I discovered that after updating my phone (retus) to the December Security Patch, my bluetooth, headset, and speaker audio was quiet... Stock Audio Effects on the phone was no help, and acts as if its disabled... Even though it was not when I tried to adjust its settings. I turned it off via Google Play Music in the settings by selecting Equalizer and turning it off before doing what I describe below.
My Temp Fix was to download the "Pi Music Player" in the playstore... Go to the equalizer settings, select to use the Pi Equalizer instead of the system EQ... Then press the "Flat" button beneath the equalizer 2x. Once you do this, your phone will come alive. Now you can choose the equalizer preset of your choice, including manual and set your own if you want.
If the audio goes soft again, just press the flat button 2x in the Pi Equalizer and re-select an EQ setting and all should be well.
I am not rooted (even though I would love to be) and anyone could this to make their music/phone sound better... Even if it only works intermittently.
So far I have tested the Slacker Radio and Pi Music Player apps with Pi EQ settings and it works fine for me...
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When i start winamp or playerpro the beat audio logo is showed on taskbar, but i don't hear no difference with or without beat audio activated. I use standard earphones of HTC.
Can tell me someone why I cannot hear no difference?
Sent from my HTC One X
i think its because beats audio dosnt support any player
PowerAMP and Winamp both have their own built-in EQ controls which will be overriding the Beats EQ. Beats is pretty terrible anyway, so you may just want to use the built-in player one. You can disable direct-control in the PowerAMP settings which can allow other applications to work alongside it, this may get Beats working too:
Open up PowerAmp
Press 'Menu' button
Select 'More'
Select 'Settings'
Select 'AudioEngine'
Select 'Advanced Tweaks'
Disable Direct Volume Control
Streaming music apps like spotify/ google music have in app equalizers that really make a difference, hence I use them. But every so often the equalizer turns off by itself reverting back to a loud/flat sound. But as soon as you go to check the equalizer, it says it is still on and the sound reverts to your settings in the equalizer.
Has anyone else encountered this?
Hi,
So I stumbled across a way of consistently getting the "sound enhancement" working in third party apps, thought I'd share.
This will give you access to the normalization for greater volume, and the clearsound, equaliser etc.
1 )Leave headphones unplugged
2) Open the App you wish to listen to music from.
3) Turn screen off
4) Insert headphones
5) Turn screen back on
Works for me with Google music, spent some time experimenting and it works for me.
I have the smartconnect tool set to launch google music on inserting headphones, I don't know if this is having any effect or not. Share your results
Doesn't work for me
Stock 14.2.A.1.114
I'm on the latest stock firmware. Whenever I get a notification, the currently playing audio cuts out and takes about 10 seconds to return. It happens with AIMP (which I use because it has a eq / preamp) and the SoundCloud app. It's pretty frustrating and I've resorted to switching on Do Not Disturb, but that's not an ideal solution.
(Side note - audio on android is a pain. I've tried Viper4android on 2 different phones with multiple firmwares and the driver fails to install. I just want a preamp / eq that works system wide, so I'm not tied to a specific audio player.)
Ever since I started using android, my choice for a DSP unit was Noozxoide EIZO-rewire™ PRO. Apparently, since the last update, the software is no longer usable. Lowering the volume only inserts a crappy stuttering sound. Since that app is old (but gold) and not updated, It seems it's finally time to move on. So, what are your takes on DSPs on Android Pie?
I need a module that does not require root or other methods of tampering with the system.
I need a module with profiles for each and every sound output (internal, jack and wireless).
I need it to auto-start on boot and work in the background without needing to set it up, or start it every time I want to use the music player or other media software.
The app mentioned above did everything I needed.
Thank you!
I'm afraid, there are no other rootless solutions for Android 8+. At least I don't know of any working one.
thorin0815 said:
I'm afraid, there are no other rootless solutions for Android 8+. At least I don't know of any working one.
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I tried the basic debugging solution... Idk what happened during the update but here goes my log:
>test game - volume slider working
>test youtube - volume slider working
>test sony music - volume slider creates audio glitching
>test google music - volume slider creates audio glitching
>force stop audio engine
>test sony music - volume slider creates audio glitching
>test google music - volume slider working
>force stop sony music
>test sony music - volume slider working
>reboot
>volume slider working globally
So that old but gold engine is still up for the task... Problem fixed,
UPDATE 2: problem occurring after system-wide back-up using the google back-up option. It seems it tampers with the normal operation of the integrated audio API. So, after a full back-up, a reboot and/or force restart of the DSP engine is needed. Also, sometimes after a reboot, the system is not operational again, then, the only fix is force stopping and restarting the process for the audio processor.
Will still keep an eye on the thread, maybe there are rootless solutions that could still work...
UPDATE 3. The problems persisted so I tried to access the Noozxoide EIZO-rewire™ PRO control panel from the music app (Sony Music Port - lastest version) and surprise, there was a new basic equalizer there that I never installed. It seems that Xiaomi pushed a new equalizer system to our phones that was interfering with my processor. I checked the system apps and found a new MusicFX app there. I disabled it and it seems everything is now working as intended.
The point is that for the past few days I tried to find an app that could replace EIZO, and no luck. There is no rootless system audio processor available, except those crappy riced apps from the store. So, if you want to get the most out of your audio, the solution was now found. This rootless mod almost gives you the sound quality you'll get from an iPhone 6s (mono speaker) and great sound from headphones/wireless devices.
This thread can now be closed!