TF700 vs TF201 speaker volume - Asus Transformer TF700

I'm considering sending my tf201 prime back and getting the infinity. An issue I had with the prime was the low speaker volume, especially in Skype. How does the infinity speaker volume compare?
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You will still want to use volume+ from the Google market. There are a few threads on this topic of volume which give you more info.

Thanks. I already use a similar app on the prime and it's still not really enough. From what you say, there doesn't seem to be a real improvement with the infinity if an app is still required.
I did do a search but got no results using the XDA app.
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Speaker has never been great on any one of the series 201, 700, etc. Speaker should always be in the front from a design perspective imo.
However, yes it is still pretty quiet.

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How is the volume level on this phone? I have a g2 right now, and i am always disappointed in the highest volume.
greengoldmello said:
How is the volume level on this phone? I have a g2 right now, and i am always disappointed in the highest volume.
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I think it's loud, but I'm coming from a Nexus One, and I've been informed the N1 is one of the phones with the lowest volume.
Good. Not great.
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Coming from both Vibrants I would say its loud but not as loud as it should be.
I feel the vibrants are very loud. Especially when holding in your hand watching a movie because it will echo off your hand. I've always had to turn down the vibrants while I find myself wishing this phone could go louder.
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Better than the G2 through the earpiece and speakers. I think the speaker placement helps. A lot better than the G2 through a wired or Bluetooth headset.
Sounds great when dts is pressed from within the audio or video player. If I didn't know about that from this forum I wouldn't have thought it was that good.
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Coming from nexus s and would say ok, not as loud as nexus s. I had voodoo sound on nexus which was quite an improvement. May be we will see some improvements here once some custom kernels roll out.
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The speaker volume is ok I guess for a mono speaker, but the headphone volume is to low. Probably they're following that headphone volume law from europe. There is a volume booster app in the market
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Coming from an iPhone, I'm very impressed with the speaker phone volume.
Sound is really good, I missed the placement of the speaker being on the bottom of the phone.
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[Q] Speaker faulty

Few days back the left speaker's is not working, now both are not working.headphone works fine.Anyone else had similar problem?
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My left speaker does not work as well. Considering replacing but I have no light bleed, do not know if it is worth risk.
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I have this problem also. My right speaker no long works but the headphone and HDMI works fine.
I think the only thing to do is an RMA at this point??
gearknobz said:
Few days back the left speaker's is not working, now both are not working.headphone works fine.Anyone else had similar problem?
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I'm in the same boat. I got my rma from Asus, but I have no confidence in their ability to support this product. I have to send it to them next week, and I'm sure my feelings about this tablet will turn sour during the wait period to get it back. Since I have no other hardware issues, I'm dreading that my tablet will return to me with a new problem(s). :-(
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I think it's software related not hardware. I lost my left speaker too but it's back! I have been flashing Roms all day and clearing user data and all. I never tested the speakers until tonight and both are at default levels (sounds equal on both side). I also flashed the netformer experimental kernel. So I have prime 1.3_us with netformer kernel. Not sure what fixed it but I will monitor it.
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This boat is crouded.
I too have the problem with speaker imbalance. When playing music I can watch the speaker output gauge thingy and it does not match what is coming out of the speakers. The right side is definitely louder. Or the left is less loud. I don't know which statement would be correct since I don't know the correct sound output. Apparently this is a common problem. I sent my tf101 for repair after one day of ownership. Mailed yesterday. I will let you know if they fixed the problem. You would think there would be some sort of quality control on this. I guess a lot of units would not pass inspection. Anyone else send theirs in and get it back yet?

Volume boost

Does anyone know an app that would boost the volume. It's not very loud stock.
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Volume+ works for me. Pay for it though, the +4dB limit in the free version doesnt cut the mustard. I pushed mine up to about 18 -- which makes things nice and loud, but not distorted,
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Volume+ works for me. Pay for it though, the +4dB limit in the free version doesnt cut the mustard. I pushed mine up to about 18 -- which makes things nice and loud, but not distorted,
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So before I buy, you can confirm that works for your tablet correct? I ask because both free and pay talk about it working on GB. Skimming the notes I didn't see anything about root,so just checking stock rom non root works (for you)
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I can confirm that the paid version of Volume+ *does* work on the TF700. Just be careful and don't set it too high or you can blow the speaker!
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The free version works on mine too, I can hear the difference in the movies already, will definitely consider buying this app.
So how high should I turn it up without hurting anything? I set it to +8. It is louder but not loud enough.
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jmasgalas said:
So how high should I turn it up without hurting anything? I set it to +8. It is louder but not loud enough.
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As long as you don't hear your speakers distorting, you should be fine. But, if you hear distortion, it may be too late as well.... Just be careful. I think I have mine @ +10db, but it really depends on the app - some apps output much louder sounds than others. So you just need to be careful and set the volume low enough when you start an app, and then increase the volume it until it's loud enough...
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I use Equalizer and it works great! Love that you can not only boost the volume but shape the sound to your liking. As with all volume boosters, be careful not to blow out your speakers.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.equalizer
FrontRowJoe said:
I use Equalizer and it works great! Love that you can not only boost the volume but shape the sound to your liking. As with all volume boosters, be careful not to blow out your speakers.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.equalizer
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I couldn't hear a difference between using this app or not. Same with Volume+
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FYI - In order to "activate" Volume+ in ICS after installation, you need to enter Settings->Sounds->Music Effect and select "Volume+" (it stays defaulted to "MusicFX" after installing Volume+, which is the Android sound system).
Once you tell ICS to actually use Volume+, you will definitely hear a difference (not sure about the free version at only +4 DB, but the paid version definitely makes it louder!!).
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KilerG said:
I couldn't hear a difference between using this app or not. Same with Volume+
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I used Volume+, boosted to +10 and it made a world of difference for me.
jtrosky said:
FYI - In order to "activate" Volume+ in ICS after installation, you need to enter Settings->Sounds->Music Effect and select "Volume+" (it stays defaulted to "MusicFX" after installing Volume+, which is the Android sound system).
Once you tell ICS to actually use Volume+, you will definitely hear a difference (not sure about the free version at only +4 DB, but the paid version definitely makes it louder!!).
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Ahh, that may be my problem.
EDIT: Yes, that allowed me to use Volume+. Now it is perfectly loud, using the Free version and pushing it +4 Db. Any more would be too much for me. Ironically, the only thing I had on my Google Music Cloud (I'm doing a little maintenance with metadata) was some Slayer...and when I hit that +4 button that hurt lol.
THANK YOU!
Sound still not as good as it was on my Tab with its separated speakers but at least its loud enough now!
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KilerG said:
Ahh, that may be my problem.
EDIT: Yes, that allowed me to use Volume+. Now it is perfectly loud, using the Free version and pushing it +4 Db. Any more would be too much for me. Ironically, the only thing I had on my Google Music Cloud (I'm doing a little maintenance with metadata) was some Slayer...and when I hit that +4 button that hurt lol.
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Slayer....nice
How does it sound with headphones now.
jtrosky said:
FYI - In order to "activate" Volume+ in ICS after installation, you need to enter Settings->Sounds->Music Effect and select "Volume+" (it stays defaulted to "MusicFX" after installing Volume+, which is the Android sound system).
Nevermind seems like I bought Volume+ too. I bought every app trying to boost my prime hehehe.
Once you tell ICS to actually use Volume+, you will definitely hear a difference (not sure about the free version at only +4 DB, but the paid version definitely makes it louder!!).
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I cant wait to try this out. Thats one welcomed improvement. Do you think I can set this up with Equalizer app aswell. I only ask because I have already purchased the Equalizer app. I haven't gotten my replacement infinity yet so I can't try it. Tuesday is so close but yet so far lol.
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PaulQ602 said:
THANK YOU!
Sound still not as good as it was on my Tab with its separated speakers but at least its loud enough now!
Agree with that point. The speakers on the Tab 10.1 on opposite sides of the screen are great when watching movies. That's the only flaw that I find with the Infinity. Luckily I got a 'good' one that doesn't have any of the problems that a lot of people are having with the hardware - but I'm also one that can't get the OTA or Unlock tool to work.
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I'm a "prospective" Transformer Infinity owner. At this point this is the one I'm looking at.
Here's how I usually get a good bit of extra volume from my devices that have the speaker on the back. I suspect this would help with the Transformer Infinity too. Cuff your hand on the rear side of the device where the speaker is, so your hand is not covering the speaker, but directing the audio towards you instead of away from you.
If I get this pad and feel the need I might try something such as Volume +, but the hand cuff method is effective without any harmful side effects . (I'll probably just end up continuing with the hand cuff method, since I'm so used to doing it :laugh: .)
Darnell_Chat_TN said:
I'm a "prospective" Transformer Infinity owner. At this point this is the one I'm looking at.
Here's how I usually get a good bit of extra volume from my devices that have the speaker on the back. I suspect this would help with the Transformer Infinity too. Cuff your hand on the rear side of the device where the speaker is, so your hand is not covering the speaker, but directing the audio towards you instead of away from you.
If I get this pad and feel the need I might try something such as Volume +, but the hand cuff method is effective without any harmful side effects . I'll probably just end up continuing with the hand cuff method, since I'm so used to doing it :laugh: .)[/I]
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If you do buy the infinity I can bet money that if your room isn't silent while your watching a movie or listening to music you will buy this app it works well.
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It even makes the jambox louder
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Darnell_Chat_TN said:
I'm a "prospective" Transformer Infinity owner. At this point this is the one I'm looking at.
Here's how I usually get a good bit of extra volume from my devices that have the speaker on the back. I suspect this would help with the Transformer Infinity too. Cuff your hand on the rear side of the device where the speaker is, so your hand is not covering the speaker, but directing the audio towards you instead of away from you.
If I get this pad and feel the need I might try something such as Volume +, but the hand cuff method is effective without any harmful side effects . (I'll probably just end up continuing with the hand cuff method, since I'm so used to doing it :laugh: .)
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Ha, I do this all the time too. I still use Volume+, but the cupped hand to redirect the sound works well too. The even made unpowered docks for some phones that worked on this principle, I think Belkin made one.
Cup method works but watch a movie while doing the cup and its gonna cramp your hand abit.
The speaker is good if your at a desk and the sound bounces off something which I'm never at a desk. I'm always in a chair and the speaker points away.
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Overall Speaker Volume

The only thing I really hate about my HOS is the fact that the speaker volume is so low!. As I work in a noisy environment I regularly miss calls as my phone is unheard by me.
I used to have a similar problem back when I owned a HOV but fixed this by using volume+ from play store, unfortunately it doesn't work with the HOS, neither does any other volume boosting app in the market and I've tried many.
It's a killer problem for me and if I can't resolve it I'll be ditching this phone which I love for a nexus 5 early on the new year.
So if anyone has any tips or mods for increasing system volume output then please help.
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Not 1 suggestion for this? Looks like this phones going in the bin after Christmas.
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Not 1 suggestion for this? Looks like this phones going in the bin after Christmas.
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I don't think you will have luck boosting the speaker volume.
Maybe think about a smartwatch that vibrates your wrist when a call is coming in.
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So have they fixed the rubbish speaker?

Seeing as how my moto x Dev edition just broke... (Microphone just failed)
I'm thinking about the nexus 5 again.
Only if... However they've fixed that garbage quality speaker.
Can someone shed some light?
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No. Same erratic build, no new 'version'.
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There was a software update for the speaker. Fixed the volume being unusually low in certain apps.
If you root the phone there are many options to increase volume and audio quality. Unrooted you can use equalizers for a small boost.
I find it loud enough to hear my ringtone in a noisy environment and clear enough to enjoy videos and music with.
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I never thought the N5 speaker was garbage... better than the S3s I had in every single way.
Locklear308 said:
Seeing as how my moto x Dev edition just broke... (Microphone just failed)
I'm thinking about the nexus 5 again.
Only if... However they've fixed that garbage quality speaker.
Can someone shed some light?
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If you are rooted then install ViPer4Android. It so dynamically changes the sound quality you will wonder what all the *****ing is about. Check for the ViPer4Android thread in the Nexus 5 themes and apps section for how to install it. In that thread is a flash file that makes things a little easier. In my opinion Google should buy ViPer4Android and make it standard. I use it on all my Android devices.
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My girlfriend's HTC One Mini has much better speakers than my N5. But my screen, processor, RAM, etc. are all much better. Depends what's most important to you. You could always use headphones
Google will push new speakers through an update soon BTW read the suggestions above.
Tested audio quality with earphones and without using Google music+equalizer and I can say that audio quality is GREAT.
Honestly after reading some users complains about audio quality I excepted it worse,but like for me,a music lover,it's great. :good:
So is it possible that I got a gimped one from the first order? Way back on release week.
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Locklear308 said:
So is it possible that I got a gimped one from the first order? Way back on release week.
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Some nexus 5's had really low volume on the speaker. That's why people started drilling holes in it.
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