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Hey guys,
Im looking for a volume booster since i listen to music on my phone everyday, i tried Audio Hack
but seems not to work on my Evo (its unrevoked rooted, if that helps) let me know if anyone can help me out. I need volume like the iphone!! Love my Evo tho.
JBlaze -- Evo 4G
Just wanted to bump this. The past several days have afforded me the chance to stream music on my evo from xm at work, and could for sure use just a little more volume to hear it over the noise of my workplace.
RavenTBK said:
Just wanted to bump this. The past several days have afforded me the chance to stream music on my evo from xm at work, and could for sure use just a little more volume to hear it over the noise of my workplace.
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Volume for music seems pretty loud for me if the phone is close to you. Isn't anyone worried about damaging the speaker? My previous phone after a year the sound quality for music sucked and I didn't even use it that much..Had to get a replacement and really noticed a difference. I'm afraid I'm going to damage the speaker over time just having the volume up all the way without an audio boost hack.
I actually would love to boost the headphone volume.
It's fine most of the time, but when I'm on the train it can be difficult to hear even when I have the headphone volume at full.
agreed, the volume out of the headset seems pretty low especially when in a loud area
nief1313 said:
agreed, the volume out of the headset seems pretty low especially when in a loud area
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Seems to me this is probably more of an issue with the particular headset you are using. The EVO gets pretty loud on my headset.
There's an ear piece volume boost in nentarchy's kernel. I'm actually going to flash to latest one he just released cause once you go too high, things get distorted. He lowered it a bit supposedly in the new release.
Sabres420 said:
Seems to me this is probably more of an issue with the particular headset you are using. The EVO gets pretty loud on my headset.
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I'm using ipod headphones. I pluged em into the evo and compared to them to my ipod touch, the volume is much lower from the evo
nief1313 said:
I'm using ipod headphones. I pluged em into the evo and compared to them to my ipod touch, the volume is much lower from the evo
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im using the iphone headphones with the evo and its pretty loud for me i can't even turn it all the way up...hurts my ears a little over half way on the volume bar
youngdhillon said:
im using the iphone headphones with the evo and its pretty loud for me i can't even turn it all the way up...hurts my ears a little over half way on the volume bar
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U try while in a noisy room? such as like on train or something?
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im using the iphone headphones with the evo and its pretty loud for me i can't even turn it all the way up...hurts my ears a little over half way on the volume bar
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i can say that the iphone headphones are lower in volume compared to my sony headphones by far. not touching the volume and just switch headsets i have to lower the volume on the sony's..... the sony headset are true stereo headphones and not for phones as they do not have a mic.
is there any way to make the rings louder? i remember there was a hack to make the touch pro louder and i wish there was something to make the evo louder everything is perfect except that i rarely hear my phone as its always in my pocket ive even make the quality higher on ,my ringtones and its still the same...
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is there any way to make the rings louder? i remember there was a hack to make the touch pro louder and i wish there was something to make the evo louder everything is perfect except that i rarely hear my phone as its always in my pocket ive even make the quality higher on ,my ringtones and its still the same...
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we would be nice if someone would reply to this thread with an idea or a fix for this as i would be interested because my speaker volume is too low i had in idea of hex editing any comments on this idea would be nice
Well i use always semi professional headphones, since, to me, common ones suck to no end (professionals are way to expensive through). If I put the sound on the maximun or one level down, sounds good on normal musics (CD base decibels). Non normalized files (lower volume) become pratically inaudible. This happens also with the speaker.
I dont want to continuously have a 12 inch speakr on my EVO, i just want to listen in a heatly safe - good volume without put on max and up when file have a lower volume. XD
Seems fine to me with the included headphones... Not sure if using PowerAmp while listening to my albums is making a difference but volume seems about right foe r me...
how about without Headphones the volume is still not loud without them...no problem with headphones on
Guy, the problem has to do with more than the Evo. If your impedance level is high with the headphones you are using then the Evo cant drive them. Ultimately any 'hack' is just going to cause distortion at high levels. You need to get some sort of amp. I suggest CMOY.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Micro-Cmoy-headphone-amp-Opamp-2227-Amplifier-Dragon-/260707655418?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb3631efa#ht_1946wt_1139
things i can recommend. IF you are rooted.
1.BEFORE TRYING THE FOLLOWING DO A LOT OF READING. IT HELPS.
2. try an alternate kernel..... either netarchy toastod or ziggy. they have audio
tweaks built into them.
3. dsp manager. allows you to tweak audio further.
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jsantos248 said:
Hey guys,
Im looking for a volume booster since i listen to music on my phone everyday, i tried Audio Hack
but seems not to work on my Evo (its unrevoked rooted, if that helps) let me know if anyone can help me out. I need volume like the iphone!! Love my Evo tho.
JBlaze -- Evo 4G
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PowerAmp will change your phone life...use the EQ
thank me later
mercuryhayes said:
PowerAmp will change your phone life...use the EQ
thank me later
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+1
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Hi,
Does anyone know a way to tweak a system file so that Inspire's volume is higher?
I personally find its stock volume rather low, and I want to increase it.
I downloaded Zedge. It is a free app with nice louder ringtones.
Hope this helps!
I'm wanting to up the volume system-wide. But, thanks for the info anyway
Yea, I tested a movie and sling player last night. The media volume was all the way up and it was quite.
I went from iPhone 4 (nice and louad) to Atrix 4g (nice and loud) to Inspire 4g (too quiet).
I am loving the Inspire but the sound volume and battery life are definitely the 2 big downsides of it. Still a winner over the Atrix any day though.
I personally don't have issues with the battery. I've removed all extra stuff. Even before removing them, I was happy with its battery.
It can't be that hard to change the system volume. It's done in every smartphone and OS before. Hopefully, some developer notices this thread and help us out.
goldentequila said:
I personally don't have issues with the battery. I've removed all extra stuff. Even before removing them, I was happy with its battery.
It can't be that hard to change the system volume. It's done in every smartphone and OS before. Hopefully, some developer notices this thread and help us out.
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I'm half deaf. Need a louder phone please.
same here, the phone volume is too low. Maybe if can acces service codes? I did it on my previous Samsung phone.
Hi, all.
So, I've been doing some digging around, and looks like there are 2 possibilities.
One is to modify the system files manually (which would be very complicated), but I personally prefer this method rather than having to install extra stuff. However, this method is not available to us unless some very smart person shares the method with us.
Two, which seems to be the only viable option at the moment, is DSP Manager. As far as I understand, it used to be available through ROM Manager, but it is no longer there. I saw a thread that said the author was not releasing it anymore because most MOD developers were now including it in their ROMs from the beginning.
So, if we can find a way to install DSP Manager, we may be able to tweak the max speaker volume. But, that's as far as I could find. I'd need someone smarter to look into this.
Hi,
An update and a new idea.
First, DSP Manager doesn't work on Inspire 4G, so don't bother.
Second,
Here's a new idea I have about the low volume sound fix. I just read a comment from HTC employee who said, "The front speaker is for phone calls and the rear speaker is for everything else."
In other words, if we can find a way to keep the front speaker enabled all the time, we should be able to get more sound. I don't know much about what kind of coding is involved in routing sounds from each speaker, but I wonder if this would be an easier hack than trying to increase the entire system volume, which may still feel low volume for as long as we can't get any sound out of the front speaker.
Maybe someone smart can add to this possibility?
#1! I like to use voice recordings as scheduled reminders, and the playback volume out of the rear speaker is way too low.
I did notice the low volume on a movie i downloaded but you never can tell with those sorts of things. Overall the sounds is incredible even through the speakers with (SRS) and dolby mobile.
Could use something to ++output level.
Id like to see an app to change audio volume levels while recording video.
(ive only had the phone a couple days i returned my samsung Cap upgrade for the 4g, forgive me if there is such an app out there)
How often do you go to watch an awesome looking concert video and the sound is trash? It would make for some beautiful recordings i think. I have yet to test this one, but the Captivate could not record decent sound at all in loud environment.
I personally have come to believe that it is really not that the "volume" is low but rather a "wrong" speaker is being used. I mean, if the main speaker is on the back facing away from us, of course we don't hear much sound. If you flip the phone while playing music or video, you'll notice that the sound is actually loud enough. So, if we can enable the front speaker for normal use, I really think that it'll be just fine.
about every HTC phone has a quiet speaker. but cyanogen typically always includes the audio boost add-on. so i'd just wait for cyanogen 7 to include it, and your troubles will be solved.
well, even if the volume is boosted, as long as the sound is coming out of the rear speaker, if you place your phone on its back on a table or something, the sound will still suffer. It makes more sense to find a way to enable the front speaker.
Most of all phone have a rear facing speaker. But some phone are loud and some are not..
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goldentequila said:
well, even if the volume is boosted, as long as the sound is coming out of the rear speaker, if you place your phone on its back on a table or something, the sound will still suffer. It makes more sense to find a way to enable the front speaker.
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+1 this would be quite useful!
kwin_captivate said:
Most of all phone have a rear facing speaker. But some phone are loud and some are not..
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No, they don't lol. (you may be right if you are talking about specific brand or series, but certainly not "most of all phones").
I just came across something that may be relevant to the audio routing, but I'm not smart enough to figure them out. If anybody wants to take a look at it, it would be great:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioManager.html
There are several lines there that talk about Routing.
GT
This may sound ridiculous but works!
Hi, all.
I just came up with a very simple workaround for "only when you are watching a video or something."
Now, you're gonna probably laugh, but trust me. It really works.
Just play any video, and hold your phone as if you are scooping water. The key is the left hand. When you cup your left hand around the rear speaker, it creates a echoing chamber that redirect all sound toward you. You'll be able to hear the sound much better.
GT
Same with stock 2.2 and bamf gb. Volume seems much weaker than my previous droid, droidx and evo?
I don't think it's weak. I can hear the ringer when I am 2 floors above the phone in my house, music is nice and loud too, no complaints here. Although I know that others say the same thing as you, but for me personally, I think it's fine.
I agree the volume is very weak. I am coming from an original droid and the volume on that was nice and loud. Never had a problem hearing the ringer, music or movies on it. Now with the TB I constantly have the volume turned all the way up and still can't hear it sometimes.
I thought this too. My wife was complaining her TB volume wasn't loud, so we tested it against my Eris and the Eris was drowning out her TB
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Yea, the volume sucks.
I have an app called volume+ its [email protected]$$ and works great bit you have toto be on.ginger for it to work
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didn't do anything for me? I'm on bamf gb too
i'm running stock.
and i actually think the volume is quite loud. music plays pretty loudly, especially with kickstand out for the speaker. in fact, i turn it all the way down during a call, and people next to me can still pretty much hear the entire conversation (when holding the phone up to ear).
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i'm running stock.
and i actually think the volume is quite loud. music plays pretty loudly, especially with kickstand out for the speaker. in fact, i turn it all the way down during a call, and people next to me can still pretty much hear the entire conversation (when holding the phone up to ear).
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Hmm, I typically use mine with a headphone connection to my stereo or speakers.
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Hmm, I typically use mine with a headphone connection to my stereo or speakers.
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Are you saying that when it plays through an external source that it isn't loud enough?
yes i think they may be talking about external sound.. i came from droid 1 and its much louder i think than the TB either way idc cause its still louder than all my friends iphones hehe.
volume flat out isnt good at all... motorola droid 1 was wayyyyyy louder than this.. I shouldnt have to install Volume +.. Even though I already have it, didnt make that much of a difference.
yea for those of u wanting louder volumes get volume+. works amazing. requires gingerbread though
qman66 said:
yea for those of u wanting louder volumes get volume+. works amazing. requires gingerbread though
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I installed it but it doesn't seem to do much?
And trying to talk with this thing on my car dock with the headphones hooked into the speaker?
Droid 1 and droid x were much better?
Yes the volume is subpar when using headphones...it really sucks ass
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Same with stock 2.2 and bamf gb. Volume seems much weaker than my previous droid, droidx and evo?
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No not at all. In fact I think it's one of the louder devices. Might wanna make sure your media volume is up. I find that everything sounds weaker if media volume is down.
I run CM7 personally and under the CM Settings change the sound volume to 10dB and it makes the phone so loud at the store I am at that everyone turns to look lol. Work in a 58,000 square foot retail store.
Comparing it to an og droid is kind of silly. Droid has one of the loudest external speakers. I find the tbolts speakers to be... A bit low, but not too bad. I generally have my phone on vibrate, and use headphones with music/ video, which seem fine to me.
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Its possible to add another 2 speaker to the tablet?
Space isnt a problem, i mean, its possible? did anyone tryed?
As all speakers works with + and -
its just easy to cut wires and split for another 2 speakers more
obviusly will consume more battery and of course will need more space
but its possible without ruining my tablet¿
(speakers pulled from old hp dv6 laptop)
tvm777 said:
Its possible to add another 2 speaker to the tablet?
Space isnt a problem, i mean, its possible? did anyone tryed?
As all speakers works with + and -
its just easy to cut wires and split for another 2 speakers more
obviusly will consume more battery and of course will need more space
but its possible without ruining my tablet¿
(speakers pulled from old hp dv6 laptop)
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I would read about impedance and what happens when you connect speakers in paraellel as you are likely to over work the hardware trying this.
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I would read about impedance and what happens when you connect speakers in paraellel as you are likely to over work the hardware trying this.
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these speaker i have are 4ohm independance but theres no info about gtablet speakers :S
do you think if i connect in paralellel i will blow out they? (four speaker)
mike240se is correct.
Not only that, but those 4 ohm speakers are going to be the worst you could add.
I never looked at the imp. of the speakers in the G-Tab, but these small speakers are usually higher impedance.
If you attach 2 additional 4 ohm speakers, you will mostly hear only them, that is if it does not damage the output circuitry.
Get a nice set of Bluetooth, or wired amplified speakers, it will sound much better, it is much easier, and there is much less chance of damaging your G-Tab.
I'm guessing you want to do this to hear better...? Just download one of the million volume boosters? I use Volume+ the paid one, its great.
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I'm guessing you want to do this to hear better...? Just download one of the million volume boosters? I use Volume+ the paid one, its great.
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yeah louder
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yeah louder
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Yea just buy Volume+, its like 2 bucks. I set it to full boost at 20(Doubles the volume), usually have my tablet just over halfway and everything is nice and loud.
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Yamagushi said:
Yea just buy Volume+, its like 2 bucks. I set it to full boost at 20(Doubles the volume), usually have my tablet just over halfway and everything is nice and loud.
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this app doesnt damage your speakers?
tvm777 said:
this app doesnt damage your speakers?
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If you play something that's already really loud with everything maxed out, maybe. If you use common sense, then no lol. Doubling it makes half volume into full volume and beyond that is above 100%. I usually use it around 130%, but there are times with something like netflix were its so quiet I max it out to 200%. Its harmless. Any issues will be very audable. If its too loud, youll hear it crackling(badly, a small amount of distortion is normal) and such. Realistically I don't think you'll have an issue, just go by ear, if its loud enough to hurt the speakers, itll sound like crap and youll know right away.
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If you play something that's already really loud with everything maxed out, maybe. If you use common sense, then no lol. Doubling it makes half volume into full volume and beyond that is above 100%. I usually use it around 130%, but there are times with something like netflix were its so quiet I max it out to 200%. Its harmless. Any issues will be very audable. If its too loud, youll hear it crackling(badly, a small amount of distortion is normal) and such. Realistically I don't think you'll have an issue, just go by ear, if its loud enough to hurt the speakers, itll sound like crap and youll know right away.
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thanks, ill download this app then
tvm777 said:
thanks, ill download this app then
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No problem
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No problem
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i tryed volume+, but seems doesnt work
volume isnt increasing
any suggestion?
In response to both of your posts, flash the teamdrh JB rom, it is really stable for an alpha, and for some reason, it is really LOUD!!!
redeyedjedi said:
In response to both of your posts, flash the teamdrh JB rom, it is really stable for an alpha, and for some reason, it is really LOUD!!!
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I have already downloaded Jb teamdrh rom, but since i dont have full root access, titanium backup cannot backup anything
its there any other option to backup my applications?
i cant access to system even mounting usb trough cwm
try appmonster. But, i dunno if it will work. What I do know is if you use applanet, the downloaded apks are in the applanet folder. If you use google play store, then set your rom to backup your account and automatically restore, then after you flash a new rom, you can just restore your apps from online?? I think this is how it works, but I have never let google into my life that much!!
***a quick google search reveals that appmonster needs no root! so try it.
http://www.apkmania.com/2012/06/appmonster-pro-v252-apk.html
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try appmonster. But, i dunno if it will work. What I do know is if you use applanet, the downloaded apks are in the applanet folder. If you use google play store, then set your rom to backup your account and automatically restore, then after you flash a new rom, you can just restore your apps from online?? I think this is how it works, but I have never let google into my life that much!!
***a quick google search reveals that appmonster needs no root! so try it.
http://www.apkmania.com/2012/06/appmonster-pro-v252-apk.html
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do i need to follow all instructions carefully for jb teamdrh?
Download the following file <--- Seriously don't skip this step unless you are 100% positive that you have a 350M system partition (md5: 256a4bf1da503f4a1ec1f998a00a05f2)
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already did! jb its on the way updating
Hello,
I'm wondering how I might override the volume on my device in order to make the loudspeaker... louder. My device is rooted and has SmartPack Kernel app on it.
Any help is appreciated.
i am using this app. Hope this answers your question.
George528 said:
i am using this app. Hope this answers your question.
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Well it did help and it has also made me realize how loud I listen to music with headphones on. My iphone which I use as a music player gets very loud whether it's the loudspeaker or using headphones. With the app you suggested I can tell the Note 3 is getting very old it doesn't handle its volume being overridden well, it sounded distorted and unclear (I had it at 5% boosted).
Oh well, I can live with how it is as-is.
Gave it another shot today.
I rooted the device and then flashed LOLZ kernel and with SmartPark have been able to up the decibels for the headphone jack and for whatever reason SmartPack's method doesn't distort the audio like the Booster app did.
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Gave it another shot today.
I rooted the device and then flashed LOLZ kernel and with SmartPark have been able to up the decibels for the headphone jack and for whatever reason SmartPack's method doesn't distort the audio like the Booster app did.
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probably because the free up that i suggested that doesn't require root is a piece of sh*t
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probably because the free up that i suggested that doesn't require root is a piece of sh*t
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Perhaps. I fear that my phone is going to be toast soon, the loudspeaker is starting to get that airy failing noise of a speaker sound haha.
I upped the decibel for the loudspeaker by 2% and the headphone jack I think to 3-4%.
BUT even before I did that to the loudspeaker it was giving me that failing sound.
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Perhaps. I fear that my phone is going to be toast soon, the loudspeaker is starting to get that airy failing noise of a speaker sound haha.
I upped the decibel for the loudspeaker by 2% and the headphone jack I think to 3-4%.
BUT even before I did that to the loudspeaker it was giving me that failing sound.
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i am not sure i can help you from here
or deal with it, or buy better hardware
best of luck
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i am not sure i can help you from here
or deal with it, or buy better hardware
best of luck
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It's just getting old, I guess. Either I'll have to upgrade soon or keep replacing parts.