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Revolution 3.2 and 3.1 issue, possible fault in the design! EAR LOUDNESS

I have found a possible flaw in the design of the phone that might be possible to fix.
The earphone speaker loudness is crap its not even considered loud or above hearing when im listning to music i can hear everyone talking ect ect
now here is the weird thing see if you answer a call or make a call the music cuts off and you have your chat then once you hang up or they hang up
music will then resume but this time it will be WAY WAY better and Sound better and louder, the way its ment to sound.
now if you pause the music then unpause it goes back to this low sounding music again.
PLEASE can someone fix this as its ruining my music listning though i dunno about the rest of you lol

I'm running 3.1 and having no issues at all with headset volume while listening to music. Tried to pause and unpause, volume stayed the same, nice and loud. FM radio has nice loud volume too.

I have the same strange issue... at first I cleaned my in ear headphones (because on 2.9.11 they were louder)
but at the same day in noticed the sound improvement after ending up a call and was very confused :S
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try an full wipe an install ARVHD 3.2 maybe it fix your issue

it's a known issue in froyo based roms (stock included), gingerbread released is free of it, and you can buy a app from the market "volume boost", that "fix" it...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991726

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 ?

Music Speaker Volume

Hi all
I would like to know if some software can make the speaker more louder or maybe some manipulations in advanced system setting.
Thanks
P.S:forgive me for my bad english

PowerAmp has an equalizer preset made just for phone speakers. It gives some punch. I don't know of any modification on the system that increases the volume, and I advice you to not mess with it =P
Rocking with my M2 and XDA app

Arff,i already have PowerAMP with this preset but the sound is not much louder with it.
The alarm volume dont wake up me compare to my old n95
Thanks to you
If someone have any idea for increase volume,let me know

There are some apps, but saddly doesnt work with milestone 2, louder volume hack and Volume+, i dont know if there is an app that works with our m2, or some kind of hack. I really need this, the speaker volume is very low :S
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Low headset volume

Hi, i am using wildfire with cm7 installed on it. I have a little problem- headset volume is really low. Yes, i have tried to push volume up, and it is on maximum. Tried different headset- same. Phone speaker is really loud. I can`t say when this happened because i got my headset only on this week(borrowed to sister).
I am looking for solution, can anyone help?

check the media volume in settings. else buy a good in ear like sony mdr ex85. or try equalizer app, volume+ app etc. mine is so loud. i use sonys in ear.
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Checked every volume levels which i can found. If it helps to now how quiet it is, if i level volume down to about level 5, it is almost unhearable.
One more question. Coud it be hardware problem? I don`t know, if phone is using the same amplifier circuit to headphones and phone speaker.
Thanks.

I had the same problem a couple of months ago, so I bought Volume Boost. You can try it for free first, and there are a few other software options I haven't tried. Volume Boost works OK for me.
Go to Android Market (sorry, I can't give you the direct link here, since it's not allowed).
Göran, Stockholm

Thanks, it makes it a bit louder(i can listen to it now) but still silent.

dude you have done something wrong. also i think that earphone and speakers do not share same hardware.
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So thats hardware problem? If so, probably new phone will be cheaper.

[Q] How to boost Headset sound volume ????

Hello all,
Before my Nexus 4 I have a Galaxy Nexus, and I love to listen music in maXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX volume,
On the GN, I can find easily kernels with easy and good sound boost, in trickster mod,, just have to chose between 0 1 2 3 sound boost, and enable or disable HQ sound
And it really works well with a Goood sound
On my Nexus 4 I tryed to play with my preferd player : PowerAMP, I tryed to boost replay gain, enable/disable direct sound control, tryed to boost volume in DSP manager, boost volume wiith franco kernel headset and volume boost options...... but when I try any sound boost, rapidly the sound become stronger but with a very poor quality, and horrible crackling.....
I tryed XLOUDER on my GN and N4 but for me i'ts just a renamed DSP manager.
Somebody have a GOOD way to boost the sound with good quality please ? any app/kernel/hack ?
Because I LOVE listen music with the volume to maximum, but not with this horrible crackling ....
Thanks a lot for replies

I use the xlouder mod posted on the themes and apps section with the franco kernel app with the volume boost set to 6 and gain set somewhere to 4 to 6. It realllllllllllllllllllly helps out alot. If you want some good dsp manager settings set the compresion to minimal and bass boost to moderate and set the equalizer to be in the shape of a u with the two end values set to be the biggest but not all the way. Set it to either strong or strongest.
Also you need to have good headset because if you have a cheap one then it will crackle and sound really bad im using monster turbines and they work great without any crackling. There is a bit of hiss due to the volume gain set to be higher then normal but it really doesnt bother me.

thanks,
but if I try to change everithing in DSP manager, or with xlouder, the sound becomes crappy directly
in franco, if I push the headset gain or boost after +3 the sound become crappy....
And if I try XLOUDER, if I just set bass boost in Small (the first) all my earphones gone to explode with bass saturation... even if i try to plug my home Sony amplifier, the sound is completly saturated with bass.....
for earphones, don't worry I have Sennheiser CX 890i , never have any problem with my GN

xTremePower said:
thanks,
but if I try to change everithing in DSP manager, or with xlouder, the sound becomes crappy directly
in franco, if I push the headset gain or boost after +3 the sound become crappy....
And if I try XLOUDER, if I just set bass boost in Small (the first) all my earphones gone to explode with bass saturation... even if i try to plug my home Sony amplifier, the sound is completly saturated with bass.....
for earphones, don't worry I have Sennheiser CX 890i , never have any problem with my GN
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Faux sound app and one of his kernels, best $2 I have spent. My settings
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2008222
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teamkang.fauxsound
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