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Hi all,
This problem has been driving me mad and after a lot of googleing I finally decided to pick the minds of people on this forum.
Basically normal calling with inbuilt caller works fine, but when calling with any voip apps like Viber/Skype/Nimbuzz/SipDroid the audio is coming out of the loudspeaker and not the earpiece one :S
This was the problem on the stock rom and the MoDaCo Custom ROM Gr2, what's even weirder I had the same problems on my previous phone, the ZTE Blade :S

Anyone have any ideas? Or am I just stupid (never found the options to change the audio out channel)
Thanks for looking!


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Strange, I also have a Blade but all my voip Apps work perfectly on the G300. I use SipDroid,Freecall and skype....
Currently running B888


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I use the official sipgate android app and call audio definitely comes out of the headphones if plugged in. Was thinking about downloading sipdroid as the sipgate app seems a bit buggy (but it is usable).


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never use voip , but there is a thread on here detailing people's woes with Skype, no specific mention of your loudspeaker issue tho...

sorry I cannot be more help.


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@ Hogweed

I have no problems with Sip droid....only buggy thing is the bluetooth headset implementation, but it is listed as in development.
The Freecall App in market is very good though


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happens for me also, and on my blade too. I remedy this by turning down the call volume and flipping the phone over and putting the speaker to my ear.
Works great, until i get a notification, at which point the other side of my head explodes!

WTF Skype??


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View Postmentar, on 29 June 2012 - 10:19 PM, said:

Hi all,
This problem has been driving me mad and after a lot of googleing I finally decided to pick the minds of people on this forum.
Basically normal calling with inbuilt caller works fine, but when calling with any voip apps like Viber/Skype/Nimbuzz/SipDroid the audio is coming out of the loudspeaker and not the earpiece one :S
This was the problem on the stock rom and the MoDaCo Custom ROM Gr2, what's even weirder I had the same problems on my previous phone, the ZTE Blade :S

Anyone have any ideas? Or am I just stupid (never found the options to change the audio out channel)
Thanks for looking!
When actually in the call you can change it between earpiece & rear speaker with the second icon at the bottom of the screen as shown in this screenshot:
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However, on mine it seems to default to the earpiece and you have to change it to the speaker if you need to the same as a normal call which seems to be the opposite to your phone.

I'm running the Huawei B888 rom.

Edited by RussellS, 30 June 2012 - 07:31 AM.


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Ooops didn't realised the defaults were to NOT get notified on new posts, sorry for the late reply.

View PostRussellS, on 30 June 2012 - 07:29 AM, said:

When actually in the call you can change it between earpiece & rear speaker with the second icon at the bottom of the screen as shown in this screenshot:
Thanks, I'm aware of that, but in both instances the sound goes to the speakerphone on the back. Weird!

View Posttillaz, on 30 June 2012 - 05:33 AM, said:

Thanks, but the "FM radio" force closes, wonder if my rom got corrupted somehow, just strange that using different roms or even devices doesn't solve the problem, must be an app I have installed is doing this :S

View Postrunlevel5, on 29 June 2012 - 10:32 PM, said:

sorry I cannot be more help.
Thanks for trying :)

Guess I'll just have use a headset when using any voip service as that seems to work fine, Android has let me down here :(
Thanks for your input though peeps, much appreciated!


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I don't think it is Android that has let you down here. I think it must just be a bug in the rom as mine switches fine between earpiece & speaker on the B888 rom.


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This issue was on the Zte Blade, there was a rep on from one of those voip providers and I still don't think they could fix it as they don't didbt have a device to test it with.


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Just update the ROM at least up to B892 and problem solved.


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View Postweckl, on 04 July 2012 - 08:59 PM, said:

Just update the ROM at least up to B892 and problem solved.
Doesn't even need to go that far, B888 works fine as well.


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View PostRussellS, on 04 July 2012 - 09:08 PM, said:

Doesn't even need to go that far, B888 works fine as well.
B888 is what I have!





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