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Speaker/headphone volume VERY low.....

I sold my HD2 on Thursday and let me say first off that I have no regrets whatsoever: I absolutely love this phone. Before I sold the HD2 I played some music tracks on both devices through the loudspeaker and headphones jack and noticed a HUGE differential in volume.....I thought the HD2 speaker was pretty tinny but it was at least audible; the Desire speaker volume is incredibly underpowered...being practically inaudible in a moderately noisy environment. This problem seems to extend even as far as the headphones socket since some of the songs I was unable to play at full volume on the HD2 for fear of bursting my eardrums are simply not loud enough for me on the Desire.
Am I the only person to think the volume levels are too low? Is there perhaps a way to increase the pre amp levels. It's as quiet as the first generation iPhone which was REALLY BAD.
Any thoughts from anyone here?

Hi there - I've been searching online to see if anyone else has been having this problem and came across your post.
Had my Desire for a week now, and I love it. But the volume via headphones is WAY too low. Stupidly too low. I can't hear it on the tube at all, for example.
I was looking forward to using it - and Spotify, in partcular - as a replacement for my aging iPod. But there's just no way.
I can't believe this is common to every phone, as surely there would be more people complaining about it. Are there different firmware versions knocking about? It's got me pretty frustrated.

Ok this is not nice, speaker volume is very important to me. This is the first time I see somebody be this negative about it though...
Damn..
Further, you coming from the HD2, any more thoughts you want to share about the switch?
How is the 4.3 inch to 3.7 inch 'jump'?
Kind regards

Screen size is not a problem for me, colours are beautiful on the Desire and the screen seems note responsive. I tried using the HD2 for a day after getting the Desire and hated it bycomparison! Only massive annoyance though is that it is nowhere near as loud.
I suspect that people are still in their honeymoon period with the phone and that complaints will start to surface about the speaker volume in time. As far as I can recall all my other Android devices were a lot louder than this.

Don't have the device yet but in a video review the guy said the speaker was pretty loud, so it's probably only a software problem
chipshop said:
Had my Desire for a week now, and I love it. But the volume via headphones is WAY too low. Stupidly too low. I can't hear it on the tube at all, for example..
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Juste buy in-ear headphones ! your ear will thanks you, pushing the volume to 100db because the tube is masking noise : not a good idea believe me.

I too, coming from an iPhone, find the headphone volume painfully low.
I use an under speaker pillow to listen to podcasts without disturbing the wife, and on the iPhone she'd sometimes complain that she could hear it. Now with the Desire I find that sometimes I can't hear it and that's at full volume.

I know this is probably obvious but I take it you have gone through. Audio settings
And maxed the volume? And checked any volume controls on headphones? If both set to max
And still not loud then the handset is faulty so get it replaced
Now!!
Mine set to max would be at ear bleeding levels!!

The speaker quality isn't great, but considering I don't use them that much it is good enough for me.
Am a little surprised with the headphone issues, considering that I have my volume set just under halfway and it is more than loud enough for me.
I am using my Sennheiser earphones, but the volume is fine with the supplied HTC ones too.

what kind of bit-rates are you using for music? ... 128? or more, ... as the quality effects the loudness somehow I believe.
try experimenting with different bit rates and see how that goes

leoni1980 said:
Screen size is not a problem for me, colours are beautiful on the Desire and the screen seems note responsive. I tried using the HD2 for a day after getting the Desire and hated it bycomparison! Only massive annoyance though is that it is nowhere near as loud.
I suspect that people are still in their honeymoon period with the phone and that complaints will start to surface about the speaker volume in time. As far as I can recall all my other Android devices were a lot louder than this.
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I think this might be due to new UE regulations about maximum volume in mobile devices, though im not 100% sure if its already in the system.
However Im pretty sure that in couple days/weeks there will be some hacks/apps/ to change that

So have I got a faulty phone?
Or are people just overly forgiving??
Everything is set to max. I've also noticed that the Mic quality in videos is also shockingly poor in terms of volume. I wonder if all of these functions are shared by the same chipset.

leoni, I'm having just the same problem. I think it must be a problem with some of these phones. I can't believe that people are just being overly forgiving.
I'm not looking to push the volume up too high, but if I can't hear it when there's a little background noise going on, then that's a serious design flaw.
I'd like to do a comparison with another Desire at some point, hopefully I'll bump into someone using one soon...

Just to answer some of the above questions/suggestions:-
I'm using MP3s in 256k bit rate format. All volume controls are set to max and there is no volume control on the headphones I am using.

I'm sending mine back. I'm due an upgrade on Monday anyway so I'll test one in the shop and see if It's the same. The headphone volume is the main issue for me; its just too low.

I also think that the volume is way too low. Just out of curiosity, could this be a Rom issue? I'm using the stock TMO Rom. To the people who think it's loud enough, which Rom are you on?

My biggest problem is with the volume through the headphones....speaker volume I can live with, though it is crap and tinny

I think this must be an issue on your phone or you expect it to be crazy loud. I swapped out my ipod for this today on a good set of headphones (AKG KE518LE's) and the volume levels seem identical. As for the speaker, i find mine is a tad on the loud side to be honest. I find myself having to knock it dont a few notches on the volume.

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I think this must be an issue on your phone or you expect it to be crazy loud. I swapped out my ipod for this today on a good set of headphones (AKG KE518LE's) and the volume levels seem identical. As for the speaker, i find mine is a tad on the loud side to be honest. I find myself having to knock it dont a few notches on the volume.
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are you on TMO ROM?

Loud speaker isn't audible above the sound of my shower, which is a real shame as coming from a n95 8gb the loud speaker was great. Oh well. I'm a forgiving type!

I have found music volume to be pretty low but I'm fairly convinced it is a software/Rom issue because the volume in some applications is loud! Doesn't made much sense. Running T-mob here.

Volume fix in 4.0.3?

Does anyone know if Google plans to increase the speaker volume with the next update? I know there are plenty of equalizer apps available, but since this is a common issue with the GN I am hoping google has acknowledged the sound is too low and will increase it without the need of us all to download an app.
Does anyone think the volume will be increased?
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You would hope so and I am also hoping they at least do something about it rather than having to use an EQ app to make the volume louder.

I don't see the volume being low at all. In fact its quite loud. Louder then the G2x and on par with the Rezound.
Maybe the LTE version has higher sound levels. Even review videos are confused by the audio problems. I dont know.
I do know that I'm running 4.0.3 and sound is the same. I don't think its official so this may change but for now....
Galaxy Nexus - 4.0.3 CM9
Asus Transformer - 3.2 Revolver

Google already said a fix is coming. Let's hope they do it.

Maybe the LTE has higher sound level, but my GSM Galaxy Nexus has a very low volume level.
Tiga Jr

LTE 4.0.2 stock volume is weeeeeeeak. Coming from a Moto X which had phenomenal speaker though

Volume is low and its not for everything. On my LTE just seems to be default sounds for notifications. Music on both speaker and headphones is fine.
Volume+ free is enough at +3 for me to correct the notifications.

I find the volume to be quite low compared to my OG droid. I've loaded the old ringtones that i used on it onto my gnex and compared them side by side. The volume on the gnex is noticeably lower, but this is without volume+.
with the volume+ speaker modification on and the max vol set to +13 (that's as far as ive cared to go, as the speaker starts to crackle a bit) the volume still isnt much louder than it was. i know it sounds counter intuitive that the speaker crackles and the volume is low, because it does to me, too. it just makes me think that the speaker is weak. if that's the case, im not sure than they can do anything about it...
gnex lte - revo hd 2.1.2 (4.0.2)

Is it weak? I think the volume is loud enough, in European version at least.

rigged said:
I find the volume to be quite low compared to my OG droid. I've loaded the old ringtones that i used on it onto my gnex and compared them side by side. The volume on the gnex is noticeably lower, but this is without volume+.
with the volume+ speaker modification on and the max vol set to +13 (that's as far as ive cared to go, as the speaker starts to crackle a bit) the volume still isnt much louder than it was. i know it sounds counter intuitive that the speaker crackles and the volume is low, because it does to me, too. it just makes me think that the speaker is weak. if that's the case, im not sure than they can do anything about it...
gnex lte - revo hd 2.1.2 (4.0.2)
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Maybe you should try equalizer instead. My volume went up plenty loud with no crackle and it seems like this speaker is actually good quality they just goofed the volume.

RedBank said:
LTE 4.0.2 stock volume is weeeeeeeak. Coming from a Moto X which had phenomenal speaker though
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I agree. Coming from my iPhone, I expected a quieter speaker as that thing is LOUD! That being said, next to my Droid X, my wife's Mytouch Slide, etc this thing is so quiet I cannot hear notifications at times.
I'm using volume+ at level 8...it helps, but I would say aside from battery life this is the only other shortcoming I've experienced with this device.

[Q] On call speaker is not loud enough on my HOX

Please someone help me as when on call I have to push the phone as hard as i can to hear clearly when in a crowd. The volume is full bur it is not loud enough. Any one have a solution s with any software or hack so that I can increase my ear speaker volume
Thanks in advance.

This may sound like a stupid question, but have you tried restarting your device?
I recently got the AT&T One X and after using it a couple days I noticed the volume decreased even with all volume setting set to 100% and after I restarted it the volume increased.

I think i have the same issue.
Or
i am getting deaf.
My previous phone SGS2 used to be louder.

My HTC Inspire 4G was louder then my One X

Same problem with my One X very low sound from ear speaker, mayby it is mechanical problem.... Maybe I have to clean it, but I don't know why ...

prapsik said:
Same problem with my One X very low sound from ear speaker, mayby it is mechanical problem.... Maybe I have to clean it, but I don't know why ...
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Could be a fault my hox I have to turn in call volume down as its too loud on full.
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Download 'Volume+' this is a must, increases the speaker and headphone volumne!

Volume+ doesn't increase the in-call volume, it just adds additional volume steps in-between.
Funnily I just changed to the HTC One X from my Galaxy Nexus, as that one had a ****ty in-sound volume and I'm happy as hell for being able to use my phone without a headset again.

[Request] In Call volume increase?

This is something that I really mis from my s3 probably the thing I would pick if I could change one thing. The phone gets decently loud when playing music (and the quality is amazing) but in call volume I constantly wish it got louder and the same is true for the speaker phone while in call. I think even just alittle bit louder would make a huge difference since for me at max volume its right at the edge.
Anyone else feel the same? I cant be the only one and I have good hearing lol. Please someone fix this!
So far I am seeing my problems disappear one by one as mods come out (share button in blinkfeed, green battery now clear, 30 volume steps for games and music, ect)

That's odd... I find it too loud already just setting it up 2 steps below the middle level of the volume when in call.

Maybe you have a dud. I can hear mine at almost max volume just like a speakerphone on a cheap device. It really is quite amazing
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altimax98 said:
Maybe you have a dud. I can hear mine at almost max volume just like a speakerphone on a cheap device. It really is quite amazing
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IDK my dads HTC seems to exhibit the same behavior. I will test more to be sure but I doubt its hardware related since my speakers sounds strong with no distortion or anything.

Quieter Sound?

The N7 is just too loud. I like that it CAN get loud but it doesn't get quiet enough. Even 1 tick seems like its super loud. At night in bed I usually have to turn the audio off to watch videos or use headsets. I had to turn my keyboard volume to 1 and system volume to 1 cause the clicks were too loud.
I know this is a weird question but anyone know a way to lower the lower volume settings? I'm running CM Kanged and perhaps they have the volume increased for other devices.
On my OG N7 I would have it 3-4 clicks in or higher. 1 seems like 7 compared to the old N7.
Too damn loud. I know there are apps to make it louder but I haven't seen anything to lower it. Some custom ROMs can provide more steps for greater control but 1 is too loud. I need like a .15 or .25
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So totally agree, too loud! no idea what the solution is either and I've looked around. Hopefully there's some mod for stock but I'd be willing to do just about anything.

Er... my shiny new N7 is not too loud. (Production date September 13.)
It's significantly louder than my old N7, but far from being really "loud".
Also, it does absolutely not have the reported problem of hiss when turning down volume.
Perhaps production batches differ in loudness?

Mine doesn't hiss and I'm not saying it is glass shattering but at night when everyone is trying to relax I have 2 options, Volume Muted or Volume Notch 1. Volume Notch 1 is still too loud and my family gives me the stink eye.
The max sound is fine but I think the lower portions should go lower.

player911 said:
Mine doesn't hiss and I'm not saying it is glass shattering but at night when everyone is trying to relax I have 2 options, Volume Muted or Volume Notch 1. Volume Notch 1 is still too loud and my family gives me the stink eye.
The max sound is fine but I think the lower portions should go lower.
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Agreed. I suggest using XPosed Framework if you are rooted, and look for the XVolume module (last module in the downloads section of the app). It breaks the volume into 30 steps. I'm going to test this out for myself and let you know my results.
EDIT: Doesn't seem like it helped very much.
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Phone: HTC EVO 4G LTE
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Tablet: ASUS Nexus 7.2
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I wish my Nexus was louder hahaha
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