[REQ] Sony x- loud - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

Can someone see if they can get this mod working on the galaxy s4 speakers are to low...
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Mines are actually loud. Where are you finding low music YouTube?
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amieldl143 said:
Mines are actually loud. Where are you finding low music YouTube?
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What you might find loud enough for your uses might not be for others! Like for me if I'm trying to watch a video on anything when I'm in a room with people talking or any noise I can barely hear anything.
I would recommend looking up ViPER4Droid. You can find the thread in the Android Software and Hacking forum. All you so is download both of the APKs (there called XHiFI and HF or something like that, forgot the exact acrynom) in the thread for your android version and put them on your sd card - there is a zip for each one and when you extract them you will get two more zips, one for 4.0 or before and one for versions after, extract the appropriate zip and youll get the apk you need. Install both of them and when you open them up it will prompt you to install a driver, look at the thread for which one to install, and then reboot and your good to go.
You then can open up the apps and there is an abudant amount of settings you can adjust. One of them being speaker loudness level.
But dont follow my instructions, the thread is very thorough and detailed! And explains everything about it, confirmed working on our device, its actually implemented into Blue Kuban already.
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amieldl143 said:
Mines are actually loud. Where are you finding low music YouTube?
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No just my music play back is not as loud as I'd like it to be..
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monty_python said:
No just my music play back is not as loud as I'd like it to be..
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If you're rooted try faux kernel with the faux sound found in the market. It works beautifully there is also a beats bass enhancer that you can use with it.
****'ll Buff Out

I bought my s4 last night and the first thing I noticed was that the low speaker volume. I will preach viper mod. I came from the galaxy s2 running jellyverse 3.0 with viper pre installed and WOW the speaker volume is insane loud. On that phone. Thank you inlineboy for verification that this works. Ive searched and found nothing for s4, until now. Installing now ill come back with results.
Ok Back from install. I downloaded fx and XHiFi apks. Installed both drivers. In the Fx app I enabled eXtra Loud and sat it to extreme. Opened XHiFi Enabled it and sat both to small speakers. I did not tweak anything else and the speaker is 2x as loud. The ink effect lock screen is very loud now. Every sound on s4 is 2x loud. Overall Its a score. For those who want to fix their low volume problem, this is the it. I hope this helps someone. Im running stock rooted mdl. I rooted using chainfires method. Installed busybox.

miketucky350 said:
I bought my s4 last night and the first thing I noticed was that the low speaker volume. I will preach viper mod. I came from the galaxy s2 running jellyverse 3.0 with viper pre installed and WOW the speaker volume is insane loud. On that phone. Thank you inlineboy for verification that this works. Ive searched and found nothing for s4. Installing now ill come back with results.
Ok Back from install. I downloaded fx and XHiFi apks. Installed both drivers. In the Fx app I enabled eXtra Loud and sat it to extreme. Opened XHiFi Enabled it and sat both to small speakers. I did not tweak anything else and the speaker is 2x as loud. The ink effect lock screen is very loud now. Every sound on s4 is 2x loud. Overall Its a score. For those who want to fix their low volume problem, this is the it. I hope this helps someone. Im running stock rooted mdl. I rooted using chainfires method. Installed busybox.
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Can you provide a link.tia
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shizkoff777 said:
Can you provide a link.tia
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Here you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2237350 Its all in here and legit on rooted mdl. Its one amazing piece of software.
My google search was viperfx audio mod galaxy s4

miketucky350 said:
Here you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2237350 Its all in here and legit on rooted mdl. Its one amazing piece of software.
My google search was viperfx audio mod galaxy s4
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ViperFX is amazing. I have it baked into my E4GT ROMs and I'm running it now.
One thing I found is the driver folder needs to be on the external SD Card to have the drivers show up in the app.
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g_ding84 said:
ViperFX is amazing. I have it baked into my E4GT ROMs and I'm running it now.
One thing I found is the driver folder needs to be on the external SD Card to have the drivers show up in the app.
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Thats where I found it good ole e4gt. You guys done a great job with that phone. Your roms ran so good when I got my s4 it felt like a slower phone with a bigger screen! Glad to see the same faces over here.
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I am currently on The Blue Kuban ROM and it has the Viper Mod built in already. What settings should I adjust or is there something else I need to flash to get my main speaker louder?

powerstroke said:
I am currently on The Blue Kuban ROM and it has the Viper Mod built in already. What settings should I adjust or is there something else I need to flash to get my main speaker louder?
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I just installed both packages. Hit enable at top and tick xtra loud. After that it worked for me. All sounds much louder. The ink effect in public or the default text rijgtone whistle is so loud people look lol.
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miketucky350 said:
I just installed both packages. Hit enable at top and tick xtra loud. After that it worked for me. All sounds much louder. The ink effect in public or the default text rijgtone whistle is so loud people look lol.
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I am going to sound dense her but so what.....
What exactly did you do to "install both packages"?
I wear hearing aids and a louder rear speaker even for the alarm clock would be a godsend.

Quality and boost. Am I right g-ding?
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miketucky350 said:
Quality and boost. Am I right g-ding?
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Yes and for the phone speaker make sure this is checked......Xtra loud at the bottom of phone speaker setting. See SS
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powerstroke said:
I am currently on The Blue Kuban ROM and it has the Viper Mod built in already. What settings should I adjust or is there something else I need to flash to get my main speaker louder?
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In the SS above will boost the main speaker sound.
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Volume boost options after root & ROM?

Looking to see what options we have to adding a bit more volume to the media levels of the external speaker.
Running LeeDroid 2.2.2/2.2.8 and even with the "20% boost" the ext. speaker is still very quiet.
What methods are there of adding more "loudness" to our external speaker after we've rooted?
Post your personal experience if possible..
Thanks!
Imho none, besides using external speakers. Don't forget it's a tiny lil speaker, what you expect from it?
marleyb said:
Imho none, besides using external speakers. Don't forget it's a tiny lil speaker, what you expect from it?
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Yep, it's definitely a small speaker. I've heard more (at least louder) come from comparable units. So it's an understandable expectation.
Thanks for the reply! Apparently the DSP Manager is broken when used on most new ROMs so hopefully that comes back to life.
Any other thoughts/suggestions appreciated.
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Any other thoughts/suggestions appreciated.
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Boost the sounds with a pc application and copy them back to your SD (soundforge comes to mind)
marleyb said:
Boost the sounds with a pc application and copy them back to your SD (soundforge comes to mind)
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Yeah that would work with ringtones and notification tones well but wouldn't do much for media volumes. Especially when you're streaming.
Leedroid gingerbread Rom is louder quite a bit. Could always backup and try it. I can't go back to froyo even tho it will do more for me with custom kernel because I can actually hear my phone ring now.
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shtewps said:
Yeah that would work with ringtones and notification tones well but wouldn't do much for media volumes. Especially when you're streaming.
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thats true, but there is nothing more to get from the hardware as it is, HTC never been famous for there camera and speakers I'm afraid
Tezray said:
Leedroid gingerbread Rom is louder quite a bit. Could always backup and try it. I can't go back to froyo even tho it will do more for me with custom kernel because I can actually hear my phone ring now.
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Wow thats a really good suggestions, thanks. I didnt know GP has more effective volume boosts. I think I'll definitely do a nandroid and try it out... I mean, why not?
marleyb said:
thats true, but there is nothing more to get from the hardware as it is, HTC never been famous for there camera and speakers I'm afraid
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Sad, but true. However the Desire and Desire Z do have some impressive volume levels.
HTC have fixed the volume issues with the latest ota update for those on stock. My hdh is now very loud.
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cheesinar said:
HTC have fixed the volume issues with the latest ota update for those on stock. My hdh is now very loud.
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When was the update released? Do you know what kernel version that is?
Try this...
Martinhdk said:
Try this...
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I wouldn't suggest flashing that if you don't have a inspire 4G running cm7. :l
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shtewps said:
Looking to see what options we have to adding a bit more volume to the media levels of the external speaker.
Running LeeDroid 2.2.2/2.2.8 and even with the "20% boost" the ext. speaker is still very quiet.
What methods are there of adding more "loudness" to our external speaker after we've rooted?
Post your personal experience if possible..
Thanks!
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See if my post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991726 is any help to you.
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Try this...
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Isn't that just the audio fix for the tinny sound coming through the internal speaker while on the phone?
Yes sorry you are right. Its just the internal speaker. I have tried volume booster from market and that works very good to increase volume level, but only with earphones plugged in.
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When was the update released? Do you know what kernel version that is?
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Update was released in Asia a couple of weeks or so ago. Not sure about other locations.
Kernel version:
2.6.32.21-g46445e7
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Fri Jan 28 00:16:54 CST 2011
i recived tht ota update few weeks back too... improved the volume by alot
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Really? Are chefs not using the newer kernel?
Kudoboi, what kernel version are you on?
Do anybody know how and where to get that "ota update" ..?
I just buy a nes HTC Desire HD Telus and the volume is my main concern...
(Quebec Canada)

In call volume boost

I've been trying to find a way to boost the in call volume.tried dsp manager,volume+,and a method using gscript.nothing really noticeable though.wondering if anyone has found something better?
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mtnlion said:
I've been trying to find a way to boost the in call volume.tried dsp manager,volume+,and a method using gscript.nothing really noticeable though.wondering if anyone has found something better?
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In "Call Settings" you'll find a box for "Hearing Aids", check and enable this setting and you'll notice a slight increase in the volume.
Hope it helps,
BKF,OH44108
I'm running cm7 nightly 36.I looked again but didn't see the option.I think only the sense roms have it.thx though.
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Yeah I've noticed that the in call volume us a little low for me too. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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I am surprised at the lack of information and help on the net for this issue. The in-call volume, and the speakerphone, are very quiet. Forget the radio and driving with the windows down, a moderate breeze is enough... I press the phone hard against my ear and still don't catch everything.
I've used CM's DSP manager to boost the speaker signal, and this isn't enough.
Even with full volume & the DSP boost, there is very little crackle. It's as if the speaker is barely utilized.
I haven't met anyone else with an Aria, but every other Android phone I've seen works perfectly fine as, you know, a phone.
I've never found anything for cm that raised the volume to the level I'd like.however drowning child ported 2 different sense roms that actually have pretty good volume.better than stock or cm.
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(MOD)Beats Audio Flashable

XDA LINKAGE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525226
Have tested on both devices so thought just in case no one has seen this sweetness
Maybe some Rom will do this along with Sony Cam patch ;-)
Read developers op before you flash and have fun they're 3 different files to flash so read and see which one works for you.
The beats logo won't show nor will you see and equalizer option you will however hear the difference!
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Is this working on ICS?
Update:
Link for file in OP does mention it working on all versions, including ICS.
I flashed it on ICS and there are no apps or icons but I think its working, music sounds good anyway.
Yes it works on ics and its still beta so no icons or "proof" but I can tell you I can tell a big difference!
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Confirmed working on my A500 with ICS Taboo nay 3.0.1 and my Droid 3 with CM9/ICS. Beautiful sound.
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dincdoes.me said:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525226
Have tested on both devices so thought just in case no one has seen this sweetness
Maybe some Rome will do this along with Sony Cam patch ;-)
Read the op before you flash and have fun
The beats logo won't show nor will you see and equalizer option you will however hear the difference!
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Installed on my A500 no problem, had to use the newest zip to get it though. Helped the sound quite a bit.
Quick question...did you install it on your Inspire too? And did it work?
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Installed on my A500 no problem, had to use the newest zip to get it though. Helped the sound quite a bit.
Quick question...did you install it on your Inspire too? And did it work?
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Yes sir. It do
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Does this MOD work through the speakers of the a500 or do you need headphones in order to hear the difference? I'm kind of confused aren't beats audio headphones?
subnoize soulja said:
Does this MOD work through the speakers of the a500 or do you need headphones in order to hear the difference? I'm kind of confused aren't beats audio headphones?
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No, Beats headphones really have nothing to do with it for the most part. They may be more tailored to it, but overall sound quality should be improved with a good headset.
Nothing can improve the sound quality from the stock speakers
Except an "audio out" port
No luck installing
I downloaded the zip, but it wouldn't flash in CWM so I tried to extract it manually using root explorer. Then I did a reboot and fixed permissions, only to find out that my music player stopped playing almost all of my files (only 2 albums out of my ~1800 songs played) on Google Play Music. I ensured all the files were copied properly, rebooted to recovery and fixed permissions again, this time I got stuck in a boot loop. Ended up re-flashing my ROM and setting up everything again. Pretty sure I did something wrong, but I have no clue what. Judging from some of the responses in the main thread, it doesn't seem like it works anyway... Oh well, I'll stick with Dolby Advanced Audio for now..
Moscow Desire said:
No, Beats headphones really have nothing to do with it for the most part. They may be more tailored to it, but overall sound quality should be improved with a good headset.
Nothing can improve the sound quality from the stock speakers
Except an "audio out" port
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Agreed I have a pair of skull candy and they sound better than ever
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Bootloop
Thor's ICS v126
EDIT: older 314 version worked And yes, easy to hear big difference
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MJ-12 said:
Bootloop
Thor's ICS v126
EDIT: older 314 version worked And yes, easy to hear big difference
Cheers...
MJ-12
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Yea ill post in open that there are different versions that work for different people
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mod is great on acer a501 running alexandra.
one thing winamp force close and will not open anymore... using my stock player and is 10x better with headphones and my mini pod speakers
big thx
dr mcknight said:
mod is great on acer a501 running alexandra.
one thing winamp force close and will not open anymore... using my stock player and is 10x better with headphones and my mini pod speakers
big thx
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Please don't thank me for credit of making this cuz all I did was let you all know where to find it
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dincdoes.me said:
Please don't thank me for credit of making this cuz all I did was let you all know where to find it
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ok.....thanks for pointing me in that direction
Should I turn off Dolby after installing it?
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Should I turn off Dolby after installing it?
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No you should be fine with it on maybe Dolby will add more to the sound I'm trying to make a package that will flash stable beats with the Sony Picture enhancer!
But like I said you should be fine!
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My R11.5 special edition will have this beats audio mod and the bravia engine patch build in.
Got it running on my tab now for testing.
Just don't know which I should pick , I got the sgs20317 build in now and runs and installs fine.
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After some more testing I'm not building in the beats audio mod as it breaks musicFX equalizer in play music app.
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My R11.5 special edition will have this beats audio mod and the bravia engine patch build in.
Got it running on my tab now for testing.
Just don't know which I should pick , I got the sgs20317 build in now and runs and installs fine.
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After some more testing I'm not building in the beats audio mod as it breaks musicFX equalizer in play music app.
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Yea I think its been discussed in the original thread. Where some users experience broken equalizers on some media players. Have you tried the one not made for the sgs2? Like the test version or stable beta?
I will look and test the newer versions as I never tested them except on my phone awhile back no longer needed it due to my phone has beats included.
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[MOD]How To Use DSP MANAGER in Other Players and improve Sound Quality IN CM* Roms

As U All Know That Our S2(GT-I9100)Sound Quality is Not that much good As Other Devices HAve
We have Working DSPmanager In Both CM9/CM10 Roms But IF We Enable Bass Boost and Increase A Volume Little Bit The Sound Starts Distorting(I dontknow Word For it)
So Here Is My Settings And Apps To get Better SOund IN CM10/Cm9 Roms
I Like CM10 Rom More IN Terms Of Its SOund Quality
What U Need Is
1.Cm10/Cm9 Rom
2.Siyah 4.1.x + Kernel Link
3.Jetaudio app Link
4.Poweramp App Link
5.xxtweaker App by Fluxi Link
6.A Good Pair Of Earphones
After Installation Of All Above Things Do SAme AS I say
1.Open Jetaudio Play Any Song
Minimize it
2. Open Dsp manager And Setup BassBoost And Equalizer
Now U Will Here Dspmanager Bass And Eq Difference
3.Open Power Amp Go To Its Settings->Advance Audio Settings
Untick Direct Volume Control
4.Now Manage Its Equalizer (You Can Set According To You)
Play Any SOng Now DSPMANAGER WILL WORK WITH POWERAMP ALSO:angel::angel:
Now Open xxtweaker App i know Its Not Supported By SIyah Kernel just Open It
Cancel The Prompt
Goto Sound and Vibration Then Sound Settings
And Increment The Values AS Shown Above You can increment according to u also but dont change too much in Digital audio values
AFTER ALL THESE THINGS U WILL GET BETTER SOUND QUALITY WITH DSPMANAGER IN HIGH VOLUMES ALSO
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Is it okay to use Apollo? or do i have to be Jetaudio to have all those awesome config?
cheers
awesome config btw, loving the beats :good:
Really, really helpful! Thanks heaps, bro! This entire article is extremely effective for improving your sound quality, especially the part with xxTweaker. Here is a custom EQ preset made by me for pumping out the maximum possible bass without sacrificing mids and lows:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1709896
BTW, I've changed my headphones since that thread. I own Sennheiser PX100-IIs now, and I don't think I could find a pair better than these for the S II.
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Is it okay to use Apollo? or do i have to be Jetaudio to have all those awesome config?
cheers
awesome config btw, loving the beats :good:
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Not tested with apollo
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SufiSam said:
Really, really helpful! Thanks heaps, bro! This entire article is extremely effective for improving your sound quality, especially the part with xxTweaker. Here is a custom EQ preset made by me for pumping out the maximum possible bass without sacrificing mids and lows:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1709896
BTW, I've changed my headphones since that thread. I own Sennheiser PX100-IIs now, and I don't think I could find a pair better than these for the S II.
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I'm using the latest paranoid android and siyah kernel and followed all the steps except for the power amp stuff (don't have power amp)
in xxtweaks, I cancel the prompt, but when I go into sound and vibration, everything is greyed out
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PondaRox said:
I'm using the latest paranoid android and siyah kernel and followed all the steps except for the power amp stuff (don't have power amp)
in xxtweaks, I cancel the prompt, but when I go into sound and vibration, everything is greyed out
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Which version of siyah u are using
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4.1rc1
EDIT: got it working with 4.1.1 and the audio is AWESOME now. thanks button clicked
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I'm using Siyah 4.1.1 but all options in xxTweak are greyed out...
gebazzz said:
I'm using Siyah 4.1.1 but all options in xxTweak are greyed out...
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Make sure you are on siyah 4.1.1 and you have root access to xxtweaker app
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Working with cmiui also
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Thanks for this one.
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Would this work with Neutron Player?
rictee said:
Would this work with Neutron Player?
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Don't know try it
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I know we are talking about audio quality here, but I must say, the theme you are using is amazing
May I ask what you are using for that?
Know any equalizer/player able to set mono sound?
[no poweramp, didn't like it.]
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I know we are talking about audio quality here, but I must say, the theme you are using is amazing
May I ask what you are using for that?
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That a label theme
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marcellocord said:
Know any equalizer/player able to set mono sound?
[no poweramp, didn't like it.]
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Power amp has an option to set mono. Sound
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Power amp has an option to set mono. Sound
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I actually said "no poweramp"
does it work on stock rom?

Volume mod

Is there a way to increase max volume like on the international and tmobile note3?
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rambo8987 said:
Is there a way to increase max volume like on the international and tmobile note3?
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Here you go. I take no credit for it. I found it somewhere else on this forum, but can't find the link right now. You have to be rooted. Also make a Nandroid backup before flashing. Do it at your own risk, if anything goes wrong, it's not my fault. Make a backup of the file "snd_soc_msm_Taiko_CDP" located in /system/etc/snd_soc_msm/ somewhere on your sd card in case the stock volume zip doesn't restore the correct file later.
I tried the moderate volume, and it worked great. I would do the loud one, it might be too loud.
Good luck
rambo8987 said:
Is there a way to increase max volume like on the international and tmobile note3?
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Check out the app Viper4Android. Not only will it make your volumes louder, it also has a great EQ which will make everything sound much better.
airmaxx23 said:
Check out the app Viper4Android. Not only will it make your volumes louder, it also has a great EQ which will make everything sound much better.
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+1 for Viper4Android or beat music player's built in equalizer is better sounding bass in my opinion if it's just music that you care about
Note 2 Dual sim N9002
Hello All,
I used this moderate.zip on N9002 worked well however it crashes the sound on the sim in slot 2 thus no sound and microphone. The restore will not work and you will have to install backup..
Please be careful. I hope we can fix the problem as the patch definitely increase the volume on everything else.

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