Ever since the android 5.0 (and 5.0.1) update, my Nexus 10 has been acting up. If I turn the volume up past a certain point while using Bluetooth headphones, the volume will increase on its own to infinity, beyond the point where the headphones crackle from too high a volume, and it keeps going. It did this with the official update from Google, and it has done it in the past 2 Roms I have installed, both variants of Cyanogenmod, one a nightly and one an unofficial, regardless of what app I am using at the time. I can get a logcat if needed. Any help is appreciated, thanks!
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I've noticed a bug with the volume on my tab since the ICS update.
First time it came to my notice was when I made a video call through Talk and there was no volume and the microphone wasn't working either. I tried other apps (tried playing music), readjusted the volume but it wouldn't work. Started working after i restarted.
The other time while playing a video on YouTube the volume was stuck at full and it wouldn't change when I lowered it using my volume keys or through the touch interface. The volume bar was working though since it showed the volume level change but the music just kept blasting at the highest volume
The tablet is 100% stock (B70) and this never happened to me on HC since I bought it in August last year
This and many other minor and major issues with ICS have really frustrated me personally and I can no longer consider my tablet reliable. There has not been a single day since I bought it that I haven't used it but after the ICS upgrade I've found excuses to stick with using the laptop. I have found improvements with ICS though in few things, and I hate to whine about it, but the issues it comes with has far eclipsed the little pluses it has to offer. I was far happy with HC and I wish there was a rollback feature for the updates
So after about an hour and a half of searching XDA and Google I have yet to find a resolution that doesn't involve me opening up my phone and cutting the rubber around my microphone. Allow me to explain.
Since I can remember - I got my S4 in December of last year - I've had problems with people hearing me, low record volumes and so on. I rooted and modded my phone almost immediately after receiving it and never really had the chance to test on stock TW, but this problem has persisted at *least* since I switched to KitKat about 2 months before it was pushed OTA via Carbon, Pac ROM, and Vanir. I have made it a regular habit of removing any DSP/preinstalled audio software and using Viper4A, but I was hoping to get some sort of lead before I flashed again, revert to stock TW, or took apart my phone. EDIT: I still have the exact same issue without V4A installed and using stock DSP/settings.
This problem was reported fairly commonly with the SII and the Nexus 4, but the methods I have tried to solve the situation (*#*#197328640#*#*; Trickster Mod, no physical blockage, mixer_paths.xml does not exist...) have yielded no results. I tested with TeamSpeak and Zello's outbound transmit volume and there's a dramatic difference, but how to adjust this on a system-wide level still eludes me. Google Now, Sound Recorder, SoundHound and other apps have difficulty with any sort of recognition even in ideal settings (eg. quiet environments). I had to virtually yell to set up Google Now's "Ok, Google" system-wide feature requiring me to hold the device at arm's length.
I'm posting because I haven't seen any issues of this nature reported for the S4. Could anyone point me in the right direction? Kernel tweaks? File modification I'm missing? Anything?
Bump. I still have not been able to find a resolution to this issue.
I've had some issues with newer Bluetooth music receivers on my 6p. I've read about many Bluetooth issues but not this. The issue is that when the media volume is changed on the phone, the result is very uneven and jumpy. It can be like volume 1=low, 2=very loud, 3=slightly louder than 1, 4 and 5 continuing while 6 once again is super loud. Also sometimes changing the volume makes it immediately jump back to something else. This is super annoying and dangerous as max volume suddenly is pumped out on the next to lowest.
This happens on newer Bluetooth music receivers, assuming Bluetooth 4.0. Older receivers I've had for years belonging to a lower Bluetooth version is still problem free. This leads me to believe that the problem is related to the link between android media volume and the actual Bluetooth receiver volume.
Has anyone else had this problem? Can anything be done about it or is it simply a bug that Google has to fix? Nexus 6p, v6.0.1 stock with some xposed stuff.
Yes. I have that problem. Can't imagine we're the only ones. Am looking for a google complaint page, with no luck.
gni said:
Yes. I have that problem. Can't imagine we're the only ones. Am looking for a google complaint page, with no luck.
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This must be all 6ps, can't imagine just a few being affected. What I have noticed is that it only regards Bluetooth 4.x enabled devices. Below 4 is OK so it's just the newer stuff that screws up. Strange though you're the first noticing it.
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Having the same problem with mine
I noticed that after taking the OTA update to MHC19I that the bluetooth volume of a bluetooth audio device is no longer coupled to the android system's media volume.
The volumes used to be decoupled with Android 6.0. When 6.0.1 rolled out, they coupled the volumes. Now they are decoupled again. I'm wondering why they keep going back and forth on these design choices.
Anyway I was wondering if it was just a weird installation glitch with my 6P, or if others are indeed noticing the same behavior on their phones. Thanks for your feedback, guys.
There is no 6.1
I'm sure OP meant 6.0.1.
Same issue on my LG HBS-810.
iRub1Out said:
There is no 6.1
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I meant 6.0.1. I edited my original post to reflect this.
frylock87 said:
I noticed that after taking the OTA update to MHC19I that the bluetooth volume of a bluetooth audio device is no longer coupled to the android system's media volume.
The volumes used to be decoupled with Android 6.0. When 6.0.1 rolled out, they coupled the volumes. Now they are decoupled again. I'm wondering why they keep going back and forth on these design choices.
Anyway I was wondering if it was just a weird installation glitch with my 6P, or if others are indeed noticing the same behavior on their phones. Thanks for your feedback, guys.
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I'm guessing it's because the coupliing has been problematic. For me, I can't set the volume low enough for a lot of media sources when using Bluetooth headphones. I've been using a buggy equalizer app to bring down the volumes, but I'm happy to hear about the de-coupling. I hope they figure out a better way to do the coupling eventually.
highvista said:
I'm guessing it's because the coupliing has been problematic. For me, I can't set the volume low enough for a lot of media sources when using Bluetooth headphones. I've been using a buggy equalizer app to bring down the volumes, but I'm happy to hear about the de-coupling. I hope they figure out a better way to do the coupling eventually.
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I just updated my 6P and the Bluetooth volume is still coupled to my headset volume. Darn.
I'm using powerbeats 2 bluetooth and they are still coupled. I'm running DU test build with the new vendor. Is there something I need to switch off?
I noticed this yesterday as well. Couldn't figure out why volume changes on my Jaybirds X2 wasn't adjusting the volume on my device. On the one hand, I prefer it as I just boost device volume to max and use the headphones to adjust listening volume. But, on the other, I wish they would stop going back and forth.
nycebo said:
I noticed this yesterday as well. Couldn't figure out why volume changes on my Jaybirds X2 wasn't adjusting the volume on my device. On the one hand, I prefer it as I just boost device volume to max and use the headphones to adjust listening volume. But, on the other, I wish they would stop going back and forth.
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I'm actually using the same exact headphones that I'm experiencing this behavior with. Maybe it's just the Jaybird X2 that have this problem with the new update. I haven't had the chance to test this theory with any other bluetooth device, though.
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I'm actually using the same exact headphones that I'm experiencing this behavior with. Maybe it's just the Jaybird X2 that have this problem with the new update. I haven't had the chance to test this theory with any other bluetooth device, though.
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Yeah, I liked it better when the volumes were synced up so it was easy to know what the volume was. But, like some have mentioned higher in the thread, they weren't able to get the volume low enough when the volumes were synced up. Man, this stuff never happens with iPhones. And no, not mine...but my wife has one! Android all the way since inception. But still, it's a tad irksome.
They've been going back and forth with this for years. TBH it's really frustrating. They did the same change when the Nexus 5 came out after the initial build the Nexus 5 shipped with at launch.
My media player volume keeps increasing and decreasing randomly and this is extremely irritating while listening to music. The only solution, albeit a temporary one, is to restart the phone every time this happens. But its just a matter of time before it starts randomly fluctuating again. Is there any solution for this?
Hi.
Maybe the problem is that your audio sources have different volume levels. In this case you should look for an app that use something called ReplayGain. I think Poweramp use it. I don't know about others...
Edit: just adding a link which explain it better than me maybe
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReplayGain
I had this problem on my 6P also. This just suddendly came after 2 weeks running on stock without any updates or anything. 1 week later still on same stock it got even worse. The fysical volume buttons stopped responding and I where only able to regulate the volume through software.
I then desided to f*ck the stock, root and use cyanogenmod/lineageOS roms instead and none of the problems have returned. The problems could maybe have been resolved just with a normal factory reset ? But overall the phone runs smoother and better than stock.