Droid Audio Issues? Lost Audio, Echo

I’ve owned my Droid for a bit over a week now. I haven’t encountered this problem described by Engadget yet…

Droid experiencing external speaker problems, could be a software issue?

The workaround, by the way, is to reboot the Droid.

However, I have noticed two Droid audio issues:

1. A few people I’ve spoken with while using the Droid have reported hearing an echo when I speak to them. I should not that I was not using the speakerphone during these convesations

2. The audio I hear when listening to someone speak to me while using the Droid seems “noiser” than other phones I’ve used over the past year (iPhone on AT&T and Nokia N96, HTC Dash, and HTC Touch Pro2 on T-Mobile).

The leaked Verizon memos that Phandroid.com provided documents a similar problem to the one I noted. Verizon technical note discusses the need to power cycle the Droid (turn if off and then on – not just suspend the display) to deal with the Droid user hearing an echo during a phone conversation.

Droid Updates on Dec. 11, 2009 & Jan. 22, 2010: Interesting Info in Verizon Product Technical Bulletin

I hope the rumored December 11 update provides some audio fixes.

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