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. > I think the > only way around this is to use a Bluetooth headset, but I don't think the > Bluetooth headset profile works in the version of the bluetooth stack > (bluez-3) that's on the Freerunner now. I'm sure Angus Ainslie reported he had it working some time ago with bluez-3. I thought it was just the A2DP part that may require bluez-4. I haven't got a bluetooth headset so I haven't tried either though. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community