New Motorola V265 -- high pitched noise...

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My wife and I just upgraded our phones to new Motorola V265's. From
the moment we turned them on we noticed one thing... they give off a
high pitch noise from the earpiece that drives us crazy!! We have 5
bars, and the squeal remains whether or not the backlight is on or
whether or not it's in a call.

I read other topics on Google Groups about different Motorola phones
(like the V60) that also have this high-pitch noise, and some of the
posters had returned their V60 three times and each time the new phone
had the same noise. Since both of our phones have the noise, I'm
thinking it may be "normal" for the V265, and if so I wouldn't want to
go through the hassle of trying to swap it for a different one, we'd
just go for altogether different phones. Anyone else experience the
whine on a V265?

(My previous phone, a Motorola V120e, didn't have anything annoying
about it, but I guess I took it for granted since it didn't have any
cool features either...)

Thanks,
Kevin

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Kevin wrote:
> My wife and I just upgraded our phones to new Motorola V265's. From
> the moment we turned them on we noticed one thing... they give off a
> high pitch noise from the earpiece that drives us crazy!! We have 5
> bars, and the squeal remains whether or not the backlight is on or
> whether or not it's in a call.
>
> I read other topics on Google Groups about different Motorola phones
> (like the V60) that also have this high-pitch noise, and some of the
> posters had returned their V60 three times and each time the new phone
> had the same noise. Since both of our phones have the noise, I'm
> thinking it may be "normal" for the V265, and if so I wouldn't want to
> go through the hassle of trying to swap it for a different one, we'd
> just go for altogether different phones. Anyone else experience the
> whine on a V265?
>
> (My previous phone, a Motorola V120e, didn't have anything annoying
> about it, but I guess I took it for granted since it didn't have any
> cool features either...)
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin

Definitely not normal. This is the first I have read about any whining
in the v265 and I've read practically every forum that has anything
about the v265. Frankly, it is the best cell phone I've used although
the Verizon crippling is a bit annoying at times. I'd return it in a
heartbeat with this kind of problem.

Q

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Kevin wrote:

> My wife and I just upgraded our phones to new Motorola V265's. From
> the moment we turned them on we noticed one thing... they give off a
> high pitch noise from the earpiece that drives us crazy!! We have 5
> bars, and the squeal remains whether or not the backlight is on or
> whether or not it's in a call.
>
> I read other topics on Google Groups about different Motorola phones
> (like the V60) that also have this high-pitch noise, and some of the
> posters had returned their V60 three times and each time the new phone
> had the same noise. Since both of our phones have the noise, I'm
> thinking it may be "normal" for the V265, and if so I wouldn't want to
> go through the hassle of trying to swap it for a different one, we'd
> just go for altogether different phones. Anyone else experience the
> whine on a V265?
>
> (My previous phone, a Motorola V120e, didn't have anything annoying
> about it, but I guess I took it for granted since it didn't have any
> cool features either...)
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin

Take the phone back and get a replacement. Also call moto direct and see
if they know of any bad lots.

LB

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Thanks for the replies, everyone. We kept our phones on all weekend,
and the whining noise has decreased. It is pretty much gone on my
wife's phone, but mine is still faint. She is planning on keeping
hers, but I made a 30 minute call on mine last night and had to keep
the earpiece an inch away from my ear, so I think I'm going to have to
return it. We both really like the phone though -- I hope I can find
another one without this problem.

(And I do acknowledge that I have taken pretty good care of my ears
throughout my life... so I'm not looking forward to going into a store
to return it, and saying to the tech "Don't you hear it... I hear it,
are you sure you don't hear it?!?"

Thanks,
Kevin

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This phone is no longer even listed at www.motorola.com

It's a piece of junk that never should have seen the light of day.


"Kevin" <JunkMailOnly95@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> My wife and I just upgraded our phones to new Motorola V265's. From
> the moment we turned them on we noticed one thing... they give off a
> high pitch noise from the earpiece that drives us crazy!! We have 5
> bars, and the squeal remains whether or not the backlight is on or
> whether or not it's in a call.
>
> I read other topics on Google Groups about different Motorola phones
> (like the V60) that also have this high-pitch noise, and some of the
> posters had returned their V60 three times and each time the new phone
> had the same noise. Since both of our phones have the noise, I'm
> thinking it may be "normal" for the V265, and if so I wouldn't want to
> go through the hassle of trying to swap it for a different one, we'd
> just go for altogether different phones. Anyone else experience the
> whine on a V265?
>
> (My previous phone, a Motorola V120e, didn't have anything annoying
> about it, but I guess I took it for granted since it didn't have any
> cool features either...)
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
>