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I was wondering if the Nexus 7 supports Microphone Input via the Headphone Jack? Mainly I'd want this for the possibility of using a Square Mobile Payment Card Reader. Anybody tried using it for such a purpose yet?
EDIT: joelee100 gave me my needed clue. I'll post back with a confirmation once I get my Nexus 7.
anybody?
I plugged in my nexus s OEM ear buds which also have a mic integrated with them and the Nexus 7 recognizes the mic and the mic works for both Google now and for voip...hope that helps
joelee100 said:
I plugged in my nexus s OEM ear buds which also have a mic integrated with them and the Nexus 7 recognizes the mic and the mic works for both Google now and for voip...hope that helps
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Thanks! That means there is Mic Input and Square should work. Just another plus of Preordering my Nexus 7
I installed the Square app on my Nexus 7 but was unable to get any of the test swipes to work. But, maybe I wasn't being patient enough.
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I tested it a bit more and still was unable to get any test swipes to register on my Nexus 7.
I retested on my Note, 4S, and iPad and it worked fine on those.
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I tested it a bit more and still was unable to get any test swipes to register on my Nexus 7.
I retested on my Note, 4S, and iPad and it worked fine on those.
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I'm thinking maybe square needs an update for jellybean. At least I hope that's all it is, because I really want to use this app on my n7
email from square
This is the email I just received. I bought a nexus 7 to replace my credit card terminal because it seemed to meet our exceed all the specs square required.
"Hello,
We are not able to support the Google Nexus 7" tablet at this time, as the headphone jack is incompatible with our card reader.
For more information on supported devices, visit [square website removed to post].
Thank you for your interest in Square.
Piper K.
Square Support
help.squareup.com"
What could cause this?
reverendranzy said:
as the headphone jack is incompatible with our card reader.
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My wife has the intuit card swipper and a htc 4g lte was told by them that the phone was too new to use the swipper. She can still type in the card info and use the app that way. Not sure it if the same with square.
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Well this is dissapointing
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What could cause this?
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I would assume the headphone jack doesn't work with a microphone, I haven't tested that yet.
edit: after testing myself and contacting Google support, it is merely a headphone jack, not a headset jack like the documentation says.
the square reader/headset mic will not work .
reverendranzy said:
I would assume the headphone jack doesn't work with a microphone, I haven't tested that yet.
edit: after testing myself and contacting Google support, it is merely a headphone jack, not a headset jack like the documentation says.
the square reader/headset mic will not work .
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Bummer... Is there any other mobile card reader that doesn't use a headset jack, Bluetooth maybe?
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Could we use one of those 3.5mm to microusb adapters? Just a thought.
reverendranzy said:
I would assume the headphone jack doesn't work with a microphone, I haven't tested that yet.
edit: after testing myself and contacting Google support, it is merely a headphone jack, not a headset jack like the documentation says.
the square reader/headset mic will not work .
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There have been mixed reports about this. Some people confirm mics working, others don't. I doubt "some" Nexus 7's have a headset jack and the rest headphone jacks
reverendranzy said:
I would assume the headphone jack doesn't work with a microphone, I haven't tested that yet.
edit: after testing myself and contacting Google support, it is merely a headphone jack, not a headset jack like the documentation says.
the square reader/headset mic will not work .
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Interesting...
I plugged a set of new Apple Ear Pods in today and the N7 received my voice through them fine in both Talkatone and easy voice recorder...
This has been kind of ... no ... really damned frustrating for me.
I bought a Nexus 7 with SIM slot for my wife for the holidays and just ASSUMED it would work with Square (she is a self-employed artist/merchant that does convention vending). We didn't discover this issue until we were past the return period.
I'm still a bit in shock. Subscribing in case more information comes out but pretty much just going to be bummed.
I'll check hers to see if a headset works when she gets home. I don't know if we've tried it.
I wonder if maybe people who have plugged in headsets have perhaps been getting their voice input via a built-in mic and just not realizing it?
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I wonder if maybe people who have plugged in headsets have perhaps been getting their voice input via a built-in mic and just not realizing it?
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That's a likely assumption seeing as there are two of them and according to iFixIt the headphone jack is a 3-pole instead of a 4-pole without any soldering to the microphone so it's physically incompatible with the square or many other card readers. I can't even do single clicks on earbuds to pause/play music with it.
Kind of a shame though as I do use the Square app, and would have been nice to swipe a card on my N7 instead of my 1st Generation iPad. (But at least my old G2 can still do it, least til it kicks the bucket).
When I plug headphones in the sound still comes out the speakers. Anyone else have this problem?
I'm also having this problem. Just checked to make sure headphones would work, but of course they don't.
I went into TWRP and fixed permissions, but still same thing.
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When I plug headphones in the sound still comes out the speakers. Anyone else have this problem?
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Push it in further until it "clicks" ' had the same problem and seating it fully resided the issue.
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hotelmrrsn said:
Push it in further until it "clicks" ' had the same problem and seating it fully resided the issue.
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Lol...that was a simple fix. Thanks.
Headphones
All headsets don't work for some reason even though they are 3.5 mm. I thought it was a defect and maybe it is designed poorly but some sets work and others do not even when pushed flush. I guess some may need a cheap extender to fully mount in the jack.
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All headsets don't work for some reason even though they are 3.5 mm. I thought it was a defect and maybe it is designed poorly but some sets work and others do not even when pushed flush. I guess some may need a cheap extender to fully mount in the jack.
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Had the same problem. One set of headphones worked (Sony) and the other set (Sennheiser) did not.
Looking at specs the Sennheiser headphone jack is 1/8 inch. Sony doesn't specify but looks shorter. Could this be the problem?
I can't find any info in the N10 manual except 3.5mm. Afraid to push the longer jack any further in.
Both my Sennheiser over ear and ear-bud headphones work fine on my n10. I do need to push the connector quite firmly to make sure the final click happens and it is fully seated.
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Both my Sennheiser over ear and ear-bud headphones work fine on my n10. I do need to push the connector quite firmly to make sure the final click happens and it is fully seated.
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Thanks for the info. Do you know the model you have or how long the jack is? I have PMX680i its a sports model that has a really good sound while allowing you to hear your surroundings. (no, I don't work out with a tablet on my arm :laugh
The over ears are HD 218s, and the buds are CX 300 II. I've not measured the jacks, but they are both the same size by eye.
Any ideas for a good mid/ear bud combo or a fix for the horrible sound on the other end while using Skype. I'm told its very bad.
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I guess this is old news...lol
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I found the mic and speakers are all very bad, also the wifi reception, on my A500. Otherwise, it works, but if I try to use it for skype for example, it's much worse than the HTC Titan II I have, which is a much smaller thing. Even the "tiny" Arrive phone that I have does better on wifi and mic/speaker, only the Arrive doesn't have a front facing camera. I use my A500 to do web browsing, read PDF and watch youtube, while it's not good for youtube because of the weak speakers.
Searched a lot on the web. It seems nobody has found a solution for these awful mics. Hope someone has better news. :banghead:
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I found a ear combo with a boom mic 3.5 millimeter from radio shack that works really good and clear.. But Skype will only work with a wired headset not a bluetooth it doesn't support microphone for Bluetooth... only speakers or headphones... lame...
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If you pop the back, there are two mics right at the top of the screen (near the sd card). One is visible. The other is behind the motherboard. The one you can see is used for noise cancelation. It even has a hole in the chassis next to it to let sound in. The one you can't see is used for sound pickup and has no adjacent hole to allow sound. What I did was unplug the hidden mic. Tuck the wire and plug under the board. Move the plug for the noise cancelation mic to the receptacle for the main mic and reassemble. It sounds much better to me now. Haven't used Skype on it yet, but it should be better.
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If you pop the back, there are two mics right at the top of the screen (near the sd card). One is visible. The other is behind the motherboard. The one you can see is used for noise cancelation. It even has a hole in the chassis next to it to let sound in. The one you can't see is used for sound pickup and has no adjacent hole to allow sound. What I did was unplug the hidden mic. Tuck the wire and plug under the board. Move the plug for the noise cancelation mic to the receptacle for the main mic and reassemble. It sounds much better to me now. Haven't used Skype on it yet, but it should be better.
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I wouldn't know the first thing to pop off..do u need any fancy tools?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvXihNIdQ1M&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Important to note - I recommend removing the sd card any time you remove or install the back cover.
This guy shows a decent tutorial. I basically pulled the sd cover off and started at the plastic there. If you end up with blemishes, at least they'd be under the sd cover.
get a headset bluetooth is nice even those *retro phones* wud work i use 1 for f2f vid chat
I tried a Bluetooth headset..a blue parrot bt2500 I think is what its called..didn't work right..I will try again on the new build.. What Bluetooth headset do you use? Does it work with Skype?
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droidxxxxx said:
I tried a Bluetooth headset..a blue parrot bt2500 I think is what its called..didn't work right..I will try again on the new build.. What Bluetooth headset do you use? Does it work with Skype?
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When i use skype or g talk i use a wired head set.. I picked it up at Walmart for 10$. It has 1 head phone and a mic that hangs on the cord by your mouth. Haven't had much luck with bluetooth (hate havin to charge it + out of my $ range) but it should work, google...
this dude says jabra wave works
http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...uetooth-headset-working-acer-iconia-a500.html
NOTE: This is not my solution... Credit goes to someone else
So I have been using nexus 7 for past 11 months... At first the headphone jack was working fine, I was getting good sound from both the ear buds but then it stopped working nd i never really cared about it because I use headphones with my nexus 7 less. But now that I got myself a JBL J04 I wanted to watch movies with these beasts on.... So i did some digging on net.
PROBLEM: The headphone jack is not working fine, it was giving sound in only one side of headphone(left one in my case) but when plugging a speaker jack it seemed to work fine. I have used both creative speakers and mini speakers. I have used mine skullcandy earphones and also jbl headphones but sound was only coming from one side... And in jbl headphones it was coming very very low.
SOLUTION: When you open up the back cover and see the loudspeakers module... There is somewhat copper conductive part revealed under those two loud speakers, and they gets in contact with the metal of back cover, when back cover is closed. So we need to TAPE THIS REVEALED COPPER side and voila mine headphones got working like a charm. For a good reference image is attached. This worked in my case so I dnt know maybe it will work for others or not. And yeah in my case I used black electrical tape.
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Hey that actually worked! thanks man! :good:
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NOTE: This is not my solution... Credit goes to someone else
So I have been using nexus 7 for past 11 months... At first the headphone jack was working fine, I was getting good sound from both the ear buds but then it stopped working nd i never really cared about it because I use headphones with my nexus 7 less. But now that I got myself a JBL J04 I wanted to watch movies with these beasts on.... So i did some digging on net.
PROBLEM: The headphone jack is not working fine, it was giving sound in only one side of headphone(left one in my case) but when plugging a speaker jack it seemed to work fine. I have used both creative speakers and mini speakers. I have used mine skullcandy earphones and also jbl headphones but sound was only coming from one side... And in jbl headphones it was coming very very low.
SOLUTION: When you open up the back cover and see the loudspeakers module... There is somewhat copper conductive part revealed under those two loud speakers, and they gets in contact with the metal of back cover, when back cover is closed. So we need to TAPE THIS REVEALED COPPER side and voila mine headphones got working like a charm. For a good reference image is attached. This worked in my case so I dnt know maybe it will work for others or not. And yeah in my case I used black electrical tape.
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u.gr3y said:
Hey that actually worked! thanks man! :good:
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Ur welcome bro
I know this is a bit late but after sending my tablet out for two RMA s for this problem I thought it was fixed. It's been off warranty since the end of July and yesterday the jack started screening up again with the left ear bud not working intermittently. If you tapped it it would come on and off. So I opened it up and tried this fix and it worked great. So much for Asus customer care I just needed electrical tape.
Thank you very much.
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If speakers work fine, the problem might be in the headphone jack contacts, as was in my case. One of the contacts was broken and I could hear sound only from the right earphone. So I just put something between the jack and the back cover and now everything works great!
Wild Rat said:
If speakers work fine, the problem might be in the headphone jack contacts, as was in my case. One of the contacts was broken and I could hear sound only from the right earphone. So I just put something between the jack and the back cover and now everything works great!
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Can u explain me in a little detailed view.....i cant seem to get u what u r saying.
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scotth324 said:
I know this is a bit late but after sending my tablet out for two RMA s for this problem I thought it was fixed. It's been off warranty since the end of July and yesterday the jack started screening up again with the left ear bud not working intermittently. If you tapped it it would come on and off. So I opened it up and tried this fix and it worked great. So much for Asus customer care I just needed electrical tape.
Thank you very much.
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Dude theres a thanks button ヅ
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My problem is that it will not switch to the headphones when headphones are plugged in. It stays on speakers. Before I start digging around do any of you believe it is a hardware issue? I reset the tablet completely twice - didn't work.
Thank you
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SOLUTION: There is somewhat copper conductive part revealed under those two loud speakers, and they gets in contact with the metal of back cover, when back cover is closed. So we need to TAPE THIS REVEALED COPPER side and voila mine headphones got working like a charm.
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I didn't have any copper exposed, but it worked. Thank you.
This post saved me a bunch of time and trial and error. I was not getting sound from my left headphone and found a small piece of plastic from packaging solved the problem. I just folded it to make it springy and tight when compressed and it just stuck to the input jack (I provided images). So when I snap the battery cover back on it pushes the headphone jack back into place. Free 5 minute fix.
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NOTE: This is not my solution... Credit goes to someone else
So I have been using nexus 7 for past 11 months... At first the headphone jack was working fine, I was getting good sound from both the ear buds but then it stopped working nd i never really cared about it because I use headphones with my nexus 7 less. But now that I got myself a JBL J04 I wanted to watch movies with these beasts on.... So i did some digging on net.
PROBLEM: The headphone jack is not working fine, it was giving sound in only one side of headphone(left one in my case) but when plugging a speaker jack it seemed to work fine. I have used both creative speakers and mini speakers. I have used mine skullcandy earphones and also jbl headphones but sound was only coming from one side... And in jbl headphones it was coming very very low.
SOLUTION: When you open up the back cover and see the loudspeakers module... There is somewhat copper conductive part revealed under those two loud speakers, and they gets in contact with the metal of back cover, when back cover is closed. So we need to TAPE THIS REVEALED COPPER side and voila mine headphones got working like a charm. For a good reference image is attached. This worked in my case so I dnt know maybe it will work for others or not. And yeah in my case I used black electrical tape.
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Worked fine for my new nexus avoiding sending it for varanty... Thanks!!!!!
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It worked - thank you!!
Thanks for sharing this. It really works well!
The first time I placed the tape as shown in the picture and I wasn't careful and covered up the loudspeakers.
I used electrical tape the next time, as you suggested, and I placed the tape on the back cover rather than the copper conductive part. It works like a charm - thank you very much!
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NOTE: This is not my solution... Credit goes to someone else
So I have been using nexus 7 for past 11 months... At first the headphone jack was working fine, I was getting good sound from both the ear buds but then it stopped working nd i never really cared about it because I use headphones with my nexus 7 less. But now that I got myself a JBL J04 I wanted to watch movies with these beasts on.... So i did some digging on net.
PROBLEM: The headphone jack is not working fine, it was giving sound in only one side of headphone(left one in my case) but when plugging a speaker jack it seemed to work fine. I have used both creative speakers and mini speakers. I have used mine skullcandy earphones and also jbl headphones but sound was only coming from one side... And in jbl headphones it was coming very very low.
SOLUTION: When you open up the back cover and see the loudspeakers module... There is somewhat copper conductive part revealed under those two loud speakers, and they gets in contact with the metal of back cover, when back cover is closed. So we need to TAPE THIS REVEALED COPPER side and voila mine headphones got working like a charm. For a good reference image is attached. This worked in my case so I dnt know maybe it will work for others or not. And yeah in my case I used black electrical tape.
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mav88 said:
Thanks for sharing this. It really works well!
The first time I placed the tape as shown in the picture and I wasn't careful and covered up the loudspeakers.
I used electrical tape the next time, as you suggested, and I placed the tape on the back cover rather than the copper conductive part. It works like a charm - thank you very much!
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It feels happy that i helped you guys
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nate51 said:
This post saved me a bunch of time and trial and error. I was not getting sound from my left headphone and found a small piece of plastic from packaging solved the problem. I just folded it to make it springy and tight when compressed and it just stuck to the input jack (I provided images). So when I snap the battery cover back on it pushes the headphone jack back into place. Free 5 minute fix.
Thanks this fixed my headphone jack issue as well.
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Wild Rat said:
If speakers work fine, the problem might be in the headphone jack contacts, as was in my case. One of the contacts was broken and I could hear sound only from the right earphone. So I just put something between the jack and the back cover and now everything works great!
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Yes! That worked like a charm! Thank you!
sound becomes low in my earbuds
Thanks for sharing this !
I need help in regards this, please help me if you could ! My JBL Tempo earbuds was working perfectly for few months, and then sudden its volume gets down, though the sound quality is okay but the sound is very very low. I tried with other earphone and seems everything okay only the problem with this earbuds.
is the solution provided by you is for earphone or speaker, please provide some more clear picture and details.
please provide any comments/suggestion if it could help me to get the sound back, I loved this earbuds as it had very good sound quality.
Thanks in Advance !
Thanks
it worked .... thanks ....
hello. i have the same problem like nate51 described in his post. when i open the nexus and push on the earphonejack i hear music on both sides with the headphones. but i have to push so hard that the solution with putting a placeholder like plastic or paper between the back and the earphone jack doesnt work. what possibilities do i have to relay repair it and to solve the problem in its source? i didnt see any broken solder-connections in the near of the earphonejack.
thanks for help
Can someone can help me MOD the Plantronics Backbeat 903+ to have EAR BUDS (in ear),
I applied Quick Fix Glue and attached the SONY ear plugs, working fine, but they often fall off.
Also my ears pain a lot after using for few mins.
So i wanted to pull out wires and attach the ear plugs of my existing Sony Plugs, but the internals seem very complicated with ribbon cabling.
I dont need to have a very good looking Headset. I have this Headset and its flawlessly working, but i find it very incontinent to use it for long time.
So i just want to wear it around my neck and 2 wires going into my ears just like any other in-ear earphones.
It might sound very stupid to do such a thing, :silly: but i cant find any better headset with noise cancellation within this price range.
Can someone help me please ?
All i need is to connect Left and Right ear plugs to my Plantronics 903+ hanging out. :victory:
This is the exact final output i am expecting :
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/wireless/detail-page/lg-HBS-700-earbudsout-lg.jpg
So i finally managed to do it.
For now i used my old Samsung in-Ear earphones :
Working great and i feel so confortable now
:victory:
This is how it looks
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I was thinking of doing the same mod to my 903+. Can you tell me how is the mod working for you after a few months?
Its working fine. No issues at all. A little uncomfortable at neck, but will get used to it. Make sure u use good ear plugs.
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Maybe it would be more comfortable if you removed more clutter. I am hoping to remove the whole swivling part that hold the speaker. I just have to figure out how to avoid cutting the cable that connects the buttons.
I will try to do it at home tonight and let you know how it went.
I did the mod by moving the whole ear bud chip to the inside of the main modules. I carefully pried openened up each main madule and disconnected the ribbon, pulled out the ribbon through the ear bud holders, then reconnected the ribbon to the connector. I cut off the earbud housing using an exacto knife and ran my new earbuds inside to the main module where I soldered them to the old ear bud chip. There was enouch room in each housing to conseal all the components. I used some isolating tape to make sure there is no short cirtuis. Here is the final look. It was a very delicate job no to break anything but I am happy with the final look. So far, I find it comfortable after one day's use.
Thats really looking good and professional. I wish you could have taken some pics of the inside so I might try that.
Does the noise cancellation work good? And how about call quality.
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