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Xperia S Headphone Volume

I have read quite a lot about this issue, but haven't found a solution yet. The volume output on my Xperia S is very low, but I know there is something which is restricting it from producing a louder volume because when I play a movie using MX player the volume is very loud and crisp.
How do I increase the volume through the headphones? Any fix/mod fr the same?

sagar023 said:
I have read quite a lot about this issue, but haven't found a solution yet. The volume output on my Xperia S is very low, but I know there is something which is restricting it from producing a louder volume because when I play a movie using MX player the volume is very loud and crisp.
How do I increase the volume through the headphones? Any fix/mod fr the same?
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make sure that your phone is rooted,go to play store,download beats audio installer,it did wonders for me....if its still not loud enough
download poweramp,select the loud preset and boost the preamp all the way up
the reason why mx player produces louder sound compared to the stock players because it uses software decoding as opposed to hardware decoding which lets it bypass the inbuilt limit the same applies to poweramp

XS
try volume+ on the playstore,the volume 's good but the sound is not good :|

cheers :good:

Did you delete the sound level alert apk? I had this issue of it not going above half volume because I deleted the apk before anything else. I had to put it back and let it warn me before removing it.

Lord Takyon said:
Did you delete the sound level alert apk?
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Exactly my case. Removed SoundLevelAlert.apk and now can't increase volume with headphones plugged.
I copied the apk back to phone, installed it, but nothing changed. I still can't increase volume over 8/15. Rebooted - no luck.
It was a system app, maybe you can't make it work by just installing the apk?
Any ideas?
//Sony Xperia P, ICS

MX player can play audio files if you do a little tweaking in the settings. The audio quality is just awesome using the h/w+ decoder, beats any market player app in this regard. Hope they make a audio player. Poweramp was good but the sound quality was terribly unpleasant on increasing the volume so I ruled it out.

I have the same problem, but do not delete anything. Any idea?

Hm, I don't have these problems. I'm using the Headset which was delivered which my Xperia S or the SONY MDR XB-500 and I think it's loud enough.
My Musicplayer is PowerAmp. So maybe you could change your musicplayer?

Buy headphones with increased sensitivity

i pushed the attached app in system/app !
set permissions to rw-r-r and it gives me warning everytime i exceed the volume and i can exceed the volume to 100% max !
this apk should work with all stock ics based roms !

Would you please care to tell us which headphones you have cuz maybe your headphones might not be compatible with Xperia ... But if you are having issues with speaker too than its altogether a different evil
Sent from my LT26i using xda app-developers app

|HBHs| Acidburns said:
Would you please care to tell us which headphones you have cuz maybe your headphones might not be compatible with Xperia ... But if you are having issues with speaker too than its altogether a different evil
Sent from my LT26i using xda app-developers app
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The original ones which came with the phone, but there is nothing wrong with it, in fact it is awesome, love the sound with my BB.

aaki_rocker said:
i pushed the attached app in system/app !
set permissions to rw-r-r and it gives me warning everytime i exceed the volume and i can exceed the volume to 100% max !
this apk should work with all stock ics based roms !
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Thanks but did not make a difference the volume level is the same.

MrBelter said:
Buy headphones with increased sensitivity
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yep +1

aaki_rocker said:
i pushed the attached app in system/app !
set permissions to rw-r-r and it gives me warning everytime i exceed the volume and i can exceed the volume to 100% max !
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This worked for me. Thanks!

aaki_rocker said:
i pushed the attached app in system/app !
set permissions to rw-r-r and it gives me warning everytime i exceed the volume and i can exceed the volume to 100% max !
this apk should work with all stock ics based roms !
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Working on Xperia U .54 ICS
Saved my day Batman! Thanks!

All those who have their headphones volume stuck at 50% or 60%, just flash this zip in CWM and wipe cache partition and dalvik cache - http://d-h.st/caM
Reboot and enjoy. It is confirmed to we working for most of the people.

I noticed louder music when bass boosting and all those fancy settings in stock player and poweramp are turned off

Acid Audio Engine v7 did the job for me and the sound quality is much much better and louder now.

[Q] low music volume on walkman

ok in India using my phone In traffic for music ain't good at all
the volume is just too soft
never experienced dis prob wd my BlackBerry or iPhone
is there any setting to increase the volume
I'm a hardcore music listener and need my music while travelling
any solutions?????

jamieloboxperiazl said:
ok in India using my phone In traffic for music ain't good at all
the volume is just too soft
never experienced dis prob wd my BlackBerry or iPhone
is there any setting to increase the volume
I'm a hardcore music listener and need my music while travelling
any solutions?????
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With in-ears the volume is too low??

DoubleYouPee said:
With in-ears the volume is too low??
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yes
wid d stock earphones it's very low
the volume wen on full is proper fot Home use
but outside the volume is easily overpowered by external noise
BB and iPhone hadd higher. volume compared yo this phone

jamieloboxperiazl said:
yes
wid d stock earphones it's very low
the volume wen on full is proper fot Home use
but outside the volume is easily overpowered by external noise
BB and iPhone hadd higher. volume compared yo this phone
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Okai well you could always download poweramp or something which can increase volume anyway you want

DoubleYouPee said:
Okai well you could always download poweramp or something which can increase volume anyway you want
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iv tried poweramp n countless other apps
but I'm unable to increase the volume

jamieloboxperiazl said:
iv tried poweramp n countless other apps
but I'm unable to increase the volume
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bro check this one,it's working on Z/ZL [SOUNDMOD For Xperia Z/ZL] PureXAudio v16.5

jhony.liver said:
bro check this one,it's working on Z/ZL [SOUNDMOD For Xperia Z/ZL] PureXAudio v16.5
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I havnt rooted my phone yet
so won't be able to install tht:crying::crying::crying:

I am using Poweramp and it works perfectly with my ZL. In addition to being able to improve the sound quality, I can increase the volume to beyond a comfortable level. Thats possible even with non in-ear ear buds!
Sent from my C6503 using Tapatalk 2

dinkydong said:
I am using Poweramp and it works perfectly with my ZL. In addition to being able to improve the sound quality, I can increase the volume to beyond a comfortable level. Thats possible even with non in-ear ear buds!
Sent from my C6503 using Tapatalk 2
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can u post a screenshot of ur poweramp settings please
thanks a lot

Volume rise trick on stock!

Heya all,donno if this has been posted or not, but i found nifty trick to raise volume when listening to music on stock 4.1.1. (Headphone volume)
1. Plug in your headphones
2. Play a song on stock music player
3. Raise volume to max
4. Go to stock camera app and take a pic EDIT: You can also just "tap to focus", no need to take pic!
5. Your volume is raised!
I quess its something to do on how beats audio works and limits volume.
Let me know if it worked on your stock x,cheets
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

loop4444 said:
Heya all,donno if this has been posted or not, but i found nifty trick to raise volume when listening to music on stock 4.1.1. (Headphone volume)
1. Plug in your headphones
2. Play a song on stock music player
3. Raise volume to max
4. Go to stock camera app and take a pic
5. Your volume is raised!
I quess its something to do on how beats audio works and limits volume.
Let me know if it worked on your stock x,cheets
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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wow my speaker and headphone became much louder like I use beats audio on XD
very helpful thanks is this stay all the time ?
by the way Im stock unrooted relocked bootloader hboot 1.39 software base 3.20.401.1 S-OFF & Supercid

Nah,i think you need to do it every next time you launch music player,but you can play songs in a row while in player no probs
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loop4444 said:
Nah,i think you need to do it every next time you launch music player,but you can play songs in a row while in player no probs
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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Yeah it's actually a bug... And a reboot definitely makes it go back to normal..i found that the volume rise causes some distortion so i dont like it much
The volume will rise everytime some notification or sound conflicts with music..
Sent from my Revolutionary Htc One X HD

loop4444 said:
Nah,i think you need to do it every next time you launch music player,but you can play songs in a row while in player no probs
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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hope the sense 5 will feature to enable beats audio with speakers like the hte one that make it louder
damn its really loud with this bug thats nice if they do that at sense 5 maybe I will consider to not sell this phone XD

yuval111 said:
hope the sense 5 will feature to enable beats audio with speakers like the hte one that make it louder
damn its really loud with this bug thats nice if they do that at sense 5 maybe I will consider to not sell this phone XD
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HTC One has build in amplifiers which amplifies the sound, that's why beats audio works on the speakers on the One!
In the case of our beloved HOX, the speakers would just crackle and distort... :silly:

vin4yak said:
HTC One has build in amplifiers which amplifies the sound, that's why beats audio works on the speakers on the One!
In the case of our beloved HOX, the speakers would just crackle and distort... :silly:
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still they can still make an improvement with hox speaker with the new sense 5
here you see with this bug its work alot louder with speakers !

yuval111 said:
still they can still make an improvement with hox speaker with the new sense 5
here you see with this bug its work alot louder with speakers !
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It's only louder! Clarity is messed up! :laugh:
There's a limit to the HOX speaker, you can use all the sound mods out there, but in the end you can't improve the hardware with sense5 or anything other software update!
Lets hope we get the Sense 5 within next month!

vin4yak said:
It's only louder! Clarity is messed up! :laugh:
There's a limit to the HOX speaker, you can use all the sound mods out there, but in the end you can't improve the hardware with sense5 or anything other software update!
Lets hope we get the Sense 5 within next month!
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yeah lets hope

this has nothing to do with internal speaker-i used this only for headphones.
P.S. I edited my post up, seems like touch to focus does the same effect

loop4444 said:
this has nothing to do with internal speaker-i used this only for headphones.
P.S. I edited my post up, seems like touch to focus does the same effect
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dunno my speaker are much louder with this trick ! hehe :laugh:

loop4444 said:
Heya all,donno if this has been posted or not, but i found nifty trick to raise volume when listening to music on stock 4.1.1. (Headphone volume)
1. Plug in your headphones
2. Play a song on stock music player
3. Raise volume to max
4. Go to stock camera app and take a pic EDIT: You can also just "tap to focus", no need to take pic!
5. Your volume is raised!
I quess its something to do on how beats audio works and limits volume.
Let me know if it worked on your stock x,cheets
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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I was always wondering if someone else never found this little "glitch", i have been using it since last year and i find the sound on the HOX to be "unstable", as it is never the same loudness/bass, sometimes it gives more sometimes less, sometimes it is very good and sometimes crappy, but this helps everytime i use it is for my headphones and it works like a charm. :good:

Htc one m8 beat audio or speaker boost?

Hi, i wanted to volume up my m8's speakers, i have Viper rom, and V4A installed, but i noticed that Htc One m7 is better on speakers than M8, because of IntenseBLAST mod provided to m7, is there a way to volume up my speakers? There must be a way, this intense blast mod doesnt work for m8 cuz M8 doesnt have Beats audio, can someone help here?
Thanks in advance.

styku468 said:
Hi, i wanted to volume up my m8's speakers, i have Viper rom, and V4A installed, but i noticed that Htc One m7 is better on speakers than M8, because of IntenseBLAST mod provided to m7, is there a way to volume up my speakers? There must be a way, this intense blast mod doesnt work for m8 cuz M8 doesnt have Beats audio, can someone help here?
Thanks in advance.
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There is a mixer file you can mess with manually to boost the volume, but it will create noise/distortion so its not worth it.

What mixer? Can U help me a little with it?
So it seems that M7 is louder on speakers than M8? Now im sad I like this phone (M8), the sound on headphones is great, on speakers too, but a little louder would be enough for me, maybe i could volume up the speakers without the distortion, just a little, would U help?
Thanks for fast reply.

Could someone guide me to edit some files responsible for speaker volume and how to edit them? I want to try so much to look how the efects would be.
Thanks so much for Your help.

x714x said:
There is a mixer file you can mess with manually to boost the volume, but it will create noise/distortion so its not worth it.
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Do u really know what mixer did u talk about? It seems that U dont...

styku468 said:
Hi, i wanted to volume up my m8's speakers, i have Viper rom, and V4A installed, but i noticed that Htc One m7 is better on speakers than M8, because of IntenseBLAST mod provided to m7, is there a way to volume up my speakers? There must be a way, this intense blast mod doesnt work for m8 cuz M8 doesnt have Beats audio, can someone help here?
Thanks in advance.
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Turn on Playback Gain Control in V4A and set the effect strength to how loud you want it (Slight, Moderate, or Extreme)

more loud speakers?
i have noticed that, sense roms are not to loud, you can try to install a pure android rom like cyanogenmod, liquidsmooth, carbon rom.
you will notice that the speakers will sound very loud my friend..
honestly i love sense and would like to see a sound mod to gain the perfect loudness on my M8

xunholyx said:
Turn on Playback Gain Control in V4A and set the effect strength to how loud you want it (Slight, Moderate, or Extreme)
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This only work on headphones, not on speaker, Ofc if U have set minimal loudness 1/15 in your UI and apply the gain in V4A then u will notice volume boost even on speaker, but if ur on Max in UI 15/15 then the volume wont boost. See for yourself i have checked it all already.
Cheers.

styku468 said:
This only work on headphones, not on speaker, Ofc if U have set minimal loudness 1/15 in your UI and apply the gain in V4A then u will notice volume boost even on speaker, but if ur on Max in UI 15/15 then the volume wont boost. See for yourself i have checked it all already.
Cheers.
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Hey, you have to go into the init.d tweaks and in several areas, change a few settings from false to true, and so on. If V4A is installed, it will contradict the pre-installed "Soundboost" software and cause distortion. I think the tweak is to turn LPA decode off., or to false. I'm in the middle of firmware updates otherwise I would post a screenshot or more particular answer. I will update the specifics soon for you.

I'd be grateful for your screenshots.
Thanks a million.

styku468 said:
I'd be grateful for your screenshots.
Thanks a million.
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Heya man.
Have a quick look here: http://androidhackz.blogspot.com/2013/12/get-amazing-sound-quality-with.html. It goes in more depth about what I was mentioning actually. Recently when I install the V4A 2.3.3.0.zip and it ask which quality audio drive I want, another window pops up informing me that the Viper4Android app itself can handle the disabling you would need. Perhaps an older version doesn't though. Hope this helps? :good:

Sound too low

Hi all,
In my previous android phone (samsung s3) I had the same problem, but i solved it with root and edited a simply file into system to increase (i think) decibel.
With my rooted OP3, i tried to edit a similar file like in the samsung s3 with no results, then i have install viper4android and EX kelnel to boost audio, but the sound increases distorting the file....
Do you have a solution.... ?

newpassion said:
Hi all,
In my previous android phone (samsung s3) I had the same problem, but i solved it with root and edited a simply file into system to increase (i think) decibel.
With my rooted OP3, i tried to edit a similar file like in the samsung s3 with no results, then i have install viper4android and EX kelnel to boost audio, but the sound increases distorting the file....
Do you have a solution.... ?
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I hope you are talking about the incall volume issue?

sorry, my problem is for mp3 sound with headphones.

newpassion said:
sorry, my problem is for mp3 sound
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You mean speaker loudness? while you playing music and using phone's ?

lol, i seems to be a troll.
Headphones...
sennheiser momentum.

newpassion said:
lol, i seems to be a troll.
Headphones...
sennheiser momentum.
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Sorry, but you already used viper and EX kernel and i just gonna suggest this... Just try woth dolby mod also ... Maybe it can help you.

newpassion said:
lol, i seems to be a troll.
Headphones...
sennheiser momentum.
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Just flash viperarise sounds and sound will be louderand still good quality + dolby sounds

Can you give me link?
I found a thread, but viper4arise give me: i/o error
Edit: Installed with success, but it seems like viper4android.
The problem come when i raise the volume, the bass are distorted.
I usually download mp3 from youtube at 320kbps, i tried also other way like torrent, but audio quality looks the same.
Can you give me a suggest to download music at the best quality? Also if isn't mp3 extension.
Thank you.

Find an appropriate setting for your Headphone in viper4arise. Download kernel files and select in the convolver option, u can get it by a simple Google search.