Blackberry Bluetooth trouble

[drewquant]

Just had a second dealer tell me nothing is wrong with my bluetooth in my Package 4 with Nav. The microphone volume is way to low and people can barely hear me. I found on youtube the hidden screen mic volume setting and raised that to 5 and before that it sounded like I was locked in the trunk and now it sounds like im in the back seat facing away from the mic. Dealer says they are having some trouble in Blackberries.. Any ideas? I am thinking of going to a stereo shop and having them solder in a better mic in place of the stock one.

[dfran1]

I hate to bust your bubble (or anyone else) but Blackberry phone's due suck, I own one now and hope by next year have a data phone that I can actually use properly as a data phone (never ever a blackberry again, Blackberry can not get any of their phone's to work properly as a data phone, I spent many hours with them on the phone trying)! Sorry about the rant, but I really hate this phone that I am locked into!

If you have any beta software (or should we say firmware) on it reload to a official version (or older version). This has worked for me in transferring my contacts.
Now this may work for your audio problem, but I also have Bluetooth speakers that this Blackberry sounds like garbage on, and my iTouch sounds great on them. It could be just your phone, where the Bluetooth components are just not up to spec (Blackberry has major component quality control issues that people are just not aware of).

Try a different phone (not a Blackberry) with the car (a friends, etc..) and see if the problem stays with the car or goes away. My 2 2010 Prius's sound great with phones LG enV touch (good phone) and a Blackberry Storm (I do not recommend this phone to my worst enemy, or any blackberry).
-If it does work properly with the other phone than it is your phone.
-If it does the same with your friends phone (not a Blackberry), then it is your car most likely, but did the dealer try a different phone and results?

I hope something in this helps.
Good luck
Don

[Paradox]

I have the Blackberry Tour and no one has ever complained about me sounding bad... If the passenger talks it doesn't sound good they say, but that's about it.

Do you have your air vents in the middle pointing upwards perhaps and they are blowing slightly/heavily into the mic? I had a few people point out I sounded bad but when I then remembered I had to move the vents down they said it was fine now, no problems and I sounded good.

[ronhowell]

I do know that eating blackberries will give you blue tooth radiance!

[midimal]

Originally Posted by ronhowell

I do know that eating blackberries will give you blue tooth radiance!

I can hight recommend Samsung's Omnia celular! It worked perfect over BT. Very good speach quality using bluetooth while my 2 hours testride

Ciao

[Hfxbouy]

I have the BB Flip with Tmobil and talk for hours on the road. No one ever complains about hearing me. I often get in and out of car to run a quick errand and although the phone switches to hand set and back to car easily with out dropping there is a few seconds where you cant hear or be heard. Again call does not drop so you just need to plan ahead or ask for a second.

[dartfrogger]

Originally Posted by Paradox

I have the Blackberry Tour and no one has ever complained about me sounding bad... If the passenger talks it doesn't sound good they say, but that's about it.

Do you have your air vents in the middle pointing upwards perhaps and they are blowing slightly/heavily into the mic? I had a few people point out I sounded bad but when I then remembered I had to move the vents down they said it was fine now, no problems and I sounded good.

I also have the Tour but it does not work with my 2010 bluetooth. It worked for a couple of days and then stopped (the bluetooth screen says call in progress constantly, even though I'm not calling). The Toyota dealer says this is a known problem to them and the phone is not compatible.

Does your Tour still work? Is there any hope for me? I just got the phone a month ago, and I got the car last week. I don't want to change either.

[hybridjoe]

People have trouble hearing me using my new Blackberry Tour via bluetooth. Is that a common problem? Do other Blackberries work better?

[dfran1]

Originally Posted by hybridjoe

People have trouble hearing me using my new Blackberry Tour via bluetooth. Is that a common problem? Do other Blackberries work better?

This is part of their component quality issue!!!!!!!
One can have 100 blackberry devices (same model) and many will behave differently!!!!!! This alone means they SUCK!!!!!

They used to be good years ago (maybe), but today they SUCK!!!!!!!!

The Tour has a 50% or more return (that the phone companies are trying to hide, I found an article on it somewhere) (the Storm is most likely a lot higher, verizon is good at hiding this info).

If one has a blackberry that works today, good luck!!!!!

Best advice anyone could give someone with a blackberry is
1. Return it for some other brand
2. Get some other brand as soon as your contract ends with it.
3. Never buy another (or a first one) Blackberry anything unless it is edible.

Sorry about the rant again but almost a year into this phone and I hate it!!!!!!!!! I do not even touch my iTouch anymore, because every time I do use the iTouch I hate my Storm (Blackberry) even more!!!!!!!!!!

best of luck
Don

[dc202]

[QUOTE=dfran1;981979]This is part of their component quality issue!!!!!!!
One can have 100 blackberry devices (same model) and many will behave differently!!!!!! This alone means they SUCK!!!!!

They used to be good years ago (maybe), but today they SUCK!!!!!!!!

The Tour has a 50% or more return (that the phone companies are trying to hide, I found an article on it somewhere) (the Storm is most likely a lot higher, verizon is good at hiding this info).

If one has a blackberry that works today, good luck!!!!!

Best advice anyone could give someone with a blackberry is
1. Return it for some other brand
2. Get some other brand as soon as your contract ends with it.
3. Never buy another (or a first one) Blackberry anything unless it is edible.

Sorry about the rant again but almost a year into this phone and I hate it!!!!!!!!! I do not even touch my iTouch anymore, because every time I do use the iTouch I hate my Storm (Blackberry) even more!!!!!!!!!!

best of luck
IMHO, this type of "rant" is really not very helpful....