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November 16th, 2009, 16:01 GMT · By

Motorola DROID Might Come with Sound Issues

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The second Android-based mobile phone handset vendor that Motorola delivered to the market this year, namely the Motorola DROID, is considered at the moment to be the nicest Android device available. However, while being as appealing as it can be, it seems that some of its early adopters might have been plagued with some disturbing sound issues.

The Motorola DROID is reported to come around with problems related to its ringers and SMS volume. A series of users already started to complain about these problems, which might suggest that it is not an isolated issue, and it seems that people are affected by it in various ways. The main symptom here is that the external sound either drops to being almost impossible to hear, or it disappears entirely. Rebooting the device is one solution that might work for the time being, yet one should agree that is not the most convenient way when it comes to such a high-end phone.

Phone will be running perfectly fine, then suddenly all audible sounds are no longer played through the main speaker. The sounds are all audible only when u pick up the phone and place it to your ear……?!?! So basically, when recieving (sic) texts or calls, it just vibrates and the ringtone can be heard when put up against ear. I turn the phone off and back on, and everything’s back to normal. Then later at some point, it does it again…..Is this happening to anyone else?” is what a user states on Motorola’s Owners Forum.

For the time being, however, it appears that there are no exact details on the cause of the problem, and there are great chances that this is only a software issue, which might find itself a fix in a future software update. However, it remains to be seen how Motorola will respond to the problem, and whether or not it may affect a greater number of users in the future.

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Comment #1 by: Steve on 16 Nov 2009, 22:17 UTC reply to this comment

Yeah, Motorola saved a ton of money laying off experienced American engineers. Who can feel sorry for MOT?


Comment #2 by: David on 17 Nov 2009, 05:39 UTC reply to this comment

I have the same problem with mine :(


Comment #3 by: DCX2 on 17 Nov 2009, 18:19 UTC reply to this comment

I have a Droid and I have no problems with mine. I was standing about 15 feet from a highway with lots of traffic and the person on the other end said they only heard my voice.


Comment #4 by: profsre on 29 Nov 2009, 21:11 UTC reply to this comment

I have also experienced this and powered down my phone to fix it, however if it happens too often it'll get annoying.


Comment #5 by: kathy on 28 Mar 2010, 22:32 UTC reply to this comment

When I'm on a call, suddenly the other person can no longer hear me but I can hear them. We have to keep calling back to finish a conversation. It doesn't happen every time but A LOT!

Comment #5.1 by: Lindsay on 07 May 2010, 16:47 GMT

I have this same problem! I can still hear the other person but they can't hear me. I keep having to hang up and call them back. It's really annoying. Have you talked to anybody at Verizon about it yet?


Comment #6 by: Kat on 20 Feb 2011, 17:40 UTC reply to this comment

My Motorola Droid X's voice sound quit working on telephone calls. I can hear the caller, but they can't hear me. Plugging in my Bluetooth remedies the problem. Is anyone else experiencing this?


Comment #7 by: ed on 20 Mar 2012, 17:12 UTC reply to this comment

Had an external speaker go out on my new Motorola droid razr, Motorola would only repair the phone not issue a new phone. Terrible service on what is suppose to be a high end phone, would not recommend this phone to anyone.


Comment #8 by: shersher on 20 Apr 2012, 02:29 UTC reply to this comment

I have started having audio problems with my droid as well. The sound is becoming more of a screech and very irregular. Any ideas how to fix or is this device set to implode exactly 2 years after buying it?

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