Here's the scenario. I'm listening to music through headphones, a text comes in, music stops in headphones to let the notification sound out on the phone speaker, then the music commences through the headphones but the phone is amplifying the sound to that of the phone speaker dB level until I hit the volume rocker, volume up or down doesn't matter; even hitting volume up returns the volume to "headphone output" amplification. It's as if the phone simply gets confused. No special apps running other than battery monitors. Memory is very clear, processor is very available.
Please do not suggest factory reset or anything silly like that. I'm an advanced user and I'm only interested in intelligent solutions.
That said, I'm rooted via odin; running stock I747UCDLK3 and the problem existed before root, and it happens in any player.
Thanks, Jeff.
jeffdaman said:
Here's the scenario. I'm listening to music through headphones, a text comes in, music stops in headphones to let the notification sound out on the phone speaker, then the music commences through the headphones but the phone is amplifying the sound to that of the phone speaker dB level until I hit the volume rocker, volume up or down doesn't matter; even hitting volume up returns the volume to "headphone output" amplification. It's as if the phone simply gets confused. No special apps running other than battery monitors. Memory is very clear, processor is very available.
Please do not suggest factory reset or anything silly like that. I'm an advanced user and I'm only interested in intelligent solutions.
That said, I'm rooted via odin; running stock I747UCDLK3 and the problem existed before root, and it happens in any player.
Thanks, Jeff.
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Under settings/Sound, make sure ''Safe headset volume'' is checked.
P.S.: Factory reset isn't so silly btw, it fixes a lot of issues. If the solution I just suggested works, factory reset would've also done it as it is checked by default.
I don't have a setting that says "safe headset volume" under sounds. Are you stock? 4.1.1?
BWolf56 said:
P.S.: Factory reset isn't so silly btw, it fixes a lot of issues. If the solution I just suggested works, factory reset would've also done it as it is checked by default.
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It's silly because it's not a solution to the problem; it's giving up and starting over. You wouldn't rebuild the engine of a car because it's not starting on cold mornings. There are better things to try first and then if a factory reset is necessary I would hope that by 2013 everyone that even slightly visits a forum such as this would be aware of factory reset and wouldn't need to be told when one is necessary. But sadly if you call Samsung, HTC, Moto..........etc, that's their first suggestion. My service light was turned off in settings once but I couldn't find the setting. Samsung told me to factory reset! That's what I mean by it's silly
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I don't have a setting that says "safe headset volume" under sounds. Are you stock? 4.1.1?
It's silly because it's not a solution to the problem; it's giving up and starting over. You wouldn't rebuild the engine of a car because it's not starting on cold mornings. There are better things to try first and then if a factory reset is necessary I would hope that by 2013 everyone that even slightly visits a forum such as this would be aware of factory reset and wouldn't need to be told when one is necessary. But sadly if you call Samsung, HTC, Moto..........etc, that's their first suggestion. My service light was turned off in settings once but I couldn't find the setting. Samsung told me to factory reset! That's what I mean by it's silly
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Umm nop, using AOSP based ROM, which is on 4.2.2. Though that option was in 4.1.1 as well
And thanks for the clarification, your first post came off wrong a bit (well the way I read it). Then again, I shouldn't overthink something that was written. :silly:
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Umm nop, using AOSP based ROM, which is on 4.2.2. Though that option was in 4.1.1 as well
And thanks for the clarification, your first post came off wrong a bit (well the way I read it). Then again, I shouldn't overthink something that was written. :silly:
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Don't get me wrong, I'm really an A##hole More than anything that's why I put the disclaimer. I hate generic answers. I love that people are willing to answer but in a forum full of programmers and linux wizards I always get some noob/recovering iphone-aholic trying to flex there 2 weeks of android knowledge at me and then I lose it. So I figured I'd head that off by very politely requesting actual answers that directly relate to the issue. Ultimately I'd rather have the problem than flash another rom.
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Some of you may have this problem, some of you may not, but me and my cousin have this problem with our G2 where the sound from the other line is very quiet for us when we use the phone... as a phone. So what I want to know is, is there any way to increase the sound on for this? Do we have defected phones?
I have this problem as well. In call volume is maxed out but it doesn't sound very loud at all.
I have root access with CM 6.1.0 RC3.
My calls are loud and clear. Its the speaker phone thats low for me.
Does it happen with all calls incoming and out going?
Also are you on wifi?
How is your signal strength?
Same with me my speak phone volume is lower than I would like it, but head set speaker loud and clear
Sk17z0 said:
My calls are loud and clear. Its the speaker phone thats low for me.
Does it happen with all calls incoming and out going?
Also are you on wifi?
How is your signal strength?
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Yes, it's all of the calls that I make and receive. I'm never on wifi and my signal strength during the calls are all good. It may be just me also, but the G2 mic may be quiet also because when I call my cousin he sounds like he's whispering to me but when I call someone else their sound is just quiet, but enough to hear it with a small bit of background noise. I haven't asked him how the sound was when I called him since it's something I just noticed.
Mine's a little soft as well. It kinda sucks that one of the few flaws with this phone is it's use as a phone, lol.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
Anartic said:
Yes, it's all of the calls that I make and receive. I'm never on wifi and my signal strength during the calls are all good. It may be just me also, but the G2 mic may be quiet also because when I call my cousin he sounds like he's whispering to me but when I call someone else their sound is just quiet, but enough to hear it with a small bit of background noise. I haven't asked him how the sound was when I called him since it's something I just noticed.
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You sure the phone volume is up? Also have you called Tmobile about this?
I have had mine for a little over a month and it is loud and clear, I have no issues hearing anyone, and no one has issues hearing me... really good sound quality imo. I am on stock rom still. Speakerphone is very weak for me as well.
Yeah, in call phone volume is incredibly weak for me. Going to try to boot into stock and see what happens. Is there an app to make the volume louder? Or some way we can change it?
EDIT: Okay. Turns out that I am an idiot. Phone is still new for me so I left the default protective screen on. As soon as I took that off, phone calls were a lot more clear. Just ordered a proper screen protector so I just have to be careful until then haha. Don't know if this will help out anyone but hey, figured I let you guys know.
You know, the real problem with the G2 is HTC quality control on those. I'm on my second G2...the call volume is way lower than my first one...
also the keyboard is a LOT better on the second one, I didn't care at all about the keyboard on my first G2, as the keys were very recessed and didn't have a real "feedback", so I never used it. Made me think the whole keyboard thing about the phone was useless, now I'm in love with it.
My problem is the hinge on the second G2 is much looser than the first one.
If you bought yours recently, just exchange it.
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You sure the phone volume is up? Also have you called Tmobile about this?
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I'm positive the phone volume up. I haven't called T-Mobile yet because I haven't had time.
Ditto on the in call volume, would like to boost.
Anyone try this app Louder Volume Hack v4.1?
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.AutoMod
I came from an HTC Aria and had the same in call sound trouble, then I tried Louder Volume Hack v3.6 but no luck, did not work.
Instead after some other searching I found a XDA forum that suggested turning on the TTY for the Hearing Impaired option in the Aria and waa-laa ---it worked. Apparently though, this TTY / Hearing Imparied option does not exist in the SOUND settings for the Z.
So, still looking for idea on the in call volume boost.
malloy0
Theres an app called DSP Manager on CM 6.1.1 that i used to up the voume a whole lot. It comes already installed when you install that rom.
My speaker works great except during a call. I can't hear a thing from it when on a call however. It must be a software issue, then. I started a thread a bit back, but with no luck. I hope we can find a fix.
my in ear sound isnt that loud either.
Ok...regarding the app called DSP Manager on CM 6.1.1, I checked into this, but is appears it only helps on the "media" volume but NOT the phone speaker or in call volume for when the phone is to my ear during a call.
Can you advise, is DSP Manager helping for this in call volume?
Ok...
I found 3 different versions of DSP manager and frankly am afraid to install w/o having a little more dialog with some of you that may be wiser than me.
The three files are attached and as listed are:
DSPManager120210_ALL.zip
DSPManager_080910.apk
DSPManager_100810.zip
The DSPManager120210_ALL.zip file came from this link and appears to the the latest
https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_DSPManager
The APK file came from this XDA link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=750765
Anyway, after looking at the DSPManager_100810.zip file in unzipped mode, the file structure is different than the other zip file, which makes me a little nervous to flash uisng ROM Manager of Clockworkmod.
Meanwhile, I may install the APK file because I can easily uninstall if there is no improvement in the IN CALL VOLUME.
Any insights are welcomed.
Well I dove in and thank goodness for NAND backups...
Here is the deal (as of 12/31/10 4:05 PM EST):
- DSPManager120210_ALL.zip DID NOT FLASH
- DSPManager_080910.apk INSTALLED BUT NO CHANGE ON MY DESIRE Z A7275
- DSPManager_100810.zip FLASHED BUT NO EAR PEICE SOUND NOR SPEAKER SOUND
Now as of 12/31/10 4:11 PM EST in an restoring from my 12/31/10 10:00 AM EST NAND backup.
Gosh I hate doing this trial and error stuff, talk about a heart attack.
Will update after I complete my full restore and hope all is back in fully operational order.
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UPDATE....FULLY RESTORED 4:21 PM EST...PHEW!!
Thank you Koushik Dutta for clockworkmod!!!
malloy0 said:
Ditto on the in call volume, would like to boost.
Anyone try this app Louder Volume Hack v4.1?
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.AutoMod
I came from an HTC Aria and had the same in call sound trouble, then I tried Louder Volume Hack v3.6 but no luck, did not work.
Instead after some other searching I found a XDA forum that suggested turning on the TTY for the Hearing Impaired option in the Aria and waa-laa ---it worked. Apparently though, this TTY / Hearing Imparied option does not exist in the SOUND settings for the Z.
So, still looking for idea on the in call volume boost.
malloy0
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Google intentionally plugged this hole. Meltus isn't developing this app beyond Donut.
FallingEdge said:
Yeah, in call phone volume is incredibly weak for me. Going to try to boot into stock and see what happens. Is there an app to make the volume louder? Or some way we can change it?
EDIT: Okay. Turns out that I am an idiot. Phone is still new for me so I left the default protective screen on. As soon as I took that off, phone calls were a lot more clear. Just ordered a proper screen protector so I just have to be careful until then haha. Don't know if this will help out anyone but hey, figured I let you guys know.
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I'm soo sorry bro, I luld Happy new year!
can someone help?
i have the desire hd for some time, never really had an issue with it, totally love it
BUT
for some reason, there is no audio when using the dialler
not sure why, i've gone to audio settings on the phone and turned on the feedback (ie, audible touch tones), so not sure why this is till an issue
i'm using a stock standard desire hd, it hasnt been rooted or anything (its also from UK not vodafone au)
can anyone help me work out whats wrong?
no other issues, audio for other stuff is fine?
what could it be?
I've done a restart, i don't really want to restore to factory defaults unless there is no alternative, surely there is a way to troubleshoot first?
also, i have that latest firmware version (v2.2.1)
i did some more digging around
i can actually hear the dial tone, but its very faint, so it must be some volume thats not right, but when i went to the settings, there is all the volume levels at the top level at the moment.
after more googling, someone else had a problem like that, and they installed audio manager which gave the ability to access system volume, when i did that, i could see my system volume was very low, changed it to what i wanted and all is good
so if anyone has this type pf problem, thats what i did to sort myself out.
Howdy all,
The other day my other halfs' Wildfires' speaker decided to stop working for no reason. Can still make phonecalls etc, and the headphones work, but its like its stuck on silent all the time!
Read somewhere it could be to do with a recently installed app, so factory reset it but no change. Also saw it could be something to do with something in the headphone socket not clicking back properly when they are removed, but she's never used the headphones, but tried that anyway, still with no luck.
Never been flashed or anything, totally standard.
Any ideas?
Many thanks, Tarq
Tarquin76 said:
Howdy all,
The other day my other halfs' Wildfires' speaker decided to stop working for no reason. Can still make phonecalls etc, and the headphones work, but its like its stuck on silent all the time!
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Perhaps it is me, but what do you mean by this?
1. You cannot go out of silent mode in terms of "set phone volume to vibrate or noice" by using the volume buttons. In that case:
- make sure that your volume buttons work (by using them to regulate audio of, for example, your radio).
- try if you can solve the problem by going into "options of your phone - sound".
If they do not work, try to flash a ruu. If still not solved, I'm afraid you should open your phone to see if the connectors of the volume buttons are still in place (i've had this with my previous phone). But perhaps wait for other advice before doing so
2. You can get out of the silent ringer mode, but still the phone doesnt make any noice. My best guess then is that it related to software in the system folder which controls your device at the system level, or perhaps with the kernel?
I do not know if the the systemfolder is restored when you do a factory reset..
It couldn't do harm if you flash a ruu in my opinion. The all software related issues are ruled out then.
It can't be the hardware as you can still hear people talking to you while phoning without headset. Nor can it be a messed up jack-in, as all the sound should be transfered to the headphone, and it shouldn't be possible to call and here people without headset.
To summerize: I think it is still software, and that it should be possible to solve it by flashing a kernel or restoring bynusing a RUU.
Erwin
Hello xda,
Any time I receive a text or mail the notification sound starts low but quickly ramps up in volume. Is anyone experiencing this as well? Is there a way to set this so it's loud from the start? Hope that makes sense.
I appreciate your help and time
I noticed when the phone rings sounds only by the lower speaker, and sound very low and muffled.
Genetic517 said:
Hello xda,
Any time I receive a text or mail the notification sound starts low but quickly ramps up in volume. Is anyone experiencing this as well? Is there a way to set this so it's loud from the start? Hope that makes sense.
I appreciate your help and time
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Have you found any solutions?
Robert's PDA said:
Have you found any solutions?
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it seems no one has been able to solve, i can´t believe that nobody notice this bug
I've noticed it too but just figured it was normal.
Genetic517 said:
Hello xda,
Any time I receive a text or mail the notification sound starts low but quickly ramps up in volume. Is anyone experiencing this as well? Is there a way to set this so it's loud from the start? Hope that makes sense.
I appreciate your help and time
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Do you have pocket mode enabled under the sound settings?
lampel said:
Do you have pocket mode enabled under the sound settings?
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Turning off "Pocket Mode" did make a "slight" improvement, but not much. Thanks for the tip though. :good:
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it seems no one has been able to solve, i can´t believe that nobody notice this bug
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Many others (including myself) have noticed and posted about this issue here (though not enough in my opinion). It's not restricted to notifications and ringtones either, it happens with *all* sounds on the phone.
Unfortunately, there is no way to fix it. Different sound drivers, updated firmware, build.prop settings... Nothing seems to get rid of this "speaker protection" crap. I am still hopeful to someday see a mod or firmware update that addresses it though, because after trying all those different things, I've run out of ideas.
Sent from my HTC 10 using XDA-Developers mobile app
I've also noticed that, it sounds fine when I preview notifications and ringtones, but when the phone actually rings it is a lot more quiet and muted. It does appear that the top speaker is not being used for ringtones. I'll try to call htc, let's see what they say.
Called HTC, spoke with a girl who sounded like she was following some sort of flowchart. Needless to say she couldn't help and concluded that it was a defective hardware. I tried to explain that others are having the same issue and it appears to be a bug, but I don't think she understood. They are sending me a new phone. I'm sure the new phone will have the same issue. Maybe if more people call HTC with this issue, they will figure it out.
madelman99 said:
Called HTC, spoke with a girl who sounded like she was following some sort of flowchart. Needless to say she couldn't help and concluded that it was a defective hardware. I tried to explain that others are having the same issue and it appears to be a bug, but I don't think she understood. They are sending me a new phone. I'm sure the new phone will have the same issue. Maybe if more people call HTC with this issue, they will figure it out.
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Hi there
the same problem here, without any mod, crack o root solution. But the difference were the answer from HTC technical support: " this is a technical and engineering design, it´s not a bug", this mean: " f**** you costumer, and again, a new dissapoint from HTC. I has tried in several forums, here in XDA and another ones: nothing for to do, i loose my faith in the HTC 10. It´s very frustating because a little detail ( the ringtone volume and quality) destroy a overall experience
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the answer from HTC technical support: " this is a technical and engineering design,
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OH, so they know about it? This is a technical and engineering design fu**-up. My notifications are half the volume of the M8. If that is their answer, then I will probably return my phone.
Any solutions yet?
On mine it rings from the bottom speaker for about 3 rings, quiet, then ramps up and uses the top speaker too. With V4a on now once the top speaker kicks in it's very loud. It gives me a chance to answer it before it blasts me out.
I just bought a new htc 10 and quickly noticed this annoying sound fading in issue, searched online and this seems to be the only place talked about it with no solution, does everybody else really okay with this??
I guess at least it sounded fine when using headphone, but with this speaker fading crap everything sound like its echoing right now. This NEEDS to get solved.
Any solution ?
I came here to search for any ways to turn this "feature" off (and that's what it is, despite how nobody asked for it or wanted it). Looks like nobody has found any solutions. But here's my theory anyway:
The "fading in" volume effect must be a function of the Boom Sound software. It's a noise gate. And it sucks. For instance, try listening to any music that has any hard hits around any silence (a good example is "Brain Stew" by Green Day). It's really annoying.
I wish somebody could figure out how to disable the Boom Sound software altogether.
According to Google, https://www.google.com/search?newwi...0i22i30k1j33i22i29i30k1j33i21k1.0.leWX0kmgR6I it's a known Feature of Android 5, and many people complain about it, but there is no way to disable it.
Some people can workaround the issue, on some rom, with some apps or players; there is no universal solution.
In the best case, some chat app will not bell if they are already full screen; and this is an issue for me because if I have my phone plugged, and display timeout is 1h, then, it won't bell for incoming messages, and if I am >1m from it, I won't know people are talking to me. That's why I try to always make all apps always bell. But, if I am listening to music, the permanent bell that comes with intense chat may turn the music off all the time.
I not sure if I shall downgrade my phone to Android 4, 2.2, or 1.8 ...
.. arg, I am stupid, those versions have never been ported for my most recent phone.
Hi all,
i have an issue with my phone, no more sound, no more microphone, i can't call, can't see vidéos, can't listen anythin...
when i try to listen a stock ringtone, i have the message "impossible to read this"
when i make a phone call, i can't ear and the other can't ear me.
i've tryed with the headphone, the same...
the phone is on 4.28.401.3
i've made a factory reset and it the same...
i can listen music on a bleutooth device.
i'm downloading the RUU zip to try a total clean.
any idea welcome.
thanks
No solution, but I´ve since 2 days the same problem. Phone is on Stock, Hardreset did not helped ;-(
Phone is unuseable.
I had the same issue and they wanted $80 to replace the mic. In the end I just had the whole phone replaced. Funny enough, the second one had the same problem, until I got this one.
Could be a bad batch?
zigru said:
Hi all,
i have an issue with my phone, no more sound, no more microphone, i can't call, can't see vidéos, can't listen anythin...
when i try to listen a stock ringtone, i have the message "impossible to read this"
when i make a phone call, i can't ear and the other can't ear me.
i've tryed with the headphone, the same...
the phone is on 4.28.401.3
i've made a factory reset and it the same...
i can listen music on a bleutooth device.
i'm downloading the RUU zip to try a total clean.
any idea welcome.
thanks
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hi,
I assume this is a stock version and you didn't do any mods on it.
1. after you did factory reset, did you sync your profiles or you just tried listening and talking and problems were still there?
2. usually after factory reset been done, and still having issues, RUU is the best bet. if after that you still have issues then you should consider replacing parts or actual phone.
i did a factory reset and a RUU but still the same... i sent the phone at an office but they didn't find how to fix it.
i sent the phone back to the seller for refund.
i had a HTC one M7 with the pink camera problem and after that the one M9 with this problem... so i change the brand.
now i have a Xiaomi phone.
I'm really sorry that you had to have this experience with HTC. In my signature you'll see all the ones I had and no issues. Again, sorry and hope it worked out for you without anymore issues cause I know how annoying it is.