Droid has a 2nd noise cancellation mic!!!

[928Droid]

triptych,

Good find!

 

[triptych]

triptych,

Good find!

Thanks!
It seems that Mr. Yann in france is having his second mic work too well, and it's canceling parts out of his voice as well as background noise. If the mic on our droids is indeed working and active, we should be able to tell by placing a finger over that slot and seeing if the other person notices a difference. If i had any friends to call i'd try it, but i'm on the Droid forums on a saturday evening....:icon_ cry:

 

[unix.punkx]

Nice! I hope this is implemented in future updates!

 

[KZIWarrior]

triptych,

Good find!

Thanks!
It seems that Mr. Yann in france is having his second mic work too well, and it's canceling parts out of his voice as well as background noise. If the mic on our droids is indeed working and active, we should be able to tell by placing a finger over that slot and seeing if the other person notices a difference. If i had any friends to call i'd try it, but i'm on the Droid forums on a saturday evening....:icon_ cry:

That would explain why Seidio redesigned their cases (and tried to dremel the hole in their old ones, ROFL).

 

[jnd121]

I think this is why I was having an issue with my speakerphone while using my shell/holster case. When I have it on, the caller on the other end hears an echo of their voice. As soon as I take the case off, they no longer hear an echo. I think I may have to Dremel my case!

 

[wil318466]

I think the second mic is located on the back of the phone at the top near the headphone plug. The seidio case has a cut out for it.

LOL is THAT what that is?! I thought I burned it with a cigarette. Lol I couldn't figure out for the life of me what that hole was for.

-Wil

 

[tankboyben]

have done several tests on the call quality of my motorola milestone after my friends
finding it difficult to hear me at several points during my calls
all tests done by calling my own number leaving a voicemail message then listening
back to it

test 1

spoke with phone to my ear - listening back could hear well with the occasional small
dip
spoke with the phone 15cm from my mouth - listening back i could hear hardly anything

test 2

put a small piece of bluetack over what is reportedly the ambient noise mic

spoke with phone to ear - listening back actually seemed clearer
spoke with phone 15cm from mouth - listening back almost silent on the line
spoke with the phone facing away from me - silence

test 3

put into speaker mode and spoke with phone............

15cm from mouth clear as a bell
to my ear clear as a bell
facing away from me again clear

conclusion ambient noise mic kicks in on standard call (non speaker) mode and
interfears with call quality a bit too much, sometimes i like to hold the phone a little
away from my face but if i do that with this the person on the other end isnt going to
hear me!!

 

[tankboyben]

It would be great if it was indeed a airway for a second mic.

My gut tells me that it's a slot used to disassemble the phone for repairs though

I thought that at first also, but why isn't there a matching "removal" slot on the identical part on the bottom ?????

Hmmmmm.

because the bottom is part of the main chassis. ive had my droid apart already, all that's good for is disassembly, there is nothing underneath it. that rubber bumper is just a sticker

unfortunatly i think these images prove you wrong....here the 2nd mic

 

[JohnnyDepth]

Weird....

My experiences have been the opposite..
My VZN case clearly hides the mic, although there is
about a mm of clearance from the 2nd mic, to the case...

My call quality for both in ear and speakerphone are crystal clear and everyone hears
me crystal clear.

 

[Superjay]

Droid has the key to control everything around it and we don't even know it!
Droid is alive!

so, what you're saying is, Droid is a Furby?

 

[dezymond]

wow old thread bump.

 

[JhankG]

wow old thread bump.

Fo rizzle.

 

[UltraDroid]

How odd! I find it difficult to believe that they would install something that's useful, and advantageous - and then keep quiet about it.You'd think they'd at least *mention* it in adds.

-Mike

 

[ace-max-]

Iphone 4 has two signal canceling antennas. Its amazing they didn't advertise that either.

I registered just to post this. Thread can die now.

 

[blumpkinblake]

Too bad iphone can't get service to even use them