M8 Sound tweaks - One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey,
currently I am a LG G3 user but I am considering to switch to the newest HTC One, the M8.
My girlfriend just received her M8 Mini (One Mini 2) and I am pretty jealous because HTC's sound is just awesome.
I already got an offer to exchange my G3 vs a M8. But I've got one question before I exchange.
Is the phone rootable, bootloader unlockable and are there already soundmods to push the volume? I don't know if the Mini 2 is quieter than the M8, but in comparison to my G3 the Mini 2 is pretty quiet. I want to receive loud music without distortion just as on my G3.
thx for any reply <3

Are you talking about headphone volume? Can't speak of the One Mini, but on the M8 there is no need to tweak the volume. At about 2/3 volume, its feels loud enough to cause hearing damage. Specific source material and headphones may make some difference. But this thing is plenty loud.

redpoint73 said:
Are you talking about headphone volume? Can't speak of the One Mini, but on the M8 there is no need to tweak the volume. At about 2/3 volume, its feels loud enough to cause hearing damage. Specific source material and headphones may make some difference. But this thing is plenty loud.
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My girlfriend already told me that the volume on the headphones are freaking loud
But I meant the built-in speakers. My G3 is waaay louder than the One Mini 2. And if the M8 is as loud as the One Mini 2, I want to apply some tweaks to it, to become as loud as my G3. On the G3 it's just editing one file and et voila. All I want to know is, if there's a way to turn up the volume on the M8's built-in speakers. ^^

furiify said:
My girlfriend already told me that the volume on the headphones are freaking loud
But I meant the built-in speakers. My G3 is waaay louder than the One Mini 2. And if the M8 is as loud as the One Mini 2, I want to apply some tweaks to it, to become as loud as my G3. On the G3 it's just editing one file and et voila. All I want to know is, if there's a way to turn up the volume on the M8's built-in speakers. ^^
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I don't know the G3 so can't compare. I find my M8 speakers to be very good and very loud. Way better and louder than my previous iPhone 4S... I don't see any need to have the volume any higher on my M8.

furiify said:
My girlfriend already told me that the volume on the headphones are freaking loud
But I meant the built-in speakers. My G3 is waaay louder than the One Mini 2. And if the M8 is as loud as the One Mini 2, I want to apply some tweaks to it, to become as loud as my G3. On the G3 it's just editing one file and et voila. All I want to know is, if there's a way to turn up the volume on the M8's built-in speakers. ^^
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The speakers are as loud as you could expect out of a phone.
It's almost as loud as my laptop.

I simply used viper4android and it did the work. The sound quality was just so awesome on the HTC that I'm missing it on my z2.
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[Q] g3 music performance?

So I just got a lg g3 today and I rooted it and I installed viper4android but it seems that the audio performance isnt so great. I had a HTC m8 with viper 4android and using the same headphones that i used on my g3. The m8 sounded way better and it would hold its bass and not sound distorted but on my g3 I can't have a clear sound it sounds distorted with the same v4a setting from the m8. So my question is ,can I swap the m8 audio drivers/proccesor on my g3? Or is there any alternatives ? Thank you !!I
Why would you mod G3 as it has one of the cleanest audio output out there?
I thought the same thing about my m7s audio. it was superb. The G3 just can't compete . It also sounded way better when paired with my mylink in my car
I haven't noticed any sound distortion, and has seemed pretty clean with good bass. Admittedly so far I have only used cheap earbuds, and not any of the decent headphones I have.
I mean it sounds distorted with v4a when I crank the bass up. my m8 never sounded bad like this when I cranked up the bass.
Try poweramp dudes
It won't do anything different it's like the audio driver can't handle a lot of bass or it will sound weird
I've tried viper. And poweramp and both of them do t have really good sound like a stock m7 or please forgive me but an iphone lol
Yes exactly same here idk what it is lol the m8 sense model sound good and the gpe m8 sounded better ,is it the kernel or something ?
I tried enabling art runtime and idk if its just me but it sounds a little better
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Why would you mod G3 as it has one of the cleanest audio output out there?
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I know this is a year old post but I would like to answer your question: I just got an LG G3 and I was also under the impression that the sound quality would be stellar. But lo and behold, I plug my headphones and notice that for every touch action performed, there is a hiss lasting about 5 seconds. Every. Damn. Time. And the sound quality (with FLAC files) is as dirty as it gets: distortion and clipping.
I could not believe it. 2014's flagship phone with the crappiest audio I ever heard?
I read about the "make a call at the start of the day" fix (which sounds ridiculous), switching to Bluetooth headphones, or learning to deal with it.
I was losing hope until I was pointed to this thread.
I had to root and edit a system file, no big deal for many of us, but a big deal for other buyers.
Problem is solved and, while the sound quality is now very good, it is so after a fix that involves rooting the phone. So theoretically, the LG G3 has very decent audio quality AFTER you modify its internal settings.
So i replaced my car stereo completly removed it put in a trio tablet as a head unit wired to my factory amp sounded like crap most of the time i got bored and hooked my. G3 up and its stock music player with no tweakes throught the headphone jack sounds better than the tablet with all kinds of auido tweaks all of u need to download g3 volume boost on the market increase all values +8 to 10 on top of stock valuse it makes it louder i get a little distortion +10 or more than stock but sounds great all ways speakerphone headset volume headphone volume and auxilary vol

[Q] How's the audio quality through headphones?

I was just wondering what everyone thinks of the audio quality through headphones in terms of quality and loudness. If we had root, this wouldn't be an issue because with a few mods I could have it up to whatever I like it to be. But since there currently isn't root, how does it sound on stock? Also, is there a volume warning and does it go away until the next reboot?
jtc276 said:
I was just wondering what everyone thinks of the audio quality through headphones in terms of quality and loudness. If we had root, this wouldn't be an issue because with a few mods I could have it up to whatever I like it to be. But since there currently isn't root, how does it sound on stock? Also, is there a volume warning and does it go away until the next reboot?
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i like the audio quality with headphones. i use sennheiser hd pro 280's and the sound is very good coming from my note 4. i also use poweramp's gain to turn up the decibels if i want louder volume. there is also a loud volume warning that you have to confirm and yes it does come back when you reboot the phone.
freebee269 said:
i like the audio quality with headphones. i use sennheiser hd pro 280's and the sound is very good coming from my note 4. i also use poweramp's gain to turn up the decibels if i want louder volume. there is also a loud volume warning that you have to confirm and yes it does come back when you reboot the phone.
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Awesome! I'm generally satisfied with the sound quality that comes out of Samsung devices, so I'm sure I'll be happy (I ordered my Note 4 today). The volume warning is expected although I'm not a fan of it. At least it doesn't appear every time you plug in headphones like it does on the LG G3.
Coming from a note 3, I noticed a positive different in audio quality through my headphones. I wasn't expecting it.
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Anyone return phone due to poor HP audio?

I have to say that while my copy has been flawless, I can't say I like the HP output. It's at least two steps back from my old Samsung GNex. Volume is poor and simply the detail coming out of it, at least through my Audio-Technika IM70 IEMs, is also quite lacking. Not impressed at all.
Is anyone else thinking about returning/selling their phone due to poor HP output?
No ofcourse not there will be a tweak to make it sounds good
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I've not experienced anything like that. Like you I love my music and I am very happy with the quality coming from the handset. Although I always use poweramp.
I like the audio from this device.
I was replying to one guy at reddit before. He was curios about the sound on the G4 compared to HTC One M7. Since I got both, and I do listen to music a lot, I wrote my impression.
"I switched from M7 to G4, and I was worried about the sound in headphones also. Even though I think they both perform really good, but I will give my M7 a slight edge here. I was listening to both right now, and it feels that G4 got more highs, bass is not as punchy as M7, and M7 sounds more tight. It's really hard to say which sounds better, matter of taste, but I find M7 as a better sound quality device, even though the sound is a bit dull comparing to G4. The volume levels are higher in M7, but the volumes G4 produces are more than enough for me.
Both devices were tested with stock players, without any EQ tweaks, Beats Audio turned off of course. Music genre: electronic. Earphones: Shure SE425."
But I won't return this device, only because I don't like the sound as much as I do on M7. G4 is superb phone in overall, and the sound is not bad at all, it's just different.
Versus my M7 it doesnt compare. But with that being said my M7 had an audiomod on it which revamped the output. There really isn't any phone(stock) that I could find that'll compare to it.
Am I going to return it? Nope. I'll wait for root and get another mod and call it a day
The headphone quality is indeed poor. Also on my unit, the device won’t even recognize the headphone input unless the jack is pressed at a certain angle. Tested with multiple pairs of headphones.
The headphone situation is my only negative mark for this phone. Everything else about it meets or exceeds expectations.
Idk how can some people all audio quality on this phone good....
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ambervals6 said:
Idk how can some people all audio quality on this phone good....
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Idk how someone on an S6 keeps trolling the G4 threads.
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The headphones quality by all means isn't poor whatsoever. Tested and compared to iPhone 6,5, Samsung s6 n4 and 2014 edition tablet. Lg g4 by far is the very best. I'm a sound engineer and was blown away from the sound of this device. It's very well balanced with extension on the highs. The bass of course isn't as punchy but it's just right amount of bass extension so it doesn't overpower the mids. Yes volume output for hp isn't so great. Lg g2,3,4 is the one phone that has a DAC inside for sound quality and support natively 192/24bit audio
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The headphones quality by all means isn't poor whatsoever. Tested and compared to iPhone 6,5, Samsung s6 n4 and 2014 edition tablet. Lg g4 by far is the very best. I'm a sound engineer and was blown away from the sound of this device. It's very well balanced with extension on the highs. The bass of course isn't as punchy but it's just right amount of bass extension so it doesn't overpower the mids. Yes volume output for hp isn't so great. Lg g2,3,4 is the one phone that has a DAC inside for sound quality and support natively 192/24bit audio
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This.
LG just lowers the volume so you don't blow out your pretty ear drums. Volume mods are just a number tweak.
player911 said:
This.
LG just lowers the volume so you don't blow out your pretty ear drums. Volume mods are just a number tweak.
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Tweak tips?
Any way to turn on the LG Nanny mode off?
Dennisg34 said:
Idk how someone on an S6 keeps trolling the G4 threads.
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Have both phones. The audio on g4 is crappy when earphones are on. But feel free to troll and deny it
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Sounds a lot better than my Nexus 6. I had to mess with the equalizer to get a decent sound that wasn't muffled/"warm" but not with the G4.
Using PowerAmp and ATH-M50x.
It also gets plenty loud for me. I've never had to turn the volume to max.
If it doesn't get loud enough for you, get some headphones/iems that isolate better, are within proper impedance range for a mobile device or get an amp or get your hearing checked.
I don't understand what you all mean when you say you apply an audio mod to make things sound better. What does this "mod" actually do? I am very skeptical because mods can only modify the software at that point, the hardware (which controls the quality) is what it is.
I sweat by Viper4Android. Its crazy all the things it can do. The convolver in particular has helped elevate the sound. Not being able to install it has been my biggest disappointment with the g4
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[REQ] Enable Dual Speakers

On my old phone, Galaxy S5, there was a small mod that enable dual speakers and it totally made the experience better. So, can somebody figure out how to enable dual speakers on the LG G4? I know it has to be in mixer_paths.xml, but I don't know what lines to edit
De_Falt said:
On my old phone, Galaxy S5, there was a small mod that enable dual speakers and it totally made the experience better. So, can somebody figure out how to enable dual speakers on the LG G4? I know it has to be in mixer_paths.xml, but I don't know what lines to edit
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Dual speakers? Like the ear piece speaker?
joshuadjohnson22 said:
Dual speakers? Like the ear piece speaker?
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Yes
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Yes
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Just out of curiosity what do you need it for? Audio play back or phone call? Seems like an interesting request as the ear piece probably cannot put off good loud sound without peaking.
Doing this mod is very dumb in my opinion. The earpiece speaker on the phones is put at certain cut of sound frequencies in order to focus in the voices and not so much background noises. So in order to having it be a speaker will not sound so good at all plus also the risk of blowing it will be much greater for it isnt meant for audio other than for phonecalls for it also is much smaller than the dedicated speaker for music.
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Doing this mod is very dumb in my opinion. The earpiece speaker on the phones is put at certain cut of sound frequencies in order to focus in the voices and not so much background noises. So in order to having it be a speaker will not sound so good at all plus also the risk of blowing it will be much greater for it isnt meant for audio other than for phonecalls for it also is much smaller than the dedicated speaker for music.
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I don't listen to very high volume on the G4 speaker at all, and I also use speaker optimization in V4A. I really like the the stereo effect this would probably give if the ear piece got enabled. I loved this very much on my Galaxy S5 and I can respect your opinion.
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Just out of curiosity what do you need it for? Audio play back or phone call? Seems like an interesting request as the ear piece probably cannot put off good loud sound without peaking.
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Audio playback is the main reason. This mod was very good on the Galaxy S5, you can find the mod in the threads on that device somewhere.
your gonna blow up your speakers OP
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your gonna blow up your speakers OP
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On the Galaxy S5 this wasn't an issue and I can tweak the speaker settings in V4A, but I can respect your opinion.
Here's where the idea originated from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/themes-apps/soundmod-t2902915
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On my old phone, Galaxy S5, there was a small mod that enable dual speakers and it totally made the experience better. So, can somebody figure out how to enable dual speakers on the LG G4? I know it has to be in mixer_paths.xml, but I don't know what lines to edit
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I'm right there with you! I had this mod on my G3 as well. Loved the surround effect. If the mixer path is edited properly (balancing the earpiece at a lower level compared to the rear speaker) no damage and great sound effect. Unfortunately as much as I have tried, the G4 mixer path xml is a nightmare to navigate, I've tried countless times to obtain this surround effect using the previous device mod as a guide, but no dice. Best I could do was gaining a respectable volume increase in call and speaker output without getting into distortion territory. Love the G4 but some of the new files are quite the pain!!!
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I'm right there with you! I had this mod on my G3 as well. Loved the surround effect. If the mixer path is edited properly (balancing the earpiece at a lower level compared to the rear speaker) no damage and great sound effect. Unfortunately as much as I have tried, the G4 mixer path xml is a nightmare to navigate, I've tried countless times to obtain this surround effect using the previous device mod as a guide, but no dice. Best I could do was gaining a respectable volume increase in call and speaker output without getting into distortion territory. Love the G4 but some of the new files are quite the pain!!!
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Very true! After seeing the G4's mixer_paths.xml in my file browser, my eyes were twitching! I have no idea where to start editing so I was hoping the fabulous XDA G4 community could help, but at this point all I'm getting is: "your gonna blow out your speakers" or "this is dumb". But at the same time I can see where they're coming from, there's a chance the speaker(s) can blow or this mod may not be worth fighting for.
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If the mixer path is edited properly (balancing the earpiece at a lower level compared to the rear speaker) no damage and great sound effect.
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I had the HTC Boombass as a free promo when I got my HTC One M8. It was set up to provide bass over and above the normal HTC M8 speakers and worked quite well. That kinda falls in line with what you are saying about the earpiece, it could be used to add a little something without trying to equal the loudspeaker in range or volume but could still prove useful to the overall sound.
Had a mod like this on my Nexus 5 as well. Tweaked properly it can sound great.
there is actually a thread where a stereo mod is published, also is installable with(or without) magisk
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/mod-dual-speaker-soundmod-devices-root-t3735280

Low sound through headphones.

Hi everyone!
When I bought this phone I was surprised by loud and high quality sound through headphones even on 50 points of the volume. But several weeks ago I noticed that the sound became quieter and I have to raise the volume to 65-70. I think that it relates to some updates. Can someone help me with fixing this issue?
MindfreakDenny said:
Hi everyone!
When I bought this phone I was surprised by loud and high quality sound through headphones even on 50 points of the volume. But several weeks ago I noticed that the sound became quieter and I have to raise the volume to 65-70. I think that it relates to some updates. Can someone help me with fixing this issue?
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I'm haven the same problem my V20 sound super loud I use the same headphones doesn't sound loud at all on LGG8
I thought I was stupid for feeling like this but seems like I am not the only one.
Seriously thought my ears only got used to the high volume or something.
Frau Son said:
I thought I was stupid for feeling like this but seems like I am not the only one.
Seriously thought my ears only got used to the high volume or something.
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Nawl I've tryed everything the sound won't get louder on my V20 I could never turn my volume all the way up I'm call tmoble and see what they come up with
Today I simply bought Marshall Mode EQ headphones and now I can listen to music using only 50 points of volume again. I think that LG G8 requires higher sensitivity and impedance than stock headphones from it's box have.
Also I think that LG made some changes in last update in this case. Cause first days I used this phone the sound was pretty loud. Maybe this trouble caused by LG's hearing damage protection.
MindfreakDenny said:
Today I simply bought Marshall Mode EQ headphones and now I can listen to music using only 50 points of volume again. I think that LG G8 requires higher sensitivity and impedance than stock headphones from it's box have.
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Yea that could be it I'm have to check that out thanks

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