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Speaker volume?

Is the speaker volume VERY low or is it just my phone? I have youtube videos turned all the way up, notifications turned all the way up, etc., and it's still not that loud.

^^^Agreed, I noticed this as well. Its not a big issue, though.
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Good to know it's not just my phone then. I can live with it.

Me too. I was thinking out was just my phone.

There is already a post about this FYI.....Go to: Settings>Call>Enable "Hearing Aids"
This will help tremendously. Enjoy.

at even the highest setting, its low on my phone. but what i've found out is that the speaker is capable of a very loud sound, but is locked by the software for the highest it can go. what i am talking about is , like for google navigation, turn the volume to the highest setting, and you can see that voice guidance is extremely loud. but for all other things on the phone, its low. so a custom rom would have to increase this setting for everything to be loud, not just voice guidance on google navigation.

It's definitely not a good speaker, but check out an app called Equalizer to boost your levels.

Try volume+ from the market.
I've not got a sensation but I have increased the volume of my lg o2x hugely.
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Unfortunately volume+ crashes on the Sensation.

So strange you are all claiming speaker quality is bad. Mine it's great. Very loud and clear/crisp.. Music, videos, calls. Everything. Especially with the SRS enhancement checked.
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Where do I check SRS enhancement?
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kurtis.austin2 said:
So strange you are all claiming speaker quality is bad. Mine it's great. Very loud and clear/crisp.. Music, videos, calls. Everything. Especially with the SRS enhancement checked.
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SRS is great on the HTC apps but doesn't affect Sirius or other media apps.

Well even my youtube videos and speaker phone conversations are loud and crisp on the speaker. No problems with low volume here.
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For listening to music on my bt headset I use the equalizer in poweramp to boost the volume, works well for me. For voice calls I find the volume and sound quality to be amazing.
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SoFaKiNgStOkeD said:
There is already a post about this FYI.....Go to: Settings>Call>Enable "Hearing Aids"
This will help tremendously. Enjoy.
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I have nothing about enabling hearing aids, or is this just a joke?
Id like to know why my phones speaker is louder than when I plug external speakers in. This isn't too clever seen as the volume also seens very low on mine. :/
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Hi, yes equalizer seems to help with the speaker by cranking everything up. Still nothing like the results you can get from volume plus.
On the plus side the speaker seems to be better than previous htc devices. I have always been put off by the poor speaker. Motorola speakers I have to have below max!
I will email volume+ developer and see if he or she will update.
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Email from maker of volume+
From: dancassidy7
To: trickyhenry
Yes, it currently doesn't work on the Sensation and I'm not entirely sure why. I'm currently looking into why it force closes and will then release a bug fix.
Thanks.
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I noticed that yesterday as well.. my speaker volume is very low I already turned on the hearing aid option. I'm going to try one of those apps from the market
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I think these guys are misunderstanding what we are saying...not youtube or apps..We mean like Ringtone and text message notification sounds are not loud...My phone was on my hip while i was driving and i missed 3 calls.

Elvis_Freshly said:
I think these guys are misunderstanding what we are saying...not youtube or apps..We mean like Ringtone and text message notification sounds are not loud...My phone was on my hip while i was driving and i missed 3 calls.
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Dude, volume+ sorts it.
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[Q] App to fix low audio output?

Does anyone know of any apps to fix the low audio output for watching videos. Music and call colume is fine for me...but I can barely make out the words on any video I play...even with the SRS enchancments on...I guess I'm looking for something to boost the audio output using any video player. I've tried "equalizer" but it didn't work at all in boosting the volume. Thanks.

Same problem here..except that the music isn't quite loud enough to me. Same problem of equalizer being useless. I made a topic about this in the general forum, but nothing was solved unfortunately
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How is equalizer useless? I get a fairly significant boost. I put 100 and 300 at 12dB, 1000 at 10dB, 3000 at 8, and 10000 at 4. Make sure you enable it by pressing the power icon and selecting equalizer.

I will give it another shot with the presets you mentioned tomorrow at the gym. That's when I tend to watch movies...and the noises around drown out the audio...keeping my fingers crossed

It's useless because any boost that it may give is leveled out by something...probably the htc sound driver
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greengoldmello said:
It's useless because any boost that it may give is leveled out by something...probably the htc sound driver
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Well you must not be doing it right or your phone is defective.

Same issue with low audio here. It depends what video player I use, the same applies to GPS navigation Copilot has very low volume, Sygic is reasonably ok. All applications are at the maximum volume.
I think that this issue needs to be fixed with update from HTC or we will need some application to boost the volume without too much distortion.
Even when listening to music trough headphones, volume is not as loud as i would like to have very often. Far cry from my HTC Diamond which felt twice as loud compared to Sensation.

Because I have alot of AVI files...and for some reason the sound cuts out after like two minutes of watching a video with the stock player(def an issue that needs to be fixed...but maybe for another day)....I have been using the app "Arc Media" to watch them...I tried the presets this morning suggested by Karnovarian...and it seemed to help some? Maybe I was just sub consciously hoping it did...or maybe it was because I was a couple of treadmills down from the big fan then yesterday. Either way, it was still lower then I would have liked...def a difference from my mytouch 4g I gave away to a family member.
Any other luck with "equilaizer" or other apps?

volume+ by meltus will fix your problems.

innerspace said:
volume+ by meltus will fix your problems.
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It currently crashes on the Sensation, wait for an update from the Dev.
Source: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.TEST.android.lvh&feature=search_result

innerspace said:
volume+ by meltus will fix your problems.
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Doesn't work when I tried it last week! Hopefully Meltus fixes it soon since it's a great app!

I mean NO disrespect..so please don't take it anyway. But there are like 10 of these threads. OP please do a search before starting threads like this that have been discussed a million times. It stagnates the forums if we keep discussing the same issues.
Low volume, dust under screen, loose buttons, dead pixels, data dropping issues<----all have like 10 threads a piece. Just a little help from me to you.

Elvis_Freshly said:
I mean NO disrespect..so please don't take it anyway. But there are like 10 of these threads. OP please do a search before starting threads like this that have been discussed a million times. It stagnates the forums if we keep discussing the same issues.
Low volume, dust under screen, loose buttons, dead pixels, data dropping issues<----all have like 10 threads a piece. Just a little help from me to you.
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Well...
Since these issues are so frequently encountered, should we not keep them @ front page to keep awareness of the issues?

Doing a search in this forum brought up nothing on the issue....try one..
Anyway, I'm gonna give it till next week to see if volume+ gets working...
Thanks guys

Volume+ now works on the Sensation I'm using it and it really does make a difference. I'm worried now that the speakers explode or something lol.
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Derek0228 said:
Volume+ now works on the Sensation I'm using it and it really does make a difference. I'm worried now that the speakers explode or something lol.
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Great news...I'll give it another shot!

Derek0228 said:
Volume+ now works on the Sensation I'm using it and it really does make a difference. I'm worried now that the speakers explode or something lol.
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Can you, or someone point me in the direction of the Volume + app... I searched around some. Couldn't find it :/

NVM, found it.

I just purchases Volume+ but it seems like it does not improve my speaker volume at all.
I tried increasing speaker volume to max but my ringtones still as soft.....
Anyone tested this apps on sensation and confirmed it is working?
Maybe i am missing something....

longdi said:
I just purchases Volume+ but it seems like it does not improve my speaker volume at all.
I tried increasing speaker volume to max but my ringtones still as soft.....
Anyone tested this apps on sensation and confirmed it is working?
Maybe i am missing something....
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I tested it, works great. Though i only tested playing music and videos, no other sounds like ringtones and stuff. Also, play with the settings to find the best/ simplest.

[Q] Best External Audio Volume Boost Option?

The lack of external speaker volume on the mt4gs is appalling.
Coming from other HTC devices I never thought this to be even a concern. Clearly something is impeding the sound, be it physical or software related.
I was even more dismayed after hearing a friend's new Droid Bionic extra loud and him mentioning it was not even turned up all the way.
Any suggestions for a stock device? Just would enjoy hearing some rock and roll not sound like elevator music.

The kernel controls volume of the speakers mainly. Sense there is no kernel source I can't change those settings. And yes the speakers on HTC devices all suck ass.
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G1 and Nexus 1 both don't seem to be nearly as poor as MT4GS in the external speaker volume. All are HTC.
It seems almost like the developers of the software left it in a low mode for the build pushed out to everyone.

I can boost the volumes once code is released.
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Ive noticed how sensitive the mic is when recording videos. Is that adjustable too?
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That Idk.
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Because i know on my computer if i wanted to get it that sensitive. I clicked on the option mic boost. Which gave that same sensitivity as the mt4gs
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If you think the speaker volume on this phone is appalling, then you should try the Sensation. You'll quickly realize that according to HTC's recent releases, its not THAT bad.
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YES the sensation volume is horrible
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The paid version of Volume + fixes the volume issue.

somehow it looks like volume + doesn't get along with my music player's EQ...

Hoping for a stock app option, though obviously less likely.

Techlvr said:
The paid version of Volume + fixes the volume issue.
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It uses the AudioEffects API do you think that someone could enclude this in a rom to give us similar functionality? I mean most of us don't want the EQ settings just the Volume enhancing capabilities.

Regular volume + helped me.
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speaker volume

Does ICS have any adjustments to the volume of the speaker phone or headset volume? The Sensation has always had weak volume.

Dirty_sun said:
Does ICS have any adjustments to the volume of the speaker phone or headset volume? The Sensation has always had weak volume.
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I had the same problem to, tried all things nothing helped, then someone told me about an app called volume+ must be rooted to work the best.....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.TEST.android.lvh&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5URVNULmFuZHJvaWQubHZoIl0.
I got the paid app after I tried it out, more settings.

Not sure I want to root my phone yet. I know its easy to do. Just kind of waiting of ics to see if it makes it better. Wondering if anyone with ics already has seen a change.
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Hi, I intalled Equalizer EQ from the market, set in the sittings "automatic" and increased the equalizer. That improved the volume a lot.
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Thanks I will give that shot
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Dirty_sun said:
Not sure I want to root my phone yet. I know its easy to do. Just kind of waiting of ics to see if it makes it better. Wondering if anyone with ics already has seen a change.
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You don't have to root with volume +, just to use the in call settings you must have root.... you can use either of the two apps which work fine....

Overall Speaker Volume

The only thing I really hate about my HOS is the fact that the speaker volume is so low!. As I work in a noisy environment I regularly miss calls as my phone is unheard by me.
I used to have a similar problem back when I owned a HOV but fixed this by using volume+ from play store, unfortunately it doesn't work with the HOS, neither does any other volume boosting app in the market and I've tried many.
It's a killer problem for me and if I can't resolve it I'll be ditching this phone which I love for a nexus 5 early on the new year.
So if anyone has any tips or mods for increasing system volume output then please help.
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Not 1 suggestion for this? Looks like this phones going in the bin after Christmas.
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striped121 said:
Not 1 suggestion for this? Looks like this phones going in the bin after Christmas.
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I don't think you will have luck boosting the speaker volume.
Maybe think about a smartwatch that vibrates your wrist when a call is coming in.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007VG6ZC8