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Hi,
Does anyone know a way to tweak a system file so that Inspire's volume is higher?
I personally find its stock volume rather low, and I want to increase it.
I downloaded Zedge. It is a free app with nice louder ringtones.
Hope this helps!
I'm wanting to up the volume system-wide. But, thanks for the info anyway
Yea, I tested a movie and sling player last night. The media volume was all the way up and it was quite.
I went from iPhone 4 (nice and louad) to Atrix 4g (nice and loud) to Inspire 4g (too quiet).
I am loving the Inspire but the sound volume and battery life are definitely the 2 big downsides of it. Still a winner over the Atrix any day though.
I personally don't have issues with the battery. I've removed all extra stuff. Even before removing them, I was happy with its battery.
It can't be that hard to change the system volume. It's done in every smartphone and OS before. Hopefully, some developer notices this thread and help us out.
goldentequila said:
I personally don't have issues with the battery. I've removed all extra stuff. Even before removing them, I was happy with its battery.
It can't be that hard to change the system volume. It's done in every smartphone and OS before. Hopefully, some developer notices this thread and help us out.
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I'm half deaf. Need a louder phone please.
same here, the phone volume is too low. Maybe if can acces service codes? I did it on my previous Samsung phone.
Hi, all.
So, I've been doing some digging around, and looks like there are 2 possibilities.
One is to modify the system files manually (which would be very complicated), but I personally prefer this method rather than having to install extra stuff. However, this method is not available to us unless some very smart person shares the method with us.
Two, which seems to be the only viable option at the moment, is DSP Manager. As far as I understand, it used to be available through ROM Manager, but it is no longer there. I saw a thread that said the author was not releasing it anymore because most MOD developers were now including it in their ROMs from the beginning.
So, if we can find a way to install DSP Manager, we may be able to tweak the max speaker volume. But, that's as far as I could find. I'd need someone smarter to look into this.
Hi,
An update and a new idea.
First, DSP Manager doesn't work on Inspire 4G, so don't bother.
Second,
Here's a new idea I have about the low volume sound fix. I just read a comment from HTC employee who said, "The front speaker is for phone calls and the rear speaker is for everything else."
In other words, if we can find a way to keep the front speaker enabled all the time, we should be able to get more sound. I don't know much about what kind of coding is involved in routing sounds from each speaker, but I wonder if this would be an easier hack than trying to increase the entire system volume, which may still feel low volume for as long as we can't get any sound out of the front speaker.
Maybe someone smart can add to this possibility?
#1! I like to use voice recordings as scheduled reminders, and the playback volume out of the rear speaker is way too low.
I did notice the low volume on a movie i downloaded but you never can tell with those sorts of things. Overall the sounds is incredible even through the speakers with (SRS) and dolby mobile.
Could use something to ++output level.
Id like to see an app to change audio volume levels while recording video.
(ive only had the phone a couple days i returned my samsung Cap upgrade for the 4g, forgive me if there is such an app out there)
How often do you go to watch an awesome looking concert video and the sound is trash? It would make for some beautiful recordings i think. I have yet to test this one, but the Captivate could not record decent sound at all in loud environment.
I personally have come to believe that it is really not that the "volume" is low but rather a "wrong" speaker is being used. I mean, if the main speaker is on the back facing away from us, of course we don't hear much sound. If you flip the phone while playing music or video, you'll notice that the sound is actually loud enough. So, if we can enable the front speaker for normal use, I really think that it'll be just fine.
about every HTC phone has a quiet speaker. but cyanogen typically always includes the audio boost add-on. so i'd just wait for cyanogen 7 to include it, and your troubles will be solved.
well, even if the volume is boosted, as long as the sound is coming out of the rear speaker, if you place your phone on its back on a table or something, the sound will still suffer. It makes more sense to find a way to enable the front speaker.
Most of all phone have a rear facing speaker. But some phone are loud and some are not..
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goldentequila said:
well, even if the volume is boosted, as long as the sound is coming out of the rear speaker, if you place your phone on its back on a table or something, the sound will still suffer. It makes more sense to find a way to enable the front speaker.
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+1 this would be quite useful!
kwin_captivate said:
Most of all phone have a rear facing speaker. But some phone are loud and some are not..
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No, they don't lol. (you may be right if you are talking about specific brand or series, but certainly not "most of all phones").
I just came across something that may be relevant to the audio routing, but I'm not smart enough to figure them out. If anybody wants to take a look at it, it would be great:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioManager.html
There are several lines there that talk about Routing.
GT
This may sound ridiculous but works!
Hi, all.
I just came up with a very simple workaround for "only when you are watching a video or something."
Now, you're gonna probably laugh, but trust me. It really works.
Just play any video, and hold your phone as if you are scooping water. The key is the left hand. When you cup your left hand around the rear speaker, it creates a echoing chamber that redirect all sound toward you. You'll be able to hear the sound much better.
GT
I am not sure if i'm putting this in the right category but i figured since this is where the kernel development goes on it would be the best place.
I don't know about anyone else, but i use my phone as an all in one media device, and my main concern is the audio volume that comes out of the auxillary jack. I have tried 3 different ROMs and a few kernels including stock, and when my Inspire's media volume is maxed out playing through my car stereo it doesn't even come close to the volume output of my nexus s and captivate, much less my iPhone. The closest i have been able to get in better audio quality/volume comes from CM7, i am guessing because it is sourced off of AOSP. Even that is at least a notch or two under my cappy, and it makes a big difference.
I was wondering if there is anyway to make a kernel/ROM adjustment to boost the AUX volume output, NOT the phone external speaker.
Gladly willing to donate to a project for this.
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Yes, please, I would love this, I use my phone to listen to music in my car and it's incredibly low, only when I turn my car's speakers to max is it at a normal volume... I would love this mod.
Download an app called volume boost.
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Been there done that, it boosts the volume but outputs through AUX in mono. Doesnt work too well in my STEREO headphones or car STEREO
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I know in CM7 that you can use DSP Manager to boost volume for just headset. Just increase the EQ evenly across the full range.
Sirgatory said:
Been there done that, it boosts the volume but outputs through AUX in mono. Doesnt work too well in my STEREO headphones or car STEREO
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Doh! It was mono? If that's the case... I request this too!
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Yes, this would be nice.
craigkal said:
I know in CM7 that you can use DSP Manager to boost volume for just headset. Just increase the EQ evenly across the full range.
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^^^ I recommend this as well. It works great.
I will try the dsp suggestion. I was just curious if we could figure out a solution for sense roms as well.
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There has to be a better way to make this thing loud. I was irritated with how quiet my Rhodium was and this device is even worse. In Rhodium Land I procured a .cab that made my Rhodium obnoxiously loud at full volume. I want some of that.
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There has to be a better way to make this thing loud. I was irritated with how quiet my Rhodium was and this device is even worse. In Rhodium Land I procured a .cab that made my Rhodium obnoxiously loud at full volume. I want some of that.
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Ah i remember the terrible audio on my TP2 all too well. Ahhh we need a headset boostt
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To touch on the DSP resolution, it did not work. It boosted the power output yes, but distorted the clarity to an unusable extent.
Unfortunately a mod moved this thread because even though it is a development discussion, it seems they aren't enthusiastic enough to support this mod.
I'm offering at least 15$ for this fix..
Low Volume Output
I have just gotten a HTC Inspire 4G, and it's not hard to see that the volume output is doubtfully low compared to most other devices such as an iPhone. I have tried all the suggestions in this thread but none seem to work for a high volume output into a stereo,headphones,are any other jack devies. The EQ seemed to be a good idea I prefer to use my equalizer to sustain a better music experience. So overall I think there should be a mod or a tweak to increase volume output level.
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A volume increase, or fix is definitely needed. This phone is too quiet.
There's a fix!
Root your phone and flash Revolution ROM v3.5. I just got back from cranking out Pandora on my car radio and the sound is great!
Check my sense Rom thread there is 2 beta kernels I just compiled with speed tweaks and volume boosts across both speakers and headphones(should in turn boost aux output levels as well). It's LOUD, to the point I can no longer listen to music at full volume. I still need to make some fine tuning adjustments, but I think I'm gonna try dsp manager to help even further. Some libs have to be replaced for dsp manager to work with sense roms, but with the sound boost alone, quality still seems to be pretty good with no distortion(that I heard anyway), and with this and dsp manager, it should be a pretty good fix.
I need feedback so I know what has to be fixed(or not fixed...too loud?, distortion?, etc)
Note these are froyo inspire kernels
It has to be whatever ROM you all are using... I took the exact same songs on CD -vs- my phone, and volume is the same, clean across the board.
No issues here at all.
Then again, I am VERY sensitive about my music and won't touch it unless it has a high bit rate. I also run volume leveling software on all of my music too. That way one song isn't terribly louder than the previous.
I'd really like this, my truck stereo isn't loud enough with the inspire at max volume. I don't want to change ROMs to fix this because every ROM other than what I'm running had some problem I couldn't stomach. However, while I briefly had CM7, it did boost the volume significantly.
Its already done as I posted. Flash the kernel from my (sense rom)thread(you'll have to search for it, but its there. Its stable, fast, and the volume is LOUD.(froyo kernel)
di11igaf said:
Its already done as I posted. Flash the kernel from my (sense rom)thread(you'll have to search for it, but its there. Its stable, fast, and the volume is LOUD.(froyo kernel)
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Thanks alot, I'm going to give this a shot.
Same with stock 2.2 and bamf gb. Volume seems much weaker than my previous droid, droidx and evo?
I don't think it's weak. I can hear the ringer when I am 2 floors above the phone in my house, music is nice and loud too, no complaints here. Although I know that others say the same thing as you, but for me personally, I think it's fine.
I agree the volume is very weak. I am coming from an original droid and the volume on that was nice and loud. Never had a problem hearing the ringer, music or movies on it. Now with the TB I constantly have the volume turned all the way up and still can't hear it sometimes.
I thought this too. My wife was complaining her TB volume wasn't loud, so we tested it against my Eris and the Eris was drowning out her TB
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Yea, the volume sucks.
I have an app called volume+ its [email protected]$$ and works great bit you have toto be on.ginger for it to work
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didn't do anything for me? I'm on bamf gb too
i'm running stock.
and i actually think the volume is quite loud. music plays pretty loudly, especially with kickstand out for the speaker. in fact, i turn it all the way down during a call, and people next to me can still pretty much hear the entire conversation (when holding the phone up to ear).
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i'm running stock.
and i actually think the volume is quite loud. music plays pretty loudly, especially with kickstand out for the speaker. in fact, i turn it all the way down during a call, and people next to me can still pretty much hear the entire conversation (when holding the phone up to ear).
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Hmm, I typically use mine with a headphone connection to my stereo or speakers.
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Hmm, I typically use mine with a headphone connection to my stereo or speakers.
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Are you saying that when it plays through an external source that it isn't loud enough?
yes i think they may be talking about external sound.. i came from droid 1 and its much louder i think than the TB either way idc cause its still louder than all my friends iphones hehe.
volume flat out isnt good at all... motorola droid 1 was wayyyyyy louder than this.. I shouldnt have to install Volume +.. Even though I already have it, didnt make that much of a difference.
yea for those of u wanting louder volumes get volume+. works amazing. requires gingerbread though
qman66 said:
yea for those of u wanting louder volumes get volume+. works amazing. requires gingerbread though
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I installed it but it doesn't seem to do much?
And trying to talk with this thing on my car dock with the headphones hooked into the speaker?
Droid 1 and droid x were much better?
Yes the volume is subpar when using headphones...it really sucks ass
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Same with stock 2.2 and bamf gb. Volume seems much weaker than my previous droid, droidx and evo?
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No not at all. In fact I think it's one of the louder devices. Might wanna make sure your media volume is up. I find that everything sounds weaker if media volume is down.
I run CM7 personally and under the CM Settings change the sound volume to 10dB and it makes the phone so loud at the store I am at that everyone turns to look lol. Work in a 58,000 square foot retail store.
Comparing it to an og droid is kind of silly. Droid has one of the loudest external speakers. I find the tbolts speakers to be... A bit low, but not too bad. I generally have my phone on vibrate, and use headphones with music/ video, which seem fine to me.
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hi, i have a desire s from june, this year, and I constantly looking for something, hardware, software, new rom, to increase speaker volume wich is realy low. when I'm outside and I want to listen something on youtube or my phone ring, it's very low sound, very low, there is any solution to increase speaker volume, media volume? I don't trust that little software on the market, because they are for headset, or just for music,mp3,etc, I want something for ringer and video, thank you
I think nothing is good for Change the loudness from your speaker.... Maybe with the cyanogenmod you can Change your equalizer
My english is not the best i m from germany but itry the best
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use volume+
check the android market for this app.
this app really rocks! It increases the sound of your external speakers. There's an option to chose on how loud would you want it to be. Be careful though, because it might bust your speakers!. 6 is loud enough and I think is just right without damaging your speakers.
Not sure though on it's rom compatibility. I'm currently on Endymion 3.0 and it works fine here. Also, I was able to test it on MIUI rom and it works flawlessly
Thank you guys for the answers, I arleady have volume+ splication, the free one with 4 level, but noting louder for my speaker and I tryed few roms till now , so I i guess I'm to exigent
I use the equaliser app and it definitely increases the volume by a fair bit. Try it.
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My wife just got a blaze coming from a MT4G. Her ringer volume is extremely low and we've turned the setting up all the way. Is this a known issue or has anyone had similar issues? If so what was done to fix it?
claytonj said:
My wife just got a blaze coming from a MT4G. Her ringer volume is extremely low and we've turned the setting up all the way. Is this a known issue or has anyone had similar issues? If so what was done to fix it?
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Haven't really had a issue with sound volume. You may want to give Volume+ a go. Great app and I have had it installed on every phone I ever owned even when I didn't need it.
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Allow me to put on my cynical, bitter, jerk hat.
You're getting old man. You can use a different ringtone file that you might have better success with. Have one you like, but it's not loud enough still?
Throw the file in audacity or some other sound editing application (for your desktop) and raise the DB gain a few points.
Presto, now you can really annoy people with the ringtone. (If you raise the DB too much, the sound will distort of course)
It seems you have a cynical edge to every post...I've been lurking around the Blaze forum for tips and all I have seen is you interjecting your opinion as gospel wherever you go.
Volume + does not work, along with several other apps...I have tried to no avail.
altering db levels has minimal effect with this phone. I imagine the audio processor clips at a certain level so regardless of the limit on the file, the internal amplifier will not allow beyond a certain level so you are pushing an overdriven input to a clipped output. I have yet to measure this, but can tell you that by adding +6db gain to an audio file, which essentially doubles the output power twice over it's existing level, the overall difference in output through the speaker is negligible where it should have been noticeable.
I imagine the changes must first take place in the phone software, which up until this point has not happened most likely due to the fact that no developers have these lesser phones.
A small lesson in decorum...advise as though you think you MAY be correct, not as though you are sure you are. Your advice MAY be far more welcomed.
Let's have an internet argument.
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Let's have an internet argument.
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lets not...
if you dont have anything nice to say.. dont. it is not welcome on xda. <-- (period)
I think my 1st gen vibrant is louder than the blaze...just by a little though. I love how fast the blaze is though.
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I got a Blaze last week. I quickly noticed that the ringer and speakerphone volume are quite low, compared to other phones I have (Samsung Exhibit 2, Motorola Defy and Nokia C-7). I was hoping to find that my sample is defective, but after reading this thread I understand that they are all like that. I like this phone a lot, but for me it fails in the most basic functionality.