Hi Folks, on my nexus 7 i used to be able to play videos etc at max volume and hear them without distortion - now at max volume the speaker is all crackly.. im using rasbean jelly and trinity custom kernel - could this be the issue or could there be a problem with the speaker?
cheeers,
mick
micks_address said:
Hi Folks, on my nexus 7 i used to be able to play videos etc at max volume and hear them without distortion - now at max volume the speaker is all crackly.. im using rasbean jelly and trinity custom kernel - could this be the issue or could there be a problem with the speaker?
cheeers,
mick
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Did anything happen to your speaker before the distortion?
Like a crackle or a bubblely sound?
If so, hardware !
If not, then yes this may well be the software you have installed.
I would try:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motioncoding.beats&hl=en
Try that, if no improvement I'd try to go back to stock and see what happens.
If nothing then must be hardware, this has happened to a few nexus's, hense I asked about the bubbling or crackling.
Hope this helps.
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Hi all,
I've always felt that when playing music on my DHD that it's too quiet, when I've listened to music through my headphones I would say it's acceptable however when I've plugged my DHD into a HiFi or into my stereo in my car I could crank the volume to full control without it been deafening. I happen to find a fix yesterday by accident, I had my DHD plugged into my car stereo and the phone rang, I pulled the audio cable out and answered the phone, when I was done I put the cable back in and immediately I was like WTF just happened now, the music was much louder than what it was before I answered the phone, I would say it was about 30% louder.
I tested my theory by stopping the music and unplugging the cable, plugged the cable back in and started the music, while it was playing I opened the phone and simply dialled any random number and ended the call immediately, when it went back to the music it was most certainly much louder. I've tried it several times now and every time it makes it much louder than what it was before I make a call, I can now no longer turn the stereo full blast as it is simply too loud, just by turning it up to half way I would say it's the equivalent of what it was before when I had it turned up to the maximum.
I'm using Poweramp and I don't know if it's got anything to do with that, I will test it with the built in music player and see what it does. I originally downloaded Poweramp as I thought that the built in music player may be the problem.
i'll repet what you do and post some results... really want a louder volumen in headphones. I plugged my headphone in a Wildfire and it's incredible louder, no talking about an ipod! last week in a party i was ashamed when my friend put off his $50 cell phone and i plugged mine on stereo, so low volume....
wtf, that's true.. really don't understand what the phone turns on!! probably the same thing that volume boost turns on!!
Aha that actually works
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thiagodark said:
wtf, that's true.. really don't understand what the phone turns on!! probably the same thing that volume boost turns on!!
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Good news, it must be a software bug with the volume control.
works here too.. atleast on poweramp and soundcloud, didnt hear any difference on spotify
MarkieSA said:
Good news, it must be a software bug with the volume control.
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let's hope someone let this bug permanently turned on, with no call trick...
Haha! Tried it myself, and it works! Awesome!
I found using shazzam or sound hound while music was playing caused it to go louder. Seems to be when the mic is initialised. Noticed this two days ago
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Interesting find.
I've noticed a couple of ROMS which suggest better audio volume by 20%.
For example this one. (Speaker Boost +20%)
So somehow, somewhere the bug or issue has been fixed or improved.
Grant Barker said:
Interesting find.
I've noticed a couple of ROMS which suggest better audio volume by 20%.
For example this one. (Speaker Boost +20%)
So somehow, somewhere the bug or issue has been fixed or improved.
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Not really, i'm using that rom right now, and what it makes is improve SPEAKER volume, not from headphone. I made my tests in Android Revolution rom and can confirm that headphone is as quiet as stock rom, and it is improved by the "call trick"!
Thanks for sharing! I was experimenting a bit, and it seems like the simplest way to boost the volume is to make a call while music is already playing. The call MUST connect though, or the volume will revert to normal levels. Tested with Winamp.
Maybe have one of the dev's ask to look into this.
If this is different from the already increased speaker volume output, it probably is a bug that can be fixed / feature that can be 'un-featured'
works fine
I had similar experience with my laptop. When listening a mp3 file, the sound coming out from my laptop seems like no effects, standard sound without bass and treble effect. Have to play a movie file first together and stop the.movie make the song hear with the effect.
I believe this issue coming from my sound driver. Using another OS in same laptop. The sound play normally with no issue.
For our Android, it's about the sound driver too?
well well, i just noticed that in the Android Revolution 4 (leaked gingerbread based), the sound is improved by default, no needing the call workaround, looks like HTC fixed the strange bug for the next version...
i just wanted to share!
edit: if someone could try to confirm it, i'll appreciate! =o)
sound problem
hey guys i'm new to this forum, i would appreciate if anyone could help me..
my DHD tones(just keyboard sound, lock sound, shutter sound) have came very low and i can burly hear it.. i turned all the volumes to the max but it's still very low, can anyone help me with that?
indramino said:
hey guys i'm new to this forum, i would appreciate if anyone could help me..
my DHD tones(just keyboard sound, lock sound, shutter sound) have came very low and i can burly hear it.. i turned all the volumes to the max but it's still very low, can anyone help me with that?
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I had the same problem, go to the Market and download "Volume Ace".
MarkieSA, you're an accident hero.
I noticed sometimes my DHD volume suddenly were loud . If I restart the phone, it will go low . I couldn't find out how to make it loud again until reading your post. I'm using PowerAmp too . I think it plays a role in this case.
Thank you for this great finding.
Really useful little trick for 2.2 users, especially for peeps using stock ROM's without the 20% boost via custom kernels. I had tried some of the volume boost type apps before rooting but all they do is invert the phase of one of the stereo channels. All this does is give you a very tinny mono output which is no use to say the least.
My GalaxySII is very very loudly.
Anyone might be feeling this, (for example...music) the volume is too loud to hear.
Is there any solution for this?
Ofcourse,I have root permission.
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Just turn the Volume Down ! You are the only and first person to say Volume is Loud! However, while listening to Music at above 10 the Vol is loud indeed
Ah...
I made it's volume to "1",but still it loud.
Thats a good thing its loud for u! For me watching a movie with 15 volume up is also not loud enough. However apps. and music player got a good loudness. Its only when watching a video. Any idea why is that?
Harsha Raj said:
Thats a good thing its loud for u! For me watching a movie with 15 volume up is also not loud enough. However apps. and music player got a good loudness. Its only when watching a video. Any idea why is that?
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I listen to musics on "Power AMP" player.
I don't know whether it can play movies(such as mp4 file),but how do you use it?
The player can change volume with equalizer.
You may watch the movie with lower volume...a little
Volume loudness while playing videos sometimes appears lower simply due to the fact that the audio track of movies is often recorded at low level, to maintain a good reserve of dynamic for sound effects.
No don't mock this guy has a point. My S2 is extremely loud on volume 1. I wish I could turn it down more!
This happened recently as far as I know, so I'm guessing it has something to do with my custom rom and/or kernel (villian rom 3.0).
I also dropped the phone and cracked the screen if that could have affected it.
But seriously, too loud!
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I listen to musics on "Power AMP" player.
I don't know whether it can play movies(such as mp4 file),but how do you use it?
The player can change volume with equalizer.
You may watch the movie with lower volume...a little
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Actually the music player, games and applications got good loudness in its volume. However the stock video player is not loud enough even when the volume is set to 15. Is this normal? Are u telling that the Power AMP may solve this?
JuniorGG said:
Volume loudness while playing videos sometimes appears lower simply due to the fact that the audio track of movies is often recorded at low level, to maintain a good reserve of dynamic for sound effects.
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hmm u got a good point there. Let me do some tests and get back later. Could u suggest on what means I should select the sample of videos? or u have any suggestions to try out? Thanx.
jamesyb0i said:
No don't mock this guy has a point. My S2 is extremely loud on volume 1. I wish I could turn it down more!
This happened recently as far as I know, so I'm guessing it has something to do with my custom rom and/or kernel (villian rom 3.0).
I also dropped the phone and cracked the screen if that could have affected it.
But seriously, too loud!
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Thanks for reply! I also think that.
In my S2, rom is default,but kernel was changed(in order to get rooted)
or there are some hardware problems ...
Harsha Raj said:
Actually the music player, games and applications got good loudness in its volume. However the stock video player is not loud enough even when the volume is set to 15. Is this normal? Are u telling that the Power AMP may solve this?
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Ohh,sorry...I misunderstood.
I wanted to say that Power AMP can the volume "higher" with equalizer, and you might solve your problem.
I can also make my S2's volume down,but it still has been loud
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Ohh,sorry...I misunderstood.
I wanted to say that Power AMP can the volume "higher" with equalizer, and you might solve your problem.
I can also make my S2's volume down,but it still has been loud
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You can use the EQ on power amp, the first slider is the Gain Control, which can be used to lower the volume further
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When I'm using Earpods(from Apple) or headphone(from HTC Desire HD) to make a phone call, I encounter a big problem of very low mic volume. Everyone I talk to says that they almost cannot hear my voice...
I've tried many mods here like AwesomeBEATS, BEATS+XLOUDER and faux's kernel sound tweak.
But none of these tweaks the mic volume on headphone.
Is anyone have same problem?
Is it possible to be fixed?
Sorry for my poor English...
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When I'm using Earpods(from Apple) or headphone(from HTC Desire HD) to make a phone call, I encounter a big problem of very low mic volume. Everyone I talk to says that they almost cannot hear my voice...
I've tried many mods here like AwesomeBEATS, BEATS+XLOUDER and faux's kernel sound tweak.
But none of these tweaks the mic volume on headphone.
Is anyone have same problem?
Is it possible to be fixed?
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I am experiencing the exact same issue . Is there any solution available?
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I am experiencing the exact same issue . Is there any solution available?
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I have the same issue but with the speaker phone. I think my handset is faulty.
So, I just updated from GB (Royal Ginger) to JB (albinoman887's CM 10.1 JB 4.2.2 KANG) and I've lost about 1/3 of my speaker's volume. I can barely hear the phone ringing unless it very close and the speaker is facing upward. I have, of course, turned my ringer volume to maximum.
I have seen kernels labeled as "Volume Boosted" and I was wondering: is switching kernels (I used the included kernel for both ROMs) the reason for my loss in maximum volume? Is there anything I can do about it?
I understand that JB on my MT4G is already more than one could ask for,;but if there is a simple solution, I'm all ears.
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So, I just updated from GB (Royal Ginger) to JB (albinoman887's CM 10.1 JB 4.2.2 KANG) and I've lost about 1/3 of my speaker's volume. I can barely hear the phone ringing unless it very close and the speaker is facing upward. I have, of course, turned my ringer volume to maximum.
I have seen kernels labeled as "Volume Boosted" and I was wondering: is switching kernels (I used the included kernel for both ROMs) the reason for my loss in maximum volume? Is there anything I can do about it?
I understand that JB on my MT4G is already more than one could ask for,;but if there is a simple solution, I'm all ears.
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Do you have DSP manager installed?
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Do you have DSP manager installed?
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Yes. I can't get the equalizer to affect anything besides media player applications (like Apollo). It was my understanding that DSP Manager was designed this way.
To be clear, I've tested DSP manager's equalizer and it's working with Apollo. It's not working with ringtones, speakerphone, nor most games/apps.
Uhh... You could try downloading AwesomeBeats v5. I think that affects the whole system.
And when I have enough time I'll actually get you something to boost your volume but I dont have time right now
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Well the issues is with the Call speaker and The Headphones.
1. The in-call speaker's clarity is totally distorted when the volume surpasses the 50% mark.
On the lowest volume level it works fine.
2. The headphones work perfectly fine, but when the volume is increased beyond that warning limit, the songs get distorted like hell,as if FM is playing on the wrong tune setting :/
3. The common problem in both of them is that when the phone heats up (i9500), both the in-call speaker and Headphones fail to work. I cannot even watch videos or talk via headphones because of this.
4. The headphone mic does not emit good sound and the person on the call feels as if I am talking while being miles away from my headphone/mic.
5. I am using Sheard's LL 2.6 Dark with the kernel that comes with the ROM. None other mod.
6.Reflashed Stock, flashed many other Roms, flashed Voltaqe Kernel. No change in this issue.
Can anybody help me out with this?
@Lennyz1988 @max404 anyody?
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@Lennyz1988 @max404 anyody?
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No idea bro. You could try to replace the mic and headphone jack, but i'm not sure if it will work. Maybe it's just your motherboard that is dying.
Lennyz1988 said:
No idea bro. You could try to replace the mic and headphone jack, but i'm not sure if it will work. Maybe it's just your motherboard that is dying.
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Could be sweat? Ill try replacing both of them and see what happens next.
Mobo dying? :/ seriously?