When I have the volume set to the max and I receive a call, my ringtone is setup to play a song (hip hop) and it sounds terrible. When the bass hits come, it sounds like there is cotton balls covering the speakers. Like when people play their music too loud in their cars with crappy stock speakers, it sounds terrible. If I lower the volume, it sounds better, but I can barely hear the ringtone....
anyone else experiencing this?
shniggies said:
When I have the volume set to the max and I receive a call, my ringtone is setup to play a song (hip hop) and it sounds terrible. When the bass hits come, it sounds like there is cotton balls covering the speakers. Like when people play their music too loud in their cars with crappy stock speakers, it sounds terrible. If I lower the volume, it sounds better, but I can barely hear the ringtone....
anyone else experiencing this?
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You're experiencing over-excursion. These speakers weren't designed to handle bass. You can use an audio editing program to kick down the guilty frequencies (probably in the 200-400 Hz range).
Alternatively, you could try better music
Speakers of G2x are indeed sub-par but then again its a phone NOT a sub woofer. Lol
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i'm not looking for some crazy bass hit... but this same song on my OLD samsung i7500 sounds 100x better.... i'm going to try some more songs, but this doesn't seem normal to me at all
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i'm not looking for some crazy bass hit... but this same song on my OLD samsung i7500 sounds 100x better.... i'm going to try some more songs, but this doesn't seem normal to me at all
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Back in the day, when phones all had crappy speakers, I chose to replace mine. It was a hack of a mod, but worked. Suppose if ringtones are that important, you could do this. Just make sure you get your impedance within 10 or so percent.
so i did some more "testing" and it sounds much much better while playing the same ringtone from the music player. However, when it plays as a ringtone, someone calls, then it sounds like crap.
Is there a different driver that plays ringtones vs plays music?
momentarylapseofreason said:
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This made me laugh so much, because it's true.
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shniggies said:
so i did some more "testing" and it sounds much much better while playing the same ringtone from the music player. However, when it plays as a ringtone, someone calls, then it sounds like crap.
Is there a different driver that plays ringtones vs plays music?
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anyone??????
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Hey ya'll I'm getting ansy for tomorrow's release.. Quick question.. Has anyone found a comperable SRSWOW plugin to add some clarity and "thump" to the phones standard audio output? SRSWow on Winmo is a godsend and truly makes the phones audio double in clarity and crispness across all the bands...
Thanks!
Is there a problem with the Audio?
Mine sounds fine.
This question isn't about a problem, but moreso about the ability to "tune" the audio to enhance the sound. If you have had a winmo phone with SRSwow, you'll know what I mean.. Night and day difference in sound depth, crispness, bass clarity, and seperation from stock.
i've only come across a single media player that had even had an EQ for android. i'll see if i can find the thread...
edit: found it.
astro player
I've dealt a lot with SRS WOW on my winmo device and on a desktop PC... After through testing, came to a conclusion that most of the time it actually makes the music sounds worse. Trashed it and never gone back.
frifox said:
I've dealt a lot with SRS WOW on my winmo device and on a desktop PC... After through testing, came to a conclusion that most of the time it actually makes the music sounds worse. Trashed it and never gone back.
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Hmmm.. Not sure how qualified your ears are, but i can guarantee in a car with a smallish sub the SRSWoW made all the difference from stock WM players on Winmo. Inside there might be less subtle changes. The ability to widen the sound and get less mud from the bass is really where this plugin shines. Sounds like its not quite there for Android yet. Bummer!
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Hmmm.. Not sure how qualified your ears are, but i can guarantee in a car with a smallish sub the SRSWoW made all the difference from stock WM players on Winmo. Inside there might be less subtle changes. The ability to widen the sound and get less mud from the bass is really where this plugin shines. Sounds like its not quite there for Android yet. Bummer!
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try astro player, like i posted
Thanks for the Astro link. I will give it a spin.
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I've dealt a lot with SRS WOW on my winmo device and on a desktop PC... After through testing, came to a conclusion that most of the time it actually
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Hmmm.. Not sure how qualified your ears are, but i can guarantee in a car with a smallish sub the SRSWoW made all the difference from stock WM players on Winmo. Inside there might be less subtle changes. The ability to widen the sound and get less mud from the bass is really where this plugin shines. Sounds like its not quite there for Android yet. Bummer!
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I produced music for past 3 years (trance), spent WEEKS battling youtube optimizing my uploads for best audio quality, play piano, and am in charge of my church's choir... I think that should be enough to qualify me as "not a n00b in audio/music area"
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I produced music for past 3 years (trance), spent WEEKS battling youtube optimizing my uploads for best audio quality, play piano, and am in charge of my church's choir... I think that should be enough to qualify me as "not a n00b in audio/music area"
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Touche...We are playing MP3's after all, lol After trying Astro Music I wasn't wowed that much.. Hopefully there are more plugins enroute to satisfy my SRSwow fixation ;/
just do what I did... save up and invest some $$ and get better quality sound system, let it be headphones, speakers, car sound, etc...
I spent $80 on headphones and another $100 on new 3-say speakers for my car. That made all the difference. AMAZING sound quality on both, no need for any SRSWOW patches
I can relate, I need it myself. I need to boost/tune my overall volume as well, & not just in mp3s.
You are a deaf mann frifoxxx !! You cant replace your phones speaker but you can increase quality with SRS.You can configure low frequency to 400hz or 300hz and sound is better better better than standart in ALL WM phones.I think SRS is really necesary for ALL devices that has small speakers like laptops,phones,tablet pcs.Im producing music for 7 years and i think SRS is necessary for all small speakered device.And many manufacturers are using srs engines in their lcd tvs,phones...etc and they have SRS logo on front.sorry for my english if your devices headphone amplifier is bad about bass (like HD2) you can use srs for headphone configuring 40 hz and far input output DB values.And you get the BASSS
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Same thing as SRS
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DSPManager
Same thing as SRS
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it is not working on my hd2 android rom and it only have a standart eq.Srs is not is an eq srs is a dynamic real time processıng engine that scans sound and boost neccessary frequencies necessary parts of sound.
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I want srs for my sgs2
I have it on my pc and on my i900 its sounds really amazing after adjustements
There is an app called equalizer made by the same guys that make audio manager and it worked great on my evo
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I personally like Volume Boost. It literally tweaks the eq to raise volume, has custom and preset eq, and other great tweaks. The "in call" is still in testing, but the speaker, and headphone, and headset quality is pretty amazing for a market app
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KIRA-isJUSTICE said:
I personally like Volume Boost. It literally tweaks the eq to raise volume, has custom and preset eq, and other great tweaks. The "in call" is still in testing, but the speaker, and headphone, and headset quality is pretty amazing for a market app
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I like crisp clean sound. Bass is nice but I hate it when the bass is so distorted that it drones out the crisp highs and mids. What's the point of audio I'd you've got the bass turned so far up you can't hear the vocals.
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I am looking for a working version of SRSWOW for my android tablet, It's the Samsung 10.1 and I agree that using SRSWOW no comparison it is the best for not rooting my tablet. All I want is about a 30% increase in sound I have tried several other so called boost the volume apps and nothing has so far worked. So if anyone could steer me in the right direction I would be very happy, thanks in advance..
I think I can deal with the screen problem I posted about, but I just don't know if I can get over the back speaker. Playing music through it sounds absolutely horrible.
I use my phone as an alarm clock in the morning which will play music. The terrible sound quality of the music coming from the phone is enough to wake me up and wanna just smash the phone. And no that, just because it wakes me up does not mean its a good thing. I really don't know what there is to do about this problem.
The actual problem is it sounds like there is no bass at all. I know that commonly phone speakers have yet to really add any kind of subwoofer into phones, but I don't think I have come across any speaker that sounds quite like this. It isn't enjoyable to listen to at all. It sounds like screeching. Its like the speaker just has the treble levels all the way up and the bass all the way down. So all I hear are high pitched shreeks instead of singing.
For the most part I load high quality music (320kbps) onto my phone, so I know that's not the problem. I have enjoyed listening to the exact same music files on my old Mytouch3G and also a Nokia 5310 and both sound much better. I don't know what it is that is making the music and speaker setting while in a phone call sound so bad.
I don't think HTC would put a terrible speaker back there. Is anyone else having this issue or should I take back my phone and see if the next one sounds better?
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I think I can deal with the screen problem I posted about, but I just don't know if I can get over the back speaker. Playing music through it sounds absolutely horrible.
I use my phone as an alarm clock in the morning which will play music. The terrible sound quality of the music coming from the phone is enough to wake me up and wanna just smash the phone. And no that, just because it wakes me up does not mean its a good thing. I really don't know what there is to do about this problem.
The actual problem is it sounds like there is no bass at all. I know that commonly phone speakers have yet to really add any kind of subwoofer into phones, but I don't think I have come across any speaker that sounds quite like this. It isn't enjoyable to listen to at all. It sounds like screeching. Its like the speaker just has the treble levels all the way up and the bass all the way down. So all I hear are high pitched shreeks instead of singing.
For the most part I load high quality music (320kbps) onto my phone, so I know that's not the problem. I have enjoyed listening to the exact same music files on my old Mytouch3G and also a Nokia 5310 and both sound much better. I don't know what it is that is making the music and speaker setting while in a phone call sound so bad.
I don't think HTC would put a terrible speaker back there. Is anyone else having this issue or should I take back my phone and see if the next one sounds better?
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I think it is not the best speaker but still better than the N1 loudspeaker. I think it's an HTC problem not with your phone. But feel free to go to a t-mobile store and compare yours to another MT4G.
I agree it's a problem with the MT4G line and not individual phones, but HTC has made quality speakers on their phones. The Evo 4G is a perfect example of this.
CM6 comes with an equalizer you can use for sound so that might make things better. Personally I think sound drivers might be the issue more than hardware b/c if you listen to music on the MT4G thru headphones it sounds like listening to a recording of a recording.
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I agree it's a problem with the MT4G line and not individual phones, but HTC has made quality speakers on their phones. The Evo 4G is a perfect example of this.
CM6 comes with an equalizer you can use for sound so that might make things better. Personally I think sound drivers might be the issue more than hardware b/c if you listen to music on the MT4G thru headphones it sounds like listening to a recording of a recording.
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But I thought that the equalizer mod only worked for music through headphones and not through the actual speaker.
Wrong
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ESKIMOn00b said:
Wrong
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What do you mean? Or are you just being a douche and trolling....
The speaker is kinda crappy I agree. But a little better than the G2. If you lower the volume it is a little better but then hard to here. This is one issue I wish was better.
Have to agree....speaker sucked on the G 2 also
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Don't know if it is just me but my speaker seems to have gotten better with use. Maybe broken in, who knows maybe it is just me settling for not perfect but i think it has gotten better with use. Maybe it is just wishful thinking.
speaker stinks on this phone and the G2. period. i have yet to use it for music thru headphones yet. but i dont use my phone as a media player unless its on the airplane or something like that.
I agree the speaker isn't great but it isn't that bad. Though I have to admit, the Vibrant had a great speaker. VERY loud and very clear.
Have you tried playing it thru external speakers? like ihome thru the 3.5mm jack? the sounds good enough, but every now and then it sends the phone haywire skipping track after track every two seconds and randomly dialing??
with the stock ROM its very ehh
once i fully rooted & installed Evil Desire HD port my speaker was really loud & clear!
It's good to have bluetooth speakers handy especially for both phone calls and audio.
(Creative T12w is the best bet for home use, but it doesn't have HSP/HFP)
jayizzbakk said:
with the stock ROM its very ehh
once i fully rooted & installed Evil Desire HD port my speaker was really loud & clear!
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Can anyone confirm that this fixes the speaker? And if so, can we isolate the setting that fixes it to apply separately?
mingkee said:
It's good to have bluetooth speakers handy especially for both phone calls and audio.
(Creative T12w is the best bet for home use, but it doesn't have HSP/HFP)
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I have the Jawbone JAMBOX and love it. I use it in places where I used to listen to the speaker.
As for using the speaker, I guess I haven't used a phone where I was like "that's awesome!" The best it's sounded is having all my music adjusted to 95dB using MP3Gain, and the volume about 1 or 2 steps away from max.
That the only thing i hate about the Mytouch 4G... its not that big of a deal, but switching from the Touch Pro 2 (dual speaker) to the Mytouch 4g (one speaker) was a downgrade for me but hey you have to admit the phone freaking awesome!
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speaker stinks on this phone and the G2. period. i have yet to use it for music thru headphones yet. but i dont use my phone as a media player unless its on the airplane or something like that.
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The G2 sounds way worse than the MT4G. Side by side, there is a HUGE difference.
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The G2 sounds way worse than the MT4G. Side by side, there is a HUGE difference.
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I totally agree. I tried both side by side. Was still stuck on wanting a g2 but I had the choice to pay 200 for a g2 or 70 for mt4g. I'm glad I got this phone. I'm very satisfied with it.
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Its ok not that HORRIBLE, coming from a mytouch slide
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Hello all,
I'm not a developer, but I am a music producer. If any of you devs want custom ringtones for your ROMs just let me know and I'll be happy to help out! You guys rock.
I would love to see some actual good music turned into ringtones. Nothing obnoxious but something that definetly loud and noticeable. Biggest downisde ive always seen is most ringtones are to soft and cant be heard even with the volume up or they sound distorted.
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I would love to see some actual good music turned into ringtones. Nothing obnoxious but something that definetly loud and noticeable. Biggest downisde ive always seen is most ringtones are to soft and cant be heard even with the volume up or they sound distorted.
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That's probably to avoid clipping and speaker damage. I think some cell phones also have limiters on them to cap the output no matter how loud the audio file is. This is especially noticeable on the iPhone.
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That's probably to avoid clipping and speaker damage. I think some cell phones also have limiters on them to cap the output no matter how loud the audio file is. This is especially noticeable on the iPhone.
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Just to be fair... the iPhone speaker sucks. Flat out.
The volume limiters for the speaker are in the kernel. The thing is that it's not a dynamic limiter, so it can't adjust the gain for quiet ringtones. The ringtones have to have a decent gain to begin with.
XGX5309 said:
Just to be fair... the iPhone speaker sucks. Flat out.
The volume limiters for the speaker are in the kernel. The thing is that it's not a dynamic limiter, so it can't adjust the gain for quiet ringtones. The ringtones have to have a decent gain to begin with.
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True that. I tend to do some quick-and-dirty mastering for ringtones to bring them up to commercial volume.
Guys, how is the music quality through the headphone jack especially with apps like Poweramp? I have some very good quality headphones so that part is taken care of.
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Guys, how is the music quality through the headphone jack especially with apps like Poweramp? I have some very good quality headphones so that part is taken care of.
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It's pretty good. Im not a musician or anything but for the normal person wanting to enjoy his music it does a pretty well job even compared to my older galaxy s6
One thing I don't really like, since I listen to classical music that is quiet and has pauses is that there is constantly a small amount of noise than can be heard only if the music you are listening to is not loud or when there are pauses. When you are listening to standard pop/rock/ or any other loud music, this noise cannot be heard. I have had this problem with older cheap CD/MP3 players... Apart from that, the overal sound quality is very good though. I am using Sennheiser in-ear earphones.
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One thing I don't really like, since I listen to classical music that is quiet and has pauses is that there is constantly a small amount of noise than can be heard only if the music you are listening to is not loud or when there are pauses. When you are listening to standard pop/rock/ or any other loud music, this noise cannot be heard. I have had this problem with older cheap CD/MP3 players... Apart from that, the overal sound quality is very good though. I am using Sennheiser in-ear earphones.
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this happens with a particular music app or any music app?
tucking fypo said:
Guys, how is the music quality through the headphone jack especially with apps like Poweramp? I have some very good quality headphones so that part is taken care of.
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Loud speaker is not so loud amd good but music trough headphones are pretty good.
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this happens with a particular music app or any music app?
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It is independent of the music app
Why does the sound only come from the bottom speaker on incoming calls or when notifications arrive? Listening to music, watching videos or playing games and the sound comes from both speaker. Also getting the feeling that the sound is much worse when it comes to ringtones/notifications.
Fille84 said:
Why does the sound only come from the bottom speaker on incoming calls or when notifications arrive? Listening to music, watching videos or playing games and the sound comes from both speaker. Also getting the feeling that the sound is much worse when it comes to ringtones/notifications.
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Same here, ringtones and notifications sounds not only worse but quiet even on full volume.
But seriously why? You have 2 speakers and only choose to activate one of them with ringtones/notifications... Or is it some bug that will be fixed with an update?
I know this thread is a couple months old, but this bugs me too! Any updates on figuring this out? I'd like to utilize my stereo speakers to the fullest.
Fille84 said:
Why does the sound only come from the bottom speaker on incoming calls or when notifications arrive? Listening to music, watching videos or playing games and the sound comes from both speaker. Also getting the feeling that the sound is much worse when it comes to ringtones/notifications.
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This is standard across many dual speaker devices. Only the bottom speaker is used for notifications and in call loudspeaker mode. We'll need someone to find a way to edit the root files that control this or create a mod that can be flashed in recovery. Until then, only one speaker will be used.
Anyone found a way to edit the build.prop files yet?
My guess is that it isn't the build.prop file, but a mixer XML file that needs editing. Unfortunately, I have no knowledge on how to do anything like that though.
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My guess is that it isn't the build.prop file, but a mixer XML file that needs editing. Unfortunately, I have no knowledge on how to do anything like that though.
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I think you're right. I found a set of them but don't even know where to begin to edit them.
To be fair, and I'm not sure why, this phone isn't the only device to suffer from this. For comparison, my wife's iPad Pro w/ 4 speakers works fine with media and apps. However, when using Facetime, it only outputs from 2 speakers. I'm not sure if, including the Pixel 2, this is an app design, a hardware design, or comms protocol limitation or something. I wish all sound came from both speakers and that both speakers were designed to be equal...I believe the Pixel 2 speakers are designed so that the top speaker is more Treble-focused and the bottom has a little more bass.
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To be fair, and I'm not sure why, this phone isn't the only device to suffer from this. For comparison, my wife's iPad Pro w/ 4 speakers works fine with media and apps. However, when using Facetime, it only outputs from 2 speakers. I'm not sure if, including the Pixel 2, this is an app design, a hardware design, or comms protocol limitation or something. I wish all sound came from both speakers and that both speakers were designed to be equal...I believe the Pixel 2 speakers are designed so that the top speaker is more Treble-focused and the bottom has a little more bass.
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Yes, this is standard across most device manufacturers. I'm not sure why though as I've successfully modded an old Sony Xperia to have dual speaker output for loudspeaker calls.