Not sure if this annoys anyone else but the volume seems so low on the prime when turning on sounds for key presses has anyone found a way to either make it louder or maybe an app that gives a different sound?
Get volume+ there's a thread on it in themes and apps section. Gives link to paid version on android market. When you go to the market, the developer lists his website where you can get the exact paid one for free. So it through link in that thread. If you try to type it in search, it won't pop up.
This thing does a speaker mod that dramitically increases over volume and sound quality. I thought it was b.s. at first till I tried it. Man, my prime loud as a mofo now and has alot more bass to it since I increased the bass values also. It really works. Make sure to read the instructions though.
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nevermind found best solution got the go keyboard with tablet plugin works perfect
I highly recommend this blows default keyboard out of the water especially if you change kb layout to 9 10 " mode
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I've done some searching (yes, really) and I've got a question that I can't locate an answer for, if one exists.
I'd like to be able to use the volume buttons on my HD2 to actually do just that: control the volume, but I'd like to be able to do it without that damned volume control app taking complete control of whatever is happening at the time. Primarily I do a lot of audio and video stuff on my HD2, and I have to admit I'm just sick and tired of seeing that happen.
I've used PocketPCs for years (Axims, iPAQs, etc) and I have always been able to re-assign any hardware buttons using whatever app I want (I use TCPMP for video playback, Nitrogen for audio) and it seems like the HD2 just won't do it.
I'm using the stock whatever on this device, just got it a day ago. Specs say OS version is 5.2.21892, Manila version is 2.5.20121412.2, ROM version 2.13.531.1 with a date of 4/28/10 on it. I know I can muck around with all sorts of various ROMs once I learn more about this particular device, HSPL and Android and all that fun stuff but, can anyone tell me if it's possible to control the volume in an app like TCPMP or Nitrogen with the display off without having the damned thing kick the app out to show that onscreen volume control?
And what's with the huge jumps in volume with a single press of the buttons, that seems a bit odd. If I can't get this device to do what I want then I'm going to dump it and just go back to my trusty Axim X51v that has never let me down. I don't want to do that but this is just irritating beyond belief. One press of that volume and whatever I'm playing, be it music or video, gets kicked out which is damned odd. I can't even map the volume buttons with those apps for some reason, they won't take over the mapping.
Or am I just doing something wrong someplace...
look here to remove htc volume control and get the classic wm volume control
Yah, I had tried that solution and it was a no go. The volume control popup still happens (the old WM one) and now it adds that damned "BEEP" as well. Crap. It's hard to believe that a nearly 7 year old Axim X51v is superior in that respect over such a device as this HD2, I had such high hopes but I'm starting to think maybe dumping this thing is a better idea. Can't even get proper video acceleration with a Snapdragon platform device and my X51v can do hardware decoding of most any video I have without breaking a sweat. I watch pretty much every Xvid video encoding that I've got at 208 MHz for way longer battery life and the Intel 2200 GPU handles it without a single issue - this HD2 chokes if I try to do that with the same clips, go figure.
I thought technology was supposed to get better as time went by.
Bleh, dammit. A volume control should do that and only that: adjust the volume without doing anything else, including interrupting whatever application happens to be running, especially multimedia apps. Pretty irritating that it continues to stop playback so much, and even using HTC's media player of sorts the actual volume jumps are pretty excessive, like 20% per press. Where the hell did they come up with that huge gap from?
Oh well... just relisted it on craigslist for a quick sale.
Thanks for the help.
i woukd like to change the number of "steps" of the volume control. having only 5 levels totally sucks when listenig to music -_- anyone who knows how to do this? maybe it's possible to replace that volume control with the one of the music tab?
you could use a button remapper to run a different volume app, either of the following should work:
I have one called setVolume, written by von Daniel Schumann, I found it here somewhere. It is a command line .exe with has no visual or audio nitification, and 10% increments.
The other option is use mortscript to change the volume.
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you could use a button remapper to run a different volume app, either of the following should work:
I have one called setVolume, written by von Daniel Schumann, I found it here somewhere. It is a command line .exe with has no visual or audio nitification, and 10% increments.
The other option is use mortscript to change the volume.
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can you find that program for me please? i found 2 programs but none worked :/ i tried "volumekeys" and "setvolume"
i remember one of my roms hat a program that enabled the volume changer of the music tab for other programs, anyone knows the name of that program?
bbobeckyj said:
you could use a button remapper to run a different volume app, either of the following should work:
I have one called setVolume, written by von Daniel Schumann, I found it here somewhere. It is a command line .exe with has no visual or audio nitification, and 10% increments.
The other option is use mortscript to change the volume.
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Thanks for the info but the HD2 sold quick as expected. I'll most likely replace it if I get another crack at one for a decent price but it's unlikely - that one only cost me $100 by someone that was pretty desperate for some quick cash so, I made $75 off the deal by reselling it.
Just before I sold it I started finding out ways to fix a lot of the issues I was having as well as a killer simple 1-2-3 step process of using HandBrake to make nearly flawless DVD or whatever transfers to videos for the HD2 also. Almost to the minute I was about to sell it I kept telling myself I should keep it but, with the first of the month now here I needed the cash to get caught up on some bills.
But I'll most likely get another one at some point. The HD7 just doesn't appeal to me for a variety of reasons. We'll see what happens.
If you would like to raise your maximum speaker and headphone volume output there is an app called volume+( its a $1.50). I use slideMe market and have an account with them this works well allowing you to set your max volume at intervals between 0 and 8. I like this because playon streams movies with low volume sometimes.
P.S. there is also a built in EQ that lets you choose ten presets.
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m.slideme.org/applications?text=volume plus
I have the free version off the android Market and it was saying mine was already cranked from the factory.
I bought Volume+ from the Amazon Appstore but I couldn't get it to load. If anyone knows of a good sideload site, it would be appreciated.
bought the full version and confirms this works
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I bought Volume+ from the Amazon Appstore but I couldn't get it to load. If anyone knows of a good sideload site, it would be appreciated.
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look at the second post slideme market copy the link into
your browser or click it. Its now clickable
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look at the second post slideme market copy the link into
your browser or click it. Its now clickable
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Got it, thanks! Works perfectly; had to turn the volume down to halfway. Now you can easily hear it in a noisy room with it turned up to max.
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Great app. Can't believe how loud it gets.
here is a free download for volume + 1.8.0.4
Could not figure out how to make it a d/l link.... I'll keep playing, but it is located at the address below.
http://www.makingitdigital.net/android/VolumePlus1.8.0.4.apk
This sounds interesting, but what is it implying? That the NT voume control is not scaled to provide max volume when it's actually set to max?
I dont notice a difference a tall after enabling speaker mods and turning it to 6 or 7.
Well I'm getting mixed results. The volume is a little higher on the built in speaker. However it has no difference for the headset jack. This is dissappointing as that's what I bought it for -- to hear music/videos on a noisy airplane and noise-cancelling headphones.
Not sure if others are realizing this, but it takes a day or so for the speakers to break in. When I first bought the tablet, I could barely hear anything out of the speaker. Within a day or two, I was putting the volume down for some videos. Same with many new speakers, they need a day or two to break in before they give you their full volume.
I've already looked around at various options for boosting the volume on the phone, and I've run into issues at every point:
I've seen people reply to these threads saying that it's the headphones at fault: My headphones are fine. I'm comparing volume to an HTC Desire, and the SGS2 is distinctly lacking. And yes; I have plugged my headphones in fully
Another common reply seems to be that MIUI volume is higher than Stock so there is no issue. There is an issue: it's quieter than an HTC Desire!
Using *#197328640# to access Service Menu -- I'm running MIUI and therefore do not have the stock dialer, so codes don't seem to work. I could flash the stock ROM, do the code, fix the volume, but apparently the setting is lost after reboot -- so flashing MIUI after that is certainly going ot lose any settings.
I had a go with a couple of apps off the market, with low expectations, and they didn't work either.
I'm rooted (of course) and reasonably tech-savvy so I'm quite comfortable with a Linux system and ADB, quite happy to hack and patch. Is there any (permanent) fix I can apply to increase the volume? I'd prefer something fairly elegant, like applying the Service Menu options manually (somehow) at boot.
Have you tried Voodoo Louder?
Great tip, I wonder how I didn't find a reference to Voodoo before... I just bought the app and it seems to be working as expected!
Thanks a lot I'll test it through the day!
try the fix that in my signature then if u like to use voodoo louder u ear will blown lol
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+10000000000000 this ;-) Have been using Yahyoh's fix for a while now, have tried Voodoo Louder but this little app increases volume much more & also gives a "fuller"/less hollow sound.
Thanks for this info yahyoh, it's quite interesting that it's using
Code:
# alsa_amixer sset Headphone 31
I had a quick look (via BTEP) and found the names of the devices:
Master
Headphone
Speaker
Side Tone (NB. my previous research suggests playing with this will create echos in phonecalls -- so probably don't play with it!)
There are a bunch of others; I got the list via
Code:
# alsa_amixer | grep '^Simple mixer'
I am slightly wary of this solution, however, since it sounds like it keeps executing these "sset" commands on a regular basis (every second or so) and it doesn't seem like that elegant a solution. I'll stick with Voodoo for now, and if it isn't enough, I'll revisit this modification of the ALSA settings.
I'll pay special attention to the warmth of the sound, too, as I've installed the CyanogenMod DSP Manager, so thanks for the tip MistahBungle
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Does that fix work on MIUI ROMs?
OP says he's running that, fix says for AOSP ROMs.
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Yeah it will; MIUI is AOSP, as is CyanogenMod (which MIUI is based upon).
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Yeah it will; MIUI is AOSP, as is CyanogenMod (which MIUI is based upon).
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As I found out after clicking on link
Apologies - I'm stupid today - bloody toothache
Yea the volume is way to low. I would love a fix. No programs
There is no fix without a program. That little app of Yahyoh's doesn't work with ICS, Voodoo Louder will give you up to 6dB extra volume with headphones/headset.
Does this increase system volume also?
would like to know this as well
the sgs2 just becomes picker with headphones - you gotta go with low impedance models. something like < 20ohms
I've had my TFP for 2 days now, very happy in general about the device. The on thing that does bother me though is the speaker volume. When I play the same youtube video on both my TFP and iPhone 4 (aiming the iPhone speaker away from me just like the TFP speaker is) the volume on the TFP is considerably lower than on the IP4. To be honest, and I am far from deaf, some youtube video's are just impossible to watch because of this low volume. MKV files in bsPlayer or Dice are very low in volume as well.
Is this normal?
edit: Two other q's:
2. Unlocking the device by keyboard using the mouse buttons/unlock key just stopped working, anyone else had this?
3. Is there a keyboard key to get into the Task Switcher/Recent Apps?
I honestly can say that my Prime is lovely and loud, never any issues with volume. Check all your volume levels in Settings > Sound > Volumes, mine are all at max. I assume you've probably already done that though.
Yea everything is set to max. I know there are apps in the store with which you can boost you volume, but im not sure how safe these are for the speaker. Since I don't know anyone with a TFP I have no one to compare my device with. It just seems strange to me that the TFP seems to have lower max volume than my phone.
I am using an app called Volume+. It works great at increasing the sound volume and customizing the bass, mids, treble.
And you are not afraid Volume+ will mess up your speaker forever?
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I am using an app called Volume+. It works great at increasing the sound volume and customizing the bass, mids, treble.
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+1 for this app, I've been using it on my nexus s since may and have had no issues. You can set it pretty high before it starts distorting your volume--as long as you don't set the volume to max all the time, it shouldn't do anything to your speakers. Just make sure the max volume isn't distorting anything
Volume+ is the ultimate app to boost volume. My prime sounds very loud n clear now. It works. Checkout the thread on it in themes n apps section.
I've had select youtube videos be lower than others, but the prime's sound is usually pretty loud. Its loud enough to turn to about 85% and it play music in a crowded room and everyone still be able to hear the music (e.g. hotel room party). I haven't used Volume+, but I I just installed it and will use it now.
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I've had select youtube videos be lower than others, but the prime's sound is usually pretty loud. Its loud enough to turn to about 85% and it play music in a crowded room and everyone still be able to hear the music (e.g. hotel room party). I haven't used Volume+, but I I just installed it and will use it now.
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Make sure to follow the instructions. Best to use thread in themes n apps section as a reference. This also boosts headphone volume also if you check it off. After you installed n set it up, make sure to go into prime settings, then sound, then music fx. Make sure the volume+ one is checked off n press OK. Might have to press OK a couple times if it tries to throw up an error. Whatever you do, don't go trying to Max everything out in volume +. Best to leave sound on "good" quality.
I have done research and it appears that Samsung has it set up to ring softly and get louder. Which results in missed calls. Anyone have a way to disable this without keeping an app running all the time?
Also anyway to boost the volume as this phone is the most quiet phone i've ever had and it sucks missing notifications and ringtones. You can't really put a cover over it as it makes it a little bit more quiet and I"m already missing things due to the sound not being as loud as any other previous phone.
Anyone have any fixes? I've searched the net and many people seem to be having issues with it not being loud enough.
If you don't have a fix, but think it's not loud enough chime in so some devs can get it on it maybe?
I hate the volume on Ringtones on this phone too. There is an option in sound settings to make it ring louder in pocket but that's all I've found
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There are a few apps on the Google Play store that let you boost sound.
Although I have not tried it - there are a few that seem to have good reviews and solves that problem, or at least makes it slightly more tolerable - hope this helps.
I checked all the ones in the app don't work on the new android OS. This really sucks. No way to boost volume at all it appears without a dev coming up with something. Unless someone else found something?
Assuming you are rooted, this makes everything louder: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293133
Great find. Thank you.
Agree on the weak volume
I need to root my phone apparently because this stock volume BLOWS! I cant say how many calls Ive missed due to not hearing it in my pocket.
If it's just the ascending ringtone (it's quiet for the first 3-4 seconds and ramps up), you can try this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shumoapp.disableincreasingring. The first post said without apps.