Hi there does anyone know how to assign a app to use a different volume level? The problem i have is i use the pumpkin DAB+ app (i have attached to post) to listen to the radio and use tom-tom for navigation but the DAB app volume is much louder that the tom-tom volume so even when set to mute DAB when instructions are played it is too quiet to hear the instructions.
i have tried playing with the volumes in factory setting but it looks as if the DAB and tom-tom volumes are both affected by the system volume, if i lower the radio volume in factor menu and listen to the red radio app and use tom-tom then the instruction are much louder.
so my question is they a way to make the DAB app use the red radio app volume level.
Thanks in advance
You can go in the factory settings menu and change up the volume on 'system' to something like 15 (I tried 20 today and it almost made me jump out of the car when the directions came on!)
OK, back on this thread, which I know I posted a response to. But I didn't quite read the OP right.
I have the same issue that my GPS voice when radio is on is pretty quiet (even with the volume turned up), but when on DVD/streaming it is very loud. Is there a way to make them more equivalent.
Any ideas?
Hi , I have the same issue. When playing music over a music player such as poweramp , dvd or whatever the gps , either sygic or navigon, is perfect. As soon as I use the radio the gps volume is very quiet in both navigation apps. Im using the latest Malaysk ROM.
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Have you tried head unit system/gps/switching-mixing control ?
Sorry for not updating after my last post, what I have done is in the factory settings menu turned the radio right down (to 1 or 2), DVD down a bit (to 4 I think), system up to about 13 and the volumes are much better mixed. Its only a bit loud when doing Music from USB now so I'm getting there. Basically you need to turn some volumes down, and others up in the factory settings to get something to work for you.
Here's the fix if you have been struggling with this issue
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Set the volume levels of correction for each full-time applications. When you switch to the application volume will be increased by the correction value, and at the exit reduced. So I solved the problem of the insufficient level of application volume "Music" in comparison with "Radio";
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I often use my phone to listen to the bible and listen to other things. But i really want to be able to turn on some background music with low volume and turn up the voices of my bible app.
Is there any app put there that could allow me to do better mixing?
kedster said:
I often use my phone to listen to the bible and listen to other things. But i really want to be able to turn on some background music with low volume and turn up the voices of my bible app.
Is there any app put there that could allow me to do better mixing?
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Yes, App Volume does it
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwyLDEsImRyb2lkYW1heC5hcHB2b2x1bWUiXQ..
Dante Smith said:
Yes, App Volume does it
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwyLDEsImRyb2lkYW1heC5hcHB2b2x1bWUiXQ..
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I am looking to solve a similar problem.. I often use google navigation and google play music at the same time while driving; i don't like the music extremely loud, but if i set the music at a reasonable volume, I often cannot hear the navigation voice prompts clearly.
Will the above app let me turn up just the navigation voice prompts without affecting the music that is playing in the background at the same time? I think that both are outputed on the media audio channel, so if the app is just changing the volume at the level of the media channel it probably wont work.
Any ideas / experience is appreciated..
Thanks!
App volume can manage only the media stream, actually is not possible to separate per app streams with app volume app ...
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It'd be awesome if some developer could manage to add the app's icon and volume slider to the default android volume bar upon expanding it..
just use automateit or tasker...
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Here's what worked for me.
VLC media player has an equalizer that allows you to lower the volume of a song. Play songs on that at a lower volume and then find another application that allows you to run a separate media track to play audio tapes at a higher volume (my Lyrics Mania app works for this).
I just downloaded an app that worked:
App Volume Manager (for Android)
It is a relatively new app. You set the start up volume for the different apps. I just started using it. There are two issues with using this app:
1. I think it is a 21 day trial
2. I havn't been able to change volume realtime using the app.
For me it works because I just set the start of volume to what I am looking for. It is made to set the start volume not the real time volume.
Could you please shared the play store link?
I cannot figure out to find it.
Thank you
fredezzz said:
Could you please shared the play store link?
I cannot figure out to find it.
Thank you
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I believe this is the app referred to above:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jappstudio.appvolumemanager&hl=en
..haven't had time to try it, but the description indicates the free version is limited to three applications, but can be unlocked for about a dollar.
with 'App Volume Control' you can choose the volume for each app
non of this propositions work for me, but i know it is possible because when i start soundcloud and after flytube then soundcloud volume is decreased over the flytube.
Hi,
I m looking for the same, did you find it?
Thanks
Sorry to bring up an old thread but I am looking for the same thing. App Volume Control does not work for what the OP was asking for. What we want is something that will adjust volume settings per app under one main setting ie; Media, Ringtone, System etc. Example. I'm playing a game that requires sound on for certain things but also want to listen to Spotify while I play. Both use the Media setting. Is there an app that will adjust boths volume to ones desired levels. App Volume Control does not do this and even states it's not possible.
Dont think it can be done on android as of yet.
It all gets played through "media".
Example playing a podcast in background while playing a game, and you want the game volume lower.
On pc's one way around this is virtual cables and virtual mixers, so if someone was able to funnel each apps audio virtually (with ability to set each individually with a slider) before it gets sent to the "media" sound slider would be a great idea.
Having download Poweramp, because it allows you to play sound simultaneously with other music player, lower the sound of what you need to play using the equalizer function. That way, you have the main music player, playing what you want on a high sound and power amp playing music on a low sound.
SoundAssistant by Samsung lets you control the volume of app running at the same time I use it to have 2 things playing over each other. It works perfect!
I think it only works with galaxy phones though.
Wow achieved it Samsung Sound Assistant. Thanks.
I m shocked there is still not a solution for non galaxy devices.
in my use case I would also be happy with just muting one specific app while allowing the other to be controlled by the media stream. Anyone know if this is possible?
cashen said:
I m shocked there is still not a solution for non galaxy devices.
in my use case I would also be happy with just muting one specific app while allowing the other to be controlled by the media stream. Anyone know if this is possible?
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I'm looking for this too in other forum and got the answer that at this time Sound Assistant from Samsung just can do this thing.
Hi,
I've been having consistent problems with volume, specifically being too low, and especially while connected to a bluetooth headset. I also noticed some odd, and likely related, behavior with the volume in general.
Here's how I see it: Start some music playing. Go to Menu > Settings > Sound > Volume and scrub the Media volume slider back and forth from 100% to 0% and back (and repeat).
On my Atrix, the max sound gets consistently lower each pass until it's silent, even at 100% setting. I think this is part of the issue with the media volume. As I adjust it up and down it loses some peak volume each time. I can bring it back up with a lot of tinkering (mostly through the OS volume controls and in PlayerPro), but I have not found the formula to deal with this in a normal way.
Has anyone else seen this, or can suggest a way to prevent or restore these volume anomalies? Running GB and rooted. Thanks!
I haven't seen this specific issue, but if you think the Atrix has volume problems, go try to use the Infuse without voodoo sound.
Are you saying I should try an Infuse ROM? I'm not sure what you're instructing me to do. Sorry for the extra clarification needed.
No, I'm just saying that your issues could be worse. The Infuse is another phone. Disregard my post if it confuses you.
I use PlayerPro also and have no issues over BT. I start my music playing, turn media volume up full via the volume up button, then control volume level after that with my headset.
I never go into the volume in settings, as it is greyed out for me. I am set on silent and vibrate always as I spend a lot of time in meetings.
My issue is not with PlayerPro or even BT (though it is more noticeable with it), the problem is that the audio gets progressively lower as I raise/lower the volume. PlayerPro does have some volume settings, which is why I mentioned it here.
I found an app called Volume+ that works fine with my rooted Atrix. It boosts the bluetooth audio. I still have the problems I listed above, but this one app may enough to get me over the hump.
I still would like to know what causes the strange volume behavior I'm experiencing above.
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.
Hey, everyone! This is my first post here, so be gentle.
I'm having some trouble with Google Navigation on my SGS3 from US Cellular. Now, I understand that the volume has been merged together with the media volume, and that's not really my issue.
When I enter Google Navigation, the media volume reads correctly. (I jacked it up to full volume just to test this out. It reads full volume when I start GN.) But when a turn-by-turn direction reads, the volume is really low. If I hit the volume up button during the TTS directions, it shows that the media volume is set very low. I can turn it up while the direction is speaking, and the media volume does increase. But the next time a direction begins saying something, it's quiet and the volume is reset really low again. I have to keep turning the volume up for each turn-by-turn direction!
When I exit GN, the media volume is back to full blast again, just as it was before I entered the app. So, it's obviously something GN is doing. I just don't get why it won't remember my volume setting when I turn it up.
Any ideas as to why it's doing this? Any thoughts on how to fix this issue? I did a bunch of searching and couldn't find anything that completely fits my problem description.
ETA: I tested this again, and it's only a problem if I have a media player fired up. I use n7. When it kills the volume for the media player, it does so for the navigation, too.
Unfortunately, even if I close n7, the volume is still ruined until I stop and restart my Bluetooth connection. If I start Bluetooth and run navigation without the media player, tts works fine.
Apparently the audio issue where it keeps turning my volume down is only when it's not connected to Bluetooth in my car.
do you even use google navigation? if not just disable it in setings
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do you even use google navigation? if not just disable it in setings
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Well, it's difficult to use it when Navigation keeps messing up my audio. The phone is still pretty new to me. I just got it in January. I'd like to use it as my GPS, but I'm not going to go for a long drive without playing any music in my car. And I'm not going to just use GN anyway, when I'm likely to blow past my next turn because the audio directions don't work properly.
Why would I bother to ask the question if I don't use (or, in this case, want to use) Navigation? It's like you're implying that I'm asking about something I won't bother using anyway.
My workaround for this issue
I have the same issue; both music and nav volume drops during voice turn by turn instructions. I found the media volume is being turned from full to half during the nav/voice output. I use Volume Ace and it has a feature to "lock media volume". I check this box and now when a turn by turn instruction plays the nav/voice speaks at full volume (the media volume setting is no longer reduced to half during voice output) though the music is also playing at full volume in the background. Hope this helps.
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Hey, everyone! This is my first post here, so be gentle.
I'm having some trouble with Google Navigation on my SGS3 from US Cellular. Now, I understand that the volume has been merged together with the media volume, and that's not really my issue.
When I enter Google Navigation, the media volume reads correctly. (I jacked it up to full volume just to test this out. It reads full volume when I start GN.) But when a turn-by-turn direction reads, the volume is really low. If I hit the volume up button during the TTS directions, it shows that the media volume is set very low. I can turn it up while the direction is speaking, and the media volume does increase. But the next time a direction begins saying something, it's quiet and the volume is reset really low again. I have to keep turning the volume up for each turn-by-turn direction!
When I exit GN, the media volume is back to full blast again, just as it was before I entered the app. So, it's obviously something GN is doing. I just don't get why it won't remember my volume setting when I turn it up.
Any ideas as to why it's doing this? Any thoughts on how to fix this issue? I did a bunch of searching and couldn't find anything that completely fits my problem description.
ETA: I tested this again, and it's only a problem if I have a media player fired up. I use n7. When it kills the volume for the media player, it does so for the navigation, too.
Unfortunately, even if I close n7, the volume is still ruined until I stop and restart my Bluetooth connection. If I start Bluetooth and run navigation without the media player, tts works fine.
Apparently the audio issue where it keeps turning my volume down is only when it's not connected to Bluetooth in my car.
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I have the same issue; both music and nav volume drops during voice turn by turn instructions. I found the media volume is being turned from full to half during the nav/voice output. I use Volume Ace and it has a feature to "lock media volume". I check this box and now when a turn by turn instruction plays the music fades and the nav/voice speaks at full volume (the media volume is no longer reduced during voice output) and then after the nav/voice finishes, the music returns to full volume. Hope this helps.
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That helps a lot. Thanks! I'll have to give this a try and see if it works on my phone.
Do you have to set the media volume lock each time you want to use the GPS? Seems like you'd need to turn it on/off only when you need to use the Navigation app.
Yes i have to turn the media lock on for gps and off for normal use. Its a hack for sure but at least i can hear the gPS voice prompts for now until Google fixes the maps app. Good luck.
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Do you have to set the media volume lock each time you want to use the GPS? Seems like you'd need to turn it only when you need to use the Navigation app.
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Has anybody actually found a proper solution to this problem? I am having exactly the same issue on my new HTC one GE. If I pair my phone to my car via Bluetooth and use Copilot (navigation app) while playing music through the stock play music app, every time there's a voice prompt from copilot the music volume fades down, as it should, but then it doesn't automatically come back up when the prompt ends. I have to manually increase the volume which is both annoying and dangerous. To me it seems something rather simple to do but according to Copilot's customer support it entirely depends on my phone's capabilities, whatever that means. I know that I'll get a lot of grief by saying this, but my iPhone 4 could do this no problem.
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Has anybody actually found a proper solution to this problem? I am having exactly the same issue on my new HTC one GE. If I pair my phone to my car via Bluetooth and use Copilot (navigation app) while playing music through the stock play music app, every time there's a voice prompt from copilot the music volume fades down, as it should, but then it doesn't automatically come back up when the prompt ends. I have to manually increase the volume which is both annoying and dangerous. To me it seems something rather simple to do but according to Copilot's customer support it entirely depends on my phone's capabilities, whatever that means. I know that I'll get a lot of grief by saying this, but my iPhone 4 could do this no problem.
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I just stopped using my n7 media player and switched to Pandora radio. Pandora doesn't have this issue. It must have a separate volume control built into the app.
On a galaxy tab s7+, the tablet's volume control only changes the audio level for the right Bluetooth earbud (Bose quiet comfort).
The left earbud is stuck at a medium volume. The right earbud follows the media volume adjustments normally. In other words, it can be either louder or quieter than the left depending on how I set it. Of course, what I actually want is for both ears to stay equal across all volume settings.
Only the tablet is affected. The earbuds don't have this problem with other devices such as my android phone.
The tablet 's internal speakers work normally and stay balanced at all volumes.
Cold rebooting the tablet did not fix it. Neither did unpairing, resetting, and re-pairing the earbuds. Both the tablet and earbuds are up to date. The audio balance setting is normal in the Accessibility settings, and has never even been touched.
What a strange problem, isn't it? I've tried searching extensively, but all the results that show up are for audio entirely failing to come out of one side, or for people asking how to change the balance. This problem is totally different. Hopefully someone here is familiar with solving an issue like this! Any help is appreciated.
Try a network reset.
Clear system cache.
Try in safe mode.
Try a hard reboot.
Double check all audio settings... all of them.
If those don't work clear data on all associated apks. Try going back to their factory load versions.
Try updating them if still not working.
A hidden setting may have been alter. Poorly written 3rd party apps can do this. The issue may not appear until after the app is uninstalled.
It is preferable to find the root cause than do a factory reset as the issue is likely to reoccur.
Probably not a hardware issue.
Try reverse stereo and mono output if available and see how it behaves. It will give you clues to the cause.
If you factory reset be very careful which 3rd party apps you load. Load one at a time and test.
Thank you for your help! I've investigated it some more and found out more about the problem.
Once the headset is connected, three of the four volume sliders in the system audio controls no longer work as expected, and one of them is questionable. These are the results of testing the four sliders. (Each one plays a test sound through its own channel. I don't think channel is the right word, but I can't remember the right one.)
Ringtone: The test sound plays in both earbuds, as well as the internal speakers. It follows the volume slider perfectly, so no bug there. Still, I don't know whether it's normal to route the sound to both the headset and speaker outputs simultaneously.
Media: This channel has the volume bug. The test music plays at an unchangeable volume in the left, but it follows adjustments correctly in the right. The internal speakers are silent, as they should be.
Notifications: This volume slider has no effect, and the test sound's behavior is strange:
It plays through the left earbud at the unchangeable medium volume, but it plays through the right earbud at whatever level the Media slider is set. Internal speakers are silent, as they should be.
System: Same issue as Notifications.
Once bluetooth is disconnected, all sliders properly control the internal speakers.
What a rabbit hole this is turning out to be. I'm really hoping to avoid the hassle of a factory reset, but the following fixes have not worked:
Network reset, Clearing system cache, Safe mode, Hard reboot, Going over all audio and accessibility settings with a fine toothed comb, Muting and unmuting, Mono audio. (Even in mono, the left is unchangeable and the right obeys the Media slider.)
As for clearing the right apk data, I don't think it's even displaying the relevant apks. I don't see any of the ones I'd consider relevant if this were my Pixel phone. I looked for the option to display system apps, but all I found was a "Samsung apps" list with nothing that seems specific to bluetooth or audio.
My next move is uninstalling anything that plays media, though that'll probably be later this week. In the meantime, any more ideas on how to find and fix the root cause would be much appreciated! I'm hoping the info from the volume sliders can help narrow down the problem.
Update: fix found! I did both a network reset AND accessibility settings reset, then reconnected the headset. I'm thinking it was probably the accessibility reset that did it, but I'm mentioning both together in case that's the secret.
Do some Goggle searches.
Backup critical data. Unistalling apps is probably a waste of time. Play with for a bit until you fix or are tired of playing with it.
Factory reset. If that doesn't get it, it's either firmware or hardware.
Generally firmware doesn't get corrupted unless there's a hardware failure.
It's entirely possible you missed something. It's taken me a week or more sometimes to track something down. Give it some more thought.
When did it start?
What preceded it?
What codec is running when it works?
Try changing the codec and look at the bt options in Developer Options.
Play with it... Androids wuv attention