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Callers are very quiet

Hello,
since yesterday i got my new HTC Snap and i got a big problem. Often the callers are very quiet. I can't understand them. Does anybody know this problem? Is there a reg. key to change the volume to a higher level than normaly?

bieza said:
Hello,
since yesterday i got my new HTC Snap and i got a big problem. Often the callers are very quiet. I can't understand them. Does anybody know this problem? Is there a reg. key to change the volume to a higher level than normaly?
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I noticed that too when i got mine, then i removed the plastic sticker/cover from the phone and BAM, instant boost in sound...
Other then that I really dont know of a way to boost output, Mine has a way to boost audio through Headphones, maybe someone can take that and apply it to the builtin speakers?

looooool
you are right. How silly i'am ;-)
THANKS BRO'

You can try:
go to HKLM\software\HTC\SOFTWARE\AUDIGAIN\
speaker:
EAC_GAIN_EMBEDDED to 71
CODEC_GAIN_EMBEDDED to 07
headphones:
EAC_GAIN_HEADSET to 71
CODEC_GAIN_HEADSET to 07
You may need to add them but they were present in my HTC Dash 3G. It really boosted my audio. Louder then 71 and 07 caused the speakers to distort. You might have to play with your audio levels to find a comfort zone.

Sound too quiet, try this.

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.

Speaker/Headphones issue :)

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?

DeepankarS said:
@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?

Low Call Volume

Hey guys,
Recently my in call volume has been insanely low. Like I can barely make out what I'm hearing low. But when I put the call on speaker it works fine, and regular audio works fine so I assume it's not a speaker issue. Anybody know how to solve this issue?

TheHoopMan said:
Hey guys,
Recently my in call volume has been insanely low. Like I can barely make out what I'm hearing low. But when I put the call on speaker it works fine, and regular audio works fine so I assume it's not a speaker issue. Anybody know how to solve this issue?
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make sure the mic on the back under the camera is not bieng covered. (by a case or your finger)

krolla03 said:
make sure the mic on the back under the camera is not bieng covered. (by a case or your finger)
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I have no case and it's definitely not my finger. I think it's a software bug of some sort. People can hear me fine, I just can't hear them.

Root, flash elementalx kernel, install ex manager, go to sound, and bingo!!

[A2017G] Bottom speaker louder than top speaker

STILL NOT FIXED
I have rooted and unlocked my Axon 7 (A2017G) and edited the mixer_paths.xml file to make the audio output louder.
But there's a little problem (and I don't know if it's because of the mixer paths edit, I don't think so)
My top speaker sounds a lot more dull than my bottom speaker. My bottom speakers seem to be louder too.
How to check this? And are there more people experiencing this?
Thanks in advance.

Did not do anything to my A2017G, but I find that my top speaker is louder and "sparks" when near at full volume

nigelnkj said:
Did not do anything to my A2017G, but I find that my top speaker is louder and "sparks" when near at full volume
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Some say it's dust, but I don't know how. I haven't called with this phone much.

Bump. It's everywhere. Even on LineageOS, bottom speaker is almost twice as loud :/ It can't be dust.

BUMP
This problem is getting on my nerves. The bottom speaker is twice as loud and crispy as the top speaker, which sounds dull.
Anyone else had this and possibly fixed it?

Two questions
Did you try to reset your phone and test the speakers again?
Is there the same problem on YouTube and mp3 music files?

SilentEYE said:
Two questions
Did you try to reset your phone and test the speakers again?
Is there the same problem on YouTube and mp3 music files?
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1. Yes I switched between roms to test modems and other stuff for ZTE.
2. Ofcourse. It's obviously the same on every output.
I guess it's just a hardware fault, but I thought maybe someone would have fix (clean it or something?)

Then I would say that this is an hardware problem indeed.

Having the same issue here, thought that other ROM will provide the fix but still zilch. Rooting the phone only meant the void of guarantee so not really good move there either.
I read somewhere online that usually bottom speaker is the one to go out first and that global version has the speakers a lot different then American and Chinese version). Any other possible fixes before replacing it? And where to find the replacement too?
Update: it should be software related since the sound in earphones has the same problem - only inverted. Which means there should be a tweak in binary or something?

I'm willing to pay to whoever makes this problem disappear. I'm beyond the point of helplessness here...

Fixed!
Fixed the issue finally! ??
Go to:
- settings
- advanced settings
- accessibility
- mono speaker output.
For the last trick to work, just try to disable it, then enable it and restart the device. Disable it again when device rebooted. Worked as a charm for me! So I'll be saving me some money ???

oFFgotoFF said:
Fixed the issue finally!
Go to:
- settings
- advanced settings
- accessibility
- mono speaker output.
For the last trick to work, just try to disable it, then enable it and restart the device. Disable it again when device rebooted. Worked as a charm for me! So I'll be saving me some money
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Omg! This problem was bugging me since day 1, but could not find any solution to this... But I've tried what you said and it works wonders! Can't believe I can now finally listen to music the way it was intented, since having a speaker with lower volume on a stereo setup is very annoying. Thank you very much for sharing the solution with us!

Andrew-X said:
Omg! This problem was bugging me since day 1, but could not find any solution to this... But I've tried what you said and it works wonders! Can't believe I can now finally listen to music the way it was intented, since having a speaker with lower volume on a stereo setup is very annoying. Thank you very much for sharing the solution with us!
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You're welcome buddy, I can imagine your happiness and that smile is thanks enough. Cheers.