iPhone 4S on Vodafone - strange audio issue
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Hi all
Not sure anyone can help me but I have an annoying problem with my iPhone 4s.
I can reproduce the issue about 75% of the time.
When I make a call, the audio is terrible - pretty much like having half a bar of signal but even worse (I have full signal). It sounds like you are next to the sea and the audio is VERY stuttered/jerky.
It normally settles down after about 10 seconds - by which time the other side has hung up in frustration.
I still have a year on contract to go so this is not ideal.
I took the phone to the Apple store and they ran some diagnostics. they found no problems but kindly gave me a replacement. The problem seemed to stop but has now come back again
Does anyone know the issue I have poorly described and have any suggestions?
Not sure anyone can help me but I have an annoying problem with my iPhone 4s.
I can reproduce the issue about 75% of the time.
When I make a call, the audio is terrible - pretty much like having half a bar of signal but even worse (I have full signal). It sounds like you are next to the sea and the audio is VERY stuttered/jerky.
It normally settles down after about 10 seconds - by which time the other side has hung up in frustration.
I still have a year on contract to go so this is not ideal.
I took the phone to the Apple store and they ran some diagnostics. they found no problems but kindly gave me a replacement. The problem seemed to stop but has now come back again
Does anyone know the issue I have poorly described and have any suggestions?
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Annoying though.
I never experienced it on Three when I had a 4S on that network.
Probably a Vodafone issues, they are not the best, me saying that does not help you though.
It's possible the network is using half rate voice codec due to capacity issues and half rate sounds terrible!
I'm now convinced that its the Vodafone network given Apple replaced the phone with a new one.
I haven't noticed a particular time when it happens - just sometimes - although more frequently now.
Not sure if its worth calling Vodafone directly? What if anything would/could they do?
As you say you've had the phone replaced so you know it's not the phone. Vodafone and O2 both have poor voice quality in certain areas where capacity is low. I don't think either network supports HD voice either, which has been out for years.
I did have my phone set to 2G only though when i was with O2 as 3G coverage was poor but never had any voice quality issues with O2 in Wales.