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[Q] sensation volume problem

i bought my sensation about 2 weeks ago and i really impresed with this phone features but one thing that really2 make me disappointed is the music volume is really low like hell!!...ive tried all the idea from this forum , volume +, eq, lifevibes but its seems nothing much happen ..i also looking for the " hearing aid" options on setting but couldnt find in my phone setting..its weird.. anyone got an idea about his matter??..how to boost this sensation volume?..im kinda frustrated regarding this matter, i love this phone but i maybe thinkin to let it go if this problem still persist...

johnvoidel said:
i bought my sensation about 2 weeks ago and i really impresed with this phone features but one thing that really2 make me disappointed is the music volume is really low like hell!!...ive tried all the idea from this forum , volume +, eq, lifevibes but its seems nothing much happen ..i also looking for the " hearing aid" options on setting but couldnt find in my phone setting..its weird.. anyone got an idea about his matter??..how to boost this sensation volume?..im kinda frustrated regarding this matter, i love this phone but i maybe thinkin to let it go if this problem still persist...
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There was no need to start another thread on this but, hell, it seems these days everyone is doin it....Anyway, if volume+ and eq doesn.t work for you, atm you can.t do very much about it, you can either ask for another unit ( i agree the volume is low on sensation, compared to others, but frankly i did manage to get good results with volume+ and eq...) or wait until there will be an unlocked bootloader so that the custom roms can fix this issue (if they can, that is)

hmmm...well atm i think i just wait for the unlocked bootloader as promise by htc to come over.thanx bro...your words make me feel a lil bit release..lol

Volume+ 1.7.3 lets you set it even louder. +10 volume +5 bass and put sound on Good Quality. Makes it louder than my evo. Leave off VR stuff and other, also dont run the separate equalize app it makes the sound lower.

bobzoz said:
Volume+ 1.7.3 lets you set it even louder. +10 volume +5 bass and put sound on Good Quality. Makes it louder than my evo. Leave off VR stuff and other, also dont run the separate equalize app it makes the sound lower.
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Thanks for that, I couldnt work out for the life of me whats was wrong, I could not get the volume to boost no matter what I tried, I just realised that the Speaker Modifications was enabled and one of the sliders was off default..
Now I got louder ringtones, so thanks for pointing that out..
Matt

mattbee said:
Thanks for that, I couldnt work out for the life of me whats was wrong, I could not get the volume to boost no matter what I tried, I just realised that the Speaker Modifications was enabled and one of the sliders was off default..
Now I got louder ringtones, so thanks for pointing that out..
Matt
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for sure man, no problem

bobzoz said:
Volume+ 1.7.3 lets you set it even louder. +10 volume +5 bass and put sound on Good Quality. Makes it louder than my evo. Leave off VR stuff and other, also dont run the separate equalize app it makes the sound lower.
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1.7.3 or 1.37? The volume + im seeing in the market is at 1.37. Who's the dev?
Also i see an eq recommended in this thread, what is the name and developer (or link )

nugzo said:
1.7.3 or 1.37? The volume + im seeing in the market is at 1.37. Who's the dev?
Also i see an eq recommended in this thread, what is the name and developer (or link )
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Volume + sound boost ( search ,,volume sound boost,, and there should be an icon with a black volume dial ) and the version is 1.7.3 100%
Equalizer ( as it says )
Volume + has some issues with incoming calls, when it Force Closes and it is quite annoying because you have to press the popup dialog before answering the phone. The developers says it is fixed since 1.7.2 but i still get the error sometimes...
Equalizer on the other hand works for me ( i-ve made a custom profile with all the levels at maximum)

nugzo said:
1.7.3 or 1.37? The volume + im seeing in the market is at 1.37. Who's the dev?
Also i see an eq recommended in this thread, what is the name and developer (or link )
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^ yeah hes got it. its actual volume+ not volume plus on market.
Like i said tho with equalizer enabled your not going to get much louder. As for FC issues i havent experienced them yet

bobzoz said:
Volume+ 1.7.3 lets you set it even louder. +10 volume +5 bass and put sound on Good Quality. Makes it louder than my evo. Leave off VR stuff and other, also dont run the separate equalize app it makes the sound lower.
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Amazingggg , Thanks man but btw when i enable the VR it makes the sound more great

tantan911 said:
Amazingggg , Thanks man but btw when i enable the VR it makes the sound more great
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VR gave me louder music but it seemed to lower notifications and ringer a bit. Maybe its just me lol

I purchased the app but I only got 1.7.2, don't see anyway to update it. I also didn't see any difference also, but that may be because I don't have the most updated version. ANY help, advice, direction would be great thanks...BTW I'm on T-Mobile Sensation.

thanks very helpful

I just want to add my 2 cents. The volume suck big time. I'm going to wait until they unlock the bootloader. I sure hope that is issues gets some attention from the gents here at XDA devlopers. Thats my 2 cents

bobzoz said:
Volume+ 1.7.3 lets you set it even louder. +10 volume +5 bass and put sound on Good Quality. Makes it louder than my evo. Leave off VR stuff and other, also dont run the separate equalize app it makes the sound lower.
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Man from where can I get this app? On the market I only found the volume+ 1.37 which has the volume up to 7.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA Premium App

Constant shutdowns of Sense

Hi,
Is there any way to get a higher priority for sense ? I'm getting irritated by it shutting down all the time (eg. I get an SMS - unlock the phone, read the SMS in the default SMS client, and after that hit HOME and have to wait for sense to startup again). I've checked and I have ~100MB RAM free while the sense is running, so there is space to run some apps.

me too, that is so annoying, can anybody help!

Used to have that all the time too. Then I went with a custom Rom and used pyramid 3d. Never happened again
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using XDA App

Why doesn't anyone SEARCH for an answer? I have posted the answer and solution to this question repeatedly...

use a different launcher and bypass the problem altogether.
more then likely you'll like the more custom options offered by other launchers anyway.
only thing you'll lose are some of the Sense widgets but there are good 3rd party replacements for them.
plus you'll free up more ram.
can't wait til ICS. Hopefully HTC fully optimize the Sense UI by then and we won't experience all the lag and things... not to mention the customization options offered in ICS... kind of likes what we got in Go/ADW/ect.

There's something in the build.prop you can change to keep it locked in the memory. Not sure what it is though.

rorycs said:
Why doesn't anyone SEARCH for an answer? I have posted the answer and solution to this question repeatedly...
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A link instead of useless comment would be nicer.

And a search would have fixed your problem already.

mattbutsko said:
And a search would have fixed your problem already.
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Are you sure about that ?
ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1
this doesn't do the trick.

ICS update Sensation - HTC I'm dissapointed

First of all those you think official ICS update is awesome can close this thread for those who are interested to know why it SUCKS and how HTC really blew it read below
Almost 1 month ago when the update was available on Elevate XDA and non XDA members found some annoying bugs and notified HTC. However, nothing was fixed and this half baked update was pushed to the devices...
1. Music app is completely f***ed up! Not only its slow as hell to change tracks its UI became useless. If you look at overall design scheme it seems like big buttons at the bottom (just like in GB) are available almost everywhere (main menu, email client, personalize selection area) but not here WHY? because this app wasn't finished.
2. Native widgets are not updated, if you check the version some of them still show 3.0 build numbers. Again they didn't optimize them. Music widget flashes each time you change the homescreen, calendar's agenda view is not updated, it refreshes each time you flip home screen
3. Camera app doesn't close properly. if you enabled auto-brightness and opened/closed the camera it still keeps highest brightness level (only fix is to lock/unlock the device)
4. Stupid spelling mistakes such as develop option , Last OTA update fixed all spelling errors expect this one
5. Lock screen wallpapers doesn't change when you set a custom one, ringtones dont play properly. UPDATE: After you manually set your ringtones this problem is fixed
Overall I'm really sad that they did this, I really thought HTC genuinely cares about quality and its customers.
When Sense 4.0 ROMs become stable and rock solid I'm going to flash my device and never expect something from HTC again
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While i agree there are a few bugs in ICS that need sorting, overall ICS on the Sensation is much better than Gingerbread.
No doudt HTC will sort out the bugs with a few small updates in the coming months.

@Pikabat, you’ve got a UK phone haven’t you? So you’ll only just have updated? Have you really given it enough time to give that sort of judgement? Besides the issue you’ve given aren’t life threatening are they? They sound like niggles. Apart from those issues does the phone run more smoothly? More responsive?

Pikabat said:
First of all those you think official ICS update is awesome can close this thread for those who are interested to know why it SUCKS and how HTC really blew it read below
Almost 1 month ago when the update was available on Elevate XDA and non XDA members found some annoying bugs and notified HTC. However, nothing was fixed and this half baked update was pushed to the devices...
1. Music app is completely f***ed up! Not only its slow as hell to change tracks its UI became useless. If you look at overall design scheme it seems like big buttons at the bottom (just like in GB) are available almost everywhere (main menu, email client, personalize selection area) but not here WHY? because this app wasn't finished.
2. Native widgets are not updated, if you check the version some of them still show 3.0 build numbers. Again they didn't optimize them. Music widget flashes each time you change the homescreen
3. Camera app doesnt close properly. if you enabled auto-brightness and opened/closed the camera it still keeps highest brightness level (only fix is to lock/unlock the device)
4. Stupid spelling mistakes such as develop option , aeroplan , airplane and aeroplane.... non capital letter in storage area personal data Was it so hard to find someone who can read and fix these grammatical errors?
5. Lock screen wallpapers doesn't change when you set a custom one, ringtones dont play properly.
Overall I'm really sad that they did this, I really thought HTC genuinely cares about quality and its customers.
When Sense 4.0 ROMs become stable and rock solid I'm going to flash my device and never expect something from HTC again
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I have not updated to ICS the official way, but I think I have (thanks to mike1986) what who updated waiting until the very end of march has.
I want to say that I am a little bit disappointed too, because of the "beta release" to the elevate members that became the final release to everyone even if it has some bugs.
But I didn't notice all the bugs you are mentioning and you didn't talk about a very annoying one I really hate...the browser.
These are the bugs I actually have:
1. there are stupid spelling mistakes in italian too, but the music player, widgets and lockscreen wallpapers work well;
2. Sometimes the autobrightess when you exit the camera app stays to the maximum (same thing happened with GB);
3. the most annoying one...the browser not opening links from other apps, but opening the last visited page at the first tap instead, forcing you to exit and re-tap the link to have finally it loaded (a flashable zip by liamsstears fixed this).
4. Multitouch switches touches between two fingers when one stays on the screen and the other taps somewhere else.
So, after the browser fix and SebastianFM kernel that fixes the multitouch, I can say I have a really nice, fast and stable ICS with Sense 3.6 on my Sensation, thanks to HTC releasing it and to developers on xda fixing the embarrassing bugs HTC left in.

Do a hard reset, works wonders to allowing the OTA to 'take' so to speak. Not had any of the issues you've experienced (except the glaring spelling mistakes, but HTC are already aware of them)

What updates..don't think there be any..HTC has a habit oaf this new phones comes pit the forget about the old ones. Guess its time to forget HTC.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium...

EddyOS said:
Do a hard reset, works wonders to allowing the OTA to 'take' so to speak. Not had any of the issues you've experienced (except the glaring spelling mistakes, but HTC are already aware of them)
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How come I don't see any of these spelling mistakes you people talk about? I mean I can't find "aerplane", where is it? And "Personal storage" is properly capitalized also.. I can only find "Develop option", but to be honest I'm not too sure that this really is a mistake, though english is not my native language. And widgets are fine too, including camera, no other issues also.
Is it possible that there were two OTA updates? One that was unfinished and was released by mistake, and the other one is 'final'?

I installed mine ICS through the official OTA way, followed it up with a hard reset and the only problems i share with you are the spelling mistakes....may it be worth doing one of these to see if it clears it up?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA

I already did hard reset but issues are still there.
I listen to music on my phone very often that's why I know about all the small details and annoying things. Anyone knows another music app that I can use?
http://imgur.com/Ng7N8
Here is the mistake I'm talking about.
Yes I've upgraded today but I spent couple of hours to setup everything so I can pass judgement on the quality
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA

As for the browser I use Dolphin HD so I'm not aware of any issues with that.
Also about blinking music widget. Try it and tell me of what you see.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA

Pikabat said:
http://imgur.com/Ng7N8
Here is the mistake I'm talking about.
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Mine looks fine, and as I said I don't see any mistakes like "Aerplane".
http://i42.tinypic.com/294ghzb.png
That is why I think there are two different OTA updates, any ideas?

http://imgur.com/a/0XAPi
Here are the screenshots.
As I said when you select custom wallpaper for lock screen it doesnt change. Cant take a picture of that but trust me its broken.
And 3 different writings for the same function
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA

Pikabat said:
Also about blinking music widget. Try it and tell me of what you see.
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What do you call blinking? The artist name updating?

Yes, but that's minor compared to the delay that happens every time you skip a track. I can hear an odd sound similar to the one that you hear when you unplug headphones. I dont know how else I can explain that one
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA

Pikabat said:
Here are the screenshots.
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here are mine:
http://i39.tinypic.com/2iiv5kx.png
http://i43.tinypic.com/e7ggw4.png
Pikabat said:
As I said when you select custom wallpaper for lock screen it doesnt change. Cant take a picture of that but trust me its broken.
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It seems that this specific thing is not working for me too. However there are no grammar mistakes hmm

Can you compare the software version page?
http://imgur.com/2D1gC
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA

It is the same. How is this possible? Maybe HTC hasn't marked the beta version as beta before the leak so that there exist two different OTAs but with the same naming? I mean it would not be too surprising, after all, the unfinished final version wasn't supposed to be released at all.
My OTA update screens looked like this, earlier I did two screenshots of the updating process, just in case:
http://i41.tinypic.com/ick9b4.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/2j6a1bn.jpg
I see that it differs (the size for example) from the early leaked one in this topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1536630
However, I didn't do a reset after the update, but it shouldn't affect the GUI text, should it?

I have no idea what is going on here Maybe you are right. What is your cid btw?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA

The OTA is not beta, it's just a few spelling mistakes in certain locales - they'll sort it out eventually

EddyOS said:
The OTA is not beta, it's just a few spelling mistakes in certain locales - they'll sort it out eventually
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Then how do you explain that some phones have spelling mistakes and others dont?
also can you tell me which music app are you using ?

[Q] CM9 - Any way to boost speaker volume?

Simply put - I love CM9 , but the volume coming out the speaker for notifications, alarms and rings is simply not loud enough.
I know in the past (Back in the CM7 days) there were some 3rd party apps available on the market that would boost the audio output - does anyone know if there is a way to boost it in CM9 in it's present nightly form?
Thanks in advance!

JWhipple said:
Simply put - I love CM9 , but the volume coming out the speaker for notifications, alarms and rings is simply not loud enough.
I know in the past (Back in the CM7 days) there were some 3rd party apps available on the market that would boost the audio output - does anyone know if there is a way to boost it in CM9 in it's present nightly form?
Thanks in advance!
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Get Volume+ (Volume boost) app.

So, it DOES work with CM9? That was the app I knew worked with CM7...
I read some of the comments on the app and seems CM7 was the highest I could find that it for sure worked with.

JWhipple said:
So, it DOES work with CM9? That was the app I knew worked with CM7...
I read some of the comments on the app and seems CM7 was the highest I could find that it for sure worked with.
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I'm not sure, if this works, you'll have to try it out mate. (I don't use CM)
Also, I've herd a fix maybe coming up. Not sure of that either.

Ok - if I get a chance I'll download the latest CM9 nightly and try it today. I'm on OrDroid at the moment because it has no issues with volume.

JWhipple said:
Ok - if I get a chance I'll download the latest CM9 nightly and try it today. I'm on OrDroid at the moment because it has no issues with volume.
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Ive used Volume+ successfully with a couple Sense ICS roms (ARHD and stock), so it should work with CM9 as well. dont quote me on that tho lol

I also used volume plus when I was using vi. It worked, not like I really wanted it to but it slightly raised my volume better than it was before. Give it a try and let us know how it went ok? Hope it works for you! Good luck
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium

[MOD]BeastAudio™ XTZ v1 (09/08/14)

Have you ever hate the fact that the volume of your tablet is comparably lower than other Tablet? Have you ever tried to brag about your tablet but your sound is not as loud as their Ipad?
Then worry no more! I'm here to save you xD
BeastAudio™
This mod will turn your Xperia Tablet Z into a beast. The volume is much higher than Stock. It is estimated to deliver around 100dB from both speaker with clarity and bassboost.
Disclaimer
I am not responsible for any damage caused by this mod. Eg, you go deaf, your phone is broken, you miss any important call, alarm didn't go off and you were late for work, or your earpiece is busted. It's your own risk. Proceed with caution, you have been warn.
Requirement:
Xperia Tablet Z
Stock, or Stock Base 4.3-4.4.2 or possibly all custom roms, you tell me it!
Rooted
Recovery Installed
Installation:
Backup the whole system or just the original file in case you wanna revert back
Download the file BeastAudio™ XTZ.zip
Flash it through recovery and reboot
Manual Installation:
Unzip the package
Copy snd_soc_msm_2x_Fusion3 from the package
Replace this file in to /system/etc/snd_soc_msm folder
Set permission -rw-r--r--(644).
And Reboot!
Uninstallation
Restore your backup or restore the original file you have kept
Download Link:
BeastAudio™ XTZ v1.zip - http://www.mediafire.com/?5jjpmgmb677a9xl
Changelog:
v1:
initial release
volume boost
bassboost
Bugs:
let me know
Credit:
-Sony
Sent from my SGP321 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Why is this thread dead.. ?
I'll be testing this in my device " SO-03E " running spg312 official 4.1.2 software..

Colors Diary said:
Why is this thread dead.. ?
I'll be testing this in my device " SO-03E " running spg312 official 4.1.2 software..
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I don't know. It's not getting any interest. U can try it and let me know.

Alright, sorry for being late ..
I wanted to check almost all the sound mods possible and get my hands dirty once and for all haha
Thanks for your hardwork , thanks for sharing ..
Now if I understand.. What this mod does is .. Changing the system files in charge of speakers control .
Say .. Speakers are set to work at 80% power by manufacturer , and this mod allows it to squeeze the 100% ... Am I right ?
I found it to be doing almost the exact same thing other apps do .. Except ..
It feels much cleaner and no bloatware or further libraries modifications which is great IMO . also I find it to not effect the quality as much and feels a bit louder than other speaker increasing apps " maybe my feelings tho "
I suppose it will work with any stock based ROM , it is working properly on 4.1.2 , yet .. I'll still advice making a NAND back up =)
I tried to do somewhat reasonable test running a video file , using a sound meter app on my mobile to test " not super accurate but tried to be as frank as possible , same situations, same video , same everything "
I got like 52-ish dB before , and a wooping 63-ish dB after .. Which is super good IMO
Difference is worth using and I'll keep using this mod until my tablet gives up on me ..
Thanks again .. You sir are a scholar and an artist .

Colors Diary said:
Alright, sorry for being late ..
I wanted to check almost all the sound mods possible and get my hands dirty once and for all haha
Thanks for your hardwork , thanks for sharing ..
Now if I understand.. What this mod does is .. Changing the system files in charge of speakers control .
Say .. Speakers are set to work at 80% power by manufacturer , and this mod allows it to squeeze the 100% ... Am I right ?
I found it to be doing almost the exact same thing other apps do .. Except ..
It feels much cleaner and no bloatware or further libraries modifications which is great IMO . also I find it to not effect the quality as much and feels a bit louder than other speaker increasing apps " maybe my feelings tho "
I suppose it will work with any stock based ROM , it is working properly on 4.1.2 , yet .. I'll still advice making a NAND back up =)
I tried to do somewhat reasonable test running a video file , using a sound meter app on my mobile to test " not super accurate but tried to be as frank as possible , same situations, same video , same everything "
I got like 52-ish dB before , and a wooping 63-ish dB after .. Which is super good IMO
Difference is worth using and I'll keep using this mod until my tablet gives up on me ..
Thanks again .. You sir are a scholar and an artist .
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Thanks for being the first review and for this encouraging post. I place another device with noise meter 2cm close to the speaker and got this 100ish dB result.
My mod only modified speaker volume but it's not to 100% also.
Originally, it 68% on stock rom. Right now, it is 73%. You still can increase it more, but the output will be distorted and the quality will decrease noticeably. I prefer quality over loudness

It works as promised:good:

monivan said:
Thanks for being the first review and for this encouraging post. I place another device with noise meter 2cm close to the speaker and got this 100ish dB result.
My mod only modified speaker volume but it's not to 100% also.
Originally, it 68% on stock rom. Right now, it is 73%. You still can increase it more, but the output will be distorted and the quality will decrease noticeably. I prefer quality over loudness
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My pleasure
Well in that case.. could you kindly guide me sir on how to do it myself,
or providing a file with an even more volume.. ?
I agree that quality is over loudness.. But.. the speakers are really low..
And... we can always lower the volume, but we can't increase it.. =)
There are some tight situations when you desperately need some more volume ^^'
Thanks =)

Colors Diary said:
My pleasure
Well in that case.. could you kindly guide me sir on how to do it myself,
or providing a file with an even more volume.. ?
I agree that quality is over loudness.. But.. the speakers are really low..
And... we can always lower the volume, but we can't increase it.. =)
There are some tight situations when you desperately need some more volume ^^'
Thanks =)
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OK! In that case, i'll update a new version xD

monivan said:
OK! In that case, i'll update a new version xD
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I'd love to test it ! :victory:

Thank you Sir very much for this. I tested it just for 5 minutes ago with my xtz sgp321 (4.4.4) with a Timwin Recovery-System and it works fine. I had to have louder volume because I use my Navigation-System very extensiv and now I must say it's optimal. But I'll follow this thread everyday from now. Thank you again.

Colors Diary said:
I'd love to test it ! :victory:
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sia2009 said:
Thank you Sir very much for this. I tested it just for 5 minutes ago with my xtz sgp321 (4.4.4) with a Timwin Recovery-System and it works fine. I had to have louder volume because I use my Navigation-System very extensiv and now I must say it's optimal. But I'll follow this thread everyday from now. Thank you again.
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Sorry guys for the wait. I was pretty busy perfecting my StereoMOD for xperia Z. Btw, v2 will be aroma installer and it will be ready in hopefully this weekend or else next week. You have choices like various volumes for speakers, x-loud volume, and headphone boost. And let me know if u have any suggestions, i'll see if it is possible.

EvoMix kernel does my job for all the speaker and stuff! Just install kernel adiutor with it and increase the speaker gain. Maybe you can do some improvements with EvoMix kernel and BeastAudio giving away optimal performance for audio and battery usage Just a suggestion

Sorry guys i forgot that i made this mod. Let me rebased it to lollipop when i have time!

monivan said:
Sorry guys i forgot that i made this mod. Let me rebased it to lollipop when i have time!
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I think it's easier to open the file snd_soc_msm_2x_Fusion3 with file editor and set sound settings for a limit you like, for example 68 or 71 or 75.
Also in 5.0.2/5.1.1 fimwares sony deleted xLOUD from sound settings that made sound less loud.
I have mod that restores it.

edit .. wrong thread.

anyone know if this will work on lineage os 16?

dead4ngel said:
anyone know if this will work on lineage os 16?
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I think no.