet ?
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Did anybody got rid of the problem by flashing a cooked ROM using SSPL ? :confused:
[HD2 General] htc12345:
ROM v1.48 doens't give a crystal clear sound. In the rear speaker the distortion (sounds like a thin foil resonating with the sound) is present even at lowest volume level, in the earpiece at lowest volume level you have less distortion than in the rear speaker, but it still is there.

I have sent a request for a hotfix to HTC.
[HD2 General] SOLRAC13:
Htc Hd2 sound quality

Me is even worst i can hear my own voice on Echo, is realy anoying i just flashed to 148 and nothing change except that now, while in a conversation i cannot lower or higher the volume :mad:
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Hmmm, maybe we need to change the radio? not really i think it's a hardware issue :(
[HD2 General] timiano:
Coming from iPhone where I had to continually move the ear speaker continually into the sweet spot to actually hear anything, my experience has been very good.

Found the loud speaker on 1.48 distorting and tinny, and 1.61 just tinny. It's quite poor but does do the job for voice calls, just horrible for music. In that respect the iPhone was way ahead, but I did also find the iPhone loud speaker for voice was quite sharp on the ear and would give me a headache.

I use a bluetooth Plantronics Savi Go and it pairs flawlessly and the audio is good.
[HD2 General] ali1984:
here is a problem Whit the radio rom , and the new radio It's no the solution.then whit the speaker switCher play mp3 from Ear speaker very clear and the call qualitiy is vers bad! thats no hardware problem, this craked Shi... is whit bt headset very bad and whit the stereo headset stereo bad ! :) :(

have this phone for tel a anohter amp? whit mp3 is no problems on earpice...
[HD2 General] Xeon:
If it's not a hardware problem, not a ROM issue, nor Radio, then the problem must be with the people reporting a crystal clear voicecalls :confused:
[HD2 General] ali1984:
iam in war whit HTC support to bring a solution for this craked old style speaker ... iam not forstand the HTC peopels to sale this phone whit so bugs.... the next hd iam tested in the shop to the smalest detail and when this same qualitiy this is my last htc!

iam not beta tester...
[HD2 General] danusko:
i have rom 1.48

and still have a problem with sound

I wrote it to HTC and man from HTC send me an advise to try change sim card, and use the newest rom...i wrote him that all i tried it and nothings helps...

i think it is neccessary to write to HTC. They have to know, that there is a problem and hotfix is needed.
[HD2 General] why_999:
Double post... Please delete
[HD2 General] why_999:
Double post... please delete
[HD2 General] why_999:
+1

Spot on mate... we don't pay a premium to test for bugs and report back.
[HD2 General] htc12345:
+2

Made a few phone calls today. On my headset everything sounds great, but earpiece on the phone and voice quality are not satisfying.:(

Imo HTC should adapt their sound processing algorithm and filter out the frequency band(s) which cause the resonating/distorting...
[HD2 General] ali1984:
it really stinks to heaven with all the errors that where sowas should be ashamed to sell genuine, real shame. I will try my next htc down to the detail in the shop before buying it ...

the support itself is not an opinion in Germany.

one does not know the problem.

the other says there will come a fix.

the other says it is a new Rom comming...

:mad: what is Right ??
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Even with Stereo headset I get distortion and crackles :mad:
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Now that the HSPL is available, anybody tried to flash a cooked ROM to see if the voicecall quality is enhanced ?
[HD2 General] Xeon:
EDIT: FLashed Radio 2.06 and voicecall quality is much better
[HD2 General] sunking101:
What about volume?
[HD2 General] namor:
I have also flashed Radio 2.06, seems better, still testing.

Will call my ex later (about our son), seems to be the worst sound experiense talking to her for some reason :)

I alvays have to put the earpice far away from my ear talking to her to avoid cracking my head.. :(

But I actually blame the phone..

Volume still loud, cant say if it is as loud as before..
[HD2 General] namor:
Ok.

The volume level is definitely lower (still a step too loud thou), the sound quality seems to be better.

Still the initial volume seems to be at max thou its indicated as min, I have to first go up a step to lower the volume to that actulal level (it sort of updates the system), then I can go down again to min volume which is a nice level, and that level should have been in the middle of the volume scale on the phone.

I have tried some reg. settings for the initial volume with no success, but I'm sure there will be a solution..
[HD2 General] sunking101:
That really annoys me, having to raise my volume on every call in order to lower it. :mad:
[HD2 General] ali1984:
its the same radio on tur wwe rom and whit this rom is not better whit the cracked speaker...im test today the official radio , my expirience say me ali this craked speaker is always on this phone... when the craked speaker is not fixed in 1 month iam

sale this phone or bring back to the shop.... to many bugs in my eyes
[HD2 General] Xeon:
I did say the sound quality is much better but I did not say that the crackling is not there anymore
[HD2 General] ali1984:
hi

i have this from support... on my device says no compatible....

on Orig. rom and on CME ....

can a people this cabing out ?? or test it ?

http://contactus.europe.htc.com/Dow...yID=1&FileName=LEO_volume_hotfix_20091215.zip
[HD2 General] Xeon:
Update: the crackling is back, it's there. I think it depends on who I am talking to. Like if I call a landline it;s not as bad as another cellular operator...
[HD2 General] htc12345:
Absolute garbage! I just have had it completely. Wonderful device, absolutely. Can do Anything! BUT making phone calls properly.

All the joy of calling has gone. Quality of the earpiece can be lived with, but the handsfree speaker is absolutely horrible to listen to. :(

Switched temporarily back to N95 for phonecalls. Other stuff on the HD2.
[HD2 General] deyanp:
This is what I got yesterday from HTC:

"HTC knows about this issue but there is no information yet when this will be fixed. At the moment we recommend to the customers to kepp monitoring the web site for future infromations or update. If you have any further questions please contact us on +44 8458900079 and the agent wil help you with your inquiry. "

Still not clear if this is a hardware problem or can be fixed with software ...
[HD2 General] besca147:
There was no option for the poll for my answer.

LOUD!

Despite using the volume rocker (and the phone settings) to lower the earpiece volume, I have to hold the phone away from my ear. I don't need a loudspeaker feature because this does it itself.

Also, my husband reported that our son was speaking far too loud when he used my phone today. My son said because of the earpiece volume he was also holding it away from his ear and his mouth was nowhere near the mouthpiece.

Is there anyway to lower these. It's nice being loud enough to be clear but not too loud that the whole world can hear your conversation from both ends!
[HD2 General] Latz:
Don't know if this helps but the only way quick way I have figured to bring the volume down to a 'listenable' level is to press the speakerphone button then press it again. Seems to lower the volume to a lower one oddly!... and it's quicker than turning the volume all the way up and down again.

So for example, if you're dialling someone, as soon as you get the ringing tone, press speaker phone, give it a couple of seconds, then press speakerphone again so it goes back to earpiece.

That seems to be the only quick way I have found to get around the issue for now!
[HD2 General] Shurup:
Hello!

I have started a thread about the problem with the hear-speaker.

I have tested the hear-speaker with the fring (you can switch between two speakers there), and the problem is not in the hardware, but can be only in software / radio!

If anyone know the correct radio or the registry settings or tweak, please write in this thread.

Has someone no problem if changing the volume to 100% while calling on the phone? If so, please write your radio version, and rom.

Thank you in advance :)
[HD2 General] skim56732:
Crackling...Static...

Has anyone tested any of the recent radio ROMS to see if it clears the static/crackle problem with the HD2's ear speaker?

Thanks.
[HD2 General] jessepatty:
I bought my HD2 on the 24th (9am) so I haven't had it long but the three or four calls I've made/received were pretty bad.

The speaker volume was extremely low when compared to my old TyTN II... I maxed out the volume on my HD2 but it's no better. Still really hard to hear...

I also have to agree with whoever mentioned the edge of the top of the phone.... It's SHARP on your ear.

Just my 2 cents :-)
[HD2 General] leepriestenator:
This is a bit late, I know! but for those of you with the tinny sound in the ear piece, switch over to Radio v2.10.50.28_2

I was on v2.12 and the speaker and ear piece quality was BAAAAD!

It's a lot better (clearer) now and I must say louder too.

Radio are here

http://www.vbnfiles.com/xda/HTC HD2 (Leo)/Radios/
[HD2 General] Boysa22:
I tried this radio 2.10 but with no sucess. I still have this sound during call. And this is only during call. Whren you route the music for example to the hearing speaker, the sound is very clear and this is not influenced by the radio version at leat in my situation.
[HD2 General] Barbanelli:
Hi.

I'd like to confirm much better sound quality when you make a call. Previously I used Radio 2.07.51.22, now the soft is 2.10.50.26.

The most annoying thing was to hear a call sound (does not matter if the sound was received from rear speaker, earpiece or headset) just like some "guitar fuzz" (i.e. in my opinion just overdrive of analog audio amplifier IC) when an sound amplitude exceeds some particular level. But now it's gone ... at least in my case. Probably it does depend on hardware version: different IC's, and so on.

Regards
[HD2 General] stevar:
Upgraded to artemis 40: THE END OF CRACKLING!!!

Tried other roms, radios, there was always crackling, something better in android builds with integrated dsp. But now with artemis 40 based on official 3.14 earpiece's audio is finally ok, like it was in my diamond. Thought it was hardware problem, well it was software.
[Touch GSM General] DarkEvo:
Hi, i have orded the htc touch clone on dealextreme(http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12811) but i heard that people have been getting service problems with this phone...

I live in canada and my service provider is fido. do you think i will be having service problems like the others??? :O

someone help PLZ

THX
[Touch GSM General] ronp76:
Caveat emptor. . .

I've seen a couple of threads here on xda with Canadians having trouble with the 850mhz frequency. If I were you, I would have gone with a quad band unlocked phone. Looking at your phone's specs, I noticed that it can only take a 2Gb SD card - that is pretty limited. My phone is listed on ebay here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-2-8-WM6-5-W...ItemQQptZAU_Mobile_Phones?hash=item23039bf0c6

This seller is pretty good and as a result of his service, my brother and a friend bought different phones from him. 2.8" for the screen size is a little small IMHO. Initially I liked everything about my Jade Clone - mostly its internal SIRF III GPS chip. Now, looking at a 3.2" inch screen I have buyer's envy.

If you know that others have had or having problems with that phone, I'd contact the seller and let him know you are going to refuse its delivery. Normally refusing a delivery is free to you on the return send side but the seller may charge you for the attempted delivery.

We have a couple of Canadian Jade Clone owners in the Jade sub Forum. You can either visit it or visit this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=581596&highlight=clone and then navigate to the higher Jade sub Forum.

Good luck!
[Touch GSM General] ronp76:
BTW, I was doing a search for clone and came across your post. If you look at the lower left corner, I tagged your post with HTC clone. If you click on the hyperlink, you will see other HTC Clone posts.
[Touch GSM General] DarkEvo:
The frequency of my service provider (Fido) is 1900mhz and not 850mhz so do u think it will work??
[Touch GSM General] solai_4:
i am using this only But still now i dont have any problem
[Touch GSM General] browny58:
1900 is one of the standard GSM frequencies and should work. However, some clones have different type of problems on various carriers.
[Touch GSM General] DarkEvo:
I am having service problems with this phone is there any way to repair this???????
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] southG:
On my HD I could play AVI files using Core Player, on the HD2 the same files play the audio but the viseo is:

1. In small screen very "liney" and doubled, 2 images side by side.

2. In full screen the screen is blank.

Any ideas?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] alexleon:
maybe u have to set "directdraw" instead "qtv" in video settings
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] arturobandini:
Actually, I do not understand why people want to keep on using Core Player.

The best movie player is already embedded in the HD2 itself in Photos/Videos album, because it has hardware acceleration.

CorePlayer is now a very old-fashioned software (2007) and the latest versions (1.35 and 1.36 are quite buggy).

Play your mp4 with the HTC video player and you will really see the difference.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] djcedric:
yes true but to play divx or xvid files,coreplayer is still the best one,you dont need to convert it in mp4 and 1.36 is working just fine on my leo without bugs :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] southG:
where is the HTC video player located on the phone & will it play AVI files?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] southG:
where are these setting changed?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Johnston411:
menu/tools/preferences

select page

/video then change qtv to raw framebuffer
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] mr.vandalay:
i got coreplayer to work perfect only with these settings

in preferences-->select page--->video---> than select GDI and smooth zoom

any different setup would show pixelated image(video)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] ToddeSwe:
While we're talking about CorePlayer, can it show subs? If so how?

Have searched through every settings now but i can't find any settings for subs.

If not, is there a player that plays DivX Xvid's with subs in srt or sub format?

CorePlayer plays almoast everything i can think of, and are working fine on HD2 here to.. Is CorePlayer dead now or what?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] mr.vandalay:
i don't think coreplayer can play subs , but tcpmp can...however i didn't try it on my hd2 and don't know if it works
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Johnston411:
tcpmp works fine set to either gdi or rawframebuffer

not tried subs but they should work too

biggest benefit of tcpmp over coreplayer is the price ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] patomas:
Subtitle

Tcpmp works, you can use srt (and I think smi) subtitles. You have to use GDI as video driver to see them.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] patomas:
Colors

Do you like the colors of coreplayer (or tcpmp) out of the box?

I had to change them to custom, raise the contrast a bit and lower the brightness.

I find HTC album images a bit too dark instead (but I can't change)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] southG:
That's done it thanks for you help.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Johnston411:
pleasure :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] DrBasem:
.flv & other formats

i've been trying to play .flv vids on it but in vain!

it keeps telling me that thr vids need On2VP6 codec that is not supported by the player

I tried searching for that on internet but almost found nothing practical

Also, some of my .wma filds play only the sound with a black screen

Can anyone help plz?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] zzrz:
i use coreplayer 1.3.6 version on my HD 2 , and it play already subbed AVI's very well.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] kenkiller:
ummm......ain't wma files audio only files?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] arturobandini:
For those who might be desirous to buy CorePlayer 1.36 I strongly recommand to be patient.

Indeed CorePlayer 1.36 is a dying software. CoreCodec is currently finalizing a version 2.0.

It would be useless to waste €30 on v1.36 now and probably have to pay later for v2.0.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] DrBasem:
sorry for that :D , i meant .wmv :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] kenkiller:
True...

But that's if Corecodec EVER releases ver 2.0.....it's been ages since we've heard about 2.0. :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] drmsm399:
TCMPMP

in fact i tried many times to play movies with subs on HD2 with TCMPMP but didn't work at all.

also i search for any other prog to do it instead of TCMPMP but no way:(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] dorigny:
any delay for the new core release ?