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Here are the alarms and ringtones from Windows Phone 7 from the latest emulator build. They were created by taking Long Zheng's video, extracting the sound and cutting it. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzrgGWYYZwU&feature=player_embedded)
Thanks to Anudeep for helping out!
Microsoft need to put many other style (no?). Because it's near to be all same sound!
G-ThGraf said:
Microsoft need to put many other style (no?). Because it's near to be all same sound!
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I would be shocked if they don't. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if none of these are even in the final build. This is a beta emulator. Content like ring tones and alarms are extremely easy to add at the last second and often is so that they can keep it close to the vest.
Yes sure, i know but i was surprised when i heard these ringtones so i underline it
They're all from the same instrument.
I think these are just here for demonstration purposes. MS should know the deep hole the need to climb out of, and how important that each element of their new platform need to be, down to the most insignificant alarm sound.
Two Step is my current ringtone. That one actually isn't too bad
bugsykoosh said:
Two Step is my current ringtone. That one actually isn't too bad
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Yeah, upon hearing all of the ring tones, Two Step was the only one that actually sounded different... and good! Wouldn't be surprised if it makes the final cut
i took alarm 12 cut it in half and amplified it to use as my text ringtone
thx,but it sounds all the same.haha
Nice post
lol, it sounded like 4 keys of the piano just played in different orders. In that case, we'd have 24 alerts/ringtones.
Windows Phone 7 Key press sounds
I'm for the windows phone 7 oryginal keypress sounds. I use HD2 and i want to replace it for WP7 sound.
Could make a pack of these files for me?
Be very grateful
Request for update - can somebody gather all ringtones and alarm sounds form latest Tango ROM/emulator and if possible also custom NOkia/HTC/Samsung ringtones and alarm sounds and make them downloadable? Thanks
Thank you so much
can anyone tell me where the ringtones are in sys inside roms?
also how i might beable to set registry for default boot up sound?
and how i might beable to add another oem to the ringtone list?
curantly i have
windows phone
htc
in ringtone list i would like to add another catagory
oddly the nokia package installs its ringtomnes in the htc catagory!
i would like to orgnize and make nokia catagory as well!
Hey all, I saw a couple threads on this, but I found this and thought that it would clear up some of the confusion for making custom ringtones on a NON-Dev unlocked version of Mango.
http://windowsphonesecrets.com/2011/06/28/custom-ringtone-support-in-mango-explained/
I used Audacity and the lame_enc.dll file to make a short ringtone mp3 and then moved it to my phone in the newer version of Zune. After that, I right-clicked on the file and went to edit and manually changed the genre to "Ringtone" (yes, with a capital 'R'). From that point, it did NOT show up in my music on my phone but appeared under the word "Custom" in my ringtone selection. This was actually relatively painless and pretty cool. Hope this tutorial helps people using the Non-Dev Unlocked Mango.
Red.
Samsung Focus
Mango Beta2 Non Dev Unlocked
All thanks to XDA as usual.
A perhaps easier way than using some software to cut the MP3 would be to simply use a webbased service like http://cutmp3.net/
Most people won't need the additional capabilities of audacity and for a few files this non-install version will do.
Microsoft engineer burn their head... 39 sec... really suck idea....
after re-contract i will change to android
Hi, is it possible to have a custom ringotne for a new text message?
jogabonitos said:
Hi, is it possible to have a custom ringotne for a new text message?
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ringtones yes, notifications not yet...
iwantnokia said:
Microsoft engineer burn their head... 39 sec... really suck idea....
after re-contract i will change to android
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Well if that's all the reason you need to leave WP7, then I don't even want to imagine what you'll do with all the issues with android
iwantnokia said:
Microsoft engineer burn their head... 39 sec... really suck idea....
after re-contract i will change to android
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What does that first part mean? I mean beyond the glaring error of the plural pronoun with a singular antecedent, what are you trying to say with the whole "burn their head" thing?
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munkeyphyst said:
What does that first part mean? I mean beyond the glaring error of the plural pronoun with a singular antecedent, what are you trying to say with the whole "burn their head" thing?
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LOL!!!!!!!!!!
Probably already an Android user... hence the limited vocabulary!!! LOL!!!
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after re-contract i will change to android
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Bye Android fanboy, you wont be missed.
If you like the phone fine but these type of comments...just go away
May I make a suggestion for you ? Go to your local craigslist, list your phone for sale or trade, get a Android phone and stop trolling the WIndows Phone 7 areas...
Create ringtones on Mango:
Create your own ringtones so you can match your jingle to your mood, or match just the right tune to your contacts. Just make sure the audio file is:
• In MP3 or WMA format.
• Less than 40 seconds.
• Less than 1 MB.
To make any file that fits these criteria into a ringtone on a PC, all you have to do is assign it the genre of "ringtone" in the Zune software. If you don't have the Zune software on your computer, see Install the Zune software.
To create a ringtone using the Zune software
1 Open the Zune software and find the file you want to turn into a ringtone.
2 Right-click the file, and then click Edit.
3 In the GENRE list, click or type Ringtone, then click OK.
4 Connect your phone to your computer using a cable, and then sync the file to your phone
Wish Microsoft would have added custom ringtones when they first released the OS. Simple mishaps like this has caused major blows to this platform in my point of view. I like the fluidity and overall look of WP7 but its lacking essential features. So I bound to head back to android or WM6.5.
That capability existed in the original release of software - it was briefly documented on the earliest versions of the Windows Phone manual posted on the AT&T site, however, for whatever reason it was not available to users in the released version of the phones. No info whether that was due to Microsoft changing their mind, or the carriers optioning that feature out.
...and I clearly need to change my .sig - it is soooo out of date!
I Wonder if there is a way to use builtin ringtones as Textmessage tone - i would like to use the Sound 'portal'...
Ludacris said:
I Wonder if there is a way to use builtin ringtones as Textmessage tone - i would like to use the Sound 'portal'...
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Builtin as ringtones, MAY be possible but they have to be in WMA format. You'll have to create a WMA, copy it to the ISOStore of one of the apps on the phone using Windows Phone Power Tools then use WP7 Root Tools 0.7 to copy it to the \Windows directory. From there you'll have to rename one of the Alert-xx.wma files to something else and rename your wma to Alert-xx.wma. It should work. I changed my Alert-06 for my e-mail to be the old "You've Got mail" sound from AOL
Alternatively, use the Advanced Config for WP7 Mango tool (on TouchXperience). Requires interop-unlock, of course, but provides a nice interface that lets you set the registry keys controlling various sounds to whatever sound files you have installed.
The only catch is that if you open the Sound control panel, it'll reset to some default. If you rename an alert file and then copy the file that you want to use into the name of the renamed file (using WP7 Root Tools, TouchXplorer, or a provxml file) then you can use the control panel directly.
That one didn't work for me (HTC Trophy) - The Text Message Sound is then Set to "None" and I dont get any Sound
Did you open the control panel after running Advanced Config, like I specifically said not to do lest your changes be reset to defaults?
No, there wasn't any tone before I went to the controlpanel. That was the reason why I went there later
iwantnokia said:
Microsoft engineer burn their head... 39 sec... really suck idea....
after re-contract i will change to android
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If you want Nokia, you won't find it with android...
Hey guys,
I'm looking for an app that can change the sound of the onscreen keyboard. When you press the buttons?
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
i don't know of any. what i do instead is download go keyboard from the market and go into "sound and vibration" settings. they have sounds from all the major manufacturers' keyboards as well as extra sound packs available for download like instruments, animals, etc.
hope this helps.
Not sure either, but most custom keyboards allow you to edit how loud the sounds are.
You have you go into your ROM and add a different sound. Pretty simple actually though I've never tried it so I'm not to say for sure that it'll work. Secondly I don't know if it works for the HW Keyboard or both.
1: Pick a few sounds you want to hear when typing. You'll need 4 different sounds.
HTML:
Navigate to:
/system/media/audio/ui
Delete:
KeypressDelete.ogg
KeypressReturn.ogg
KeypressSpacebar.ogg
KeypressStandard.ogg
Now those 4 sounds you picked out, rename them to the the names of the files you just deleted. The function of each sound should be self explanatory from the names. Now copy or move those to /system/media/audio/ui. just in case, set the permissions and ownership to make sure they work correctly.
*I don't know if they files *have* to be in ogg format - a low/medium bitrate mp3 should suffice, wma is probably a bad idea though.
Now reboot and enjoy. Let me know how it works.
Welcome to Part II of the basics of ROM building.
If you have not had a chance yet, please check out this link. This should be followed after all of the "files" are gotten from the first part of this Trilogy of tutorials. Okay enough Lord of the Rings, the true trilogy (nerd reference may be criticized below, I preferred the matrix until the third one lol) I digress.
So, we have the files we downloaded them, Red bull/Rockstar/Monster/Bawls, whatever your legal poison. Let's set up working directories.
Organization is critical to the development process. I mean, I only realized this after I started modifying. I mean wow, it was so much easier once I started to record notes and logs.
To begin, always go to a root of a hard drive
Create a folder called
Rom
Tools and then create a new folder called Smali and APKTOOL
Multimedia and then create a new folder called Pictures and Sounds
So we have created 5 folders, do you need 5? No. Do you need 20? It doesn't matter, do what you are comfortable with. It is about staying organized.
Take the ROM you have selected from the first Basics Rom Tutorial. I assume for (hint hint) simplicities sake you chose a DeOdexed rom version of the Sprint S3 MD4 rom. Freeza Thank you. It will be in a zip file
Called: MD4_update_FULL_DeOdex.zip
Rename it to MD4.zip, feel free to call it whatever you want (remember feel comfortable). I will refer to it as MD4 from now on for simplicities sake.
So you have 7-zip installed right? Uh Oh, check, make sure that is ready to go before we start.
I cannot go into that tutorial because....well come onnnnnnn is it really that hard to press next 10 times or less ?
Extract all the files to MD4_Version_1
Oh yeah, we will be making hundreds of versions if you want. Trust me later down the line, after each mod is good, you can just continue naming them in increments. But version control should always be implemented in case you mess something up. So the logic is:
Make 1 mod or set of mods, try mod, if it works keep using that version as your base version and keep going until you are ready to try it again. Mind you it is time consuming but the only way you truly learn this backwards art of reverse engineering.
So lets look at this disaster. I mean it's overwhelming so do not think you are King of the Hill or Any hill. Maybe a mole hill because this a very complicated system in front of us.
Let's analyze the anatomy, BTW, I do not even know what everything does or is, but by all means, ask questions and we will find out. A forum is meant to voice opinions and feedback to those opinions.
The root folder has 2 folders and 2 files
META-INF
system
boot.img
installbusybox
The META-INF folder is extremely important. It contains useful information about signatures and is very necessary for android to" say its official software" remember the idea of this folder, not its contents. I do not mess with this META-INF but there are so many all over the place down the road that we will need to know it plays an important role.
The system folder has every file that we are going to modify, we will hit this folder harder than a head crab being hit by another "delay" at Valve.
The boot.img is an important file for booting up android. We will not be touching that right now. Can you? Sure but hell, don't bother with it for this tutorial. If you know all about ROM mods like some of our bad-ass developers ( yes Cyanogen all of you are badass), Stop reading get to better pastures.
The installbusybox should be there for tools for ROM modifications. It is basically a set of functions that makes Android have teeth. I will not be using it right now but we can keep going. The best tools collected into one so do not delete or modify
Lets get to the meat, the big shabang, the wholy mole(for my Latin friends), the kabosh(for whoever knows what that is)
System
The sub folders are:
app: Contains all the apps that come with the ROM. Remember android operates by utilizing apps for different functions. Modify the files in here can be good and bad, we can make the best tweaks ever here or ruin everything. Be very careful, I have had boot hangs happen to these files
bin: This folder appears mysterious but it contains important files, the binary files. Complexity gets checked right here. This folder is extremely sensitive, I have not modified this folder just yet but when I feel like bricking my phone like a gravity gun dropping combine soldiers, I will get to this asap.
cameradata: Contains important files for camera raw data to JPEG conversion, I do not mod this folder.
csc: This is a jewel, it contains Consumer Software Customization. It has multiple XML files that can be edited and modified critical settings for various functions. Very nice to start your ROM customization here, but not the easiest, lets ease in with another folder first.
etc: This folder contains critical data storage. It has things like the hosts file which will allows you to block ads(cough cough, youtube) and many other files. This folder can brick your phone. Lets not get crazy here...yet
fonts: Pretty obvious, fonts for the ROM, oh and it requires True Type Fonts so contact your local free repository for those.
framework: This folder is an important folder, almost just as important as the app folder
hdic: Language files they are based off the first 2 initials of the language. Not affecting anyone if we are not trying to pinch each ROM's size down to the bare minimum
lib: Library folder, this has files with extension .SO, they will contain libraries of information for different functions. For example, how to take a "Best Pose" picture mode would have functions in this folder as well as other areas of the rom.
media: Contains the most obvious of sounds and a prime location for android universal sounds and bootimages. The bootimages is a touchy subject, the files are Samsung proprietary which makes them useless to us for modification, but we can make the puppet dance one way or another. The sounds, however, are key as we can isolate sounds when the phone starts up, or mute certain camera functions here, we can even make it sound like all of your favorite games(Yes I did, Mechwarrior boot sounds are acceptable, F.E.A.R. sound effects and some DOOM noises added for ambiance and of course Half life 2 noises for complete nerdgasm)
T9DB: This folder contains T9 predictive text in I believe 3 languages: English, Spanish and Korean, can you get rid of 2 of these sure, but expect problems if you decide later you need them. I mean they are not that large in size but at the same time, everyone has their own way of doing things
tts: This folder houses the Text to Speech programs. They suck. I am sorry but they do, SVOX is better, I love IVONA personally. I always like a british women to wake me up and tell me I am late. But that's me.
usr: This folder is not really meant for us to modify as it has to do with the keyboard layout, grammar recognition and customization. Realistically though, I use Swiftkey and call it a day. So do not hate me if I do not bother with mucking around here. It is useful to some I am sure but nothing I want to dabble in. But by all means, it can be useful for setting well Settings.
vendor: Contains library and binary files for certain features from the vendor, I would say camera related but I do not care for this folder just like people really hated the HEV suit announcing all of its amazing features, are you kidding me that was the best part. Yes I fell 100 feet, please let me know about my fracture and how this suit somehow repaired it. It might have well said "Oww". Nothing wrong with that.
voicebargeindata: From my understanding, Svoice related. No need to bother, that feature is about as useful as a Crowbar in a Gun Fight.
vsc: Version Software Control
wakeupdata: Acoustic and Grammar models contains several languages as well
xbin: Has busy box and Super User, a useful tool to become well super.
build.prop: Very sensitive file that is magical and detrimental. There is a lot of false promises on performance with this one. We will dig through this one carefully.
CSCVersion.txt: Should have the model number of your phone
SW_Configuration.xml XML file with more model number configuration
Please feel free to let me know what is understood or not.
This run down allows us to attack the appropriate folders for the next parts
Before we even begin with the complicated mods, let's attack the basic mods first.
The media Folder then go to audio, there is 4 folders
alarms
notifications
ringtones
ui
The first 3 folders you can place anything you want inside. They each correspond to the default ringtones you would like in the phone. I recommend using .ogg files or .mp3 files, you can use Audacity to modify your sounds. Sometimes the length of the sound plays an important role. Short sounds should be kept short for a reason. If you play a noise and its barely half a second, do not make it 4 seconds long because it will sound ridiculous longer than what is meant to sound. Taking a picture while hearing Puff Daddy's Come with Me can be quite awkward but hey its all about your ROM, your choice, your likes. Who the hell is going to tell you that you cannot have a sound of a crowbar whacking a headcrab while in the middle of a busy subway.....besides the police. This works similarly to the situation of ringtones, keep them full blown songs and I have noticed some lag. Do not be discouraged, but most modern phones end the call after about 30 seconds. This time limit has to do with how long the phone is takes to find the phone and ping it. Of course, I safely recommend 45 seconds of your song to cover yourself.
Take note that there are 3 files in these folders that are set to default (ringtone, alarm and notification). We can change that with the build.prop but that's after we mess with the ui folder that contains the User Interface Sounds.
Alert_on_call.ogg: An Alert when you are on call. This should be subtle noise
Auto_focus.ogg: Tricky one, I modified this, still makes an auto focus noise. Clearly a trick has been devised
Auto_focus_error.ogg: Same as above
Call_Connect.ogg: When the call first connects
Cam_Start.ogg: Video Recorder start noise
Cam_Stop.ogg: Video Recorder stops noise
camera_click.ogg: Camera Click noise
Camera_click_short.ogg: Camera Click noise
Camera_empty.ogg: Camera related
camera_focus.ogg: Tricksie this one is, mute and still makes noise, will discuss where noise is coming from
Camera_Timer.ogg: Timer for camera countdown
Camera_Timer_2sec.ogg: 2 Second timer
Charger_Connection.ogg: When you plug in your phone to charging port
Dialer_new.ogg: Tricky one will get to later
Dock.ogg: When you put the phone on dock, useful to distinguish from charger_connection.ogg
Effect_Tick.ogg: I have heard it whilst changing pictures but not sure
Highlight.ogg: I Silenced it, and "I dont know whhhyyy"( Can you guess which comedian said this line and if you know it say it in his voice)
HoverPointer.ogg: I Silenced it, and "I dont know whhhyyy"( Can you guess which comedian said this line and, if you know it, say it in his voice)
Insert.ogg: Google Voice Noise
KeypressDelete.ogg: Default keyboard, I do not use this
KeypressReturn.ogg: Default keyboard, I do not use this
KeypressSpacebar.ogg: Default keyboard, I do not use this
KeypressStandard.ogg: Default keyboard, I do not use this
Lock.ogg: When you press the power button and it instantly locks. This noise will play. Mechwarrior noise here
LowBattery.ogg: Doom low amm noise here to indicate I should have brought a charger becuase my battery is low
New_chat.ogg: Chat software related, I got rid of that junk but thats for another tutorial
PowerOff.ogg: Most people silence this as it is the noise that powers off the phone, I got creative here but you do not have to.
PowerOn.ogg: Most people silence this as it is the noise that powers on the phone, I got creative here but you do not have to.
S_HW_Touch.ogg: The HW indicates Hardware touch, basically the buttons and any touch screen action
S_SIP_Backspace.ogg: Backspace stuff
Sent_chat.ogg: See New_chat.ogg
Shutter.ogg: Silence this for sure if you do not want noise but really silence everything camera related here and it wont be 100%. So just do it
Shutter_multiple.ogg: Burst shot related
TW_Battery_caution.ogg: Any TW has to do with TouchWiz related actions. This one is for battery
TW_Call_Disconnect.ogg: The tricky thing is, some of these are controlled by another piece of software, this one is one of them
TW_Error.ogg:
TW_Silent_mode_off.ogg:
TW_SIP.ogg: Sounds like the default tapping sound for the rom's built in keyboard
TW_Touch.ogg: The default TouchWiz touch noise. Tricky little one this was as I had to verify there was no other location for the droplet noise, it turns out there is, so stay tuned as we dig into the apps and locate where the rest of the sounds are
TW_Unlock_Glass.ogg: Gallery Noises for file management
TW_Unlock_Puzzle.ogg: Gallery Noises for file management, not sure why I heard these exact noises in the gallery app other than they are linked
TW_Volume_control.ogg: The volume rocker button on the side, i mean logically there is only one choice, the Half Life 1 Medical Bay MedShot sound, okay maybe too annoying sure, but bada$$
Undock.ogg: Removing the phone from the dock that so few of us get because you know it doesn't fit my big case, or expanded battery or whatever. You know what, custom solutions are too expensive but trust me people do make the docks that accommodate bigger cases
Unlock.ogg: When you type in your Pin/Password/Pattern, the sound that it makes to unlock
VideoRecord.ogg: Camera video start recording noise, of course, I silenced this one as well
So this takes care of some of the noises, the problem is, Samsung software actually hides the rest of the noises. They are actually hidden away in the APK files in the system/app folder. Do not worry, in future parts of this Discovery channel special on Black Mesa, we will be investigating why they detonated a nuke in the first place if it didnt do anything to stop the invasion. I mean future parts of this series
So where do we go now? Well modify the sounds you want or add the ringtones you want. But something that I felt was important was that certain noises be set when I reboot my rom by default. No I do not want that stupid Samsung whistle! NO ONE DOES SAMSUNG!.
Lets set the default sounds on ROM start up, we will need to modify the build.prop file
This file contains an amazingly large set of instructions for the start-up of the phone and features in the phone. it is therefore, very sensitive to screw-ups. Hopefully, notepad++ was installed.
Navigate in Windows to the working directory of your ROM in our case MD4/system/ there is a file there that says build.prop
Let's open that up in notepad++, we should see some intimidating pieces of code or more like lines of text that tell the phone what and when to do something.
A caution to all, the build.prop has been synonymous with words like "increase performance", "maximize battery life" and other claims that are unfortunately sometimes not always true, for every mod someone makes to this file, someone traces the code to a Gingerbread rom that is useless on Jelly Bean, or an old reference to ICS(Ice Cream Sandwich),
I would highly suggest we not dabble too much on this. XDA has some great people who have found great information about the build.prop file. This link, user Chris_84 has put a great Wikipedia together on this so I will not try and explain each one. But there are so many other links that can show a post of good tweaks and bad tweaks and useless tweaks that I will not go into. Let's instead focus on our start-up sounds
The build.prop code we will scroll to with the ctrl+f button should be enough for us to get started is
Code:
ro.config.alarm_alert=
ro.config.ringtone=
ro.config.notification_sound=
Each of these do have a word after the equal sign, which means if you configure the correct file in the correct folder(hint hint) alarm, ringtone,notification folders we talked about earlier, all you have to do is add the name of the file exactly as it appears, please only use .ogg files here. MP3 files also work but you know just do it okay. I don't ask Alex why she never made a move on me, I just know she cant have a meaningful relationship with a guy who doesn't even say hi, that's a little creepy but you know and I know she loves Freeman alright.
As an example, just in case my rant did not make any sense,
let's say you put the following sound in the system/media/audio/ringtones folder kick_push_lupe.ogg
you would put in the code the following
Code:
ro.config.alarm_alert=
ro.config.ringtone=
ro.config.notification_sound=[B]kick_push_lupe.ogg[/B]
And that's how simple that is.
So you say you have ranted on too long. Sure I have, but that's not going to be the end here. We will be modifying the rest of this rom business in the more difficult lesson which is part III, that will take the longest because we want to have fun. And I still have some Freduian issues with my role model Gordon Freeman that I need to bring out. Anyway
Also, before I go, you might ask, how do you execute TEST BATCH ALPHA-TRON!.
Go Back to your Home Folder MD4_Version_1/. You should see the folders we discussed earlier
META-INF
system
boot.img
installbusybox
Select all of those files and right click the mouse button to get a context menu from 7-zip or WinRAR and click Add to archive. Make a ZIP FILE ONLY. You can choose to compress the file if you want, I just click fastest compression options available and proceed.
When the zip file is in hand, I take the file and put it on the SD Card root directory. When it transfers(in about 5 minutes), you can open the CWM (clockworkmod) recovery or the TWRP recovery and install the ROM. Sure I did skip some steps here on how you get these recoveries and the like but this tutorial is about ROM modification and the sort not the super basics, you need those to even be reading these. If you need to get those going, let me know in the comments and we can spool that up in part III.
I do not know how many parts this will take, but it is time consuming, i have to research this stuff and recall my notes. I know the spirit of the guide is in the right place but please be patient. I will not fail you Krypton(YES I LIKED MAN OF STEEL, let the downvotes begin, oh wait not imgur).
I appreciate all feedback, do not get me wrong, and I will work whenever I am free to add as many of these parts as I can. I do want to help anyone out who has their own twist on what they want their ROM to do. It is the least I can do to payback this great community and assist one person or inspire one idea. That is all it took for me to get going, the next part will also have a very heavy hand in taking code from other people for examples of mods. I want to say from now, I did not do any of these codes, I used common sense to implement somehow into my own rom mods. They deserve all credit as they are amazing coders/crackers/hackers/whackers/ whatever you name it they truly deserve the praise. I am just compiling their logic into our ROM that we are building together. And has anyone seen the YouTube channel Vsauce, that channel is AWESOME.
Again, thank you. Very, very helpful.
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Thanks guys, seems you are tracking my every word, I posted the other ones it seems you hit those up as well. Appreciate it and everyone, please let me know if something did not make sense, we got a great pool of people that can help out.
Q: Dear beast.in.black,
I bought my M2 with a lot of great expectations, but I am bitterly disappointed by the lack of volume on the phone speakers; a sparrow's fart is louder than the in-call volume even with my volume controls at maximum.
Due to this issue, I am unable to have dirty phone conversations with my significant other while I am in a crowded place because I am unable to hear what's going on even if I enable the speakerphone and set it at max volume.
Also, my heavy metal music playlist has turned into easy listening elevator music because I can't play it loud enough to make my eardrums bleed like I used to on my old phone, and now all the ear bandages I bought are useless.
I am unable to get used to the feeling of nonbleeding ears and this may cause me and me and me to develop another psychiatric disorder before too long.
Please help me.
(Signed: A desperate M2 user)
A: Dear desperate M2 user,
I too feel your pain because I have been in a similar situation with my M2.
Luckily for me (and now for you), I was able to figure out a way to boost the volume on the phone to allow the max possible volume (as far as I currently know) - if you set the volume control to max - for all applications including call volume.
No volume boost apps are required for this technique!
*** DISCLAIMER *** The procedure required to boost the volume on the phone to the max allowable (at max value of the volume control sliders) requires your phone to be rooted, and involves messing with a critical system file called build.prop, so if you're not comfortable with voiding your warranty and the possibility of damaging your phone, walk away now!
If you choose to continue, you will be solely responsible for any and all consequences and outcomes of your actions - I disavow all responsibility and accountability for you, your phone, your actions, your life and your sanity (or potential lack thereof).
No offense meant. Just standard CYA
Short Answer (for those who know what they're doing):
Edit the file /system/build.prop and comment out the line which starts with ro.config.hw.security_volume so that it looks like this (note the # symbol at the beginning of the line - this is what turns it into a comment instead of an active line of configuration info):
Code:
#ro.config.hw.security_volume=6
Note that the number after the equals sign may be different for you; the above value is what I had on my M2-802L.
You can even delete the line entirely if you're feeling particularly brave - it doesn't seem to have affected anything else on my phone.
Long Answer:
Rambling introduction:
OK, we need to go into some history here.
In days of old, phones had decent volumes if they were manufactured with decent hardware (DSPs, speakers etc), and all was well on this green Earth.
However, some idiot (probably at Apple, they love to do idiotic things in the name of "courage") decided that a phone which you could actually hear stuff out of was gauche, proletarian and unrefined, and that it would be oh-so-much-more upmarket, refined and sophisticated (meaning: "Goshdang! We can charge people a boatload more money and become filthier richer!") if people couldn't actually hear anything out of a device whose primary raison d'être is, you know, communication.
So phones (especially the ones from the more pretentious manufacturers) started artificially limiting their volumes in software even if the hardware was perfectly decent and was actually capable of melting your ears. And thus arose the burgeoning plethora of volume boost apps -some good, some indifferent, some downright nasty.
"But beast.in.black," I hear you cry desperately, "what does all this have to do with me? I just want my phone volume to be loudererer! Enough with the Verbal Kint schtick!! Get to it already!!!"
Well, geez!
Ok then!
Here's what you need to do:
Prerequisites:
Your phone needs to be rooted.
If you're not yet rooted but would like to do this, follow the Rooting guide if you are feeling adventurous and really want this (see DISCLAIMER above).
You need to have a good file explorer on your phone.
I can heartily recommend MiXplorer - it's an open source fully-featured file manager (check out the XDA thread in my link), and is developed and maintained by XDA member HootanParsa. It has a bunch of capabilities including native SMB client support to connect to a share on a Windows machine, and has an inbuilt text editor (which will shortly become rather important, as you'll see).
You need to have a text editor on your phone.
If you install the MiXplorer file manager like I recommended above, it comes with an inbuilt text editor which is more than adequate for the job.
Since I use the vim editor in life, I also personally like to use it on Android phones in its VimTouch avatar. If you don't know what vim is, I suggest that you not find out right now; save it for a more leisurely occasion. Install some other text editor from the play store - whichever one grabs your fancy and can get the job done.
Method:
Using your file manager of choice, navigate to your /system directory.
In the /system directory, you should find a file called build.prop. Select this file in your file manager and open it in a text editor (your file manager should give you various options to open the file, one of which should be the appropriate text editor app).
After the text editor has opened the build.prop file and you can see its contents, search for a line which starts with the following text (I have not shown any text on that line which comes after the word security_volume):
Code:
ro.config.hw.security_volume
*** CAUTION *** Many entries in this file look very similar to each other, and it is very possible that you can end up inadvertently choosing a line of text which is not the correct line. Make doubly sure that you are on the correct line by making certain that the line contains the text security_volume.
Changing the wrong line could lead you to soft-brick your phone, and trust me when I say that dealing with a bricked Huawei phone (especially when Huawei, just to make your life more difficult, has pulled the ROM for your particular model from all their support sites) is a gigantic migraine headache that you most definitely don't want to experience if you can possibly avoid it.
After ensuring that you've found the line of text in the build.prop file which starts with ro.config.hw.security_volume, comment it out by placing a # symbol at the beginning of the line so that the start of the line of text looks like this (note the # symbol at the beginning of the line - this is what turns it into a comment instead of an active line of configuration info):
Code:
#ro.config.hw.security_volume
Note that you can even delete this line entirely if you're feeling particularly brave - it doesn't seem to have affected anything else on my phone. However, since you're following this long version of the answer, I would recommend that you just comment it out for now.
After commenting out the above line of text, save the changes you made (I certainly hope that you didn't change anything else) to the build.prop file.
After making sure that your change to the file was saved correctly, exit the text editor app.
Restart your phone.
Enjoy your new face-melting, ear-blood-inducing, heavy-metal-rocking volume levels :highfive:
Extra fun and profit for experts:
I haven't yet experimented with this myself, but I think that it may be possible to set a custom max volume threshold by varying the numeric value of the ro.config.hw.security_volume config parameter.
On my phone it was set to 6, and I think that perhaps the absolute max value it can take is 10 (denoting full hardware phone volume), although that is a guess (albeit a logical guess) and we need to experiment find the actual range of values that this parameter can take.
Once the range of values is determined, then it would be possible to write an app that could set a custom max volume threshold by varying the value of this parameter as requested by the user.
Enjoy! :cyclops:
I had a the same problem with call volume. In the end the problem was Huawei's obscure software. During a call press the speaker button on the button left. It will double the speaker volume. Simple, but hard to find.
beast.in.black said:
Q: Dear beast.in.black,
I bought my M2 with a lot of great expectations, but I am bitterly disappointed by the lack of volume on the phone speakers; a sparrow's fart is louder than the in-call volume even with my volume controls at maximum.
Due to this issue, I am unable to have dirty phone conversations with my significant other while I am in a crowded place because I am unable to hear what's going on even if I enable the speakerphone and set it at max volume.
Also, my heavy metal music playlist has turned into easy listening elevator music because I can't play it loud enough to make my eardrums bleed like I used to on my old phone, and now all the ear bandages I bought are useless.
I am unable to get used to the feeling of nonbleeding ears and this may cause me and me and me to develop another psychiatric disorder before too long.
Please help me.
(Signed: A desperate M2 user)
A: Dear desperate M2 user,
I too feel your pain because I have been in a similar situation with my M2.
Luckily for me (and now for you), I was able to figure out a way to boost the volume on the phone to allow the max possible volume (as far as I currently know) - if you set the volume control to max - for all applications including call volume.
No volume boost apps are required for this technique!
*** DISCLAIMER *** The procedure required to boost the volume on the phone to the max allowable (at max value of the volume control sliders) requires your phone to be rooted, and involves messing with a critical system file called build.prop, so if you're not comfortable with voiding your warranty and the possibility of damaging your phone, walk away now!
If you choose to continue, you will be solely responsible for any and all consequences and outcomes of your actions - I disavow all responsibility and accountability for you, your phone, your actions, your life and your sanity (or potential lack thereof).
No offense meant. Just standard CYA
Short Answer (for those who know what they're doing):
Edit the file /system/build.prop and comment out the line which starts with ro.config.hw.security_volume so that it looks like this (note the # symbol at the beginning of the line - this is what turns it into a comment instead of an active line of configuration info):
Code:
#ro.config.hw.security_volume=6
Note that the number after the equals sign may be different for you; the above value is what I had on my M2-802L.
You can even delete the line entirely if you're feeling particularly brave - it doesn't seem to have affected anything else on my phone.
Long Answer:
Rambling introduction:
OK, we need to go into some history here.
In days of old, phones had decent volumes if they were manufactured with decent hardware (DSPs, speakers etc), and all was well on this green Earth.
However, some idiot (probably at Apple, they love to do idiotic things in the name of "courage") decided that a phone which you could actually hear stuff out of was gauche, proletarian and unrefined, and that it would be oh-so-much-more upmarket, refined and sophisticated (meaning: "Goshdang! We can charge people a boatload more money and become filthier richer!") if people couldn't actually hear anything out of a device whose primary raison d'être is, you know, communication.
So phones (especially the ones from the more pretentious manufacturers) started artificially limiting their volumes in software even if the hardware was perfectly decent and was actually capable of melting your ears. And thus arose the burgeoning plethora of volume boost apps -some good, some indifferent, some downright nasty.
"But beast.in.black," I hear you cry desperately, "what does all this have to do with me? I just want my phone volume to be loudererer! Enough with the Verbal Kint schtick!! Get to it already!!!"
Well, geez!
Ok then!
Here's what you need to do:
Prerequisites:
Your phone needs to be rooted.
If you're not yet rooted but would like to do this, follow the Rooting guide if you are feeling adventurous and really want this (see DISCLAIMER above).
You need to have a good file explorer on your phone.
I can heartily recommend MiXplorer - it's an open source fully-featured file manager (check out the XDA thread in my link), and is developed and maintained by XDA member HootanParsa. It has a bunch of capabilities including native SMB client support to connect to a share on a Windows machine, and has an inbuilt text editor (which will shortly become rather important, as you'll see).
You need to have a text editor on your phone.
If you install the MiXplorer file manager like I recommended above, it comes with an inbuilt text editor which is more than adequate for the job.
Since I use the vim editor in life, I also personally like to use it on Android phones in its VimTouch avatar. If you don't know what vim is, I suggest that you not find out right now; save it for a more leisurely occasion. Install some other text editor from the play store - whichever one grabs your fancy and can get the job done.
Method:
Using your file manager of choice, navigate to your /system directory.
In the /system directory, you should find a file called build.prop. Select this file in your file manager and open it in a text editor (your file manager should give you various options to open the file, one of which should be the appropriate text editor app).
After the text editor has opened the build.prop file and you can see its contents, search for a line which starts with the following text (I have not shown any text on that line which comes after the word security_volume):
Code:
ro.config.hw.security_volume
*** CAUTION *** Many entries in this file look very similar to each other, and it is very possible that you can end up inadvertently choosing a line of text which is not the correct line. Make doubly sure that you are on the correct line by making certain that the line contains the text security_volume.
Changing the wrong line could lead you to soft-brick your phone, and trust me when I say that dealing with a bricked Huawei phone (especially when Huawei, just to make your life more difficult, has pulled the ROM for your particular model from all their support sites) is a gigantic migraine headache that you most definitely don't want to experience if you can possibly avoid it.
After ensuring that you've found the line of text in the build.prop file which starts with ro.config.hw.security_volume, comment it out by placing a # symbol at the beginning of the line so that the start of the line of text looks like this (note the # symbol at the beginning of the line - this is what turns it into a comment instead of an active line of configuration info):
Code:
#ro.config.hw.security_volume
Note that you can even delete this line entirely if you're feeling particularly brave - it doesn't seem to have affected anything else on my phone. However, since you're following this long version of the answer, I would recommend that you just comment it out for now.
After commenting out the above line of text, save the changes you made (I certainly hope that you didn't change anything else) to the build.prop file.
After making sure that your change to the file was saved correctly, exit the text editor app.
Restart your phone.
Enjoy your new face-melting, ear-blood-inducing, heavy-metal-rocking volume levels :highfive:
Extra fun and profit for experts:
I haven't yet experimented with this myself, but I think that it may be possible to set a custom max volume threshold by varying the numeric value of the ro.config.hw.security_volume config parameter.
On my phone it was set to 6, and I think that perhaps the absolute max value it can take is 10 (denoting full hardware phone volume), although that is a guess (albeit a logical guess) and we need to experiment find the actual range of values that this parameter can take.
Once the range of values is determined, then it would be possible to write an app that could set a custom max volume threshold by varying the value of this parameter as requested by the user.
Enjoy! :cyclops:
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motchamotcha said:
I had a the same problem with call volume. In the end the problem was Huawei's obscure software. During a call press the speaker button on the button left. It will double the speaker volume. Simple, but hard to find.
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If you mean the button with the speaker icon on it, that's actually the speakerphone function. Yes, it does make the call volume louder, but I've found that on a stock ROM it is unfortunately not loud enough to be used as an actual speakerphone especially if there is the slightest bit of noise in the environment