Speaker Phone Volume boost ? - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Im having issues with the volume of the Call volume on the main speaker when i press speaker phone while in a call.
im currently running CM7.1 with 2.3.5 but no matter what i try using the settings in CM or with the Volume+ app the person is still at very low volume.
I do a lot of driving and this pisses me off because the volume of music from the speaker is fine and can be turned up so loud that it becomes distorted, and i can't stand using a headset, pisisng around with wires while driving and getting caught on stuff in the cab.
Anyone know of a good way to boost this as alot of things i have tryed just keep FC'ing on me when i connect headphones or receive a call.

This could be the party on the other line. Most music or other video/ podcasts are recorded with quality sound. Phone microphones aren't as good.
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obsanity said:
This could be the party on the other line. Most music or other video/ podcasts are recorded with quality sound. Phone microphones aren't as good.
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Well i have only ever tested it when receiving or making the call from an IPhone 3G and a Nokia E70, every time the call has been low volume from both handsets.

strange volume+ ver.174 doesn't work for you because I blow my speaker using it. I turned the speaker volume up to 15 and the phone volume was maxed and later that day I was sprint for a exchange. Thats the only app that increases your volume to that degree so if it isn't working it maybe your phone.

kbshowtyme said:
strange volume+ ver.174 doesn't work for you because I blow my speaker using it. I turned the speaker volume up to 15 and the phone volume was maxed and later that day I was sprint for a exchange. Thats the only app that increases your volume to that degree so if it isn't working it maybe your phone.
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15 ?!!! That's excessive. I have mine at +4 and still have some trepidation most times, but +15...that's crazy.

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HTC EVO Volume booster???

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...
bluedawgalex said:
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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Sound issue

I can no longer hear any audio except through the ear piece when making calls. Have tried turn on/off and taking battery out. Any ideas?
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JDtech1701 said:
I can no longer hear any audio except through the ear piece when making calls. Have tried turn on/off and taking battery out. Any ideas?
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so the phone speaker doesn't work either? how about headphones? We need a bit more detail to determine if it is a hardware or software issue.
I have found that the phone speaker works only during a call. But I have tried headphones and those don't work either. I can also sometimes hear my ringtone when I get a text. Also a freak thing happened, I had a song playing to see if the audio was working again for whatever reason and I got a text...instead of the ringtone playing it played the song for the duration of the ringtone.

[Q] HBS730 + Sound Playback = No Muting Audio

Hey Folks,
Having an odd one with my new perfect nexus 5. I use the LG HBS730 BT Headset and while I play any sound I am unable to fully mute the audio. I tried lowering it via the volume on the phone and headset. It lowers but not mute it fully, the low volume is still pretty loud.
Anyone else tried this? Works perfect on my old phone as well as my iPad, when I lower it fully it'll mute but not on my nexus.
Thoughts?
Btw tried it with Google Play Music and YouTube, same issue.
The HBS730 is loud as hell on its lowest setting. The 700 is normal. The reason it is so loud on the Nexus is the Bluetooth is now linked up volume wise. The problem is the 730 not the nexus.
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naturefreak85 said:
The HBS730 is loud as hell on its lowest setting. The 700 is normal. The reason it is so loud on the Nexus is the Bluetooth is now linked up volume wise. The problem is the 730 not the nexus.
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Its not about being loud my issue, its the fact that i am unable to mute the audio. I can do this on an HTC One XL, S4, and iPad.
With the Nexus, i cant mute it.
miamidesigner said:
Its not about being loud my issue, its the fact that i am unable to mute the audio. I can do this on an HTC One XL, S4, and iPad.
With the Nexus, i cant mute it.
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I could mute mine on 4.3, but not 4.4. Like I said, the OS in 4.4 now links up Bluetooth Volume level to the media volume level. This leads to it being unable to be muted since you can't turn down the volume past the lowest the headset offers. The closest thing you can do is pause, but that's it.
FYI, I have 2 HBS730's, and a HBS700.
naturefreak85 said:
I could mute mine on 4.3, but not 4.4. Like I said, the OS in 4.4 now links up Bluetooth Volume level to the media volume level. This leads to it being unable to be muted since you can't turn down the volume past the lowest the headset offers. The closest thing you can do is pause, but that's it.
FYI, I have 2 HBS730's, and a HBS700.
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Bummer. Guess ill just have to pause it from on. Thanks @naturefreak85
naturefreak85 said:
The HBS730 is loud as hell on its lowest setting. The 700 is normal. The reason it is so loud on the Nexus is the Bluetooth is now linked up volume wise. The problem is the 730 not the nexus.
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Any fix? I am using an equalizer as a workaround but it's kind of inconvenient. The equalizer app sometimes got killed and then the volume jumps (and so do I)!
I have this headset and I love it. unfortunately I have the same problem in that even on its lowest setting its pretty loud.

[Q] why my phone's speaker volume is low?

I bought nexus 5 a month ago. from then i don't know weather this is the problem or the volume of speaker is built low. i am getting very low ringing volume . while on cal its loudspeaker volume is very good and while on head set volume is also very good. only problem is while ringing a cal or while playing music via loud speaker the volume is below average. i went to service center they just took one more nexus 5 which they had(that one was other customers phone which has a software bug) and compare it with that phones speaker that phone is also giving same volume. but i have read reviews that its speaker has very good sound. and it has around 65db sound. my friend has iphone 5 it has 68db which sounds very good(while ringing). but mine with less just 3db difference is not even half i think. i saw in internet lg released an hardware upgrade so that speakers can be changed is that correct? how can i fix this?
This is a well known issue.
You can flash this zip http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2532788
There are a few other methods as well. You can also look at viper4android or faux sound deal.
I use the sound file called sedna..with no fixes I can hear it clear across the house even without full volume.
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wideasleep1 said:
I use the sound file called sedna..with no fixes I can hear it clear across the house even without full volume.
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cant i get any help from LG service center? what about there hardware upgrade?
wideasleep1 said:
I use the sound file called sedna..with no fixes I can hear it clear across the house even without full volume.
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how can i use it? should i need to have root access to it? because i haven't done rooting yet
kiran9 said:
how can i use it? should i need to have root access to it? because i haven't done rooting yet
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It already exists as a selectable ring tone under Sound settings.
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kiran9 said:
I bought nexus 5 a month ago. from then i don't know weather this is the problem or the volume of speaker is built low. i am getting very low ringing volume . while on cal its loudspeaker volume is very good and while on head set volume is also very good. only problem is while ringing a cal or while playing music via loud speaker the volume is below average. i went to service center they just took one more nexus 5 which they had(that one was other customers phone which has a software bug) and compare it with that phones speaker that phone is also giving same volume. but i have read reviews that its speaker has very good sound. and it has around 65db sound. my friend has iphone 5 it has 68db which sounds very good(while ringing). but mine with less just 3db difference is not even half i think. i saw in internet lg released an hardware upgrade so that speakers can be changed is that correct? how can i fix this?
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You`l have to root to increase loudness, read the first 4 threads in the General section first first first first and don`t use toolkits
It isn't a defect, all of them are pretty quiet. I just flashed franco kernel and used his app to boost the speaker volume. It's almost too loud now...the lowest setting was the highest one before.
wideasleep1 said:
It already exists as a selectable ring tone under Sound settings.
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no i don't like that tone. while listening to music through loudspeaker sound is low right. we can't hear seleted songs only through that speaker .
kiran9 said:
no i don't like that tone. while listening to music through loudspeaker sound is low right. we can't hear seleted songs only through that speaker .
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I thought your issue was ringtone loudness. Sorry.
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gee2012 said:
You`l have to root to increase loudness, read the first 4 threads in the General section first first first first and don`t use toolkits
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hi i rooted my phone yesterday it went fine. then i installed viper4android . i didn't find any reasonable or even a bit increase in volume while ringing? did i went somewhere wrong or is there any other mod or solution for it?

S7 Audio volume very low?

I've heard that the internal DAC in the S7 is really weak, but is it really this weak? When I listen to music with headphones, I have to raise the volume to ~80% just to sound like how ~30-40% would sound on most devices. This is the same with both wired headphones and Bluetooth headphones
Its fine. Much much louder than my previous sony xperia z3 compact
It most certainly is not fine. At roughly 66% volume, I cannot hear anything when I'm on an airplane. I travel a lot for work and have to crank the volume up past 90% just to listen to podcasts when flying.
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I have no issues with it. It depends on the source and type of headphone. Stock headphones are not sealing type so there no way it's going to cancel out airplane. Get sealing earphone and it'll be too loud.
I have volume problems too. Actually at 1-3 notches sound gets cut off!
To clarify it goes from decently loud at the 4+ to well I can't hear half the things at 3 (drops in and out). What I can hear is still loud enough. At step 1 I can hear about 20% at the volume in expecting and the rest is silent.
Then to make things worse, call volume keeps resetting to step 2 or 3. I'd take a call and max it out then next call it will be at 2/3 again.. I believe some app is setting the media volume to call volume. But I have no new apps and did not have this problem on S6.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3339809
You should try this mod , IF you're rooted and have a custom recovery. Works really well.
insang-droid said:
I have no issues with it. It depends on the source and type of headphone. Stock headphones are not sealing type so there no way it's going to cancel out airplane. Get sealing earphone and it'll be too loud.
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I don't use stock headphones and i always use sealing types in airplanes. When I connect to my car via the aux port, i have to run full volume on the phone and two notches down from full volume on the car stereo to match sound levels from my OPO. My stereo settings go from 0-40, i run 38 with the S7. OPO i can set the stereo to 30 and it matches S7 volume.
I've noticed if I have maps or a GPS running after the GPS uses the speaker, it can use the "full" volume again until I remove and plug a auxiliary cable again. It's a dirty work around but it is effective.
Drmacguyver said:
I've noticed if I have maps or a GPS running after the GPS uses the speaker, it can use the "full" volume again until I remove and plug a auxiliary cable again. It's a dirty work around but it is effective.
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Go to sound quality settings and bump the equalizer all the way up. Can also turn on hearing aid assist
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