Hi guys.
Don't immediately think I did no searching for this because I've been through so many threads it's ridiculous and I can find nothing.
The other day I noticed my phone didn't ring when I got a phone call, I ensured it was on loud and checked all the volumes, but the error stayed.
I had recently flashed to LiquidSmooth ROM ICS. The latest one. Everything worked fine until this.
So I looked through the forum, found people with similar problems and downloaded the apps the were suggested, none of which worked.
I then realised that my problem was slightly different, because there actually was volume coming out of the speaker, but the only way you can head it is with your ear pressed firmly against the speaker. This is the same for anything at all, calls on speakerphone, ringtones, any form of media at all that has sound is played in a similar fashion. So today I tried to reflash back to the stock ROM, which didn't help either.
So guys, does anyone have any idea on how to fix this? I'm moving to the USA for three months as of Sunday, so a replacement really doesn't seem to be an option for me :/
Thanks in advance
You could always try a different Kernel, I think Franco's Kernel has an option to boost the volume of the speaker, maybe that would work for you? It wouldn't hurt to try
Would that be the equivalent of using Volume+? Because I'm obviously rooted and unlocked and tried Volume+ too to no avail.
Nope the Kernel has a lot more control than any software would. I also recommend AudioManager (One word if searching Play for it) and just make sure all of your individual volumes are maxed out before you flash Franco's Kernel.
Try flashing aokp build 38 and franco kernel nightly 175 and see how loud it is then.
Make sure you wipe data / cache / system / dalvik from recovery before switching to new roms.
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android01 said:
Try flashing aokp build 38 and franco kernel nightly 175 and see how loud it is then.
Make sure you wipe data / cache / system / dalvik from recovery before switching to new roms.
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You have to actually enable the volume boost..
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hi guys,
I've got the same issue with the paranoid android rom.
I've tried to reflashed the rom many time while wiping cahe, dalvik cache and factory reset.
I haven't tried yet to flash a different kernel but I will do now ^^
Going to flash to AOKP right now and then flash Franco's kernel. Will post with info.
The kernel is what has the volume boost and you have to enable it.
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I had the same issue but found out that my hand was covering it father I move my hand wow loud enough for me lol
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Where do I enable the volume boost after I flash the kernal? I'm on Franco's now and I don't see anywhere to boost the volume.
Its not my hand, in order to hear anything at all the speaker has to be by my ear..
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Where do I enable the volume boost after I flash the kernal? I'm on Franco's now and I don't see anywhere to boost the volume.
Its not my hand, in order to hear anything at all the speaker has to be by my ear..
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The volume boost is enabled in francos kernel app. Its in the market or on his signature.
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ifly4vamerica said:
The volume boost is enabled in francos kernel app. Its in the market or on his signature.
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That only increases the volume a miniscule amount-i got more of an increase from volume+
yeah it didn't boost it much for me either, i was just telling you where it was.
IMO After updating to 4.0.4 the volume was horribly low. Got Volume+ the free one because the paid is just not worth it, Anything above +4 is just plain blah and your phone tends to sound like its underwater. Also anything above CM9 M4 and franco kernel 175+ has an epic increase to the volume (You may have to restart and don't forget to change from MusicFX to Volume+). I remember being in a meeting and had confidence that the volume wouldn't be THAT loud, Unfortunately the echo in the room + the embarrassment proved me wrong after franco NB r175. Was highly pleased I went and got the paid app and enabled the Audio Quality mod. Now the phone's bearable.
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IMO After updating to 4.0.4 the volume was horribly low. Got Volume+ the free one because the paid is just not worth it, Anything above +4 is just plain blah and your phone tends to sound like its underwater. Also anything above CM9 M4 and franco kernel 175+ has an epic increase to the volume (You may have to restart and don't forget to change from MusicFX to Volume+). I remember being in a meeting and had confidence that the volume wouldn't be THAT loud, Unfortunately the echo in the room + the embarrassment proved me wrong after franco NB r175. Was highly pleased I went and got the paid app and enabled the Audio Quality mod. Now the phone's bearable.
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Even with Franco 178 and aokp build 38, volume+ paid I still can't hear anything unless my ear is touching the back of the phone. I can't hear phone calls at all
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Even with Franco 178 and aokp build 38, volume+ paid I still can't hear anything unless my ear is touching the back of the phone. I can't hear phone calls at all
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That's pretty weird, maybe it is just a hardware problem. Mine didn't increase substantially with franco kernel but it is still plenty loud for me to hear in almost all cases.
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That's pretty weird, maybe it is just a hardware problem. Mine didn't increase substantially with franco kernel but it is still plenty loud for me to hear in almost all cases.
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I don't know. I'm thinking that if I had access to an apk that could infinitely increase the volume I would be able to fix the problem because it does increase with volume+ but not to an audible volume
For what it's worth, I use GLaDOS kernel and have never used Franco. With the GLaDOS control app if I give the volume boost a +1 the headset becomes too loud at Max volume. Speaker has always been fine, maybe you got a lemon :/
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joshnichols189 said:
For what it's worth, I use GLaDOS kernel and have never used Franco. With the GLaDOS control app if I give the volume boost a +1 the headset becomes too loud at Max volume. Speaker has always been fine, maybe you got a lemon :/
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How high can you put the volume on that then, how many numbers are there if you're at +1
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Speaker volume is too quiet on galaxy nexus?
Fyi..
Volume+ works great and boosts the audio no probs. Just go up a level at a time.
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Not working at all for me. Force closing. Any tips?
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NatTheCat said:
Not working at all for me. Force closing. Any tips?
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Not really... re install? I'm using v1.8.0.4 latest from market.
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Not working at all for me. Force closing. Any tips?
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Make sure you are getting Volume+ and not Volume Control +
Do you have to be rooted for Volume+ to work?
i tried to use that on my transformer and it never worked.
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Fyi..
Volume+ works great and boosts the audio no probs. Just go up a level at a time.
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Are you talking about "Volume+ Free" or "Volume++"? Two different apps by 2 different devs.
anyone found one that works?
This one works for me.
Audio Manager also works for me and was the first application I used. I found that system volume was at level 2 out of 7 and it was almost as if the system volume setting is hidden within ICS actual settings.
However, even after setting it to 7/7; it still wasn't loud enough. This is why I installed Volume+ as above.
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This one works for me.
Audio Manager also works for me and was the first application I used. I found that system volume was at level 2 out of 7 and it was almost as if the system volume setting is hidden within ICS actual settings.
However, even after setting it to 7/7; it still wasn't loud enough. This is why I installed Volume+ as above.
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cheers.. ill give them a go
Will using one of these apps to boost the volume eventually damage the speakers? Or why is installing an app for this necessary?
The default maximum volume on the speakers is ridiculously low.
I tried Volume+ Free. This free version limits the boost to +4 instead of the max +7, but +4 seems to make a huge difference already. And it seems to work even though the installer says it only works on Android 2.3.
Do we need root for this volume apps?
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Do we need root for this volume apps?
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No. And I have to write more because No was to short a post.
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Fyi..
Volume+ works great and boosts the audio no probs. Just go up a level at a time.
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Thanks for this.
I've had my GN for about 3 hours now and the ring tone volume was the very first thing I tried out, just to see just how loud it was. It was pretty low. I promptly purchased this app and it has brought up the volume to a more than acceptable level. The phone is actually loud now.
I currently have it set to 9 in volume+. I can't imagine going all the way up to 15 as it's loud enough. What did you raise yours to?
Great App! Worth the money.
Ditto on Volume+...so much louder!
I had to get the paid version because it seemed like the free one didn't make any noticeable effect in the ringtone volume for me on my GNexus. I've currently got it set at 9 on Volume+ and that finally seems to have made it loud enough for me (but I still have to crank the phone's volume almost to the max to have it loud enough to hear in noisy areas).
Doesn't do anything for me. Tried the paid version turned all the way up +15, makes no difference in volume...
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Doesn't do anything for me. Tried the paid version turned all the way up +15, makes no difference in volume...
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+1. No difference.
Ive noticed when you crank it past 9 it doesn't work, maybe a safety feature to ensure your speaker doesn't blow.. try it on 8 and 9
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I had to get the paid version because it seemed like the free one didn't make any noticeable effect in the ringtone volume for me on my GNexus. I've currently got it set at 9 on Volume+ and that finally seems to have made it loud enough for me (but I still have to crank the phone's volume almost to the max to have it loud enough to hear in noisy areas).
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Speaker volume is one of the things I am nervous about on the Nexus, I do use my phone as a alarm clock and speakerphone during conference calls. I've seen quite a few reviews where the reviewer thought the speaker was too quiet. At least it's comforting to know the volume can be boosted to an acceptable level for some people using software. I wonder if the VZW version will offer any improvements in this area.
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+1. No difference.
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It's a quirky little App. You have to keep trying it. There were a couple times where it stopped working for me, then when I came back later on it was working again.
Here's what to do, open up a song in your music player so you have something playing in the background. Then open up Volume+ & enable speaker modifications. Now try changing the volume levels. Go from like 3 to 8, if it's working you will notice a change instantly. If it doesn't work, try rebooting and/or un/re-installing and trying again. As others have said, I can set the volume all the way up to 10 maybe even 11, but any higher and nothing will happen. So don't over do it and hit 15 cause you won't notice any difference.
Honestly, without this app this phone would have been close to deal break territory for me.
I'm on 4.0.1, build ITL41F . My ringer volume/notification volume is ok. But my system sound (screen clicks, keyboard clicks, lock/unlock clicks) can barely be heard. I've tried 3rd party sound managers and increased system sound to the max, but still can hardly hear the sounds. Anyone with the same problem or know of a fix ?
I use the external speaker to listen to podcasts while doing work around the house... I swear the GN's speaker is half the volume of the Droid's.
It's a hardware thing. The speaker on all Samsung phones are weak.
I dont think thats true. The sgs2 has an extremely loud speaker.
My SGS2 too has very loud speakers. So i'm still having this system sound volume problem with my GN. Again, ringer/notification is ok, just system sound clicks..etc..
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My SGS2 too has very loud speakers. So i'm still having this system sound volume problem with my GN. Again, ringer/notification is ok, just system sound clicks..etc..
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I dont know what volume managers youve used before, but you need to root and use volume+ to set it to +8 or +9
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I dont know what volume managers youve used before, but you need to root and use volume+ to set it to +8 or +9
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You don't need root for volume +
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I'm on 4.0.1, build ITL41F . My ringer volume/notification volume is ok. But my system sound (screen clicks, keyboard clicks, lock/unlock clicks) can barely be heard. I've tried 3rd party sound managers and increased system sound to the max, but still can hardly hear the sounds. Anyone with the same problem or know of a fix ?
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I think the system sounds are meant to be faint in ICS,It makes sense,I wouldn't want the clicks & what not to be any louder although having control over the system sound would be nice so if you did want it louder that would be possible
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wayneb02 said:
You don't need root for volume +
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you need root to do +8 and above...
andy2na said:
you need root to do +8 and above...
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So me going to +8 is making no difference since im not rooted yet?
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Is there any app that would allow an un-rooted gnex to have louder volume over a wired headset for phone calls?
Very very very simple solution. Get the free Equalizer app from the market. Problem solved.
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No you do not! You need root only to modify on call volume which on this phone is fine to begin with.
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Equilizer app does increase the system volume ! Thx !
I looked thru the kernel code and could not find any audio driver to tweak the audio levels. On the nexus one you could tweak value in the kernel to boost all volumes. No such luck with this kernel though.
I'll stick with equalizer app for now I guess. I'll try volume+ too.
So here is my story , 2 roms behind I was on 4.0.4 rooted which was kind of slow for , then I moved to KANG CM9 it was very fast and stable BUT I always listen to music on my phone either stream radio or MP3 the problem is once I make a call or open web brwoser anything... the audio goes down lets say audio is at full and I make a call with headset on on FULL VOLUME it's like 30% when it is how it's suppose to be...
how I get around this?
1) text msg notifcation fixes the VOLUME , I text myself so idont have to wait for other people to text back
2) fix #2 reebot phone with HEADSET on on the beggining
Kernel: franco kernel
rom: gummy nex 081
Note: when I first installed gummy nex it was not happening I think it might be due to franco kernel and volume hack? I am really clueless and no one wants to help me )
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So here is my story , 2 roms behind I was on 4.0.4 rooted which was kind of slow for , then I moved to KANG CM9 it was very fast and stable BUT I always listen to music on my phone either stream radio or MP3 the problem is once I make a call or open web brwoser anything... the audio goes down lets say audio is at full and I make a call with headset on on FULL VOLUME it's like 30% when it is how it's suppose to be...
how I get around this?
1) text msg notifcation fixes the VOLUME , I text myself so idont have to wait for other people to text back
2) fix #2 reebot phone with HEADSET on on the beggining
Kernel: franco kernel
rom: gummy nex 081
Note: when I first installed gummy nex it was not happening I think it might be due to franco kernel and volume hack? I am really clueless and no one wants to help me )
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I would have to agree and say that Franco's volume hack is messing something up. Try a different kernel. It's been noted that the hack does some funky things sometimes... for example, back a few releases ago when it was first implemented, when I plugged in an audio jack into my phone, it would act as if I'm taking an audio jack in and out every 2 seconds. Newer releases have fixed this for me, but it still might be buggy for some users.
its fixed installed minimalistic kernel
what sucks is that I paid for the franco kernel app... oh well
Thanks!!
same thing was happening to me, fixed it by using the franco.kernel updater app, going to settings, selecting 'increase maximum sound volume' and entering 15. Bit of a weird bug, but if you wanted to hang on to the franco kernel there's your solution
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same thing was happening to me, fixed it by using the franco.kernel updater app, going to settings, selecting 'increase maximum sound volume' and entering 15. Bit of a weird bug, but if you wanted to hang on to the franco kernel there's your solution
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Thanks for that! since I paid for the updater I guess I can always go back..
I can feel more smoothnes with minimalistic kernel , I am heavy texter especially in that area!
and wouldn't increasing the volume mess up quality? I always use 320 KBPS .mp3 though. Anyways thanks again
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Thanks for that! since I paid for the updater I guess I can always go back..
I can feel more smoothnes with minimalistic kernel , I am heavy texter especially in that area!
and wouldn't increasing the volume mess up quality? I always use 320 KBPS .mp3 though. Anyways thanks again
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I don't know how his app reads it...
But "15" is stock volume level max.
Yea I'm pretty sure it doesn't actually increase the volume but entering default 15 ensures the max volume doesn't drop when a notification comes through. Worked for me anyway.
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Curious what you guys who use Volume+ use as settings...particularly In-Call Settings. I have pretty poor, low volume on in coming calls and decided to buy Volume+ to try and help the issue.
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Hi,
However, I have a problem~When I talk to someone on my galaxy nexus, someone else's voice is very low, how do I use your app to resolve it
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From Meltus:
You can't.
Google do not allow us to alter the in-call volume, I'm afraid.
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http://androidaudiohacks.com/forum/
Just experiment with it by increasing it by one each time. I used it for a while for the external speaker (in call has always been fine for me) but as co pilot is quite loud I didn't need it anymore but it is possible to blow the speakers on this thing so be careful oh, n I never used the eq settings, just the Max volume
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Hi,
From Meltus:
http://androidaudiohacks.com/forum/
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There is a setting for In-Call volume though..what's it for then? I'm confused.
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Re,
At one point it was more or less to a state test,now it seems it doesn't work,at least on ICS.
If you want to test it,backup your rom or at least your build.prop.If I remember right some users have encountered some issues...
The option is still here...Because Meltus has not removed it or maybe it works for Gingerbread...
I use volume+ at 7 only for speaker and not for headset. It works well.
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About the In-call settings:
The in-call settings are VERY experimental, as explained in the warning screen. It also explains that a backup is HIGHLY recommended for this exact reason.
To restore your settings, you can either just reflash your current ROM (without clearing settings). This will restore the build.prop. This can cause problems on certain ROMs however.
Another method is to pull the build.prop from your phone (system/build.prop), edit to file to your desired value and then push it back to your phone.
Or, you can use a file manager to edit to file directly. There's many methods to altering system files, all will work fine!
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It's from Meltus (the dev of Volume+).
Volume+ doesn't work with call volume, only all other audio. At least currently, maybe call volume is coming soon. Its different for each phone.
Hello, I'm using PAC nightly from May 16, been using an alpha build from April 16 before that and I'm loving PAC! The only thing I can't seem to figure out is the headset volume. 70% of the time I use my phone is to listen to music. The overall volume level on PAC is a bit low for me, even with the safe listening volume setting disabled and volume maxed out I keep wishing for more. I'm on Galaxy S3 International if that matters, but I don't think it does - I've been using CM10 and 11 previously and some of their builds went way louder (I updated pretty much every week to the latest nightly and the max volume varied with every build). So I know it's not the hardware maximum volume that's keeping me down. I'd like to ask if there is an option / setting anywhere which would allow me to increase the maximum volume. It would have to be something deep down in the system I guess, I don't actually think there's a "Make louder" button hidden somewhere in the settings.. When I crank the preamp of my Poweramp the sound distorts, which to me suggests the sound levels in the software are okay, and then they get clamped by an audio driver / kernel / something like that.. I'm a linux user, so I'm comfy with shell & digging in system files, but I'm no Android expert, so I dunno where to start looking. Could anyone please help out?
I have the same issue while on calls ..guess they don't have solution for this
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