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[Q] Volume automatically increase

hi, mine is XXUBMJ1, after 3 weeks of usage, the volume automatically increase sometimes, what could be the problem, is it a bug or hardware ? should upgrade the firmware ?

afiqsabri said:
hi, mine is XXUBMJ1, after 3 weeks of usage, the volume automatically increase sometimes, what could be the problem, is it a bug or hardware ? should upgrade the firmware ?
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anyone experience like this?

Do you have any apps installed that control the volume on their own?

MohJee said:
Do you have any apps installed that control the volume on their own?
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nop, just original

afiqsabri said:
nop, just original
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Then I have no idea, sorry. My other guess would be is that you're accidentally pressing the volume key in you pocket or something without realizing it. You could try factory resetting the phone. It can sometimes fox weird issued like yours.
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have u check the adaptive option under the settings->sound->adapt sound?
Could it be that the adaptive sound is processing at certain point of time trying to give you the best sound that its think of?

Yes, I have experienced this under the following conditions:
-Phone just purchased, unrooted, completely stock. Playing music with PowerAmp with and without the EQ/Tone/Limit features, also happened with stock music app. The effect nearly blew out my eardrums once, but it happened several times. Music would play and very suddenly there would be a violent increase in sound, almost as if an EQ crashed. Sound went back to normal after I pressed the volume rocker in either direction. I am not so sure that this has to do with Adaptive Sound because I remember experiencing the same problem before and after i configured it. Overall, incredibly annoying and dangerous for my ears.
-Phone rooted, Viper4Android installed as a user app. The same problem happens using PowerAmp, Xenoamp and stock music app, but the increase is not so violent (not sure why, yet). Marginally tolerable, but still very annoying.
I have not found a fix yet, but still keeping an eye open.
That being said, my phone has music playing almost all day every day so I probably encounter the problem more often than others. I use earbuds, headphones and my car stereo. There is a Droid-Life.com review that mentions the issue and credits it to the phone's audio jack: http://www.droid-life.com/2013/10/01/samsung-galaxy-note-3-review/
See the subsection for Audio Jack Issues. Here is an excerpt:
"Then, after a few minutes without touching anything while at full volume, the volume just explodes and you are left deafened by the surprise volume attack."
I would be interested to see if anyone reports the problem when playing music via the phone's speaker.

have u check the adaptive option under the settings->sound->adapt sound?
Could it be that the adaptive sound is processing at certain point of time trying to give you the best sound that its think of?

afiqsabri said:
hi, mine is XXUBMJ1, after 3 weeks of usage, the volume automatically increase sometimes, what could be the problem, is it a bug or hardware ? should upgrade the firmware ?
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[Update] Looks like this is not an isolated issue. My friend's wife also facing the same problem and she sent in to reflash the unit at Samsung Care Center and the problem just disappear. My friend told me factory reset doesn't help though.
I have exactly the same issue you have. Same XXUBMJ1 ans using the device for a month now. Unknown and just reported to Samsung and was asked to walk in to get advice.

Automatic Volume Decrease?

Hey guys. Every single time I insert a cable into the headphone jack of the S 5, the volume is automatically set to like 70% for "safe listening" and must be manually adjusted back to a higher volume if desired. I have already disabled the message that appears notifying this, however the volume still gets adjusted. I actually mostly use the headphone jack for my car audio, so safe listening is not useful for that case.
I am wondering if there is a setting I'm missing or if it must be (already is?) modded to not lower the volume upon inserting headphones.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I have the same problem. Safe listening never applies to me because I am either in the car or using have impedance headphones that need 90% volume to produce correct levels. I'll let you know if I find a way.
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Hearing Saver app in play store works great for that.
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Savagerun said:
Hearing Saver app in play store works great for that.
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This seems to work well, but I'd like to forgo using an additional app for this. Thank you, though!

Sudden headphone volume loss

So i have a stock samsung tab 4, non-rooted and have had no issues untill now. i was relaxing and watching a anime series on my tab with my headphones in, like i do every night and the volume was working perfectly fine then suddenly a pop sound came through the headphones and the volume of the headphones drastically dropped to almost the point of not being there at all. i pulled out the headphones and tested the built in speaker volume and it was perfectly fine, i then got another pair of headphones and tried them, but the extremely low volume still remained, i even used the headphones on my iphone and they worked like they should, so i know that its not the headphones. i reset my device even installed the newest update that i was was putting off due to laziness. but the issue persists. i even very carefully poked inside the headphone jack (female jack) with a paper clip just in case something was jammed in there, i also tried pushing abit harder on the the headphone jack but also nothing. i checked all my seting and they are were they should be, also i only have two apps installed which are crunchyroll and vlc media player which i installed months ago the day i got the device. im very hesitant on doing a factory reset at this point, ill only do it as a last resort, so if anyone has any ideas or fixes that would be awesome. and dont mention the samsung support team i already tried. bunch of script pushers.

DirtyPretty said:
So i have a stock samsung tab 4, non-rooted and have had no issues untill now. i was relaxing and watching a anime series on my tab with my headphones in, like i do every night and the volume was working perfectly fine then suddenly a pop sound came through the headphones and the volume of the headphones drastically dropped to almost the point of not being there at all. i pulled out the headphones and tested the built in speaker volume and it was perfectly fine, i then got another pair of headphones and tried them, but the extremely low volume still remained, i even used the headphones on my iphone and they worked like they should, so i know that its not the headphones. i reset my device even installed the newest update that i was was putting off due to laziness. but the issue persists. i even very carefully poked inside the headphone jack (female jack) with a paper clip just in case something was jammed in there, i also tried pushing abit harder on the the headphone jack but also nothing. i checked all my seting and they are were they should be, also i only have two apps installed which are crunchyroll and vlc media player which i installed months ago the day i got the device. im very hesitant on doing a factory reset at this point, ill only do it as a last resort, so if anyone has any ideas or fixes that would be awesome. and dont mention the samsung support team i already tried. bunch of script pushers.
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I also had this problem once but it was fixed after some restarts and never experienced it again Might be a problem with the headphone jack of the tablet.
And also is the device tab 4 7 inch version ?

hi, the only thing i can think of is to go to your setting for sound and disable safe volume settingmfor headphone/earphones,
also if stock has dsp manager, [i can't remember] turn it off or set it to defaults.
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Eren Kibar said:
I also had this problem once but it was fixed after some restarts and never experienced it again Might be a problem with the headphone jack of the tablet.
And also is the device tab 4 7 inch version ?
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ill continue to restart it more times and hope for it to fix itself, and yes its the 7 inch screen.

Thank me for this fix
Easy fix
1.Turn device off
2. Make sure your headphones are plugged ALL the way in (you should hear a click sound)
3. Press the on/off button and the volume up button at the SAME TIME
4. Once the screen is on let the on/off button go
5. DO NOT let the volume up button go
6. Wait until the tablet has finished loading all settings up.
7. Let volume up button go.
Problem should be fixed now.
Enjoy:good:

Masterfix said:
Easy fix
1.Turn device off
2. Make sure your headphones are plugged ALL the way in (you should hear a click sound)
3. Press the on/off button and the volume up button at the SAME TIME
4. Once the screen is on let the on/off button go
5. DO NOT let the volume up button go
6. Wait until the tablet has finished loading all settings up.
7. Let volume up button go.
Problem should be fixed now.
Enjoy:good:
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M,
hi, could you go into detail as to what that does ? Meaning, is there some sort of device reset occurring [volume], or is this a bug
and if so , is it outlined somewhere in detail? I ask because some resources are available in kernel/platform sources and i'm curious if
some of those libraries can be fixed and re-compiled as a patch for the stock rom. Thanks.
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Masterfix said:
Easy fix
1.Turn device off
2. Make sure your headphones are plugged ALL the way in (you should hear a click sound)
3. Press the on/off button and the volume up button at the SAME TIME
4. Once the screen is on let the on/off button go
5. DO NOT let the volume up button go
6. Wait until the tablet has finished loading all settings up.
7. Let volume up button go.
Problem should be fixed now.
Enjoy:good:
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it worked like a charm thank you so much! :victory:

Bluetooth and Volume Control

I am having an issue with Bluetooth, crackling, and the volume controls not working. It happened before I unlocked and rooted and thought it might be an area I was going through. However, today I was driving down the road and received a business call. The caller's voice kept crackling and popping like crazy. It would start, stop then start again. I will have to say it was driving me nuts and really hurt my ears. My G2 had no issues like this. This is going through my stereo in my truck.
The phone was sitting in a generic holder attached through a suction cup on my windshield. I tried to turn the volume down on the phone and nothing happened. I tried turning it up and nothing happened. It seems there is no control with the volume rockers. Has anyone else had this issue? I really want this phone to work out as I ordered all my phone and accessories through Amazon at the same time. This will be a real deal breaker for me if it can't be fixed as I use Bluetooth exclusively when I am on the road.

Update: I turned the bluetooth off and back on then went for a ride and talked with my wife. It only popped and cracked 1 time. The volume control still would not work. I had to do all the controlling through my stereo. The volume control works when playing music through my Bose Soundlink but not when connected in my vehicle. That seems rather strange.

Volume control doesn't work with all Bluetooth devices from what ive discovered. I have not had issues with popping to my beats Bluetooth headphones and volume control works

razor237 said:
Volume control doesn't work with all Bluetooth devices from what ive discovered. I have not had issues with popping to my beats Bluetooth headphones and volume control works
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I can't say if I ever had to reach for my phones volume control on my lg, however I never had the popping I am getting with this phone. The X seems to have some temperamental issues. I'm just trying to figure out if these issues are correctable with updates or if they are flaws that can't be fixed. I want to make sure I don't have a defective device. I really like many facets of the phone.
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I had a 40 minute phone call this morning on Bluetooth today. The other person's voice kept changing volumes. It was like the phone was trying to adjust the volume constantly. I had a little popping when the volume would go to loud but not at lower volumes. Is there anyway to set Bluetooth volumes at one level and leave it? I am rooted so I can modify a file if needed.
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Line out audio hiss/bad headphones fine.

So first day with the phone and I get in the car to listen to music and there's a hiss and just weird noises. I'm like awe crap, I've got a bad one. I pull out some headphones and there's no hiss.
I restart the phone and plug it back into the car and still a hiss, retest headphones, they are fine.
Is it bad or is everyone getting this. My note 5 is fine on both with the same test.
It's worse when charging, but my other phone [Note 5] is dead silent. When charging it's extremely bad, like an fm station losing signal.
Also posted this on redit and others are having the same result.

Try different auxiliary cable to further you hypothesis. But haven't noticed this. Will test in the am.
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I originally had this in the verizon Q&A.
I noticed a constant hiss or static sound coming from my car speakers whenever there was silence during music playback from my phone when connect through the aux cable. I thought it was a hardware problem. Lucky for me it wasn't and I didn't have to exchange my phone or cough up any money. Easy fix was, I went into settings under sounds and vibrations and went to sound quality and effects and turned on the uhq upscaler and the static was gone. I worked and sound is much better! If the option is grayed out, insert the plug into the headphone jack. Let me knowif it works for you!

jayb222 said:
I originally had this in the verizon Q&A.
I noticed a constant hiss or static sound coming from my car speakers whenever there was silence during music playback from my phone when connect through the aux cable. I thought it was a hardware problem. Lucky for me it wasn't and I didn't have to exchange my phone or cough up any money. Easy fix was, I went into settings under sounds and vibrations and went to sound quality and effects and turned on the uhq upscaler and the static was gone. I worked and sound is much better! If the option is grayed out, insert the plug into the headphone jack. Let me knowif it works for you!
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I'll be trying that first thing when I leave for work

I am an Android newbie who ran into this problem earlier today as well. I switched the upscale feature on and the problem still persists. To note I was listening to a song via YouTube.

Mattressguy said:
I am an Android newbie who ran into this problem earlier today as well. I switched the upscale feature on and the problem still persists. To note I was listening to a song via YouTube.
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Try toggling off and on again the uhq button
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GermanGuy said:
Try toggling off and on again the uhq button
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Will do thanks

GermanGuy said:
Try toggling off and on again the uhq button
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Toggled off and back on. The hiss or Humm is gone but the audio quality is the same as the speaker on the phone itself. I played with each equalizer setting to get it to sound normal to no avail. Guess I'm going to walk into a store tomorrow with audio cable in my hand and try display device and my device and see if there is a difference

THANK YOU!!!
Wife took my aux cable out of the motor home. I got it back to use my new S7 for the first time and HORRIBLE static. Proceed to blame wife for breaking the cable. Buy a new cable ... still hisses (uh oh, perhaps I should not have been so quick to blame the wife). Try on my home stereo, no hiss. Try in my trucks aux jack with same cable, no hiss. Try the same cable in RV, terrible hiss.
Interestingly, I found that if i had the volume on the phone down around 1/3 there was no hiss, but with the stereo all the way up the music was too quiet. But, 1 click on the phone volume up button, terrible hiss. One click back down, hiss goes away. When I first had the problem a few days ago, the hissing would actually vary with the beat of the music ... so weird.
Anyway, just went out to the RV, plugged in my phone, playing the music with terrible hiss. Flip the UHQ toggle and miraculously the hiss is gone!!!
So happy to find this easy solution. No idea what Samsung did to screw this up in the first place.