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Sound tweak to up volume?

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

[Q] Speakers/Headphones Very Quiet

I'm wondering if anyone else is finding the audio output (be it by speaker or headphone), is very quiet? Whenever myself, or any of my friends go to watch a video or something on the Transformer, the first thing we do is try and turn up the volume even though its already at maximum. Even with a decent set of headphones (and I've tried multiple headphones), the audio is as loud as one would think.
I've done some searching through the forums, and tried to use this "Voodoo Sound Control", but it doesn't seem to give me many options. And when I tried the paid version, it said my device wasn't supported.
Anyways, I'm running Prime v1.9 with Netformer 1.6 kernel which i'm told has the Voodoo module in it.
Is there anything else I can try?

Yeah my headphone are pretty low but obly on certain videos same with the speakers. Try different videos and music see if there is a difderence.
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diamantericos said:
Yeah my headphone are pretty low but obly on certain videos same with the speakers. Try different videos and music see if there is a difderence.
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Nah, it seems pretty universally quiet no matter what I play. Music from my google music account, local podcasts I download to it, youtube videos, ustream videos, etc.
Whether it be through the speakers or through headphones, its just really quiet. I have tried several different headphones I have, and its all pretty much the same volume. It has to be almost completely quiet in whatever room I'm in so I can hear it.
I was hoping this Voodoo stuff may help, but doesn't appear to be compatible (the thread says it supports TF 3.0 or 3.1 and not 3.2).
I'm out of ideas.

Voodoo works fine on 3.1 and 3.2

Yeah, sound on the TF is mediocre at best and horrible on headphones. I use an app called EQ and it really helps for the built-in speakers but headphones still suck. Not enough amp power to push decent sound.

Oyeve said:
Yeah, sound on the TF is mediocre at best and horrible on headphones. I use an app called EQ and it really helps for the built-in speakers but headphones still suck. Not enough amp power to push decent sound.
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I use THIS while using my earbuds. Greatly improves the performance of low-sensitivity headphones. Works like a charm and I have to turn the inline volume down to 1/4 on my earbuds. For some reason DVD movies are played back with low volume and this FiiO has done wonders with improving the volume and clarity even.

AcIdC0R3 said:
I use THIS while using my earbuds. Greatly improves the performance of low-sensitivity headphones. Works like a charm and I have to turn the inline volume down to 1/4 on my earbuds. For some reason DVD movies are played back with low volume and this FiiO has done wonders with improving the volume and clarity even.
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Looks like an ipod nano. Make have to check this out. Thanks for the heads-up.

Oyeve said:
Looks like an ipod nano. Make have to check this out. Thanks for the heads-up.
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Voodoo control plus from the market is much better value for money, helps the devs in this forum and has truly amazing sound.
Using an external headphone amp like this is an ugly solution.
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wildestpixel said:
Voodoo control plus from the market is much better value for money, helps the devs in this forum and has truly amazing sound.
Using an external headphone amp like this is an ugly solution.
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Unfortunately, that's not a feasable option for everybody. I own a B70 model TF as well as many others and I'm unable to gain ROOT so the FiiO is a better alternative than Voodoo control. Who's going to pay money for an app they can't even use unless your rooted.

AcIdC0R3 said:
Unfortunately, that's not a feasable option for everybody. I own a B70 model TF as well as many others and I'm unable to gain ROOT so the FiiO is a better alternative than Voodoo control. Who's going to pay money for an app they can't even use unless your rooted.
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Just as well the OP is rooted.

[Q] increase volume speaker

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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Best way to get LOUDER audio? (rooted,booted,twrp, but stock rom)

Even at full volume, this thing is pretty quiet while playing movies. I've tried multiple video player apps before settling on BS Player (best compatibility with my files), but I'd like to know to get louder audio.
Has anyone had success with a DSP / Equalizer / Beats Audio / etc?
This guy seemed to have issues with beats, so I was scared to try anything on mine: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801631
This guy suggests volume+, but I'd rather not do that because it has known incompatibilities with Jelly Bean (which I hope we're getting soon!): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801799
Is volume+ the best, or do you guys know something better?
Alternatively, is there a media player that can play 1080p .m2ts with h.264 video and ac3 audio using hardware acceleration that has a built in pre-amp / equalizer / etc?

Volume+ just crashes for me. I use SpeakerBoost, but I'm not sure It's actually doing anything. If it is, the difference is negligible.

I'd get Volume+ if I were you and worry about JB compatibility when it's out for the Infinity.

Try Equalizer (smart Android Apps. LLC) from the the playe store. Also need to purchase the Equalizer unlock key to save your settings. This made a big difference for me, audio is much louder.

The issues that exsist with JB and volume+ are likely to exsist with any booster as of right now because of some restrictions that come with JB and the ability to manipulate the sound. Just like ICS came along and you can no longer backup/restore APNs. I'm confident that Sound+ will find a work around for it, even if it simply requires root. We'll see. As for right now Volume+ is a godsend. My wife was watching a movie on my TF700 in the bathtub with the water running. That really surprised me. The little speakers are capable of putting out decent volume, just becareful you don't damage them. As for beats, I've never experienced noticably louder audio by flashing a DSP, only better audio, and Beats audio dsp is certaily capable of that on some devices.

Was having issues with less than stellar volume and after reading this thread I installed Volume+ and I have to say it works VERY well! I'll worry about JB when the time comes...
Tried the free version and then paid the $1.99 for premium and its WELL worth it.

AspenMan said:
Was having issues with less than stellar volume and after reading this thread I installed Volume+ and I have to say it works VERY well! I'll worry about JB when the time comes...
Tried the free version and then paid the $1.99 for premium and its WELL worth it.
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I find the +10 to be the sweet spot where I keep the volume at about 75% for normal easy to hear use.

blauciel said:
Volume+ just crashes for me. I use SpeakerBoost, but I'm not sure It's actually doing anything. If it is, the difference is negligible.
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To correct this, I finally did some testing, and SpeakerBoost does work well. I max it's boost out to 100% (despite the warnings) and it's much, much better.
It could be that Volume+ was crashing because I had installed SpeakerBoost first.

blauciel said:
To correct this, I finally did some testing, and SpeakerBoost does work well. I max it's boost out to 100% (despite the warnings) and it's much, much better.
It could be that Volume+ was crashing because I had installed SpeakerBoost first.
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You may have had to go into settings and enable Volume+. I know some had to do this before it worked and if you had another audio modifier installed, this may have fixed it so you could try both.
settings>sound>music effects>choose one

Volume+ FTW
+10 here too. HUGE improvement. Must-have option, since the stock volume is WAY too quiet IMO.
Doody

I tried using Volume+ and it didn't work at all. The readme says it only works on Gingerbread, we have ICS. I enabled headset volume +5 (highest it went) and there was no noticeable change.
Was I doing something wrong?
EDIT: Just saw this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29624931#post29624931

[A510] Volume very low

Hi. I've recently noticed that the volume on my A510 is very low. I tried to watch a football game on WatchESPN recently, and the sound was barely audible at all. My wife has a Galaxy Tab 10.1, and the volume is much better. I had an A500, and its volume was much better. This seems unusually low. Any thoughts, solutions, or similar situations? Thanks

danielg5 said:
Hi. I've recently noticed that the volume on my A510 is very low. I tried to watch a football game on WatchESPN recently, and the sound was barely audible at all. My wife has a Galaxy Tab 10.1, and the volume is much better. I had an A500, and its volume was much better. This seems unusually low. Any thoughts, solutions, or similar situations? Thanks
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There are some apps which are capable of boosting the volume.
Click the following URL:
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=volume+booster&c=apps
Some apps are free, some cost money, some require root permissions. See for yourself which work and which don't.
Good luck.

danielg5 said:
Hi. I've recently noticed that the volume on my A510 is very low. I tried to watch a football game on WatchESPN recently, and the sound was barely audible at all. My wife has a Galaxy Tab 10.1, and the volume is much better. I had an A500, and its volume was much better. This seems unusually low. Any thoughts, solutions, or similar situations? Thanks
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Which ROM are you on? If you're on CM10, that's expected since Dolby sound gets disabled in CM10.
If you're on stock rom, make sure that Dolby is enabled by going in settings >> Dolby Mobile.

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danielg5 said:
Hi. I've recently noticed that the volume on my A510 is very low. I tried to watch a football game on WatchESPN recently, and the sound was barely audible at all. My wife has a Galaxy Tab 10.1, and the volume is much better. I had an A500, and its volume was much better. This seems unusually low. Any thoughts, solutions, or similar situations? Thanks
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I have used Volume + by Meltus on 2 different cell phones and my A700. Works well (definitely improves volume) and very customizable.

It also might just be WatchESPN itself, rather than the tab. I tried to use it last week on my 510 and got almost no sound, when other apps have plenty of volume.
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