it sounds like handset volume is too low on my phone but i'm still not sure yet since i've only had the phone for 2 days. it's definitely lower than the htc incredible's handset volume by a decent amount. there is also a very slight hiss but i think that's normal.
i bought the optimus t on ebay so i won't be able to take it to t-mobile and get it exchanged for a new one. i've been trying to search for a root solution to make it louder but i can't find anything. the one solution i have found was only for samsung android phones. any ideas on what i should/could do?
You mean the earpiece volume while on call or the speaker phone ergo the ringer?
Both are realised thru the same speaker. While the earpiece volume is pretty high, the quality leaves a lot to be desired. Its a bit shrill and piercing. Strangely enuf the same speaker performs very nicely for music playback!
You sure you maxed out the volumes?
i mean the phone's earpiece. i have no problem with any of the other volume levels and i have made sure i maxed out the volume for everything and then i'm going to see if they are too loud after a couple of days and adjust them accordingly.
The purpose of this poll is to find out if there is a majority that feel the stock volume is low & more importantly, to find a fix.
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If you are happy with your NC sound, please describe your experience.
If you have a fix & are happy with the sound, please describe the "fix".
If you have tried some solutions & are not happy with any of them, please describe your experience & vote that you want it louder.
I have tried "Poweramp" & by bosting the midrange freqs & the preamp level, the speaker was very distorted. Not sure if the speaker was breaking up or Poweramp added a bunch of distortion. I suspect that the speaker just can't handle the power.
The max volume level on the stock BN ROM is atrocious and unusable. Since going to CM7 and flashing Dalingrin's OC kernels the volume has been much improved and is usable. Would still love for it to be louder, but the magic Dalingrin worked has at least made the speaker usable.
I can't hear anything really if I hold the Nook up. But when it's flat on a surface it has plenty of volume due to the sound waves reflecting.
tj!2k7 said:
The max volume level on the stock BN ROM is atrocious and unusable. Since going to CM7 and flashing Dalingrin's OC kernels the volume has been much improved and is usable. Would still love for it to be louder, but the magic Dalingrin worked has at least made the speaker usable.
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What he said. On CM7, it's okay. The NC is a pretty quiet device, but I can't really complain any more.
If I need better and louder sound, I use my FiiO S3.
The way the question is asked causes the poll to be flawed. You should constrain the answers to a list like:
Stock sound low
Stock sound fine
froyo sound low
Froyo sound fine
CM7 sound low
CM7 sound fine
etc and so on.
The problem is people will answer the current question baon what they are using. On my CM7 installed Nook the sound is fine, but on the stock rom it sucked. How should I answer you?
I too have noticed that if the nook is flat, I can't hear much at all. I have been using a small wire easel that I picked up at a craft store, which helps out considerably.
My brother bought me a small compact speaker. I just plug it in. It works beautifully. On board sound on stock sucks monkey balls.
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The way the question is asked causes the poll to be flawed. You should constrain the answers to a list like:
Stock sound low
Stock sound fine
froyo sound low
Froyo sound fine
CM7 sound low
CM7 sound fine
etc and so on.
The problem is people will answer the current question baon what they are using. On my CM7 installed Nook the sound is fine, but on the stock rom it sucked. How should I answer you?
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Duly noted.
If you are happy with CM7 volume you could answer that you have found a solution. If you are not happy, answer that you would like it to be louder. The main reason for asking the question, is to find a fix & if it appears that many people are not happy with the sound, maybe devs. will address it.
I will add some comments to the OP.
Thanks,
kev
Hey,
I'm having a problem with the extremely low in-call speaker volume on my GSM hero. Anyone got a solution to this problem?
The amount of information you communicate is overwhelming.
How about a headset?
what kind of information would you like? the phone is rooted, i've tried a whole bunch of different roms and kernels and still no difference. At the moment i'm using WildHeroWWE 1.2.1 and LV 0.4.7 . And I would really like to be able to use the phone "as is"
Yeah, ROM and kernel were the informations I wanted to hear.
Not that I'm aware of the different settings of ROMs or kernels in the audio area, however I tried to find some informations.
As you said, there is no change in the in-call volume on different ROMs.
So I would count the software part out.
Maybe you got a defective speaker?
Let's try something out: While calling change the output to the external call speaker. It should at least be a bit more unquiet. Maybe you can compare the different loudnesses (loudnesses?! ) ... if the external speaker acts normal there is definitely a problem with the internal speaker.
Have you tried to raise the volume with the left button?! You didn't answer to your old thread, so I think you did.
Well, it's like this, everything seems to work, the in-call speaker volume is just a little to low. I can hear everything that is said when i'm talking on the phone, if i'm in a totally quiet room or something like that.The sound is infact quite clear, I would just like it to be a little louder. If i set the call to speaker, the volume is normal, i'ts just the in-call speaker volume that is too low.
Really hope some of this stuff makes sense...
I tried searching but didn't find anything about this yet, but is there a mod to increase speaker volume output? I feel like even when it is maxed out on the phone that it could be louder. I don't think if we increased it the quality would go down that much at all.
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I tried searching but didn't find anything about this yet, but is there a mod to increase speaker volume output? I feel like even when it is maxed out on the phone that it could be louder. I don't think if we increased it the quality would go down that much at all.
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Hopefully Faux will come out with a fix within his kernel sometime soon. He was already able to increase volume via headphones although that has been pretty loud already anyway.
So whenever I use headphones with my 4X it has terrible static noise in the background. My 3X had the same problem and to fix it I applied this mod which made wonders for the sound quality both on the headphone jack and the speaker on the back.
I was just wondering if there is a similar mod for the 4X somewhere? I tried Divine Beats but it did not work and even if it did I'm not sure it would fix the static noise. I have tried installing Ainur Sauron and Ainur JamesDSP which does allow me to change the sound but either it can't remove the static or I don't understand how to do it.
are you on custom roms ? i had this issue on custom roms , all of them . it is good on miui . to fix this you can flash hifi mod from mods section . it fix the noise somewhat
I am on Slim, and I don’t have any such problem.
Joad said:
are you on custom roms ? i had this issue on custom roms , all of them . it is good on miui . to fix this you can flash hifi mod from mods section . it fix the noise somewhat
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Yes I am on Lineage.
You will not fix it, atleast i never found solution. People which claims there is no noise have really bad hearing or terrible headphones. It's mostly audible at night with in-ear headphones, listetning to quiet stuff or audiobooks etc.. there is clear noise but if you listen to loud music ofc you wont hear it, i believe it's a problem with a ****ty audio processor. (i also had the same problem in my previous Xiaomi phone - mi4c)
Also it doesnt matter which ROM you are, it's the same on custom ROM's and MIUI.
try using this https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72135125&postcount=344
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You will not fix it, atleast i never found solution. People which claims there is no noise have really bad hearing or terrible headphones. It's mostly audible at night with in-ear headphones, listetning to quiet stuff or audiobooks etc.. there is clear noise but if you listen to loud music ofc you wont hear it, i believe it's a problem with a ****ty audio processor. (i also had the same problem in my previous Xiaomi phone - mi4c)
Also it doesnt matter which ROM you are, it's the same on custom ROM's and MIUI.
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I'm not having any issues with sound and I'm on MIUI 9 Global Dev Rom. (At least until this 54hr wait to unlock Bootloader goes by) I'm using Poweramp Pro for music and MX Player Pro for videos. My hearing is average and considering that I had been a DJ for around 15 years I've got some pretty decent headphones ( Pioneer HDJ-2000MK2 & Technics RP-DJ1200) with no issues when it comes to sound..
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People which claims there is no noise have really bad hearing or terrible headphones.
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Wrong on both counts.
BobaHeisenberg said:
I'm not having any issues with sound and I'm on MIUI 9 Global Dev Rom. (At least until this 54hr wait to unlock Bootloader goes by) I'm using Poweramp Pro for music and MX Player Pro for videos. My hearing is average and considering that I had been a DJ for around 15 years I've got some pretty decent headphones ( Pioneer HDJ-2000MK2 & Technics RP-DJ1200) with no issues when it comes to sound..
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Cool, now try with any in-ear headphones with volume on minimum listetning to audiobook or talk show for example. Not loud music that overrides all the noise & distortion.
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Cool, now try with any in-ear headphones with volume on minimum listetning to audiobook or talk show for example. Not loud music that overrides all the noise & distortion.
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Maybe your phone has a problem. Mine doesn't - and, apparently, neither does his. Nothing is wrong with my ears (I am a musician of over 35 years experience), and nothing is wrong with my in-ear headphones (I use them for recording, mixing and playback on 5 different devices). The sound on my RN4X is not that much different from those on two iPads and one iPod. In fact, it often sounds better. There is no point trying to convince us that we all have your problem, because we don't.
pretty sure its a problem on custom roms . i use in-ear headphones too and didnt had this problem on miui . but on custom roms there are noise .
btw flash this . it will fix it but there is still some little noise . best fix i could find .
Have you tried this.......
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phascinate.lgv10.dacfix
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You will not fix it, atleast i never found solution. People which claims there is no noise have really bad hearing or terrible headphones. It's mostly audible at night with in-ear headphones, listetning to quiet stuff or audiobooks etc.. there is clear noise but if you listen to loud music ofc you wont hear it, i believe it's a problem with a ****ty audio processor. (i also had the same problem in my previous Xiaomi phone - mi4c)
Also it doesnt matter which ROM you are, it's the same on custom ROM's and MIUI.
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<-- this one gets it
It's a combination of several factors
you can make sound worse when raising stack-protector from "regular" to "strong"
the same applies by using weird kernel / gcc / toolchain optimizations that mess with code
mostly you can reduce that "white noise" or "hissing", murmor by lowing the AMP levels on headphones in mixer_paths.xml file
it certainly also is influenced by the audio processing libs (drivers) of the ROM & hardware - too much processing can make sound muddy, raise amp and increase white noise (e.g. background noise when listening to classic music recordings [non-digital music])
having headphohes with a somewhat higher impedance also helps
having a ****ty standard DAC can contribute to it
enabling the "high performance" mode on wcd9xxx chipsets certainly contributes to it - it might make output more "powerful" but that comes at cost of sound clarity (at least from my experience)
reducing that "white noise" of course comes at a cost:
the loudness is reduced and some details can be lost
a common and known approach (when having FauxSound in kernel) is to reduce AMP
@zacharias.maladroit yeah i figured it awhile ago, actually lowering headphone AMP is working surprisingly well to negate (or atleast minimize) the issue. FauxSound is a must have for me personally, i'd get rid of this phone without it to be honest.
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@zacharias.maladroit yeah i figured it awhile ago, actually lowering headphone AMP is working surprisingly well to negate (or atleast minimize) the issue. FauxSound is a must have for me personally, i'd get rid of this phone without it to be honest.
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is it FauxSound (the "original") or e.g. Franco's sound control
in any case: what kernel, ROM and what app to control sound AMP are you using ?
Good to know that this device has FauxSound available
Was sound quality bad on MIUI ?
I might be switching to this device since I really need battery "backup" (a long battery runtime), since listening to music with current flagship devices makes me anxious (battery dropping down rather quickly) and I need long battery runtime due to reading ebooks (skimming, researching, reading), browsing the web, etc.
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is it FauxSound (the "original") or e.g. Franco's sound control
in any case: what kernel, ROM and what app to control sound AMP are you using ?
Good to know that this device has FauxSound available
Was sound quality bad on MIUI ?
I might be switching to this device since I really need battery "backup" (a long battery runtime), since listening to music with current flagship devices makes me anxious (battery dropping down rather quickly) and I need long battery runtime due to reading ebooks (skimming, researching, reading), browsing the web, etc.
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Original FauxSound, currently running MiracleDROID with stock kernel and Franco Kernel Manager. But also big fan of OmniROM due to Delta Updates out of box and weekly builds.
Most stock kernels have cound control implemented from what i've noticed, if not i just flash Franco Kernel over. (that's probably franco's sound control)
Sound quality is not bad it's just the white noise / hissing, i listen to stuff at night mostly so it was super noticable at quiet parts, but overall it's not bad at all cant complain.
Honestly no regrets after buying this phone and using it for like a year, i have never seen that active XDA community for any phone, it's actually #1 in terms of activity on official LineageOS website which is crazy considering it was released not that long time ago. https://www.lineageoslog.com/statistics
If you are looking for great battery life then just go for it, it's actually insane few times i hit SoT of around 14 hours with 2-3 days uptime.. battery is probably the strongest side of Mido.
Here's my current battery life just to give you idea.