Hi, I have a Nexus S, coming from a 3GS, and I think that the sound level coming from the Nexus S is about half of what comes from the 3GS.
The main headset I use is Beats by Dr Dre: Tour, but I have also tried JVC Gummy headphones and my Beats by Dr Dre studio's, and they all sound 'loud' but no where near as loud as an iPad sitting right next to it.
I have also tried Power Amp, while this raises the volume, its still quiet for things such as bus or train commutes.
Thanks For your time
You have a couple options. Voodoo control but need a kernel that supports that or volume 1+5 on the market.
yeah get a voodoo kernel and voodoo control app. enhances audio beyond anything else.
Thanks guy's i'll try it when I get back from school and let you know the results
It could actually be phone-related. I had a i9023 and it had very low earpiece volume. Now I have a i9020 and it's very good. Go try another headset.
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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?
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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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
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PowerAmp will change your phone life...use the EQ
thank me later
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I recently got my SGS I9000 international version with Froyo 2.2 pre-installed. when I plugged in ear-phones which came with it, the music quality was Okay but it was lacking bass so I tried changing settings, equalizer, effects, 5.1 Ch everything but nothing enhanced Bass.
I use Power AMP on my other android phone(LG P500) and when I installed same on SGS and increased bass, sound distortion was very high and output was bad and it couldn't produce bass however with same settings sound is great on my LG P500.
I have tried many headsets ans even external amplifier but no good.
Please Help! How can I fix this!
Where did you find an equalizer?
Dont know if you want to go down this route or know how to do this...go and look in the dev section...flash voodoo kernel 5.1 sound fix will sort your problem out....such a massive difference.
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Thanks Rixsta
I am wondering if its a hardware issue or software as I have googled a lot about it and didn't fine anyone else complaining for same issue so is it only with my device?
An it would be difficult for me to go for flashing or porting ROMs etc. as I don't want to loose warranty.
Can you or someone from XDA tell me that what is the exact issue with sound? or can someone please install Power AMP and check the sound increasing Bass?
Thanks in advanced!
Voodoo Sound.
just for reference
I did not make any MOD to my phone, and the stock BASS / SUB / BASE sound is very good, even when i stream over BLUETOOTH to my car
or in my BLUETOOTH stereo headphones
it sounds even richer when using the 3.5 mm plug
Finally I flashed kernel to Voodoo_stable_5.1 (voided warranty).
Installed Voodoo sound from market it has option "bass on headphones" under FM Radio
Under WM8994 it has Headphone amplifier which increased the sound volume only "not bsss"
So still the issue remains same......I m not getting punchy bass as I have in other comparatively mid level phones.....I bought it because GSM Arena mentioned that it has perfect sound quality.
Please tell me is it the issue with my SGS only or every SGS has same kind of sound.
Yes manit, I can confirm which the fm radio on not vodoo kernel have "no bass". My friend have samsung wave 8500(bada o.s.)and the bass are ok on his fm radio. Don't understand why, but is so.
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Actually I m not concern about FM radio sound......my problem is when I listen music in music player or "Power AMP " the music lacks Bass
Still I didn't get solution.....
Problem resolved
Got SENNHEISER ear phones .....sound is now great.
the stock headset is just crappy quality. put some good ones in.
too bad they cant give some descent ear plugs with a 500 euro phone
manit_goel said:
I recently got my SGS I9000 international version with Froyo 2.2 pre-installed. when I plugged in ear-phones which came with it,
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Generally speaking, the earphones that come with phones are terrible and are not meant for music appreciation.. I'm not really surprised that you'd find terrible bass/distortion using them.
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Problem resolved
Got SENNHEISER ear phones .....sound is now great.
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Can you tell me which model of senhiesser did fix the bass even i am badly desperate....
sony's MDR-XB inear headphoes good for our galaxy S in terms of BASS Punches is it ?
SHOULD BE BETTER IN COMPARISION WITH THE ONE THAT COMES WITH IT....BASS BASS BASS BASS [email protected]@@@!
I use sennhieser px360bt. Superb.
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Me too, have that man
SKeijmel said:
the stock headset is just crappy quality. put some good ones in.
too bad they cant give some descent ear plugs with a 500 euro phone
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Quality seems fine to me... and quite durable!
Definitely better than stock ipod earplugs...
The quality of the bundled headphones could be worse...
With regards to sound quality flash a kernel that supports Voodoo Sound 4 and install the Voodoo app from the market place. From there if you plan on messing with the EQ in programs such as PowerAMP or Mixzing then turn the gain down (a long way down...) before you start mucking around with the bass. After that your music should be distortion free and very rumbley should you choose to make it so.
manit_goel said:
Problem resolved
Got SENNHEISER ear phones .....sound is now great.
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i saw a huge diff of sound from eclair to froyo...there r kernel tht improve the sound..but overall what quality of ear phones u use gives a huge diff too.i used panasonic,sony,sennheiserz,philips all were ear buds but i liked creative and i like it.its a little punchy wiv clearity.cheeerz
Okay coming from the iPhone 4 when I would stream Pandora in my vehicle it sounded good but with the desire its like it isn't loud enough and it doesn't have any depth just treble sounds like am I missing a setting or is this common with HTC phones not having good audio?
Sent from my HTC INSPIRE 4G
it is a known fact that the speaker sucks on the Inspire.
Your iPhone automatically adjusted the volume when you plugged it into the car, and wouldn't let you adjust the volume on the device. The Inspire doesn't do this, so you have to use the volume rocker on the device to set it loud enough for it to sound decent in your car. I stream audio from mine all the time in the car, and once the audio is set at the right volume it sounds great.
I did not have the same experience as Silas. I'm currently on CoreDroid, which is supposed to have some audio tweaks to increase the volume of the all speakers up to 20%. It's still very treble heavy. It's well known the speaker on the Inspire is less than stellar, and you just happen to be coming from a device that has an incredible external speaker. I'm not sure you're going to get the volume/sound quality you desire out of this particular device.
Hey everyone, well I'm a fairly new T-Mobile customer & Sensation owner and while I really love the phone I'm not the happiest about the speaker or headset volume level. I can turn the level all the way up when I have a headset plugged in and it's no where near loud enough for me when listening to music. Is this the norm for all you Sensation owners as well?
Now I've read about the crappy speaker that is used and I've followed the music player thread hear as well I've tested Volume+ and nothing seems to change the loudness level. All of the apps were just the free verions and I know that Volume+ lets you go to +8 in the paid version but I just wish something could boost the volume to a noticeable difference!
It's getting to the point where I may swap this out for the Amaze or possible Consider the GSII.
The stock handsfree headset is pure crap, mind you. Just get a pair of good headphones and a Beats ROM and you'll be all set
i have seen several, tried them, am very underwhelmed with any of them, i use headphones and the Infuse is too quiet
Any suggestions?
currently using "Volume+" not good enough
beerman99 said:
i have seen several, tried them, am very underwhelmed with any of them, i use headphones and the Infuse is too quiet
Any suggestions?
currently using "Volume+" not good enough
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voodoo control will get you 5db+ on the hardware end. if you don't have a voodoo kernel then get voodoo control plus which includes a module with the driver.
since voodoo sound works on a hardware level you might be able of use it with another audio booster app.
if. volume still doesn't blow you away then get more efficient headphones. some of the xeers headphones from Germany available on eBay have very high efficiency, only downfall of xeers headphones is the driver has flex so it may give a crinkling noise when you put them in after they break in. I have the td3 blacks and for rock music they are the best, not really an iem because they color the sound too much to qualify as a monitor but they are loud and sound great on music that you want to hear loud.
I use Voo Doo Control with Klipsch s4i's personally. Sound great.. got them because I once owned an iPod touch...Yeah........ But the play pause button works with the last media player that was added onto the device. Always works for pausing though. Just not always.. playing again. ): It works for ending calls and then the music starts back up that's nice. Sorry to make this more about the headphones than the app. But I agree with Dani. I like Voo Doo control. I like the options that it has for when you plug and unplug your headset. Like watching how loud the volume is. THAT IS DANDY.
Voodoo sound ftw
Froggys go ribbet
Voodoo Control definitely
Dani897 said:
voodoo control will get you 5db+ on the hardware end. if you don't have a voodoo kernel then get voodoo control plus which includes a module with the driver.
since voodoo sound works on a hardware level you might be able of use it with another audio booster app.
if. volume still doesn't blow you away then get more efficient headphones. some of the xeers headphones from Germany available on eBay have very high efficiency, only downfall of xeers headphones is the driver has flex so it may give a crinkling noise when you put them in after they break in. I have the td3 blacks and for rock music they are the best, not really an iem because they color the sound too much to qualify as a monitor but they are loud and sound great on music that you want to hear loud.
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This is by far the way to go.
Get galaxy tuner on the market and fine tune your sound.
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mv1luv said:
Get galaxy tuner on the market and fine tune your sound.
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Galaxy tuner doesn't work on GB
Big Dogg Infuse I997 ZeusB5 ICS!