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[Q] Any ROM with normal sound volume?

I've tried three or four Android ROMs and they all have incredibly loud in-call volume. Hoping one of you guys can recommend a ROM that works properly and fulfills its primary function as a phone. It's frustrating to see so much effort being put into fixing things like blurry MMS and LED notifications when the basic function as a usable phone that doesn't blast your eardrum to smithereens is overlooked.
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Thanks!

Odd. Usually people complain about the low in-call volume on phone's. Here is the complete opposite. I would choose loud over too low any time

What roms are you using? Might give it a go. ;-)
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dung8604 said:
What roms are you using? Might give it a go. ;-)
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X2, links please

DFT's Desire
PRJ's (based on DFT's)
Frankinstein
DL DesireZ's
Just in case y'all thought I was kidding, this is a problem for many of us:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905106

lowrider262 said:
X2, links please
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x3, I thought I was going deaf when I first switched to using these roms.

Seems like you're a sense junkie, but if you can live without sense, I'm using cmn 2.0 by ocm and it seems okay. Also, most the gingerbread roms seemed fine, although those come with their own batch of problems.
Love cyanogen mod
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(MOD)Beats Audio Flashable

XDA LINKAGE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525226
Have tested on both devices so thought just in case no one has seen this sweetness
Maybe some Rom will do this along with Sony Cam patch ;-)
Read developers op before you flash and have fun they're 3 different files to flash so read and see which one works for you.
The beats logo won't show nor will you see and equalizer option you will however hear the difference!
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Is this working on ICS?
Update:
Link for file in OP does mention it working on all versions, including ICS.

I flashed it on ICS and there are no apps or icons but I think its working, music sounds good anyway.

Yes it works on ics and its still beta so no icons or "proof" but I can tell you I can tell a big difference!
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Confirmed working on my A500 with ICS Taboo nay 3.0.1 and my Droid 3 with CM9/ICS. Beautiful sound.
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dincdoes.me said:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525226
Have tested on both devices so thought just in case no one has seen this sweetness
Maybe some Rome will do this along with Sony Cam patch ;-)
Read the op before you flash and have fun
The beats logo won't show nor will you see and equalizer option you will however hear the difference!
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Installed on my A500 no problem, had to use the newest zip to get it though. Helped the sound quite a bit.
Quick question...did you install it on your Inspire too? And did it work?

karlkarloff said:
Installed on my A500 no problem, had to use the newest zip to get it though. Helped the sound quite a bit.
Quick question...did you install it on your Inspire too? And did it work?
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Yes sir. It do
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Does this MOD work through the speakers of the a500 or do you need headphones in order to hear the difference? I'm kind of confused aren't beats audio headphones?

subnoize soulja said:
Does this MOD work through the speakers of the a500 or do you need headphones in order to hear the difference? I'm kind of confused aren't beats audio headphones?
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No, Beats headphones really have nothing to do with it for the most part. They may be more tailored to it, but overall sound quality should be improved with a good headset.
Nothing can improve the sound quality from the stock speakers
Except an "audio out" port

No luck installing
I downloaded the zip, but it wouldn't flash in CWM so I tried to extract it manually using root explorer. Then I did a reboot and fixed permissions, only to find out that my music player stopped playing almost all of my files (only 2 albums out of my ~1800 songs played) on Google Play Music. I ensured all the files were copied properly, rebooted to recovery and fixed permissions again, this time I got stuck in a boot loop. Ended up re-flashing my ROM and setting up everything again. Pretty sure I did something wrong, but I have no clue what. Judging from some of the responses in the main thread, it doesn't seem like it works anyway... Oh well, I'll stick with Dolby Advanced Audio for now..

Moscow Desire said:
No, Beats headphones really have nothing to do with it for the most part. They may be more tailored to it, but overall sound quality should be improved with a good headset.
Nothing can improve the sound quality from the stock speakers
Except an "audio out" port
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Agreed I have a pair of skull candy and they sound better than ever
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Bootloop
Thor's ICS v126
EDIT: older 314 version worked And yes, easy to hear big difference
Cheers...
MJ-12

MJ-12 said:
Bootloop
Thor's ICS v126
EDIT: older 314 version worked And yes, easy to hear big difference
Cheers...
MJ-12
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Yea ill post in open that there are different versions that work for different people
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mod is great on acer a501 running alexandra.
one thing winamp force close and will not open anymore... using my stock player and is 10x better with headphones and my mini pod speakers
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dr mcknight said:
mod is great on acer a501 running alexandra.
one thing winamp force close and will not open anymore... using my stock player and is 10x better with headphones and my mini pod speakers
big thx
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Please don't thank me for credit of making this cuz all I did was let you all know where to find it
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dincdoes.me said:
Please don't thank me for credit of making this cuz all I did was let you all know where to find it
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ok.....thanks for pointing me in that direction

Should I turn off Dolby after installing it?

kiloah said:
Should I turn off Dolby after installing it?
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No you should be fine with it on maybe Dolby will add more to the sound I'm trying to make a package that will flash stable beats with the Sony Picture enhancer!
But like I said you should be fine!
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My R11.5 special edition will have this beats audio mod and the bravia engine patch build in.
Got it running on my tab now for testing.
Just don't know which I should pick , I got the sgs20317 build in now and runs and installs fine.
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After some more testing I'm not building in the beats audio mod as it breaks musicFX equalizer in play music app.

civato said:
My R11.5 special edition will have this beats audio mod and the bravia engine patch build in.
Got it running on my tab now for testing.
Just don't know which I should pick , I got the sgs20317 build in now and runs and installs fine.
EDIT
After some more testing I'm not building in the beats audio mod as it breaks musicFX equalizer in play music app.
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Yea I think its been discussed in the original thread. Where some users experience broken equalizers on some media players. Have you tried the one not made for the sgs2? Like the test version or stable beta?
I will look and test the newer versions as I never tested them except on my phone awhile back no longer needed it due to my phone has beats included.
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ROM Blackout---Fail

[ROM]Blackout ICS Incredible v3.0.0 FULLY WORKING!!! [4.0.4][Sense 3.6]
I can't NEXT PLAYER MUSIC with headphone (

hacbaoklhh said:
[ROM]Blackout ICS Incredible v3.0.0 FULLY WORKING!!! [4.0.4][Sense 3.6]
I can't NEXT PLAYER MUSIC with headphone (
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Sorry can you try to explain this in more detail?

Its a good ROM, a few unforeseen bugs and a patch will be available soon.
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shaz2sxy said:
Sorry can you try to explain this in more detail?
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I use the headset that came with your phone when purchased.But when listening to music I can not use the next button on the headset to transfer to other songs.
sorry I speak English not good

hacbaoklhh said:
I use the headset that came with your phone when purchased.But when listening to music I can not use the next button on the headset to transfer to other songs.
sorry I speak English not good
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Keep an eye out on the Blackout thread as they are working on a patch/update to fix a lot of bugs

Apparently headset buttons aren't working due to the kernel let's hope they update the kernel
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shaz2sxy said:
Sorry can you try to explain this in more detail?
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iluatutu said:
Apparently headset buttons aren't working due to the kernel let's hope they update the kernel
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Another problem is I can not send messages to a group of people

hacbaoklhh said:
Another problem is I can not send messages to a group of people
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Im not having this issue, just sent a group message. with 2 people.

Update expected REAL soon :good:

Im on the Beta so that could be why mines working!
But cant remember if I had this isue before the beta

rahulhnair said:
Update expected REAL soon :good:
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I can not send messages to multiple people

Im runing this rom and Its really good no bugs so far a bit laggy but other than that loving it great job thanks
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buhor said:
Im runing this rom and Its really good no bugs so far a bit laggy but other than that loving it great job thanks
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There is a post somewhere which mentions you can get rid of the lag by removing the oc daemon, i did this and its all speedy fast now.

Really mm Im working on it.to remove it and I let you know thanks alot bro
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Well just to let you know if you r runin blackout ICS the way to avoid lag is choosing ultrasmooth and in daemon controller change cpu freq to smartassV you will notice the diference right away
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Fast DHD
The DHD with Blackout 3 rom is extremly fast compared to before with the official HTC, which was always lagging or crashing... It is a very impressive job from the Blackout team! :good: Thank you!
PS: the demon controller was set up conservative as CPU Freq. I just change it to smartassv2 as buhor suggested. Did not see much difference since it was fast before already.

Cant see why htc didnt do their own ics after all, its so much faster than stock/gingerbread roms.
The only thing i dont like about 4+ is that third party apps like gocontacts/sms cant sync pictures from facebook.

anyone have this problem? when i made/received a call, i have to reboot the phone otherwise when the next call i made/received, the other party will not be able to hear my voice, although i can hear them clearly. According to them, they only heard some distortion noise in the background.
I pmed them but have not yet received a reply so i just post here to ask.

maybe you should wait for the update. Im sure it wont take long

Thats weird I would recommend a full wipe reinstall it..if doesnt work try a dif radio......I ve tested several ICS and this One is the most stable 4 me
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[REQ] Sony x- loud

Can someone see if they can get this mod working on the galaxy s4 speakers are to low...
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Mines are actually loud. Where are you finding low music YouTube?
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amieldl143 said:
Mines are actually loud. Where are you finding low music YouTube?
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What you might find loud enough for your uses might not be for others! Like for me if I'm trying to watch a video on anything when I'm in a room with people talking or any noise I can barely hear anything.
I would recommend looking up ViPER4Droid. You can find the thread in the Android Software and Hacking forum. All you so is download both of the APKs (there called XHiFI and HF or something like that, forgot the exact acrynom) in the thread for your android version and put them on your sd card - there is a zip for each one and when you extract them you will get two more zips, one for 4.0 or before and one for versions after, extract the appropriate zip and youll get the apk you need. Install both of them and when you open them up it will prompt you to install a driver, look at the thread for which one to install, and then reboot and your good to go.
You then can open up the apps and there is an abudant amount of settings you can adjust. One of them being speaker loudness level.
But dont follow my instructions, the thread is very thorough and detailed! And explains everything about it, confirmed working on our device, its actually implemented into Blue Kuban already.
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amieldl143 said:
Mines are actually loud. Where are you finding low music YouTube?
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No just my music play back is not as loud as I'd like it to be..
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monty_python said:
No just my music play back is not as loud as I'd like it to be..
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If you're rooted try faux kernel with the faux sound found in the market. It works beautifully there is also a beats bass enhancer that you can use with it.
****'ll Buff Out

I bought my s4 last night and the first thing I noticed was that the low speaker volume. I will preach viper mod. I came from the galaxy s2 running jellyverse 3.0 with viper pre installed and WOW the speaker volume is insane loud. On that phone. Thank you inlineboy for verification that this works. Ive searched and found nothing for s4, until now. Installing now ill come back with results.
Ok Back from install. I downloaded fx and XHiFi apks. Installed both drivers. In the Fx app I enabled eXtra Loud and sat it to extreme. Opened XHiFi Enabled it and sat both to small speakers. I did not tweak anything else and the speaker is 2x as loud. The ink effect lock screen is very loud now. Every sound on s4 is 2x loud. Overall Its a score. For those who want to fix their low volume problem, this is the it. I hope this helps someone. Im running stock rooted mdl. I rooted using chainfires method. Installed busybox.

miketucky350 said:
I bought my s4 last night and the first thing I noticed was that the low speaker volume. I will preach viper mod. I came from the galaxy s2 running jellyverse 3.0 with viper pre installed and WOW the speaker volume is insane loud. On that phone. Thank you inlineboy for verification that this works. Ive searched and found nothing for s4. Installing now ill come back with results.
Ok Back from install. I downloaded fx and XHiFi apks. Installed both drivers. In the Fx app I enabled eXtra Loud and sat it to extreme. Opened XHiFi Enabled it and sat both to small speakers. I did not tweak anything else and the speaker is 2x as loud. The ink effect lock screen is very loud now. Every sound on s4 is 2x loud. Overall Its a score. For those who want to fix their low volume problem, this is the it. I hope this helps someone. Im running stock rooted mdl. I rooted using chainfires method. Installed busybox.
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Can you provide a link.tia
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shizkoff777 said:
Can you provide a link.tia
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Here you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2237350 Its all in here and legit on rooted mdl. Its one amazing piece of software.
My google search was viperfx audio mod galaxy s4

miketucky350 said:
Here you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2237350 Its all in here and legit on rooted mdl. Its one amazing piece of software.
My google search was viperfx audio mod galaxy s4
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ViperFX is amazing. I have it baked into my E4GT ROMs and I'm running it now.
One thing I found is the driver folder needs to be on the external SD Card to have the drivers show up in the app.
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g_ding84 said:
ViperFX is amazing. I have it baked into my E4GT ROMs and I'm running it now.
One thing I found is the driver folder needs to be on the external SD Card to have the drivers show up in the app.
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Thats where I found it good ole e4gt. You guys done a great job with that phone. Your roms ran so good when I got my s4 it felt like a slower phone with a bigger screen! Glad to see the same faces over here.
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I am currently on The Blue Kuban ROM and it has the Viper Mod built in already. What settings should I adjust or is there something else I need to flash to get my main speaker louder?

powerstroke said:
I am currently on The Blue Kuban ROM and it has the Viper Mod built in already. What settings should I adjust or is there something else I need to flash to get my main speaker louder?
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I just installed both packages. Hit enable at top and tick xtra loud. After that it worked for me. All sounds much louder. The ink effect in public or the default text rijgtone whistle is so loud people look lol.
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miketucky350 said:
I just installed both packages. Hit enable at top and tick xtra loud. After that it worked for me. All sounds much louder. The ink effect in public or the default text rijgtone whistle is so loud people look lol.
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I am going to sound dense her but so what.....
What exactly did you do to "install both packages"?
I wear hearing aids and a louder rear speaker even for the alarm clock would be a godsend.

Quality and boost. Am I right g-ding?
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miketucky350 said:
Quality and boost. Am I right g-ding?
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Yes and for the phone speaker make sure this is checked......Xtra loud at the bottom of phone speaker setting. See SS
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powerstroke said:
I am currently on The Blue Kuban ROM and it has the Viper Mod built in already. What settings should I adjust or is there something else I need to flash to get my main speaker louder?
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In the SS above will boost the main speaker sound.
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Volume mod

Is there a way to increase max volume like on the international and tmobile note3?
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rambo8987 said:
Is there a way to increase max volume like on the international and tmobile note3?
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Here you go. I take no credit for it. I found it somewhere else on this forum, but can't find the link right now. You have to be rooted. Also make a Nandroid backup before flashing. Do it at your own risk, if anything goes wrong, it's not my fault. Make a backup of the file "snd_soc_msm_Taiko_CDP" located in /system/etc/snd_soc_msm/ somewhere on your sd card in case the stock volume zip doesn't restore the correct file later.
I tried the moderate volume, and it worked great. I would do the loud one, it might be too loud.
Good luck

rambo8987 said:
Is there a way to increase max volume like on the international and tmobile note3?
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Check out the app Viper4Android. Not only will it make your volumes louder, it also has a great EQ which will make everything sound much better.

airmaxx23 said:
Check out the app Viper4Android. Not only will it make your volumes louder, it also has a great EQ which will make everything sound much better.
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+1 for Viper4Android or beat music player's built in equalizer is better sounding bass in my opinion if it's just music that you care about

Note 2 Dual sim N9002
Hello All,
I used this moderate.zip on N9002 worked well however it crashes the sound on the sim in slot 2 thus no sound and microphone. The restore will not work and you will have to install backup..
Please be careful. I hope we can fix the problem as the patch definitely increase the volume on everything else.