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[Q] Higher earphones volume?

I walk through really loud places on my way to work and back home, and I can hardly hear anything on my earphones (in-ear even). Either my hearing is not at all what it used to, or the volume is just too low.
Is it possible (or is there already a way) to increase the earphones volume above the current limit? (a kernel patch or whatever determines the volume limit)
I know it's a slippery slope to an impaired hearing, but I'll take my chances.

Demp said:
I walk through really loud places on my way to work and back home, and I can hardly hear anything on my earphones (in-ear even). Either my hearing is not at all what it used to, or the volume is just too low.
Is it possible (or is there already a way) to increase the earphones volume above the current limit? (a kernel patch or whatever determines the volume limit)
I know it's a slippery slope to an impaired hearing, but I'll take my chances.
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ye would be nice if it could do some more db it is pretty low even at full volume.

early i had louder volume hack on my hero, but it doesnt work with the desire, it might be something with froyo

Install Android DSP
http://www.bel.fi/~alankila/android-dsp/
download the update.zip and get the apk inside and install, dunno if it works on all kernels, but works on defrost 2.9, theres a graphical equalizer and some loudness options.

+1 on this, I'd also like to see if there's anything we could do to rise earphones volume...

catohagen said:
Install Android DSP
http://www.bel.fi/~alankila/android-dsp/
download the update.zip and get the apk inside and install, dunno if it works on all kernels, but works on defrost 2.9, theres a graphical equalizer and some loudness options.
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wow, great. considering it just updates a lib and installs an apk, should sense-based roms users fear any harm?

I will try it right now.
Feedback soon...
Edit: It does not work on nextsense 5.3...

yukkio said:
I will try it right now.
Feedback soon...
Edit: It does not work on nextsense 5.3...
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I also use nextsense 5.3
thanks for trying, mate.

catohagen said:
Install Android DSP
http://www.bel.fi/~alankila/android-dsp/
download the update.zip and get the apk inside and install, dunno if it works on all kernels, but works on defrost 2.9, theres a graphical equalizer and some loudness options.
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Tried on modaco r8, didn't work (bootloop).

A Plea to all Devs (have a Non-BEATS audio version of your ROMS)

All Devs I beg and plead with you to either have a Non-BEATS audio version of your ROMS or to have it as an optional add-on. I ask this because BEATS audio makes changes to all music you play and I for one along with many others do not like the changes it makes. It seems that every single new version of ROM that comes out has this built in. I have looked high and low and cannot find a way to remove it form the .zip file or even how to remove it after it is installed.
I deeply respect all the work that you do and am very thankful for everything you guys are doing to make our phones better. I understand many people are asking to have BEATS audio added and you are in turn abiding the request.
If anyone wants to know my reasons for not wanting BEATS audio I will be happy to fill you in or you can look at my post history.
One last Thank you to all the Devs for all your hard work and also thank you for even considering my plea, whether or not you are able to fulfill it.

Beats Audio is cool for people who swear by Skull Candy, I guess. Other than that... I'd rather have it optional please!

While everyone has their opinions, and yours is definitely valid, remember that these developers are developing roms based on what they want to make. If they want to put Beats in, its their choice.
Though I think it would be nice if someone would make the files/modifications needed to disable beats ourselves, its out of my knowledge to do so but that would be the proper thing to do rather than expecting developers to change their roms.

Raistline said:
All Devs I beg and plead with you to either have a Non-BEATS audio version of your ROMS or to have it as an optional add-on. I ask this because BEATS audio makes changes to all music you play and I for one along with many others do not like the changes it makes. It seems that every single new version of ROM that comes out has this built in. I have looked high and low and cannot find a way to remove it form the .zip file or even how to remove it after it is installed.
I deeply respect all the work that you do and am very thankful for everything you guys are doing to make our phones better. I understand many people are asking to have BEATS audio added and you are in turn abiding the request.
If anyone wants to know my reasons for not wanting BEATS audio I will be happy to fill you in or you can look at my post history.
One last Thank you to all the Devs for all your hard work and also thank you for even considering my plea, whether or not you are able to fulfill it.
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Master & Slave has that capability with his new rom paradox paradise. In order for you to activate beats audio, you need to use dsp manager. So there you go. Gotta love options
"Cocaine Is One Hell Of A Drug" You Know I Keep That White Girl

Team Kang probably won't incorporate Beats into their ROMs since they keep it close to stock but with common sense extras that appeal to everyone. As long as Juggernaut and its future releases are Beats-free, I don't see the need to flash anything else for myself.
And yes, Beats are for people with Skullcandy and lower tier phones/IEMs. I'm happy with my Panasonic HJE900K with Poweramp producing sound the way it should be.

What I don't get is why would you flash beats when volume + has beats emulation in it. It's not even all that great. Just really too much bass.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium

Beats Audio sounds terrible.

I agree. I flashed the zip without making a nandroid and now I'm wishing there was a zip to remove it. The only noticeable thing it does is increases the bass too much. I like bass but not to this level. Whenever I plug my phone into my car the bass is just overwhelming to the point where the treble is just muffled. Besides our sound card, if you can call it that, is already good as it is. In some sense its better than my 2022 MBP's output with the stock player.

I take it, Beats audio doesn't have the ability (in a system setting somewhere) to disable it? So you can go back to normal?

Download and run Darkside Digital Warfare. It does not have any of that extraneous crap baked into it. It will also be one of the best ROM's you will ever run as far as snappiness and battery life.

I have it running via dsp manager so u can enable and disable
M&S

DannyB513 said:
Download and run Darkside Digital Warfare. It does not have any of that extraneous crap baked into it. It will also be one of the best ROM's you will ever run as far as snappiness and battery life.
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So far it is my favorite ROM. I put this plea out because I still love trying out new ROMS from time to time and playing music from my device at work and in my car is a MUST HAVE, CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT feature. And Beats Auido ruins that for me. If only one ROM ends out not having Beats then that limits me to just one viable choice. As other have replied, I am not the only one that thinks this way.
But yes, thank you for the recommendation of Darkside, I have a Nandroid backup for that ROM that I will go back to if I don't find another Daily.

Not sure if SlickMod 3.4 has Beats but DSP Manager wasn't in the base install. Simply installing DSP Manager from the market doesn't work. I to like clean sound and found a workaround with Root Toolbox Pro which has the option to install Cyanogen's DSP Manager, apparently at the system level. The quality coming thru a Bluetooth FM transmitter to my car stereo is as clean as a CD played directly from the player.
A golden app worth mega bucks would be one that would raise and lower the volume depending on surrounding noise. A pink noise generator to set the eq for varied conditions. Hi-end Alpine car stereos started having that option in the mid 80's. The SGS2 has the hardware needed.

I found that if the CPU Freq was set low when first starting an audio file, DSP Manager would crash when trying to change a setting and I would have to reboot.

mainmast2 said:
I found that if the CPU Freq was set low when first starting an audio file, DSP Manager would crash when trying to change a setting and I would have to reboot.
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Flash Paradox and noone will post in this thread again
M&S

Raistline said:
So far it is my favorite ROM. I put this plea out because I still love trying out new ROMS from time to time and playing music from my device at work and in my car is a MUST HAVE, CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT feature. And Beats Auido ruins that for me. If only one ROM ends out not having Beats then that limits me to just one viable choice. As other have replied, I am not the only one that thinks this way.
But yes, thank you for the recommendation of Darkside, I have a Nandroid backup for that ROM that I will go back to if I don't find another Daily.
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Why not just delete/disable the files that are required to make it work. Not the cleanest way to do things, but probably would kill the software from running, thus giving you what you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1440986
Scroll this page. There is one post with links. But instead of relying on a zip flash file, open up these files. Look inside specifically at what lib files or apk file in system are running and just delete them yourself.
Again, not the cleanest method of doing things. Or look for the references in build.prop. Most developers will annotate the build.prop file to specifically show some instances for the enhanced audio. Just simply try a quick edit and reboot to see that the audio is back to stock sound. Just a thought
Again, and I repeat this...Nandroid backup first. I don't need any blame on what I made you do

[Q] CM 11 boomsound

I recently flashed Cyanogenmod 11 onto my HTC One M8, and I'm loving the **** out of it. However, it has some flaws. As it is a nightly version, I'm totally cool with that, and I'm wiling to try and work around them. However, the speakers sound noticeably worse. At max volume they crackle like crazy and searching the settings menu, I noticed there is no "Boomsound" setting as there is in the stock OS, and in the GPE os. Just wondering if anyone has any insight, maybe a way to flash boomsound on separately, or if you think CM will add that in at a later date, or anything really. Loving this phone and OS, and I'd like to get all I can out of the awesome speakers.... thanks!

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I recently flashed Cyanogenmod 11 onto my HTC One M8, and I'm loving the **** out of it. However, it has some flaws. As it is a nightly version, I'm totally cool with that, and I'm wiling to try and work around them. However, the speakers sound noticeably worse. At max volume they crackle like crazy and searching the settings menu, I noticed there is no "Boomsound" setting as there is in the stock OS, and in the GPE os. Just wondering if anyone has any insight, maybe a way to flash boomsound on separately, or if you think CM will add that in at a later date, or anything really. Loving this phone and OS, and I'd like to get all I can out of the awesome speakers.... thanks!
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Boomsound is proprietary HTC software. It will probably never go to CM. However, there are EQ setting for any sort of effect you may want... never noticed a difference with Boomsound besides slightly louder audio. I did notice the crackling at max volume, but didn't really use speaker at max too often so it didn't bother me much.
You can always use GPe+Xposed for bugfree and customization. That's my setup.

watchmuu said:
I recently flashed Cyanogenmod 11 onto my HTC One M8, and I'm loving the **** out of it. However, it has some flaws. As it is a nightly version, I'm totally cool with that, and I'm wiling to try and work around them. However, the speakers sound noticeably worse. At max volume they crackle like crazy and searching the settings menu, I noticed there is no "Boomsound" setting as there is in the stock OS, and in the GPE os. Just wondering if anyone has any insight, maybe a way to flash boomsound on separately, or if you think CM will add that in at a later date, or anything really. Loving this phone and OS, and I'd like to get all I can out of the awesome speakers.... thanks!
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Same issue! Such distortion!
We need to port boomsound.

I've heard of using ViPER4Android as a replacement for Boomsound, but not actually tried it myself.

Headphone volume on OB3

Hi all. Many have noticed that the headphone output has taken a hit with the latest beta. I use V4A and even that isn't really doing the trick. I installed EX Kernel, which does a great job at improving volume... But unfortunately I'm getting phone freezes whenever I join a public WiFi if I use a custom kernel, so I've had to go back to stock.
Does anyone have a way of boosting headphone output above and beyond V4A? I've tried editing the mixer_paths.xml file... But it no longer exists!
Any ideas?

saccentekennedy said:
Hi all. Many have noticed that the headphone output has taken a hit with the latest beta. I use V4A and even that isn't really doing the trick. I installed EX Kernel, which does a great job at improving volume... But unfortunately I'm getting phone freezes whenever I join a public WiFi if I use a custom kernel, so I've had to go back to stock.
Does anyone have a way of boosting headphone output above and beyond V4A? I've tried editing the mixer_paths.xml file... But it no longer exists!
Any ideas?
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I don't own a 5t so can't really comment on the quality but, one thing I'm kinda sure is that on oreo google shifted the mixer path xml to "system/vendor/etc/".

dynamic_4444 said:
I don't own a 5t so can't really comment on the quality but, one thing I'm kinda sure is that on oreo google shifted the mixer path xml to "system/vendor/etc/".
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They did move it to vendor/etc but the there are no numerical values to change under headphones like there was in 7.1.1.

I found it, and thanks for the pointer! I did try changing the values I used to change before (HPHL HPHR RX1 RX2) but it's not working now I'm not sure it worked then either!
Any other ideas m

saccentekennedy said:
I found it, and thanks for the pointer! I did try changing the values I used to change before (HPHL HPHR RX1 RX2) but it's not working now I'm not sure it worked then either!
Any other ideas m
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Only option is the custom kernel with sound control route. Which kernel were you using that was giving you problems?
I used to always edit my mixer_paths_tasha headphone values to 84, playback gain control on slight -1.9db and kept the master output gains at 0 in v4a and that was more than enough volume for me. Now I just run sound control headphone gain at +2, and playback gain control and output gains are still at same levels and the volume is the same.

It's happened on both EX Kernel and Blu_spark kernel... I'm back on stock and will see if it happens again tomorrow. It SEEMS to happen when I'm listening to Spotify and I rejoin a public WiFi that requires login through a splash screen. Yes... It's very specific, and entirely possible it's not kernel related. However, I know that all custom kernels experience some WiFi weirdness (delayed WhatsApp notifications on WiFi only etc.) That's my best guess at the moment anyway...

saccentekennedy said:
It's happened on both EX Kernel and Blu_spark kernel... I'm back on stock and will see if it happens again tomorrow. It SEEMS to happen when I'm listening to Spotify and I rejoin a public WiFi that requires login through a splash screen. Yes... It's very specific, and entirely possible it's not kernel related. However, I know that all custom kernels experience some WiFi weirdness (delayed WhatsApp notifications on WiFi only etc.) That's my best guess at the moment anyway...
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Try FrancoKernel, I havent had any issues with wifi and the latest update today has wifi fixes in the changelog.
Edit: that is, if your issue has anything to do with custom kernel specifically.

Flashed new kernel 1.16 and downloaded kernel adiutor from playstore. There you can increase the volume

Dazed No More said:
Try FrancoKernel, I havent had any issues with wifi and the latest update today has wifi fixes in the changelog.
Edit: that is, if your issue has anything to do with custom kernel specifically.
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That worked! No problems on Franco (this morning at least) Guess whatever he's done with the wifi module has done the trick

Wrong thread, oops.

[MAGISK] [MODULE] Enable stereo audio on Nexus 4

I created this to enable audio from the front speaker.
This is a magisk module of this mod
WARNING
I am not responsible for any damage to your device, try at your own risk.
INSTALLATION
Flash from magisk manager or from recovery.
REQUIREMENTS
Tested on LineageOS 15.1
CHANGELOG
Code:
- 1.0 (24/07/18)
Initial release
- 1.1 (25/07/18)
Added support for roms with mixer_paths in System/etc (older android versions)
- 1.2 (26/07/18)
Minor fixes
Module added to magisk repo
- 1.3 (15/09/18)
Updated template to 17000
CREDITS
@VinciusG Nexus 4 mod
@sshafranko Original mod

Added new version 1.1 with support for devices with mixer_paths.xml in System/etc (untested).
Please report if it is working on Nougat and below.

hello, i use lineage os 15.1 with stock lineage kernel and i don't know if i have "mixer_path.xml in system/etc"
wich version should i use? and (in case of fail or dislike) how can i reverse it?
thanks in advance for your comments.
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installed the release version 1.0, this mod work really great! thanks op for your work!, although, the volume of the "front speaker" is low to compare with the back speaker, like 40% maybe 50% less.

Use v1.1 as it supports both directories. System/etc was used in older android versione so i added support in case anyone needs it, even if it is untested as i use lineage 15.1 now.

New v1.2 update released with small fixes on names.
Module has also been added to magisk repo so you can download it within magisk app.
Feedback from roms below oreo would be appreciated. Thanks

d_g_m_2000 said:
hello, i use lineage os 15.1 with stock lineage kernel and i don't know if i have "mixer_path.xml in system/etc"
wich version should i use? and (in case of fail or dislike) how can i reverse it?
thanks in advance for your comments.
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installed the release version 1.0, this mod work really great! thanks op for your work!, although, the volume of the "front speaker" is low to compare with the back speaker, like 40% maybe 50% less.
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Increasing the volume should be possible but it might damage the device. I'll test higher volumes and in case update the module.

Cice96 said:
Increasing the volume should be possible but it might damage the device...
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i think you are right.

Work on Android 7.1.2 (PureNexus ROM) but the difference in volume between the two speakers is remarkable.
PD: It's good to see that Nexus 4 has not been forgotten and still alive
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Labs

kikkerivers said:
Work on Android 7.1.2 (PureNexus ROM) but the difference in volume between the two speakers is remarkable.
PD: It's good to see that Nexus 4 has not been forgotten and still alive
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Thank you for feedback.

Tried it out on my LG V20, running LineageOS 15.1.
Sounds damn nice, haven't maxed out the volume just yet, but both treble and bass were crystal clear up to volume step nine out of fifteen.
No crackling, popping or snapping, no ViPER or other audio mods installed.

Paradoxumical said:
Tried it out on my LG V20, running LineageOS 15.1.
Sounds damn nice, haven't maxed out the volume just yet, but both treble and bass were crystal clear up to volume step nine out of fifteen.
No crackling, popping or snapping, no ViPER or other audio mods installed.
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Nice to see this mod working on other devices too.

Just to let you know, doesn't work with k6 note, lineageos 15.1 and viper. But I assume, k6 is generally incompatible

working great on last official lineage os 14.1 build (20180427) with custom kernel (sinai 20180522)

d_g_m_2000 said:
working great on last official lineage os 14.1 build (20180427) with custom kernel (sinai 20180522)
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Thanks for feedback, would be great if someone using KitKat or older could test it.

Works on my nex4 but volume is too low, and I don't know what the syatem uses in alsamixer to increase the earpiece volume up. Back speaker is fine as normal. So the stereo effect don't work. I am using marshmallow krexus build with quanta v 20.

KitsuneFoxy said:
Works on my nex4 but volume is too low, and I don't know what the syatem uses in alsamixer to increase the earpiece volume up. Back speaker is fine as normal. So the stereo effect don't work. I am using marshmallow krexus build with quanta v 20.
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I don't know this app and i don't know if it works with magisk. As i wrote before, increasing the volume too much could damage the phone and i didn't test a higher volume yet.

Thanks for making this module available for our good old Nexus 4.
I haven't used the N4 in a little while, there was a flashable zip created here at xda in the apps section. Is this using the same levels as that one? Feels like the volume can be bumped just a little bit higher or perhaps it is just my memory playing tricks.
Anyway, working fine using LOS15.1

Yes it uses the dame levels as the already existing mod

Module has been updated to v1.3 and module template has been updated to latest version 17000.

Works good on mine running Android Pie. Volume is pretty low but i imagine the speaker might not be more powerful than that.