Is there a way to boost the volume of the infuse without rooting it or anything?
Go into a really quiet room? The volume might not actually be louder, but it will seem that way since nothing around you is distracting you or dampening the sound.
But on a more realistic note, I don't believe so. Your best bet, really, is to root your phone and take advantage of a kernel that offers Voodoo Sound support. I've noticed a difference in the in-call volume with it and I know it allows for a lot of modifications of other things as well. Once installed, just pick up the Voodoo Control app and tinker away.
I guess the reason I dont want to root it is cause I dont want to mess anything up for one since we paid out right for the phone and two I want to be able to still get OTA updates when they roll out and Ive heard you cant if its rooted and/or modified
I've been researching how to do this as well, to Noah Vail. I'm running infused 1.5.3 and have voodoo sound control but i was under the impression that it was only for the headphone jack. How do you adjust the phone speaker volume with that app?
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I guess the reason I dont want to root it is cause I dont want to mess anything up for one since we paid out right for the phone and two I want to be able to still get OTA updates when they roll out and Ive heard you cant if its rooted and/or modified
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I understand where you are coming from.
One thing to note about rooting and modifying your phone is that, at least from my experience, it does nothing but make the phone better. I can understand not wanting to be a tester of a custom ROM, but the ones available now are quite stable and easy to install. I think if you give it a shot, you'll have a new found love for your phone. I understand, too, your hesitation since you bought the phone outright. However, these phones are surprisingly hard to brick unless you're doing something unusual with it.
My suggestion would be to give a custom rom a shot. The worst thing that I can foresee happening is that you can just use Odin to revert back to stock and go from there. No harm. No foul. Give it a shot. I think you will be happy that you did.
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I've been researching how to do this as well, to Noah Vail. I'm running infused 1.5.3 and have voodoo sound control but i was under the impression that it was only for the headphone jack. How do you adjust the phone speaker volume with that app?
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I believe if you modify the volume limit that it will affect the sound in general. Obviously, they have the headphone amplifier, but the other option should play a role in other sound as well.
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There is no way to really boost volume without root.
The FCC put limits on the volume for cell phones and to over come these limits you must have root.
There is a really good app out there in the market called
Galaxy Tuner, I think its the only app which makes a big noticable
difference in volume boost. Not only for headset, but for the speaker volume too.
It has a lot of other features and options besides just the audio.
I was more talking the external speaker. The headset and earpiece are fine to me. But the external speaker is only about half as loud as the Atrix. Id like to be able to get more out of it for driving purposes as well as listening to music.
There's already a thread on this. And it's been answered. Download "Galaxy Tuner" from the market.
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Will rooting my phone kill official OTA updates? Too bad Im not so technically inclined to remove the Atrix's speaker and put it in the Infuse lol. That sucker is loud. But The screen on this is just killer.
I haven't had any problems after rooting my phone. Maybe if you added a custom rom then problems may come up. But I suggest rooting it. You can always revert back to stock anytime.
Edit: galaxy tuner really boosts up the external speakers.
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Got galaxy tuner working but is there a way to make it not affect voodoo control?
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Rooted my phone and downloaded Galaxy Tuner but it wont work. Says not a Galaxy S. How do I get this working on the Infuse
NM got it working.
It's nice that you got the tuner working. How did you get around the: Phone not a galaxy.... Msg?
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Rooted my phone and downloaded Galaxy Tuner but it wont work. Says not a Galaxy S. How do I get this working on the Infuse
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I don't know what rom you are using, but if you flash the Infuse 1.53 custom rom the Galaxy Tuner works fine. If you upgrade the rom to the Infuse 2.0 GB beta rom the galaxy tuner will NOT work.
(not sure if galaxy tuner works with stock rom)
Good luck.
Rebooted the phone and it just worked lol. The phone is stock other than being rooted. I couldnt turn it up much though it just caused too much distortion
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i download voodoo, but it says i need a kernel version. How i find that kernel.
I have my atrix rooted. Any idea.
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I purchased the HTC Inspire 4G exactly five days ago today primarily because it is hearing aid compatible. I think the phone has fantastic features and I really like it. However, the volumes are the worst I have ever heard on a cell phone. I am hearing deficient and I cannot hear this HTC when it rings. The volumes are turned to their max and still they are very low (both ring and notification). I have downloaded various ringtones and still the volumes are inadequate. I recently discovered that people that call me cannot hear me unless I use a headset for some reason. One would think that a cell phone which is hearing aid compatible would have volumes loud enough for the hearing impaired. I still have seven days to return this phone and I think it has to go unless I can find a solution to both problems. I have seen several places where people have flashed various ROMs to increase the volumes, but I am not interested in such a solution since it will violate the agreement with AT&T. With so many intelligent people/developers on this site, can someone help?
Hey man, I highly recommend rooting and installing a custom ROM. Every one I've tried on this device has louder volume and it's a recognized issue with this phone in it's stock form. ATT always botches the software on HTC phones and the folks here do a good job of cleaning up their mess. AT&T will not know (I've done this with 5 HTC devices now) anything about your rooting shenanigans unless you send it in for warranty replacement and it still turns on. If the screen is broken or the display otherwise does not work then there is no way they can tell using the methods they check with. They just try to turn it on and if the bootup is different than stock that's when they get mad. if you need to return your phone after rooting and flashign for warranty repair, then there are threads here to unroot (just use the stock rom updater; it flashes stock rom and radio and kills root but not s-off, but getting s-on isn't hard either). Go ahead and root/flash per the instructions in the dev section. I recommend twopumpchump's optimized stock ROM for starters. I haven't had an issue with it so far. If and when you need to warranty exchange your device, just PM me and I'll find the proper threads for you.
The volume on the inspire is really low compared to other handsets. At this point, some custom roms do increase the volume but not by very much.
The calling problem is probably a defect with the phone.
Thanks guys, I really appreciate the responses. Well, although I did not want to root, it seems like my only option. I thought about returning the phone to AT&T and paying the $35 restocking fee and going to Verizon to buy the Thunderbolt, but after further taught, it doesn’t seem cost effective just for a front facing camera and a kickstand where the low volume might still be an issue. So, I will return the defective phone to AT&T since people can’t hear me on the other end and then root the new phone to increase the volume. Since this will be my first attempt at rooting and flashing a custom ROM, can either of you direct me to a link where I can lean the procession? I want to try twopumpchump's optimized stock ROM as recommended by DeathmonkeyGTX, but first I need to learn how to root and flash. Thanks!
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I purchased the HTC Inspire 4G exactly five days ago today primarily because it is hearing aid compatible. I think the phone has fantastic features and I really like it. However, the volumes are the worst I have ever heard on a cell phone. I am hearing deficient and I cannot hear this HTC when it rings. The volumes are turned to their max and still they are very low (both ring and notification). I have downloaded various ringtones and still the volumes are inadequate. I recently discovered that people that call me cannot hear me unless I use a headset for some reason. One would think that a cell phone which is hearing aid compatible would have volumes loud enough for the hearing impaired. I still have seven days to return this phone and I think it has to go unless I can find a solution to both problems. I have seen several places where people have flashed various ROMs to increase the volumes, but I am not interested in such a solution since it will violate the agreement with AT&T. With so many intelligent people/developers on this site, can someone help?
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Root and flash the rom in my signature. With volume issues from day one also, this solved them all!~
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Root and flash the rom in my signature. With volume issues from day one also, this solved them all!~
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Excuse me SNadler, but I have no idea what you mean "in my signature".
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Excuse me SNadler, but I have no idea what you mean "in my signature".
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He's telling you to flash coredroid Rom located in the Dev's section.
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CM7 Has an app called DSP manager which allows you to up the speaker volume. I set mine to a volume right before it gets so loud the speaker starts distorting and its perfect. I highly recommend cyanogenmod. Its what I used on my Nexus One, and its what im using on my inspire now!
The volume on the inspire is really low compared to other handsets. At this point, some custom roms do increase the volume but not by very much.
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CM7 Has an app called DSP manager which allows you to up the speaker volume. I set mine to a volume right before it gets so loud the speaker starts distorting and its perfect. I highly recommend cyanogenmod. Its what I used on my Nexus One, and its what im using on my inspire now!
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Which will help with his call issue but not with the notification volume. I really miss the volume that my N1 had on CM7. This phone is great except that its so quiet.
Which will help with his call issue but not with the notification volume. I really miss the volume that my N1 had on CM7. This phone is great except that its so quiet.
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No. It increases the external speaker volume too.
The only walk around I have found for notification loudness without flashing another rom has been to use a louder sound. Either made myself or found one. With the rom I am using I have to turn the volume down on notifications!
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The only walk around I have found for notification loudness without flashing another rom has been to use a louder sound. Either made myself or found one. With the rom I am using I have to turn the volume down on notifications!
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Can you post your homemade notification?
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Can you post your homemade notification?
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Some of the sounds from HTC Hub are loud.
hiltun said:
Some of the sounds from HTC Hub are loud.
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Post which ones?
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Post which ones?
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I can confirm. I found the volume to be very low coming from an iPhone 4. I downloaded the "8-Bit" sound pack from HTC Hub and found that most of these were significantly louder than the other options. I set a few for my notifications and can hear the phone now when getting texts and emails.
Non rooted stock Inspire 4G.
Hope this helps others!
I am using the 8bit sounds too.
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If you flash CoreDroid 5.1 you will be turning down the volume on your notifications and alarms, at least I did. Even speakerphone is louder. Revolution is another that I found works exceptionall well. I think Coredroid is a little louder and clearer.
Have the Thunderbolt set up for making sound when touching screen. The screen will work as it should and then without reason it will get very soft and sometimes completely stop making any sound. Checked all my settings and they are as they should be. I also have the Sensation and the screen is set up the same way and it works properly. Is there something I'm overlooking or is this another bug?? Any help would be welcomed. Running stock Thunderbolt.
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restart phone and go from there
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Have the Thunderbolt set up for making sound when touching screen. The screen will work as it should and then without reason it will get very soft and sometimes completely stop making any sound. Checked all my settings and they are as they should be. I also have the Sensation and the screen is set up the same way and it works properly. Is there something I'm overlooking or is this another bug?? Any help would be welcomed. Running stock Thunderbolt.
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It's a bug of some kind. I've had it since the day I bought my TBolt(Launch Day). I think the reason its not heard about much is because most users don't use the screen sound option and also because a lot of users here and at AC root and flash custom roms.
I'm still running launch day software because it just works for me for the way i use my device.... this being the only bug that affects me. I rooted and flashed this rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1013577
and the issue went away so if it really bothers you I would go that direction. I assume other custom roms fix it as well but I cannot comment as the above is the only rom I flashed before going back stock and un-rooting.
Thanks for your input, checked other sites and found other people with same issue. Going to root this thing anyways and I'm sure the new Rom will fix the issue. Might check out the one you downloaded, looks pretty fast.
Thanks again.
My phone seems to be shy. The volume on notifications and rings is so quiet as to not disturb an ants slumber.
I have cranked the sliders that (supposedly control) this setting within the sound menu all the way to the top. At that level the sound is about 1/4 of what it used to be.
Does anyone have any idea what I may have done? I am using infused 1.5.3 with the default kernel and modem. Perhaps the speaker has gone to pot...but I wonder if there is some software solutions I might try.
Thanks for your consideration.
Hmm... Could be that your speaker decided to randomly go out... Never had that happened before, so I don't know what to say. :/
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You could try flashing to stock and see if the problem persists. If it does, your speaker may have blown or something. Haven't seen anyone else report an issue like this.
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You could try flashing to stock and see if the problem persists. If it does, your speaker may have blown or something. Haven't seen anyone else report an issue like this.
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I was on another thread a while ago and i had seen that someone had thos issue after rebooting several times at stock it finaly started to work
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The problem seems to stem from something in the VooDoo controls. If I chug the analog gain thingy all the way up...it works as expected.
IDK why. I know VooDoo is only supposed to affect headphone usage. Three trials can't be wrong though. (or maybe they can...either way its persistent)
Sorry about this old, beaten to death topic, but I didn't see a solution thread.
The Infuse is a great phone but the external rear speaker sorta stinks
Is there a way to adjust the volume (beyond the phone's built-in volume control) of both the earpiece front speaker and rear speaker? One or both?
And maybe even be able to adjust tone settings for bass (Ha!!) and treble?
Why cell phone manufactures don't put in better sound quality audio output?
Don't they know people need to hear voice calls in all sorts of environments?
Is Voodoo only for headsets? Does it have improvements for the speakers?
We are not asking for Boom-Box sound (or maybe we are ), but just some decent sound.
Galaxy tuner app can boost back speaker volume.
I tried Galaxy Tuner on mine. It definitely raises the volume but no matter how much I boosted mine it just got more distorted. Wish this phone had the Atrix's speaker. That is a loud phone. But the Infuse beats the other out with everything else lol.
Thanks,,, I'm trying Galaxy Tuner
I tried to install the Galaxy Tuner on the Infuse but get a message: 'Your Phone is not Galaxy S'
I don't know how to get around it.
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I tried to install the Galaxy Tuner on the Infuse but get a message: 'Your Phone is not Galaxy S'
I don't know how to get around it.
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Are you using the gingerbread rom? That app requires froyo.
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The Infuse is running froyo. I see others have posted that Galaxy Tuner works on Froyo. I'll keep looking.
I downloaded the galaxy tuner and am running group and cannot get it to work for some reason?
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I was able to get Galaxy Tuner running. You must root the phone using Super Click and it requires Busy Tools installed. The app required the phone to stay rooted even though I told it to run unrooted. The app worked fine...
Select the settings u want and then hit apply.. I could tell immediately, the new changes were taking effect as soon as I hit apply.
The sound settings you desire are not persistent across boots as the app mentions. Save your settings to a Save name file so you can easily restore them after a power cycle or reboot. The app screen has a buttong to select "Save"
I'm running Froyo on an Infuse. No problems...
Just a note,,, the speaker is the weak link and cannot handle much. So if you pre-amp it up or attempt to drive it much at all, you'll get distortion.
Also, I downloaded Galaxy Tuner from the Market. Stock ROM, Nothing special
I've not seen anyone here mention this, but it's being discussed on other Android forums. Thought I'd post here on XDA in hopes that some of the more technical members of this forum might have some input or ideas.
I noticed one day recently that the Google Navigation voice was so low I couldn't hear the directions over the sound of my car's A/C, which I know had not been the case before. All volumes were at max. This continued for the rest of the day, and all ringtones and notification sounds were very low. IT was so dramatic, I just assumed the speaker went bad, and I was going to have to make an insurance claim over a defective phone.
I happened to reboot the phone that evening and instantly the speaker volume was 3-4x as loud as earlier that day. I thought it was a one-time thing, but now realize that this happens 3-4 times a week. I'll notice I can't hear any of the notification sounds very well, reboot the phone, and all is well.
Except, this is a pain in the @ss to have to reboot constantly!
Has anyone experienced this? I thought I would recognize a pattern, like some app I use regularly or something, but nothing seems to make sense... seems very arbitrary, but aggravating nonetheless.
As I said, this is being talked about on a lot of the other HOX forums, but I haven't seen it mentioned specifically here. I almost want to say it started after the AT&T update last month, because I never noticed it before that. I'm on stock AT&T HOX, not rooted, and only a handful of the 'regular' popular apps. I don't even have music on the phone, nor have I ever used earbuds with it.
Very frustrating!
I have had the exact same thing happen, no clue why though.
I started a thread awhile back. Mine does the sane as well.. pissed..hope its software issue
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Same here, I'm leaning towards it being a software issue due to a reboot always fixing it.
What ROM are you on?Custom or Stock?Any mods done to the phone?I had the same issue with the phone volume being to low on a custom rom, until I went into recovery to wipe cache/dalvick and everything was good/loud again.
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What ROM are you on?Custom or Stock?Any mods done to the phone?I had the same issue with the phone volume being to low on a custom rom, until I went into recovery to wipe cache/dalvick and everything was good/loud again.
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I can vouch for this solution. I had the same issues on my HOX when I installed a custom ROM.
In the "Special Notes" section of the CleanROM v4.1 notes, it states:
Volume may be quite. If so wipe cache's and reflash the ROM. Volume should be loud again.
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Hopefully it's as simple of a fix as this!!
I'm completely stock, no custom ROMs, not rooted.
I have the same problem, stock and rooted. I recently started noticing it. It didn't always happen to me.
I do use Tasker to put my media volume all the way down once i exit my car. Then I use Elixr 2 to put all my volumes to high once I use my "home" profile. I think it might be cause of that. Since I've stopped using exlir to raise the volume, I haven't noticed the issue. But I have restarted my phone every 2 days recently for another issue so it is possible that I am fixing it each time before the symptoms start to occur
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Has anyone found a permanent solution to this? It's my only gripe. I have tried two sense roms. I love HTC camera so I don't want asop. Volume plus doesn't help when volume drops off.
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Still no fixes yet? I was using the phone with Navigon Satnav app and it is impossible to hear any voice directions.
Corbu said:
Still no fixes yet? I was using the phone with Navigon Satnav app and it is impossible to hear any voice directions.
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Do you hear a difference between when it's low and then restarting your phone and trying it again?
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Mine never fixed after rebooting. I'm on my third One X now from bad speakers.
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Do you hear a difference between when it's low and then restarting your phone and trying it again?
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I can't detect any difference and if there is it is too small to detect. I tried to amplify the sound with Volume+ and there is no detectable difference. But if I use the speaker for a call, at maximum volume, it is really really loud so the speaker is definitely capable of more. But with Satnav GPS apps, at default settings, between the One X and my old Galaxy S2, there is a night and day difference
I too had these issues on replacement phone I got from att but it resolved automatically after few days
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this problem causes due to an App, in my case previous version of Viber App caused all this issues....
hope you solve this prob