Guest shad0wboss Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 So basically, everyday i'm finding bad parts about zte blade...i thought it was a good phone and cheap one price wise but now i've started to realise that it's a cheap phone so it's got to have some cheap parts used in it.... So far i found out that the headphones with 3 black strips on them don't work...the ones with 2 black strips work on their jack (such as the stock one which comes in the box). Is there a solution to this? a converter? anything which can help me defy this problem for now?
Guest ThrashMan Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Standard stereo headphones work just fine.
Guest KACE_231 Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 (edited) Just thought I might add another issue: The microphone quality is frankly appalling, and workarounds? Edited May 20, 2011 by KACE_231
Guest Anil k Solanki Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Perhaps you should read the user guide that came with your phone? Anil.
Guest Anil k Solanki Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Just thought I might add another issue: The microphone quality is frankly appalling, and workarounds? Work arounds? Spend 4 times as much. Anil. :P
Guest Tony Sidaway Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 This sounds like a terrifically minor problem. It's a normal stereo jack socket and it takes a normal stereo headset. As a speakerphone the Blade has a microphone sensitive enough to pick up normal conversational speech at hands-free distance. The headset permits a degree of privacy, particularly when listening to music, and also functions as an aerial for the FM radio. I wonder if your problem has arisen from an attempt to plug in a hands-free headset from another telephone.
Guest slitz Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 If you're using a 3.5mm headset that's made for the iPhone it's not going to work. I believe this thread has some information about it: http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...-headset-found/
Guest Roph Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Just thought I might add another issue: The microphone quality is frankly appalling, and workarounds? It depends what's sampling the microphone. The stock android camcorder app only samples it at 8000Hz (telephone quality), but other apps are able to user a higher samplerate.
Guest Phoenix Silver Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 my nokia headset with 3 black strips works fine with the blade i can even control the blade with the buttons on the headset
Guest KACE_231 Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 It depends what's sampling the microphone. The stock android camcorder app only samples it at 8000Hz (telephone quality), but other apps are able to user a higher samplerate. What do you mean by sample rate, so if I get a better app I should have better sound quality
Guest ThrashMan Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 What do you mean by sample rate, so if I get a better app I should have better sound quality Sound quality when you're doing WHAT? If you want help then please give as much detail as possible!
Guest shad0wboss Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 I have 3 headphones and only one of them work...i have a headphone from motorola defy (like iphone one), it doesn't work then i have a huge a$$ headset which also doesn't work and then i have the stock ones which are the only ones that work.... When buying a headset, what should i look at in order to make it work for the blade?
Guest KACE_231 Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 Sound quality when you're doing WHAT? If you want help then please give as much detail as possible! Ive use the sound recorder and camcorder to record videos, playing the piano etc. and on viewing them the sound quality is poor, and even in calls the sound quality is not really that great, picks up alot of static noise, so that led me to believe the microphone quality is very cheap.
Guest ThrashMan Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 Ive use the sound recorder and camcorder to record videos, playing the piano etc. and on viewing them the sound quality is poor, and even in calls the sound quality is not really that great, picks up alot of static noise, so that led me to believe the microphone quality is very cheap. Poor start.....which ROM? There was a bug in some CM7 with loads of white noise in the background during calls.
Guest Pondlife Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 my nokia headset with 3 black strips works fine with the blade i can even control the blade with the buttons on the headset That's got me intrigued, what do the buttons do? Might have to dig mine out.
Guest shad0wboss Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 lol can someone reply to my question? how can i find out about a headset before buying that it'll work with my blade?
Guest Phoenix Silver Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 That's got me intrigued, what do the buttons do? Might have to dig mine out. Launch app Change track vol up and down
Guest KACE_231 Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 (edited) Poor start.....which ROM? There was a bug in some CM7 with loads of white noise in the background during calls. Im running CM7 n80, it seems that the microphone can only really pick up human voices, any other sound frequencies (e.g. piano/music) are extremely poor, having said that the white noise is always present. @shadowboss, sorry for hijaking your thread the NOKIA AD-57 headset works great apparently. http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...-headset-found/ Edited May 21, 2011 by KACE_231
Guest slitz Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 lol can someone reply to my question? how can i find out about a headset before buying that it'll work with my blade? Not really possible unless you find a full specification sheet on the connector (which usually isn't available), the 3 stripes on the jack are switched IIRC i.e. each strip does something different compared to the iPhone jack. Look at the link I originally posted and the post above, read the thread to find something useful.
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