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Boosting Handset Volume

Hello everyone...
Was just curious if anyone knew of a way to boost the volume coming from the ear piece on this phone? I have the I9000M.....
I have some hearing loss and find that the volume is a tad too low and I am constantly having to ask people to repeat themselves.... before you say it... yesssss, I have used the volume button...
I was reading the thread on the using the service mode app to change the ear phone audio... thought there might be something in there...
Thanks for your help in advance.
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Here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=758326

abbreviated version
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740511&page=3

Volume problem!!!!!

Hey guys just wondering if anyone is facing any volume problems after the 3.1 update.........prior to the upgrade I had awesome crisp sound flowing through the speakers and equally good sound through headphones ......... after upgrading I lost sound on my left speaker and sound through headphones is barely a whisper .........any suggestions guys? Cheers in advance
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I think my volume is lower then it was before the update.

now that I think of it, my max volume sounds quieter as well.

Right speaker sound is gone and left too quiet after update. Headphones too low. After two resets and no change returned to walmart. I cannot deal with such nonsense.

zaldwaik said:
Right speaker sound is gone and left too quiet after update. Headphones too low. After two resets and no change returned to walmart. I cannot deal with such nonsense.
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I know what you mean....... The sound experience went from good to gutter ....... Please guys anyone out there have a solution help us out
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yohanpra said:
I know what you mean....... The sound experience went from good to gutter ....... Please guys anyone out there have a solution help us out
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ive noticed this to.. i thought it was just me..but it does sound lower even using headphones

download "equalizer" from the market(free app) go to custom and set to Max. It does fc every so often. When it does just launch the app again

Nope I had that running already its no help
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My volume is crap from day one (launch date) Right is louder then Left. Hopefully there's a fix for this.

F**k I think my tf knew I was complaining about it ........ You guys are gonna love this...... Now only my right speaker side is playing music and only the left side on headphones is playing music........and before u smart assess out there say maybe its ur headphones ....its not I tried 3 different pairs :b
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Mine works well after the leaked 3.1, maybe a bit less volume though. Balance on speakers and headphones is perfect. Left speaker no longer has issues, probably related to lower volume. FLAC on headphones is remarkably good.
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No problem here.
Both speakers seems balanced and loud.
However this is my 2nd transformer I bought.
The first one i had the right side stopped working
then both died =/ lol RMA getting it back on 6th.
Sigh now its in stock. I can't sell it -.-

I am using the leaked version and sound is great. Of course don't expect a loud buzz from the built-in speakers, but with my JLAB headset it fine!

Just got mine yesterday... did the update and everything seems to work well except for the speakers.... Overall quality kinda seems crappy and my right speaker is much louder than the left one. This sux

I'm going to try to downgrade to 3.01 then upgrade on the leaked version ...... I'll keep u guys posted
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yohanpra said:
I'm going to try to downgrade to 3.01 then upgrade on the leaked version ...... I'll keep u guys posted
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Keep us updated.

I am thinking I will get one of these; sound really does suck in my Transformer; love everything else about it.:
http://www.amazon.com/Technica-AT-PHA10-Portable-Headphone-Amplifier/dp/B002T6NZMS/ref=sr_1_26?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1307193942&sr=1-26
Above For headphones.
For portable:
http://www.amazon.com/Altec-Lansing-Ultraportable-Speaker-Players/dp/B001ELK2NY/ref=dp_cp_ob_e_title_0
OR
http://www.amazon.com/SimplyVibe-SV-X6-Rechargeable-Portable-Speakers/dp/B004EOURA6/ref=sr_1_31?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1307197226&sr=1-31
Anyone else tried these type of devices with your transformer?

looks like a common issue :-(
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1074777.html
is there no way to tweak balance by default? else will return it

Well some good news. Supercurio is improving the sound on the Asus Transformer. He did a great job on the galaxy phones. So there's hope yet.
http://twitter.com/#!/supercurio

hey guys i tried to downgrade to 3.01 but for some reason i couldnt do that , so i did a factory reset to see if that would solve the problem, still didnt solve the problem ...... out of ideas at the moment..... anyone got any other ideas..... or even better does anyone know how to downgrade TW.epad-8.4.4.5 running android 3.1 to the old 3.01

[Vent] Sound levels

Hoooolllly cr*p. The volume in the X10 is totally unacceptable! I had an appointment today I was waiting for a very long time and I set up 3 reminders/alarms. They went off. but I heard not a single one! Appointment missed, pushed back another month.
What is the point of an alarm function that you can't even hear!
All my volumes are set to max. I can't hear text messages going thru, I can't hear notifications going thru. My ears are fine, the phone whispers. God it's driving me nuts.
I've never had this problem with any other phone, could hear those things a mile away. Am rrreally starting to lose faith in something I can't rely on.
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denverseven said:
Hoooolllly cr*p. The volume in the X10 is totally unacceptable! I had an appointment today I was waiting for a very long time and I set up 3 reminders/alarms. They went off. but I heard not a single one! Appointment missed, pushed back another month.
What is the point of an alarm function that you can't even hear!
All my volumes are set to max. I can't hear text messages going thru, I can't hear notifications going thru. My ears are fine, the phone whispers. God it's driving me nuts.
I've never had this problem with any other phone, could hear those things a mile away. Am rrreally starting to lose faith in something I can't rely on.
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The x10 is a complete failure.
Bad GSM radio.
Bad audio.
Lack of hardware features.
Great cpu, camera and sexy screen let down by everything else.

OmegaRED^ said:
The x10 is a complete failure.
Bad GSM radio.
Bad audio.
Lack of hardware features.
Great cpu, camera and sexy screen let down by everything else.
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I second this. Sexy shell, but lousy internals.

Dunno what to say.
Mine is set to below halfway and it wakes me up just fine. Sure it's not the loudest phone I've ever had but it's more than acceptable (even without xLoud for most things).
BTW, did the snooze function work? I mean, if 3 alarms were set and if they kept on going, then they keep on coming back on every 10 minutes (default unless changed).
Maybe your loudspeaker is busted? Did you ever try any of the roms with xLoud?

Have mine set up with xloud and latest dsp manager app, combined, my phone now has the same volume as my friends galaxy s2, just about. However the speakers will die soon at that rate I expect. But my contract is up in 4 months so I dont care if I kill it!
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denverseven said:
Hoooolllly cr*p. The volume in the X10 is totally unacceptable! I had an appointment today I was waiting for a very long time and I set up 3 reminders/alarms. They went off. but I heard not a single one! Appointment missed, pushed back another month.
What is the point of an alarm function that you can't even hear!
All my volumes are set to max. I can't hear text messages going thru, I can't hear notifications going thru. My ears are fine, the phone whispers. God it's driving me nuts.
I've never had this problem with any other phone, could hear those things a mile away. Am rrreally starting to lose faith in something I can't rely on.
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You must either be a heavy sleeper, you're going deaf, or you have a defective phone.
I have my alarm go off on workdays at a bit over half volume and I can hear it no problem.
Seriously, all this X10 bashing is incredibly old.

Another question.
Was it an alarm or a calendar reminder that you were using? The reminder function for the calendar just uses the SMS tone.

xLoud is your friend. Huge difference with it opposed to without, just use some common sense though.
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OmegaRED^ said:
The x10 is a complete failure.
Bad GSM radio.
Bad audio.
Lack of hardware features.
Great cpu, camera and sexy screen let down by everything else.
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"bad gsm radio" !!!!!!!!!!!! You must be crazy.....SE has the best gsm radio in the these companies....or did you forgot that whos making the gsm radio and antenna is Ericsson itself....btw...ericsson is the best in the bisness.....plus did you forget that the x10 is a 2009 phone....its old...dont compare it to today's phones.....also the sound is just fine...i hear my phone ringing from miles away.........god damn.
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with all due respect, I still don't get why people **** so much about the speakers.
Maybe I've been lucky, I don't know, but I don't have any issue with the sound.
Granted, you need to put an appropriate ringtone... you won't here anything if you put a ringtone of rainfall
That said, If I had to complain of a similar functionality on the X10, it would be the phone's vibration, which I feel is very week compared to my old SE W810i.
I'v gone over three X10i (hugh...thank god for Orange France's insurance) and all have been exactly the same for me. No sound issue, but ****ty vibration compared to my old phone.

Just a thought guys and gals but it also depends on your ring tone. IMHO i find most of the standard ones a bit dull, but i found somefree mp3's and midi's online and the other morning when my alarm went off i nearly hit the ceiling! even woke up the girl
Pvy.
Here is my alarm tone. give it a go see if it helps
http://www.mediafire.com/?ibocw3qa76nvxci

walidhiphop said:
"bad gsm radio" !!!!!!!!!!!! You must be crazy.....SE has the best gsm radio in the these companies....or did you forgot that whos making the gsm radio and antenna is Ericsson itself....btw...ericsson is the best in the bisness.....plus did you forget that the x10 is a 2009 phone....its old...dont compare it to today's phones.....also the sound is just fine...i hear my phone ringing from miles away.........god damn.
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Wow, he doesn't compare X10 with anything.
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Personally phone speaker volume, vibration, hardware...I find spectacular. Phone speaker is exceptionally loud without dsp manager or xloud or any other programs. Vibration intensity seems to be fine for me. Hardware...I don't understand what is wrong with it...perfectly good to me...and GSM and WIFI work perfectly...always have H signal RARELY I have to use 3G I mean RARELY...maybe like for 2 minutes in a month. Always have phone signal...btw I have ATT. ONLY issue for me is SONY not providing proper phone SOFTWARE. GB update was a tad disappointing from their kernel, 16 mil, fps uncap, and everything else... was not a well done job.
OK...the IN-CALL VOLUME is something that bothers me; the only hardware related gripe. It is extremely quiet...barely can hear person on other side...when in average loud environment. BUT I suspect that with DSP Manager installed the IN-CALL VOLUME could be louder.
I am using "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" for ringtone/alarm.
I am using "Altair" for notification.
Your phone might have an issue. OR you...haha; deep sleeper.

Anyone know what the best option is, dsp manager or xloud?
The main thing I need is call volume clarity. I tried some versions of DSPManager.apk but they didn't seem to make a difference... Tips?
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im usin xloud
and believe me
its tat loud

Anseldor said:
with all due respect, I still don't get why people **** so much about the speakers.
Maybe I've been lucky, I don't know, but I don't have any issue with the sound.
Granted, you need to put an appropriate ringtone... you won't here anything if you put a ringtone of rainfall
That said, If I had to complain of a similar functionality on the X10, it would be the phone's vibration, which I feel is very week compared to my old SE W810i.
I'v gone over three X10i (hugh...thank god for Orange France's insurance) and all have been exactly the same for me. No sound issue, but ****ty vibration compared to my old phone.
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Aaah, the w810... probably my most favorite phone that i've owned. That phone had one hell of a speaker for its size.
I don't mind the vibration of the X10i. Yeah, it's a tiny-little-bit weak but it's good (really good IMHO) and really comes down to preference. I like how varied the vibration can be (mild, medium, high). I came from an N85 and that had only 1 setting: seizure. That thing would vibrate like nuts at anything. On a scale of 1-10, it was at '11' all the time. LOL

I find the speakers to be satisfyingly loud enough with xLoud. I use the Beep-Beep-Beep sound for alarm. never fails to wake me up.
Vibrations on large phones like this are hard as it's absorbed by the phone's weight itself but i find it rather pleasant to have than annoyingly skidding over the table.

tomh235 said:
Anyone know what the best option is, dsp manager or xloud?
The main thing I need is call volume clarity. I tried some versions of DSPManager.apk but they didn't seem to make a difference... Tips?
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I am running both, but if you just want one take the dsp, gives you an equalizer to adjust for clarity of sound. Yesterday someone posted a brilliant version of dsp in wolfs 2.3.3 thread. The apk is in a rar file so just use root explorer to install it
The sound is noticeably improved
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walidhiphop said:
"bad gsm radio" !!!!!!!!!!!! You must be crazy.....SE has the best gsm radio in the these companies....or did you forgot that whos making the gsm radio and antenna is Ericsson itself....btw...ericsson is the best in the bisness.....plus did you forget that the x10 is a 2009 phone....its old...dont compare it to today's phones.....also the sound is just fine...i hear my phone ringing from miles away.........god damn.
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Turn on 3G in a location with low signal and charge it, now browse online and watch the battery heat.
Don't cheat by putting the phone in LN2 first. try it in a nice 27*C summer ambient heat.
And tell me it's awesome. you can cook food on it. and the battery goes dead in 1 hour from there on, you can cook some meat by then and make some coffee on it.
Then once the power circuits have completely nuked you can use it as a paper weight.

people using xloud should be careful.....
mark my word, people are going to start blowing their speakers. You can hear it cracking/getting damaged.

[Q] Any volume booster that works w/ 4.2

One criticism of my N7 is that the max volume is too low. I am hearing impaired, but don't have this issue with any other device I use. Whether the speakers or headphones, it is just too low. I think I have tried every free volume setting or boosting app on Google Play and none of them seem to do a thing. My device is rooted with the stock 4.2. I am not particularly interested in loading a custom ROM just for this, but if that is the only solution I might. Any suggestions? Thanks.

lingenfr said:
One criticism of my N7 is that the max volume is too low. I am hearing impaired, but don't have this issue with any other device I use. Whether the speakers or headphones, it is just too low. I think I have tried every free volume setting or boosting app on Google Play and none of them seem to do a thing. My device is rooted with the stock 4.2. I am not particularly interested in loading a custom ROM just for this, but if that is the only solution I might. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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Don't do it. I blew my speakers with a booster app.
A better solution ( and with better results ), is to get a bluetooth external speaker. A friend of mine has one of these, and I was surprised by the
amount of volume coming from it in a 20 by 20 room. and he only paid 30 bucks for it.

you can try this... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889522

Hey Bro I have two apps I've downloaded and use them at the same time one is called speaker boost and the other is called ear piece they work great for me once installed go into the settings and adjust the volume limit to 100% I hope this helps you GOD BLESS YOU GUYS
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lingenfr said:
One criticism of my N7 is that the max volume is too low. I am hearing impaired, but don't have this issue with any other device I use. Whether the speakers or headphones, it is just too low. I think I have tried every free volume setting or boosting app on Google Play and none of them seem to do a thing. My device is rooted with the stock 4.2. I am not particularly interested in loading a custom ROM just for this, but if that is the only solution I might. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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I just got the 4.3 OTA upgrade and it fixed the low volume problem.

nastypup said:
I just got the 4.3 OTA upgrade and it fixed the low volume problem.
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Youre lucky! Or maybe I am doing something wrong.
The volume through headphones while watching movies using the Google Play Movie app is so low as to border on unusable. Unless you are in a very quiet environment, my experience is you can barely hear the dialogue even at max volume.
Wish there was a way to fix this, as watching movies on airplanes is a primary reason I bought the Nexus 7 and its quite poor for that.

I'm in the same boat. With 4.3 installed headphone volume is limited to 50% on movie/music playback, No warning ever pops up, and all the "audio booster" apps say they only work with Gingerbread.

Extremely low in call volume. Files to edit?

I've been running OmniRom with PA full modular gapps for a while. Currently on 03/05 nightly w/Franco 203.
I use Viper4Android to adjust my headphones and speaker levels.
I have been having extremely low in call volume since 4.4 and I can't figure out why. No one seems to have an issue. I've played with adjustments in Franco's app as well as settings in Viper but it doesn't help. My music sounds great though and voice calls put on speaker are very loud and clear. It's just the handset speaker that's really low.
Previously on my Sensation, I could make edits TPA2051_CFG_XC.csv that would help. And in the Nexus 5 forums I see you can edit mixer_paths.xml to help as well but when I look at the Nexus 4's mixer_path, there isn't a line to adjust handset volume.
Is there a file I could edit to adjust my in call volume? Or any other way to fix this?
Edit: Forgot to include, I use hybrid radio 33-98 for LTE. I've tried other regular and hybrid radios as well and that hasn't helped.

I wonder how helpful this would be for you, but I faced problems with in-call earpiece volume. I had to connect my headphones, call a number, maximize the volume, remove headphones and re-test the volume without headphones. Apparently, I had noticed that it mixed settings of both the profiles - with headphones & without headphones.
Regards,
Amogh

amokspam said:
I wonder how helpful this would be for you, but I faced problems with in-call earpiece volume. I had to connect my headphones, call a number, maximize the volume, remove headphones and re-test the volume without headphones. Apparently, I had noticed that it mixed settings of both the profiles - with headphones & without headphones.
Regards,
Amogh
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Just tried it a few times. No go for me. Volumes for with and w/out headphones are at max. I tried lowering one and the other. Or raising them at different intervals. Still didn't help.
Thanks for trying though.

I actually have the same problem right now. I tired using a flash able zip. Which I have no idea where it is now but all it did was completely disable touch for me. I never tried ViperX but I'll keep snooping around and see what works for me and let you know
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Did you ever resolve this?

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Did you ever resolve this?
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Nope. Sorry. I don't think many people are having issues. It might be hardware related but I haven't done a full format to test anything new out.
I update to the newest nightly like once a month and I don't make very many calls so it hasn't been detrimental to me yet.
I haven't seen anyone bring it up in the Omni thread though so I'm certain either a clean start should do the trick or it's hardware related and you'll need an RMA.
Hope you find a resolution for your issue! I'll definitely post something here if I ever figure it out on my end.

Same issue here. Occasionally I've fixed it between kernel or Rom flashing, but never found out what I did to fix and when I'd flash again it would go back to bad quality again. Sometimes I have to stick a finger in one ear and press the phone hard into the other ear to hear anybody
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n2d551 said:
Same issue here. Occasionally I've fixed it between kernel or Rom flashing, but never found out what I did to fix and when I'd flash again it would go back to bad quality again. Sometimes I have to stick a finger in one ear and press the phone hard into the other ear to hear anybody
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Yeah, mine worked well again for a day. The next time I restarted, it was crap again, and I have no clue what I did differently...
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I also facing same issue from last few day after flashing 4.4 kit kat cm 11.2
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Guys, I'm on an s3, but someone posted a file in the neatrom 4.3 thread that works. Not sure if it'll work for everyone but thought I'd let you know that a fix is out there (can't copy the link coz I'm on tapatalk)
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kingkaiser said:
Guys, I'm on an s3, but someone posted a file in the neatrom 4.3 thread that works. Not sure if it'll work for everyone but thought I'd let you know that a fix is out there (can't copy the link coz I'm on tapatalk)
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I'm a bit hesitant to flash something for the S3 onto the N4. Plus, the file in that zip you're referring to isn't one that's contained on the N4 in that directory.
Thanks for noting, though. Maybe I'll backup and try it to see.
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