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[Q] Is it possible to increase volume?

Hello, does anyone know if there is a volume limitation (usually there is due to european legislation, don't know in the US).
If so is there a tweak to increase the volume (of the speaker mostly, and also earphones)?
I do not use it to play music out loud (i hate those doing it) but sometimes i miss some calls when in a noisy/crowded place, even with the vibrate and the "increase when in pocket" option. My remedy for now is to increase the gain of an audio mp3 with Audacity, and set it as a rigtone (i put it in /ringtones/ on the sdcard) it works but with a lot of distorsion...
PS: I'm on Virtuous 1.0.1

There are apps that can do this.. one is called dspmanager.apk and comes with cyanogenmod... but they all cause distorton..
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TheNewGuy said:
There are apps that can do this.. one is called dspmanager.apk and comes with cyanogenmod... but they all cause distorton..
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Only distortion if you don't know what your doing..
Open Dspmanager than enable equalizer, increase each bitrate of the EQ slightly.
Put the signal strength to moderate than play a song with a lot of bass to test.
If its distorted, decrease the bit rate or turn signal strength to slightly.
I combine dspmanager with power-amp for some insane eq.

thanks i didn't know about this app, somehow it does on the phone what i was doing with Audacity.
My question still remains, is there any hint of some AVLS on the G2?

Well PowerAmp is a must for me when playin music thru my headphones. Like previous post says, DSP Manager is the fix. Just dont try and overdo the settings.

Volume+ not working on my Galaxy Nexus

Wanted to see why everyone kept talking about this app. I tried it out and there isn't any difference in audio at all. I set the speakers and headphones to max and nothing changed. I read some of the app reviews and it works on some Nexus's and not on others. Anyone know why? Does it noticeably improve sound quality?

Are you using the free version? I couldn't tell a difference on there either
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I am using the paid version and from my experiences it does increase the volume noticeably, I use the setting at +10.

@OP are you using the one from the market or the one from the website which is much newer?

Works great here! Play a song and incrementally go through the volume levels till you find a sweet spot. FYI...running the HSPA version

Yes the free one from the Market is hardly noticble as it only increases up to +4.
The one from the website goes up to +15.
Trust me it really does make a difference.
With the brightness hack and the volume tweak i`m well happy with my Nexus
Oh and i have removed the annoying search bar too. Makes the screen look a lot bigger...

What is the website url?

http://androidaudiohacks.com/?page_id=2
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Arcadia310 said:
Wanted to see why everyone kept talking about this app. I tried it out and there isn't any difference in audio at all. I set the speakers and headphones to max and nothing changed. I read some of the app reviews and it works on some Nexus's and not on others. Anyone know why? Does it noticeably improve sound quality?
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Try going to settings then to sounds and then to music effects and select volume+ and see if that helps
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I bought the pro version of Volume+ and still was not satisfied with the results, so I contacted Samsung and they told me to do a hard reset. I did and it helped. It formats everything and you lose your data, but it is noticeably louder, though not as loud as I would like. Now I will reload Volume+ again and see what happens. Samsung is aware of bugs in the phone, but contacting them might help too.

Did anyone else have the issue with making music tracks Max out volume over the headset for the first 10 seconds even if you dont touch the headset volume?
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My volume fix that WORKS

Hi All,
After messing around with apps trying to boost system/ringer/notification sounds, thanks to fellow member CuppaCoffee8, i have found my solution and thought i'd share it out. I have tried Volume+ with not so satisfactory results. CuppaCoffee8 suggested to try one of the many free Equilizer apps on the market, which i did and it does really work. Just turn up all the volume as shown in my pic. It's not specific to the music player and really does increase all system volume to the point where it's even too loud and i had to turn back the system settings volume. So those who are still seeking a solution, please try it out. !

which app is that?

what is the app? and you said it made your notification volume loud, so much that you had to turn it down?

What's the question?

Any free equalizer app will do. In my screenshot, i am using 'Equalizer" by SA Labs. Yes, at max, volume is too loud, i had to decrease it.
https://market.android.com/details?...?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm9yZy5lcXVhbGl6ZXJhcHAiXQ..

Nice find! This worked exactly as you said unlike Volume+
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Just as a heads up. This is exactly how Volume+ works. It exploits the Equalizer API to boost the volume

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Just as a heads up. This is exactly how Volume+ works. It exploits the Equalizer API to boost the volume
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But for some of us Volume+ doesn't work
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This definitely works for me, Vol+ didn't seem too. Sounds a little distorted, trying to figure out how to get the right settings, but the sounds is def livable with now. Thanks.
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I just dont want to damage my phone.

This looks like it should get more exposure. In the Q&A section it will not get it.
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i am not sure but +8 on volume+ do the trick for me. have you tried the advance setting on volume+? it exactly the same as your EQ app.

Good tip
Is a good tip, using equalizer (from market)
results are very similar to Volume+, even if using volume+ with increase of 10 or more produces even louder (but often distorted) audio.

volume+ works just perfect. After playing with the settings you need to go to settings>sound>music effects> and pick volume+. That will solve the "I can't hear a difference when i am playing music/movie on the speaker" problem.

Any Equalizer over Volume+ works. Volume+ kept crashing for me too. Thanks for the tip.

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volume+ works just perfect. After playing with the settings you need to go to settings>sound>music effects> and pick volume+. That will solve the "I can't hear a difference when i am playing music/movie on the speaker" problem.
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This right here will solve your volume issues if volume + works on your phone.
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Equalizer by smart android apps in the market is what I use. It practically doubled my volume to the point I can't turn it to max. Thus app was the best because it fully integrated into system and music player in gingerbread, and still does in ice.

Question for those who use volume+....if you want to eventually go back to stock settings, do you just uninstall the app?

or just go into setting and put back to music fx or disable volume plus

Does volume+ increase notification sound as well, or just music/video?

have anyone tried the build in EQ advanced setting on volume+??

[INFO] Native ICS Equalizer in Play Music!

So... I am sorry if this has been discussed, but I just found an equalizer in the native music player. Everyone keeps recommending volume+ to boost the sound or a third party equalizer to get better sound, but if you go into Play Music and turn a song on, you get the screen with the album art and whatnot. I noticed the three dots at the top of the screen, so I tapped it. A menu appeared with the following options: Sound Effects, Show Options, Make instant Mix, and Settings. So I tapped on Sound effects. And there it was! I tried doing a search on equalizers, but the only results that came up were posts that had "equal" in the posting. I am not rooted, and I am completely stock. Just a heads up if anyone is irritated with the sound. Also, bass boost and 3D effect only work if you have headphones or speakers plugged in.
I didn't know if it would be better to put this thread here or in apps and themes. So I chose here.
Now if I could only find a way that makes the sound effect for incoming notification NOT completely stop or pause the music for the duration of the notification, I would be so happy!!

Sick find, didn't know about this thanks.

adamhlj said:
So... I am sorry if this has been discussed, but I just found an equalizer in the native music player. Everyone keeps recommending volume+ to boost the sound or a third party equalizer to get better sound, but if you go into Play Music and turn a song on, you get the screen with the album art and whatnot. I noticed the three dots at the top of the screen, so I tapped it. A menu appeared with the following options: Sound Effects, Show Options, Make instant Mix, and Settings. So I tapped on Sound effects. And there it was! I tried doing a search on equalizers, but the only results that came up were posts that had "equal" in the posting. I am not rooted, and I am completely stock. Just a heads up if anyone is irritated with the sound. Also, bass boost and 3D effect only work if you have headphones or speakers plugged in.
I didn't know if it would be better to put this thread here or in apps and themes. So I chose here.
Now if I could only find a way that makes the sound effect for incoming notification NOT completely stop or pause the music for the duration of the notification, I would be so happy!!
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Its been there forever. Its musicfx...its been known since ics came out :/.
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Yeah I just discovered this too a few days ago. It works FANTASTIC. but too bad it only effects Google music and not the entire phone audio.

Dsp manager is better. And when installed takes the place of music fx.
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Not there
Anyone have any idea why this would disappear or how to force it to be there? I have a One XL running the viper rom and beats audio isn't working (yes, I've plugged in headphones) which I don't really care about, I just want this equalizer. I'm assuming the presence of beats (which is useless since it's not working) is preventing the equalizer but I don't know enough about this to be sure.

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Anyone have any idea why this would disappear or how to force it to be there? I have a One XL running the viper rom and beats audio isn't working (yes, I've plugged in headphones) which I don't really care about, I just want this equalizer. I'm assuming the presence of beats (which is useless since it's not working) is preventing the equalizer but I don't know enough about this to be sure.
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Well do you have ICS as in stock ICS?
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The stock bass bost is pretty awesome, and the equalizer too. It's more than enough from a free tool

Sound still not loud enough sadly
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liangse said:
Sound still not loud enough sadly
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1.Flash my mod
2. Flash AwesomeBeats
3.Set compression to extreme and it will gonna be too loud.
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Volume boost app for rooted phones

Hey all. I came from the photon 4g. I am looking for an app to boost volume when I play music. Any ideas as to what I can use? Thanks.

thegameksk said:
Hey all. I came from the photon 4g. I am looking for an app to boost volume when I play music. Any ideas as to what I can use? Thanks.
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I personally like using Volume +. Has worked great for me on every ROM but CM10. didn't seem to make a difference on it :silly:
I have noticed on alot of threads that alot of people like PowerAmp. I myself have never tried it. The is also Awesome beats. Its like Beats audio. Search for it. I would post a link but Im kinda short of time to find it myself. Good luck sir.

PowerAmp is just a music player with a nice built in equalizer, but because it is an EQ, and does not affect tye actual oower output of the hardware, it will eventually cause distortion. I use PA, but I keep the EQ in check and do not use it to make it louder.
Volume+ has always been a terrible thing for me, causing audio skipping and distortion.
Beats is an EQ, and I think it sounds like garbage.
What we need is something like Voodoo sound, like we had on the Epic4G. It is a kernel modification that works at the hardware level to increase power output.
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Have you tried speaker boost into he play store? I use it and it makes the sound louder!
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