<div class="gmail_quote">2009/2/10 Al Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:openmoko@mazikeen.demon.co.uk">openmoko@mazikeen.demon.co.uk</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Tuesday 10 February 2009, Erland Lewin wrote:<br>
> 2009/1/31 Tschaka <<a href="mailto:Stuff4tschaka@gmx.net">Stuff4tschaka@gmx.net</a>><br>
><br>
> > 2) Calls<br>
><br>
> My main problem with the FR at the moment is that the volume in the<br>
> built-in earpiece, and wired headset as well are way too low. It works in a<br>
> quiet indoor environment, but on a busy street I can hardly hear that<br>
> someone is talking on the phone at all, and in a room with other people<br>
> talking in the background, it is difficult to hear the person at the other<br>
> end.<br>
><br>
> Does anyone else have this problem? I'm surprised it isn't discussed more.<br>
<br>
</div>Volume is subjectively comparable to that on my SE K700i. Both have volume<br>
controls, and both manage a level I'm happy with, even before messing with<br>
CLVL.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> This prevents me from using the FR as a daily phone, because I need to be<br>
> able to answer calls even when I'm out and about.<br>
><br>
> My impression is that this is a hardware limitation, and that even with max<br>
> volume from the GSM chip to the audio codec (CLVL=255), and maximum Alsa<br>
> volumes, the volume won't be high enough from the earpiece.<br>
<br>
</div>Either we have a different expectation of required volume or your hardware is<br>
different from mine, assuming you adjusted the mixer settings correctly.</blockquote><div><br></div><div> Ok, this is interesting.</div><div><br></div><div>What distro & kernel do you use, and could you post your gsmhandset.state file?</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'd love to try whatever you're running.</div><div><br></div><div>/Erland</div><div><br></div></div>