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Low Voice Calls when on a Wired Headset

When I'm using a wired headset to talk to someone on a call the volume is kinda low, I have it set max but its still pretty low, works fine on speaker or BT. Also the same wired headset works very loud when on a movie or music, just low when on a call.
Any fix to this?

Would like to know this aswell... Impossible to hear what people are saying when using the headset

I too find that headset and speaker volume are low. ( comparison to few other phones )
Cannot hear in a noisy environment.
Tried Volume + but does not seem to help .

I experienced this problem as well. Looks like this is a hardware problem (either the pin or the socket).
Try using a different headset - one without a mic. You sould see a significant gain in volume.
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Its a hardware issue, swapped my phone for a new one today and dont have the problem anymore.
The service menu edit doesnt really help at all and the volume gain is minimal.
Anyone else having issues like this should request your carrier or samsung for a replacement. It only happens to a handful of phones.
I assume there are two seperate audio chips, the yamaha one for audio and another for voice calls??
Can anyone confirm?

Volume headphone jack.

Here's my issue, hooking up the phone thru the headphone jack to the aux of my benz the volume level is extremely low. I have the volume on phone all the way up. I have to turn it up extremely loud on the car volume to hear it. Is there like a child protection volume setting or? Didn't have this issue with the gnex
Thanks for any help...
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Hi,
This is the same for me Anyone got a solution?

Pandora is much quieter than Google Play if you're using one or the other. I find the volume on mine to be on par with my MP3 player so I am satisfied. If you haven't run an aux into your car before you may be just unaware of how 'loud' you have to make it. My car stereo has been to turned up to 45 to hear it while driving, but I listen to the FM radio on like 22.
Nothing much else I can say about this sorry.

You are correct. Its much much lower. My n4 on my car stereo is at like 30 compared to my wife's iPhone at 20. Through Bluetooth its a bit more normal.
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I actually find my N4's headphone jack to be a bit louder than my LG G2x's; I have to turn down the speakers from where I had been setting them. (Both require a higher volume than the radio or a CD, though.)

Yea I can't even listen to music without hearing other peoples conversation on the train, Stock Android Volume has always been Low what the heck is Google smoking , the iPhone has great volume levels, I know the N4 3.5mm jack is more than capable

Had the GSM Galaxy Nexus before the N4. In my car, the volume goes from 0-40, 40 being max. On my GN I had the volume from 15 to 25, with 25 being incredibly loud. Anything above that would probably make your ears bleed.
On my N4 with the volume all of the way up and the EQ off (loudest setting) I have to turn the volume up to 40 to hear it at all. I'd say my GN at this volume level would mean my car was on 10, whereas with my N4 is has to be at 40.
The volume is MASSIVELY lower - basically unusably so. I've warrantied out my current N4 in hopes that this is a hardware problem, but after seeing threads like this, I'm beginning to wonder if it's just ridiculously low on purpose.

I don't notice it on headphones/car aux in, I do notice it on a cheap set of external speakers...I haven't found a fix.

any of you tried the volume+ app from the store? I used it on my Sony xperia and it did the trick....
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Atrix27 said:
Here's my issue, hooking up the phone thru the headphone jack to the aux of my benz the volume level is extremely low. I have the volume on phone all the way up. I have to turn it up extremely loud on the car volume to hear it. Is there like a child protection volume setting or? Didn't have this issue with the gnex
Thanks for any help...
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Problem solved through Bluetooth Audio: http://www.amazon.com/GOgroove-BlueGate-Wireless-Bluetooth-Headphones/dp/B00727FE5U/

my headphone goes in crooked.
Yeah.

I tried my bluetooth adapter and, while it's slightly louder, it's still not really that loud. Why do manufacturers choose to make the volume out on phones SOOOO quiet?
Also, Bluetooth audio (A2DP) always sounds so bad to me. I'd much rather have a real, physical connection.

This just seems to be what you get with Android phones. They dont get it. At 100% volume it should be as loud as the radio or CD, except its like 30% lower. My iPod touch and regular ipod were just as loud as the radio and I didnt need to adjust the volume when switching between sources, on my Android stuff I have to crank the stereo volume to unsafe levels and then hope to god I remember to turn it down before switching to the radio. If Im riding on a loud road I have to turn the volume up to like 80% to hear it, that would blow out my speakers if I switched to radio at that volume.
Android makers simply dont understand that AUX needs a pure audio signal at native db, they design the phones for headphone use and have probably never even heard of AUX.

qwahchees said:
my headphone goes in crooked.
Yeah.
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lol mine is crooked too. I'll get used to it I guess

I'm having the same issue and its driving me crazy! I read somewhere to try "Volume+" but apparently its not compatible with Jelly Bean...

Low earphone volume - Solved !
My friend who is an audio engineer, measured the audio output from nexus 4.
This is what he recommended.
Use a earphone with 16 ohm impedence. (Most commercial phones are 30 ohm).
The sensitivity of the earphone must be 108 dB/mW or higher. Higher the better.
Sensitivity measures the efficiency of conversion of electrical enery into sound.
Based on this, I bought a JVC HA-F150-B. Now audio volume is practically doubled.
You can buy one at ebay for cheap prices.

i have the same problem hooking up my nexus to my car stereo through aux. at first i thought it was just the songza app, but i had no issues with it on my gnex. its to the point where its so low i had to crank my volume on phone and car stereo all the way up and it was still not even as loud as say a cd at half the volume. tried volume + which i was using on my gnex but it doesnt seem to work with my nexus 4. its so annoying .

I bought a Fiio E6 headphone amplifier and called it a day. Problem solved for me at least.

It's not a problem with the phone, it's a problem with the car receiver expecting higher voltage.
Go through the receiver manual and find out if there is a way to adjust the input voltage.

Bump.
I'm facing exactly the same. I'm coming from a cheap Huawei phone that sufferered the same problem (extremely low output, though not as clean) but before that I was using a tiny Samsung Galaxy 5 which cost £30 new and had PERFECT audio/levels on all roms.
I do most of my listening via Tunein which doesn't have any kind of built in amp which can help. I have to crank the volume to max (50 on my Blaupunkt unit) to hear it at an acceptable level, and often that isn't enough. I use radio traffic reports but god help me and the cars around me if they come in while the N4 is hooked up, it'd be deafening!
Surely this can be fixed? I understand the need for safe volumes but there's nothing safe about having to crank everything to max only to have your eardrums popped when you go to listen to the radio.
Very frustrating!!

Bluetooth Volume Low

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to boost bluetooth playback volume. I have beats wireless studio headphones and they are definitely not as loud as they were when using them with my g3 on CM12. I do remember them being this low on the stock lg rom but when I switched over to CM the sound drastically increased. I am looking for a no root solution if possible as I am stock for the time being. I can't even feel any bass from these things and that's what they are supposed to be for lol. Any help is appreciated, thank you!

Interesting. CM12 killed my BT volume on my HAM2. I find BT audio to be just as loud as other devices I have. One thing I've noticed is that BT max volume seems louder if I make sure volume is maxed out before pairing, especially on devices that take over phone volume controls.
Unpair the headphones. Turn phone volume to maximum. Turn headphones volume to maximum. Then pair.

I'm interested as well the mixer_paths would be where we need to look but they look different than I've seen before. I've found a mod from 2014 I'll report back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799537

Has someone sorted out the bt volume? I also have a very low volume over the bluetooth music, as I'm using it in the car...

It also depends on the headphone I have different Bluetooth headphones and some are loud and some are not.

Well it's not headphone previous nexus 5x was fine, if there is a way to increase bt volume

Viper4arise solved the problem, however 7.1.2 also make the bt volume normal, problem fixed
Just is someone have the samr issue

The P9 is also a little less loud on BT than any other phone i had.

Low volume with Bluetooth.

Overall om really satisfied with my x style but I have one really annoying issue with mine, low Bluetooth volume both in calls and music podcasts etc. Coming from a opo where I had no issues with volume at all this is a bit of a let down. I thought that mm would solve it, a bit at least (why I thought that, or have no idea hoping for the best I guess.) but it's still at max setting it's just a tad bit higher than normal speaking volume.
Is there any one else that have experienced this? Maybe there's even a fix?
headset is sony sbh20, I actually have two same issue with both but not on the opo

I use the Moto Surround headphones. Volume is OK but could have just a little more boost for noisy environs or when I'm doing the vacuuming!
For Podcasts I use Pocket Casts which has a volume booster which works. Also the best podcaster out there.

I mainly use pocket casts and Google music, but I've also tried Spotify, songza youtube, and it's the same issue, been fiddling with gmusics eq doesn't matter. The front speakers works great so I assume there's some conflict with the headset, fu*k i don't know.

I just switched from a Note 3, and at least for my car radio, the sound is MUCH louder than my note 3. I'm at almost 1/2 volume on my Pure, and on my Note 3, I have to have it at max (Override the volume limiter) to keep from going deaf when I switch to the radio!!!!

My bluetooth volume kind of sucks too. In my car, if I take the phone and connect via Bluetooth I have to crank the volume to ~75% to be listenable, while if I take the same phone and car and plug in the aux jack, volume can be half of that.

It's a real bummer because I really like the freedom of bt, I can leave my phone anywhere in the apartment and just use the headset. Wired headphones paired with my phone is just a hassle

What's the issue with headset volume?

I'm just curious what the reported issue is with the wired headset volume on the Nexus 6P. I just tried mine for the first time (I don't often wear headphones) and I was unable to go to the maximum volume. The loudest I could go without hurting my ears was 2 notches down from maximum. So, for me, the headset volume is more than adequate. It is at least as loud as my Nexus 5 was. So, for the people reporting issues with the headset volume and the need to boot it via root+mod, do they 1. Have a hardware defect 2. Have a headset that requires more amplification than my Sennheisser ear buds, or 3. Have less sensitive ears?
As for sound quality, I didn't put too much attention into it, but there wasn't any immediately obvious difference for me vs. my old N5.

tdimarzio said:
I'm just curious what the reported issue is with the wired headset volume on the Nexus 6P. I just tried mine for the first time (I don't often wear headphones) and I was unable to go to the maximum volume. The loudest I could go without hurting my ears was 2 notches down from maximum. So, for me, the headset volume is more than adequate. It is at least as loud as my Nexus 5 was. So, for the people reporting issues with the headset volume and the need to boot it via root+mod, do they 1. Have a hardware defect 2. Have a headset that requires more amplification than my Sennheisser ear buds, or 3. Have less sensitive ears?
As for sound quality, I didn't put too much attention into it, but there wasn't any immediately obvious difference for me vs. my old N5.
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Never understood this myself, I too have sennheiser in-ear earphones, I never go to max volume.
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I have Sennheiser in ear phones and at max volume it sounds normal. But in a loud area (subway, airport, etc) it will be difficult to hear a quiet song.

I have sennheiser over the ears, and the sound is not very loud at all at max.
wasnt on my N5 either... I dont wanna root, but this is the only thing that may change my mind

From experience, the 5x and 6p's wired volume is significantly less loud than the Moto (G 2015, X Pure) or iPhone (5, 6), or, for that matter, any desktop/laptop. On those, I usually play music around 50% on my ATH-M50x, but on the 5x/6p, I had to crank it up to two clicks from the top for the same perceived volume.
Not sure if it's software or a chip/amp thing.

The headset volume is fine for me as well... It is lower than several of my last phones, but it's plenty loud.
I had several of the last HTC One phones M7, M8, M9....Which all sounded amazing and had too much volume IMO, The MOTO X Pure and Galaxy S6 were both also louder than the 6P, and louder than you really need.
The only time I have seen an issue, is when I plug into the AUX port on my car stereo and play music.... Some of the older, lower volume songs require me to turn my phone up 100% and the volume on my radio is about 80-85% the way up. Not really a problem, until I unplug it and my radio comes in about 3 times louder.

Now that I think about it, weirdly, Bluetooth headset volume is also lower.
I pair with a Moto Surround BT headset and on the Moto G, I could have the phone at 50% and headset at 50% and it was plenty loud. With the 6P, if I am lifting in a busy gym I can hear everyone talking around me even at max volume.
Odd.