Turn off HD Calling - maybe in a service menu?

[mtciii]

I tried searching for things about HD, HD Voice, but I didn't find other threads, so I apologize if I'm beating a dead horse.

 

My girlfriend, her mother, and I all hate the way HD calling sounds. It's very...I dunno, robotic? and every time I see it's an HD call I'm just like, ugh. I'm very rarely in a situation where I care about the omission of background noise, so I don't see the benefit.

 

I know there's not a way to turn it off in the account, but what about on an individual device? We have S6's and a Moto X pure in the mix.

[SeanK_]

Sprint is moving into this. Not sure why you think its robotic when its amazing when I get to use it. Much more clear and sounds louder. Maybe you or someone is in an area where a tower is having issues and that you might want to open a support ticket with Sprint.

[cortney]

Maybe you or someone is in an area where a tower is having issues and that you might want to open a support ticket with Sprint.

 

Or maybe someone in the mix is a secret VZW user. 

Edited October 3, 2015 by cortney

[mtciii]

Or maybe someone in the mix is a secret VZW user. 

How would that make sense if the HD calls are only between Sprint users?

[cortney]

How would that make sense if the HD calls are only between Sprint users?

 

Excuse my humor...

[mtciii]

Sprint is moving into this. Not sure why you think its robotic when its amazing when I get to use it. Much more clear and sounds louder. Maybe you or someone is in an area where a tower is having issues and that you might want to open a support ticket with Sprint.

I suppose it's possible. But it hasn't seemed to matter where I am or where the other person is. If it goes through as an HD call, it just sounds weird. Maybe I still have to get used to it. 

[lilotimz]

I suppose it's possible. But it hasn't seemed to matter where I am or where the other person is. If it goes through as an HD call, it just sounds weird. Maybe I still have to get used to it.

It's just something to get used to since our ears are used to the old crappy quality calls.

 

Sent from my LG-H790

[mtciii]

It's just something to get used to since our ears are used to the old crappy quality calls.

Will it eventually be a cross-carrier thing, do you (or anyone else) know? As much as I'd love to see everyone I talk to switch to Sprint, I know it's not something that will ever happen.

[lilotimz]

Will it eventually be a cross-carrier thing, do you (or anyone else) know? As much as I'd love to see everyone I talk to switch to Sprint, I know it's not something that will ever happen.

 

It's something all the carriers have talked about with VoLTE HD calling compatibility but it's a ways out for Sprint. 

[greenbastard]

I tried searching for things about HD, HD Voice, but I didn't find other threads, so I apologize if I'm beating a dead horse.

 

My girlfriend, her mother, and I all hate the way HD calling sounds. It's very...I dunno, robotic? and every time I see it's an HD call I'm just like, ugh. I'm very rarely in a situation where I care about the omission of background noise, so I don't see the benefit.

 

I know there's not a way to turn it off in the account, but what about on an individual device? We have S6's and a Moto X pure in the mix.

For the S6, try this.

 

Go to phone dialer and dial ##DATA#.

 

Go to edit and enter your MSL code (if you don't have it, check your phone activation email; should be 6 numbers)

 

Then go to Advanced.

 

 

Scroll down to 1xAdvanced

 

 

Then disable it,

 

 

Exit menu and reboot phone.

[joshnys8913]

I think Sprint always had far better voice quality then the other big 4 (even before HD), at least from my experience with the others.

[travismheim]

If you integrate your Sprint number with Google Voice you will lose HD voice.

[Samappz]

On android 5.1.1 is service option 73, reduce rate 4 under 1x engineering indicative of HD calling?