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miui louder speaker

Hey guys
I have been playing around with miui for the past week and was quite disappointed at how much quieter everything seemed compared to stock. I started trying to improve the volume but all i got was distorted noise. Anyway, after a lot of experiment i have found the right combination.
Just want to point out that i am not responsible for any damage to may cause to your phone in trying this.
I am running BlendMIUI v9
What i did:
1. disabled xloud in build.prop. changed ro.semc.sound_effects_enabled= to false, ro.semc.xloud.supported= to false and persist.service.xloud.enabled= to 0.
2. downloaded Volume+ (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449513) credits to meltus for this amazing app.
3. set settings to:
speaker modifications=enabled
virtual room effect=disabled
eq settings=spoken word
volume level=+10
bass enhance=0
advanced settings - speaker modifications=disabled
left eq settings at bottom untouched.
4. disabled the eq in the music app. It is important to disable any other eq settings/programs for this to work, including dsp manager, as the 2 conflict.
With anything other than these settings the sound was very distorted but these settings are clear and alot louder. Just wanted to share my experience and hope it helps somebody else.
If i have helped you please click "thanks"
Cheers
Brezzz

Is built-in dsp manager don't help...with this you can easy hack your speaker volumes.
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DSP manager would not work for me, only got distortion. this is the only method that worked for me so thought i would share

How to increase volume?

I Downloaded the mod that increases volume for headphones and speakers (the one found in g2 Android development, NOT the Viper4 mod)
However, the volume is still not loud enough, is there something I can do to increase the volume even further? (he edited the snd_taiko file - but i have no clue what values to change...)

So did you save the stock file?

Use ViPER4Android, best iv used!

Viper/ A.R.I.S.E Audio SUCKS on S7 Edge

Hi All,
Just wanted to share my experience with Viper. I tried A.R.I.S.E on supermanRom 2.4 and found samsung adapt sound to be much cleaner and superior to VIPER on my sennheiser earphones. All Viper did was just amp the sound with the AGC turned on and make it sound like i am inside a boombox. I tried turning off the AGC, still i feel samsung adapt sound to be more punchy and cleaner. What is your experience? I've read all this hype on Viper, but all to realize its just a hype.

You results will vary based on what settings you use, choosing too many may lead to overprocecing. You may want to look at profiles for viper. For me a.r.i.s.e deuteronomy 2.4 works great. Also, did you try any other options, agc is meant to amp the sound.

coolbuy said:
Hi All,
Just wanted to share my experience with Viper. I tried A.R.I.S.E on supermanRom 2.4 and found samsung adapt sound to be much cleaner and superior to VIPER on my sennheiser earphones. All Viper did was just amp the sound with the AGC turned on and make it sound like i am inside a boombox. I tried turning off the AGC, still i feel samsung adapt sound to be more punchy and cleaner. What is your experience? I've read all this hype on Viper, but all to realize its just a hype.
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I don't necessarily disagree with you. I think it depends on the headphones being used. Personally I find I get the best sound with viper and a custom IRS. The best sound I ever got out of the aux port on a Samsung phone with the Wolfson chip requires faux sound; I find it is the only way to increase the gain without crackling. Realistically I would be fine without any audio modifications if I could increase the gain through faux sound.

donkeykongking said:
I don't necessarily disagree with you. I think it depends on the headphones being used. Personally I find I get the best sound with viper and a custom IRS. The best sound I ever got out of the aux port on a Samsung phone with the Wolfson chip requires faux sound; I find it is the only way to increase the gain without crackling. Realistically I would be fine without any audio modifications if I could increase the gain through faux sound.
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Surely using the volume mod is enough?
I found a lot of sound mods simply raised the noise floor of my headphones and increased background hiss regardless. Ears got used to it after a while but I am happy using my RHA MA 750i and M50x without Viper or ARISE. I hear no additional noise when using the sound mod that increases volume from the headphone jack.

Galactus said:
Surely using the volume mod is enough?
I found a lot of sound mods simply raised the noise floor of my headphones and increased background hiss regardless. Ears got used to it after a while but I am happy using my RHA MA 750i and M50x without Viper or ARISE. I hear no additional noise when using the sound mod that increases volume from the headphone jack.
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It's not that the volume mod is "enough". I always found that volume mods which modify the mixer values push the gain to a point that causes it to crackle at certain decible levels. Whenever I modified the EQ after boosting the volume with faux sound I could get clear bass and treble at high volumes without a crackling sound. Is it because faux sound worked at a kernel level? Therefore actually boosting the amount of power outputted through the headphone jack, whereas mixer value changes attempted to reach a certain decibel level with stock power output?
I would like to add that I am not unappreciative of all the work developers have put into audio development for our phone. Without Zubi's sound mod the audio on the s7 edge would be pathetic IMO.

donkeykongking said:
It's not that the volume mod is "enough". I always found that volume mods which modify the mixer values push the gain to a point that causes it to crackle at certain decible levels. Whenever I modified the EQ after boosting the volume with faux sound I could get clear bass and treble at high volumes without a crackling sound. Is it because faux sound worked at a kernel level? Therefore actually boosting the amount of power outputted through the headphone jack, whereas mixer value changes attempted to reach a certain decibel level with stock power output?
I would like to add that I am not unappreciative of all the work developers have put into audio development for our phone. Without Zubi's sound mod the audio on the s7 edge would be pathetic IMO.
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It is possible that it is due to the kernel, but with zubi's sound mod I get no noticeable distortion on bass or crackling highs, even on my modded Piston 2 that is very sibilant. Volume levels are also way above what I would need, so I am just a bit surprised that you have to crank the volume up so much that EQ boosts are actually causing this. Power hungry cans, I can imagine causing this but if you are talking about IEMS then yeah I am surprised lol

I use one of the DFX-Hiphop-modern with the AudioPhile4 pofile, and both the sound in my car and in mu headphones are insane!
My car has Bowers & Wilkins with 27 speakers. It plays like hell has burnt over with my S7 and Bluetooth connection

Yes the stock ROM sound is punchier and cleaner than what viper has to offer.. I removed viper after thorough testing..

Viper sound quality is horrible with SamPWND root method...why?

I've rooted my US Verizon galaxy s8 using the steps on this forum. The first thing I did was grab the Aroma 2.4 installer for installing arise sound mod (which includes viper and simplifies some manual steps). Viper sound is horrible quality.
I started fresh again by wiping data. This time, I did the following as this was suggested in the SamPWND thread:
1) freeze Samsung soundalive in titanium
2) copy audio effects file from viper to /system/vendor/etc
3) install viper apk
4) our bootloader is locked and so the next step of using magisk doesn't seem to apply, so simply open viper and configure it
I'm running viper in compatible mode. I didn't need to set kernel to permissive. While listening to music, in parallel I adjust the eq and definitely can hear viper taking effect.
Even with stock eq settings and trying to set gain limits:
1) music sounds way overpowered...seems cutting in and out
2)bass is fine until mid and high ranges pick up
3) vocals are harsh on the S sound
4) highs are tinny
5) mids sound muddy and in a tunnel
What am I missing? I've never seen viper make things worse before!!!

Is there away to make the volume for Media louder? Aux & headphones aren't loud.

Headphones and AUX isn't getting loud enough. In the car I must blast full volume to even to get a decent sound but it won't ever get loud! It sucks! Is there a way to fix this?

There's a magisk module that increases the max volume for aux/bluetooth playback. Pretty sure it's just a build.prop setting, so would need root at the very least. Otherwise there are alternative 'sound processors' like viper4android which exist as magisk or xposed modules, that allow further tweaking for gain and loudness.

Dolby Atmos (Universal) from coolstardevil
dabadguycr said:
Headphones and AUX isn't getting loud enough. In the car I must blast full volume to even to get a decent sound but it won't ever get loud! It sucks! Is there a way to fix this?
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I will give you the app that allows you to have great sound, with extreme volume. You must flash this with TWRP or a custom recovery
Download the Dolby Atmos zip here
When you open the app turn on Volume Leveler, you will see the difference
Otherwise if you don't have a custom recovery there is a couple app on the play store that will help you out but I find alot of distortion in the music with these apps activated

InfinityXDA said:
I will give you the app that allows you to have great sound, with extreme volume. You must flash this with TWRP or a custom recovery
Download the zip, this is the link for the uninstaller
When you open the app turn on Volume Leveler, you will see the difference
Otherwise if you don't have a custom recovery there is a couple app on the play store that will help you out but I find alot of distortion in the music with these apps activated
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Cmon... don't post direct downloads on xda - link to the project page. Developers put a lot of work into what they give us for free, the least you can do is point users to a thread where they can see what they are downloading as well as look for support when things go wrong. You arent helping out anyone when you just blindly say 'download and flash this' - best case scenario you get inundatedwith countless pm's, worst case you help some idiot break their phone.
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To the OP, a side note.. every time you plug in an aux cord or headset, android automatically lowers its media volume to a 'safe level'. So every time you plug it in, you will need to manually increase the volume after acknowledging a warning about that very same thing. Can't be avoided without hacking a change, either via an xposed module like gravity box or a custom rom.
That said, the media volume/impedance leaves much to be desired.. which is why many turn to atmos or viper4android, which level out volumes and add gain - they butcher the actual audio quality, at the expense of increased perceived loudness. But lets be honest - very few that care about loudness worry about fidelity (I'm one of the few)

-n0cturne- said:
There's a magisk module that increases the max volume for aux/bluetooth playback. Pretty sure it's just a build.prop setting, so would need root at the very least. Otherwise there are alternative 'sound processors' like viper4android which exist as magisk or xposed modules, that allow further tweaking for gain and loudness.
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Uhm I'm going to look around the build.prop. I found away you can edit build.prop without rooting.

InfinityXDA said:
I will give you the app that allows you to have great sound, with extreme volume. You must flash this with TWRP or a custom recovery
Download the Dolby Atmos zip here
When you open the app turn on Volume Leveler, you will see the difference
Otherwise if you don't have a custom recovery there is a couple app on the play store that will help you out but I find alot of distortion in the music with these apps activated
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I'll try it out see what happens.
EDIT: Works awesome!!! It even has 100x better sounds now at a lot higher levels. So crisp, cleaner bass, better mids.

Thanks given guys - installed on my H1611 too after reading this thread . It does install into the system partition for anyone wondering.
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Beware that your notification volume may be higher than what you are expecting with notification volume set to the lowest audible level when Dolby Atmos is on/enabled. Fortunately Dolby Atmos has an off switch. And watch out if you turn the Volume Leveler on

Edit: Oh and call volume is tweaked with the "Volume Leveler" so be careful!!!

I would avoid turning Volume Leveler on until first observing the effects on volumes with just Dolby Atmos on, then test with Surround Virtualizer on, then with Dialogue Enhancer on. Only turn Volume Leveler on if you don't get enough volume with the other settings on.
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Edit: Oh and call volume is tweaked with the "Volume Leveler" so be careful!!!
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