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sound quality of g1?

Had my g1 a few days now and have to say its brilliant!
My only gripe and its a big one is the thin tinny sound the device outputs.
I wouldn't mind more bass out of the thing if that's possible,
I can't find an equalizer in music player or settings does one exist?
I've tried market place but coundnt find anythging there either.
Anyone else think this or help?

I find the ringtone abit too quiet.. have been missing calls all weekend, not fun!!!
Coming from the Artemis, this is a very loud fone on full pelt.

I've found myself using the loudest mp3 I could find so's I can hear the phone when its in its case. Let's hope we get a solution either in an update or app?
Cheers

Tinny Sound
rodd1000 said:
Had my g1 a few days now and have to say its brilliant!
My only gripe and its a big one is the thin tinny sound the device outputs.
I wouldn't mind more bass out of the thing if that's possible,
I can't find an equalizer in music player or settings does one exist?
I've tried market place but coundnt find anythging there either.
Anyone else think this or help?
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Your correct mate sound is really tinny needs a lot more bass. There isnt a equilizer app at the mo but if i find one will post results up here!!

thanks mate, that would be great!

my solution is to increase or Amplify the mp3 using Audacity.
u can;t increase it too much cause it gets distored but u can test it until it sound decent and loud enough.
i wish they put the speak at the top or something..

[Q] Low Media Volume

No doubt I'll get flamed for asking a question that must of been asked before. So I apologise beforehand, but I searched and couldn't find the answer.
I know it's known the Android volume is lower than WinMo, does anyone know of a way to increase it? I don't have issues with in-call volume. Just media volume like YouTube player and the Music Player.
Thanks in advance for any helpful replies.

I am also encountering this volume problem. Also when I recorded a video, the quality was great, but the video volume is extremely low. Hope someone out there has a fix. Thanks in advance.

i would also be interested in finding out about this, at least someone reffer to us to a link and help us find the answer please

Looks like the problem is common to Android in general. The most promising info i found that somewhat made sense to me was this thread.
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00649.html
But I can find the files... make one of the cooks can make sense of it.

Bangsters lastest has the best volume I've heard yet.. haven't tried the other CM based Roms though I'm kinda hooked on this one.. just need to update my sig
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i think it is a general android issue , my x10 also has the same issue

What's wierd is that I know it has the potential to be ear-splitting, but android just limits it for some reason. Sometimes when I first start playing music, The sound will absolutely BLAST for like half a second, and then 'corrects itself' down to a much lower volume.
I'm hoping they crack this nut soon too. The volume on Shubcraft is *okay*, but I still find myself turning it up as loud as it'll go. I have a pair of Hello Kitty headphones with a volume dial built in to them & they're really good for boosting music volume. For anyone who's having a problem with media volume, I suggest getting some headphones like this(not necessarily HK-branded lol).

Thank you all for the replies, at least I'm not the only one who was wondering. If it's just a general Android issue then I'll live with it, use headphones perhaps like someone suggested (not Hello Kitty though)
I have noticed though, with the game Paper Toss, the volume is loud. However when I use the YouTube player or Music Player and I find it difficult to hear at times. Unless I'm in a completely silent room. Doesn't make sense if It can go loud, why it doesn't. Or there's no App to boost the volume, that I can find anyway.

[Q] Low Volume Hack/App

I've found that the volume on the Droid 2 is just too low for video. In many environments I can't hear the words. Is there any way to boost volume output to headphones, either in general or particularly for video? I'm rooted, so hacks that require that work.

Look up Louder Volume Hack in the market, its not free though

App description says that it doesn't work on Droids.

oh, ill test it give me a minute...i had it on my last phone
Edit: well, actually im at work in a call center so i cant really play anything too loud, i get off at 11pm my time (about an hour and 45 minutes) so ill let you know then if it does or not, the app hasnt been updated since our phones came out and i dont know if its been tested on it yet

Thanks so much. Let me know if it works for you.

I wonder if there is a setting in buildprop. I will check out later today,

Are you sure not just a couple crappy videos? I haven't noticed high quality youtube or other videos I've encoded to be any quieter than audio files.

I'm quite sure. Its not as much of a problem for music because tends to be louder at the same volume setting because of how music is made these days. Also, with music, its not a bid deal if you can't hear the words well because of background noise. I can watch video just fine in a quiet room, but when there's ambient noise i'd like to be able to push the volume higher than stock.

Sorry that I didnt hop on to post last night, it does NOT work on our phones.

Phooey. Anything in the buildprop?

[REQ/IDEA] Soundqualitiy ?!?

Hello firends,
do you know an equalizer which is not necessary to play music, one that works all the time in the backround... which is also active when the phone starts ringing, or plays the sms tone ?
The original sound quality is really poor so this could help us out...
Well, the phone won´t be a ghettoblaster, but maybe we can get a better sound in daily life
Thanks!
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mr.trader said:
Hello firends,
do you know an equalizer which is not necessary to play music, one that works all the time in the backround... which is also active when the phone starts ringing, or plays the sms tone ?
The original sound quality is really poor so this could help us out...
Well, the phone won´t be a ghettoblaster, but maybe we can get a better sound in daily life
Thanks!
MOD Edit: Moved to General.
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Nothing new here?

Sound too quiet, try this.

Hi all,
I've always felt that when playing music on my DHD that it's too quiet, when I've listened to music through my headphones I would say it's acceptable however when I've plugged my DHD into a HiFi or into my stereo in my car I could crank the volume to full control without it been deafening. I happen to find a fix yesterday by accident, I had my DHD plugged into my car stereo and the phone rang, I pulled the audio cable out and answered the phone, when I was done I put the cable back in and immediately I was like WTF just happened now, the music was much louder than what it was before I answered the phone, I would say it was about 30% louder.
I tested my theory by stopping the music and unplugging the cable, plugged the cable back in and started the music, while it was playing I opened the phone and simply dialled any random number and ended the call immediately, when it went back to the music it was most certainly much louder. I've tried it several times now and every time it makes it much louder than what it was before I make a call, I can now no longer turn the stereo full blast as it is simply too loud, just by turning it up to half way I would say it's the equivalent of what it was before when I had it turned up to the maximum.
I'm using Poweramp and I don't know if it's got anything to do with that, I will test it with the built in music player and see what it does. I originally downloaded Poweramp as I thought that the built in music player may be the problem.

i'll repet what you do and post some results... really want a louder volumen in headphones. I plugged my headphone in a Wildfire and it's incredible louder, no talking about an ipod! last week in a party i was ashamed when my friend put off his $50 cell phone and i plugged mine on stereo, so low volume....

wtf, that's true.. really don't understand what the phone turns on!! probably the same thing that volume boost turns on!!

Aha that actually works
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thiagodark said:
wtf, that's true.. really don't understand what the phone turns on!! probably the same thing that volume boost turns on!!
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Good news, it must be a software bug with the volume control.

works here too.. atleast on poweramp and soundcloud, didnt hear any difference on spotify

MarkieSA said:
Good news, it must be a software bug with the volume control.
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let's hope someone let this bug permanently turned on, with no call trick...

Haha! Tried it myself, and it works! Awesome!

I found using shazzam or sound hound while music was playing caused it to go louder. Seems to be when the mic is initialised. Noticed this two days ago
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Interesting find.
I've noticed a couple of ROMS which suggest better audio volume by 20%.
For example this one. (Speaker Boost +20%)
So somehow, somewhere the bug or issue has been fixed or improved.

Grant Barker said:
Interesting find.
I've noticed a couple of ROMS which suggest better audio volume by 20%.
For example this one. (Speaker Boost +20%)
So somehow, somewhere the bug or issue has been fixed or improved.
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Not really, i'm using that rom right now, and what it makes is improve SPEAKER volume, not from headphone. I made my tests in Android Revolution rom and can confirm that headphone is as quiet as stock rom, and it is improved by the "call trick"!

Thanks for sharing! I was experimenting a bit, and it seems like the simplest way to boost the volume is to make a call while music is already playing. The call MUST connect though, or the volume will revert to normal levels. Tested with Winamp.

Maybe have one of the dev's ask to look into this.
If this is different from the already increased speaker volume output, it probably is a bug that can be fixed / feature that can be 'un-featured'

works fine

I had similar experience with my laptop. When listening a mp3 file, the sound coming out from my laptop seems like no effects, standard sound without bass and treble effect. Have to play a movie file first together and stop the.movie make the song hear with the effect.
I believe this issue coming from my sound driver. Using another OS in same laptop. The sound play normally with no issue.
For our Android, it's about the sound driver too?

well well, i just noticed that in the Android Revolution 4 (leaked gingerbread based), the sound is improved by default, no needing the call workaround, looks like HTC fixed the strange bug for the next version...
i just wanted to share!
edit: if someone could try to confirm it, i'll appreciate! =o)

sound problem
hey guys i'm new to this forum, i would appreciate if anyone could help me..
my DHD tones(just keyboard sound, lock sound, shutter sound) have came very low and i can burly hear it.. i turned all the volumes to the max but it's still very low, can anyone help me with that?

indramino said:
hey guys i'm new to this forum, i would appreciate if anyone could help me..
my DHD tones(just keyboard sound, lock sound, shutter sound) have came very low and i can burly hear it.. i turned all the volumes to the max but it's still very low, can anyone help me with that?
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I had the same problem, go to the Market and download "Volume Ace".

MarkieSA, you're an accident hero.
I noticed sometimes my DHD volume suddenly were loud . If I restart the phone, it will go low . I couldn't find out how to make it loud again until reading your post. I'm using PowerAmp too . I think it plays a role in this case.
Thank you for this great finding.

Really useful little trick for 2.2 users, especially for peeps using stock ROM's without the 20% boost via custom kernels. I had tried some of the volume boost type apps before rooting but all they do is invert the phase of one of the stereo channels. All this does is give you a very tinny mono output which is no use to say the least.