Hi guys,
i need your opinion concerning the call quality . I have read on Android Authority Blog that the tester was not delighted by the audio feature of the Mi Mix .
He write : " Speaking of calls, there is really no other way to put it – the ceramic vibration that replaces the phone speaker is just not a good alternative. Not only because of the nature having just one piece of vibrating material, but also because it is tucked below the layer of screen and ceramic.
There is simply not enough sound emitting from the top of the phone to make calls comfortable to listen to, much less in loud environments. I moved the phone around a lot because I thought I was just landing it improperly on my ear, but it was just not loud enough for my calls" .
What's your opinion ?
Regards.
I've not really had any problem with it, it's initially quiet but if you turn up the volume it's fine. The phone can even be heard when not to your ear.
paulrgod said:
I've not really had any problem with it, it's initially quiet but if you turn up the volume it's fine. The phone can even be heard when not to your ear.
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Yeap, I've no issues with sound so far when it comes to calls.
Music audio is pretty good too. While I'm no audiophile, it does should better than my Note 5 and Lenovo Phab 2 Pro (returned in less than a week of ownage).
I find it totally satisfactory. For sure, it is not as clear as a dedicated loudspeaker but I have had no problems hearing calls. I actually enjoy the novelty of hearing sound come out of the frame and appreciate the technology involved.
Call audio is fine.
The difference is the direction of the audio, it's not as direct to the ear as a conventional phone speaker. Not any worse or better, just different.
As mentioned here, just bump up the volume if needed & you'll be fine.
If call privacy is often a concern in an otherwise extremely quiet environment, a Bluetooth may be in order. In most other scenarios, I'd say it's a non-issue.
It works well for me & I'll take this design w/the added benefit of more display real estate every time.
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My call volume is low since start even after upping the volume.is thee anything i can do? No warranty in uae
gauravsuneja said:
My call volume is low since start even after upping the volume.is thee anything i can do? No warranty in uae
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is there any mixer file one can modify? (would need root I guess)
(I do not own this device)
Someone mentioned to install Viper4Android if you have root to boost the sound level.
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Are you satisfied with the external speakers on the Desire HD?
Everyone please answer the poll so we can get an accurate idea of what Desire HD users think about the external speakers.
I've read so many post on how bad their speaker is, but I must say, either I have bad ears, or I'm lucky, and got one with a great speaker. No problem making it loud enough, and I can even make it too loud. All without any crackling, or distortion. I love it!
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I've read so many post on how bad their speaker is, but I must say, either I have bad ears, or I'm lucky, and got one with a great speaker. No problem making it loud enough, and I can even make it too loud. All without any crackling, or distortion. I love it!
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I guess it may be a 1st batch issue then. If your speakers really are good it would mean that all our speakers are faulty. If this is the case it's a warranty issue, so we could get it fixed.
Could you make a video of the sound, preferably comparing it to another phone?
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Could you make a video of the sound, preferably comparing it to another phone?
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Yep. I post it as soon as I can.
I can hardly wait!
I have a DHD from the first batch and the external speaker sound is not loud enough (even on max.) and the sound quality is poor.
Not happy.
I'm getting similar sound quality from an over 2 year old TouchPro.
Contacted HTC support and all they advised was to remove battery reboot and check volume was set to maximum.
Told them that had been done - no reply since...........
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Already posted in the other thread, but considering I registered here just to complain about this speaker, I figured why not post again here
Speaker reminds me of an old Nokia that I sent back within the first week of receiving it. Except it's worse. Tinny and crackly. HTC can do far better. I'm still undecided as to whether I'll keep the phone as a result. I've ordered a bluetooth headset just to deal with this issue, but now I read that it's having problems with the BT headsets too!
can't you use DSPmanager and increase the volume of the loud speaker? We have full root after all.
SupremeBeaver said:
can't you use DSPmanager and increase the volume of the loud speaker? We have full root after all.
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I haven't tried that, but I have tried PowerAmp music player to boost music.
The result was as I expected: hardly any increase in volume, at the expense of crackly distorted bad sound quality - worse than it was at "normal" levels.
The strange thing is this:
Some apps sounds louder and some is hard to hear.
Have all volume sliders at max.
An MP3 used as alarm sounds higher then one played trough the mediaplayer.
Isnt this strange?
I have been missing calls at work so i bought a Samsung Bluetooth speaker BS300. It has just landed today. It is small and thin and also the sound quality is excellent and loud. I am waiting for the battery now to charge and i will leave a few comments later when i have made and received a few calls with it
I found the speaker was quite poor and sold the phone. Not just because of the speaker, was more that I just didn't feel it was a significant upgrade over the normal Desire.
Anyway, before I sold the DHD I compared the sound against my Desire, a Samsung i8910 and a Nokia N95. Even the old Nokia sounded better than both HTC phones and the Samsung just blew everything away.
I understand there's a lot of sound technology in the phone, but it only works if using headphones. Speaker is just a token affair as far as I'm concerned.
Just to make sure,
I hope there are no complaints related with the quality of the sound with a good set of headphones like Sennheisser or something like that, right?
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Yep. I post it as soon as I can.
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When are you going to upload it?
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When are you going to upload it?
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I don't have a good video camera, and nobody has one to lend me. I tried several phones that have video, but they all come out bad. I'm working on it. If I can't find one this week, I'm just going to buy one. I can always use it for other stuff. Don't worry I didn't forget about it.
Some of the worst phone speakers I have come across
Shame, the rest of the phone is great
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I don't have a good video camera, and nobody has one to lend me. I tried several phones that have video, but they all come out bad. I'm working on it. If I can't find one this week, I'm just going to buy one. I can always use it for other stuff. Don't worry I didn't forget about it.
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Thanks for taking the effort, as this could be a major development.
If your speaker really is very good, we can show this to HTC, and they will have to say that this is a warranty issue.
Personally I do really hope it is, because like london_euphoria said: the rest of the phone is great, it's only the external speaker that is a drawback.
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Thanks for taking the effort, as this could be a major development.
If your speaker really is very good, we can show this to HTC, and they will have to say that this is a warranty issue.
Personally I do really hope it is, because like london_euphoria said: the rest of the phone is great, it's only the external speaker that is a drawback.
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Agree. That's why I want to make sure it's a recording of the true quality, not a choppy cell phone recording. Bare with me. I should have it up this week.
I'm pretty curious to know since GSMArena lambasted the audio output of the device when playing via headphones.
How do you guys find the quality? Acceptable?
I find it to be pretty good, even with the earphones that came with it.
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I find it to be pretty good, even with the earphones that came with it.
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How about the speaker where we listen to other people when we are on a call?
And other people hear you well?
People on call sound very clear, and I haven't had any complaints from people while I'm talking to them.
sound quality is fine i have no complaints or issues reported from people i have called or have called me speaker phone is good no issues there unless the volume is all the way up it will distort but that is the same for most phones i beleive
i also have it paired with the sexii SE HBH is800 and have no issues
PS im loving the phone
Tough choice... I wish the screen is 4inch thou. The price point is ideal for an early adopter set.
Just want to add my two bits:
The phone call audio quality is actually very good. I had the Milestone (Droid) before and this is better. The audio quality through headphones is also good.
Where it isn't so good is for speakerphone. I don't use that very often, but if you listen to music out loud all the time, this probably isn't the phone for you (get a Surround!).
P.S. I am also in love with my phone!
Commander Data said:
Just want to add my two bits:
The phone call audio quality is actually very good. I had the Milestone (Droid) before and this is better. The audio quality through headphones is also good.
Where it isn't so good is for speakerphone. I don't use that very often, but if you listen to music out loud all the time, this probably isn't the phone for you (get a Surround!).
P.S. I am also in love with my phone!
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Thanks for all your answers!
Commander Data one question, i dont listen to music that much, but now and then i like too. Do you mean the speakerphone is bad quality or low volume?
I'm also concerned because i use a lot of calls on speakerphone... What are your opinions?
Thanks in advance!
Necroman_AI said:
Thanks for all your answers!
Commander Data one question, i dont listen to music that much, but now and then i like too. Do you mean the speakerphone is bad quality or low volume?
I'm also concerned because i use a lot of calls on speakerphone... What are your opinions?
Thanks in advance!
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It's certainly manageable. I just had a 15 minute conversation on speakerphone and the other person seemed to be able to hear me fine and I could hear them fine, it's just not excellent. I came from the Milestone, which has a superb speaker. I would say the speaker on the LG is probably half the size so it really comes down to volume. If you crank it, it gets fairly distorted (especially on calls), but at medium volume there is no distortion and you can hear it fine. In other words, it is not a selling feature on the phone, but not a detractor (I had a Blackberry before this and it wasn't as good on speakerphone). Personally, the LG's superior built quality all around is more than enough to make up for a middle of the road speaker. I think gsmarena complained about the speaker because the rest of the phone is truly at premium class and they would have liked to have seen the speaker at the premium level too.
Edit: I should note that the conversation I had on speakerphone had two other people listening in with me and they heard fine.
Thanks Commander
I might make a move for the Galaxy S5 when the GPE is out, but I have a query to the current users, how is the call quality on the S5? I have read GSMA's review and they mentioned that it's 4 dB lower than on the S4, 4 dB is a lot, but is the earpiece volume that low? On a noisy street do you guys able to hear the caller? Or you have move to a quieter place to be able to hear? And what about speakerphone, I have read that when you enable speakerphone the sound become muddled, and both party can't make out each other!
This query is specifically for people who have to deal with plethora of crowds on street, where it's noisy almost always, not particularly for people who talks under a calm and silent environment.
I am Moto X user at the moment and call quality is brilliant on this one, and I am not expecting the same from S5, but it hurts to see that it's actually been downgraded from S4!
Thanks in advance.
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4 dB is a lot, but is the earpiece volume that low? On a noisy street do you guys able to hear the caller? Or you have move to a quieter place to be able to hear? And what about speakerphone, I have read that when you enable speakerphone the sound become muddled, and both party can't make out each other!
This query is specifically for people who have to deal with plethora of crowds on street, where it's noisy almost always, not particularly for people who talks under a calm and silent environment.
I am Moto X user at the moment and call quality is brilliant on this one, and I am not expecting the same from S5, but it hurts to see that it's actually been downgraded from S4!
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4 db is not a lot. 3 db is the smallest change that most people can detect. For comparison, if you were to stand 4 feet away from a person that you are talking to instead of 2 feet, that would probably be a 6 db difference. It's not a linear scale and you need a ten fold reduction in power to perceive a 50% decrease in volume (10 db).
The earpiece volume on the S5 is not at all low by any reasonable standard. And even if you disageed, there are readily available mods to increase the volume. Motorola is known for ear splitting volume levels, something difficult to characterize as "brilliant" if you value your hearing at all. Excessive loudness is known to cause permanent hearing damage.
I've used the S4 and S5 and don't find the S5 inferior in any sense. Noisy streets are a challenge with any phone and a better solution is to use a noise isolating and canceling headset. Speaker phones - all speaker phones for time immemorial have been notably bad experiences. No different here.
In short, the voice quality and loudness are good, the external speaker tinny and it remains a mystery why some brilliant folk insist on annoying everyone around them by using the speaker phone mode while walking down the sidewalk.
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I value hearing a lot, in fact more than anything, that's why I have never listened to music above 50/60% of total volume while all others keep cranking the volume up. That's completely irrelevant for earpiece volume though, however loud the earpiece goes I don't think there is any possible way to damage your hearings from a person's voice!! Maybe if a cat starts to sing on the other end you might have problem, but it's impossible with normal human beings! Having a loud earpiece is always good. What you said is applicable for music listening via IEM. Motorola's earpiece volume is brilliant, that's why I mentioned it as brilliant.
Anyway, thanks for the input. Nice to know that you don't find the S5 inferior to S4, and that there are some mods as well. However I think those mods will distort the earpiece sound to some extent, still they are available, and that's a good news.
Speakerphone is a thing I have never used for ringtone or listening to music, it's only for phone calls and that was the point of my query. I hate those persons who use the speakerphone on streets too. Pocketnow's review mentioned that on noisy streets you won't be able to hear the caller if you turn the speakerphone on, and the caller won't be able to hear you as well, and that scared me, still kinda does.
Seems like I might not have any serious problems regarding phone calls if I get the S5.
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4 db is not a lot. 3 db is the smallest change that most people can detect. For comparison, if you were to stand 4 feet away from a person that you are talking to instead of 2 feet, that would probably be a 6 db difference. It's not a linear scale and you need a ten fold reduction in power to perceive a 50% decrease in volume (10 db).
The earpiece volume on the S5 is not at all low by any reasonable standard. And even if you disageed, there are readily available mods to increase the volume. Motorola is known for ear splitting volume levels, something difficult to characterize as "brilliant" if you value your hearing at all. Excessive loudness is known to cause permanent hearing damage.
I've used the S4 and S5 and don't find the S5 inferior in any sense. Noisy streets are a challenge with any phone and a better solution is to use a noise isolating and canceling headset. Speaker phones - all speaker phones for time immemorial have been notably bad experiences. No different here.
In short, the voice quality and loudness are good, the external speaker tinny and it remains a mystery why some brilliant folk insist on annoying everyone around them by using the speaker phone mode while walking down the sidewalk.
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I find the in call volume and quality on S5 to be excellent. I come from a Sony Z2 (exchanged for S5 with someone) and first thing I noticed when I bought the Z2 was the awful call quality and very low volume (during a call). I was used with my old S2 which was crystal clear and I was disappointed with Z2.
PS: S5 has a boost volume mode during a call.
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raducanmihai said:
I find the in call volume and quality on S5 to be excellent. I come from a Sony Z2 (exchanged for S5 with someone) and first thing I noticed when I bought the Z2 was the awful call quality and very low volume (during a call). I was used with my old S2 which was crystal clear and I was disappointed with Z2.
PS: S5 has a boost volume mode during a call.
Sent from my Galaxy S5 using Tapatalk.
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Thanks for a constructive and succinct response and for staying on the point, appreciate it.
Hi, I am going to buy ZE550KL. I read in a review that sound output from loudspeaker is very low. Is it true? I use loudspeaker a lot in my phone calls. Will it be a problem for me?
heartbrake said:
Will it be a problem for me?
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If you turn off ASUS AudioWizard, the sound of loudspeaker will be low.
Valeev said:
If you turn off ASUS AudioWizard, the sound of loudspeaker will be low.
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How low is it (a comparison with something would be great)? Can it fill a room? I own a Galaxy S advance and the sound on it is so low that sometimes I can't even hear the ringtone when I am near the room the phone is kept in.
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How low is it (a comparison with something would be great)? Can it fill a room? I own a Galaxy S advance and the sound on it is so low that sometimes I can't even hear the ringtone when I am near the room the phone is kept in.
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I can't make a compare but the loudspeaker is pretty loud with max volume and activated AudioWizard. Sound can fill my room.
Valeev said:
I can't make a compare but the loudspeaker is pretty loud with max volume and activated AudioWizard. Sound can fill my room.
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Thanks. One last thing. Is the phone call audio output via loudspeaker good or not? Most of the time I am taking calls on loudspeaker.
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Thanks. One last thing. Is the phone call audio output via loudspeaker good or not? Most of the time I am taking calls on loudspeaker.
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I can't say anything about it, I used loudspeaker for call for only one time. Loudspeaker worked fine though.
Flash dolby n speaker sound will be loud then
Got the phone and I am using it for quite a few days. The loudspeaker is fine. It's not too low as mentioned in reviews. It's lower than some smartphones like Moto G. But it is still loud enough to fill the room with Asus audio wizard. I found this phone better than Moto G in many ways and for the price I have to say I am impressed with it. Only downside is the Camera which is average in inadequate lighting but hey for the price I paid I really can't complain. ZenUI is awesome. I am coming from Touchwiz which is crap and laggy compared to ZenUI. Call quality is also really good. Overall Excellent phone. For those having doubts about loudspeaker's capability just don't doubt and GO FOR IT. I recommend this phone for the low price and the quality and functionality it provides
Edit: I forgot to mention the amazing battery life I am getting on ZFL2. 5 hours of SOT and 2 days standby which will only get better when it gets Android 6.0 with DOZE. One of the best battery life I have seen in an Android phone.
Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the Moto X4's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
The speaker is front facing. That's better than most phones alone. It's plenty loud. It's a smooth mono (not stereo) sound, so it's NOT tinny at all. In fact it has some rich depth. You can wash dishes and hear whatever you're listening.
Doesn't it sound bad when the sound has more intensity? To me, it sounds as a blown speaker.
It is loud, but even the ringtone comes bad. Only for me? I noticed this problem when choosing the ringtone on the first time. I have only 4 days of use till now.
i've never set the speaker on loudest because i'm afraid to blow them,
they seem to have the ability to go REALLY loud as even having them in MIDDLE VOLUME CAPACITY is plenty loud for me
i think the tones (or bass?) sounded a bit weird at first,
but i got used to it and love the speakers now!!!
I'm slightly disappointed beceause a lot of websites reported this phone had stereo speakers,
but from what i reecently gathered this phone probably has mono speakers?
i'm sure there's better speakers out there, but these sound pretty good i think
pietpietersen said:
i've never set the speaker on loudest because i'm afraid to blow them,
they seem to have the ability to go REALLY loud as even having them in MIDDLE VOLUME CAPACITY is plenty loud for me
i think the tones (or bass?) sounded a bit weird at first,
but i got used to it and love the speakers now!!!
I'm slightly disappointed beceause a lot of websites reported this phone had stereo speakers,
but from what i reecently gathered this phone probably has mono speakers?
i'm sure there's better speakers out there, but these sound pretty good i think
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It can't be stereo as it only have one output for sound! Maybe a concept version had another speaker, but configuration changed on the final product.
After some time, the speaker got better to me, pretty crazy. Like a speaker burn to get a better bass
My moto x4 speaker sound gets slow suddenly
I used only 20 days of buying .Earlier sounds louder but now get decreased by 25 to 30℅ when I playing media files............. I don't know how to fix it
vitorfrost said:
Doesn't it sound bad when the sound has more intensity? To me, it sounds as a blown speaker.
It is loud, but even the ringtone comes bad. Only for me? I noticed this problem when choosing the ringtone on the first time. I have only 4 days of use till now.
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I got mine last week and couldn't stand the speakers. I thought it was an issue with my device and returned it to get a new one... I really hope the second unit doesn't have the same problem, although to be honest after reading your comment I am not so positive about it anymore.
Should have saved some more money and gotten that iPhone 8...
Moto X4 Speaker Sound is Very Low Compared to Its Siblings...?
Playing a ringtone is good, but the first 0,5sec very low - even if the volume set to max
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Playing a ringtone is good, but the first 0,5sec very low - even if the volume set to max
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Almost all Motorola phone have this dumb problem. I found a fix for the Moto x pure using cm back in the day. I'll need to search my old posts from basically there is a etc folder that you delete (with root) and after rebooting the problem is gone. Made the Moto x pure actually usable. Until I realized the battery was a complete joke. (Like 3-4 hours usage Max)
looking back, I feel the quality of this speaker should have been better for the Price.
but w/e. I just ordered an Anker Soundcore Nano. This tiny thing is really cheap (€15 incl. shipping) ,
supposedly only weighs 80grams & will beat the built in speaker from even the most expensive phone today by far.
The speaker is kind of quiet compared to the G4 Plus. The Notification/Alarm ascending ringtone is annoying but can be disabled:
Modify the file
Code:
/system/vendor/etc/audio_ext_spkr.conf
under the "ring" and "media" sub-groups, modify the "attenuation" param from the default value to
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0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
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I get cracking sound when turn on loudest volume in a call. Who is get it? And is it normal?
Grandpa is 100 years old (honestly) and being a man who still wants to keep with the times, the Moto X4 is his first smartphone. The speakerphone was the selling point since he is a bit hard of hearing (understandably) and he needed a phone that could be as loud as he needed it to be. The normal speakers at MAX volume are almost enough for him to hear it on his own, but the speakerphone pushes it to where he needs it.
My only suggestion is that you root and move away from Motorola's stock ROM. Motorola has a software glitch in their stock ROM, which causes the volume to sometimes (at random) not to properly function (you'll have your volume on MAX, but for unknown reasons, it will be quiet sometimes when you take or make a call). Motorola has patched, unpatched, and repatched this issue (meaning they've fixed it with an update, then broke it again, then fixed it again) and this seems to be a pattern with them. As a result, I found using a different ROM (not the stock ROM) resolves this issue once and for all.
That said, obviously, the speaker is good enough for a 100-year-old, senior, Grandpa to hear. I think that speaks for itself.
Coming from a Moto Z2 Force and Axon 7, these speakers are terrible. They are the quality we had 10 years ago. I managed to solve this problem with VIPER4Android FX. Turning on extra loud (up to +6) and speaker optimization seemed to fix any complaints I had. Speakers sound great, but if you push them they can start cracking. I think I found the perfect balance. Idk how people are saying it can be too loud, mine was too quiet.
In short, speakers are terrible without software modifications. Then they are just fine.
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The speaker is kind of quiet compared to the G4 Plus. The Notification/Alarm ascending ringtone is annoying but can be disabled:
Modify the file
Code:
/system/vendor/etc/audio_ext_spkr.conf
under the "ring" and "media" sub-groups, modify the "attenuation" param from the default value to
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0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
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How to edit? I tried but it revert back to same old values?