Does anyone else notice how soft the output on the headphone jack is? I always plugged my old phone in to my stereo to play music in my car and you could turn it up all the way and have it become distorted or just keep it at a nice loud volume. With the Nexus 4 I'll turn the phone volume and stereo volume all the way up and it's still really really quiet. Why is this? Are there any good mods that can help with this?
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[MOD] [N4] BEATS+XLOUDER! 4.2.1 [07/12/12] JB Louder Audio Improvement Patch
elefanteVERDE said:
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[MOD] [N4] BEATS+XLOUDER! 4.2.1 [07/12/12] JB Louder Audio Improvement Patch
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I guess I didn't search
Thanks for pointing me there, I never look in themes and apps sub forum so that's probably why I haven't seen it lol.
I have to dispute the "softest ever" title. I had an LG G2x before the N4, and when I plugged in the N4, I had to turn the volume down a bit. It wasn't a huge difference, and it's still a bit too quiet, but its definitely louder than the G2x was.
I too can say the volume is on the low side.... Same for my Nexus 7...
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Hi there guys.
First of all apologies if this post will cause any confusion or if someone has asked before.
The volume output on nexus 4 make me feel like I'm actually deaf because of its LOW VOLUME.
Is there any volume boost apps such as the ones used on GNEX?
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slimldj said:
Hi there guys.
First of all apologies if this post will cause any confusion or if someone has asked before.
The volume output on nexus 4 make me feel like I'm actually deaf because of its LOW VOLUME.
Is there any volume boost apps such as the ones used on GNEX?
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Just flash this equalizer and turn up the equalizer settings and you will get louder sounds.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2012575
Compared to the GNex, I thought the N4 was super loud! lol
The equalizer is more of a software side fix. I think the op is referring to something that actually sets the hardware output higher similar to what the voodoo apps do. This results in a cleaner non distorted sound compared to just boosting eq levels.
Volume+?
PaisanNYC said:
Compared to the GNex, I thought the N4 was super loud! lol
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Speaker is actually loud. Tried different sets of top ear pieces and headphones and it was real low.
The DSP manager prescribed above helped tho.
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Smoothface said:
The equalizer is more of a software side fix. I think the op is referring to something that actually sets the hardware output higher similar to what the voodoo apps do. This results in a cleaner non distorted sound compared to just boosting eq levels.
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voodoo works because the inbuilt AMP can be controlled on a wolfson; other software that is universal on all hardware audio solutions like volume+ and others more than likely just adjusts gain.
the DSP manager fix is probably the best all round software based solution as it can be boosted via EQ ( not great cause it can cause clipping), gain adjustments and DRC.
software solutions are not ideal however and i would suggest an external portable amp if your headphones require a hifi level power source, but for most portable gear (Even high end) the N4 is perfectly fine.
The output of the speaker is fine but I definitely notice the volume is lower with headphones then the Gnex. I personally don't like DSP etc as it always makes things sound distorted. The NS with Voodoo was like the best ever sound I got on my headphones.
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coming from a galaxy S II the N4 volume seems much lower for certain things. The in call volume is louder however things like notifications seem lower even at the highest level. Not stoked about it.
Haven't tried it but saw this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34921922
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slimldj said:
Speaker is actually loud. Tried different sets of top ear pieces and headphones and it was real low.
The DSP manager prescribed above helped tho.
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Agreed, notifications are loud, music listening not so much
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Temporary fix for Low Volume
I just received my Nexus a few days ago, and noticed the low volume.THe speakerphone is ok, but music and youtube a bit low. It's funny how the "professional" reviewers say the speaker is loud.
Anyway, I found a temporary fix for the music volume,until Google gets off their a__es and fixes the problem.Download Player Pro Trial from the Play Store.
On the effects menu,crank up the bass and volume knobs ,leave the EQ off. When you turn on the reverb button the volume bumps up a few notches.It works on headphone and speaker volume and it's a nice music player too.I think the full version is 5 bucks.
i think this paid $1 app works, even on franco kernel to increase speaker volume, in my bathroom, music is pretty loud!
its made for faux kernels
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsImNvbS50ZWFta2FuZy5mYXV4c3BlYWtlciJd
I like this app better, It works with a large number of kernels.. even stock
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=aperture.ezekeel.experiencepro
Its been working well for me, also has the added ability to touchwake, for those times when the screen times out.
edit: It will boost speaker and headphones volume. You can also adjust mic gain and a number of other cool shizz. Seriously Check it out
cobyman7035 said:
i think this paid $1 app works, even on franco kernel to increase speaker volume, in my bathroom, music is pretty loud!
its made for faux kernels
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsImNvbS50ZWFta2FuZy5mYXV4c3BlYWtlciJd
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Love this one
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Since voodoo isn't compatible with the N4 how do I boost the volume?
Is there something similar to voodoo sound?
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asphantix said:
Since voodoo isn't compatible with the N4 how do I boost the volume?
Is there something similar to voodoo sound?
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here
makes my volume considerably louder. It works great.
ADJack said:
here
makes my volume considerably louder. It works great.
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The nexus louder audio mod shown in that thread doesn't work. It just adds an app and changes some equaliser settings and generally makes the sound quality a lot worse.
What we need is something at kernel level to simply increase the volume of the phone like they did on the sgs3.
I wish kernel and ROM Devs would focus on this issue a.little bit because speed and battery life and other placebos aren't the only things people care about. The audio on this phone is Far far too quiet although it is good quality.
biffsmash said:
The nexus louder audio mod shown in that thread doesn't work. It just adds an app and changes some equaliser settings and generally makes the sound quality a lot worse.
What we need is something at kernel level to simply increase the volume of the phone like they did on the sgs3.
I wish kernel and ROM Devs would focus on this issue a.little bit because speed and battery life and other placebos aren't the only things people care about. The audio on this phone is Far far too quiet although it is good quality.
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I feel that the audio coming out on the N4 is much quieter than on any of my previous devices. If you have an N7, you can test this out by setting both devices to the loudest volume setting, setting them to play the same song, and then play the first song while plugged in to your car, then unplug the first device and plug in the second device and play the same song. I have to crank up my car volume double do get the same sound quality. Its really annoying. Is there a fix somewhere that just lets you boost the volume like changing something in the system? I like the native equalizer fine, but the sound is so quiet when plugged into a headphone jack!!
Hey guys, I've got my nexus 4 on order and I'm worried about the low volume people have been talking about. How have you guys fixed that. Is there a decent fix because I use my phone for music quite a bit. The nexus 4 will be my only phone so it kind of needs to be good for music.
I am using this mod: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2025486
The sound quality is really great and the volume also slightly increased. Now it's actually decent on max. volume.
So I've recently been using my tablet to play music onto my nice dj style headphones. But output volume and quality is absolutely horrendous. I have to be at full volume to get and reasonably level sound, and then when I'm at that level, everything is very distorted. On my one X which has some beats eq thing, sound is wonderful and much louder. Maybe this is just a problem with stock Android, but I need to find some way to get much higher quality and more importantly louder music. I've tried a few mods available here but they don't seem to do much.
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What mods have you tried. I use awesome beats on my galaxy nexus. If not that trickster mod app has a setting to make the volume high. (Correct me if I'm wrong) I have my galaxy nexus stock and rooted.
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I have tried awesome beats and it doesn't seem to do much. I also tried AC!D mod and for some reason, whenever I started to play audio, my tablet would freeze up
mikel.canovas said:
So I've recently been using my tablet to play music onto my nice dj style headphones. But output volume and quality is absolutely horrendous. I have to be at full volume to get and reasonably level sound, and then when I'm at that level, everything is very distorted. On my one X which has some beats eq thing, sound is wonderful and much louder. Maybe this is just a problem with stock Android, but I need to find some way to get much higher quality and more importantly louder music. I've tried a few mods available here but they don't seem to do much.
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I haven't used much except for DSP, but the audio is just difficult to have it loud. I've found external speakers BT or through audio jack is the only way to go.
Be careful what you try because I've read about people blowing their speaker trying to increase volume. That being said volume+ from the play store worked when it wasn't fighting the other sound mods I had installed. Pimp my ROM app. has some flashable zips that helped. Bottom line its one of the sacrifices that kept the price of the N7 low. Better the speaker to be mediocre rather than the screen. I bought some ear buds and if I want to play it loud for the neighbors I jack in to a stereo. Also a set of desktop computer speakers (sub and two bookshelf) work great with tablets
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I use my N7 speaker to listen to music and get quite surprised and how loud it gets and don't notice any distortion. So I'm not experiencing what you are. Maybe I'm just easily pleased and aren't as passionate about audio quality as others
Sorry to say this but, it will never sound good. Not even with sound mods. The sound chip inside the N7 is just really, really bad. I've tried it with a pair of $900 Shure headphones and nothing can save this thing.
Has anybody else heard a degradation in sound quality from V4A with 6.0.1 and Bluetooth headsets ? I have a feeling it has something to do with the system and Bluetooth volume linking after the update... Highs aren't as crisp anymore, bass is muddied and hollow. Am I crazy or are you guys/gals hearing it too?
Same issue here, most noticeable when using convolver. Between that and the intermittent LTE issue, I decided to rollback to 6.0.
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Has anybody else heard a degradation in sound quality from V4A with 6.0.1 and Bluetooth headsets ? I have a feeling it has something to do with the system and Bluetooth volume linking after the update... Highs aren't as crisp anymore, bass is muddied and hollow. Am I crazy or are you guys/gals hearing it too?
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My quality hasn't gone down, but Bluetooth audio is super, super loud! In my car I used to have my phone volume maxed and my car volume at 16 of 30...now I need it at 2. I know you don't know my car audio, but 2 is a little absurd.
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