Xperia S Headphone Volume - Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion

I have read quite a lot about this issue, but haven't found a solution yet. The volume output on my Xperia S is very low, but I know there is something which is restricting it from producing a louder volume because when I play a movie using MX player the volume is very loud and crisp.
How do I increase the volume through the headphones? Any fix/mod fr the same?

sagar023 said:
I have read quite a lot about this issue, but haven't found a solution yet. The volume output on my Xperia S is very low, but I know there is something which is restricting it from producing a louder volume because when I play a movie using MX player the volume is very loud and crisp.
How do I increase the volume through the headphones? Any fix/mod fr the same?
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make sure that your phone is rooted,go to play store,download beats audio installer,it did wonders for me....if its still not loud enough
download poweramp,select the loud preset and boost the preamp all the way up
the reason why mx player produces louder sound compared to the stock players because it uses software decoding as opposed to hardware decoding which lets it bypass the inbuilt limit the same applies to poweramp

XS
try volume+ on the playstore,the volume 's good but the sound is not good :|

cheers :good:

Did you delete the sound level alert apk? I had this issue of it not going above half volume because I deleted the apk before anything else. I had to put it back and let it warn me before removing it.

Lord Takyon said:
Did you delete the sound level alert apk?
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Exactly my case. Removed SoundLevelAlert.apk and now can't increase volume with headphones plugged.
I copied the apk back to phone, installed it, but nothing changed. I still can't increase volume over 8/15. Rebooted - no luck.
It was a system app, maybe you can't make it work by just installing the apk?
Any ideas?
//Sony Xperia P, ICS

MX player can play audio files if you do a little tweaking in the settings. The audio quality is just awesome using the h/w+ decoder, beats any market player app in this regard. Hope they make a audio player. Poweramp was good but the sound quality was terribly unpleasant on increasing the volume so I ruled it out.

I have the same problem, but do not delete anything. Any idea?

Hm, I don't have these problems. I'm using the Headset which was delivered which my Xperia S or the SONY MDR XB-500 and I think it's loud enough.
My Musicplayer is PowerAmp. So maybe you could change your musicplayer?

Buy headphones with increased sensitivity

i pushed the attached app in system/app !
set permissions to rw-r-r and it gives me warning everytime i exceed the volume and i can exceed the volume to 100% max !
this apk should work with all stock ics based roms !

Would you please care to tell us which headphones you have cuz maybe your headphones might not be compatible with Xperia ... But if you are having issues with speaker too than its altogether a different evil
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|HBHs| Acidburns said:
Would you please care to tell us which headphones you have cuz maybe your headphones might not be compatible with Xperia ... But if you are having issues with speaker too than its altogether a different evil
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The original ones which came with the phone, but there is nothing wrong with it, in fact it is awesome, love the sound with my BB.

aaki_rocker said:
i pushed the attached app in system/app !
set permissions to rw-r-r and it gives me warning everytime i exceed the volume and i can exceed the volume to 100% max !
this apk should work with all stock ics based roms !
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Thanks but did not make a difference the volume level is the same.

MrBelter said:
Buy headphones with increased sensitivity
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yep +1

aaki_rocker said:
i pushed the attached app in system/app !
set permissions to rw-r-r and it gives me warning everytime i exceed the volume and i can exceed the volume to 100% max !
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This worked for me. Thanks!

aaki_rocker said:
i pushed the attached app in system/app !
set permissions to rw-r-r and it gives me warning everytime i exceed the volume and i can exceed the volume to 100% max !
this apk should work with all stock ics based roms !
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Working on Xperia U .54 ICS
Saved my day Batman! Thanks!

All those who have their headphones volume stuck at 50% or 60%, just flash this zip in CWM and wipe cache partition and dalvik cache - http://d-h.st/caM
Reboot and enjoy. It is confirmed to we working for most of the people.

I noticed louder music when bass boosting and all those fancy settings in stock player and poweramp are turned off

Acid Audio Engine v7 did the job for me and the sound quality is much much better and louder now.

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volume hack

How to increase music volume without volume+ app ..any hack ..? Or change build.prop
Kernels.
DSPManager (built into a few ROMs)
Clean your ears.
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Smokeey said:
Kernels.
DSPManager (built into a few ROMs)
Clean your ears.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
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+1. +10 on the ear part.
bow chicka wow wow.
Why not use equalizer or volume+, they near double the volume and could even blow the speaker its so loud.
RogerPodacter said:
Why not use equalizer or volume+, they near double the volume and could even blow the speaker its so loud.
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volume+, break Cinex Player app.
I need alternative method to hack volume .
Darn it. There isn't a free volume Plus app??
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nexicon said:
Darn it. There isn't a free volume Plus app??
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There is a free Volume Plus app you have to go to the developers web site to get it. Read the description for the app on the play store and it will tell you where to go.......
Alternative is equalizer by smart apps. Custom eq Max each freq. Does that break it? Its an alternative.
RogerPodacter said:
Alternative is equalizer by smart apps. Custom eq Max each freq. Does that break it? Its an alternative.
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on my gnex 4.0.,4 stock rooted rom, Volume+ works ok for the overall volume level, but equalisation (custom or presets) do not work at all: anyone else?
thegios said:
on my gnex 4.0.,4 stock rooted rom, Volume+ works ok for the overall volume level, but equalisation (custom or presets) do not work at all: anyone else?
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Use Equalizer app
jcarlm said:
There is a free Volume Plus app you have to go to the developers web site to get it. Read the description for the app on the play store and it will tell you where to go.......
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There is a free one right on the market. Searched for Volume+, clicked on the paid one, and it was in with "Other apps from this developer".
zabhi said:
Use Equalizer app
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is it better than volume+ ?
miketoasty said:
There is a free one right on the market. Searched for Volume+, clicked on the paid one, and it was in with "Other apps from this developer".
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Just go to the developers website, he links to it in the description of the paid one. You get the paid version for free by downloading it from his site and you get the full version.
thegios said:
is it better than volume+ ?[/QUOTE
equalizer has all the features of volume+ but is lacking the mist important one : it does not handle the overall volume
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I use Music Volume Eq from the market place, free and can work as a widget
johnw230873 said:
I use Music Volume Eq from the market place, free and can work as a widget
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will try but does it increase (like volume+) the overall external speaker volume?
Without volume+ set to 15 my sms/msg/alarm notifications are way too low
Aham http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500579
One question I've always had is if there's anything that just adjusts the external speaker's sound only. I know the go to solution has always been Volume+ or Music Volume EQ, but both affect sound globally, or in volume+ case starts to distort sound every time you change from BT to headphones or external speaker. All I want to do is make ringtones and notifications louder, everything else is fine.
Ryokurin said:
One question I've always had is if there's anything that just adjusts the external speaker's sound only. I know the go to solution has always been Volume+ or Music Volume EQ, but both affect sound globally, or in volume+ case starts to distort sound every time you change from BT to headphones or external speaker. All I want to do is make ringtones and notifications louder, everything else is fine.
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esssssssss maybe a volume+ lite
Boom laka laka laka, boom laka laka laka! Sorry, I don't know what came over me.

Low volume with stock earphone

The volume is too low with the stock earphone, I don't know how is it with another earphone or maybe the cause of walkman, etc...
Did anybody have the same problem?
sonic2911 said:
The volume is too low with the stock earphone, I don't know how is it with another earphone or maybe the cause of walkman, etc...
Did anybody have the same problem?
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The sony ones that came with it? for me they are ear blasting loud compaired to the Samsung ones I have.
The headphones are of great qualty but i find sony walkmans equalizer as well as sonys sound enhancements a bit lame at times.
If your about acoustics or clarity then walkman is up your alley but if your looking for grinding bass & hearing damage volumes i suggest third part app or flashing a mod or custom rom that has volume hacks included in its package.
Apollo combined with dsp equalizer is the ususal music player to be in most custom roms. I really like this player very simple an the dsp is just perfect.
For the xperia zl there are a couple sound mods that can be flashed but i have not found a significant difference in loudness when flashed. so i use jet audio. i tweak the equalizer from the app and damn is it loud. the app even gives you the option to have a 20 band equalizer plus loads more of features.
Here are the threads for sound mods . maybe you might find a difference in volume. I didnt.
Acid Mod -http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2213618
PureXAudio-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=2190558
my xperia neo with its stock and walkman are so much much much better than ZL, damn >.<
sonic2911 said:
my xperia neo with its stock and walkman are so much much much better than ZL, damn >.<
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Looks like u r used to louder music. So, have you tried some other headphones/earphones? I think you should, coz those which came with my Note2 were much louder than the stock ZL ones. Btw, I find the stock ones good & loud enough for my use (any louder ones give me earache) & I prefer using Walkman for music (clear audio mode).
Volume+ app will increase the volume for you.
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turning on the ClearAudio+ solves the problem for me.
In normal circumstances, I find the volume to be loud enough with ClearAudio turned on. But when I need head thumping, mind numbing, skull rattling bass (sound purists die!!) (i.e while running or working out), turning on the Extreme Bass in PowerAmp is the only option. But then, the volume goes very low. On the Note 2, since there was quite a headroom until the max volume was reached, it was all good. But with the ZL, no bueno :crying:
Gonna try some Samsung in-ears and see how they perform. Will report back here.
anirudh412 said:
In normal circumstances, I find the volume to be loud enough with ClearAudio turned on. But when I need head thumping, mind numbing, skull rattling bass (sound purists die!!) (i.e while running or working out), turning on the Extreme Bass in PowerAmp is the only option. But then, the volume goes very low. On the Note 2, since there was quite a headroom until the max volume was reached, it was all good. But with the ZL, no bueno :crying:
Gonna try some Samsung in-ears and see how they perform. Will report back here.
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thx, somebody reported that they had good volume with bluetooth earphone
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thx, somebody reported that they had good volume with bluetooth earphone
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Which bluetooth earphones exactly?
If u guys want heavier bass (than default walkman) through in ear headphones (stock or others), try this app (no root req). It, however, doesn't increase/boost the overall volume level.
Mw600
Sent from my xZL
anirudh412 said:
Which bluetooth earphones exactly?
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Mw600
Sent from my xZL

[Q] low music volume on walkman

ok in India using my phone In traffic for music ain't good at all
the volume is just too soft
never experienced dis prob wd my BlackBerry or iPhone
is there any setting to increase the volume
I'm a hardcore music listener and need my music while travelling
any solutions?????
jamieloboxperiazl said:
ok in India using my phone In traffic for music ain't good at all
the volume is just too soft
never experienced dis prob wd my BlackBerry or iPhone
is there any setting to increase the volume
I'm a hardcore music listener and need my music while travelling
any solutions?????
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With in-ears the volume is too low??
DoubleYouPee said:
With in-ears the volume is too low??
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yes
wid d stock earphones it's very low
the volume wen on full is proper fot Home use
but outside the volume is easily overpowered by external noise
BB and iPhone hadd higher. volume compared yo this phone
jamieloboxperiazl said:
yes
wid d stock earphones it's very low
the volume wen on full is proper fot Home use
but outside the volume is easily overpowered by external noise
BB and iPhone hadd higher. volume compared yo this phone
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Okai well you could always download poweramp or something which can increase volume anyway you want
DoubleYouPee said:
Okai well you could always download poweramp or something which can increase volume anyway you want
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iv tried poweramp n countless other apps
but I'm unable to increase the volume
jamieloboxperiazl said:
iv tried poweramp n countless other apps
but I'm unable to increase the volume
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bro check this one,it's working on Z/ZL [SOUNDMOD For Xperia Z/ZL] PureXAudio v16.5
jhony.liver said:
bro check this one,it's working on Z/ZL [SOUNDMOD For Xperia Z/ZL] PureXAudio v16.5
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I havnt rooted my phone yet
so won't be able to install tht:crying::crying::crying:
I am using Poweramp and it works perfectly with my ZL. In addition to being able to improve the sound quality, I can increase the volume to beyond a comfortable level. Thats possible even with non in-ear ear buds!
Sent from my C6503 using Tapatalk 2
dinkydong said:
I am using Poweramp and it works perfectly with my ZL. In addition to being able to improve the sound quality, I can increase the volume to beyond a comfortable level. Thats possible even with non in-ear ear buds!
Sent from my C6503 using Tapatalk 2
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can u post a screenshot of ur poweramp settings please
thanks a lot

Volume rise trick on stock!

Heya all,donno if this has been posted or not, but i found nifty trick to raise volume when listening to music on stock 4.1.1. (Headphone volume)
1. Plug in your headphones
2. Play a song on stock music player
3. Raise volume to max
4. Go to stock camera app and take a pic EDIT: You can also just "tap to focus", no need to take pic!
5. Your volume is raised!
I quess its something to do on how beats audio works and limits volume.
Let me know if it worked on your stock x,cheets
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
loop4444 said:
Heya all,donno if this has been posted or not, but i found nifty trick to raise volume when listening to music on stock 4.1.1. (Headphone volume)
1. Plug in your headphones
2. Play a song on stock music player
3. Raise volume to max
4. Go to stock camera app and take a pic
5. Your volume is raised!
I quess its something to do on how beats audio works and limits volume.
Let me know if it worked on your stock x,cheets
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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wow my speaker and headphone became much louder like I use beats audio on XD
very helpful thanks is this stay all the time ?
by the way Im stock unrooted relocked bootloader hboot 1.39 software base 3.20.401.1 S-OFF & Supercid
Nah,i think you need to do it every next time you launch music player,but you can play songs in a row while in player no probs
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loop4444 said:
Nah,i think you need to do it every next time you launch music player,but you can play songs in a row while in player no probs
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Yeah it's actually a bug... And a reboot definitely makes it go back to normal..i found that the volume rise causes some distortion so i dont like it much
The volume will rise everytime some notification or sound conflicts with music..
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loop4444 said:
Nah,i think you need to do it every next time you launch music player,but you can play songs in a row while in player no probs
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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hope the sense 5 will feature to enable beats audio with speakers like the hte one that make it louder
damn its really loud with this bug thats nice if they do that at sense 5 maybe I will consider to not sell this phone XD
yuval111 said:
hope the sense 5 will feature to enable beats audio with speakers like the hte one that make it louder
damn its really loud with this bug thats nice if they do that at sense 5 maybe I will consider to not sell this phone XD
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HTC One has build in amplifiers which amplifies the sound, that's why beats audio works on the speakers on the One!
In the case of our beloved HOX, the speakers would just crackle and distort... :silly:
vin4yak said:
HTC One has build in amplifiers which amplifies the sound, that's why beats audio works on the speakers on the One!
In the case of our beloved HOX, the speakers would just crackle and distort... :silly:
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still they can still make an improvement with hox speaker with the new sense 5
here you see with this bug its work alot louder with speakers !
yuval111 said:
still they can still make an improvement with hox speaker with the new sense 5
here you see with this bug its work alot louder with speakers !
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It's only louder! Clarity is messed up! :laugh:
There's a limit to the HOX speaker, you can use all the sound mods out there, but in the end you can't improve the hardware with sense5 or anything other software update!
Lets hope we get the Sense 5 within next month!
vin4yak said:
It's only louder! Clarity is messed up! :laugh:
There's a limit to the HOX speaker, you can use all the sound mods out there, but in the end you can't improve the hardware with sense5 or anything other software update!
Lets hope we get the Sense 5 within next month!
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yeah lets hope
this has nothing to do with internal speaker-i used this only for headphones.
P.S. I edited my post up, seems like touch to focus does the same effect
loop4444 said:
this has nothing to do with internal speaker-i used this only for headphones.
P.S. I edited my post up, seems like touch to focus does the same effect
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dunno my speaker are much louder with this trick ! hehe :laugh:
loop4444 said:
Heya all,donno if this has been posted or not, but i found nifty trick to raise volume when listening to music on stock 4.1.1. (Headphone volume)
1. Plug in your headphones
2. Play a song on stock music player
3. Raise volume to max
4. Go to stock camera app and take a pic EDIT: You can also just "tap to focus", no need to take pic!
5. Your volume is raised!
I quess its something to do on how beats audio works and limits volume.
Let me know if it worked on your stock x,cheets
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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I was always wondering if someone else never found this little "glitch", i have been using it since last year and i find the sound on the HOX to be "unstable", as it is never the same loudness/bass, sometimes it gives more sometimes less, sometimes it is very good and sometimes crappy, but this helps everytime i use it is for my headphones and it works like a charm. :good:

Your preferred audio app

I've a question for everyone, what audio apps are you all using? I got great sound from Xtreme Music but it absorbs lot of memory and makes my frequency stuck at 787 MHz.
The Z5 sound mod on the other hand has 2 options: Extra loud or Extra quiet.
Anyone got other suggestions?
I'm settled on z5 premium walkman port, nothing else,it is clean hassle free..
all the extra loud mods does nothing other than damaging your speakers
walkman( music) is the best
no mess
link for z5 walkman
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/mod-xperia-z5-premium-walkman-including-t3252123
Maxz21 said:
I'm settled on z5 premium walkman port, nothing else,it is clean hassle free..
all the extra loud mods does nothing other than damaging your speakers
walkman( music) is the best
no mess
link for z5 walkman
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/mod-xperia-z5-premium-walkman-including-t3252123
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Yeah, I was using that mod. Couldn't control the volume perfectly, it will be extra loud on speaker and very low on earphone and the XLoud speakers keep turning itself on >.>
I installed stock V4A app, CPU is now running low and volumes are perfect.
AutumQueen92 said:
Yeah, I was using that mod. Couldn't control the volume perfectly, it will be extra loud on speaker and very low on earphone and the XLoud speakers keep turning itself on >.>
I installed stock V4A app, CPU is now running low and volumes are perfect.
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I agree a bit
Because volume controls are fine
It is a bit loud on x-loud enabled but bringing the volume down helps
Earphone volume can be increased slightly by using equalizer.
Doesn't v4a runs in background always? What about its battery usage?
Can u provide the link
Maxz21 said:
I agree a bit
Because volume controls are fine
It is a bit loud on x-loud enabled but bringing the volume down helps
Earphone volume can be increased slightly by using equalizer.
Doesn't v4a runs in background always? What about its battery usage?
Can u provide the link
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This is the one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191223. I haven't seen any noticeable drain, and the most I see it do is stay in memory. This app isn't that intrusive I believe, the only worry is you need SElinux set to permissive.
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This is the one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191223. I haven't seen any noticeable drain, and the most I see it do is stay in memory. This app isn't that intrusive I believe, the only worry is you need SElinux set to permissive.
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Setting SElinux permissive is necessary even in Z5 port
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Setting SElinux permissive is necessary even in Z5 port
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I didn't have to. I flashed all my files during a clean install, so the first boot would have them already. It seems to bypass the SElinux requirements too.
AutumQueen92 said:
This is the one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191223. I haven't seen any noticeable drain, and the most I see it do is stay in memory. This app isn't that intrusive I believe, the only worry is you need SElinux set to permissive.
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Which rom you are using? O
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Which rom you are using? O
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Stock Xperia rom.
Sent from my Xperia C3 using XDA Labs
i recommend to use power amp music app with awesome beats/Dolby
There is only one good audio mod once you've installed the latest z5 sound libs, viperaudio nothing else comes close NOTHING....
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There is only one good audio mod once you've installed the latest z5 sound libs, viperaudio nothing else comes close NOTHING....
D2303 18.6.A.0.182 5.1 deodexed z2 port+z5 apps,be2,xr,sv,ad,nuts t2u dual recovery,xposed,S-Force,xLOUD,z5 cam2±libs,seeder, +more....
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Yeah, I'm running with pure V4A with some extra irs tweaks. Running good on speaker, earphone, headphone.

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