Hey, greetings from Slovakia
I'm curious, are there ways to improve sound music experience in a Windows Phone (Lumia 710), software-wise?
The phoney comes with NO sound enhancement options so it's clear that any such attempts'll be purely software-based.
I'm interested in these two, in particular:
1) Equlizer software, working with Music and Videoss app, if not globally
2) Total number of REAL volume levels (the phone should have 30, but has about 8.
Now I'm aware any of these'd be possible with a custom ROM only so that's why I'm asking first, as I suppose learning to flash that thing is going to take me couple of hours (newbie).
Thanks for everyone's reply
If you'd gone with an HTC phone, you might have been able to use the Sound Enhancer app (which worked fine pre-Mango, although it seems to have been taken off the Marketplace since). That provided the equalizer, at least...
I don't really know what to say to your complaint about the "REAL" volume levels; I can hear a distinct change in volume at each step. I do feel that the minimum should be lower (I occasionally mute the phone by accident, tapping down once when it's already at 1) and I think that actually might be configurable in the registry (I haven't looked *very* hard yet) so that might be possible with a custom ROM. I know you can adjust the number of steps in the volume control in the registry, too.
My only real gripe with the way WP7 handles sound is how freaking loud minimum volume is. Maybe this is just a hardware level issue, but I do somewhat agree with you; in that the phone doesnt seem to have a lot of range, in regards to volume control. However, I feel the 30 step software volume dial is audibly different between every step.
I was referring to this issue (posted by me): http://discussions.nokia.com/t5/Har...trol-only-8-levels-instead-of-30/td-p/1504138
Hope it's allowed to post links to other forums. It's Nokia's official, not a community. Best part is no one from Nokia gives a flying phuk, the question is unanswered for 3 months.
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I am almost positive this question has been asked before, but alas...
For reasons unknown, my Nexus S seems to have inconsistent volume levels.
1. Regardless of how loud the volume is set to, the "operation" sound effects are ALWAYS at bare-audible levels. For example, when the screen is turned off it's almost impossible to hear the noise. This holds true even when the system volume is at maximum.
2. In call volume is always low, and yet the speakerphone volume is always SUPER loud.
The posts I've read before always seem to mention it being a problem with the Nexus S phone itself, but how is that possible? If the sound comes out then the sound comes out. It would seem to me like a problem with Gingerbread.
i use this to keep my volumes set properly
http://www.appbrain.com/app/audiomanager-widget/com.smartandroidapps.audiowidget
WOW thanks for that link. It solved the problem immediately. I'm not exactly sure what the issue is with the actual Gingerbread software though...why don't the volume levels adjust properly?
Also, I saw your post in another topic and found your signature (image) to be quite fascinating. I too have used many of those phones actually.
On a side note, can you (or anyone) explain why my topic was moved from the Nexus S board?
yeah i recently learned about audio widget, and it seems to be able to seperate out different system level audio vs call audio etc. not sure why this isnt available in stock android, but this app is able to do it. so its a must have.
As my title suggested. Has anyone seen an app or anything for that matter, that allows you to control all of the volume controls at once. For instance, if I use the volume buttons on my phone it only adjusts the "incoming call volume" but does nothing for the Media, system or notification volume. right now I have to go into settings then sound and adjust the volume on each seperate item rather in a single mass. Unlike every other phone I have owned the Epic 4G seems to lack the option to allow for all volumes to be controlled at once.
I apologize if I am double posting but along with syncing outlook with my Epic the singular volume control seems to be necessity and I do not understand why Samsung (or sprint for that matter) would not offer the option to control all of the seperate volume controls at one time rather than seperately. I sure would appreciate it if there is a droid app or mod that someone can point me to. I am new to the android thing, have been using winmo for years and so far I am dissapointed because it appears android wants me to not be able to do what I consider basic things (i.e. sync via USB with Outlook or controlling all volume levels via one control). Any help would be so awesome, I do not want to return this phone but if I cannnot get these things I may have to go back to winmo. Even though winmo 7 is not backwwards compatable at least it gives me the two basics I listed here...thanks a ton ya'll
so i have this great phone, i love wp7, it has thing's that i don't like but well nothing is perfect.. but what i really, let's say, hate is when i receive a phone call the volume is really low :S i have the phone wit the volume o maximun (30), the music sounds great, really loud but the phone call and even the alarm sound really really low, how can i fix that?
Phone call volume is controlled separately from everything else. While in a call, hit Volume Up and put it at max (the scale is different: in a call, it goes 1-10 instead of the normal 0-30).
If that's still not loud enough, I'm not sure what to expect. You could try using earbuds or a headset. On my HD7, I have to set call volume down to 5 when using earbuds or it's painfully loud. Bluetooth headsets often have their own volume control too, and can push the call higher if the phone doesn't go high enough.
There are some registry controls that affect volume, but I don't think anybody had managed to get any write access to the DVP registry yet.
GoodDayToDie said:
Phone call volume is controlled separately from everything else. While in a call, hit Volume Up and put it at max (the scale is different: in a call, it goes 1-10 instead of the normal 0-30).
If that's still not loud enough, I'm not sure what to expect. You could try using earbuds or a headset. On my HD7, I have to set call volume down to 5 when using earbuds or it's painfully loud. Bluetooth headsets often have their own volume control too, and can push the call higher if the phone doesn't go high enough.
There are some registry controls that affect volume, but I don't think anybody had managed to get any write access to the DVP registry yet.
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thanks for the answer man, but i think i don't explain myself very well xD i'm talking about the ringtone from when you're getting a phone call you know? That's the volumen i'm talking about that it is kinda low, and is the same with the alarms..i hope you can understand me now haha..and i have another question since you answer my previews one you know a way or and app to change the colors of the live tiles? Because the colors that came with the OS are, let's say, short haha
Ah... yeah, I really wish I could set the ringer volume independently of the music-and-so-forth volume. BTW, alarms will always (by design) start at low volume, then get louder over the course of about a minute. I tend to set the base volume high before going to bed anyhow, but I've forgotten to a couple of times and it still wakes me up within a very short time.
Adding custom accent colors is another thing that requires registry access. In theory, there's a registry editor built into the EM app. So far as I know, nobody has gotten it to work, though. It's a real pity, that is; with a built-in regedit, the phone could easily be dev- and interop-unlocked, opening up a lot of homebrew potential.
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Ah... yeah, I really wish I could set the ringer volume independently of the music-and-so-forth volume. BTW, alarms will always (by design) start at low volume, then get louder over the course of about a minute. I tend to set the base volume high before going to bed anyhow, but I've forgotten to a couple of times and it still wakes me up within a very short time.
Adding custom accent colors is another thing that requires registry access. In theory, there's a registry editor built into the EM app. So far as I know, nobody has gotten it to work, though. It's a real pity, that is; with a built-in regedit, the phone could easily be dev- and interop-unlocked, opening up a lot of homebrew potential.
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that's too bad :s well i guess i have to live with that. The same thing happen to me with the alarms haha so i guess i have to live with that too xD
I'm starting to hate wp7 -.- i think an iphone has less limitation than wp . I'm going to use this phone for a while but in the end i'm sure i will get back on android, or maybe i will use both phone, i don't know.
Thank's for the reply that solve my doubt's
Is there an app or other software to boost the volume? All my volume settings are maxed and i cant really hear the caller. Sometimes, though, it comes in just fine, but most of the time it doesnt.
Thanks
DJRepresent said:
Is there an app or other software to boost the volume? All my volume settings are maxed and i cant really hear the caller. Sometimes, though, it comes in just fine, but most of the time it doesnt.
Thanks
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I had this problem with another phone and after an extensive search, I ultimately gave up on it. I will share what I tried and maybe save you a little trouble.
First and simplest, try gently cleaning out the earpiece with a little toothpick, a pin, or better yet blow it out with some air. This seems to work for some people, as overtime gunk can build up inside the screen.
Next, there are a lot of apps that claim to work as volume boosters. Most of them are for speaker volume and not for in-call volume. After sifting through many of them I found one or two that claimed to help in call volume but they really did not work. If you go this route then "happy hunting".
Some ROMs have a hearing aid setting under the Accessibility options but I couldn't tell you which. The ROM I'm using has ways to change the volume steps for all volume settings and that might help (I'm using Liquid Smooth found here in the DEV section).
There is an Xposed module that enables you to adjust some volume steps.
Viper for Android gives you a lot of control over the sound of the device (it has Xloud) and it works well with the Apollo Music Player found on many ROMs but I can't say for sure it helps in-call volume. It sure makes music sound good though.
Last and hardest, if you are rooted and have a file managing app, you can go into the system files and edit them. This would probably require the assistance of a dev who could tell you exactly where these file are located and what the correct settings should be. Of course, there is always a chance of damaging your phone this way.
That's all I know. Hopefully, one of these options will work for you, or someone wiser will jumped in with a better solution. Good luck!
You need to tell everyone what software you are using and how long you have been having a problem.
Hello to everyone
I've recently become an owner of a brand new HTC U11, mostly for it's playback capabilities. I even got new earbuds JBL reflect aware, but I'm still struggling with major, very known issue, lack of sufficient volume steps. I was trying to achieve this with some of the applications, but all the solutions were unsatisfying or were even worse, distorting the output sound. Finally I got myself to this forum and I've found, that there are ways to achieve this by adding a proper entry into the build.prop file.
I tried this, but final result also turned out to be unsatisfying. Why is that? Because when I add entry to build.prop, after reboot of the device, the amount of volume steps increases but something strange happens. Let's say I set it to be 30 steps. What it actually turns out is, that starting with a zero volume level, when I increase volume it reaches the highest possible at 15th step, then at the 16th step the sound gets significantly quieter and again increases to the maximum, when I reach the final 30th step.
Similar situation takes place, when I set the amount of steps to 50. Only this time those 50 steps become divided into the first casual 15 and another 35 additional steps, where at the beginning sound also gets quieter to reach its maximum at 35th step, which is actually the last 50th.
The entry looks like that: "ro.config.media_vol_steps=30"
It seems like it doesn't override the default setting, what is supposed to do from what I read.
I also tried other way. I found that decompilation of framework.jar file allows to modify AudioService.smali, to achieve the same result.
But this is demanding some serious knowledge, and I'm a total newbie to this, so I achieved nothing. Especially, that I couldn't find a proper framework.jar file, since it is probably in the different location, then described and probably compiled into the *.oat file.
If there's a way to solve my problem by editing the biuld.prop file or other *.prop files? I'd rather do it this way. If not, I think I will be persistent to achieve my goal, hopefully with some help. : ) Mostly because I find it really disturbing not getting possible a proper volume level over the remote control in the headphones, and getting it manually through some apps, equalizers is not what I meant by obtaining new headphones.
Hi viekowy
I understand your frustration totally as I have gone down the same road.
The build.prop thing works on AOSP ROMs, but not HTC Sense based ROMS.
I don't believe there is a solution, except I have found that the POWERAMP Player app has an option to increase volume steps that actually works on HTC Sense ROMs!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer
USB Audio Player also has volume steps option, but it doesn't work on HTC Sense ROMs.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.extreamsd.usbaudioplayerpro
So I've stuck with Poweramp Player as it plays 24bit flacs and is a fully featured HD Audio player.
I would like to know how the programmers of Poweramp Player overcome this problem as I have other players that would benefit from 50+ volume steps.
I use Ainur Audio mod as it makes a vast improvement on sound-staging and fidelity. (I don't use Viper etc).
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/soundmod-ainur-audio-t3450516
Give it a try and let us know how you get on.