I'm having very low volume even at max when listening to music with headphones. Are you experiencing the same?
I haven't had this issue.
what music app are you using? try the stock app with SRS WOWHD in equalizer.
simplistian said:
what music app are you using? try the stock app with SRS WOWHD in equalizer.
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is the stock app called "Music"?
i couldnt find a setting with equalizer.. in fact i couldnt find any settings in this app..
iamelton said:
is the stock app called "Music"?
i couldnt find a setting with equalizer.. in fact i couldnt find any settings in this app..
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try to play a song first, then hit the menu button, you won't see the settings in playlists.
simplistian said:
try to play a song first, then hit the menu button, you won't see the settings in playlists.
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got it.. thx!
iamelton said:
got it.. thx!
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No luck for me. I have installed the Honeycomb Music app and removed the Froyo app. This one doesn't have much at all in settings. Anyone else?
Also my loud speaker and phone speaker are simply not loud enough. Any noise at all nearby and I cannot hear the caller talking. Do you think there will be fixes for this?
GolfCranK said:
No luck for me. I have installed the Honeycomb Music app and removed the Froyo app. This one doesn't have much at all in settings. Anyone else?
Also my loud speaker and phone speaker are simply not loud enough. Any noise at all nearby and I cannot hear the caller talking. Do you think there will be fixes for this?
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I suggest to get the stock Music app back, your will be surprised by the SRS WOWHD equalizer with a good earplug
Try experimenting with the values in /system/etc/hwVolumeFactor.cfg. I haven't tried modifying this as I don't have an issue but I'm sure it's what you're looking for. It only has values for wired headset and speaker though, so whether speaker is both earpiece and loudspeaker or just loudspeaker I don't know. Give it a go and post your results.
@stockwell
You are right.
You have to increase the value "wired_headset". I changed mine from 60 to 70 and now it works prefectly with my on-ear headset. A bit too loud at max though.
If you need assistance feel free to ask ;-)
@AliWam- Please give instructions. Will be appreciated.
Hi !
Do i need to root my phone to change the value to 65 or above?
I cant save the changes because the mapp is write protected
Hey,
I'm sorry for the late reply, quite busy these days.
I take no responsibility for any harm that comes to your phone as a result of applying this mod.
1. You need a rooted device (e.g. z4root), Busybox[1] installed and a text editor (e.g. Text Editor from Market).
2. Open /system/etc/hwVolumeFactor.cfg in the text editor, replace the value(s) as you like and save it as a new file e.g. /mnt/sdcard/myVol.cfg. The file might look like this:
Code:
speaker=80
wired_headset=70
3. Remount the related partition writeable:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /system
4. Copy your new file and replace the old system file:
Code:
cp /mnt/sdcard/myVol.cfg /system/etc/hwVolumeFactor.cfg
5. Reboot your phone and then the new values should be applied.
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[1]I'm not sure if you really need Busybox installed for these steps.
no sdk
To change the volume without the SDK (not use console command).
- install on your computer AndroidCommander
- in the phone menu choose the "applications / developer / debugging usb"
- connect phone to a PC
- run AndroidCommander on your computer.
- find / system / etc / hwVolumeFactor.cfg in AndroidCommander (right panel is a telephone system files)
- copy the file "VolumeFactor.cfg" to your computer and change values
- in the left window AndroidCommander find the edited file and move (copy) to "/ system / etc / hwVolumeFactor.cfg" on the window phone.
- disconnect the phone and restart
In this way you can change other files, but be careful .
Guys, i try all this even tho my phone is rooted when i paste my new file says its read only and when i try at android commander it says not rooted even tho it is i checked with root checker !!
any ideas ?
ektorgre said:
Guys, i try all this even tho my phone is rooted when i paste my new file says its read only and when i try at android commander it says not rooted even tho it is i checked with root checker !!
any ideas ?
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I had no success changing the values in the file / system / etc / hwVolumeFactor.cfg using "es explorer" so upon advice in another thread I bought Root Explorer in the Market and it works. Once you are in the etc folder press the Mount R/W button and then you can edit the .cfg file by longpressing on it. It will auto create a backup. I increased my values to 99 and 70.
I also found from a poster here that the stock music player has an equalizer that you only see once you select a track to play. The default setting is very quiet but the SRS WOWHD is much better. Happy listening
Sorry for my silliness in advance guys. I can't make Android Commander work. It says "device not found". Have any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?
Alexcxvtr said:
Sorry for my silliness in advance guys. I can't make Android Commander work. It says "device not found". Have any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?
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Make sure you have debugging enabled on the phone:
Go to settings > applications > development
Then enable USB debugging.
Poulsen8r said:
Make sure you have debugging enabled on the phone:
Go to settings > applications > development
Then enable USB debugging.
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Thanks for the quick response. I do have usb debugging enabled. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong whatsoever. Any other ideas?
Computer:
Is the SDK installed and did you set your path variables?
Have you installed the ADB driver for the phone?
Phone:
Do you have busybox?
Root?
Anyone know how to enable an ascending ring tone in the stock OS/ROM? Open to any sort of tweaking on the device or a flashable mod.
Thanks!
Hi All,
The OP2 has a very low speaker volumes. Can someone mod this or help in editing the required files for increasing the volume of the speaker?
Attached is the stock mixer_path.xml
Even I tried many times to mod mixer_path but no luck..
Hope will get succeed very soon...
Maybe this works: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54546620&postcount=2
Already tried this.. Increased the volume to 92..but still no luck..even I tried editing the mixer_paths_i2s.xml but the volume still remains the same..
Hey anyone know how to boost the volume on s5? I'm not very tech savvy so if you could send me a link to a step by step guide. It appears from my searching I have to root my phone or possibly install a rom. any thoughts? Help!
There are 2 ways that I know of and both need root.
1) a music app (available on XDA) called viper4android has a setting that will give a 6dB boost.
2) adjusting an XML file within android itself (potentially risky).
I have tried several roms. AEX woivod 8.1, crdroid difr 8.1, frankenROM 8.1 etc. The in-call volume is very very loud in headset and headphones. Increased the steps but that didnt bring down the minimal volume which is way too high. I tried jasper custom kernal and decreased the headphone gain in sound but that brought down the media gain and the ringing gain levels. It does not get solved by clean flash or even after full internal storage wipe. This is present throughout all custom roms I think. Someone suggested editing mixer_* files in /system/vendor/etc. There are too many of these files and I dont know which values to edit to lower in-call volume.
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!!!:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
Someone please help!!!!! I did a recovery to my original miui backup but the problem is still there. I dont mind losing data. Im willing to do any type of clean install to solve this. I just want this bug to go away. Should I change the firmware?
What should I do?
PLEASE HELP!!!
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Someone please help!!!!! I did a recovery to my original miui backup but the problem is still there. I dont mind losing data. Im willing to do any type of clean install to solve this. I just want this bug to go away. Should I change the firmware?
What should I do?
PLEASE HELP!!!
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Facing this problem too. I've tried patch as well as editing values in vendor. None seems to work.
So i just have to avoid talking on headphones as of now.
aman_bindal_ said:
Facing this problem too. I've tried patch as well as editing values in vendor. None seems to work.
So i just have to avoid talking on headphones as of now.
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Have you tried stable Nougat ROMS? I would like to know if the problem is there in nougat or not. Is there no other way to solve this?
try out difr's patch and see if it works (its for 8.1 oreo ROMs)
mixer_paths.xml.zip
krishna_jm said:
try out difr's patch and see if it works (its for 8.1 oreo ROMs)
mixer_paths.xml.zip
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I tried it bro..... No use....I even tried it on his crdroid build... Thank you so much for responding.
Hey ShadeOfLight,
I have the same problem with too high headset in-call-volume in havoc rom.
Thats pretty annoying...
But I found a solution for the problem that worked for me:
You need tasker and Kernel Auditor for this.
In Kernel Auditor you create two profiles: One with low volume in sound option for calls (I choose value -8) and one with normal volume (value 0) for music.
Now save them under different names. I named them "low volume" and "normal volume".
In Tasker you create two tasks with the Kernel Auditor plugin:
1. "low volume"-Kernel Auditor profile
2. wait (10s) -> "normal volume"
Now go to "profiles" in tasker and create a new profile with the state "Call" (choose any) under phone states.
Define "low volume"-task for the new profil and the "normal volume"-task as exit-task.
This worked for me. During calls I can use my headset again and can listen to music normally.
Maybe this will work for you too.
Best regards