Xperia X10 Low incall volume? - XPERIA X10 General

Hi, I have a SE Xperia 10 with android 2.2.1, Rooted ofcourse. Cynogenmod 6.1.3 v4.3 installed.
I have 2 issues with my X10. Firstly, The in call volume is too low. I have to stand in a quiet place only to hear what is being said. If im in my car, i cannot hear anything unless i close all the windows. Its pretty annoying. The volume is at full but its still not high enough. Is there any fix for this?
Secondly, When playing music i feel the same issue. I have my earphones connected but the sound at full is again too low. I dont feel any bass and listening to music is just not fun. The sound is not high enough and if i try to increase it with the equalizer, the sound distorts. Again, is there any fix for this?
Thanks !
Regards.

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Music volume too loud for hearphones...

hi everybody i love my legend but i'm really disappointed with this issue: even at the minimum, the volume is too loud too listen it with hearphones...
Is there an app to fix it?
Trying another rom could fix it?
Thk you
Got same issue
logoo said:
hi everybody i love my legend but i'm really disappointed with this issue: even at the minimum, the volume is too loud too listen it with hearphones...
Is there an app to fix it?
Trying another rom could fix it?
Thk you
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Hey, I agree with what you've said above. I have the same issue. Please note that I have no direct solution for you, but the work around is this:
Use a different set of headphones. I have three sets I use.
1) pair of ear buds that came with the legend - these are fine when I turn the volume down low
2) Phillips SHS3201 - these are basic ""over the ear" hook style ear buds. volume is fine if I turn it down between first second "notches".
3) Monster Audio Turbine ear buds - foam sealing passive noise canceling. These are too loud even at the lowest setting. I think they have powerful drivers that simply boost the sound and foam fittings that drive the sound into my ear canal. Though they sound great, I can't really use them because they are too loud on the phone.
Are you using a high quality or "foam sealing" headphone?
That being said, I'm interested if anyone else knows how to adjust this!
Thanks.
Thk you for your reply I've not found a real solution but you're right i think i'm gonna buy earphones with external volume adjustement because even with the original legend ones, it's too loud
There is another way to fix it but i don't like it.. You can change de volume of your mp3's by using mp3 gain (freeware). The volume is better but if you want to connect the legend to a loudspeaker, you realise that the sound has unfortunately a very limited volume...
I am interested in this as well. I have tried the Music Player with EQ platinum (by changing left and right channel to output lower volume) but it kills the CPU. If you view photos while listening to music, you might not hear any music anymore.
Same here. It gets very annoying when the phone rings while I'm listening to things on my earphone - it hurts my ear everytime. (I have ringer set to max volume, which seems to make the ring tone play at max volume through earphone as well. I can barely stand min volume as it is.)
I've already rooted my phone - I guess changing the audiopara files should do the trick. Can anyone tell me how to understand those files?
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I am using j-jays intra earphones and the Legend really disappoint me about the sound quality (volume setting).
So I tried to set EQ as down as possible... what there is no EQ on Android's music player? f****!
Finally I have found and used Astro Player beta on the market, wich is not very good-looking but has a complet EQ.
And an other problem about Legend sound quality appears: the sound in noisy at low volume!!!
Ok let's hope a flash will correct the problem. For the moment I am using my Sansa clip+ to hear the music in my bed and my legend with RockPlayer to watch movies in my bed
Volume issue Android
I've been having an issue with the volume being too loud when streaming music via pandora or last.fm
To check to make sure we are all having the same problem, follow these steps and report back.
1. Play media (music) w/ headphones
2. Turn off silent mode
3. Go to Settings/Volume
4. Edit the volume of the ringer (it will play a test sound)
5. Accept changes...
Now, did the volume go down on the media so it's nice and quite? If so, how long does it last? I know this works for me for the rest of my current song, but as soon as another one starts it's back up to crazy loud volume (even when the media volume is set to smallest amount).
I have also downloaded a 3rd party volume control app, but the same thing happens. Please give this a shot and let us know what happened!

Sound quality.

Hi there!
I have a problem with sound quality ,I mean that while I listening music I hear a sth like... "creaking". Of course I using PowerAMP application set "BASS EXTREME".
How I can solve this really annoying defect? I can`t listen music because of that.
I add that compression of my music is 320 kb/s 44 Hz in stereo so it is not its fault. I guess. And also I using brand headphones from Panasonic.
How can I get a sound effect like MEGABass from Sony Ericsson Walkman phones without creaking? PowerAMP bass is another , worse ?
I would be very grateful if You would reply as soon as possible. Thanks in advance.
PS I`m sorry from my English.
Actually X8 have very, very good sound card. Your problem is probobly related to headphones quality or mp3 loudness (check with mp3 gain for Windows)
Another thing is, your headphones are not so good for bass.
Turn down your bass a little bit.
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Well don't have a sound issue with my x10. However when it comes to loudspeaker, guess it's too low. Its ok i think since i am always using an earphone.
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I don't know why, but i feel, that stock SE music player plays music better, than other music players like powerAMP.
Try to use stock player with stock headphones
I think it is problem of stock ROM. I had X10 mini pro and it sounded great on my Koss Porta pro. With X8 everything sounds much worse, even in PowerAmp. But when I use custom rom (e.g. Gingerbread), sound is much better. So it is not kernel problem, it is something within X8 and W8 system sound layer.
Dare-Devil Inside said:
Actually X8 have very, very good sound card. Your problem is probobly related to headphones quality or mp3 loudness (check with mp3 gain for Windows)
Another thing is, your headphones are not so good for bass.
Turn down your bass a little bit.
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I bought this headphones ( Panasonic RP-HJE120) because I have hear about that this earphones have really deep , point bass. So I don`t know.
When I turn bass off I still hear this "creaking". And I listen music with about 45% volume. I don`t know why ,but I think that my old w910i was better for music.
I try with mp3gain ,thanks.
Well don't have a sound issue with my x10. However when it comes to loudspeaker, guess it's too low. Its ok i think since i am always using an earphone.
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X10 is probably more polished up.
Sony Ericsson made a lot of best phones ,also it is my favourite brand of mobiles and music always was really, really good especially for Walkman phones (=MegaBASS) ,but now i don`t know what i think...
I don't know why, but i feel, that stock SE music player plays music better, than other music players like powerAMP.
Try to use stock player with stock headphones
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I feel the same. The music is considerably better but... without any bass.
I think it is problem of stock ROM. I had X10 mini pro and it sounded great on my Koss Porta pro. With X8 everything sounds much worse, even in PowerAmp. But when I use custom rom (e.g. Gingerbread), sound is much better. So it is not kernel problem, it is something within X8 and W8 system sound layer.
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So I should change ROM? I`m kinda scared that i lose my gurantee.
Thanks everyone for answers !
If you turn down volume it's just lowers the output signal, but if you check the equalizer settings in PowerAmp, you'll find a bar next to the equalizer (marked as grey). With this bar, you can actually set the music INPUT signal's strenght (same as Winamp on PC: next to the EQ bars there is a preamp bar that if you pull stonger, no matter what loud is the sound output, the music will gets cracky), so, if you lower this, the crackling will be gone. Then you can turn up the volume as you want. Try it out!
Hi! thanks. You know,I did it before, and "creaking" gone and... bass too. . I don`t know what happen ,but speaker start creaking. I think that it burnt. I really take care of my X8 and why it be burn? I`m really disappointed of this phone and SE.
You said the speaker? No, it doesn't burned, it's just can't stand low frequencies. BTW the phone's speaker is the best I heard for now. It has got deeps, has got highs and mids. Ok, it's not a 1000W poweramp, but for a phone, it sounds really good... without any equalization.
BTW if you listening to music with a handsfree, then you have to lower the preamp, and after this, give it the bass EQ. Just don't forget, nowadays the music tracks are on maximized volume, so any additional volume to the waveform is fatal to the sound quality, and when you raise the "bass" you just give a volume boost to the low frequencies, that's why you must lower the preamp bar!
No,no,no I`m sorry I didn`t explain exacly. I went yesterday to kinda ran and while I`m at it I switch on the radio in half volume. In beginning everything was ok but next suddenly speaker made a weird noises and then it... turn off. Now it doesn`t work, I don`t hear anything except this noises. I don`t know why... its really strange. Did it burn right? I have to go give it to guarantee
Anyway if as far as sound quality in headphones is concerned, I got the lowest preamp bar ,how I can and actually creaking decreased but I still hear sth in back of waveform. I expect that is a compression of the mp3 . Mp3 is a lossy compression but what happen if I convert it to *.ogg ? It will be different - better?
Have you got DSP effect on?
Yes, I have. Now I don`t hear even any ringtone... . I forgot give you a "thanks"
No need to thank, because I couldn't help you. Maybe you're right, and the speaker died in your phone, but the last chance is that you disable every DSP effects. If it doesn't work, then try to install another ROM. Then if the sound remains silent, you have got bad luck: install original ROM with SEUS, and throw the phone in the place where you bought it. I'm sure you've got warrantee, so they will change the speaker for free.
BTW I suggest you to get LOSLESS (FLAC) music files, and conver them to m4a. M4a's compression is far better then MP3, and not to mention it is a free format, unlike MP3!
And I think you'll always will hear a ssshhh noise in the background, because of the mobile phone's electricity. It's like if you use an integrated sound card on PC: every little voltage that flows through the parts of the phone will make some noise. It's a normal thing.
Hi,
At first you told that you didn`t help me, but you help me! and wasting your time to answering to me. I`m appreciate it
I gave my x8 to SE service, and they took it and they announced that the speaker is broken. I must to waiting for week...or two. If they will return it I will try with *.m4a and *.ogg (vorbis) format. When I playing without DSP effects sound is devoid of bass, and the stock player have still more pure sound. Who knows ? maybe I`m demanding too, but it strange ,coz my old walkman phones are satisfied me ,so ... I don`t know what to think about it. Its a pity that SE won`t produce next Walkman phones, I really valued it. W8 is pseudo-walkman, oh please! who making a music phone without EQ ?
I`m sorry for off-topic ,but I read that SE finalizing their update for our handsets. But this topic currently was deleted at Facebook. X8 will get upgrade to next android version ?

Sound hissing on low media volume X8

Hi! I'm experiencing a slight annoyance when playing music using my SE Xperia X8. When i set low volume for listening music in quiet environment or at night, I can hear hissing, or should I say static, and when skips to next song, i can hear something like a high pitch click. It is heard both on headphones (tried several) and loudspeaker. Is this hardware or software issue and can it be fixed? I've read that it happes on other (smart)phones too but couldn't find about X8.
It happens on all mobile phones, I think. It was like that on my old W300i, but I heard Samsung mobiles and LGs too. All of them have this "problem". I think it's because the lack of grounding, and the electric static noise makes this sound. You can't ground a mobile phone or a portable MP3 player, so where you can't hear this noise it's because of some software hiss filter. I think it can be done on any Android phones, but I haven't seen any software that do this for you. Strange that this hissing noise is much lower on my MW600 bluetooth headset than on my headset that is for SE W300i. I hope you can understand my bad english
It really seems that this problem is kinda firmware related. Recently I've gone from Floyo 0.25 to FroyoBread v21b and the sound hissing is drastically reduced
on SE Original 2.1 Eclair have lesser hissing sounds than custom roms out there.
Currently on FroyoBread v023b
@Asycid
I tried going back to 2.1 with cleanest of clean install and tried using mw600 streaming, even on 2.1 there's hiccups too, same on 2.2
but on 2.3 Official Rom(I asked someone with an xperia play he said that problem don't exist) or Custom Rom everything is Fine.

[Q] Volume really low? (Sony MDR-1R)

Hi,
So I've done some searching on the boards and most sound issues with S4 seem to be the whole distortion situation, which was addressed in the latest update. I've seen the default_gain file but that's not available for the i9505 version is there an alternative file somewhere?
My sound quality is brilliant but for some reason my headphones are really quiet on the S4, I have to put the volume 80% sometimes 90% just to hear them loud enough to enjoy, but it's still too quiet for my taste. I don't wanna blow my ear drums but even at 90% the volume isn't even half of what it's meant to be.
When I plug the headphones into the computer, ipod, etc etc, they can go really loud and even at 50% volume is amazing... Not so much on my S4.
Does anyone have this issue? what can I do to solve this? I've tried the Adapt Sound feature and it helped a little but it's still shockingly low for what it's meant to be.
This happens everywhere, on Youtube, stock music player, PlayerPro, etc.
Device: i9505
Firmware: I9505XXUBMG4
Would appreciate any help on this
Cheers
EDIT: So after 4 hours of epic fail searching, I managed to sort this out.
If anyone has this problem, check out boterkaaseneieren's mod.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2306701

Did they lower the headphone volume on latest update?

I feel my headphones sound significantly lower on latest January update.
Did anyone else notice this? Did they do it to deal with the "hissing" issue some people had?
gordito_gr said:
I feel my headphones sound significantly lower on latest January update.
Did anyone else notice this? Did they do it to deal with the "hissing" issue some people had?
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So are the hissing issue gone?
soralz said:
So are the hissing issue gone?
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I'm on the latest build. The hissing is for me gone (or so quiet I don't here it anymore. At about volume 1 or 2 you maybe be able to here some. But like I said, to quiet to notice and only when you play something without sound ) I think it got quiter, but still damn loud on max. I love it.
Petty Palkovics said:
I think it got quiter, but still damn loud on max. I love it.
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Of course it's not "damn loud" anymore, it's significantly lower and not enough loud.
Does anyone know a way to being back the old audio output on headphones?
gordito_gr said:
Of course it's not "damn loud" anymore, it's significantly lower and not enough loud.
Does anyone know a way to being back the old audio output on headphones?
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Maybe the build in equalizer could help you? You can easily access it through google play music settings..
Maybe its your phone? Or your headphones? When I'm on max I can literally use my headphones as speakers...
There is a new headphones audio menu with Oreo.
Configuration > Sound > headphones and audio effects.
There are some headphone presets, some are louder than others.
jonpagecr said:
There is a new headphones audio menu with Oreo.
Configuration > Sound > headphones and audio effects.
There are some headphone presets, some are louder than others.
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Maybe that to. Personally I didn't notice a big difference change those settings. It could also be your music player. SoundCloud for example can't be equalized through normal ways.
Hissing is still there, maybe a tiny bit lower. Max volume is still "damn loud", my max comfortable listening level (without ear bleeding) is not more than 50%. I often listen at volume 1 or 2 (out of 30).
Both earphone volume and loud speaker volume have been reduced for me.
Prabin813 said:
Both earphone volume and loud speaker volume have been reduced for me.
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Well, personally, I think that the speaker sucks, quiet or loud. I never use it. I really bought the phone for its "rare" headphone jack, which since the latest update is wonderful. Maybe headphone hisses a little bit, maybe they cancelled the Oreo update ( I believe) and maybe the speaker are horrible. But it's the best you can get with almost fully stock Android and a headphone jack.
Yes I wrote to much
Yes, I noticed this too...
I noticed this too as the volume that I used to play music at (about 60%) with my headphones was MUCH to soft after the update! Something definitely lowered the volume, though it SEEMS that it is more on headphones than the speaker. I have to go to max when on headphones to listen to music now. I say 'seems' because I don't use the speaker for much more than phone calls, and while it is quieter, it is not so quiet you cannot hear the conversation. It would be nice if there was a way to get the volume back, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
KB_Thailand said:
I noticed this too as the volume that I used to play music at (about 60%) with my headphones was MUCH to soft after the update! Something definitely lowered the volume, though it SEEMS that it is more on headphones than the speaker. I have to go to max when on headphones to listen to music now. I say 'seems' because I don't use the speaker for much more than phone calls, and while it is quieter, it is not so quiet you cannot hear the conversation. It would be nice if there was a way to get the volume back, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
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Volume at max? Wow, what headphones do you use?
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Volume at max? Wow, what headphones do you use?
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Xiaomi Mi In-Ear Headphones Pro HD that I got a deal on when I bought the A1. They are ok... not great, but ok for what I paid for them.
I've tried multiple headphones since the update, and the volume issue is true across the board with anything plugged into the headphone jack. I have NOT tried bluetooth headphones as I don't keep bluetooth enabled.
My wife's red A1, which is still on Nougat, is much louder than my A1 on Oreo, update 1. (still haven't gotten the latest one)
--KB
maybe they lowered to power of the DAC because everyone was moaning about a tiny hissing noise, the only way to stop it is to buy more powerful headphone or lower the DAC, now its quieter we cant have it both ways guys
KB_Thailand said:
Xiaomi Mi In-Ear Headphones Pro HD that I got a deal on when I bought the A1. They are ok... not great, but ok for what I paid for them.
I've tried multiple headphones since the update, and the volume issue is true across the board with anything plugged into the headphone jack. I have NOT tried bluetooth headphones as I don't keep bluetooth enabled.
My wife's red A1, which is still on Nougat, is much louder than my A1 on Oreo, update 1. (still haven't gotten the latest one)
--KB
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I honestly can't imagine listening to any of my IEMs at max volume. I can't get comfortably over 50% while commuting (bus, train etc). In quiet environment my volume's somewhere between ~3% and 16%. I would accept further lowering of overall volume to remove the hissing noise in a blink of an eye (and hopefully I'll be able to do that with custom kernel)
_mysiak_ said:
I honestly can't imagine listening to any of my IEMs at max volume. I can't get comfortably over 50% while commuting (bus, train etc). In quiet environment my volume's somewhere between ~3% and 16%. I would accept further lowering of overall volume to remove the hissing noise in a blink of an eye (and hopefully I'll be able to do that with custom kernel)
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I've never noticed the hissing noise people talk about so much, but then, my ears are old so it may be that. Before the Oreo update, a tick over half was plenty loud. After, I had to raise it, a lot. Some songs require max, while most are ok at around 85-90%. So yeah, there was a huge reduction in sound volume on my phone with the update. At least, I THINK it was the update. I installed a Sony app to record sound. I've only owned one Sony phone, an Experia 3Z. The sound on that phone was horrible. Even at max volume, you could not hear it ring if it was in your pocket, and music was always not loud enough on headphones. I may uninstall that app and see if the volume level returns just to be sure it wasn't the app and not the update, but doubt the app would affect the whole system.
I feel that too that they reduced the volume for the audio out put via 3.5 mm jack.
I got update today, and can't really tell if there is any difference in volume. I still use no more than 30-40% of volume (my head would explode with MAX), and there is still some hissing.
This applies to Oreo patch 1. Patch 2 arrived today but I have not installed it yet.:
I am not sure what I did (or what I did that made the difference) but I deleted the Sony app, then went into the settings on my music app and did some tweaking on the modes there, and the volume is now louder than it was. I can set the volume to about 55-60% now and it is loud enough. A few songs in my library still need higher settings, but I am assuming that is because they are pretty old, converted to .mp3 files from CD's (remember those?) way back in the late 1990s/early 2000s.
Bottom line: I am not sure that the update really hurt sound volume. It could have been a combo of app differences with the update. Still no hissing that I can hear.
Regards,
--KB
EDIT: I just did the new Oreo update (89MB) and the sound was different again. I went into my music app and changed the EQ to Flat and the sound was much better. I did not hear any hissing, even with classical music, but again, old ears may be the issue there.

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