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Sound Quality on HTC Sensation

Ok. I CANNOT find a thread which talks about the DAC in Sensation. How is the sound quality through headphones on this? Any previous Nexus S /SGS owners who would like to compare the Voodoo with sensation? Does it have Wolfson DAC in it?

*cough*6postsbelowyours*cough*
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093383

Lazzzara said:
*cough*6postsbelowyours*cough*
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093383
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I read those but no one seems to confirm wolfson. If sensation has wolfson and get the voodoo project ported im getting it assuming bootloader is going to get cracked lol
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jay_993 said:
I read those but no one seems to confirm wolfson. If sensation has wolfson and get the voodoo project ported im getting it assuming bootloader is going to get cracked lol
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Hate to break it to you but Supercurio, the creator of Voodoo sound, doesn't give a %&$# about the Sensation. He already has his hands full with the SGSII. And according to his words, not mine, he described the Wolfson Media Hub 8994 as "mediocre." He seems to think that the preamp is more important in audio quality and I happen to agree. Oh and the chance of the Sensation having the Wolfson DAC is the chance that an ice cube has in hell. Hope for a better preamp instead or OTG DAC+AMP support.

Virtue94 said:
Hate to break it to you but Supercurio, the creator of Voodoo sound, doesn't give a %&$# about the Sensation. He already has his hands full with the SGSII. And according to his words, not mine, he described the Wolfson Media Hub 8994 as "mediocre." He seems to think that the preamp is more important in audio quality and I happen to agree. Oh and the chance of the Sensation having the Wolfson DAC is the chance that an ice cube has in hell. Hope for a better preamp instead or OTG DAC+AMP support.
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Yerr that's why I said "ported" because I remember Supercurio saying porting is possible
btw, I've been following supercurio for a long time and I cannot imagine to think that he would have thought the wolfson DAC is "mediocre" (obviously I may be wrong). If he thought so, he wouldn't have bothered with Voodoo Sound? Anyways thanks for the reply It seems time will tell everything.

jay_993 said:
Yerr that's why I said "ported" because I remember Supercurio saying porting is possible
btw, I've been following supercurio for a long time and I cannot imagine to think that he would have thought the wolfson DAC is "mediocre" (obviously I may be wrong). If he thought so, he wouldn't have bothered with Voodoo Sound? Anyways thanks for the reply It seems time will tell everything.
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Supercurio bothered to create Voodoo sound because he thought the preamp was "mind blowing" which he said in the same post as his DAC comment.
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Any updates on this? I would love to find out if someone made a way for us to update our sound capabilities without having to rely on CPU intensive apps such as volume plus. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I hate it, the only con for this phone. My speaker rattle when on highest.

Is there other voodoo kernals besides fauk123?

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I really wish the CM7 team would integrate the voodoo functionality into the standard CM7 kernel.
Is there a reason not this hasn't been done already (other than someone just not getting around to it yet)?

lannister80 said:
I really wish the CM7 team would integrate the voodoo functionality into the standard CM7 kernel.
Is there a reason not this hasn't been done already (other than someone just not getting around to it yet)?
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Whoops, hit thanks instead of quote. This is what happens when I leave late for work and don't have my morning coffee
I believe the reason is the author requested it be pulled, he didn't like the implementation of it on the g2x. (I believe this is in part due to the fact that nvidia hasn't released source they need to make it work 100%)
I've found that voodoo on the g2x was a placebo at best. Sure, it made it louder, but the dynamic range seemed to lessen (especially on the high end) when using it. On devices that have it implemented properly, it's a beautiful audio engine, however.
(I could be wrong on this, it's second hand info at best, so feel free to correct me.)

Thanks for the info. Makes allot more sense now.

Donate money to buy galaxy sl to get ics

I recently messaged PaulForde ( person who developed ics for i9000)
He said he will make ics for our device if we are ready to donate him the money to buy a i9003.
I am ready to donate. If you think this is correct we will donate the money.

anna0811 said:
I recently messaged PaulForde ( person who developed ics for i9000)
He said he will make ics for our device if we are ready to donate him the money to buy a i9003.
I am ready to donate. If you think this is correct we will donate the money.
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Is it so hard to let dhiru continue his work...? Shouldn't we donate to him instead?
Cheers
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But Dhiru has got a device from his friend.Do we need a another developer?
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o0Arthas0o said:
But Dhiru has got a device from his friend.Do we need a another developer?
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who told you he got the device from his friend.
i am the tester for ICS which dhiru was working previously but his friend is not comfortable to give his device to dhiru so he has take it back
and now he has no device.

But in that thread,someone said that he got a device.And he will fix the bugs soon.
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here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449649
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Wonder what's the obsession with ics...
Can somebody please throw some light on what additional functionality ics will add to the device?.
The primary goal, I think right now should be making the camera fully functional on cyanogen and other roms.. Our devs are definitely putting in loads of hard work to make that happen, but it would be great to get someone with serious expertise at camera drivers...
Because unless we get the camera fully functional, ics or whatever, majority of the community will stick to stock roms..
Or maybe get supercurio to work on a voodoo kernel for us..
These are just my thoughts... Let's have a discussion and decide what's best..

its a request since most people want ics and since he has made ics for i9000 i think he will make it fully stable soon and camera fully working also. or he can patch up with dhiru and we can donate money to them and they can work together to build ics.
If no we can donate money to dhiru to get a device so he can work on ics

ivAnash said:
Wonder what's the obsession with ics...
Can somebody please throw some light on what additional functionality ics will add to the device?.
The primary goal, I think right now should be making the camera fully functional on cyanogen and other roms.. Our devs are definitely putting in loads of hard work to make that happen, but it would be great to get someone with serious expertise at camera drivers...
Because unless we get the camera fully functional, ics or whatever, majority of the community will stick to stock roms..
Or maybe get supercurio to work on a voodoo kernel for us..
These are just my thoughts... Let's have a discussion and decide what's best..
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I agree. I don't get what's the craze over ics, finishing up cyanogenmod 7 and miui first would be more logical. Can someone shed some light on how great ics will be?
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Well. It's not obsession but i think it's the trend nowadays. People tend to lose the concept of contenment. It's as if when jellybean woould come out..people with ics would yell to death and say "we want jb (jellybean not justin beiber)".
Working out miui and cm7 first is really logical since they came out first. But when you think about it. Why not doing it at the same time since there are respective developers for each respective project.
It's a matter of what people want not what people really need. Isn't it?
And about the donation drive. Not really a fan. Why not take codeworx? And give it to Dhiru?
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kemistry01 said:
And about the donation drive. Not really a fan. Why not take codeworx? And give it to Dhiru?
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Don't think that's an option.. Once codeworkx is done with the current device he's working on, he might come back and hope something fruitful turns out..
On the topic of DONATIONS, don't think that's a issue either, as long as it's going into the right hands... Take a look at TEAM UC's work... The donation was nothing, they deserve more... Those are the kind of devs we need here....

if you dont agree with me guys then we can maybe focus on making cm7 stable or atleast the camera working properly otherwise no one will use it since many people use camera

People who can donate!!!!
Guys donating is good......
Donating to another ics developing developer is a good idea..
I m A student....I don't have any account.....
But I guess we dont need a new developer...we need drivers
Dhiru is a talented guy....we need to donate him....we trust him..
he was able to boot pics without device that's something uncommon...
thread should be for donation to dhiru...
don't u agree guys!!!!

We will pay at the paypal?

Donate to dhiru. Yes, the other dev ported to Galaxy S, but it's a completely different platform.
As a donator to codeworkx, i'd appreciate it if you don't take his device. He's developing for one of the most popular Android developers at the moment. Once a stable ROM has been developed and things calm down, he's had a break and some fun, i'm sure he's happy to lend a hand with the Galaxy SL.
I don't understand the drive to get ICS out the door now. We've only had Gingerbread for a few months - work on CM7 first.
See my av? Work on the checklist first.
Regards,
A demanding leech

Guys don't get mad over ICS. I think already we have donated 3 devices to codeworkx, doomlord, fuss132 which is more than enough. I remember those days when people were donating to fuss in expectation of ICS port. He also said that he is busy with some work. He will come after some days to start his work.
Main problem is people don't have patience about development. They want everything instantly. Same is happening with gm007. He is passionately porting miui rom. But everyday people throw lots of bugs on him & expect a quick fix. They force him to quickly release versions which is sometimes not tested very well by gm007.
ICS is important but if u will not have camera in that also then ICS will be also useless. My suggestion would be to have patience till we get OPAM drivers for camera compaible to gingerbread as well as ICS.
Finally we all must understand one thing that we have less people who actually develop something for phone. So we must have some patience & we must give them some time as per their convinience.

@ vishal.
I agree to most of what u have said..
But there's nothing wrong with getting a few more recognized devs, like Doomlord said 'more the merrier ', to work on our device IF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM DONATING ..
Maybe Supercurio for a voodoo kernel.. That would be a great addition..
But sending PM to him is disabled I suppose.. Not to disregard the need for ICS, but without the camera issue fixed there's no point..

A few pointers:
- Voodoo sound isn't viable for our device (don't have a great D-A converter, the likes of which the i9000 has).
- If anyone had tried ICS, or even researched on it, they should know why it's so awesome. It's what Android was meant to be - a beautiful, smooth and secure iterating system. It has been designed really well, the apps available for it are a step up from what was available before. It unifies the entire Android ecosystem (hopefully ending fragmentation, which we are feeling the brunt of with the i9003). Also true graphics hardware acceleration is almost a norm. The i9003 is better specs wise than the iPhone, only a few stupid things are holding it back. It's not just about wanting more and more, it's about needing the best we can get for this under-developed phone with great potential!
- And for those who bothered to really read the threads, apart from the egl graphics drivers, the camera fixes and such are the same in ICS as they are in CM 7 and MIUI. Also it's worth noting that the ICS we are getting from Dhiru is actually a CM 9 port.
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ivAnash said:
@ vishal.
I agree to most of what u have said..
But there's nothing wrong with getting a few more recognized devs, like Doomlord said 'more the merrier ', to work on our device IF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM DONATING ..
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I totally agree with u. We should bring more & more developer. But people should have patience & should keep faith on already existing developer's work. Fuss already have our device but due to some personal work he is not able to work on ICS port. But at least let him try & work on ICS. Just because developer is busy so we should call immediately another developer is not good guys.

vishal24387 said:
I totally agree with u. We should bring more & more developer. But people should have patience & should keep faith on already existing developer's work. Fuss already have our device but due to some personal work he is not able to work on ICS port. But at least let him try & work on ICS. Just because developer is busy so we should call immediately another developer is not good guys.
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we dont have to bring in new developers very soon.. But dhiru has already done this much for us with help of codeworkx.. That too without own device ( kudos to d frend who gave him device for testing).. Dont u think dhiru deserves a device?? And codeworkx wont have to do al the work alone.. He can also help with cm7 camera problems, i think..

What does the community need most?

If anyone has a good idea for something that i can test that will be useful for everybody, let's hear it!
I'll compile all (sane) suggestions into a poll, and decide by vote.

you want to test something? or make?
cuz MIUI needs wimax (miui.us seems to have got it working. new release shortly)
and I'll perform sexual favors for Skip using Volume on MIUIv4. Only thing I'm missing at this point.

MIUI music player with all functions working on non MIUI roms. Have been struggling for that since some time now.
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Things i can test! I've no experience in developing for Android!
Edit: I've been given a 40gb Dev-host account, so if anyone can think of how i might best put this to good use for the community, let me know

I'd very much like to see call recording on our devices. I missed that feature, having used it previously on both my G2 and Galaxy S.

bedalus said:
If anyone has a good idea for something that i can test that will be useful for everybody, let's hear it!
I'll compile all (sane) suggestions into a poll, and decide by vote.
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Well, you've made performance and user experience benchmarks on ROM's and kernels, as well as on governor-scheduler combinations.
So how about ROM-kernel combinations? I know most ROM's come bundled with their stock kernels that have been optimized to work best with the ROM, but we also have independent kernel devs who are really good in getting the most out of stock and custom kernels.
Also, with the number of possible ROM-kernel combinations, this may be monumental work, but maybe you can focus on real independent custom kernels, like say Matr1x, Franco, Trinity and Air (yes, Air, despite allegations of plagiarism), and if you have time, then maybe you can include stockish ones like _thalamus's and Pete's.
Just my suggestion, of course. I'm a big fan of your work for the community and I look forward to results of your tests.
Thank you and more power!

arianR10 said:
I'd very much like to see call recording on our devices. I missed that feature, having used it previously on both my G2 and Galaxy S.
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+1

The "community" needs to learn how to frigging read!

Indeed. I'm not an Android developer! I just like to test things.
There might be a ROM/kernel compatibility test i can do. Any other TESTS anyone else would like done thoroughly and objectively?

bedalus said:
Indeed. I'm not an Android developer! I just like to test things.
There might be a ROM/kernel compatibility test i can do. Any other TESTS anyone else would like done thoroughly and objectively?
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Feel free to do my upcoming final exams, lots of maths in phys chem just for you
On a more serious note, i can't think of anything else to test. You've already done it all. That new buffer mod may have some merit to it (i did some light reading on it but not beyond one source), though unsure how you could objectively test that unless you're sitting on some expensive equipment.

Oh lol, totally missed the point.sorry about that. What about testing that audio patch that surfaced in the nexus development vs voodoo audio?
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DeuXGod said:
Oh lol, totally missed the point.sorry about that. What about testing that audio patch that surfaced in the nexus development vs voodoo audio?
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+1. I was just about to say this. Maybe against a few new ones out there like beats audio. Also Voodoo colors might be something I would like to see it tested (not sure against what).

Beats audio is nothing but a stupid s curve eq setting.

Ok testing audio is something I know about. Good suggestion

Usually nexus will be laggy after a lot of apps installed..
Can you test which rom or kernel can stand with a lot of apps?
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al_madd said:
Usually nexus will be laggy after a lot of apps installed..
Can you test which rom or kernel can stand with a lot of apps?
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I'll think about how i can do this

Bedalus! My hero! New trinity kernels were released with 50 and 56 Hz frame rate mods. I remember reading a comment from either you or tchaari that indicated one of you thought lower frame rates could improve battery life. I feel like I've observed an improvement, but it may be placebo. Can you quantitatively settle this?
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chevlar said:
Bedalus! My hero! New trinity kernels were released with 50 and 56 Hz frame rate mods. I remember reading a comment from either you or tchaari that indicated one of you thought lower frame rates could improve battery life. I feel like I've observed an improvement, but it may be placebo. Can you quantitatively settle this?
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I suppose I could check it out!

Not sure you have answered it before it..
Many people showed that they can get 5 hours etc.etc with this that super duper kernel..
But for me they must be a different 5 hours screen time playing.temple run with 800-1000mhz compare to browsing and reading with just 200-400mhz right?so how we can solved this?
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al_madd said:
Not sure you have answered it before it..
Many people showed that they can get 5 hours etc.etc with this that super duper kernel..
But for me they must be a different 5 hours screen time playing.temple run with 800-1000mhz compare to browsing and reading with just 200-400mhz right?so how we can solved this?
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To be honest, I'm not sure exactly how to measure this. There's too many variables!

SM-920P - Simple Volume Boost Mod - 9/15/15

[MOD]-Simple Volume Boost-​
~~~NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR YOUR DEVICE~~~ *****Flash at your own risk!*****
As the title states, simple speaker boost mod, (Ringtones, media playback etc,) Simple Mod, Simple Op.
My Recommend, start at Min and work up..... or , use Mid in conjunction with viper4android .
Thanks to my tester @rlmiller and thanks for your effort in gaining support for our device
Thanks to @tdunham for the support of our device, (Roms and Mods) without owning one.
Thanks to @freeza for kernel support for our device, without owning one as well.
Version 3.0 initial release*
~no change log as of yet~
Stock- stock sound (if you want to miss calls and important texts, events and notifications. please, re-flash this...
Min- Slight bump in sound, noticeable , yet subtle difference over stock.
Mid- Very noticeable jump in volume over stock, you can actually hear it ring in your pocket... amazing right?
Max- The tested and re tested max, some devices may experience "clipping" and distortion. Not all hardware is equal [emoji14]
~Download~
Stock -
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347816583
Min-
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347816586
Mid-
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347816585
Max- ~WARNING~ It says Max for a reason...
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347816584

Mine

AWESOME WORK @Goddly ! ! ! I LOVE IT
Awesome mods... been waiting for these
Now I can hear the phone again haha.....
Being up in age I NEED HELP hearing lol....
You sure did a great job for sure...THANKS

Awesome work @Goddly, glad to have you making sound a little better for us!
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Is there any way to make thins an apk ? Am completely stock haven't root , no trying to disrespect…

daminux said:
Is there any way to make thins an apk ? Am completely stock haven't root , no trying to disrespect…
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No there is no way to make it work without root.....

I assume this mod still works with the OI6 firmware?

ericdabbs said:
I assume this mod still works with the OI6 firmware?
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Yes it does

Would this fix a mistake I made? - I flashed a vol/audio mod that wasn't for the note 5.....
Edit: Nope didn't work! Can anyone help me please. I need the stock audio zip or what ever it's called
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Venpa is right there on top ther first one is stock it says so right there ☺

VenpaCasa said:
Would this fix a mistake I made? - I flashed a vol/audio mod that wasn't for the note 5.....
Edit: Nope didn't work! Can anyone help me please. I need the stock audio zip or what ever it's called
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You may have to dirty flash the rom.
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tab s2
Goddly said:
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any chance this would work for the galaxy tab s2

Doubtful.
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awesome mod bro keep em coming

Will this work on stock MM rom? Thanks in advance!

musiqlives said:
Will this work on stock MM rom? Thanks in advance!
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Yes but causes issues if you use the extreme one
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Tried this but i didnt notice any difference compaired to when I used it on lollipop
I stand corrected. After i wiped the cache, the true sound came to life. Works perfectly.
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Goddly said:
[MOD]-Simple Volume Boost-​
~~~NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR YOUR DEVICE~~~ *****Flash at your own risk!*****
As the title states, simple speaker boost mod, (Ringtones, media playback etc,) Simple Mod, Simple Op.
My Recommend, start at Min and work up..... or , use Mid in conjunction with viper4android .
Thanks to my tester @rlmiller and thanks for your effort in gaining support for our device
Thanks to @tdunham for the support of our device, (Roms and Mods) without owning one.
Thanks to @freeza for kernel support for our device, without owning one as well.
Version 3.0 initial release*
~no change log as of yet~
Stock- stock sound (if you want to miss calls and important texts, events and notifications. please, re-flash this...
Min- Slight bump in sound, noticeable , yet subtle difference over stock.
Mid- Very noticeable jump in volume over stock, you can actually hear it ring in your pocket... amazing right?
Max- The tested and re tested max, some devices may experience "clipping" and distortion. Not all hardware is equal [emoji14]
~Download~
Stock -
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347816583
Min-
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347816586
Mid-
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347816585
Max- ~WARNING~ It says Max for a reason...
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347816584
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Its not working for n920p pc3 marshmallow 6.0.1

Will this work on nougat?

Doubt it. It's cooked in most note 5 roms anymore. But i haven't checked the file locations to see if it's been changed. My guess is it probably won't work.
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