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[Q] alarm issue

Hello all!
So I have just bought HTC 8S and it works perfect with Win 8. I have transferred from Android and this flawless movement is just great!
But...it seems that there's some trouble with sound. Even though I have adjusted to highest option (30/30) sometimes I just can't hear it (ex. in car or in pocket). Special issue is with alarm - it's hardly hearable - I have test it couple of time and it's just quiet!
I have changed ringtones, did hard reset but no luck. Third party alarm app seems to work just fine; sound is just good.
Anyone else have same issue - is it software or hardware problem??
Cheers!

milanpuvaca said:
Hello all!
So I have just bought HTC 8S and it works perfect with Win 8. I have transferred from Android and this flawless movement is just great!
But...it seems that there's some trouble with sound. Even though I have adjusted to highest option (30/30) sometimes I just can't hear it (ex. in car or in pocket). Special issue is with alarm - it's hardly hearable - I have test it couple of time and it's just quiet!
I have changed ringtones, did hard reset but no luck. Third party alarm app seems to work just fine; sound is just good.
Anyone else have same issue - is it software or hardware problem??
Cheers!
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Mine is all right for now. I have't notise alarm problem... only when im listening music and volume stays at 15, then ringtone is quiet.

I have the same problem. The alarm volume level is too low.

nigh7ang3l said:
I have the same problem. The alarm volume level is too low.
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will you send it to repair centre? I am thinking about it as soon as holidays are finished.
All other options are working just great. Maybe this will be solved with some patch...

If u have rooted u can simply use dsp manager?
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Random music volume

Is anyone having a weird issue with the stock music player & stock earphones(on a non rooted M9),where the sound level starts going down by itself,then goes up a tiny bit after awhile?
I thought it might of been caused by an issue with Greenify installed,but after uninstalling it & rebooting the phone,the issue is still there.
I dont have any aftermarket earphones to test with,so im not sure if they are the issue or not?
From my Aussie M9
From my Aussie M9

That is weird. I've noticed a similar behavior when I play music using the Shuttle+ application. I thought it was some trick of my ears, as the volume only goes lower for a few seconds and by the time I reach to adjust the volume, it's already back. It's maybe a few decibels - noticeable without being a huge deal.
As for solutions, I have no idea. Maybe there's something installed that is doing strange things. I've got a lot of applications, maybe time to trim them down and see if uninstalling one of them makes a difference.

TornadoF6 said:
Is anyone having a weird issue with the stock music player & stock earphones(on a non rooted M9),where the sound level starts going down by itself,then goes up a tiny bit after awhile?
I thought it might of been caused by an issue with Greenify installed,but after uninstalling it & rebooting the phone,the issue is still there.
I dont have any aftermarket earphones to test with,so im not sure if they are the issue or not?
From my Aussie M9
From my Aussie M9
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By design, playback volume "dims" momentarily when you receive a notification. Other than that, I don't experience any arbitrary lowering of volume.

I listen to audibooks when im ready for sleep,and my phone is on Airplane mode and not plugged into the charger,so that rules out notifications
From my Aussie M9

jollywhitefoot said:
By design, playback volume "dims" momentarily when you receive a notification. Other than that, I don't experience any arbitrary lowering of volume.
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Huh - I didn't know that. I think I need to pay attention to see if it happens around notifications only or other times.

So,it appears to be caused by HTC DLNA app,i unistalled it back to factory via Playstore,and the volume issue doesnt happen anymore
From my Aussie M9

Notification sound "fading in" effect

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:

Ricardo_G said:
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.
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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

Ricardo_G said:
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.

Is there any real audio issue with Mi Max (Prime)?

Premise: I know I just opened another topic (but this is a completely different question) and that there are several articles (and potential "fixes") around on XDA and elsewhere, but I see people having the following issues and others not (especially in reviews)
Hi everyone,
I have a simple question: is Mi Max Prime suffering from low sound volume (i.e. below the average)? if yes, is that probleme so severe that - for example - you may not hear the alarm clock or a phone call in speaker mode?
I know there are a couple of fixes around but I also saw many people not solving the issue with those.
Thank you in advance

dragXDA123 said:
Premise: I know I just opened another topic (but this is a completely different question) and that there are several articles (and potential "fixes") around on XDA and elsewhere, but I see people having the following issues and others not (especially in reviews)
Hi everyone,
I have a simple question: is Mi Max Prime suffering from low sound volume (i.e. below the average)? if yes, is that probleme so severe that - for example - you may not hear the alarm clock or a phone call in speaker mode?
I know there are a couple of fixes around but I also saw many people not solving the issue with those.
Thank you in advance
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For me is ok, not problem at all. Not best, not the more strong, but good.

jjrojo said:
For me is ok, not problem at all. Not best, not the more strong, but good.
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Thanks for your answer.
Would you say the sound is possible to hear from some distance? (like a few meters or another floor)

dragXDA123 said:
Thanks for your answer.
Would you say the sound is possible to hear from some distance? (like a few meters or another floor)
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I would have to test and right now is night here. What sound? music? tone volume?
There is people that with earphones say is too low, but i can't turn up the volume, is too much strong for me.

jjrojo said:
I would have to test and right now is night here. What sound? music? tone volume?
There is people that with earphones say is too low, but i can't turn up the volume, is too much strong for me.
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Thanks again for your answer.
I'd say, testing any alarm (default one should work) and a pop song music (at your choice).
Here too is night. Feel free to do it when you have a moment

I'm a good guy to ask. Quite deaf, use my phone for an alarm clock. I can hear people when they "force" their voice in close proximity, otherwise break out the pen and paper if I don't have fresh hearing aid batteries.
Alarm clock (alarmy) scares me so bad I try to beat my rise time just to turn it off. Loud, oh hell yea, it's loud.
Talking on the phone I can just make out sounds, without my hearing aids. That's says good things about the phone, because normally I get nothing.
You can always root and edit the mixer_paths in system_ect. Done it many times on my Samsung phones, but as I say, no need (for me) on the Max.

Just got a Mi Max a few days ago, the ring volume I will call it just enough, The only issue is when I hear music with headphone and turn on the Mi Sound effect then the volume will drop a lot, I need to turn off the effect and re-plug the headphone to resume the volume.

The volume has gotten better since Miui 8 and it's good on my RR ROM. YouTube is hit or miss depending on the video you watch. A lot of videos are uploaded with low sound and some with louder sound. Everything else seems okay to me although nothing compares to the sheer loudness of the speakers on my Nexus 6P.

Question Very low volume on some apps

My clubhouse app has very low volume compare to other apps.
What can I do for fixing this problem?

aidin594 said:
My clubhouse app has very low volume compare to other apps.
What can I do for fixing this problem?
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Hi,
I had the same problem with Spotify. Even the sound got worse. When I restarted my phone, the sound was OK in Spotify for about 1minute but then changed. I haven't figured out what it is. Restoring the phone to factory settings and restoring everything from backup solved the problem.

I have had sound issues with mine, too. SOmetimes the speakerphone is super loud, sometimes I can barely hear it. Same with Notifications. A reboot typically fixes it, but seems like I have to reboot every day for this issue.
Adaptive sound is off, so that's not it, either.
Just a glitch, I guess