Hi XDA, whenever I play music in Zune or last.fm through my headphones I notice a loud hiss that I have never noticed before. Is this a problem with the ROM?
Also, has anyone else had luck getting the HTC Sound Enhancer app to work? It installs just fine, but when I select another audio setting (like dolby or SRS) I don't hear a difference. )
Thanks!
knollster said:
Also, has anyone else had luck getting the HTC Sound Enhancer app to work? It installs just fine, but when I select another audio setting (like dolby or SRS) I don't hear a difference. )
Thanks!
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Same here ..
knollster said:
Hi XDA, whenever I play music in Zune or last.fm through my headphones I notice a loud hiss that I have never noticed before. Is this a problem with the ROM?
Also, has anyone else had luck getting the HTC Sound Enhancer app to work? It installs just fine, but when I select another audio setting (like dolby or SRS) I don't hear a difference. )
Thanks!
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MeTinnn said:
Same here ..
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I'm having exactly the same problem. I can only hear the benefits of the Sound Enhancer when I unplug the earphones during playback and then plug them back and then I only hear the effects for 1 track then it reverts to default sound!
I remember exactly the same problem with Audio Booster on WM6.5 when it would only work for 1 song and there was a reg edit to fix it. Is there anything similar on WP7?
Thanks in advance
gargon01 said:
I'm having exactly the same problem. I can only hear the benefits of the Sound Enhancer when I unplug the earphones during playback and then plug them back and then I only hear the effects for 1 track then it reverts to default sound!
I remember exactly the same problem with Audio Booster on WM6.5 when it would only work for 1 song and there was a reg edit to fix it. Is there anything similar on WP7?
Thanks in advance
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Hi, I think that even unpluging headphones and pluging it back isn't solving the problem. I've made some test and it seems that this trick is only changing audio volume to higher, because when I've tried few diffrent EQ stettings like Rock, Pop, Classic or Dolby mode music sound always the same. I've looked a bit in registry and found a key called DSPMODE but since I'm not a dev I have no clue what to do with it values Maybe someone with bigger knowlage could do something whit it.
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.
Hello,
I'm having a very weird problem. Anytime I stop playing music or hang up the phone while using my headphone, there's a weird ticking noise that last about 2 seconds. It's the most annoying thing, and I cannot get it to stop. In fact, this also occurs if you play music with the volume set to the lowest setting. You can still hear the clicking noise. It is completed independent of the volume because I can drown out the sound by turning up the volume, but if I turn the volume down all the way, I can still hear it.
Does anyone else have this problem?
I'm using the crDroid which is CM10.2 based and this has happened on all builds (I've used 16,17,18,19 and 20). I'm using the franco Plus #184 kernel (and I've used the #183 kernel) and the issue has always been there. Thanks!
NOTE: this does not happen when I use my HTC headset that has a microphone.
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Edit: I found out the issue was related to the kernel. I'm not exactly sure what happened but I switched to the default crDroid kernel and it's now fixed.
Hi!
A couple of months after I bought zuk z1, the sound just disappeared for notifications and when music was played through speaker, the speaker would make buzzing noise and it would fluctuate. Also, the sound level would fluctuate without even me touching the volume buttons. Sometimes, when I decreased the volume and increased it, it wouldn't increase and if I decrease it to zero, then even when I would increase it to full I wouldn't hear anything.
Flashing nuclearom fixed everything except the buzzing sound. To get rid of buzzing, I installed Viper4Android but instead of fixing it has brought back all the problems that existed earlier.
Also, the problem is only with phone speaker. The headphones and everything work fine.
Please help me!! I don't think it is a hardware issue because all these problems turn up on their own and they get fixed on their own for a time being.
Crowbro said:
Hi!
A couple of months after I bought zuk z1, the sound just disappeared for notifications and when music was played through speaker, the speaker would make buzzing noise and it would fluctuate. Also, the sound level would fluctuate without even me touching the volume buttons. Sometimes, when I decreased the volume and increased it, it wouldn't increase and if I decrease it to zero, then even when I would increase it to full I wouldn't hear anything.
Flashing nuclearom fixed everything except the buzzing sound. To get rid of buzzing, I installed Viper4Android but instead of fixing it has brought back all the problems that existed earlier.
Also, the problem is only with phone speaker. The headphones and everything work fine.
Please help me!! I don't think it is a hardware issue because all these problems turn up on their own and they get fixed on their own for a time being.
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Seems like you have nearly the same problem with the speaker:http://forum.xda-developers.com/zuk-z1/general/low-speaker-sound-t3500648
I think the sound problem could be an hardware issue
strongst said:
Seems like you have nearly the same problem with the speaker:http://forum.xda-developers.com/zuk-z1/general/low-speaker-sound-t3500648
I think the sound problem could be an hardware issue
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I said it's not a hardware fault because sometimes when I would clear data and cache of Audio FX and force stop it, everything would come back to normal. However it worked most of the times but not always.
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I said it's not a hardware fault because sometimes when I would clear data and cache of Audio FX and force stop it, everything would come back to normal. However it worked most of the times but not always.
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And without audio fx? Did you wipe system, data every time you install other roms?
When I would force stop audio fx the sound would become normal. Yes. I follow the normal procedure before flashing roms which includes wiping everything.
I forgot to mention one more thing. The ringtones would work when there was no notification sound. And after I unlocked the bootloader, the notification sound problem was gone but the buzzing remained. I know it sounds freaky.
And if it's hardware or speaker problem the buzzing shouldn't be there at low volume. But in my phone, it's always there. In my experience, I feel like it's a software bug. When i listen to some song and it buzzes, I can notice that the volume increases and decreases on it's own as if the system is trying to create a balance.
yes I'm 100% sure that the speakers have some problem but i don't know how to fix it...
on my previous experience i find some from now i find sound really soft and low than before...
in room it can be heard but when im in classroom/big areas i find that it can't be heared....
how shall i fix this issue?
Goto settings then Apps and click on audio effects, click clean data and turn off your phone, leave for a minute and turn the phone back on :good: