I hear a high pitched noise. It is most noticeable during times of silence and quite parts of songs. It's a noise floor that is rather loud. I'm not sure if this can be fixed through software or not. I tested it side by side with my ASUS transformer and droid charge. They honestly have a much lower noise floor. I put this is in the column of negatives for this phone.
Whine in headphone output.
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Add me to the list also.in my car it makes that noise using the aux mode. But on headphones it doesn't.
My og did did the same thing in the car. But my cousins tb is fine.
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My og did did the same thing in the car. But my cousins tb is fine.
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There may be hope yet. But your receiver may be re-purposing the output and filtering the whine. The volume of the audio itself is not the issue...it's a background interference noise, not part of the actual audio. In fact, the higher the audio volume, the more you will drown out the whine. The absolute best way to find out if you have the whine is to plug headphones directly into the jack (sans external amplification), play an mp3 and turn the volume down to zero while the mp3 is playing. Could you try this and get back to us on the result?
My guess is people with big cans won't hear it as loudly as people with buds.
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Add me to the list of those with this problem. 
High pitched whine when listening to headphones(tried multiple headphones) through 3.5mm jack. Goes away ~3 seconds after pause playback. Only hear while playing media. Easiest to detect when media volume turned way down. and/or quiet portion of song.
High pitched whine when listening to headphones(tried multiple headphones) through 3.5mm jack. Goes away ~3 seconds after pause playback. Only hear while playing media. Easiest to detect when media volume turned way down. and/or quiet portion of song.
This sucks. I can't make it go away no matter what. If there is not a fix in the next week, I'm sending it back. I listen to music very often through my earbuds, so this is very important to me.
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Wow this sucks same issue here. How the heck does this get by quality testing especially after the phone was delayed for so long to make it perfect??? This is unacceptable and like most this sounds like a hardware ground issue and I don't think this will be fixed with software. This is absolutely a deal breaker for me as I listen to tons of music on my phone every day. I can't believe this as I was just starting to really love this phone!!
lmao... this phone was delayed for MONTHS and they still manage to ship it with a major issue. sometimes you just have to scratch your head and wonder what these people get paid to do.
My OG Droid only did that while charging at the same time. Basically electrical feedback from being charged by the car and the audio port going back into the radio. If I wasn't charging my OG Droid, no issues in the car.
It's never happened to me on any phone I've had before. Tis poo. I did get the inline volume control cable from Radio Shack. That seems to have cleared it up in the meantime. Shouldn't have to do that though.
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I dont really notice anything while using my car stereo system... dont plan to use headphones with this thing thats what my ipod is for.
This is definitely a deal breaker if they do not have a fix for this. I have dealt with high end audio for a long time and it seems like a grounding issue that is letting in feedback. I have never had a phone with this problem, so it is very disappointing coming from this one.
Today while using Google Music with some old iPod headpones, I was able to hear the the problem. The problem seemed to come and go and got really, really bad at one point.
This may be a software thing, I hope......
I contacted Motorola and explained the problem and the complaints on the forums and they told me to contact Verizon after resetting my phone. This is not looking good. Has anyone had any success with this?
I have a Bionic. I find the sound clarity no where near my old iphone 4!!! I have it listed on ebay now. Thinking about pulling the listing and using it as an mp3 player.
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After talking to Verizon they advised me to exchange my phone. I received a new phone with the same problem. I then went to the Verizon store and their demo also has the distortion coming through. I think all of these phones have the problem and unfortunately it looks like a hardware grounding fix. Very disappointed in a phone that costs this much!!
I got my Bionic on 9-9. I upgraded from the original Droid, so I am biased to the fact that this phone leaves my old one in the dust when it comes to speed.
However, the first time I listened to music on the thing, I noticed the whine (I have a semi-expensive pair of noise-isolating headphones). The whine was intolerable. After researching around the internet, it seems this is definitely a hardware problem.
I love my phone, but the whine was unacceptable. My workaround? I bought a bluetooth receiver for my headphones. I wanted wireless headphones anyway, and this was a good enough reason to drop fifty dollars on a decent bluetooth receiver.
Long story short, I have no more interference, and my music sounds great once again. I know people are complaining that this is a deal breaker, but there aren't that many great phones out there. And, there definitely isn't a phone that doesn't present some sort of problem. I agree that a phone that was delayed this long should have very few issues (especially an issue as blatant as interference in a headphone jack), but, what are you gonna do about it.
It all depends how much you are willing to pay, and what type of problem you are willing to tolerate.
However, the first time I listened to music on the thing, I noticed the whine (I have a semi-expensive pair of noise-isolating headphones). The whine was intolerable. After researching around the internet, it seems this is definitely a hardware problem.
I love my phone, but the whine was unacceptable. My workaround? I bought a bluetooth receiver for my headphones. I wanted wireless headphones anyway, and this was a good enough reason to drop fifty dollars on a decent bluetooth receiver.
Long story short, I have no more interference, and my music sounds great once again. I know people are complaining that this is a deal breaker, but there aren't that many great phones out there. And, there definitely isn't a phone that doesn't present some sort of problem. I agree that a phone that was delayed this long should have very few issues (especially an issue as blatant as interference in a headphone jack), but, what are you gonna do about it.
It all depends how much you are willing to pay, and what type of problem you are willing to tolerate.
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I plugged in my headphones to try and hear the whine. I didn't hear any whine, but the headphones themselves are a dealbreaker. i'm taking the phone back.
So let me get this straight... you don't hear the whine but you are taking the phone back because you have bad headphones?
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