Really Low Back Speaker Volume - AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL

It doesn't matter the app. No matter if I'm watching a movie, listening to music, or checking out YouTube the volume level is extremely low even when maxed out.
I'm currently running the latest CM 10.1 nightly if that makes a difference.
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Vanillalite said:
It doesn't matter the app. No matter if I'm watching a movie, listening to music, or checking out YouTube the volume level is extremely low even when maxed out.
I'm currently running the latest CM 10.1 nightly if that makes a difference.
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Someone posted a little while back that a soft toothbrush can get dirt out of the back (and front) grills that can cause sound to be low.
Maybe give that a go?

cr1960 said:
Someone posted a little while back that a soft toothbrush can get dirt out of the back (and front) grills that can cause sound to be low.
Maybe give that a go?
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Some think its crazy but bro it made my speakers LOUD. Earpiece and back speaker. Won't hurt.
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Toothbrush seemed to work once I got over being gentle with it. I also worked at it for a few mins rather than just a quick brush over.
There definitely is a noticeable difference in the back speaker volume. Thanks!!
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Blown speaker?

I think I have a blown speaker,how can I tell? Thanks
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Why do I say its blown?
Come again?
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External speaker sounds weird, do you think I could get a replacement?
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leyvatron said:
Why do I say its blown?
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Darrien13 said:
Come again?
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I believe he meant why do you say its blown. Weird is a completely non-descriptive term. If you provide a better description it would be much easier to help you. Also, I'm not aware of spare speakers for the SNS.
Dies not sound as crisp on top voulme I start hearing cracks
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Darrien13 said:
Dies not sound as crisp on top voulme I start hearing cracks
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Normal. Blown would be heavily distorted sound from all volumes. The crackles are normal> If you aren't happy with that, go do a swap. Or get a whole new phone together... Seriously, if I continue to have problems, I'm gonna drop it completely and go back to BlackBerry.
I. May wait till another android phone attracts me thence ill swap
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I think mine just blown today.
My text rings started crackling.
Then all my sounds would stop, then little keyboard ticks would be fine, shutoff sound fine. then again rings crack etc.
Well I go play music and it's crackling like crazy, then goes on/off.
I BLOW into the speaker while music is playing and it "works" better.
Anyways now, it's really dead unless i use an air can to blow on the speaker and it'll make sound.
Blown.
Guess I'll make a claim for my SquareTrade warranty

Speaker Not Loud Enough

Just wanted to check if it's just me or are there other forum members also experiencing the similar issue of speakers just not being loud enough???
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my one is screaming
Have you enabled dts feature when using the stock music player? Also it depends if the audio file volume was upped correctly when it was mixed. It plays real loud for me even when dts is not activated. Also think about ambient noise in the background when you are playing music
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for me it's speaker, not speakers... I can only hear sound coming out of one speaker... I guess the other one is the mic... and yes I can barely hear mine too
Thanks Dude. Got it. It was the DTS function that was off.
mhsamma said:
Just wanted to check if it's just me or are there other forum members also experiencing the similar issue of speakers just not being loud enough???
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Best way to try it - call your voicemail, and put it on loudspeaker .... mine is loud like a mother cracker
Only the right bottom speaker on mine and 3 other test units seem to be working called my LG Rep and his is the same but its supposed to have stereo speakers as per lg
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bvc said:
for me it's speaker, not speakers... I can only hear sound coming out of one speaker... I guess the other one is the mic... and yes I can barely hear mine too
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same problem my left speaker i dont hear any apparent sound i cover it no change in sound quality but right one cover it and you hear almost nothing
Mine loud bro. Seriously. Can assure you that specially after using it lot today while driving.
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how to turn on dts
I love this phone but am also having problems with it being to quiet. i saw this post about turning on dts i cant find any option for this anywhere. not in stock music player not in settings where and how do i do this. if i cant make this speaker louder i will have to return it.
Mine's running great. Speaker is quite a bit louder than my old Nexus one. Compare it to some others if you can.
eagle1967 said:
I love this phone but am also having problems with it being to quiet. i saw this post about turning on dts i cant find any option for this anywhere. not in stock music player not in settings where and how do i do this. if i cant make this speaker louder i will have to return it.
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Should be in stock music player
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dj75728 said:
Mine's running great. Speaker is quite a bit louder than my old Nexus one. Compare it to some others if you can.
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this phone compared to my droid is 1 10th as loud and thats pushing it. in music player all i have is shuffle and playlist nothing about dts. been searching the net cant find anything. can someone please walk through steps you took to do this. i hate to lose this phone but i can not handle this i cant hear it without putting it so close i can see the picture. and both the speakers on bottom are working. i read on the net about a couple dts programs from tmobile neither of which are on my phone.
When you are playing music in the stock music player. Go to the song currently playing and you'll see dts function
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Why was it off in the first place.....
eagle1967 said:
this phone compared to my droid is 1 10th as loud and thats pushing it. in music player all i have is shuffle and playlist nothing about dts. been searching the net cant find anything. can someone please walk through steps you took to do this. i hate to lose this phone but i can not handle this i cant hear it without putting it so close i can see the picture. and both the speakers on bottom are working. i read on the net about a couple dts programs from tmobile neither of which are on my phone.
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just got the 32gig card today putting mucis on it now but that wont help videos . but if it helps on this it can be made to work on video player or get teh programs off a slate dump since i guess tehy left teh apps off the g2x.
So if one of the speakers not working, then is it a defective unit? Only my right one works and the left one doesn't.
Left one is a microphone. Wow too many people are wondering about this.
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xl DIGITAL lx said:
Left one is a microphone. Wow too many people are wondering about this.
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Agreed, left is mic, right is speaker, and mine is loud as a mofo (dts off)
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speaker unbalance still

After upgrading to 3.2, it seemed that it fixed my speaker unbalance but i noticed that its still louder on the right side. I thought the upgrade was suppose to fix?
my update didn't fix it either, but it sure made it better!
The update did have changes to the .cfg file and did make it better. I did change the gain on my left speaker by 3db and it is great now. See how to to this by a quick search, very easy if you're rooted, a bit more work if not. Cheers.
Im still within the exchange period from Toys r Us. The only issue I have is the speaker. The screen bleed I can live with....Its a B5 series . I wonder if I should exchange it for a B6 and hopefully B7 (but I dont think they will have).
how can you tell if one speaker is lower than the other? I honestly cannot tell the difference when I play movie. Is there any app to test it? Thanks
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atn0716 said:
how can you tell if one speaker is lower than the other? I honestly cannot tell the difference when I play movie. Is there any app to test it? Thanks
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8ODm-F9-IM
On mine using this test (youtube) my right speaker was a lil bit louder then the left, but when i listening to music I noticed that the sound is actually coming from the middle (balanced) before the right was always louder then the left.

External loud speaker volume lower then normal! Help.Battery getting low..

Hey guys! Tonight I just noticed that my external loud speaker sounds really weak and low. I have it turned all the way up and its low.. I know my battery life is in the yellow with 21% left. Does the phone lower the volume when battery gets to a certain point? This phone has been flawless. Now I'm afraid it has a problem
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Mondingo said:
Hey guys! Tonight I just noticed that my external loud speaker sounds really weak and low. I have it turned all the way up and its low.. I know my battery life is in the yellow with 21% left. Does the phone lower the volume when battery gets to a certain point? This phone has been flawless. Now I'm afraid it has a problem
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I think the obvious thing to do here would be to charge your phone and see if it goes back to normal. Agreed?
_MetalHead_ said:
I think the obvious thing to do here would be to charge your phone and see if it goes back to normal. Agreed?
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Agreed. Lol. But I just did a google search and found several people complaining about the same thing. They said the phone was working and loud speaker was fine. After a few weeks the speaker was really low.. They restarted the phone, and it was loud again. But after a few days went back to being low. Maybe software issue?
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Mondingo said:
Agreed. Lol. But I just did a google search and found several people complaining about the same thing. They said the phone was working and loud speaker was fine. After a few weeks the speaker was really low.. They restarted the phone, and it was loud again. But after a few days went back to being low. Maybe software issue?
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It's possible. I haven't noticed anything like that with mine but then again I don't use the loudspeaker that often. I'll have to pay attention to it now.
_MetalHead_ said:
It's possible. I haven't noticed anything like that with mine but then again I don't use the loudspeaker that often. I'll have to pay attention to it now.
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I just charged it thus mm ironing and rebooted it. Same problem. I would like to avoid a factory reset. I went through 3 different phones within a month. Not the One x. This is my first. They're going to think I'm crazy for walking into att and tell them there is a problem with this phone now. I see the same people all the time.
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Hello,
Only the loud speaker is affected? Headphones work fine?
Do all types of sound have the volume problem, Calls, Videos, youtube, Music? Does your ring tone come out at full volume?
Do you use google nav or any other similar app that outputs commands and such through the loud speaker? I ask because I read somewhere (maybe here on xda) that people were thinking it was maybe due to such apps.
ryan9316 said:
Hello,
Only the loud speaker is affected? Headphones work fine?
Do all types of sound have the volume problem, Calls, Videos, youtube, Music? Does your ring tone come out at full volume?
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Just my external speaker. And it affects everything. Music, videos and ringtones.
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fadetoblack2104 said:
Do you use google nav or any other similar app that outputs commands and such through the loud speaker? I ask because I read somewhere (maybe here on xda) that people were thinking it was maybe due to such apps.
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I don't use google nav. But just noticed it yesterday it started white watching videos.
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i am having the same problems as my alarm is really low and charged at 100 and volume is set high.
OptimusSteel34 said:
i am having the same problems as my alarm is really low and charged at 100 and volume is set high.
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Hopefully it's just a software issue. This phone is flawless. I don't want to take a chance and return it for one that has more problems..
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Ok so today I found out that the volume does not change with the last 3 or 4 pushes of the volume up button, it does not increase. Nor the same for lowering. It's like its stuck at 60% volume. What do I do..? Return it for a replacement or stick with it?
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I have the same problem, only noticed it the other day when I decided to play some music the volume was really low on the external speaker so I decided to make a phone call and the volume seemed low in both the earpiece and external speaker so out of dumb luck I decided to restart the phone. Volume got louder in both but eventually got lower again after a few days. Also, noticed that the external volume doesn't seem to change with the last 2-3 clicks up or down.
Hoping this is a software issue since otherwise it works great, don't really want to return it and possibly get one with other issues.
garyf33 said:
I have the same problem, only noticed it the other day when I decided to play some music the volume was really low on the external speaker so I decided to make a phone call and the volume seemed low in both the earpiece and external speaker so out of dumb luck I decided to restart the phone. Volume got louder in both but eventually got lower again after a few days. Also, noticed that the external volume doesn't seem to change with the last 2-3 clicks up or down.
Hoping this is a software issue since otherwise it works great, don't really want to return it and possibly get one with other issues.
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This is the exact same problem I am having now.. I too noticed that the ear volume is low as well. I did restart the phone. It worked good for a day. Then same thing. I too am like you. Hopefully there is a software fix for it. I called at&t. They said That HTC handles the tech support for the HOX. Maybe you should call them too and complain. If they hear it from someone else, it might be good.
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Mondingo said:
This is the exact same problem I am having now.. I too noticed that the ear volume is low as well. I did restart the phone. It worked good for a day. Then same thing. I too am like you. Hopefully there is a software fix for it. I called at&t. They said That HTC handles the tech support for the HOX. Maybe you should call them too and complain. If they hear it from someone else, it might be good.
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I did talk to HTC Tech Support and was told there's NO Issue with the volume on the device and was given a number for Repair which I haven't called yet.
And yes, it's last about a day then it gets lower.
it has to be a software issue, im experiancing the same thing. got a replacement today because of it, and when i was in calls it sounded like i was in a tunnel? no case on the phone.
garyf33 said:
I did talk to HTC Tech Support and was told there's NO Issue with the volume on the device and was given a number for Repair which I haven't called yet.
And yes, it's last about a day then it gets lower.
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I think it's funny when you call HTC, and they say they haven't heard of it. Lol.
Since this is my one issue, I will live with it. Don't want to take a chance for a replacement that might have more problems.
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zounduser said:
it has to be a software issue, im experiancing the same thing. got a replacement today because of it, and when i was in calls it sounded like i was in a tunnel? no case on the phone.
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I really hope so... Maybe an update will fix it..
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My first one x was a ht24 model that came with 1.73(I think that was the version correct me if I'm wrong) and had the same issues after about a month. My replacement is a ht23 with 1.85... I haven't noticed the issue with this phone but will look into it now and see if this one has it.
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I've noticed a very similar issue with my One X. I keep my phone at full volume and every once and a while the volume from the back speaker gets a bit quieter. Nothing seems to fix it, except for rebooting the phone.

In call volume incredibly low

Hey all. Normally I use a Bluetooth headset for all my calls, but occasionally I don't have it on me. When I take a call using the phone's regular speaker I can barely hear the person on the other end. If I have any background noise, it's impossible to hear them. I've got my sound turned up to max. Anyone have some suggestions?
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Demonic240 said:
Hey all. Normally I use a Bluetooth headset for all my calls, but occasionally I don't have it on me. When I take a call using the phone's regular speaker I can barely hear the person on the other end. If I have any background noise, it's impossible to hear them. I've got my sound turned up to max. Anyone have some suggestions?
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Since 4.4.2 both speakers on mine get incredibly loud. The N5's earpiece speaker is small (small circle rather than a long slit) so you do need to play with it some to get it set properly on your ear. Call someone and talk to them (indoors and quiet preferably) and adjust the phone on your ear till you hear it best. That's the position you'll need to use. I got used to it quickly and use about 40% volume even while in car at highway speeds and it is loud enough for me. Maybe clean your ears with a q-tip?:laugh:jk
See if that helps, if not maybe something is going on with your earpiece speaker?
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Since 4.4.2 both speakers on mine get incredibly loud. The N5's earpiece speaker is small (small circle rather than a long slit) so you do need to play with it some to get it set properly on your ear. Call someone and talk to them (indoors and quiet preferably) and adjust the phone on your ear till you hear it best. That's the position you'll need to use. I got used to it quickly and use about 40% volume even while in car at highway speeds and it is loud enough for me. Maybe clean your ears with a q-tip?:laugh:jk
See if that helps, if not maybe something is going on with your earpiece speaker?
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I just did an echo test and I sounded okay. Maybe it's everyone else that calls me?
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Demonic240 said:
I just did an echo test and I sounded okay. Maybe it's everyone else that calls me?
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Could be....
Are you stock? Any mods? Case? Screen protector?
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jbdan said:
Could be....
Are you stock? Any mods? Case? Screen protector?
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On PA, faux kernel and .15 radio.
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On PA, faux kernel and .15 radio.
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Hard to troubleshoot when you're running custom software (rom +kernel +old radio). If to really want to get to the bottom of it (imo) you should go back to stock 4.4.2 with NO mods and see if it does it. Otherwise you're just shooting blanks (again imo). Anyone in the PA/faux/radio thread experiencing similar?
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trickster mod
Install trickstermod kernel settings app and go to kernel settings, see if you can increase the gain for the speaker. If there isn't an option, you need to change kernel to one that allows sound tweaking (elementalx does) and then boost the gain through trickstermod app, or another free kernel settings app of your choosing. Changing the gain is a kernel setting that gives a very good boost to sound levels.
Figured it out. My screen protector had a cut out for the speaker, but I never popped it out. Took it off and I can actually see the speaker now!
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