topic Re: iphone 4s poor audio quality in Apple

iphone 4s poor audio quality

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 22:58:32 GMT

Hi,

im nearly a year into my contract and have recently started noticing the audio sound quality from my phone is very very poor (not phone calls, purely musicplayback).
i have tried different sets of headphones and different speakers to no avail, i have also tried the same music files on iTunes on a laptop through the same headphones and speakers and the sound quality is much better.

i have the latest version of ios6 and have tried resetting my iphone.

anyone got any ideas?

Re: iphone 4s poor audio quality

Liquid — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 23:44:17 GMT

Is audio from your phones speakers affected as well? Or just when using headphones?

From the sound of it if its mainly to do with dodgy sound quality after using the input jack be it for speakers or headphones has got something in it:(

If you have flashlight have a look inside the jack to see if there is any obvious debris or buildup. You can clean it by blowing in it (try not to spit haha I voided my warranty I made the water check point change colour) you could also use a tiny earbud preferably foam so nothing falls off. Or if your quick and very careful a can of compressed air. Again obviously be careful with the air it can cause condensation inside the port. A very sharp short burst should dislodge almost anything.

You haven't by any chance changed the equaliser?

If your audio doesn't improve let us know and ill find another solution.

Re: iphone 4s poor audio quality

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 23:50:17 GMT

thanks for the reply. its purely from the jack socket, not the speaker.
sound quality improves veryslightly with bass reducer EQ.

ill give the cleaning out a go

Re: iphone 4s poor audio quality

Liquid — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 23:51:22 GMT

Go very careful please:) let us know how you get on:)

Also you haven't restored recently have you?

Re: iphone 4s poor audio quality

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:00:05 GMT

no luck 😞

although its strange as its not all mp3s, a majority are really poor quality but a few are ok. but like i said in itunes theyre fine.

no i havent done any restores for quite a while

Re: iphone 4s poor audio quality

Liquid — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:02:09 GMT

Hmm that is wierd. Plug it in back it up then restore from the backup.

Maybe there's a dodgy conflict in there somewhere. I'm going to do some searching and ill let you know if I find another solution

Re: iphone 4s poor audio quality

Liquid — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:07:52 GMT

When you restore the backup select the highest bitrate available for the songs if they can fit on your iPhone.

Re: iphone 4s poor audio quality

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:25:19 GMT

If you still have a problem after the restore from back up I would make an appointment with the genius at your nearest Apple store while the iphone is still under their warranty.

Re: iphone 4s poor audio quality

Liquid — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:26:50 GMT

This^^ I can't find any other solutions:( sorry

Re: iphone 4s poor audio quality

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:17:47 GMT

tried factory restore then restory from backup and still the same.

going to apple store to speak to a 'genius' next week.

Re: iphone 4s poor audio quality

jonsie — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:25:28 GMT

Definitely your best option my friend:smileyhappy:

Re: iphone 4s poor audio quality

Liquid — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:33:11 GMT

let us know how you get on

sorry it wasnt an easy fix