I just got a Xperia X Compact, so my Z3 Compact is getting downgraded to secondary phone.
I'd like to fiddle around with custom ROMs, one issue that irritated me the most with this device is the audio being too loud in loudspeaker and earpiece.
What ROM can you recommend me to install that have the loudest audio output and is stable overall, doesn't matter the Android version, I'll use the phone to watch videos primarily.
Also, since this will be my first time messing with stock firmware on a Sony, what procedure to you recommend to backup DRM keys? I've heard once you lose them the camera photos loses quality.
Regards
xtc14 said:
I just got a Xperia X Compact, so my Z3 Compact is getting downgraded to secondary phone.
I'd like to fiddle around with custom ROMs, one issue that irritated me the most with this device is the audio being too loud in loudspeaker and earpiece.
What ROM can you recommend me to install that have the loudest audio output and is stable overall, doesn't matter the Android version, I'll use the phone to watch videos primarily.
Also, since this will be my first time messing with stock firmware on a Sony, what procedure to you recommend to backup DRM keys? I've heard once you lose them the camera photos loses quality.
Regards
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There is a few mods in the Cross device development board that claim to make audio much better quality and thus, making it louder without it becoming crackly or whatever.
Also with regards to DRM keys I think most of the big name, if not all of them come with a DRM fix which means you don't lose the functionality that comes with a locked bootloader, as I understand it there is also a method to flash your TA.img back onto the phone after installing your preferred ROM.
Do not just try flashing your TA back to the phone though, there is a way of doing it, I don't know what it is right now as I haven't had the chance to do it yet as I'm waiting on my new z3c.
As I said though, it's really not necessary if you flash a ROM/KERNEL with the DRM fix.
If you want to backup your keys just do so with TA-Backup after you've rooted before you unlock your bootloader:good:
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Although this is my first post/contribution to the forums, I've been a long time visitor and absolutely love this community, especially the effort that goes into not only providing exceptional ROMs, but the support thereafter. In short, this community, without the slightest exaggeration, is the reason I stepped into the Android world.
That said, I've frequently come across the issue/concern of low sound, be it via headset, in call, speaker, etc. I've tried everything suggested online particularly regarding the X10, to no avail. So to anyone still struggling with an issue with sound, try the following:
Enable the PowerAMP "tone" setting and adjust the preamp to max. Leave the equalizer off as its unneeded. Then, using DSPManager (assuming you have flashed the zip file; search xda if you need it), adjust the EQ settings for whichever configuration you are after. With regards to the headphone configuration, the newly applied settings will now superimpose with the PowerAMP settings, and the end result is a significant sound improvement. For the other two configurations, tune the EQ to your liking and you should achieve a similar result.
Being that both PowerAMP and DSPManager can be installed on just about any ROM without issues, the above method should work for most, if not all custom ROMS's. Nonetheless, I'm currently running rendeiro's scamble, and after applying the above settings on my new Superlux closed cans, I kid you not, they really do sound studio quality! I hope this helps someone, as I wasn't able to come across a clear cut solution anywhere, and always ran into problems or no noticeable improvement with all other suggestions.
Would anyone happen to know what the latest version of DSPManager is that can be easily flashed via recovery on the X10? If a link to the relevant thread/file can be provided, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Awesome. I damaged my Atrix and I'm using an old Xperia X10 again so I'll give this a try and report back.
The primary reason why I left is because the damn speaker volume is too low and half a dozen exchanges later I had no luck. Just abandoned the phone. This would be awesome, especially considering now that we have custom ROMs. I'm blown away by some of the new ROMs. When I left, custom ROMs were just in their infancy. THIS is why I bought an Xperia X10. Just happened a year too late lol
I have been searching like crazy to find a volume booster. I have been through rooting my phone, installing cyenogenmod, attepting wicked ROM, attempting Gummy ROM. Soft bricking my phone, flashing back to stock and have it rooted again. Just looking to boost the volume on my SGH-I337M.
Here is why it is important to me. Its great and all that Samsung wants to protect my hearing, however, I use my headphone jack as an aux out to play music for high energy fitness classes!! Some stereos at gyms that I go to are tuned down lower, and even at max my phone doesn't make it all loud enough for a good class! I even bought a separate walkman MP3 player, but it ended up going through the wash. Someone help!
THANKS!!
Try different kernels, rather than stock. Some have volume boosters - Ktoonz, and Adam are two that come to mind.
Consequently, I'm looking for the opposite - Increase vibration.....can't find anything that will do.....Ktoonz is wound up to 125 and
it still doesn't do the trick.
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I have been searching like crazy to find a volume booster. I have been through rooting my phone, installing cyenogenmod, attepting wicked ROM, attempting Gummy ROM. Soft bricking my phone, flashing back to stock and have it rooted again. Just looking to boost the volume on my SGH-I337M.
Here is why it is important to me. Its great and all that Samsung wants to protect my hearing, however, I use my headphone jack as an aux out to play music for high energy fitness classes!! Some stereos at gyms that I go to are tuned down lower, and even at max my phone doesn't make it all loud enough for a good class! I even bought a separate walkman MP3 player, but it ended up going through the wash. Someone help!
THANKS!!
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Check in to this, helps increase sound quality and loudness.Viper4Android
You'll need root and you'll need to install the driver upon opening the app then make your wanted sound changes.
Anything like this for a vibration mod? Make it stronger?
AJGUY123 said:
I have been searching like crazy to find a volume booster. I have been through rooting my phone, installing cyenogenmod, attepting wicked ROM, attempting Gummy ROM. Soft bricking my phone, flashing back to stock and have it rooted again. Just looking to boost the volume on my SGH-I337M.
Here is why it is important to me. Its great and all that Samsung wants to protect my hearing, however, I use my headphone jack as an aux out to play music for high energy fitness classes!! Some stereos at gyms that I go to are tuned down lower, and even at max my phone doesn't make it all loud enough for a good class! I even bought a separate walkman MP3 player, but it ended up going through the wash. Someone help!
THANKS!!
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Check in to this, helps increase sound quality and loudness.Viper4Android
You'll need root and you'll need to install the driver upon opening the app then make your wanted sound changes.
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This. If you just want louder music, install Viper4Android, press menu in viper settings, select UI setting, change to Expert, then go all the way down to the bottom and change gain to 6Db
Update. Hell yeah!!! Viper works amazing. I finally improved the one and only thing that pisses me off about Samsung phones! There were some things to work through, but this will improve my classes for sure! Get the studio bumpin! Thanks again guys
Dear folks,
Currently I have installed custom ROMs on my X Pure to experience Android 7.0 Nougat beforehand.
However, I cannot bear the terrible audio quality my phone offers now. Loudspeakers reduced it original volume down to about 60% compared to stock. And when plugged in a headphone, there was almost no bass to all songs :crying:
It there any way I can regain those things back please? Any help?
rungxanh2901 said:
Dear folks,
Currently I have installed custom ROMs on my X Pure to experience Android 7.0 Nougat beforehand.
However, I cannot bear the terrible audio quality my phone offers now. Loudspeakers reduced it original volume down to about 60% compared to stock. And when plugged in a headphone, there was almost no bass to all songs :crying:
It there any way I can regain those things back please? Any help?
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It's a current problem with all Nougat ROMs.
There's a fix somewhere in the dev forums. I'll edit in the link once I find it.
EDIT: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...t/rom-aicp-clark-xt1575-t3222868/post71143406
Switch back to stock??? You can also try v4a.
I've created a fix
Not sure what kind of volume problems people are having with Nougat ROMS. I'm on CrDroid and I don't have this volume problem. I do have Dolby Atmos installed if that makes any difference. My problem is when using speaker during phone calls, the other person cannot understand me cause it echos.
When I first got the V20, one of the things I was always impressed by was the speaker. It was loud, clear, and it seemed like LG had implemented some sort of volume compression/limiting to keep things clear without clipping or distortion. I rooted the phone about six months ago, finally, and have tried a few custom ROMs. Some amazing work done by the people here, but it seems that the speaker no longer sounds anywhere near as good, and it often crackles and distorts when playing anything just slightly above hearing level. I reflashed the h918 stock mod and all was taken care of, but I don't wanna be stuck with a stock ROM and lose the versatility being rooted brings. Another thing I noticed was that when I send audio messages on Facebook Messenger, they don't record nearly as loud and clear as they do with the stock ROM.
I'm currently using LOS16 with Gamma Kernel (SS).
I was wondering if anyone could maybe figure out what LG did with their speaker (and possibly mic) settings and find a way to implement them somehow with a mod? I'm not sure if this can be done via XML or anything like that. I just hate how all my custom ringtones sound now and having YouTube, my music player, and anything crackle has just taken my enjoyment of these ROMs a notch. Maybe even come up with some similar settings via Viper4Android using the compression tool?
Thanks a lot of any help! :laugh:
Since there is no objective way to measure speaker sound quality, I cannot tell for sure but, it kin of feels that the speaker quality is worse with the official LineageOS ROM when compared to the official Samsung ROM. I have turned off the equaliser and the Dolby Atmos in the settings.
Does anyone else who use LineageOS ROM feel the same thing, or am I wrong?
Yes. But recent version has improved it. Still not bassy and rich sounding tho.
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Yes. But recent version has improved it. Still not bassy and rich sounding tho.
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That's a shame. Does speakers need a proprietary driver? I wonder what is causing this.
After installing the latest (September) update, I could not feel any sound improvement. So, I reverted the tablet to the stock ROM today. After the initial setup is done, I immediately played the same song that I had played on LineageOS, and yes, it sounded much better.
I had installed LineageOS because it was version 12.1 (12 enhanced for tablet, as far as I know) and Samsung stopped the official ROM at 11. But frankly, I could not find any useful tablet features in 12.1. I at least expected a volume slider (like the one on iPad), but no. The only thing that was remotely useful was double-tap status bar to turn the screen off, but that was LineageOS's feature, not Android 12.1's. Android 11 is still very useable, so I guess I am just going to use the stock ROM. I use tablets mostly for media consumption so bad speaker sound was just not bearable.
Let this be warning to future people who want to install LineageOS. Do not install it unless you don't use internal speakers.
While I never used stock ROM, I noticed some speaker peculiarities while watching youtubes (on NewPipe). I tried to set my volume at a considerate level, not blaring which could annoy others nearby but loud enough to hear. When a speaker started talking in a low voice it inexplicably became completely inaudible. I could not understand what they were saying at all. Then it would get normal or too loud when the speaker spoke up. I had to turn the volume at annoying and unacceptable levels just to hear what was being said.
I tested the videos on another device with the same version of NewPipe and it was not an issue.
DOes anyone with cRdroid rom have this issue? I don't use it much for videos/audio so I don't care too much but reading this thread it seems to be an issue
If you want equalizer you need
PowerAmp Equalizer
It does all multimedia apps but games not yet.
yourrealking said:
After installing the latest (September) update, I could not feel any sound improvement. So, I reverted the tablet to the stock ROM today. After the initial setup is done, I immediately played the same song that I had played on LineageOS, and yes, it sounded much better.
I had installed LineageOS because it was version 12.1 (12 enhanced for tablet, as far as I know) and Samsung stopped the official ROM at 11. But frankly, I could not find any useful tablet features in 12.1. I at least expected a volume slider (like the one on iPad), but no. The only thing that was remotely useful was double-tap status bar to turn the screen off, but that was LineageOS's feature, not Android 12.1's. Android 11 is still very useable, so I guess I am just going to use the stock ROM. I use tablets mostly for media consumption so bad speaker sound was just not bearable.
Let this be warning to future people who want to install LineageOS. Do not install it unless you don't use internal speakers.
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A bit off topic, but I don't think Google has implemented anything particularly useful in Android in a few major versions.
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A bit off topic, but I don't think Google has implemented anything particularly useful in Android in a few major versions.
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Jadelor said:
A bit off topic, but I don't think Google has implemented anything particularly useful in Android in a few major versions.
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I have been using crDroid 8.10 and I do notice the volume fluctuates, someone in a post said he thought it was magisk 25. I'm not sure yet I'm still looking into it.