2009/2/10 Al Johnson <openm...@mazikeen.demon.co.uk> > On Tuesday 10 February 2009, Erland Lewin wrote: > > 2009/1/31 Tschaka <stuff4tsch...@gmx.net> > > > > > 2) Calls > > > > My main problem with the FR at the moment is that the volume in the > > built-in earpiece, and wired headset as well are way too low. It works in > a > > quiet indoor environment, but on a busy street I can hardly hear that > > someone is talking on the phone at all, and in a room with other people > > talking in the background, it is difficult to hear the person at the > other > > end. > > > > Does anyone else have this problem? I'm surprised it isn't discussed > more. > > Volume is subjectively comparable to that on my SE K700i. Both have volume > controls, and both manage a level I'm happy with, even before messing with > CLVL. > > > This prevents me from using the FR as a daily phone, because I need to be > > able to answer calls even when I'm out and about. > > > > My impression is that this is a hardware limitation, and that even with > max > > volume from the GSM chip to the audio codec (CLVL=255), and maximum Alsa > > volumes, the volume won't be high enough from the earpiece. > > Either we have a different expectation of required volume or your hardware > is > different from mine, assuming you adjusted the mixer settings correctly.
Ok, this is interesting. What distro & kernel do you use, and could you post your gsmhandset.state file? I'd love to try whatever you're running. /Erland
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