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
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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
mercuryhayes said:
PowerAmp will change your phone life...use the EQ
thank me later
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+1
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when i hook up my HTC DHD to my car stereo its not that loud, when i hook up my friends iphone its soo loud that I'm scared to go max on the volume. Why is this?....and no his music was not better quality it was the same mp3 file
It's got nothing to do with quality, and not even necessarily the software player either. Hardware and kernal will be the factors that most affect the output.
If there isn't one already, somebody will eventually create a Kernal with audio boost included. Keep a watchful eye on the DHD specific forum, dev section.
I have the same problem with an Xperia X10 Mini.
when plugging in the phone in the home stereo, for Spotify(using the Spotify Client/player) or MP3s (Using the paid version of PowerAMP)
I find the volume way to low, even worser when going thru Bluetooth having the Samsung SBH650 BT stereo headset plugged in the amplifier.
There are probably a Service menu where the max sound level is set, but locked, coded and encrypted, so we don't fiddle with the phone and breaking both the phone and the amplifier (also our hearing )
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Really? When I plug my DHD into car stereo I never go up to full, not even close. It definitely loud enough, but the max volume could be higher all around the phone. Calls seem a bit quiet. I guess we just have to wait until someone creates something or HTC fix it.
Try PowerAmp. Some reports that it increases the volume.
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Try PowerAmp. Some reports that it increases the volume.
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power amp didnt help far out this is the only reason i bought a phone so i can use it instead of a ipod i should have got an ipod
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when i hook up my HTC DHD to my car stereo its not that loud, when i hook up my friends iphone its soo loud that I'm scared to go max on the volume. Why is this?....and no his music was not better quality it was the same mp3 file
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Hi,
Following of these media players are excellent for “HTC DHD”. It can boost the mp3 format volume.
- Pocket Player 4.1
- PowerAmp
I suppose one option would be to use mp3gain to raise the levels of your mp3 collection in one fell swoop. This will have the added advantage of normalising the volume so that you don't have quiet songs followed by loud ones, etc
DirkGently1 said:
I suppose one option would be to use mp3gain to raise the levels of your mp3 collection in one fell swoop. This will have the added advantage of normalising the volume so that you don't have quiet songs followed by loud ones, etc
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where do i get this mp3gain ? and how does it work ? thanks for everyone helping me so far
http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/
Just add your music folder, set to 92db to start with, run 'analysis' and then 'gain'.
See how you get on with that level and raise it if necessary.
I also noticed this, Especially with power amp.
like the ap.
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.
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.
http://www.motorola.com/us/accessor...kers/deck/deck-portable-wireless-speaker.html
This makes a great speaker phone for when I am working from home. I can walk pretty far away from it and the caller can still hear me. I use mine more for a speaker phone than a music device, but it is fantastic as a bluetooth music device too. I downloaded a free equalizer app to boost the bass and it sounds better than any beats device I have ever heard.
Battery life is phenomenal.