Hi developer dudes. I'm new to this site and all this rooting stuff. I've been searching for a way and trying different techniques to boost the headset volume on my phone. I've successfully rooted and installed recovery mode. I've tried installing a couple volume boost zips off some forums on here with recovery and the zips actually decreased the headphone volume. they had a link following right after with a zip to revert to stock. one of the revert zips restored my music volume but totally disabled my ear speaker volume, however one of them fixed everything so my phone is okay again. it just makes me iffy and hesitant with trying out more custom roms.
I've also tried ES File Explorer and changing the HPHL and HPHR to a higher number with guidance from youtube and it didn't do anything. I've also tried mtk engineering (some number that starts with*#*# and ends with *#*#) and it doesn't work for the xperia z2.
Please help me out developers with this. I want zip to install that simply raises ONLY the headphone music volume WITHOUT changing the sound quality of music.. I believe 128 is the volume limit manufacture have it set to and 160 I believe is the highest which is what I'm aiming for. All I want is louder music through my headphones, that's it. everything else about this phone is perfect as is.
Thanks for taking the time to read and thanks for your support!
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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.
Hi @ all,
I recently purchased the Moto G and installed (after testing all functions) the newest Cyanogen ROM. I'm quite happy with the overall performance of the device.
One problem is still annoying me though: The volume of every type (ringtone, in-call,...) of the headphone jack is much too loud, even on its lowest setting, since I'm using very high efficiency IEM's. The DSP-Manager doesn't appear to work (does not request root access, no change in volume when activated)
I've countered some parts of this issue with the following steps:
-The music volume is lowered by the Poweramp equalizer
-The volume of all custom ringtones, notifications and alarms is lowered by 15dB via Mp3Gain on my rig. This doesn't really help, because now the volume of all custom sounds is too low without the headphones. I barely get up in the morning, but it is definitely better than blowing out my eardrums.
So the question is: How can I activate the DSP-Manager? Or is there another way to solve this?
Thx a lot
EDIT: Solved the problem by increasing the overall volume steps to 45 via modification of the necessary .jar file via this great guide (http://chrisdube.com/increase-number-of-volume-steps-in-android/). DSP-MAnager works, but only with media volume.
Looking for a good way to increase volume slightly, specifically for the speaker or the bluetooth. I've found tons of great articles that talk about editing mixer_paths.xml. Those instructions work great on nearly every other android phone I've seen...but not the M8. The naming is completely different.
For example:
- Articles say to change the speaker, you need to go to the <path name="speaker"> section and change the volume.
- On the M8, that section is empty.
My guess is that it's different section names than other phones, but I haven't figured out which is which. Anyone know?
If you're rooted you can use V4a audio mod. It has a lot of settings including increasing the gain. Mine is so loud at full volume I actually have to talk over the sound coming from external speakers!
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If you're rooted you can use V4a audio mod. It has a lot of settings including increasing the gain. Mine is so loud at full volume I actually have to talk over the sound coming from external speakers!
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I'd prefer not to use V4a. Tried it, didn't care for it. I'd much rather find out the really easy text change in the mixer_paths.xml
Thanks though!
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Currently just using H/K for the volume boost it gives bluetooth. Would love to find out what setting to change to adjust this myself...
Recently bought a doogee x5 pro as a backup phone and as with all devices i tend to look for audio hacks. Since i couldn't find a reliable rooting method which would lead me to install viper4android and dolby effects i have been playing around with the mediatek engineering mode app, downloaded from the play store. This combined with poweramp tweaks has resulted in me using this as my main device, coupled with a 200gb micro sd card (yes it supports it fine formatted to fat32) it is a fairly cheap device with loud impressive audio through the headphone jack.
As this is xda, will give the usual disclaimer, i am not responsible for any damage to your device or hearing!
upon opening the mediatek engineering mode app from the play store, go to hardware testing, then click on 'audio'.
Now select headset mode and change the max volume from 128 (think this is the default setting) to 160.
Now do the same for the 'loudspeaker mode', again under audio settings change this to 160.
find a value that best suits you, but maxed out there is no distortion through headphones, and the single speaker is more than loud enough now too.
i do not feel the need to post my poweramp settings as everyone has different speakers/headphones etc so my personal eq settings are unlikely to be to everyones tastes, although i would suggest maxing the pre-amp under the eq setting in poweramp as well as ticking 'limit' to 'on' therefore negating any potential distortion from the poweramp preamp increase.
hope this helps someone, all that is needed now is root and viper4android and this will be perfect. if anyone can help with that do hit me up! thanks again
again apologize if this has been posted elsewhere, just thought id help anyone else out who's potentially in the same boat.
Thanks, it's great!
However, you should try flashing TWRP with SP Flash Tools, and then SuperSU through TWRP.
And there are kernel sources!
Check the other Doogee X5 Pro threads for information on both.
A better way is to install the official Google USB drivers, and flash TWRP via fastboot in the bootloader.
Nice one Thank you for that. the volume seemed to have dropped in the later firmwares.
Turned up volume in engineering, when phone rings, volume turns down on headset and doesn't turn back up after call. Had to reboot phone to max out the sound again.
Hi, Im not sure if this is right place to post this. I've never rooted phone before, and i want to root my Xperia Z5 Dual, only because i heard you can increase volume. This phone has low headphone volume IMO. i can listen without problem in quiet places but sometime when im outside i cant hear song even in full volume. even my Iphone 4 had louder volume. So what i wanted to ask is if i increase volume when i root, will it decrease sound quality? there are some apps that dont require root to increase volume but then phone sounds terrible so is it worth it to root my phone for this reason? I'm aware i might brick the phone too.
AFAIK you can increase the headphone volume by editing "root dir/etc/mixer_paths.xml" and finding <path name="headphones"> and editing values from there.
I'm not exactly sure what values to change as I had only done this a long, long while ago with my old Z3. A quick google search will get you going though.
Rooting shouldn't decrease quality but unlocking the bootloader MAY (and I mean may because I am not sure what unlocking the bootloader disables on this specific device) disable some sony sound 'enhancement' software on the stock ROM.
Another option (and the way I do it) is to root using magisk and install magisk manager. Then through the manager you can download and install modules. You'll want to install the "ViPER4Android FX" module by ViPER520, ZhuHang, Ahrion, and Zackptg5. Within the viper4android app you can set various sound enhancements. Just looking through real quick I can see output gain and playback agc settings.
If viper4android is not processing/enabled you can try going into your phone sound > accessory settings and turn on automatic optimization and/or install the magisk module "Audio Compatibility Patch"