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Is anyone else having a low volume problem on there mic level input? A lot of people tell me they cant hear me on the phone and that my voice is hard to hear. I have found the fix if this happens to you.
I'm not sure if it is the files they are using in the roms or the Loud Volume Hack I tried to use but I was able to get a hold of these files and it fixed it for me. I'm now heard loud and clear.
Delete the old files found on System/etc and replace it with the 3 files found in the zip below. You will need to reboot for the changes to take place...
Is this reversable via nandroid restore? Just checking.
thesubliminaljuggalo said:
Is this reversable via nandroid restore? Just checking.
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Of course it is. Any changes in the filesystem can be restored via nandroid.
Right on. I tried to do this with Astro File Manager and was unable to delete those system files.
Did you do this through adb? Or maybe a different file manager?
I'm asking because I too have the mic issue with CM6 and would like to test this out.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks!
I used root explorer. Make sure you select read/write and not read only. Delete the files and replace them with the ones on the zip. If you want to reverse the changes you can either nandroid back or pull the files out of the CM6 zip and replace them.
Everyone can hear me much better now which is so much better than having to repeat myself so many Damn times.
I'm supprised I am one of only ones that had this issue...
I did. But I have louder volume hack to fix it. Lol
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Screew nandroids I'm gonna go right for it NY rom as an update so it'll just be a reson to upgrade
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The louder volume hack has a stock button to return it back
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Doesn't LVH just adjust your speaker levels? And not your mic levels?
Yes LVH is just for speaker and bluetooth volume. I've found no mic adjustments.
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The louder volume hack has a stock button to return it back
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The LVH is the reason why it screws up your mic level. It wasnt made for the hero and you will notice putting it back to stock doesnt actually return the correct files for our device. Keep using it and you will see your mic level will be low.
Actually, mic level is controlled by in call volume. If you use the in call volume on lvh, and then turn down your volume because it is too loud in the ear piece, that's when you lose mic level. And lvh has a backup/restore optionif you don't trust the stock button, but the stock button has worked fine for me. All lvh does is replace the files that are basically the graphic equalizer settings.
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danaff37 said:
Actually, mic level is controlled by in call volume. If you use the in call volume on lvh, and then turn down your volume because it is too loud in the ear piece, that's when you lose mic level. And lvh has a backup/restore optionif you don't trust the stock button, but the stock button has worked fine for me. All lvh does is replace the files that are basically the graphic equalizer settings.
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Yes it is true that the call volume effects the mic level. I have tried this numerous times. The stock profile was made for the Deisre or some other phone I forgot which. Therefore it doesnt work perfect for the Hero. I have used my backed up profile and it still didnt work right for me either. I ran accross this info on the forum where the guy made the LVH app. Thats where I was able to get too understand why it wont work correctly on our phone.
Dont believe me play your music at its loudest through the stock settings (untouched by LVH), then add LVH and listen to it (much louder). Now try to go back to stock and tell me there isnt a difference between the way it sounds compared to the files I've attached. The Mic level will go up as well. Believe me I have done this 10 times or so to make sure I wasnt crazy.
Its either that or the sound profile (equilizer files) that came with CM6 isnt as good as the ones I used.
I have messed with this a bunch of times and got info that the sound profile included in the "stock" setting wasnt made for our phone.
This was my experience...Maybe yours was different.
I just got a Motorola S9-HD BT headset and it at its loudest is on par with a normal set of headphones at 75%, would the LVH work for this or will it just screw up the other sound settings.
You can adjust bluetooth only with LVH
I'm confused
I've had issues with the mic being to low on CM6. Should I be looking this fix or LVH to correct it?
chiill said:
I've had issues with the mic being to low on CM6. Should I be looking this fix or LVH to correct it?
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Just do what I said in the first post and you will have a much improved Mic level. LVH doesnt have a setting for the MIC.
I'll check it out. Thanks!
Thank you for this!! My g/f was always complaining that I was difficult to hear and I thought she might have been talking about the call quality.. This fix helped quite a bit and I don't hear any more complaining, just a much more quality conversation instead of, "what?" all the time.
I know on some other Android phone's (e.g. G1 http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f4/volume-increase-hack-found-18107/), a software modification has allowed for much higher volume.
Not sure if actually increases the speaker volume as well, or just through headphones?
+1 for the speaker!
Agree! The speaker is WAY too low!!!
/CK
+1 here too
It would be nice, the speaker is crazy quiet.
i wonder wot the reason was for them to keep it at that level of sound and is way to queit
Or it possible use the front speaker for avi/video/streaming?
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It seems everyone has the low volume speakers.
I noticed that Angry Birds seems to be a little bit louder than other things.
Anyway, I highly urge everyone that thinks this is a problem to give this feedback to the HTC customer support. Obviously this is the only way to get an official fix for this quicker, if at all.
Wonder if the speaker can handle a increase in max volume.
Anyway, aren't there hidden service menus on the Desire HD that can be triggered with a phone code? In the service menus of a phone there are always some nice parameters to tweak.
I tried some general codes, but none of them seems to work (except the *#*#INFO#*#* of course, but that's a general hidden android menu... even works on the emulator)
until we get access to the rom via Bootloader, there is no general tweak we can do.
However, just for music, try PowerAmp from the market. It has a great pre-amp setting to boost the volume (be careful not to blow your speakers though)
We want increasement in the general speaker volume... Not just music
/CK
saquib said:
I know on some other Android phone's (e.g. G1 http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f4/volume-increase-hack-found-18107/), a software modification has allowed for much higher volume.
Not sure if actually increases the speaker volume as well, or just through headphones?
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You can do that, but you will need a script to do that at every launch, since /system write is not permanent.
Furthermore, after each time you adb push the files, you need to restart mediaserver in order pull in the new settings.
Last but not least, you will need to modify the DHD audiopara, since the G2 might not work well.
To make the long story short... SPAM HTC's EMAIL!!
WE DIDNT BUY THA F*CKING PHONE FOR THIS ISSUES ...
And they thought they could fool us ... with their Dolby and SRS enhancements!
Disguzting!!
worse comes to worse ill rip this open and find a replacement speaker, i cant even hear it ring in my pocket and im missing calls
who knows said:
worse comes to worse ill rip this open and find a replacement speaker, i cant even hear it ring in my pocket and im missing calls
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I experienced the same, missing calls because the damn volume is just too low!
Also, when you use the speakers when having a phone call, you can't even hear the person unless you're in an absolutely quiet room... The same goes for music, youtube, navigation..... Anything!!!??!?
YumYumHD said:
I experienced the same, missing calls because the damn volume is just too low!
Also, when you use the speakers when having a phone call, you can't even hear the person unless you're in an absolutely quiet room... The same goes for music, youtube, navigation..... Anything!!!??!?
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I returned mine because of the low speaker volume. I was missing 99% of calls because I couldn't hear the phone ringing. In my business I just can't afford to miss calls. As I sold my normal desire to get this phone I had to buy an Orange San Francisco to use till something else comes along.
I was playing with a friend's Nokia N8 & have to say the speaker quality & loundness is outstanding on it. Also used as a phone its much better than the DHD. Shame the OS is a bit dodgy.
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I am not sure if you are speaking about speakers of DHD in general or just about external. Well, Ive sent back my DHD to Vodafone because call speaker was so useless that I could not even hear other person when I had TV on. Hopefully it was just one bad piece but its apparent that HTC fcked up DHD with poor quality speakers in general. I am waiting for my phone replacement and even when I know that it would be hard to say DHD goodbye I am afraid Ill have to if speaker quality will be that bad again
http://www.bel.fi/~alankila/android-dsp/
Why don't we use this... compile libaudioflinger and DSP Manager, in which we can set presets (you can +10 every channel of sound, so it comes out 10x louder).
Good luck compiling... I couldn't find an example
http://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_frameworks_base <-- libaudioflinger is in /libs/ (yes it's default in Cyanogenmod)
http://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_DSPManager DSP Manager android application, yes everyone should be able to compile this one
When I plug in my headphones, I expect the phone the be totally silent to anyone but me, i.e., my sleeping roommates. But I found out that the speaker on my MT4G stays on and plays the sounds along with my headphones. Kinda defeats the purpose of having headphones. Anyone else have this problem or know how to resolve it? This is still a pretty new phone, and I haven't rooted it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
The only app that is supposed to allow the speaker to play while headphones are plugged in is the fm radio. The radio has a toggle to turn this function on or off. Make sure you're not using any speaker widgets. Are you using the headphones that came with the phone? Try switching to different ones. Other than that, IDK.
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MoJoeLDS said:
When I plug in my headphones, I expect the phone the be totally silent to anyone but me, i.e., my sleeping roommates. But I found out that the speaker on my MT4G stays on and plays the sounds along with my headphones. Kinda defeats the purpose of having headphones. Anyone else have this problem or know how to resolve it? This is still a pretty new phone, and I haven't rooted it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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You're talking about ringtones and notifications, right? Yes, it's hugely annoying and has been like that since the release of the G1. I don't understand why it does that, but it happens with all my wired and Bluetooth headsets. To my knowledge, there's no way to make it truly route ALL sound traffic to the headphones. I've used JF, CM, and Enom's ROMs as well on different handsets, and they do the same thing. I hope that Gingerbread FINALLY addresses this.
However, I'm keeping an eye on this to see if anyone has found a "fix" for this. For now, I just leave it on vibrate at work while using headphones so I get *some* sort of notification when a call/text/whatever is coming in.
Please post questions in Q&A section.
Well, I AM using Gingerbread. I just now tested it and verified that it is indeed only for ringtones and notifications, while music and videos route their sound properly with headphones in.
Apparently Gingerbread did not resolve the problem. :-(
MoJoeLDS said:
Well, I AM using Gingerbread. I just now tested it and verified that it is indeed only for ringtones and notifications, while music and videos route their sound properly with headphones in.
Apparently Gingerbread did not resolve the problem. :-(
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You're using Gingerbread? Please explain? Unless of course you're on a Nexus S.
T-Mobile just released the 2.3 Gingerbread update for the MT4G in a last several days. My phone just out of the blue said I had an update available, and it was Gingerbread.
**EDIT**
Ok I lied, I'm on Android 2.2.1. When I saw the update, I Googled 'Android OS Update', naively assuming, in my new-to-Android inexperience, that it would be that simple. All the results said '2.3 Gingerbread' all over them, so I assumed that's what I was getting.
I was dead wrong, and I'm still on Froyo. Sorry if I got anyone's hopes up.
Lol, oh wow!
Everyone's gotta start somewhere, and I guess today was my day to be the n00b.
Although this is my first post/contribution to the forums, I've been a long time visitor and absolutely love this community, especially the effort that goes into not only providing exceptional ROMs, but the support thereafter. In short, this community, without the slightest exaggeration, is the reason I stepped into the Android world.
That said, I've frequently come across the issue/concern of low sound, be it via headset, in call, speaker, etc. I've tried everything suggested online particularly regarding the X10, to no avail. So to anyone still struggling with an issue with sound, try the following:
Enable the PowerAMP "tone" setting and adjust the preamp to max. Leave the equalizer off as its unneeded. Then, using DSPManager (assuming you have flashed the zip file; search xda if you need it), adjust the EQ settings for whichever configuration you are after. With regards to the headphone configuration, the newly applied settings will now superimpose with the PowerAMP settings, and the end result is a significant sound improvement. For the other two configurations, tune the EQ to your liking and you should achieve a similar result.
Being that both PowerAMP and DSPManager can be installed on just about any ROM without issues, the above method should work for most, if not all custom ROMS's. Nonetheless, I'm currently running rendeiro's scamble, and after applying the above settings on my new Superlux closed cans, I kid you not, they really do sound studio quality! I hope this helps someone, as I wasn't able to come across a clear cut solution anywhere, and always ran into problems or no noticeable improvement with all other suggestions.
Would anyone happen to know what the latest version of DSPManager is that can be easily flashed via recovery on the X10? If a link to the relevant thread/file can be provided, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Awesome. I damaged my Atrix and I'm using an old Xperia X10 again so I'll give this a try and report back.
The primary reason why I left is because the damn speaker volume is too low and half a dozen exchanges later I had no luck. Just abandoned the phone. This would be awesome, especially considering now that we have custom ROMs. I'm blown away by some of the new ROMs. When I left, custom ROMs were just in their infancy. THIS is why I bought an Xperia X10. Just happened a year too late lol
Has anyone else run into this issue? I did the official Nodo update for surround through Zune last night. (Everything on my phone is still stock, and locked). And now I am getting some crazy overdrive when listening to music with the phone speakers. I'm lovong nodo but this sound issue is driving me crazy. Any other surround owners run into this?
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I just played a few songs and youtube videos at max volume and cycled through the sound modes on the external speaker, I get no static or extra noise.
No problems here. Although I did use the ROM that football posted :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1051579
Great ROM to those who havent tried it. ALL firmware is updated : OS, Firmware revision, Radio software, & Bootloader. And I can now use Hidden WiFi from HTC!
Hmm, do either of you use Htc Sound mixer?
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I mean HTC Sound Enhancer.
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My phone is fine. I have a Telus HTC Surround with NoDo. Maybe you should try flashing to a previous firmware, and re-updating to Nodo.
i have issues with my sound too.. everything sounds fine only with the fact that it is blasting.
this is my 2nd time updating to the official nodo, and the speakers is still blasting.
i was wondering if they boosted the speakers or something but it seems like a lot of people dont have this issue >.>
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i have issues with my sound too.. everything sounds fine only with the fact that it is blasting.
this is my 2nd time updating to the official nodo, and the speakers is still blasting.
i was wondering if they boosted the speakers or something but it seems like a lot of people dont have this issue >.>
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NoDo broke all software volume leveling for all models. If you'll notice, volume sliders in games don't work any more.
Maybe that's what it is. I wonder if I should roll back to protect my speakers, or just keep everything turned down to 15.
I'm actually digging around in the registry to see if I can come up with a kludge.
haven't had this issue but try uninstalling htc sound enhancer and reinstalling it maybe?
I have tried that, I don't notice as much of a buzz when it Sound Enhancer is uninstalled but it is still there. And is most definitely back in force on a reinstall.
Regarding the HTC Sound Enhancer using the ROM from football: NO BUZZ at all. Crystal clear!