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GN extremely low ringer volume?

Hey everyone, I looked around and didn't see anyone asking about this. Basically I am just needing to know if I need to do a warranty exchange or if the phone is working as designed.
I am coming from a Atrix, and it had the best speaker of any phone over ever had. Now I have the Galaxy nexus and it is very hard for me to hear the phone ring at all, or if I am watching a movie in a room with no noise it, it is hard to hear...
Is this normal? Anyone able to compare it to the Atrix?
Thanks
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ScottRTL said:
Hey everyone, I looked around and didn't see anyone asking about this. Basically I am just needing to know if I need to do a warranty exchange or if the phone is working as designed.
I am coming from a Atrix, and it had the best speaker of any phone over ever had. Now I have the Galaxy nexus and it is very hard for me to hear the phone ring at all, or if I am watching a movie in a room with no noise it, it is hard to hear...
Is this normal? Anyone able to compare it to the Atrix?
Thanks
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You didn't look very hard. It's a known issue. Try volume+ from the market.
Also custom kernels with a volume fix.
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Hmm, apparently not, looking from mobile xda app, might have Bern a little lazier then I should have been,
Thanks!
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Samsung Galaxy SII T989 - Poor Sound

Hi, all,
When I talk on this phone, the sound is very poor... Although not too loud (like other complaints) but the sound crackles at high frequencies... The speakerphone is even worse... If I lower the volume, it gets better but sometimes a low volume won't help me with the conversation.
Is it my phone only or everyone experiences that? Are there any tweaks, settings to fix that ?
Thanks!

My phone seems fine and I haven't heard of this issue yet. Maybe I just haven't read up enough but it might just be that you got a bad phone. Exchanging would be the quickest way to get it replaced
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I don't hear any cackles but the volume is very low even if I make it the highest it can be.

Mine actually sounds pretty good.
exchange it! Maybe you'll get a white one......
SGSII

Sui Generis said:
Hi, all,
When I talk on this phone, the sound is very poor... Although not too loud (like other complaints) but the sound crackles at high frequencies... The speakerphone is even worse... If I lower the volume, it gets better but sometimes a low volume won't help me with the conversation.
Is it my phone only or everyone experiences that? Are there any tweaks, settings to fix that ?
Thanks!
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Am also experiencing this..but not all the time..maybe as time goes on ill exchange it.. Still don't know what's the difference with the white one.
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I have the same thing. I have it on 2 gs2's. Have not found a solution besides exchange.
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jr_718 said:
Am also experiencing this..but not all the time..maybe as time goes on ill exchange it.. Still don't know what's the difference with the white one.
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Just the color. They just rolled them out though, so they should be fresh.
SGSII

Then it gets stained and dirty..
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I'm a fan of the black as well.
SGSII

Increase bluetooth volume and quality

Is there anyway to get louder bluetooth volume on a phone call and better quality.. I had the sammy victory 4g and volume was crazy loud and quality of sound was amazing for a cheap low end phone
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Anybody have a clue
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havent really noticed any issues on my lg tones, jambox or my bt head unit....what are you connecting to?
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I am using a blue parrot headset.

I'm using a Plantronics Voyager Legend and the volume does seem a little low even at maximum. It can be a bit staticy sometimes as well. Neither issue is so bad as to be annoying though. I had thought that the issue was with the Plantronics, but I suppose it's just as likely that the problem is with the Note. I haven't searched for a solution yet.
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I have tried my headset with my wifes gs3 and my old phone photon and it is crazy louder with those phones, then I connect if back to my note2 and the voice prompt and commands are loud but when on a phone call isnt nearly as loud....

sliverr7x said:
I have tried my headset with my wifes gs3 and my old phone photon and it is crazy louder with those phones, then I connect if back to my note2 and the voice prompt and commands are loud but when on a phone call isnt nearly as loud....
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Silly question...but did you turn it up? I think there is a setting that adjusts in call volume to a lower level by default
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I've seen the same thing. Its a software thing because on Jellybomb 5.1 the volume us definitely louder but still not loud enough. My same BT headset was much louder on my Evo and is much louder on my WP7.
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Ya I just wish I was smart enough to figure it out I have tried multiple Bluetooth headsets and all them get quiet when you start taking but use thm on other phones and are louder
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Any super smart developer that can figure this out there has to tweaks somewhere to increase the max volume
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I would Definitely say its a problem with the note. The volume is way low on a call. I use a Moto hx550 and my GS3 worked great with it.
I have been following this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931970
and tried the tweaks by editing manually, but it didnt help bluetooth volume. So I'm either not tweking the right volume values or there will have to be another solution found. Its frustrating, but hopefully something will come out of one of these threads...

I have an issue with my Note 2 Bluetooth quality as well. Using Motorola Elite Silver. Seems to be perfectly fine with playing music and as soon as I initiate a call the quality degrades their voice breaks up as well as mine. Works fine with other devices, currently have tried on a couple different ones in the Sprint store I work at.

Has anyone found a solution to this issue?
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SCA123 said:
Has anyone found a solution to this issue?
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Can you give me a link where it was moved to?

I know I would love to give a donation for this to be fixed it really sucks that the quality sucks on this phone
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sliverr7x said:
I know I would love to give a donation for this to be fixed it really sucks that the quality sucks on this phone
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What rom/kernel are you running? If its a tw rom with a compatible kernel you could try STweaks.
It has an option to increase standard volume limits.
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cbucz24 said:
What rom/kernel are you running? If its a tw rom with a compatible kernel you could try STweaks.
It has an option to increase standard volume limits.
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thanks i have tried different kinds of kernels and played with it in stweaks with no luck it really sucks

sliverr7x said:
thanks i have tried different kinds of kernels and played with it in stweaks with no luck it really sucks
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Hmmm, its got to be rom related then. If your headset works fine on a different phone, then thats all thats left. There is one last option for you
I use a jawbone icon I got fron ebay.
What really made the difference for me...jabra ear gels. They look crazy! But they hold inside the ear without a hook. An it tunnels the sound dramatically. $6 for a full set left and right.
Honestly bud, this made night and day difference! Sadly their not available in any store anymore. But online everywhere!
If sound is this much an issue for you. I would say the $6 is worth a try.
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There should really be a VLC-like setting on all ROMs that allows you to go above 100% on bluetooth volume if you choose to.

Anyway to improve music loudness ???

Headphone's volume is just too low comparing to my iphone 4s, any suggestion to louder it out ??? Custom ROM or I need to buy extra DAC AMP for my phone ??? Please help

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Volume+ from the play store worked for me
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I had the same problem til I switched to cm. Now its loud enough to cause distortion.
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acejoker25000 said:
Volume+ from the play store worked for me
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Thks man, I tried it but dit not work like I supposed but distortion.

ptt1404 said:
Thks man, I tried it but dit not work like I supposed but distortion.
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Turn it up a little at a time til you find the max with no distortion
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Try this:
Install equalizer app from market.
Open the app and raise all 5 bars to max.
Done.
For mp3: use pre amp feature of players like poweramp.

What quality is your music at? What kind of head phones are you using? I say this because my set up I have to turn down because it's too loud.

magicriggs said:
What quality is your music at? What kind of head phones are you using? I say this because my set up I have to turn down because it's too loud.
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I use Poweramp + Audio Technica M60.

Try this (attachment)@PowerAMP equalizer.
Also check your audio file quality.

misterpostman said:
I had the same problem til I switched to cm. Now its loud enough to cause distortion.
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dude, I still dont get you :laugh:

ptt1404 said:
dude, I still dont get you :laugh:
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What are you not getting
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Root+Viper4Android+GoneMadMusicPlayer=AwesomeSound
misterpostman said:
What are you not getting
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anyone have acid audio on this yet? i fpashed it befor the freegee cwm was out and it pretty much bricked me and i had to refoash stock firmware. i have tue freegee cwlwm now but havent chanced flashing it again. ive used it on ky one x s3 and not 2 im hoping it will work for this phone too as it uas alot of sound enhancements built into it.

r u nuts?!
mine is blowing my ears!

Ok I work in the petroleum chemical/refinery industry. And I've been around loud ass stuff my whole life, so I've got a little hearing loss nothing major.. but this thing with my GS3 ear buds fu*king jams...
When the f*ck did we get ice cream??

low audio

Hello I'm new to the forum , I just got my note 3 and I noticed when I play music through my headphones it's not as loud as my HTC one Was , its sounds ok But it's weaker , any recommendations to make it sound louder or that's more a hardware issue, btw the speaker on the phone is about the same

bmwauto said:
Hello I'm new to the forum , I just got my note 3 and I noticed when I play music through my headphones it's not as loud as my HTC one Was , its sounds ok But it's weaker , any recommendations to make it sound louder or that's more a hardware issue, btw the speaker on the phone is about the same
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Root and install viper4android .... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191223
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deeznutz1977 said:
Root and install viper4android .... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191223
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thanks for the reply ,i never root a phone before i hope it's not to complicated , so this sounds more like software issue or samsung didn't polish the sound good enough

bmwauto said:
thanks for the reply ,i never root a phone before i hope it's not to complicated , so this sounds more like software issue or samsung didn't polish the sound good enough
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http://galaxynote3root.com
Very easy to follow.
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Same..I've been having an issue where if you pick the song, it'll play pretty loud. Then when it plays again, (repeat) it'll play really soft.
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bmwauto said:
Hello I'm new to the forum , I just got my note 3 and I noticed when I play music through my headphones it's not as loud as my HTC one Was , its sounds ok But it's weaker , any recommendations to make it sound louder or that's more a hardware issue, btw the speaker on the phone is about the same
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HTC one has a built in amp. Personally, I think the headphone output is great and the best I've had on a phone. The gnote2 with Wolfson was excellent but slightly quoted than I would've preferred with headphones. All the mods people say to try did not fix it on the gnote2 as it added distortion or artifacts or even worse and that is why I quit using them. It is best to get a headphone amp. They can be had pretty cheap or check out JDS labs and the O2 and c5 amps. A little more pricey but probably cheapest audiophile quality amp for the price.
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thanks for the response guys, the good thing is at least i don't listen to music with headphones often mainly i will stream it thru my tv to my bose system but i figure i ask

Thanks XxLostSoulxX
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