[Q] audio crackling

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sony144

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Hi, today i updated my g2 to kitkat and whenever i plug in my headphones, every single sound (listening to music, playing games, etc.) the sound crackles. My headphones are fine. Does somebody kniw how to fix this? Thank you
 

sony144

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yep, I'm using AKG, then switched to Sennheiser and the noise is still there. I rebooted my phone, didn't help, then I factory reset it, still the same. It happend right after I updated to kitkat. Not sureif its a bug or a HW issue:X
 

Frutek

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Since I updated my phone from D802-SEA-10F to Vodafone 20A i got same problem. When there's any audio playing over headphones I hear crackling and electronic noise in left earpiece. I've tried on few headphones - hifiman re262, akg k712 and stock lg. All headphones had same sound problems. I guess it's time to flash back the 4.2.2 and wait for SEA-20A...
 

Volftooth

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me too.

reboot, factory reset, use another audio player, the crackles sound still there.
 
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Frutek

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This issue might be connected to the headphone amplifier software (maybe .taiko file). I tried connecting headphones over USB cable and there was no sight of this weird electronic noise.
 

Frutek

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Before kitkat update I could hear very silent electronic noise in left earpiece too. But it was barely heard when there was no music playing ( and it was with hifiman re-262 which isn't very sensitive to that...). Right now this noise is loud (at same level as the music) and there's static noise too.
 

Frutek

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I updated with the LG software not the OTA. Rolled back to 4.2.2 and everything is back to normal.
 
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hardykalyan

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Same problem with KITKAT

I have updated to KITKAT on my system (manual update) with 80220A KDZ file and was facing the problem of hiss in my left earpiece. I rolled back to 4.2.2 and it works fine... the update really sucks in terms of audio....
 

mannequin

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thanks for this thread and heads up. looks like it's not worth updating for this issue alone, i love my perfect audio on 4.2.2.
 

hahdi

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Hey guys, any update on this?

Im in a bad situation, updated to kitkat 4.4.2 vodafone OTA. The phone was brand new, it was the first thing I did.

The noise is also present in the left headphone, it makes listening to music unbearable.

It seems like I unfortunately can't downgrade?. So I'm stuck with this. Any way we can report the issue to LG?
 

appileh

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Go to download mode and push your kdz file(4.2.2) in your phone and stay away from 4.4.2.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn LG-D802 met Tapatalk
 

appileh

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Yep or wait 3-7 months until lg push the fix.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn LG-D802 met Tapatalk
 

fallenwout

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Updated to 4.4.2 today and got the same issue. Noise on left channel when idle and electric crackles when playing music.
I got an expensive high fidelity headset which plays these distortions really well... in other words: headset are useless for music on the G2 from now.
 

ephumuris

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I must be really deaf as i can't hear this. There is always the option to force a downgrade to 4.2.2. But if it's a real issue then need to bombard LG with requests to fix it, ask for official statement on it. Get a timescale.
 

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    How on earth has this issue got past testing? And then subsequently still got pushed out across the world (today in the UK in my case)?

    For a supposedly audiophile phone, it now sounds like a cheapo 1980s personal stereo.