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FM Radio loud on lowest volume

Hi,
I'm using the FM Radio from the sticky on this board, and it sort of works for me. Usually I have to restart the app 3-4x before it works but once it runs, it runs smooth. When I put the earphones in and put the phone on the lowest volume level, it's still pretty loud. Can I change this in some registry entry perhaps? The phone itself lets the volume go form 0% to 6%, something inbetween would be perfect for me.

yeah - and same goes for using handsfree with phone - anything else than lowest setting is too loud.
you should report to HTC - and wait for a fix.

AlCapone said:
yeah - and same goes for using handsfree with phone - anything else than lowest setting is too loud.
you should report to HTC - and wait for a fix.
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I've got the same problem...
Completly agreeing
CHfish

You may have found the reason behind it being omitted from the Rhodium stock ROM.

brynweb said:
You may have found the reason behind it being omitted from the Rhodium stock ROM.
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Use audio booster to manually set levels.

I find the wired headset on lowest volume quite loud too.
I have switched to using the headset from my Tytn II which has a manual volume control on it. Works a treat!

[Q] Max Volume Issue - not the usual one

I've noticed that sometimes the max volume of the ringer isn't what is normally the max volume.
I think there is something on the phone that is altering the volume, then when you exit that app, the phone thinks that the lower volume is now the maximum volume.
For example,
I boot the phone and volume is ok.
I run the FM radio, and lower the volume.
I then turn off the radio, and return the phone to max volume.
The max volume is now nowhere near where it used to be, and doesn't go back to normal until I do a reboot of the phone.
I'm not suggesting it is the radio doing this, its just an example, I need to try all my apps to see what might be doing it.
Anyone else experienced this? Maybe its an easy fix, or am doing something wrong myself.
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This is something to do with the radio. Phone on max volume, plugged in the headphones and launched the radio. Lowered the volume using the rocker. Unplugged the headphones and went back to the home screen. Tried increasing the volume and already as max, but much lower than it was before launching the radio.

I had a similar experience last week, the volume on the notifications was so low I could barely hear it sitting at my desk with the phone in front of me. But I rebooted and never saw the issue again. I do use the radio, so maybe it's related.

i to have knoticed this, ive turned the volume down for something then its also turned the ringtone volume down

I mailed support about it.
Also managed to crash the phone just by maxing out the ringer, plugging in the headphones, then lowering the ringer. The volume adjustment window just stayed on screen and didnt respond to pressing the rocker, even though I could see the sound profile widget changing in the background to vibrate and silent when i reached those points. Removing the headphones didnt do anything, with headphone icon still showing in notifcations bar.
Tried to reboot, but wouldn't even respond to that. Had to remove battery.

I have also experienced this issue. Being one of those who had the DHD from 18th October, I have noticed that the audio volume does indeed get affected when using the FM radio or the HTC Music app. Also Vplayer app caused this issue as well as actually 'crashing' my audio all together - sometimes after using Vplayer I had no audio at all unil I restarted.
I now solely use Car Tunes app for my audio and have had no problems at all. Also using Quick settings with everything turned up to Max I think the audio isnt too bad. Previously I thought there was a serious issue with audio, but Im starting to think it maybe just down to specific apps - I now use CoPilot also and have to turn the volume down as it so loud (in another thread I noted that SatNav was unusable because of not being able to hear anything)

Got a response from HTC, although it reads like a default 'do a hard reset' reply, which I'm not happy about doing.

What the hell is this problem now? Will problems about DHD not end one day?

I've had this problem once.. and come to think of it, it happened when I just got the phone, and I did use fm radio just to play around with it.. not another bug surely?
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Also got this issue. Dont even need to lower the volume during radio playing. Just on/off radio and the main volume is "set" low. Quotes because the volume control didnt changed...
Reboot is working but its not the best solution :/

I'm having a similar problem.
Yesterday i putted my volume to zero while i was eating with my mom.
After increased it to max, the sound while typing an sms is very low.
Rebooting doesn't help, all volume settings are set to max, but the sms sound while typing is lower then it was before.
The tricks in this topic also couldn't solve the problem.
Sorry for my bad English

I know of this issue. Dolby/srs has been enabled on your phone. It should disable when you unplug your headphones but for done reason it doesn't always disable. It can be disabled manually but can't for the life of me remember the menu path for this.
Sent from my Desire HD by magic.

i got the same problem today, had to put rockplayer into mute (lowest media volume) but then somehow (after several hours till i noticed) , notifications (sms,emails) went mute too
anyone found a solution to this yet ? cos this is annoying tbh

Why don't you use tasker to automatically set the volume to max after exiting said music applications? Should work as a short term fix anyway.

This issue happened with me as well. I set the volume to max when playing angry birds but noticed it was nowhere near as loud as i remember it being before. Rebooted the phone and fixed. This is a strange issue. I wonder when HTC will roll out a fix.

Hi All,
I had kind of a similar problem, i noticed that the keypad tones was very low and the screen lock 'click' was almost silent. However, sound settings were at Max.
I downloaded Quick Settings from Android Market and found that System Volume was at 2 of 7. I increased this to 7 of 7 and all is ok now.
Maybe this will work for some.

sd5675 said:
I downloaded Quick Settings from Android Market and found that System Volume was at 2 of 7. I increased this to 7 of 7 and all is ok now.
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Yeeeeeh... Quick Settings fixed it.... Thanks a lot...

sd5675 said:
Hi All,
I had kind of a similar problem, i noticed that the keypad tones was very low and the screen lock 'click' was almost silent. However, sound settings were at Max.
I downloaded Quick Settings from Android Market and found that System Volume was at 2 of 7. I increased this to 7 of 7 and all is ok now.
Maybe this will work for some.
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it worked mate. thank you very much

S9 bluetooth headphone volume too loud

This may be a weird one, I am aware... BUT:
I connected bluetooth headphones to my S9 for the first time last night, and it was mind-blowingly loud, not in a good way. Even with the volume all the way down, it was almost painful to listen to music at the gym.
Do you guys know of any apps that can make sound quieter or adjust volume to be somewhere between the bottom volume option and the 'volume off' level?
I toggled dolby atmos on and off to see if that made any difference, and when I turned it on it seemed to get a little louder, which I expected. I also went through the audio profile customization, and while the audio sounds great, it's still too loud
Any ideas?
Thanks!.

I may have solved this one on my own, so I'll post the potential solution for anyone who may run into this issue in the future
In developer options, theres a toggle for 'disable absolute volume' - turn this ON.
Some Bluetooth speakers or devices might have issues working with Android’s volume control. Normally, changing the volume on your phone should change the volume of the Bluetooth device. Some devices don’t work with this feature, or have the volume become extremely quiet or super loud.
If you’ve experienced this problem with your devices, try enabling this setting. Otherwise, you should leave it turned off for normal functionality.

droideris1 said:
I may have solved this one on my own, so I'll post the potential solution for anyone who may run into this issue in the future
In developer options, theres a toggle for 'disable absolute volume' - turn this ON.
Some Bluetooth speakers or devices might have issues working with Android’s volume control. Normally, changing the volume on your phone should change the volume of the Bluetooth device. Some devices don’t work with this feature, or have the volume become extremely quiet or super loud.
If you’ve experienced this problem with your devices, try enabling this setting. Otherwise, you should leave it turned off for normal functionality.
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That's it. I had the same on my Pixel 2 XL but I kept it set to "Off" because it still gets super quiet too if I need. It could be because the Pixel 2 has 25 volume steps rather than 15

On my note 9 there is also an option without the need of the developer mode:
Go to settings -> bluetooth -> advanced
There should be an option like "media volume sync"
Turn that one off and you can turn down the volume on your headphones separately.

Brand New Bluetooth Headphones...volume extremely low. Tried everything....HELP

Hello all,
First time posting in the forum. I own a OP3 and it has been a great device. I recently just rooted and installed ExperienceOS along with Magisk.
No matter what I try, I cannot get the volume on my bluetooth headphones to act normally. When the media volume is at 100%, the headphones sound like they are only at 40% volume.
I have tried forgetting and reconnecting, enabling "disable absolute volume", restarting phone multiple times, using different volume booster apps, and more.
I just feel somewhat stuck and want to be able to enjoy my $100+ bluetooth headphones to their fullest capabilities.
If anyone has any advice or recommendations, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you XDA community!

Have you tried Viper4Android FX [Unity/AML]?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-viper4android-fx-2-5-0-5-t3577058
And someone has written a guide for OnePlus 3:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/guide-viper4android-oos-oreo-magisk-t3707841

MrDawn said:
Have you tried Viper4Android FX [Unity/AML]?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-viper4android-fx-2-5-0-5-t3577058
And someone has written a guide for OnePlus 3:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/guide-viper4android-oos-oreo-magisk-t3707841
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I'll give V4A a try and report back.
Thanks!

MrDawn said:
Have you tried Viper4Android FX [Unity/AML]?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-viper4android-fx-2-5-0-5-t3577058
And someone has written a guide for OnePlus 3:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/guide-viper4android-oos-oreo-magisk-t3707841
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Just flashed V4A, but have no idea what I'm doing lol.
Any advice for things to try? Thanks.

koreyg said:
Hello all,
First time posting in the forum. I own a OP3 and it has been a great device. I recently just rooted and installed ExperienceOS along with Magisk.
No matter what I try, I cannot get the volume on my bluetooth headphones to act normally. When the media volume is at 100%, the headphones sound like they are only at 40% volume.
I have tried forgetting and reconnecting, enabling "disable absolute volume", restarting phone multiple times, using different volume booster apps, and more.
I just feel somewhat stuck and want to be able to enjoy my $100+ bluetooth headphones to their fullest capabilities.
If anyone has any advice or recommendations, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you XDA community!
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You should get a separate control for BT volume when the BT headphones are connected. Are you getting it and did you try to adjust it?

tnsmani said:
You should get a separate control for BT volume when the BT headphones are connected. Are you getting it and did you try to adjust it?
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Yes I am getting it along with my regular ringer volume adjuster. I have the BT maxed out, however it is still quite.

koreyg said:
Yes I am getting it along with my regular ringer volume adjuster. I have the BT maxed out, however it is still quite.
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Do your headphones have a volume control and have you tried increasing it? Are the headphones working alright with other devices?
If the answer is yes to both, I am out of options.

Have you tried to disable the absolute volume for bluetooth devices?
To disable it:
* Enable developer options
* Go to developer options
* Under Networking tick the Disable absolute volume
Also, try out the Viper4Android.
It has Max gain option which you can play around with.
There's overall a lot of options to increase your audio quality so if you want suggestions, then ask

MrDawn said:
Have you tried to disable the absolute volume for bluetooth devices?
To disable it:
* Enable developer options
* Go to developer options
* Under Networking tick the Disable absolute volume
Also, try out the Viper4Android.
It has Max gain option which you can play around with.
There's overall a lot of options to increase your audio quality so if you want suggestions, then ask
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I've disabled absolute volume and I have messed around with V4A and still cannot get the volume to increase. I tried the headphones on my tablet and they are about 2x as loud.

Telephone Bluetooth volume greyed out

Can anyone tell me why the telephone volume control on Bluetooth is greyed out on my Vodafone Note 10 plus 5g? Connected to the Bluetooth in my car I could do with the volume being higher than it is but the volume buttons on the phone do nothing as slider is greyed out.... Can this be enabled?

Disable absolute volume control for bluetooth in developer options

winol said:
Disable absolute volume control for bluetooth in developer options
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Cheers, will try that today...... Hope its as simple as that!

winol said:
Disable absolute volume control for bluetooth in developer options
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Just checked and its already disabled so that didn't work....... Any other ideas?
Cannot see why the volume control would be greyed and only half way. Bluetooth the speakers etc all have a working volume control but not telephone.

I think you have the device to be connected to the phone via Bluetooth for it to not be grayed out and be able to set it up.
After that it'll stay on, but showed greyed when disconnected.

Nastrahl said:
I think you have the device to be connected to the phone via Bluetooth for it to not be grayed out and be able to set it up.
After that it'll stay on, but showed greyed when disconnected.
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The telephone Bluetooth volume control on the phone is greyed out when the phone is connected to my Mercedes via Bluetooth. Bluetooth telephone works fine in the car but I cannot adjust the volume on the phone as I can with all other Bluetooth devices. The volume slider on the phone is greyed out and set at 50% when connected so cannot increase the Bluetooth volume which I would like to do as the volume is low.

Did you ever figure this out? I'm having the same issue.

Connections>Bluetooth>Advanced settings
Dual Audio and Media volume sync, try toggling these.
These are known trouble makers that can toggle randomly dating back to at least N9. A recent Wearables update fixed one of these related issues I think.
When in doubt clear system cache in the boot menu.
If nothing else gets it, reset network settings (fairly painless).