Hi,
is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that the audio quality of Kitkat based roms has gone downhill. i have a DHD and with he smashing TakTik rom, audio output from the device seems to now have some AGC all over it, Google music sounds appalling, and a max volume limit is now in place for everything. does anyone esle find this issue?
thanks
Neiko
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Does anybody know if HTC has acknowledged the problem with poor sound quality when recording video on the Sensation? As in -- it's super loud and distorted even when recording in a relatively quiet environment? This has been the single most disappointing thing about this phone for me.
I have seen a couple of threads started about this but there is not much info out there that I've been able to dig up.
Does anybody have more information about the problem or know of anything that can be done to alleviate it? Even if there's a different video recording app someone can recommend, I'd be happy. (From what I've read it sounds like a software issue -- something with the default codec or volume level being borked. Hopefully it doesn't actually have anything to do with the mic itself.)
When stock, unroot and unmodded, bluetooth playback to my Logitech Mini boombox and Motorola S10-HD headphones was decent. I did notice a few pops and clicks every so often, but nothing like what it is now that I have rooted and flashed the latest ViperXL stable ROM, ElementX 5.2 kernel and the German 3.17 radio. I've seen a few scant reports of this same issue, but I'm guessing not many stream audio via bluetooth, hence why the issue doesn't get as many mentions as it should. I can confirm it is NOT a hardware issue as the streaming of audio via bluetooth was fine on the stock AT&T ROM. Base ViperXL emitted this issue before ever adding the ElementX 5.2 kernel or flashing the radio, so I'm thinkin' the issue may be with ViperXL.
The static/crackling/popping sound is unaffected by volume changes. Turning the volume all the way down allows for only the artifacting to be heard and turning the volume up doesn't increase this sound, but at least puts the music on part with it so that you can at least drown it out with other ambient noise. It's horrible and only stops when you stop playing the audio. It sounds like clipping that occurs when an equalizer is set too high for the DSP or output device. Is there something written in these ROMs to alter the stock levels? I'm not talking the EQ options such as BEATS, Dolby or Sony Xloud 'cause toggling those on or off have absolutely NO effect on this issue.
I did come across a few posts in the ViperXL thread claiming to disable some chinese variant of the Dolby sound enhancer, but that functionality seems to be gone with newer versions of the ROM, such that I am now on. Disabling ALL sound enhancers does not resolve the issue. I know there's others out there havin' this problem. What would it be in third-party, sense-based ROMs that would cause this issue to exacerbate? Please post your experiences and possible resolutions.
Flashed 2.20 RUU and the issue went away. All signs pointing to the ViperXL ROM...
UPDATE: Issue didn't NOT resolve, but lessened under stock ROM. I've isolated the crackling to fluctuations in CPU clock. When locking the speeds to one clock rate, the crackling goes away. As soon as I allow the governor to adjust speeds, the crackling recurs. I'd really like a dev to chime in here and advise how this could be resolved. I'm going to flash back to ViperXL to see if these same variables have any effect.
Hello guys,
I have One S from Tmobile. I use Bluetooth to stream music to my car. My problem is there's a crackling sound in background while the music is playing. When I was unrooted, completely stock using ICS, I still had this problem but the crackling was much more toned down and didn't really interfere with the song. Now, I'm rooted and flashed Trickdroid 9.0 (Jellybean) and the crackling sound is unbearable. The music is impossible to hear now. I noticed this with all Jellybean Sense-based ROMs. It happened with Viper ROM as well. Then, I tried Baked Blackbean and the crackling sound is gone. When I go back to any Sense ROMs, the sound is back.
Now, when I'm calling via Bluetooth, there is absolutely no crackling sound. As soon as I play a song, the crackling sound is back.
Do any of you experience this? I really want to use Sense ROM, but I constantly use Bluetooth to stream music so the crackling sound is a deal breaker so I'd really appreciate your help.
Thank you for reading
Bump! Looks like nobody else has this problem. Any help is appreciated. Thank you
ever since the update to lollipop I feel like the audio quality has lowered and not as loud anymore even with the clear audio settings. Did this happen to anyone else? Am I able to install an audio mod on my lollipop device?
Hi Guys,
My first post as in this forum as I regularly find the answers on these forums but this particular issue has me foxed. I am having a problem with sound distortion when using any headphones connected via the headphone jack. There is no distortion when playing audio/video via the built in speaker or via bluetooth audio, only via the headphone jack.
I have uninstalled an reinstalled a number of apps such as Spotify & Poweramp. Switched on the likes of SoundAlive and switched it off again but no joy.
Wondering if this has happened to anyone else, whether it was Hardware/Software and how you fixed this. I havent found any other post with the same symptons so I would be keen to see if this has happened to anyone else.
Once the volume gets to 65% and up the Bass and vocals become very distorted and tinny like an equaliser is way too high but this shouldnt be the case unless I am missing an equaliser other than the one in settings and what was in Poweramp until i uninstalled this.
Thanks