I've been looking for a mod to increase the headphones volume of my Z1C. I've found a lot, for various Xperias, Android versions, with various settings. Some where over-increasing the volume, to the point of distorting it. Having in mind that using a mod for another Xperia (even similar with Z1C) or another Android version, might have a negative impact to other aspects of the devices audio, I decided to make my own tweak!
So, after a lot of search and testing, I tweaked and modded my mixer_paths.xml from the last Z1C firmware (.236), to have the max possible headphones volume with no audio distortion at all. That is accomplished by raising the values of HPHs to the max (20), while the values of RXs were slightly raised only by 3 (to 85, which is the max value for no distortion I think). The result is awesome! No, other sound mods needed! Just the Sony sound enhancements, which I think are the best out there, having in mind Sony's experience on sound systems. Boom bass and crystal clear tremble! Just try and see!
More technical detail can be found here:
[Guide + Technical Explanation] Boost the headset volume without losing qualit by Elements1984
A big thanks to Elements1984 for this great guide!
To the point now. How to install:
Requirements: Root
Instructions:
1. Take a backup of the existing mixed_paths.xml file in system/etc folder!
2. Replace it with the attached one.
3. If necessary, set its permissions to 644.
4. Reboot.
5. Enjoy and don't forget to hit "Thanks"!!! :laugh:
P.S.1 This will probably be suitable for Z1 too, since they are (almost?) hardware identical. May work with other Xperias or Android versions too, but try it at your own risk! . After all, there's not much risk if you take a backup of your mixer_paths.xml.
P.S.2 Have in mind that volume and overall sound has to do a lot with the headphones quality.
Amazing, that is what i looking for. Great job! Awesome.
Z1c Destrikerz1 work great
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Can you add a version with stronger bass?
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CmDaRkShAdOw said:
Can you add a version with stronger bass?
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Sorry mate but I'm not sure whether this can be made through the mixer_paths file. It may, but I haven't digged that much into it. I'd suggest, setting your EQ accordingly (Clear Bass to the max, and 400Hz to the max too in the Sony EQ) OR buy a better pair of headphones. That has to do a lot with it. Messing a lot with the mixer_paths without being sure of what you do may give you the opposite results and spoil the sound quality.
Hi
Great work, thank so much.
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So, I've realised that when you change the ISO in manual mode, either because of a Sony policy to do so (this is my first sony phone) or because of a bug, the change in ISO is not reflected on your screen/viewfinder.
You have to wait until the photo has been taken before finding out whether the right iso was high/low enough. On samsung galaxy and lumia phones, when you change the iso the viewfinder adjusts to give you an idea of what the photo is going to look like in terms of exposure.
Thoughts?
It's not just you, I've also noticed that behavior.
Same thing here.Weird...I only use Superior-Auto mode...doesn't affect me at all. But strange how Sony did such a bad app for this phone
Today i noticed the same. When iso is 50 photo is very dark. In superior mode iso bumps in low light. I think that bug will be never fixed... Very sad
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My Galaxy Ace 2 Microphone is working properly in voice recording or video recording apps but mic volume low in calls, i tried more Custom ROMs and Stock ROMs.
What is the solution Friends....?
Now i am in chronomonochromes OMNI ROM v5.1.1.
I once had an issue like this. Plugging and unplugging headphones did the trick, but I highly doubt it would be the same for you. Either way I'd still give it a shot
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kuvisit said:
I once had an issue like this. P lugging and unplugging headphones did the trick, but I highly doubt it would be the same for you. Either way I'd still give it a shot
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What is the solution brother.
The Solution is
macselvan said:
My Galaxy Ace 2 Microphone is working properly in voice recording or video recording apps but mic volume low in calls, i tried more Custom ROMs and Stock ROMs.
What is the solution Friends....?
Now i am in chronomonochromes OMNI ROM v5.1.1.
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Try to clean the tiny hole close to the Micro USB port
Thanks to @ace2nutzer @ChronoMonochrome
Hell everybody. I'm new on the forum and this will be my first thread I assume. I'm contemplating on buying the Sony MH1C's but there is one thing that is putting me off. As it is designed to work with Xperia devices I'm afraid that the controls won't work on my LG G3 (D855- Cloudy 2.5). Is it possible to do some modifications to the system (Modify build.prop?) to make it work or is it impossible?
Thank you in advance
I use headset from Samsung Galaxy S4. It has play/pause button and volume control ones. Works just fine with d855 (cm12, cloudy, stock).
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Hi when I Play music on the phone speaker the back panel 'beats' with thé bass. Is it normal ?
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Szumy said:
Hi when I Play music on the phone speaker the back panel 'beats' with thé bass. Is it normal ?
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I think it is mate as it’s used as a resonance to amplify sound.
Yes. With the boombox speaker system, it resonates heavy. Try putting it on something like a shoebox or matchbox, makes it sound even deeper
After update to 10 emui the camera video is catastrophic disgusting quality ...! what the HELL is going on? and when switching btw camera video etc there is huge text .. did huawei gone nuts ??/ or they really don't know what to do new and making it even worse??? why there is dat SHI**Y FKIN beuty crap crazy the worst feature ever ??? nd in the middle ??? what they been thinking??? this is ridiculous ! the quality of recording is jjust disgusting it is better on huawei P9 jesus ... messing with resolution some wide sht .. too close camera at default ! blurry video image ..
DISASTER...
Do you have guys same problem???
No.
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I think u have no idea or u just don't record..
In my work i record at least 2 movies a day, one in 4k and one in full HD 60 FPS. I dont see any differents in quality watching films from 9.1 and 10 on 50 inch tv.
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This is Huawei, like on my 20X they destroy speaker after update.
Well by one tap before i could set the zoom easily now i have to shift the slider multiple times to get the required zoom, there is also a pink/purple shadow only visible in camera while shooting under specific light settings but not visble in taken photos, other than that dont notice anything different, ah one second there is much glare and halo around lights now in all auto settings and to get perfect photos i have to manually set the exposure