i would like to know how to increase the overall volume of my 8925. the ringtone, speakerfone, and in call volume. does anyonee know what registry edits i can make to boost the volume?
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I put this up a couple times..this is what I read, as the speaker was the first complaint I had (not that I had many). Reg Edit/H_KEY_CURRENT_USER/CONTROL PANEL/SOUNDCATAGORIES/RING.....
Now there are 2 settings to be changed, according to the post I read, the author of which has not replied back to any of my inquiries..."Initvol" and "speaker". Hold each until you have the menu option to edit (or dub-clik and open them) you will see the numeric value, which can be easily changed. When I got my unit, Init was at 5, speaker was at 8. I jacked them both to 15. There is an increase, and poking around, I found that you can do the same for the "speaker" value in different areas (alarm, music..)
The dif is pretty slight, AND I also took all my tones and hiked the volume up to near-distortion levels...which also helped. You aint going to get "quality" tunage from this thing, I just need to hear it...lol. Now..what I do NOT know is just how high that setting can be jacked before it does damage. Nor have i been advised that there is some other, more appropriate way to pump it up. The speaker is small, weak, and on the back, so only so much can be done. What I DO know is this method has not caused any damage..and I am hearing it just fine now. Hope this helps.
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Thank him!
i tried this but its still about only 70% as loud as my 8525
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So E..how high did you go? I noticed you compared it to another phone, one I am not familiar with, and what I can add for ya is that the volume issue on THIS unit is the same for the other 2 phones I just purchased...those being a Blackjack 2 (only cuz ATT bought out my old provider and it was cheep...lol) AND...dun-dun-dun.....the nokia E90 (which, unfortunately WASN'T cheep).
I rigged up an old motorola V710 (remember THOSE days??!!) with a bunch of games and songs for my 7yr old daughter...and MAN...that little dinosaur was hurting my ears, WITHOUT any mods!! Point is...these fancy-schmancy units obviously need to sacrifice something to cram so much functionality into such a small package (guys, feel free to use this line on your significant other...if applicable). I don't use headphones, and I don't need these things as "music players", so I dont really mind too much...but we DO need to hear the damn things...lol.
How high did you set it?
Oh..and Unk, allow me to thank you for thanking me
well DV8
i set everything to 15 but the init volume keeps on resetting to 5 i dont know why. and also does the attenuation have anything to do with the volume?
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Hi all,
Is there a registry tweak to increase the volume of the built-in speaker. I find that when the phone ringer is set to max volume I still find it quiet and often do not hear the phone ring.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.
I read somewhere that if you go to REG EDIT/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/CONTROL PANEL//SOUND CATAGORIES/RING......then to the setting "INITVOL"....then change the DWORD data to higher than it is (mine sits at 5...I jacked it to 15). Then soft-reset, and SUPPOSEDLY this makes the ring louder. There is also a setting right under this for "speaker", which was at 8 when I got mine...it is also now at 15.
Now, I honestly don't know how high this can be pushed, nor if it ACTUALLY does make it louder. I can say that i hear it fine...but man, if it does change it, it seems to change it very little...at least with the settings i use. I can also say it doesn't seem to have hurt anything. I asked around on the forums, and no one seems to have a better ansewer, nor can tell me if this is correct and just how high it can go. Hope this helps.
I seem to have the same problem any advice?
Volume
Reg tweaks is the answer...be careful tho....don't blow your speaker....you won't hear anything then
Thanks for the replies guys.
Hi I was wondering if anyone new how to increase the ring volume on the Tilt. I did a couple of extensive searches and all of them came up for either older phones or different phone models. Also, I read somewhere that each HTC registry differs in some manner.
I would greatly appreciate it if someone can point me in the right direction to this fix.
I would also be interested in louder speaker phone volume too.
Thank you in advance.
get into your registry...HKEY_CURRENT_USER/control panel/sound catagories/ring. Here you will find2 setting at the bottom..."InitVol" ans "Speaker". Open these both, and change the "value" number higher than what you show. I have both set to 15...initvol was at 5, speaker was at 8 when I first got it. I also opened up the "alarm" file at the top of the tree and made sure that speaker value was set to 15 as well.
Now...I can hear it fine, but the dif. is pretty small. I read about this edit, but never heard back from the guy that posted it. I can't say for sure this is any kind of pro-approved method, as I am quite new to this phone/system myself. I had been hacking Motorolas till I got this a few weeks ago. I have no idea how high that value can be safely pushed, and by the looks of the device..the speaker is pretty small and weak anyway. Hope this helps..be careful..lol. Blow that lil speaker and you won't be hearing a thang!
dv8r942 said:
get into your registry...HKEY_CURRENT_USER/control panel/sound catagories/ring. Here you will find2 setting at the bottom..."InitVol" ans "Speaker". Open these both, and change the "value" number higher than what you show. I have both set to 15...initvol was at 5, speaker was at 8 when I first got it. I also opened up the "alarm" file at the top of the tree and made sure that speaker value was set to 15 as well.
Now...I can hear it fine, but the dif. is pretty small. I read about this edit, but never heard back from the guy that posted it. I can't say for sure this is any kind of pro-approved method, as I am quite new to this phone/system myself. I had been hacking Motorolas till I got this a few weeks ago. I have no idea how high that value can be safely pushed, and by the looks of the device..the speaker is pretty small and weak anyway. Hope this helps..be careful..lol. Blow that lil speaker and you won't be hearing a thang!
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Thxs for sharing
changes wont stick on 6.1 roms.. just tried.. resets to 5 for initvol but speaker stays @ 15
It rocks!
dv8r942 said:
get into your registry...HKEY_CURRENT_USER/control panel/sound catagories/ring. Here you will find2 setting at the bottom..."InitVol" ans "Speaker". Open these both, and change the "value" number higher than what you show. I have both set to 15...initvol was at 5, speaker was at 8 when I first got it. I also opened up the "alarm" file at the top of the tree and made sure that speaker value was set to 15 as well.
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Thanks for the solution! Now its really much louder. My initial set was only 2 for speakers. Now I set to 15 although it can set even higher. Great!
I am newbie to the PDA world ,
may i ask how to edit the registery /
what program can i use / may you point me to regestory editor program
ayehia said:
I am newbie to the PDA world ,
may i ask how to edit the registery /
what program can i use / may you point me to regestory editor program
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PHM RegEdit is your best bet... http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=regedit+ppc
this worked like a charm...
Thanks for share but only work for Incoming call. How about SMS?
I have change the registry but when incoming SMS, the volume still the same, not loud enough. Help.....
cuboosh said:
changes wont stick on 6.1 roms.. just tried.. resets to 5 for initvol but speaker stays @ 15
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Try setting initvol to 10
Thanks for the info i works like a charm . . .
does anyone know
how to increase Audio
when i listen to audio music on stero headphones its low
anyone knows registry tweak for it ?
plz help
ilordvader said:
does anyone know
how to increase Audio
when i listen to audio music on stero headphones its low
anyone knows registry tweak for it ?
plz help
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Do a search for TCPMP. It is a media player. On the options>settings>select page> equalizer tab. check the "enabled" box and then "slowly" slide the "Pre-amp" slider to the right... trust me it will play louder!!!
So that volume tweak above is for ringer volume, what about external speaker volume (e.g. play music or hands free)?
What about the internal speaker volume for hearing the person on the other end of the phone?
I'm another newbie who'd like to know how to get to the registry...HKEY_CURRENT_USER/control panel/sound catagories/ring. after I already installed PHM RegEdit.
Thank you.
xofpower said:
I'm another newbie who'd like to know how to get to the registry...HKEY_CURRENT_USER/control panel/sound catagories/ring. after I already installed PHM RegEdit.
Thank you.
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run PHM regedit program,find this regist value :HKEY_CURRENT_USER/control panel/sound catagories/ring. change the "initvol" .
dv8r942 said:
get into your registry...HKEY_CURRENT_USER/control panel/sound catagories/ring. Here you will find2 setting at the bottom..."InitVol" ans "Speaker". Open these both, and change the "value" number higher than what you show. I have both set to 15...initvol was at 5, speaker was at 8 when I first got it. I also opened up the "alarm" file at the top of the tree and made sure that speaker value was set to 15 as well.
Now...I can hear it fine, but the dif. is pretty small. I read about this edit, but never heard back from the guy that posted it. I can't say for sure this is any kind of pro-approved method, as I am quite new to this phone/system myself. I had been hacking Motorolas till I got this a few weeks ago. I have no idea how high that value can be safely pushed, and by the looks of the device..the speaker is pretty small and weak anyway. Hope this helps..be careful..lol. Blow that lil speaker and you won't be hearing a thang!
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Thanks works like a charm i have a tilt with 6.1
I have known about these reg hacks for quite some time but they never work for me
i checked my dec values with this new ROM and my intvol was set at 0 and my speaker was at 1. i put them both to 5, the sound actually got lower but then higher, and lower then higher. weird
set both to 15..don't really notice a difference..
It's not that bad in Kaiser though. I used to have Eten M600 which was worse in many aspects of sounds volume, esp. loudspeaker. What we did was to replace the ril_gsm.dll with a patched one plus some reg hacks.
So maybe in this case if the reg hacks simply don't work or keep reverting back to its original value, then there's more to do than just registry. Just my 2.01 cents.
does anyone know how to increase the sound for incoming message?
please advise and thanks for the share
Hi there,
Does enyone know if it's possible to increase the overall volume of the ringtone and sms sounds...? (some kind of tweak mabye) I've got it on max but often I must really on the vibration to notice a sms or call. I often only hear the sound very soft.
Thanks..
ps i've the system volume only on 3 bar's orso, but that shouldn't effect the ringvolume should it??
I too have this issue, sound is pretty quiet to be honest. The answer i got was not helpful, basically said live with it.
yup, it isnt any where near as loud as my K-JAM (Wizard) was, but then my K-JAM was no where near as loud as my Ericsson P900 was, etc etc...
the speaker phone is an absolute joke, unless you are in a sound controlled ultra quiet room.
it seems that with every new phone and the speakers get worse rather than better.
I also find the diamond to be too quiet. I am a truck driver who drives refrigerated wagons. When parked on a bay I use my phone to watch films or listen to podcasts. But with the sound of the fridge I cannot hear anything. My old tytn 2 was spot on for sound. Any reg hacks or third party programs to boost sound? I have looked without any luck. I may have to find a mini usb speaker.
Use a player with pre-amp; for example, CorePlayer.
coreplayer`s volume doesn`t have any effect to windows sounds.
he asked for sms and speach cenversation loudness.
There is a registry hack Swiftblade uses. It's been posted in his ROM thread in the ROM section. That should do the trick
Edit: here's the link to the thread. You'll have to find the right posting yourself, though: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408109
ok found it
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\AUDIOGAIN]
"EAC_GAIN_EMBEDDED"=dword:77
but when i look at my registry there is no ...\AUDIOGAIN why ??
i think you have to create a entry
no change, still quiet
I am annoyed by the low ringtone and text message alert volume, too. I'm using the bElite 0.95 ROM and I tried adding that entry to the registry. It did not change anything.
Well if the registry key isn't there I would assume the HTC audiogain application isn't installed, so there's nothing to read that value. Hence making any changes futile.
My advise: try finding the cab for that app, or try with another (perhaps stock) rom
Here's my first try in a quest to make the Diamond into an usable audio device. This will focus mainly on earphones, but if i get annoyed enough by it, there may be some hardware mods to the internal speaker (that is, if i actually decide to keep the phone).
I think we can all agree that the Diamond sounds like garbage. It's stupid loud but stupid thin. It's like listening to piezo tweeters. So, is it possible to change it? Well, there is hope. I want to share my results so far. This is for the supplied earphones but as soon as i have time i'm gonna hack a 3.5mm jack on the handsfree and test various other 'phones.
I threw the earphones on TrueRTA and was horrified of what i saw. But with some serious tweaking of the EQ, the graph started to look better. Anyway, jump right in and set your Audio Booster like this:
+6 +6 +2 0 +1 +2 -6 -6 -6 +3
This will take a fair chunk of loudness away, however i still find it plenty loud (and i like to listen loud, believe me). The distortion limit is 50-70% in Windows Media Player (depending on song) with the system volume at the middle bar. Now you can actually hear bass! Incredible. The next best thing you can do is get a pair of those foam buds that go over your earphones. This will make them couple tighter to your ears (basically that's why in-ear phones always have more bass, you can have the same effect with just those foam buds). Try it and you won't be disappointed.
Whoever has tried this, let me know if you like it. If you do, i'll post some before/after graphs too, so you can also see what you hear. Edit: I just noticed that the ROM i was using was volume modded. On stock settings distortion sets in at 70% media player volume with full system volume.
You can get 3.5mm adaptors on ebay for not much. I got one recently one with a microphone for about £3 I think. Then you don't need to modify you headset
I can't ebay since i don't have a card to put money on my paypal, besides, shipping costs to RO are quite expensive too. I found such an adapter locally, but for $15... i'd rather slice the headset thank you.
Heads up, good stuff coming.
I did this on my N5 and I recall it being mixer_paths.xml and then you find something along the lines of path name=handset or incall etc. followed by a line RX(X) Digital Volume value= (something along the lines of 80). I did a search and that was about it so I went into this expecting to find something much the same.
I can find reference to RX digital volumes in the listing of initial values at the start of the file and these have an expected value of 84 but I cant find a path name= with a likely suspect like handset, incall, voice, etx. followed by this line where I would make the actual change.
Anyone else dug into this yet? I'm wondering if I can simply make the changes in the initial values? I cant remember if the N5 had those lines but I'm guessing it must have. There are seven of them as you would expect with the stock call volume stepping. I've been contemplating giving them a small nudge to 86 and see what happens, good idea or not?
As an aside I found a line for in call recording mode which is currently set to 0...
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I did this on my N5 and I recall it being mixer_paths.xml and then you find something along the lines of path name=handset or incall etc. followed by a line RX(X) Digital Volume value= (something along the lines of 80). I did a search and that was about it so I went into this expecting to find something much the same.
I can find reference to RX digital volumes in the listing of initial values at the start of the file and these have an expected value of 84 but I cant find a path name= with a likely suspect like handset, incall, voice, etx. followed by this line where I would make the actual change.
Anyone else dug into this yet? I'm wondering if I can simply make the changes in the initial values? I cant remember if the N5 had those lines but I'm guessing it must have. There are seven of them as you would expect with the stock call volume stepping. I've been contemplating giving them a small nudge to 86 and see what happens, good idea or not?
As an aside I found a line for in call recording mode which is currently set to 0...
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take a look here
if u need somethig tell me,but without root we can t do more
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I have root (maxx) and I've been going through the build.prop and some other files including the mixer_paths.xml and mixer_path_i2s.xml and I cannot find the digital volume= X in any likely looking path=. I think it has to be there and I'm just missing it or else it may be we would adjust the initial volume? In i2s.xml the digital volume shown only has 4 steps and still doesn't come after any path that looks likely. It would seem to me that rx1 through 7 are certainly a smoking gun. DEC should be speaker, ADC mic, and HPHL/R would be headphone correct?
Since no one jumped in with a warning I went ahead and backed up mixer_path.xml and then edited the values mentioned changing the stock initial value of 84 to a value of 86 on RX1 through RX7 and it appears to have worked over a couple calls I made although it may be I got lucky with a couple of unusually good connections. If someone wants to give it a go and verify the results we may have a working method of increasing the in call volume. Anyone testing that hasn't done this before should be aware that small changes in the values have a large effect so its best to take baby steps, keep in mind the stock speaker may not have much headroom so play it safe unless you're feeling brave. Be sure to backup the file before editing.
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Since no one jumped in with a warning I went ahead and backed up mixer_path.xml and then edited the values mentioned changing the stock initial value of 84 to a value of 86 on RX1 through RX7 and it appears to have worked over a couple calls I made although it may be I got lucky with a couple of unusually good connections. If someone wants to give it a go and verify the results we may have a working method of increasing the in call volume. Anyone testing that hasn't done this before should be aware that small changes in the values have a large effect so its best to take baby steps, keep in mind the stock speaker may not have much headroom so play it safe unless you're feeling brave. Be sure to backup the file before editing.
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Edited both files and raised volumes to 95 for RX values and to 90 the Dec values that were arrounf 70 and 80 something. Clearly a noticeable improovement. Even call volume is raised and sounds excellent.
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These are my edited Moto Maxx mixer files. Use if you like and check if they work for you. Remember, only for Maxx, and i am not responsible if your phone catches the Ebola virus. Just unzip files and move to system/etc folder and set correct permissions. Let me know.
https://copy.com/x3TmPejOwitAwDab
The DEC should be speaker, headphones can also be adjusted in the same way which should be HPHL and HPHR. I thought we had a runner but I wasn't positive because call quality is so hit and miss around here. I'd be wary of making that large an adjustment but I may be overly paranoid about it because I blew the speaker on my sgs3 this way. The thing there being I only made a modest change much like I did here but in hindsight it would later become apparent by the number of blow speakers people had that they had limited the volume on those release handsets to where they did because that was as much as the speaker could take.
You need root danger, I think you are on the Turbo aren't you? Maybe I'm mistaken, at any rate all you have to do is make a backup, mount the file, edit the initial values, save it and reboot.
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The DEC should be speaker, headphones can also be adjusted in the same way which should be HPHL and HPHR. I thought we had a runner but I wasn't positive because call quality is so hit and miss around here. I'd be wary of making that large an adjustment but I may be overly paranoid about it because I blew the speaker on my sgs3 this way. The thing there being I only made a modest change much like I did here but in hindsight it would later become apparent by the number of blow speakers people had that they had limited the volume on those release handsets to where they did because that was as much as the speaker could take.
You need root danger, I think you are on the Turbo aren't you? Maybe I'm mistaken, at any rate all you have to do is make a backup, mount the file, edit the initial values, save it and reboot.
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we don t have root on Droid turbo