Develop Bugs

Ring volume too low..

Hey guys,
I hope I'm not the only one, but for all of you that have an "ORIGINAL" ring sound, is it low when you receive a call?
I have the ring volume at MAX and I'm using a "office ring" ringtone, but it's just soooo low and can barely be heard when placed in a holder and in my pocket.
When I searched this forum, I found this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581477&highlight=ring+volume . Could this really be the cause of the problem? I do in fact have vibrate and ring, but I use the custom "av1pr" sequence that people from the Jade threads mentioned.
Hopefully there's a solution! Thanks!

ok i did a lot of testing and found out the vibrate has nothing to do with the ring volume
the system sound volume seems to be controlling the ring volume even when i separate the volume controls (one for ring, one for system).
i dont like the system sound loud, but i have no choice because the ring is very very low even at 100%
any of you guys have this problem or know a fix?
thanks

For a past phone, I had copied the ringer sound file that I liked to my PC, used a free audio recording/editing program and re-recorded the sound with a louder volume. Then, I copied the new sound file back to the phone and pointed the phone to it.
wildfxp said:
any of you guys have this problem or know a fix?
thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=560605

Thanks guys for the help.
I actually used the "registry" fix from the link, but where could I find a program that could increase the volume of a sound clip?
My sound is still a bit low.

I used the "Sound Recorder" which comes with Windows.
wildfxp said:
Thanks guys for the help.
I actually used the "registry" fix from the link, but where could I find a program that could increase the volume of a sound clip?
My sound is still a bit low.
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Thank you, I will test it out

[HOW TO] You don't need Volume+!

I turned my phone to full volume and played a sound in an application and noticed that it wasn't THAT loud.
So I opened the SETTINGS, Sound, Volumes, where there were three sliders, one of which is labelled "Music video, games & other media. The default postion of slider was about 33%. So I ramped it up to 100%, and guess what? The applications sounds were three times louder! The phone speakers are now LOUD.
Sorry if this has been reported before, but I hadn't noticed it so I thought others might benefit from reading this.

up all the way and too quiet for me without volume+

the default ringtones are far more quiet than the older ones btw, but volume+ helps.

All the 3 at max for me and still wasn't enough. volume+ did it for me!

Flanimal said:
I turned my phone to full volume and played a sound in an application and noticed that it wasn't THAT loud.
So I opened the SETTINGS, Sound, Volumes, where there were three sliders, one of which is labelled "Music video, games & other media. The default postion of slider was about 33%. So I ramped it up to 100%, and guess what? The applications sounds were three times louder! The phone speakers are now LOUD.
Sorry if this has been reported before, but I hadn't noticed it so I thought others might benefit from reading this.
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The volume rocker by default only changes the phone (i.e. ringtone/notification) volume. When media is playing, the behavior of the volume rocker changes to control the media volume...

Ah, thanks for the replies with the more extensive explanations. So Volume+ is effective beyond the max volume.

Flanimal said:
Ah, thanks for the replies with the more extensive explanations. So Volume+ is effective beyond the max volume.
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Most of people's complaints about the speaker volume is in regards to notifications and ringers.

I made my own ringtone and amplified it using audacity. Its incredibly loud.

volume plus is the only thing that worked

now are most of you using volume+ with the stock rom or?

jimboss said:
now are most of you using volume+ with the stock rom or?
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Stock rom here, but i and many others use equalizer by smarter apps, its excellent. Both apps though tie into the system audio api.

In most of my experiences volume is always an issue... in fact the only phone I know to be loud enough is the iPhone... Did Apple patent noise?

Same for me, not enough without Volume+

I cant get volume+ working With Codename rom and franco's kernel

Wrong post

Neville.Holland said:
In most of my experiences volume is always an issue... in fact the only phone I know to be loud enough is the iPhone... Did Apple patent noise?
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I may be just bias, but my OG Droid put any and all iPhone's to shame regarding loudness of volume.

With volume+ my Gnex puts every other phone to shame

Neville.Holland said:
In most of my experiences volume is always an issue... in fact the only phone I know to be loud enough is the iPhone... Did Apple patent noise?
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No noise patent I don't think - at least not yet. The iPhone was built from the iPod though, so they no doubt wanted to emphasize music from day 1.
That said, my Vibrant with Voodoo sound could get painfully loud. But only after installing voodoo.

jimboss said:
now are most of you using volume+ with the stock rom or?
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I think so, but volume+ is not the only app you can use to get a louder speaker. I use a free and very basic equalizer with almost the same effect and with 1/6 of the size.
If you need more than that, volume+ is recommended and It's a very small app too (86k free version and 157k full).
One last thing: be careful. Start with a low volume or you can damage your speaker.

The iphone is far from being loud "enough." There are many phones that are louder, and can be made even louder with either voodoo or volume+
http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph5310/43392.png
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In most of my experiences volume is always an issue... in fact the only phone I know to be loud enough is the iPhone... Did Apple patent noise?
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Volume+ semi-functional, still too low in-call volume

Initially, my nexus's speaker volume and incall volume are both really low even at maximum settings. After browsing around xda, I found people recommending volume+ so I paid $1.62 and got the full version. Speaker volume is loud enough now, although I feel the quality is not very good. I don't use speaker to listen to music so it's not a big problem.
There's also in-call volume setting in volume+. I set it to 90 and strange things happens: When I use skype, in call volume is extremely high, I can almost treat it like I'm on speaker. It feels like the settings are working. However, for regular calls, the in-call volume stays the same, still too low for most cases. I can only hear people in quiet rooms. I barely hear anything on a street. Setting in-call volume to other numbers doesn't change the result. So my result is volume+ is only semi-functional. Any other fix for in call volume?

In call volume is the only api not exposed so it cant be increased. Btw everyone goes for volume+ but equalizer by smart apps is free and i much prefer over volume+.

Anybody has any other ideas? Low call volume is really annoying

Still nobody？ Everyone‘s incall volume is loud enough?

Basically what the guy above just said:
androidforums.com/showthread.php?p=3927479
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Just did a test:
Removed in call settings
Speaker to +10
Called *611 (bell customer service) let the automated machine start talking..
Click volume down on rocker a few times then clicked volume up a few times and the sound increasef to am acceptable level.
However when i clicked up one to many times it almost mutes volume but the onscreen indicater is at max (found this odd).
Saw this on the thread you gave. I have the same situation. There exists a maximum in-call volume at around 3/4 of the bar. It's enough for regular use but still a bit low

low volume on calls
Still no one comes with a solution, the volume on the gnex is very low on call especially outside...thanks

luculuc said:
Still no one comes with a solution, the volume on the gnex is very low on call especially outside...thanks
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I have the same problem using ZTE Blade... volume+ didn't work.
I think there solutions, many roms developer put on their changelog things like "in-call volume boosted" then I ask how you did that and no one anwers...
Anyway I did some research and I found on the rom i'm using a file named libaudio.so that says:
Setting in-call volume to %d (available range is 0 to 7)
Guess that for me increasing steps with volume+ only has efect until 7...
Maybe i'm being stupid... can someone with more experience analyse this?

Low 3.5mm Jack output volume?

Hello,
I find that the volume is quite low.
Just bought the phone and output volume was much louder on my previous Atrix and Droid Razr.
Is there some way to increase it?

Yes. Use volume+ or equalizer by smart apps. I double my volume that way. Just search.

Ok.
I downloaded Volume+, but what are the good settings in headset to have a noticeable volume increase?

What did you connect?
With my in-ears, the music is too loud, if i turn volume to max.
If i connect to my car, it's very quiet and there's also no bass.

Shaydar said:
Ok.
I downloaded Volume+, but what are the good settings in headset to have a noticeable volume increase?
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just increase the volume.

I connected it to my car audio system.
I increased the volume but didn't really noticed any change.
What I'd like is to do is to have more volume along with more bass.

DSP
I think i know what you mean. I use DSPmanager to boost Bass and also high sounds very good.

Shaydar said:
I connected it to my car audio system.
I increased the volume but didn't really noticed any change.
What I'd like is to do is to have more volume along with more bass.
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Here's what you do. Install equalizer, swipe right to custom eq, raise all bands to Max. Go to home screen and play your music.
Be careful you WILL blow something, start with the phone volume at half and increase. You'll have very loud volume now.

Hello.. I'm watching movie in my galaxy beam 2 and suddenly the sound from 3.5mm jack is decreased and I have also tried the apps to make solution but did not work...is there any other solution??
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Actually the same thing happened to me. I'm watching movie in my galaxy beam 2 and suddenly the output from 3.5mm jack is decreases and I ahve tried the all apps but not worked for me... so is there any other solution??

[Q] Notifications/Ring Too Loud on Lowest Setting

I'm a little surprised that I couldn't find anything on this. My wife and I just got our GS3s a couple days ago and are both of the opinion that the lowest volume setting for both rings and notifications is still way too loud. There needs to be a step between vibrate and the first volume level up. I like my phone to make noise, but I don't want the people in the next cubicle over to really hear it.
For what it's worth, mine is rooted, but stock everything. My wife's is straight stock.
I'm doing a lot of reading up before deciding on a ROM. Does anyone know if any ROMs have finer volume controls?
Thanks for any help.

Only option is settings, sound. Volume, and check what it's set to. I believe you can have your phone sound set to the first level above vibrate but the notification sound can be set to max at all times by accident or something. Just set it to the 1st or 2nd notch and see how it sounds.

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Only option is settings, sound. Volume, and check what it's set to. I believe you can have your phone sound set to the first level above vibrate but the notification sound can be set to max at all times by accident or something. Just set it to the 1st or 2nd notch and see how it sounds.
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Thanks for the reply. They're all set to the lowest level. I still find it to be a bit too loud, though. I think I'll just leave it on vibrate, which is pretty damn loud by itself.

Yeah I think the lowest ringer/notification is way too loud for a cubicle environment.
Would love a solution.

I too find them to be way louder than any of my previous phones with the exact same notification sound. On my HTC is was fine, but now it's way too loud for an office environment.
Is there any apps out there that can adjust this or is it something in the firmware?

Re sample the file.
If the volume is not able to go low enough, try a quieter noise. Or use software to limit the volume of the notification you are currently using. You would just have to find software that will let you manipulate the levels of the audio file then you can save it as a quiet version. If that makes it too quiet for environments outside of work than use one of those apps that automatically select the notification profile during work hours.