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[Q] Arc volume limit

I just got the arc a few days ago, I absolutely love this phone except for one really annoying problem I have with it. The volume of music when listenning through earphones. My iphone could go much louder.
I have since tried different earphones and downloaded a few volume boosting Apps, and nothing changes. The Apps do absolutely noyhing.
I have searched to see if there are others who find this same problem. I seem to be the only one, I suppose my ears are shot. Is there any way to get the volume to go higher or am I stuck with this? Thanks.

Mate, if you actually gave the thread a proper title rather than " [Q] ", more people would be willing to help you; especially those who know the answer.
With regards to your problem, I'm sorry but I don't have the solution to that.
Cheers!

Jujuforever said:
I just got the arc a few days ago, I absolutely love this phone except for one really annoying problem I have with it. The volume of music when listenning through earphones. My iphone could go much louder.
I have since tried different earphones and downloaded a few volume boosting Apps, and nothing changes. The Apps do absolutely noyhing.
I have searched to see if there are others who find this same problem. I seem to be the only one, I suppose my ears are shot. Is there any way to get the volume to go higher or am I stuck with this? Thanks.
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Bro, you got some problem with your ear...not with the phone or headphones . Most of the reviews I read says that Arc has one of the best volumes for music.
Checkout the gsmarena website, they have one of the cleanest I guess and change your topic.

prathaban said:
Bro, you got some problem with your ear...not with the phone or headphones . Most of the reviews I read says that Arc has one of the best volumes for music.
Checkout the gsmarena website, they have one of the cleanest I guess and change your topic.
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As I said in my original post, my Iphone could go louder and was much more enjoyable. I'm disappointed that the volume can't be increased even with the help of apps.
I've also noticed that when using PowerAMP and adjusting the EQ to a preset setting, they all lower the volume even more so. I can't even change my EQ to Dance, or Rock without losing more volume.
Thanks for the help.

Jujuforever said:
As I said in my original post, my Iphone could go louder and was much more enjoyable. I'm disappointed that the volume can't be increased even with the help of apps.
I've also noticed that when using PowerAMP and adjusting the EQ to a preset setting, they all lower the volume even more so. I can't even change my EQ to Dance, or Rock without losing more volume.
Thanks for the help.
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I never used an iPhone, but I'm pretty sure that Arc has one of the best audio capabilities. I use bluetooth to listen to music (MW600) and I don't leave that in full volume sine my ear can't take it. My volume is always 1/2 to 3/4 only!
If you are experiencing issues, then I better advise you get your phone exchanged if possible or repaired. But I'm not sure how your comparison is done and not sure what will be result after you repair or get another piece.

I'm using CX300 II and my arc give me great sound quality, I have iPod nano gen 5 too for my comparison. Volume with CX300 I always set it to 1/4 as it loud enough for me.

lol i too think the problem is with your ears not the arc, or you have a faulty one? i think the arc has one of the best audio quality and i had the iphone 4 too....

Probably a faulty device. Try exchanging it and test out the audio quality at the store itself before bringing it back home.

my question is the limit !! can it be increased ? i usually like loud music and for me the limit is a bit low .

if the limit is too low then you seriously have hearing problems. Must be all the loud music

philansel7 said:
my question is the limit !! can it be increased ? i usually like loud music and for me the limit is a bit low .
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You're not reading the advice.. The arc volume is loud.. if your device is not loud then you have a faulty device.

I got my new ARC today, hurray (sweet silvery mist)!!
Honestly, the sound quality is very good. But it feels like that there could be one or two more steps on the volume controll to increse the loudness, atleast with the supplied in-ear headphones.

Some music plays lower and some higher i dont know maybe ur musics?
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I've noticed this too. It's kind of shocking to see the amount of people jumping to conclusions here....
I got around it by using 'PowerAmp', and using the PreAmp function located under Equalizer settings.
I'd say that it's some kind of volume limiter (I think UK commonly has some kind of Volume Limitations on devices; my device is from the UK).

SkitZaY said:
I've noticed this too. It's kind of shocking to see the amount of people jumping to conclusions here....
I got around it by using 'PowerAmp', and using the PreAmp function located under Equalizer settings.
I'd say that it's some kind of volume limiter (I think UK commonly has some kind of Volume Limitations on devices; my device is from the UK).
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Probably a volume limiter, but its not an UK idea. What I remember from before (2007) when I had a SE P1i, it was France that had som EU regulation issues about volume on mobiles.
So SE decided to implement it on all new devices worldwide, not to get insurance "hearing problem" claims.
But its just a guess...
Ps. My SE P1i was a brown/engineer model (impossible to flash without hardware tools aka EPROM, so I bricked it totally once one day after modding too much).

just came from this thread then finally go to this page.
From GSMArena
...Plus the XPERIA Arc is reasonably loud so it's all looking pretty good...

I use Power amp to play my music. Its available on the market, you can really control the volume on your music and is much better than the music player that comes with the phone.

Problem I had..

Well I returned my phone with a full refund.
The volume was so low on my GNex I could hardly hear YouTube videos/Music /Notifications so I returned it. Is this the same on all GNex? (Volume Bug was another reason for returning)
Long story short I regret returning it cause I loved ICS but the volume problems were enough to drive me crazy.
So my question - Is the volume low on your Gnex's ? I don't want to pick one up again if the volume truly is that low compared to other phones.

recklesslife85 said:
Well I returned my phone with a full refund.
The volume was so low on my GNex I could hardly hear YouTube videos/Music /Notifications so I returned it. Is this the same on all GNex? (Volume Bug was another reason for returning)
Long story short I regret returning it cause I loved ICS but the volume problems were enough to drive me crazy.
So my question - Is the volume low on your Gnex's ? I don't want to pick one up again if the volume truly is that low compared to other phones.
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forget about GNexus.
have yourself actually come across any devices that have a speaker that is loud enough for you under crowd environment? (even my xoom doesn't provide volume loud enough). plus you have to check if the audio of that music/video is originally softer or louder. certain audio/video are slightly softer by default. hence its really hard to measure.
i find the GNexus is loud enough under quiet environment.

Yeah, it is a bit low compared to other phones. If that's a deal-breaker then that's unfortunate. Maybe along the line someone will make a custom kernel/rom that will boost the volume though so you should keep an eye out.
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qwerp_ said:
forget about GNexus.
have yourself actually come across any devices that have a speaker that is loud enough for you under crowd environment? (even my xoom doesn't provide volume loud enough). plus you have to check if the audio of that music/video is originally softer or louder. certain audio/video are slightly softer by default. hence its really hard to measure.
i find the GNexus is loud enough under quiet environment.
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Chrono_Tata said:
Yeah, it is a bit low compared to other phones. If that's a deal-breaker then that's unfortunate. Maybe along the line someone will make a custom kernel/rom that will boost the volume though so you should keep an eye out.
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Thanks for the replies guys. Well I currently have an iPhone 4S which is perfect sound wise and so is my Dell Venue Pro. I can hear them both easy without a problem but I couldn't hear my Gnex when I was in the house talking to family. I may have had a faulty phone? Was well quiet. Considering the Galaxy Note right now but really want the Gnex again.

It is more quiet than my previous HTC Desire. But I love that it is not too loud that you are close to hearing the speakers cracking. I am not afraid to put the device in full volume anymore.

I found it way too low (as in I was close to returning it) but use Volume+ to boost it up to very respectable levels without distortion. Was happy with that then had Volume+ crash a couple of times so hoping for a proper patch (official or community) at some point.

Can't find the thread anymore, but some users with the same problem reported good results using Volume+. Think it was mainly the speaker volume when ringing that was an issue for him/her/them.
Might be worth a shot!

recklesslife85 said:
Thanks for the replies guys. Well I currently have an iPhone 4S which is perfect sound wise and so is my Dell Venue Pro. I can hear them both easy without a problem but I couldn't hear my Gnex when I was in the house talking to family. I may have had a faulty phone? Was well quiet. Considering the Galaxy Note right now but really want the Gnex again.
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do bear in mind that the iphone and dell venue both have side loaded speakers. and primarily all new android phones has their speaker at the back of the phones. ny default, the audio is blasted away from you (if you are watching youtube). you need some sort of deflector to deflect the audio back to the front to make it louder.
for instant, if you are listening to music, and have the phone facing backward, i don't think you will have any big issues.

qwerp_ said:
do bear in mind that the iphone and dell venue both have side loaded speakers. and primarily all new android phones has their speaker at the back of the phones. ny default, the audio is blasted away from you (if you are watching youtube). you need some sort of deflector to deflect the audio back to the front to make it louder.
for instant, if you are listening to music, and have the phone facing backward, i don't think you will have any big issues.
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True, but sound on my old Galaxy S2 was good with the speaker on the back. (Sold it before picking up the Gnex) I'm Androidless at the moment.. so its between picking this back up or the Note.

recklesslife85 said:
True, but sound on my old Galaxy S2 was good with the speaker on the back. (Sold it before picking up the Gnex) I'm Androidless at the moment.. so its between picking this back up or the Note.
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i have not really tested the SGS2, so i can't comment much in that. primarily throughout all nexus i had, Nexus one, Nexus S and now Galaxy Nexus, they are all about the same, i would say.
maybe you should give +Volume a shot, it could be something samsung has modified in their touchwiz to boost the volume, like how the Beats ranges from HTC.

qwerp_ said:
i have not really tested the SGS2, so i can't comment much in that. primarily throughout all nexus i had, Nexus one, Nexus S and now Galaxy Nexus, they are all about the same, i would say.
maybe you should give +Volume a shot, it could be something samsung has modified in their touchwiz to boost the volume, like how the Beats ranges from HTC.
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Yeah true. I'll try +Volume if I can force myself to pick one back up haha! Thanks for the input anyways.

I found the ringtones and notifications quite low, but all i do is use Audacity to boost the volume of my ringtones then put them on my phone!
Problem solved

Evileddie said:
I found the ringtones and notifications quite low, but all i do is use Audacity to boost the volume of my ringtones then put them on my phone!
Problem solved
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I'll check it out, thanks.

Evileddie said:
I found the ringtones and notifications quite low, but all i do is use Audacity to boost the volume of my ringtones then put them on my phone!
Problem solved
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this is the exactly scenario i meant by some audio are softer by default.

Volume fix in 4.0.3?

Does anyone know if Google plans to increase the speaker volume with the next update? I know there are plenty of equalizer apps available, but since this is a common issue with the GN I am hoping google has acknowledged the sound is too low and will increase it without the need of us all to download an app.
Does anyone think the volume will be increased?
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You would hope so and I am also hoping they at least do something about it rather than having to use an EQ app to make the volume louder.

I don't see the volume being low at all. In fact its quite loud. Louder then the G2x and on par with the Rezound.
Maybe the LTE version has higher sound levels. Even review videos are confused by the audio problems. I dont know.
I do know that I'm running 4.0.3 and sound is the same. I don't think its official so this may change but for now....
Galaxy Nexus - 4.0.3 CM9
Asus Transformer - 3.2 Revolver

Google already said a fix is coming. Let's hope they do it.

Maybe the LTE has higher sound level, but my GSM Galaxy Nexus has a very low volume level.
Tiga Jr

LTE 4.0.2 stock volume is weeeeeeeak. Coming from a Moto X which had phenomenal speaker though

Volume is low and its not for everything. On my LTE just seems to be default sounds for notifications. Music on both speaker and headphones is fine.
Volume+ free is enough at +3 for me to correct the notifications.

I find the volume to be quite low compared to my OG droid. I've loaded the old ringtones that i used on it onto my gnex and compared them side by side. The volume on the gnex is noticeably lower, but this is without volume+.
with the volume+ speaker modification on and the max vol set to +13 (that's as far as ive cared to go, as the speaker starts to crackle a bit) the volume still isnt much louder than it was. i know it sounds counter intuitive that the speaker crackles and the volume is low, because it does to me, too. it just makes me think that the speaker is weak. if that's the case, im not sure than they can do anything about it...
gnex lte - revo hd 2.1.2 (4.0.2)

Is it weak? I think the volume is loud enough, in European version at least.

rigged said:
I find the volume to be quite low compared to my OG droid. I've loaded the old ringtones that i used on it onto my gnex and compared them side by side. The volume on the gnex is noticeably lower, but this is without volume+.
with the volume+ speaker modification on and the max vol set to +13 (that's as far as ive cared to go, as the speaker starts to crackle a bit) the volume still isnt much louder than it was. i know it sounds counter intuitive that the speaker crackles and the volume is low, because it does to me, too. it just makes me think that the speaker is weak. if that's the case, im not sure than they can do anything about it...
gnex lte - revo hd 2.1.2 (4.0.2)
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Maybe you should try equalizer instead. My volume went up plenty loud with no crackle and it seems like this speaker is actually good quality they just goofed the volume.

RedBank said:
LTE 4.0.2 stock volume is weeeeeeeak. Coming from a Moto X which had phenomenal speaker though
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I agree. Coming from my iPhone, I expected a quieter speaker as that thing is LOUD! That being said, next to my Droid X, my wife's Mytouch Slide, etc this thing is so quiet I cannot hear notifications at times.
I'm using volume+ at level 8...it helps, but I would say aside from battery life this is the only other shortcoming I've experienced with this device.

[Q]Earphone volume too high?

it is only my phone? or do you guys find this phone has the earspeaker volume too high, even when it is set to the lowest?
People next to me can hear the other person as if i had it on speaker phone. With the volume so high, i dont need to use the speakerphone anymore. I somehow feel i do not have privacy. I can literally put the phone in my desk and hear it. I have talked to my mom like that while i worked.
EDIT: I think is an issue with AOSP. The volume on the Sammy ICS rom in my wife's phone worked as expected. At its lower setting, it was very decent, i couldnt hear it when I put the phone down.

I haven't really noticed... perhaps you should try different earbuds (that won't disturb neighbors so much)?
For what it's worth too, not sure if you're running a custom ROM, but I just saw something about CM10 adding a 30-stage volume meter (instead of the stock 15) on at least one device. Not on the S3 yet, but I'd expect we'll see this soon. That should give you finer control of all volume ranges, including low volumes.

sjb933 said:
I haven't really noticed... perhaps you should try different earbuds (that won't disturb neighbors so much)?
For what it's worth too, not sure if you're running a custom ROM, but I just saw something about CM10 adding a 30-stage volume meter (instead of the stock 15) on at least one device. Not on the S3 yet, but I'd expect we'll see this soon. That should give you finer control of all volume ranges, including low volumes.
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im running AOKP. The earbuds are actually fine. Is the phone ear speakers themselves which are too loud.

Agreed with above, my earbuds are fine.. Stock volume is too high though

Agreed also, volume way to high for lowest settings, i cant listen anymore to my music when i want to go to bed since my gf can hear it so much and see cant sleep with music.
disappointing that Samsung didn't catch that.

I think is an issue with AOSP. The volume on the Sammy ICS rom in my wife's phone worked as expected. At its lower setting, it was very decent, i couldnt hear when I put the phone down.

Quieter Sound?

The N7 is just too loud. I like that it CAN get loud but it doesn't get quiet enough. Even 1 tick seems like its super loud. At night in bed I usually have to turn the audio off to watch videos or use headsets. I had to turn my keyboard volume to 1 and system volume to 1 cause the clicks were too loud.
I know this is a weird question but anyone know a way to lower the lower volume settings? I'm running CM Kanged and perhaps they have the volume increased for other devices.
On my OG N7 I would have it 3-4 clicks in or higher. 1 seems like 7 compared to the old N7.
Too damn loud. I know there are apps to make it louder but I haven't seen anything to lower it. Some custom ROMs can provide more steps for greater control but 1 is too loud. I need like a .15 or .25
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So totally agree, too loud! no idea what the solution is either and I've looked around. Hopefully there's some mod for stock but I'd be willing to do just about anything.

Er... my shiny new N7 is not too loud. (Production date September 13.)
It's significantly louder than my old N7, but far from being really "loud".
Also, it does absolutely not have the reported problem of hiss when turning down volume.
Perhaps production batches differ in loudness?

Mine doesn't hiss and I'm not saying it is glass shattering but at night when everyone is trying to relax I have 2 options, Volume Muted or Volume Notch 1. Volume Notch 1 is still too loud and my family gives me the stink eye.
The max sound is fine but I think the lower portions should go lower.

player911 said:
Mine doesn't hiss and I'm not saying it is glass shattering but at night when everyone is trying to relax I have 2 options, Volume Muted or Volume Notch 1. Volume Notch 1 is still too loud and my family gives me the stink eye.
The max sound is fine but I think the lower portions should go lower.
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Agreed. I suggest using XPosed Framework if you are rooted, and look for the XVolume module (last module in the downloads section of the app). It breaks the volume into 30 steps. I'm going to test this out for myself and let you know my results.
EDIT: Doesn't seem like it helped very much.
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