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[Joseph Liau <joseph@xxxxxxx>]

On 2016-08-25 12:25 PM, Devid Antonio Filoni wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 8:47 PM, Joseph Liau <joseph@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:joseph@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     With OTA-13 landing coming up, I am curious to know about a persistent
>     issue on the Nexus 4 (mako).
>
>     There are call quality issues related to the microphone, and possibly
>     this bug:
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1318360
>     <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1318360>
>
>     Below are some sample audio calls to help illustrate the problem. This
>     problem does not exist when mako is running a different OS.
>
>     Handset Mic:
>     http://taylormail.ca/clowdy/index.php/s/p4R8JSilkab3AQW
>     <http://taylormail.ca/clowdy/index.php/s/p4R8JSilkab3AQW>
>
>     Headset:
>     http://taylormail.ca/clowdy/index.php/s/ushAm2NcfARo2hD
>     <http://taylormail.ca/clowdy/index.php/s/ushAm2NcfARo2hD>
>
>     In addition to this recent comment on the bug page:
>     "AFAIK (I'm a user) hybris is a core lib and a lot of effort is
>     required
>     to test it before a release to prevent regressions in all areas
>     (take a
>     look at libhybris test plan on wiki).
>     mako is a reference device for developers, IMHO no one expects you to
>     use it daily, this issue is minor compared to others which affect
>     supported devices and a new release requires too much time.
>     Patch will be included in OTA-13 because it was pushed together with
>     Android 6.0 support required by a new device (so a new release was
>     already planned)."
>
>
>     If possible, I hope that someone can shed some more light on this
>     issue:
>
>     1) confirm/deny that this pacth will be in OTA-13
>     - if yes, then thanks
>
>     2) if no, then why not, and would anyone be able to help with
>     instructions for installing libhybris-patch manually on our own?
>
>
>     Thanks,
>     Joe
>
>
> Hi Joseph,
>
> I'm the user who wrote that comment, I'm not using rc-proposed (but
> rc) and I cannot confirm the patch will be included (for example it
> could always be reverted if a regression in all devices caused by that
> patch is found) however it was included in mako landing 484 [1] and
> AFAIK it wasn't reverted.
>
> The patch you're asking for is in
> libhybris 0.1.0+git20151016+6d424c9-0ubuntu18~overlay1 package:
>   [ Boleslaw Tokarski ]
>   * [properties] An off-by-one error in prop handling
>
> Cheers,
> Devid
>
> [1] http://people.canonical.com/~lzemczak/landing-team/ubuntu-touch/rc-proposed/ubuntu/mako/484.commitlog
> <http://people.canonical.com/%7Elzemczak/landing-team/ubuntu-touch/rc-proposed/ubuntu/mako/484.commitlog> 
Hi Devid,

Thanks for your comments. I am on 515 and it seems to still be a bit
off, though it may have improved since OTA-12. Will check on that. Can
anyone else confirm improvement or otherwise?

Joseph