sometimes volume is too low during a call

[regina_kim]

kernel : 20080611-asu.stable-uImage.bin
rootfs : 20080619-asu.stable-rootfs.jffs2

summary : sometimes voice is too small during calling

step :
1. incoming a call
2. answer call
3. check the voice

current result : voice is small

expected result : need more clear voice

[will]

hardware + alsa file

[regina_kim]

kernel : 20080705-asu.stable-uImage.bin
rootfs : 200807014-asu.stable-rootfs.jffs2

voice is really too small when third parties call activate connecting(when join three calls)

[will]

please just forget about third party calls for now.
we do not want this.
this ticket is about sound volume, which as i understand there is not much we can do until we see where hardware take us in A7.
So please wait.
(teenie, you were cc'ed. Who is the appropriate owner of this ticket?)

[regina_kim]

hey will

why i mentioned third parties call because after connected third parties call sound become more lower than just call.

[john_lee]

we modified alsa state recently. please check if this is still the case in one on one call. please also notice that the audio quality may varies on different neo.

[regina_kim]

Wendy got new device which is different version of hardware board.

Wendy Please check this ticket on Monday. thanks.

[wendy_hung]

I have A7 in my hand, i test it during the weekend.
I would say the voice is super small when i use the phone. The voice sounds like form far far away and the person you're talking to even wear a mask.
I'm at home, and i have to ask my friend to yell to me...so don't even mention when i'm in Taipei mrt system...

I try use alsamixer to change the voice but happened nothing.
Headphon is 100/100 from beginning...

A5's problem is every phone might have different result, but in A7 it seems all the same--voice still too small. (at least until now..)

[john_lee]

tick will implement a volume bar in qtopia call screen to solve the this. please change this to in_testing after you finished the implementation.

[tick]

committed as
http://git.openmoko.org/?p=qtopia.git;a=commit;h=eb855af76018bedf6a89b9ac736d2ffa3961932b

[wendy_hung]

tested with image below:
kernel:testing-om-gta02-20081210.uImage.bin
rootfs:openmoko-testing-om-gta02.rootfs.jffs2 (20081210)

The volume bar works now, this problem should solved.

[wilk]

I was thinking we could make the sound volume setting persistent from one call to the next since usually it's very likely that if I previously increased the volume, I will have to increase the volume again at next call which is not very convenient since sliding the bar is not very convenient during a call (see http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/2188).