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Pandora audio fix?

Has anyone come up with a fix for Pandora's terrible sound quality with froyo? I did some searching but didn't find anything.

_MetalHead_ said:
Has anyone come up with a fix for Pandora's terrible sound quality with froyo? I did some searching but didn't find anything.
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Yes, most of the latest ROMs and Kernels already have implemented Google's fix for it-- just load up any of those.
Alternatively, you can disable Stagefright manually-- see this thread for details:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745320
It's not the same as the Google fix, but it works...

I have bakedsnack and kingx installed and pandora sounds like crap. I'll look into disabling stagefright, thanks for the link.

*sigh*
Kernels aren't going to do jack. It's the ROM which has the problem. The only ROM I've seen that actually has the Stagefright patch is CyanogenMod (RC2, Nightly, and Final). Really. Go try it.

drmacinyasha said:
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Kernels aren't going to do jack. It's the ROM which has the problem. The only ROM I've seen that actually has the Stagefright patch is CyanogenMod (RC2, Nightly, and Final). Really. Go try it.
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I tried cyanogen for 2 days and hated it with a passion.

I'm running EViOs v1.1 froyo rooted and noticed Pandora was sounding like crap. I went into settings and saw there was a new setting for audio quality, it was defaulted to "Normal", so I changed it to "High" and all was good for me.

thisguyinoc said:
I'm running EViOs v1.1 froyo rooted and noticed Pandora was sounding like crap. I went into settings and saw there was a new setting for audio quality, it was defaulted to "Normal", so I changed it to "High" and all was good for me.
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Sorry but thats not a new setting and it has nothing to do with the quality issue that started after the froyo update...its stagefright that came with froyo...
I have tried the fix for non-rooted users and it did not work for me unfortunatly... Is cyano's the only rom with a fix?

The leaked 3.28 spint update definitely fixes the problem. Disabling stagefright *WILL* fix the audio, however your camcorder will also be broke.

or do what I did, go back to 2.1

_MetalHead_ said:
I have bakedsnack and kingx installed and pandora sounds like crap. I'll look into disabling stagefright, thanks for the link.
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The latest Fresh ROM has the streaming audio fix. When I first installed it, I thought it hadn't worked, until I realized that Pandora installed itself with a default of normal quality instead of high. After changing it to high, everything was golden.

Alternatively, you can disable Stagefright manually-- see this thread for details:
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I dunno, I just tried that and it didn't seem to work. Pandora still sounds like garbage.

Pandora Fix Zip
I had a file named "Pandorafix" but deleted it somewhere. I'd like to find it again. Although I cant say it worked. I would like to find a fix for pandora. Some roms are better than others. Jamies RSL1 Dark Cocoa seems to be best for me so far.
So here is the file I found a few months back- I'm gonna try it tomorrow and see if it works

Pandora poor Quality Fixed
karatche said:
I had a file named "Pandorafix" but deleted it somewhere. I'd like to find it again. Although I cant say it worked. I would like to find a fix for pandora. Some roms are better than others. Jamies RSL1 Dark Cocoa seems to be best for me so far.
So here is the file I found a few months back- I'm gonna try it tomorrow and see if it works
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That Pandora Fix Zip fixed my issues with poor quality sound on this current rom. Running xXBabiBoi228Xx_ManilaCarbonFiber_v2.4_3.70.651.1_signed rom.

Need some advice

Ok so, I loooooove CM9/10 Based roms, but they are buggy as heck and I really can't use em reliably.
So Im looking for a solid touchwiz rom that can be themed to looks as close to stock ICS/ JB as possible.
What rom & theme would you suggest?

Which cm9/10 is buggy? Try codename

I'm on codename android with lean kernel. Getting 4+ hours of screen time.

Im on Paranoid android.
My list of bugs...
Google Play Music - after the track, or if I try to skip ahead, or if its interrupted by a call - I get the Music playback error. I try to restart the track and no deal. Sometimes if I close out the app completely it will start working, but overall, the app is extremely unreliable.
I've got the onscreen buttons enabled like my Galaxy nexus & my menu and back capacitive buttons off and un-lit. The back button works 5 outta 10 times. Super annoying. Sometimes Ill hit it and it doesn't respond, not until 5 or 6 tries can I get back.
When playing music it'll be really soft and so I have to turn it down and then turn it back up to get full volume.
So far that's all I can see, but I just wanna know if they are CM10, Paranoid or just settings related. Because I use the music so often - this is just killing me.
As much as I dislike TW, stock was by far the most reliable. So Im hoping to get the best of both worlds.

lazarat said:
Which cm9/10 is buggy? Try codename
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I agree, this rom was real stable.

I'm using liquid and its as stable as anything I've used
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2

Cm10 nightly 10/08 is super stable for me. Haven't encountered a bug yet. I got 4+ hrs of on screen time as well.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app

Does anyone here use google music?
Try playing a song, take a call and see if it continues playing after. I was told this is a CM9/10 Bug.
Please tell me they are wrong and make my day

EyeAndroid said:
Ok so, I loooooove CM9/10 Based roms, but they are buggy as heck and I really can't use em reliably.
So Im looking for a solid touchwiz rom that can be themed to looks as close to stock ICS/ JB as possible.
What rom & theme would you suggest?
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Buggy?
I'm using the latest Nightlies of the original CM10 ROMs and they work beautifully.
Definitely daily drive material, depending on what you do, I can easily pull off a solid days of usage and end the day with around 35% charge.

Do you use google music?
Try playing a song, take a call and see if it continues playing after. I was told this is a CM9/10 Bug. Id love to be wrong, because this is driving me crazy.

EyeAndroid said:
Do you use google music?
Try playing a song, take a call and see if it continues playing after. I was told this is a CM9/10 Bug. Id love to be wrong, because this is driving me crazy.
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Personally, I don't use Google Music.
Everything I use is sideloaded and played through PowerAMP.
I can imagine your frustration though, hopefully they'll work on that bug.

khoikn said:
Personally, I don't use Google Music.
Everything I use is sideloaded and played through PowerAMP.
I can imagine your frustration though, hopefully they'll work on that bug.
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So it is a bug??

I can confirm Google Music does indeed do what you say.
Doesn't bug me, though. I hardly use my phone for calls, lol.

Haha Ok then. Back to my question, best TW Rom with JB theming?

EyeAndroid said:
Haha Ok then. Back to my question, best TW Rom with JB theming?
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Quite honestly, after trying out a couple of TW Jellybean ROMS (FrostyJB, LiquidSmooth, etc) I didn't quite like the experience.
My device just wasn't as stable as I would've liked and the TW interface really didn't feel as smooth.
CM10 is my only recommendation, it works well (for me), and it's stable.

[Q] No Music Audio on AOKP - Need a fix!

Can any one help with this? I'm by no means a noob with rooting and adb and what not but, I somehow managed to get my M8 soft bricked yesterday and the only rom I could manage to sideload was the AOKP rom because it was under 1 gb. I'd like to hang on to this rom but the audio isn't working out of the headphone jack or out of the speakers when listening to music specifically with Google Music. Youtube and everything else seems to work..
Thanks for any help :good:

you'll probably get better answers if you post in the AOKP thread..sounds like a kernal issue though

wase4711 said:
you'll probably get better answers if you post in the AOKP thread..sounds like a kernal issue though
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I sorted it out. It was Google Music maxed out with devices (max is 10) Of course I didn't get a warning or any of that.. I just happened to guess that might be it. Google needs to make that more clear.
I was going to ask the question in the ROM thread but even though I've been a member of XDA for 3+ years I have less than 10 posts and can only use the Q&A section

Viper4Android for Lollipop

First off I'd like to say thanks for this great forum. I've used it many times over the years but just recently registered. I've never really had anything substantial to add (still don't). In the past I've had a Photon and HTC One M7, both from Sprint. I never really had the urge to mess with them at all. I recently bought a Note 4 and I decided to root it. I'm more of a computer person, building and customizing but never got into messing with phones.
With that said I'm in need of some help so I decided to register. Not sure if I have much to add at this point to become a contributing member so if anybody is hesitant to help I completely understand. I've been a noob on many other forums, and have also seen noobs come and go. So if anybody can help, that's great and I thank you ahead of time. If not, that's OK too.
I was completely torn between the new LG, an HTC One M9 and the Note 4........ I even considered the Nexus. The audio quality of the M7 that I had was and still is better than any other non-HTC phone on the market and it was really tough to convince myself to get something different. I wanted a big screen with great hardware. The Note 4 had all that except for the audio. The audio, speakers and headphone quality absolutely suck. I am terribly disappointed. I was going to see if HTC was going to release a version with a bigger display, I saw that it is a toned down version. If HTC made a 5.5-5.7" maxed out version like the smaller M9 I would have gotten it.
Now, I've rooted this phone and I've gone through all the steps of installing V4A and no matter what I do it does not function at all. The problem I see is that my phone upgraded to Lollipop. In order to properly install V4A the SELinux mode needs to be set to permissive. There was an app (I forget the name of it offhand) that could change the mode, unfortunately it is not compatible with Lollipop. Without changing the mode to permissive I cannot properly install V4A.
I've searched through this forum a couple times over and can't seem to find what I'm looking for. Is there another way to change this mode? What about recommendations for one of the custom ROM's that has V4A in it? I'm really open to any suggestions. I'm really fed up with this phone telling me what volume level is enough. I use this phone for music all the time and the stock equalizer automatically cuts the volume down to the highest equalizer setting. I can hear the difference, when using Spotify if I skip to the next song the stock equalizer (SoundAlive) takes a split second to kick in and you can hear how it should sound without SoundAlive. For all this Note 4 has, I'm really starting to regret getting this over the M9. It would be a great phone if I can get some volume back as well as some decent sound quality.

JJFIVEOH said:
First off I'd like to say thanks for this great forum. I've used it many times over the years but just recently registered. I've never really had anything substantial to add (still don't). In the past I've had a Photon and HTC One M7, both from Sprint. I never really had the urge to mess with them at all. I recently bought a Note 4 and I decided to root it. I'm more of a computer person, building and customizing but never got into messing with phones.
With that said I'm in need of some help so I decided to register. Not sure if I have much to add at this point to become a contributing member so if anybody is hesitant to help I completely understand. I've been a noob on many other forums, and have also seen noobs come and go. So if anybody can help, that's great and I thank you ahead of time. If not, that's OK too.
I was completely torn between the new LG, an HTC One M9 and the Note 4........ I even considered the Nexus. The audio quality of the M7 that I had was and still is better than any other non-HTC phone on the market and it was really tough to convince myself to get something different. I wanted a big screen with great hardware. The Note 4 had all that except for the audio. The audio, speakers and headphone quality absolutely suck. I am terribly disappointed. I was going to see if HTC was going to release a version with a bigger display, I saw that it is a toned down version. If HTC made a 5.5-5.7" maxed out version like the smaller M9 I would have gotten it.
Now, I've rooted this phone and I've gone through all the steps of installing V4A and no matter what I do it does not function at all. The problem I see is that my phone upgraded to Lollipop. In order to properly install V4A the SELinux mode needs to be set to permissive. There was an app (I forget the name of it offhand) that could change the mode, unfortunately it is not compatible with Lollipop. Without changing the mode to permissive I cannot properly install V4A.
I've searched through this forum a couple times over and can't seem to find what I'm looking for. Is there another way to change this mode? What about recommendations for one of the custom ROM's that has V4A in it? I'm really open to any suggestions. I'm really fed up with this phone telling me what volume level is enough. I use this phone for music all the time and the stock equalizer automatically cuts the volume down to the highest equalizer setting. I can hear the difference, when using Spotify if I skip to the next song the stock equalizer (SoundAlive) takes a split second to kick in and you can hear how it should sound without SoundAlive. For all this Note 4 has, I'm really starting to regret getting this over the M9. It would be a great phone if I can get some volume back as well as some decent sound quality.
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You need custom kernel to set mode from enforced to permissive... or google there is away to enable V4A to work with stock kernel that involve romtool.

This phone imo is top notch in all areas but I agree with you on the audio quality, stock music player that is. I use PowerAmp and all of that changes, even through the phones tiny speaker. My suggestion is to revert to stock and simply install the app if you're just looking to improve audio quality. Just my 2 cents.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer

patrick_1 said:
This phone imo is top notch in all areas but I agree with you on the audio quality, stock music player that is. I use PowerAmp and all of that changes, even through the phones tiny speaker. My suggestion is to revert to stock and simply install the app if you're just looking to improve audio quality. Just my 2 cents.
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I've heard many good things about PowerAmp but as far as I know that's only applicable to downloaded songs. It doesn't work with Spotify.

JJFIVEOH said:
I've heard many good things about PowerAmp but as far as I know that's only applicable to downloaded songs. It doesn't work with Spotify.
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Yeah that's true. Sorry

I'd suggest using the Emotion r14 kernel. That will get you permissive and a much snappier phone as well as having tweaks specific to sound. It supports Faux 123 sound on top of everything else. You should find a link to the kernel in the original android development area.
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Sorry the Emotion kernel can be found here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2990557

kenjesse said:
I'd suggest using the Emotion r14 kernel. That will get you permissive and a much snappier phone as well as having tweaks specific to sound. It supports Faux 123 sound on top of everything else. You should find a link to the kernel in the original android development area.
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Sorry the Emotion kernel can be found here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2990557
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Thank you for the recommendation. I'll check it out. If I can get the permissive setting I shouldn't have any issues getting V4A installed. Everything else that comes with that kernel is an added bonus.

OK, that kernel worked great! I was able to install V4A almost flawlessly. No disrespect to any of the equalizer apps out there but V4A is by far the best audio control I've used. I've been banging my head against the wall trying to get this installed. That kernel did make the phone a little "snappier" as you put it. I haven't had a chance to mess with Synapse, I might just leave well enough alone as it's now working he way I want. Thanks again.

im just curious do you still have data after flashing that kernal?

Do I still have data? Not sure what you mean.

Hello to all.
Can someone help me with the tunein radio not working with viper audio?
I changed my phone to permissive, and added the 2 zips somebody uploaded that changed the build prop. But i still cannot get viper and tunein to work together. Maven Pro audio works great as does iheart with viper.
Thank you in advance.
Blessings

I'm not a subscriber of Tunein, I wish I could help ya. Does V4A work with other audio services?

JJFIVEOH said:
I'm not a subscriber of Tunein, I wish I could help ya. Does V4A work with other audio services?
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Yes. I heart and maven pro music player works great with viper.
Thank you for your reply.
Blessings

ulremember said:
Yes. I heart and maven pro music player works great with viper.
Thank you for your reply.
Blessings
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According to this it's an issue with Tunein. It is a little old so not sure if there is a different issue since then, so take it for what it's worth.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2456073&page=24

[MOD] Tmo S6 Edge SURROUND SOUND [MOD]

TMO Samsung S6 Edge Surround Sound
This mod will activate your handset speaker to come on together with the main speaker for a surround sound type effect, while watching videos, you tube, music, etc...
PREREQUISITES
Rooted TMO Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
A brain, any kind will do.
DISCLAIMER
I am not responsible in any way for anything that happens to your device whether manually installing the files or flashing zip files for the surround sound mod. You do so at your own risk. Enjoy.
INSTALLATION
You can install this two ways, your choice:
1. Download and flash the included zip using your custom recovery. To go back to stock, download and flash the revert to stock zip included.
2. Download the zip. Extract the file in the zip (mixer_paths.xml ). In System/Etc, rename the file with a .bak so that you will have it if you want to revert back to stock. Place the .xml file from the zip in the same System/Etc folder and reboot.
CREDITS
Dwitherell
stu5797
Samsung
Chainfire
Contributors
SShafranko
Created
October 17, 2015
DOWNLOADS
Stock Sound Surround
http://www.mediafire.com/download/pkndpiuo3c8yv97
Medium Sound Surround
http://www.mediafire.com/download/y7u06fpc1hyyqui
Loud Sound Surround
http://www.mediafire.com/download/gpb8d6lhunbgi4n
Revert To Stock Sound
http://www.mediafire.com/download/bee00szwe9mbl6b

Please let me know if it works ok i dont have this device to test on. MAKE SURE you have a rom back up so you dont have to Odin if issues arise. I'm very confident that it will work fine tho. Thanks

Will try this out in a few hours! Thanks for bringing your mod to the s6 edge. It is awesome!

Your welcome buddy...let me know if it works ok. Thanks

Well i guess its working. 106 downloads and not one ty clicked or one response yes its working. Pretty sad. I knew there was alot of selfish people on the web but this is pathetic. One hudred and six downloads. No respect, no appreciation. .im fighting myself really hard not ro remove the links. Really hard. Change my mind people please.

So sorry for not getting back. I used all day today and it was awesome. I made calls on speaker and watched YouTube and everything was perfect. Really great mod and I will apologize for all the edge users. Can't believe no one said thank you. Pretty sad actually

stu5797 said:
So sorry for not getting back. I used all day today and it was awesome. I made calls on speaker and watched YouTube and everything was perfect. Really great mod and I will apologize for all the edge users. Can't believe no one said thank you. Pretty sad actually
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My remark wasn't targeted towards you stu your a great person. It was for the other 105 people who are using this, who wouldn't even have it if it wasn't for you requesting it and supplying the stock files so i could mod them. Selfishness is part of human nature, but the level of it in this thread is enough to feed all of population in NY. I'll stop my whining now, you get the point. .lol ?

This mod had nothing to with me and everything to do with you. Your skills are crazy and you are the man for coming up with it... THANK YOU!

stu5797 said:
This mod had nothing to with me and everything to do with you. Your skills are crazy and you are the man for coming up with it... THANK YOU!
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Right but i would not have done it if it wasn't for you. I dont have this device, therefore can't test the mod, or do i need to have it. I dont like putting things out there that i have not tested. I do this for my own devices and share it, then if anyone requests it i do it for them also. Everyone in between is just lucky. I could have easily pmed it to you and called it a day. So yea it has a lot to do with you and they should click the ty button in every one of your posts just as much as mine buddy?..Have a great week stu...

sshafranko said:
Right but i would not have done it if it wasn't for you. I dont have this device, therefore can't test the mod, or do i need to have it. I dont like putting things out there that i have not tested. I do this for my own devices and share it, then if anyone requests it i do it for them also. Everyone in between is just lucky. I could have easily pmed it to you and called it a day. So yea it has a lot to do with you and they should click the ty button in every one of your posts just as much as mine buddy..Have a great week stu...
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I just downloaded for my TMob S6 Edge model and about to give this a whirl. I'm a strong Viper advocate and wasn't sure if your mod will happily coexist. Will Nandroid first then get back. Much appreciate your contribution.
EDIT: Killer sound MOD. Works fine with Viper. My thanks again.....

I use it with viper also and it works great but i use the medium sound or even the stock sound if yiu use viper. The loud is a bit too much and it may cut out for some...glad u like it

Well I tried flashing in twrp, no go, the phone reboots into twrp before it flashes anything. Suggestions?

Thank you. This works great!
Sent from my SM-G925T using XDA Free mobile app

Not sure what that is. Its working for others so cant be the zip. Try downloading the zip again and make sure you have the newest twrp..

Well i tried it again, could it be because I'm not on a stock rom?

Redmed427 said:
Well i tried it again, could it be because I'm not on a stock rom?
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No it should matter. U said its failing in recovery right? Trey extracting the files in the zip and replace yours in system/etc

worked flawless on w8 canadian edge thank you sir makes it really loud

Got it working awesome!

What values were changed in the mixer_paths.xml compared to stock? And what base is the file sourced from? Latest DOI1?
Sent from my SM-G925T using Tapatalk

Turns out I'm an idiot. Was a bit loaded on vicodin yesterday and failed to realize that this is the S6 Edge forum, not the S6 Edge+ forum.
Well, it works in that it enables the handset speaker, but in doing so it seems to disable the main (bottom) speaker. So I only have sound coming from the handset speaker. Unfortunately, reverting to stock doesn't seem to have fixed the main speaker problem...so no I have no sound lol. I'll see if I can pull the xml file out of another ROM or something.
Seems like a bad ass idea though.
Edit: Actually, this only seems to be the case with the youtube app. Everything else is working fine as far as I can tell. I'll mess with the app and see if I can figure anything out.
Edit 2: It's not the youtube app, I think maybe it's a certain protocol or something. System sounds and recorded video works fine, for example, but anything I've played from youtube only comes out of the earpiece. On Facebook, some videos play sound through both speakers, some only from the earpiece.