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Hi all.
I made the switch from an iphone about a month back and noticed a major change in sound quality when I line out to my car or speakers.
I'm really confused about this and am hoping someone could shed some light on what's going on or a fix.
My setup:
-Car: 07 Honda civic with premium sound system and stock subwoofer. nothing fancy.
-Phone: Black ice, voodoo, ext4 data
voodoo is at default settings, i tried adjusting the max volume or something and it just made it sound distorted
Here is the problem:
-If I plug my iphone into my car and turn the iphone volume all the way up the max volume I can stand on my head unit is 25 out of 40. And it sounds clear.
-With the GS4G's volume at max, volume 40(max) on my head unit is not even loud enough and becomes distorted. I never had distortion issues with my iphone. Is this simply hardware limitations or is my phone not configured correctly
The majority of my music listening is done in my car. So any help is appreciated.
-And please dont call me an apple fan boy. Because im not. Lol Id never go back over android.
Well I use mine in the same way aux and so far so good but I do notice I have to turn up the volume on my deck for phone calls no distortion though
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Mizun0h said:
Hi all.
I made the switch from an iphone about a month back and noticed a major change in sound quality when I line out to my car or speakers.
I'm really confused about this and am hoping someone could shed some light on what's going on or a fix.
My setup:
-Car: 07 Honda civic with premium sound system and stock subwoofer. nothing fancy.
-Phone: Black ice, voodoo, ext4 data
voodoo is at default settings, i tried adjusting the max volume or something and it just made it sound distorted
Here is the problem:
-If I plug my iphone into my car and turn the iphone volume all the way up the max volume I can stand on my head unit is 25 out of 40. And it sounds clear.
-With the GS4G's volume at max, volume 40(max) on my head unit is not even loud enough and becomes distorted. I never had distortion issues with my iphone. Is this simply hardware limitations or is my phone not configured correctly
The majority of my music listening is done in my car. So any help is appreciated.
-And please dont call me an apple fan boy. Because im not. Lol Id never go back over android.
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Yes, I think your AUX cable is messed up, as in, its different for iphone n other phones. However if you are using a 3-contacts regular stereo auxiliary cable, it should have worked fine, just check the cable once before going further in resolving the issue.
The 4 contact aux cable, which also has provision for mic support maybe causing this issue....
Make sure you have the latest voodoo control app.
Set the volume limit to +3 line out optimal
Set the head phone volume to 3db (All the way up)
Play around with the bass boost until it sounds good to you.
My bass boost is set to medium, gain + 6, and range 20%. See of that helps.
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Thanks for the advice. Sounds solid. Ill test when I get home
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Mizun0h said:
Thanks for the advice. Sounds solid. Ill test when I get home
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Hey everyone thanks for all the advice. I finally got it set to my liking.
First I updated the voodoo control app. I think that was the main problem.
Then settings are as follows:
-headphone amp: -2
-volume limit: 3
-bass boost: sub, gain of 6 and range at 20%
Everything else is stock.
Again thanks for the help.
-and sorry for the double post. I meant to edit the original with my statement in quotes.
Good deal man. It does help quite a bit to tweak the audio. I hope that the final release of uber music has an eq for further audio tuning... If you don't have that player, you should get it.
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I just finally did the update to 4.4.1 and is it just me or does the volume for everything seem a bit louder?
Ya I just updated five minutes ago and I noticed the volume being much louder too, especially on the locking and unlocking sounds. That's a good thing though since so many people were complaining about the volume not being loud enough?
Still playing around with 4.4.1 but so far so good
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Hi, do you know whether the headphone volume is also louder? Thanks.
And i thought i was the only one going crazy ahah
Yup definitely sounds louder now. Especially on unlocking screen and screen shutting off. Havent received any notifications to know if that is any different.
The audio is just more compressed, I did some tests in a previous post that showed that.
It averages louder, but isn't any more loud than before at max loudness.
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I just finally did the update to 4.4.1 and is it just me or does the volume for everything seem a bit louder?
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Yes, it is louder. And it is not a placebo effect. I have two identical n5s, one on 4.4.1 and the other still on 4.4.
Definitively louder!
Plus an overall speed boost, went from antutu 28-29k to 30k on complete stock.
shayne9512 said:
Hi, do you know whether the headphone volume is also louder? Thanks.
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I actually do not, i haven't been to the gym recently to use my headphones yet. But if you find out, please share it
Headphones volume seems a bit louder too.
Any other significant changes?
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PainfulLover said:
Yes, it is louder. And it is not a placebo effect. I have two identical n5s, one on 4.4.1 and the other still on 4.4.
Definitively louder!
Plus an overall speed boost, went from antutu 28-29k to 30k on complete stock.
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Awesome! I thought I was going crazy for a bit. Good to know
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Any other significant changes?
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Aside from the camera and louder audio, i haven't noticed anything different
Camera is much better than before, though it didn't really bother me to begin with, but comparing the previous lagginess of the camera motion with my iPhone 5, it looks as though the 4.4.1 update made the camera motion smoother than on my iPhone 5. Video mode seems a bit equal, although I think the nexus is slightly smoother than the iPhone.
I really can't tell a difference in speaker. I need to test tomorrow in a more audible environment (its late and quiet here) it does seem a little louder, but I'm not sure yet. Some sounds seem louder, while others are just as quiet as before. Still pales in comparison to iPhone 5 speaker.
Haven't ran any benchmarks, but performance does seem slightly better as well. Ran a test lap on real racing 3 where I noticed obvious frame rate issues when I first got my nexus, but now it seems a bit smoother, much less noticeable lag.
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Call volume with earbuds has gone from too loud on the lowest setting up to deafening. Not good.
I checked cpu spy, seems like it's boosting to 1.2ghz instead of 1ghz now.. Anyone confirm?
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Stronger haptic too.
If I had to assume, I'd agree with you on the haptic feedback being stronger, bloot. But if it actually is stronger, its a very small difference. The motor doesn't feel any different than before, and I doubt a firmware update could make it stronger. But again, it does feel a little stronger.
As for the sound, tested it today and yes there's definite improvement over before. Still barely audible in some cases, but I'm comparing with my old iPhone 5, and honestly, the situations I'm comparing to are better suited for an actual speaker anyway, not some tinny phone speaker. So for most typical case usage, the speaker is pretty good now. Keep in mind the speaker isn't being touted as one of the phones features, much like a phone with stereo speakers, or higher quality ones. So with that in mind, the speaker on the nexus 5 is actually pretty good when you consider the price of the phone.
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Found this changelog for 4.4.1
The Camera app on the Nexus 5 has sped up considerably post the update.
The low volume output from the Nexus 5 speaker in certain apps has also been fixed.
The haptic feedback has been tweaked on the Nexus 5.
There are some bug-fixes related to ART as well. This allows Whatsapp to work with the ART runtime.
The default email client in Nexus 5 not syncing with an exchange server bug has also been fixed.
Immersive mode breaking while adjusting the volume level bug has been fixed.
The new ‘Photos’ app is now the default Gallery app.
There is a slight improvement in benchmark performance on the Nexus 5.
The transparent status bar sometimes turning opaque issue on the Nexus 5 has also been fixed.
The navigation bar is now transparent on the lock screen in the Nexus 4.
The Settings icon in Quick tiles has also been changed.
The Miracast setting has been renamed to Cast settings.
source: http://www.androidbeat.com/2013/12/android-4-4-1-features/
Also, Koush posted on G+ recently that the code for mirroring to a chromecast was also added to 4.4.1, so maybe we will be able to mirror to our TVs.
italia0101 said:
I checked cpu spy, seems like it's boosting to 1.2ghz instead of 1ghz now.. Anyone confirm?
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confirmed. it boosts there for ~3 seconds. too long, imo.
i don't think anything actually happened to the sound, hardware-wise. it seems like all they did was normalize the UI sounds to a higher level. my custom ringtones/notifications are still as quiet as ever
quite absurd that the notification led for missed calls still doesn't work
italia0101 said:
I checked cpu spy, seems like it's boosting to 1.2ghz instead of 1ghz now.. Anyone confirm?
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notbrodie said:
confirmed. it boosts there for ~3 seconds. too long, imo.
i don't think anything actually happened to the sound, hardware-wise. it seems like all they did was normalize the UI sounds to a higher level. my custom ringtones/notifications are still as quiet as ever
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From the logs:
https://android.googlesource.com/device/lge/hammerhead/+/0ad5707
BoardConfig: Define TARGET_TOUCHBOOST_FREQUENCY to 1.2GHz
Bug: 11387181
Change-Id: Icf3272edbb1052861a13aa17f3b14ee40ea57654
Signed-off-by: Iliyan Malchev <[email protected]>
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Read Project Hammerhead:
https://funkyandroid.com/aosp-KRT16M-KOT49E.html
I bought nexus 5 a month ago. from then i don't know weather this is the problem or the volume of speaker is built low. i am getting very low ringing volume . while on cal its loudspeaker volume is very good and while on head set volume is also very good. only problem is while ringing a cal or while playing music via loud speaker the volume is below average. i went to service center they just took one more nexus 5 which they had(that one was other customers phone which has a software bug) and compare it with that phones speaker that phone is also giving same volume. but i have read reviews that its speaker has very good sound. and it has around 65db sound. my friend has iphone 5 it has 68db which sounds very good(while ringing). but mine with less just 3db difference is not even half i think. i saw in internet lg released an hardware upgrade so that speakers can be changed is that correct? how can i fix this?
This is a well known issue.
You can flash this zip http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2532788
There are a few other methods as well. You can also look at viper4android or faux sound deal.
I use the sound file called sedna..with no fixes I can hear it clear across the house even without full volume.
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wideasleep1 said:
I use the sound file called sedna..with no fixes I can hear it clear across the house even without full volume.
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cant i get any help from LG service center? what about there hardware upgrade?
wideasleep1 said:
I use the sound file called sedna..with no fixes I can hear it clear across the house even without full volume.
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how can i use it? should i need to have root access to it? because i haven't done rooting yet
kiran9 said:
how can i use it? should i need to have root access to it? because i haven't done rooting yet
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It already exists as a selectable ring tone under Sound settings.
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kiran9 said:
I bought nexus 5 a month ago. from then i don't know weather this is the problem or the volume of speaker is built low. i am getting very low ringing volume . while on cal its loudspeaker volume is very good and while on head set volume is also very good. only problem is while ringing a cal or while playing music via loud speaker the volume is below average. i went to service center they just took one more nexus 5 which they had(that one was other customers phone which has a software bug) and compare it with that phones speaker that phone is also giving same volume. but i have read reviews that its speaker has very good sound. and it has around 65db sound. my friend has iphone 5 it has 68db which sounds very good(while ringing). but mine with less just 3db difference is not even half i think. i saw in internet lg released an hardware upgrade so that speakers can be changed is that correct? how can i fix this?
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You`l have to root to increase loudness, read the first 4 threads in the General section first first first first and don`t use toolkits
It isn't a defect, all of them are pretty quiet. I just flashed franco kernel and used his app to boost the speaker volume. It's almost too loud now...the lowest setting was the highest one before.
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It already exists as a selectable ring tone under Sound settings.
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no i don't like that tone. while listening to music through loudspeaker sound is low right. we can't hear seleted songs only through that speaker .
kiran9 said:
no i don't like that tone. while listening to music through loudspeaker sound is low right. we can't hear seleted songs only through that speaker .
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I thought your issue was ringtone loudness. Sorry.
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gee2012 said:
You`l have to root to increase loudness, read the first 4 threads in the General section first first first first and don`t use toolkits
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hi i rooted my phone yesterday it went fine. then i installed viper4android . i didn't find any reasonable or even a bit increase in volume while ringing? did i went somewhere wrong or is there any other mod or solution for it?
I switched from Sense to AOSP last week and while going back and reviewing my videos since then, I discovered that the audio is at a really low volume (basically inaudible unless you hold the speaker to your ear). This has been consistent across several 4.4 ROMs (CM11 m5, m7 and the most recent paranoid android) . Recording audio only isn't a problem, so I imagine it's not the hardware.
Is there anything else I can do other than switch back to sense? My baby daughter is becoming quite the talker and I hate that I don't have those moments from this week in a usable form.
I noticed that too but I may have been holding my hand over the mic.
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Interesting... Would you mind reporting back if you notice it again? I know its not a result of covering the mic on my end. I wonder if there is an app like viper4 android, that boosts input rather than output.
brekfest said:
Interesting... Would you mind reporting back if you notice it again? I know its not a result of covering the mic on my end. I wonder if there is an app like viper4 android, that boosts input rather than output.
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Some FX programs turn it down FauxSound turns it almost all the way down on my phone.
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My xperia z3 top speaker crackle at the over 80% volume
I noticed this problem on some songs (walkman) or you tube (some videos)
You go to: SETTINGS / SOUND / PHONE RINGTONE / go on the top list, and for example try second song ( AQUILA ) at the maximum volume.
Do you have the same problem on your xperia z3?
I noticed that as well but it seems to only occur on specific sounds for me. I watched a YouTube video at probably 80% volume and heard that crackling. Tried another one even on full volume (both were BF4 gameplay commentaries) and heard nothing but good sound.
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I have the same problem guys :/ the top speaker has more bass and bottom is more low and no bass
Omario-242 said:
I noticed that as well but it seems to only occur on specific sounds for me. I watched a YouTube video at probably 80% volume and heard that crackling. Tried another one even on full volume (both were BF4 gameplay commentaries) and heard nothing but good sound.
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I noticed that this problem is present at over 80% volume, too.
I will also check for this.
Just noticed this while listening to music on a youtube video.
Noticed that my top speaker/earpiece will rattle sometimes while on a call, or when playing certain sounds such as ringtones. I wonder if I should exchange or if it's normal (for the z3) seeing as a few people have the same issue.
I replaced mine and I still have rattling during calls, at pretty much any volume. I don't hear it during music though, which makes me wonder if it may be fixed by an update.
Yeah, me also face the problem too.. Very annoying.. Hmmmm
This started to happen to me, I had been using the phone in the pool, three days later I could hardly even hear the top speaker, I ran music through the speakers for one day (taped up the bottom one), hoping it would fix the problem. but It didn't. Now after 6 days it has started to get louder again, so now I can hear callers again and the phone ring. And is now starting to make the sound you all mention here. As you all say very annoying, Sony must have a manufacturing defect on just that speaker.
Does anyone have any idea if this can be fixed with software? If not, the Z3 is going back and I'm getting either the Moto X or the Note 4
happened to me since day 1 as well. Bought in Australia.
In case anyone is wondering, I returned the phone for the Note 4 and the call quality is 10x better... actually the phone is 10x better in pretty much every way including camera. Not that the Xperia was bad at all, but it just didn't feel polished enough... hopefully the Z4 fixes things
Hi,
I could reduce this problem by enabling the "S-Force Front Surround" option in Settings> Sounds> Sound Effects.
I believe that this problem can be solved with a software update that set the correct equalization to remove that rattle from the top speaker.
Regards!
@Djuro89. Try this; fixed it for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/development/z3-speakers-incoming-call-headphones-t2889964
Hi,
This is my current equalizer settings. With this configuration the crackling of the top speaker disappeared. Also deactivated other effect options (ClearAudio+ and Surround).
Regards!
I experience this too, I thought it was water related, I'll give it a try
Hi,
I never put my phone in water.
I believe it is an equalization problem in phone software.
With the equalizer setting that I mentioned in my last post I never had this problem.
Regards!
adripred said:
Hi,
I never put my phone in water.
I believe it is an equalization problem in phone software.
With the equalizer setting that I mentioned in my last post I never had this problem.
Regards!
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Hi it annoys me during calls too..
Hello,
i've noticed the same defect on my Z3... It just happens at specified frequencies, i've tried changing equalization's settings and disabling clear audio+ but nothing changes. It looks like a poor speaker quality because if you lower the volume the audio is clear, don't you agree? Thank you.