Alright, I just switched from the official HTC Windows 6.1 mobile ROM to Dutty's 6.1 Hybrid from 4-29-08. I love this ROM. MMS works, GPS lock time is good, no freezing, no bloatware, and the battery life has gone up ten fold.
There is one problem, though, and it's that I can't seem to adjust my phone volume. I first noticed it when using my earpiece. It's pretty much locked to one volume. The volume change button on the earpiece wouldn't work, and there is also no change when I try to adjust the in call volume on the phone. This is kind of important because I don't hear very well and need a higher volume.
Anyone heard of this or know what may be causing it?
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Guys,
I have been dealing with WM devices now since years, but one thing I still have not figured out is in regards to the Phone downlink volume.
Not talkking about system or ringer volume, but the volume that you hear from the internal speaker when you are on a call.
ATOM had horribly low volume, BREEZE was great, and TRINITY again is much too low volume to be able to carry a conversation in a noisy place. (and there are plenty of these in Asia... ;-)
Don't get me wrong, it's perfectly fine in a normal environment like office or home. i don't want to have to carry around a headset or use the speakerphone option all the time.
I wonder where the base volume is controlled in a ROM ?
Is it limited by hardware?
Is it something that is controlled in the driver DLL's?
How can it be influenced (upwards/louder)?
Registry settings are already at max so I am out of options.
Maybe it is just that i am getting old, but this really annoys me a lot to have a great phone and not being able to hear what the other party has to say.
Ollie.
I'm not sure if it's just mine but at least once or twice a day I have to do a soft reset so my ring volume is normal.
For no apparent reason, my ring volume drops to such a low level, you can hardly hear it.
Anyone else have this problem? It's getting ridiculous. I'm running Dutty's 1.5 version and have TF3D disabled. I'm using Spb's software instead of TF3D.
Help please.
Mark
Hard reset or check settings>sound notifications and see if its not set to ring once!
Luck!
Are you using a BT headset at all?? Am interested if you are not. One of our managers is having an issue like this, that he has also had on 3, yes, 3(!) previous Vario III's - I am trying to establish a pattern.
Oh, and this isn't an isolated case - there is another open thread about this!
Settings are not set to ring once. It will ring like normal, just real quiet.
I had this problem with another HTC product (touch cruise). At any given moment, it would just ring quietly. I didn't have to do anything.
I may have to do a hard reset and start over, I dunno. I had this problem before I changed ROMs.
Mark
did you install anything like srs wow hd? some presets make things very quiet.
Blazeitup123 said:
did you install anything like srs wow hd? some presets make things very quiet.
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No, other than the updated ROM, I only installed two Spb products. The problem is, it's not that my ringing is very quiet. It rings loud like normal.
It's that at least once a day it just starts to ring quietly. If I do a soft reset, all is well.
It's just getting annoying to have to do that at least twice a day.
Mark
im new to the rooting G1 thing, i have mno volume control while in calls and its REALLY annoying and also quite loud. im running cyanogenmod 4.2.9.1 and hadnt noticed this problem until today.
please, if anyone can help id REALLY appreciate it
EDIT: it seems like the volume goes from loud (when turned all the way "down") to louder (all the way "up") and theres a nearly unnoticeable difference in volume
HamToast said:
im new to the rooting G1 thing, i have mno volume control while in calls and its REALLY annoying and also quite loud. im running cyanogenmod 4.2.9.1 and hadnt noticed this problem until today.
please, if anyone can help id REALLY appreciate it
EDIT: it seems like the volume goes from loud (when turned all the way "down") to louder (all the way "up") and theres a nearly unnoticeable difference in volume
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I have experienced the same problem on the same ROM but never thought it was that big of an issue to start my own thread. But since you started on, I guess I will jump on the bandwagon. Sometimes the volume control problem is sporadic and it will work, but I havent really noticed when the times are that the volume works (like after a reboot). I'll try to take notice, also, I'm not sure a logcat would help otherwise I would provide it on the CM thread. Anybody want to weigh in on this and see if its worth raising the issue on the CM thread? If I can't produce a logcat then I doubt Cyanogen will be able to reproduce the problem and therefore will not be able to address the situation.
BTW, I also have Meltus's latest AudioHack. I figured I'd mention it since it has to do with the volume.
Hamtoast, do you have the AudioHack?
i dont have the audiohack, though i thought about getting it after i noticed this problem. i wasnt sure if itd help though and didnt want to shell out the $2 or however much it costs. my volume is otherwise fine and i have no other issues with it (like being too quiet, which is why most people get the audiohack to my understanding).
this issue we are experiencing is of course not of major importance and doesnt interfere with use, but personally i adjust volume regularly while on the phone, depending on my location and who im talking to. its rather inconvenient not being able to do it.
Okay, so the whole slight volume change was false, there is absolutely zero difference in volume during calls. I read somewhere that it could be an issue with the radio. i was planning on getting the newest radio and danger spl soon so as soon as i get a new sd card ill be testing that to see if the radio is the issue. i will also be trying a hero rom so if CM is the problem i will find that out.
I have a similar problem where my phone is one step from maximum volume (in call) it will not go up to max unless I press volume down them go up. I do not have the audio hack fyi. I guess it may be worth bringing up for cyano to prehaps work on because we r all running his rom with and without audio hack and having problems with volume. I am sure that others are havimg similar problems aswell.
I have the exact same problem. I am going to have to go to a different ROM because of this my phone is new and talking to most people is ear splitting.
i guess ill bring it up in a cyano forum or send a message or something. it certainly is annoying, and it does seem to be related to the ROM.
i dunno if you all are having this issue or if youve noticed or not but it could be related... anyway, if im using headphones and get a text or email or phonecall (anything requiring some sort of notification) i lose all sound to my phone until i reboot it. i checked the builds and it said he addressed some headset issue in 4.2.9.1 but it seems to be there still. just wonderin if anyone noticed that.
ill be looking into cyano forums and trying to find a fix.
@HamToast,
I have mostly noticed just general sound loss. Not anything really related to the headset. Notifications will drop out, phone won't ring sometimes, volume control problems etc. For example, right now, no matter how much I adjust the volume, the sound coming from the screen clicks are always the same volume.
Also, I have the latest radio and the Danger SPL so I'm not sure if that has any bearing on the sound issue. My signature is up to date with the exception of running both the latest CM build as well as the latest Amon_RA recovery image.
aw you have the latest radio and danger spl? im running older radio/spl and was hoping an upgrade would help
i wonder what the issue is with this sound buginess... i went to the newest CM 4.2.10.1 and it was so slow with a considerable amount of hangtime in certain apps, so i went back to 4.2.9.1. the sound issues werent fixed in x.10 or x.10.1
Hi Guys,
I have a HTC HD7 with Deepshining ROM, and from the first minute of HD7 ownership the in-call volume has been really low.
Eventhough I set it to the max (10/10) it's still really low, feels like I would have to turn it up to 20 to make it OK sometimes. System volume goes up to 30/30 but in-call is only 10/10.
What makes it even worse, that my mother also has an HD7, and hers seem to be even worse...
Is there a registry hack which could help with this annoying problem?
Thanks ahead for your help!
Regards,
Tibi
Any clue guys? I'm even thinking about changing my phone because of this
I have no such problems.
I'm using Dynamics 2.0 ROM.
maya79 said:
I have no such problems.
I'm using Dynamics 2.0 ROM.
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I'm flashing Dynamics 2.0 onto the phone at the moment. Will see if it improves the in-call volume or not.
Could this call volume issue be radio version related? Or is that an absolute different thing?
When I first got my phone music and youtube videos were really loud with the built in speakers. So much so that I had to turn the volume down a little bit for comfort. Now when I make sound it starts out very loud but quickly softens drastically. Like something is trying to auto normalize the sound to a much lower volume.
What bugs me is it used to work great. I'm on the same firmware version and such that I was on before.
Is anyone else having volume issues with their built in speakers?
youngm77 said:
When I first got my phone music and youtube videos were really loud with the built in speakers. So much so that I had to turn the volume down a little bit for comfort. Now when I make sound it starts out very loud but quickly softens drastically. Like something is trying to auto normalize the sound to a much lower volume.
What bugs me is it used to work great. I'm on the same firmware version and such that I was on before.
Is anyone else having volume issues with their built in speakers?
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I'm experiencing this too. I feel like it was designed this way. But I want to see some documentation.
Maybe you're just adjusting to the volume?? Kind of like when a fast car doesn't feel fast anymore.
Are you on a custom rom?
I'm on Stock ROM.
I know it isn't me just getting used to it. When I play some music it is really loud and vibrates my phone noticeably. After about 1 or 2 seconds though it quiets and my phone stops vibrating as much and I have a hard time discerning voices in the sound.
If I pause the video for a few seconds and start again the same thing happens. really loud then quieting.
If I turn down the video all the way then turn it up all the way fast the same things happens. I can feel the vibrations of the sound then they lessen and quiet down.
Interesting. I tried it this morning after a fresh charge and it works great now. I wonder if previously I was always testing at night when my battery was low. Perhaps this is some kind of built in battery savings scheme? When I was experiencing the issue I verified that Battery Savings mode was turned off. But perhaps this is something that auto happens when the battery is low?
I'll have to try again tonight.
I'm starting to have the same issue. Posting here for any updates, and I'll update as well if I figure out what's going on.
Me to guys....I thought I was going nuts today... Every roms got quiet audio and I'm just like wtf...so I flash stock images and STILL its quiet...I'm just wondering if its some kinda power save feature.
i've been looking through the mixer_paths.xml file to see if i can find headphones and speaker values to increase to increase volume and this mixer_paths file is different than what i'm used to with samsung and LG phones. i'm probably missing some values to see because i normally use 920 text editor but that app currently isnt working with android 5.0. has anyone found the values to change the increase volume?
I have the same issue. If i reboot the phone everything sounds great then shortly after the volume drops and its difficult to hear things. This happens evem during calls while using speaker phone. I've looked in all the settings and can not find anything to do with this. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank goodness I'm not the only one! I have this exact issue as well.
So this actually worked on my N6 maybe it will work for yours. After a reboot problem remains. I applied small pressure evenly to the speakers with my fingers and bam problem gone. I seriously hope we don't have bad hardware. Hope this helps you guys as well.
https://forums.motorola.com/posts/add203215b?commentId=837982 If you see Moto's Official forum lot of other people are having this same Issue
Add me to the list thought I was going crazy too
I'm pretty sure it's a software issue. On mine, the volume does the normalization thing, but if I switch orientations it goes back to full volume before dying down again. Hopefully it gets fixed soon.
Same issue here. Thought I was loosing my mind. The volume goes down tremendously after starting music via the speakerphone after about 1 or 2 seconds. I have completely reset my phone and toggled the power saving setting and I'm still having this issue. Getting very annoyed.
Same issue here. My battery was down to 4% and the volume started getting lower some times.
Also it seemed like turning the device (display rotation?, gyro sensor?) had to do with it.
I also hear some noise (crackling) when the phone is at full volume and it's not playing music.
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I'm pretty sure it's a software issue. On mine, the volume does the normalization thing, but if I switch orientations it goes back to full volume before dying down again. Hopefully it gets fixed soon.
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Same here with the normalize issue...tempted to send my nexus 6 back to motorola but it was so hard to get this phone
Cant believe google has yet to address this... I hope its a software fix coming.. I cant even really judge the audio bc i cant play anything at max volume smfh
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I think it's a software issue. Whenever I notice the phone's volume is lower than it should be, I press volume up and down repeatedly then it goes back to normal. Gets annoying though.
Anyone found a solution for this or it just is what it is? Also notice the volume increases when I rotate the landscape view..then normalizes lower after a few seconds...
I've hard reset....flashed a fresh copy of 5.0.1 still no solution? Could this be a hardware issue?
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