After trying out the bass/treble adjustment tool here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/vie...tdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=dspen&start=0
I have now found my mp3 playback with WMP9 and voice directions on PrymeNav gps both adversely affected. I get short duration interruptions that sound like little skips. I removed the program but the problem persists. I actually can not say positively that this problem with sound happened right after the install, but I didn't install anything else either. Sound quality now is quite low, would love to get back original sound quality.
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Has anyone noticed that the volume is lower in Froyo than it was in Eclair?
I've tried a number of different apps (built in player, tunewiki etc.) and there seems to be a definite reduction in the volume since upgrading. Any ideas?
i was going to post a thread saying volume is much better!
earlier on 2.1 it was crap for me. now both in call volume and media volume are much better and in call volume is clearer. the rear speaker sounds less tinny and is passable now. the shrill hiss / tinny sound at max volume is gone now totally since froyo update i think atleast on the tracks i listed to (preinstalled music and soem youtube videos). i was infact thinking i might reduce the volume a bit which seems a bit of a shock to me knowing the crap rear speaker dished out with the desire. earlier i had said elsewhere that this was the worst speaker i had seen on a phone compared to any of my phones in the last decade, but now i retract that statement. looks like it was a software issue.
i had before the froyo update installed the free 'car mode' app that uses the rear speaker, i would use that mode when ever i put the phone in my trouser pocket as otherwise i would never hear the notifications and often the ring if i was out and about. then after fiddling around i found some sound settings which wasnt obvious at first and disabled the default tick box that made the ring volume and notification volume the same. after disabling that tick box then i could independently adjust the notification volume.
also before the froyo update i installed the free 'quick settings' app which under its settings has a setting for sound, under that apart from the usual volume controls, it has a separate control for system volume which i couldnt find elsewhere on the phone and after increasing that system volume to max, the volume output improved from the rear speakers.
but after froyo it is even better now, both for call volume from earpiece and rear speaker. i cant comment about the earphones as have never used them yet and still in its packet somewhere. wish there was a way to use the fm radio without needing the earphones.
Interesting..I'm specifically speaking of the headphone volume and the ringer volume. It's certainly lower (around 30% lower than 2.1).
I do agree the output from the inbuilt speaker is improved.
Upon further research, I have seen others mention similar issues and also relating to the quality of the sound. I've also seen custom roms using pershoot's audio mod which is supposed to increase loudness. Can this be applied to a stock 2.2 rom (rooted of course)?
Maybe you all can try this out to verify. My GNex audio , playing music or .. anything really, sounds clipped and terrible at volume levels 15, 14, 13 (15 being the highest) It's worse there and gets better as it goes down. It's like something internally is causing the clipping to occur at the higher levels before it gets sent out to the headphones or the phone's back speaker. I use poweramp and i used it's pre-amp to maximum to get more volume out but still having the phone's media volume set to 11. it sounds good but it's a complete joke that in this day and age, this kind of issue should exist... it's not like audio players with headphones aren't mass produced that work just fine.
Volume+ doesn't do anything to affect this.
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sounds like there are a lot of issues with that kernel, specifically with the audio.
I have no issues with this Kernel. Batterylife is very good and the sound is amazing. Why dont you try the kernel. When the kernel is bad you can choose another.
I don't claim to be a pro-audiophile, but I have an exceptional interest in audio world. Try setting your Equalizer to "Classical" and adjust your taste from there. Try it and respond
this isn't an equilizer problem, it isn't a low volume problem, it is a distortion problem. with headphones on, audio is distorted at high volume levels.
My distortion happens at any volume level, to the point where it's 100% un-listenable.
Yeah with AOKP 27 and Franco.kernel I have the exact same issue. Nothing I have tried fixes it so far. Itll probably be fixed in a later franco nightly as it used to work fine for me.
Hi,
Quick question about the way this device records sound. Its by far the best phone ive ever used to record sound, however i keep running into a problem with volume levels. It never stays constant and fluctuates depending on whether the sound is loud or quiet.
Now that wont make sense at first so heres a link to a video i shot in the studio with some friends.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zjcbpfrutvvgher/lemon eyes - 12-06-12.mp4
Note at around 2:20 in the volume changes quite dramatically. I assure you, in real life the volume of the sound was constant throughout the song, the only change was that both guitars had stopped playing, thus decreasing the decibel level slightly (the guitar sounds at that point were from the effects pedals), which surely wouldve made it quieter if anything
I dont believe this a manufacturing defect as ive had it on the past 4 HOX's i owned, but perhaps more to do the way the sound is processed. It is the same result recording in mono/stereo/720/1080 etc.
EDIT Just remembered, i had to turn my speakers up all the way to hear that properly so the recording level is far too quiet as it is. I can barely hear it through the phones speaker.
Yeah got same problem,
I did turn the stereo off in video options which did improve it. Give it a go and turn the Stereo feature off.
The sound was not dropping as much,
I tested this out at a footy match.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8JOakdfFE0
Thats a temporary fix i suppose, it did improve it though it didnt fix it for me.
Does anybody know if this is something that is likely to be resolved by a software update? Or can anybody recommend any apps to record this type of thing with if it is a software issue.
Hi all,
I've tried googling around for this for the past several hours, but can't seem to find anyone else who even has this problem. When I make a phone call, Skype call or am in a hangout (basically a situation where the main audio is at a low sampling rate), something is downsampling and downmixing everything else to match that, as well as doing some kind of noise gate/cancellation on it. I especially notice this with Talkback, if I start a skype call and either plug in a headset (not sure about bluetooth) or switch to the speaker, the TTS is extremely quiet, has some aliasing/is noticeably lower in quality, and is even cut off in its quieter utterances. I've tried searching for audio effects, downmixing and downsampling and all I've gotten is references to /system/etc/audio_effects.conf, audioflinger libraries and how much power they consume, and other unrelated stuff. Has anyone else experienced this and is there a way to disable it? I've used a Motorola xt907 and an Lg vs980 in the past and not had this problem.
Thanks,
Derek Roberts, SCH-I435, VZW
When i record any audio or video, the audio is clipping, like if there is a lowpass filter on it. This especially happens in loud environments, or when there is an high presence of low frequencies. For example on Instagram stories the audio is really bad even if it's not loud and it's really annoying
I've heard about modifing mixer_paths but i don't know where to modify. This issue started happening since i updated to miui 11, now i'm on xiaomi.eu 20.2.27.
I would be glad if anyone could try to fix this problem.