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Boom sound?

I thought Boom Sound was supposed to be mini speaker loud? I notice the Beats Audio logo but my volume hasn't been spectacular. Is there a setting I'm missing, perhaps?
The example of use:
This morning, the new Man Of Steel trailer dropped and I was attempting to show off to my co-worker but it just wasn't very audible. Only air conditioning was blowing so we were pretty disappointed. You Tube streamed the trailer fine it just wasn't loud. We tried my Play Music and it wasn't loud either.

The HTC One is firmly in the VERY LOUD category.
Too loud in many instances. Have you, like, turned all volume controls up in settings?

mreniigma said:
I thought Boom Sound was supposed to be mini speaker loud? I notice the Beats Audio logo but my volume hasn't been spectacular. Is there a setting I'm missing, perhaps?
The example of use:
This morning, the new Man Of Steel trailer dropped and I was attempting to show off to my co-worker but it just wasn't very audible. Only air conditioning was blowing so we were pretty disappointed. You Tube streamed the trailer fine it just wasn't loud. We tried my Play Music and it wasn't loud either.
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It's the loudest smartphone speaker, either your phone is defective or your volume controls weren't all the way up.

Maybe OP is deaf?
Sent from my HTC One X

ECEXCURSION said:
Maybe OP is deaf?
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Your logic is flawless sir. Also, I just died laughing. :laugh:

ECEXCURSION said:
Maybe OP is deaf?
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PARDON?

mreniigma said:
I thought Boom Sound was supposed to be mini speaker loud? I notice the Beats Audio logo but my volume hasn't been spectacular. Is there a setting I'm missing, perhaps?
The example of use:
This morning, the new Man Of Steel trailer dropped and I was attempting to show off to my co-worker but it just wasn't very audible. Only air conditioning was blowing so we were pretty disappointed. You Tube streamed the trailer fine it just wasn't loud. We tried my Play Music and it wasn't loud either.
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I agree with you 100 percent we had an iPhone fanboy I was trying to showed off also and he wasn't impress ...I started another thread you can search for it and people are saying the htc capped the volume on 1.29 update and the 1.27 firmware is the loudest ...ofcourse say that to the htc one fanboy lol ...it amaze me there are dumb people can't understand what you are saying ..oh well you correct tho there are some of us that knownabout these issues on the htc one. ...by the way don't let me get started in the in call speaker volume ..not loud at all... Perhaps we need to flash 1.27..I bought this phone thinking it will blow me away on the volume dept guess not lol

mreniigma said:
I thought Boom Sound was supposed to be mini speaker loud? I notice the Beats Audio logo but my volume hasn't been spectacular. Is there a setting I'm missing, perhaps?
The example of use:
This morning, the new Man Of Steel trailer dropped and I was attempting to show off to my co-worker but it just wasn't very audible. Only air conditioning was blowing so we were pretty disappointed. You Tube streamed the trailer fine it just wasn't loud. We tried my Play Music and it wasn't loud either.
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I was wondering the same thing. I have not been blown away by the speakers on this phone. I got the 1.29 update almost immediately after the first boot so there is no way for me to know what it was like before that. Have you managed to find a workaround or a way to go back or enable the full volume of the speakers???

I'm not saying this is the case for everyone, but for me at least my volume and sound quality were both excellent with 1.27 and 1.29. I often put my phone down while playing music and it fills the room. It's still miles better than my friends s4 and zl. I have to think though that even if some are having volume issues (perhaps the notorious QC issues don't just apply to the build quality), at least you're still gaining the huge advantage of stereo vs mono sound
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Someplace, and I forget which forum this was in, a guy found the values needed in order to revert the sound back to as loud as before the HTC update. It was in either Faux123s kernel thread, the ARHD thread, or, Trickdroids thread. I'd advise scanning those. The only thing I remember about the post was it said change the values from 40/40 to 45/45 instead of 60/60 like some guy asked if he could do.

Or maybe that video just had very low volume anyway? Youtube video volumes are NOT normalized and if the vid was soft to being with, Youtube will just stick with that max volume. Nothing you can do with it.
Boomsound is advertised to not only be loud, but to be full as well without the screeching highs and nonexistent lows of other devices.

I've seen a couple zips around the forum for BoomSound I havnt tried them yet but I'll see if I can find em and post them here
http://db.tt/ro9I8C1Y BoomSound zip
http://db.tt/XvIHQ5UK improved BoomSound zip
I would backup before trying these so you can restore if it has negative affects or if you want to try both.the improved BoomSound is a little smaller than the first file
I don't remember where i downloaded these from but I think it was arhd forum.
I did not make these mods and take no responibility if anything happens to your phone I just posted here for convenience
Sent from my HTC One using XDA Premium HD app

The top zip worked for me! Louder sound again :laugh:

ac3kill said:
I've seen a couple zips around the forum for BoomSound I havnt tried them yet but I'll see if I can find em and post them here
http://db.tt/ro9I8C1Y BoomSound zip
http://db.tt/XvIHQ5UK improved BoomSound zip
I would backup before trying these so you can restore if it has negative affects or if you want to try both.the improved BoomSound is a little smaller than the first file
I don't remember where i downloaded these from but I think it was arhd forum.
I did not make these mods and take no responibility if anything happens to your phone I just posted here for convenience
Sent from my HTC One using XDA Premium HD app
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So do we flash these files?
Please help with instructions ?

ac3kill said:
I've seen a couple zips around the forum for BoomSound I havnt tried them yet but I'll see if I can find em and post them here
http://db.tt/ro9I8C1Y BoomSound zip
http://db.tt/XvIHQ5UK improved BoomSound zip
I would backup before trying these so you can restore if it has negative affects or if you want to try both.the improved BoomSound is a little smaller than the first file
I don't remember where i downloaded these from but I think it was arhd forum.
I did not make these mods and take no responibility if anything happens to your phone I just posted here for convenience
Sent from my HTC One using XDA Premium HD app
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These files are only for 4.1.2 i think.. N wont work on 4.2.2

nazrin313 said:
These files are only for 4.1.2 i think.. N wont work on 4.2.2
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doesn't make any difference flashing either one over 4.2.2

The zips contain /system/tfa folder from 1.27.xx builds which were based on 4.1.x hence it reverts to same sound on future 1.29.xx builds when flashed
However, in 4.2.2 these files are different and since we do not have any LOUD firmware from 4.2.2 nothing to replace ...we are stuck with what htc gives

v-b-n said:
The zips contain /system/tfa folder from 1.27.xx builds which were based on 4.1.x hence it reverts to same sound on future 1.29.xx builds when flashed
However, in 4.2.2 these files are different and since we do not have any LOUD firmware from 4.2.2 nothing to replace ...we are stuck with what htc gives
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Yeah kinda sucks... Miss my old boomsound volume

Played same YouTube video with my unrooted One and friend's unrooted S4. Louder on S4 even with mine on full volume and front facing speakers. Audio files aren't particularly loud either. Still on 4.1.2. Expecting a little more boom.

ac3kill said:
I've seen a couple zips around the forum for BoomSound I havnt tried them yet but I'll see if I can find em and post them here
http://db.tt/ro9I8C1Y BoomSound zip
http://db.tt/XvIHQ5UK improved BoomSound zip
I would backup before trying these so you can restore if it has negative affects or if you want to try both.the improved BoomSound is a little smaller than the first file
I don't remember where i downloaded these from but I think it was arhd forum.
I did not make these mods and take no responibility if anything happens to your phone I just posted here for convenience
Sent from my HTC One using XDA Premium HD app
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Thanks for posting the flashables bud. Had a problem after clean flashing sense Rom GPE that made my lower speaker not work and flashed the BoomSound zip, and it gave me my speaker function back. Thanks bud
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[Q] Speaker popping/tick sound

I am getting this during playback of YouTube vids, and occasionally playing vids and music.
I hear the One X also had this issue?
Anyone...is this a known issue, that can be sorted through updates or development on this site?
Does anyone else have it?

schrickm5 said:
I am getting this during playback of YouTube vids, and occasionally playing vids and music.
I hear the One X also had this issue?
Anyone...is this a known issue, that can be sorted through updates or development on this site?
Does anyone else have it?
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I can hear a clicking sound from time to time also, it's more noticeable when in bed reading in a quiet room.
I would also like to know if there is a fix.

ipguy said:
I can hear a clicking sound from time to time also, it's more noticeable when in bed reading in a quiet room.
I would also like to know if there is a fix.
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It's common on the HTC One, I believe the international version was fixed in a recent update. What ROM are you using?

Yeah iv noticed that in Youtube too! Had that in HOX as well! damn...

ryan9316 said:
It's common on the HTC One, I believe the international version was fixed in a recent update. What ROM are you using?
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I'm running 1.29.841.2

ryan9316 said:
It's common on the HTC One, I believe the international version was fixed in a recent update. What ROM are you using?
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Nope. ARHD 7.3 is based on latest update from HTC and popping/ticking/crackling sound is still there.

NoXXX said:
Nope. ARHD 7.3 is based on latest update from HTC and popping/ticking/crackling sound is still there.
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Ugh, I'm on ATT I have the same problem, I thought that update fixed it. That sucks

same
I've had the same issue with both youtube and playback of my own captured videos. Seems related to beats, but can't be sure.
using the htc one developer edition - most recent stock rom

Same, it seems to be related to the beats mod. My software version is 1.29.980.2

saint_cow said:
Same, it seems to be related to the beats mod. My software version is 1.29.980.2
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I am having this and it is so annoying! A audible popping noise if you are in bed (if the phone is on silent)
Anyone know how to fix this?

This sound has been more prominent for me while using pandora

4.4.1 in the coming days, big camera fixes

http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/5/5175568/fixing-the-nexus-5-android-4-4-1-improves-camera

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http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/5/5175568/fixing-the-nexus-5-android-4-4-1-improves-camera
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just saw that as well. thank god!!

Good news all round really and if the camera is that much better I will be very happy.

And concerning the sound speaker volume ?

rayns said:
And concerning the sound speaker volume ?
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isn't that a hardware issue??

Looking good to me even though i don't use the camera so much

turkishness said:
isn't that a hardware issue??
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no, its software.
Heres to hoping they fix the low headset volume, and High BT volume experienced on some headsets (that last one is my biggest gripe with the phone)

turkishness -> In my Nexus 5 I haven't got the same sound volume concerning the SMS and when I play a video. I think (hope ) it's software issue

Now we just need to wait for the rollout to start and for some nice chap to post the ota zip and then we can all sideload it right away.

I think the sound problem is software, they just won't let us turn it up loud enough.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using xda app-developers app

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New Version of Android and Camera Fix coming soon! WooHOO
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Have you had any weird sound from speakers on notifications?

Just wondering if any of you sometimes have had any weird sound as distorted / cracked or garbled when phone is ringing or in any notification sound?
Problems found by some users and me:
Crack, Garbled or distorted on notification or incoming calls (ringtone) even on some games.
Doesn't matter the volume level, it's not happening because it is at max level and came a distorted sound, that is not the problem.
It fixes the problem turning off and turning on the phone, so this problem comes intermittent and barely..
I'm pretty sure that could be an android os bug or sound driver bug but still I want to confirm with some of you.
We have 2 Nexus 6 at home, my wife and mine and both of us have experienced the same weird sound issue rarely times and not often, so I don't think that is a defective hardware but I am not sure.
1st Nexus 6 phone Lollipop 5.01 , Stock and rooted
2nd Nexus 6 phone Lollipop 5.01, Stock, Not rooted.
Please advise.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using XDA Free mobile app

I don't know if I am experiencing similar problem is you but it is during my phone ringtone.
I have Dione as my ringtone. When somebody calls me, it sounds like my speaker would crackle/pop for a second and then the ringtone would start.

I have our as well. Especially when playing games like civilization.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

garyHal said:
I don't know if I am experiencing similar problem is you but it is during my phone ringtone.
I have Dione as my ringtone. When somebody calls me, it sounds like my speaker would crackle/pop for a second and then the ringtone would start.
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I have not paid attention when my phone rings, but on notifications sometimes I get that horrible crack or distorted sound.
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jhorton014 said:
I have our as well. Especially when playing games like civilization.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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I don't think that is a bad hardware batch that we received, let's wait for more users to answer our concerns
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I too get distortion sound. specially when on call. hmm? hardware issue maybe?

I've seen so many speaker issue. More likely its design issue.

binqker said:
I too get distortion sound. specially when on call. hmm? hardware issue maybe?
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Seems very weird to be hardware issue, I haven't experienced on calls, just from speakers on notification sounds and barely I have this issue, sometimes everything is fine, so I wouldn't assume its hardware.
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jtwlbz said:
I've seen so many speaker issue. More likely its design issue.
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I don't get convinced that is design issue the distortion sound problems come sometimes and very weird. If it was design issue we had the problem always.
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Might help if you list @ what % volume you experience the audio issue. I have zero distortion on my speakers even at above 50%. Movies, notifications, phone calls all sound great on my end =].

zetsumeikuro said:
Might help if you list @ what % volume you experience the audio issue. I have zero distortion on my speakers even at above 50%. Movies, notifications, phone calls all sound great on my end =].
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At max. The problem is that distortion from notification sound it comes intermittent, it can happen once in a while, it is not always. That is on my end even on my wife phone it does the same. Isn't that weird?
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I have noticed this also, it is like a crack just before the actual notification starts to play.
I used to get it all the time on the Twitter app when loading photos (load a photo, go back leave it say 10 secs and load the same photo), it annoyed me so much that I changed my twitter app to just get rid of it.

Obviously is software. Sometimes even it doesn't come out. For example the facebook pop sound when you refresh the news feed. Going to RMA the phone for other issues, I'll let you know if in my new one there is the same problem.

I am having similar problems. I get massive sound distortions all the time. When listening to music, watching videos and playing games. It sounds like a vinyl witch scratches and hurts my ears. I had created another thread but nobody seemed to have the same problem. Is anybody here witnessing something like that as well?

I was having the same problems (at least I don't notice it any more). What I did notice it seemed to always happen when you double clicked on your notification from the lock screen. It was really starting to bother me as I paid a fortune for this phone and it shouldn't have this. Anyway's, I think I found a fix as I don't seem to have the problem any more (it's been 3 to 4 days). I went into sounds and chose other sounds and disabled the screen locking sounds. It seemed to have work. I do have the touch sounds disabled to, but when I only had that on it still did the distorted sound. I'll re-enable it and see if I still get the distortion. I'll post later on.
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Dabarr said:
I am having similar problems. I get massive sound distortions all the time. When listening to music, watching videos and playing games. It sounds like a vinyl witch scratches and hurts my ears. I had created another thread but nobody seemed to have the same problem. Is anybody here witnessing something like that as well?
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Are you getting this through the speakers or through a headset. Mine is working great for music or video playback. I also don't blast it either, that could be it.

I'm getting that same issue. Even when I get a call it distorts and it only seems to do that when my ringer is on full blast... It sounded horrible.. It almost made me wanna switch back to my M8 GPE edition.

gmiterek said:
Are you getting this through the speakers or through a headset. Mine is working great for music or video playback. I also don't blast it either, that could be it.
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For me volume does not matter. Also, it is irrelevant if I use speakers or headphones. Same thing happens.

ricey1986 said:
I have noticed this also, it is like a crack just before the actual notification starts to play.
I used to get it all the time on the Twitter app when loading photos (load a photo, go back leave it say 10 secs and load the same photo), it annoyed me so much that I changed my twitter app to just get rid of it.
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Seems software issue, driver on android os
Sent from my Nexus 6 using XDA Free mobile app

Hazzo31 said:
Obviously is software. Sometimes even it doesn't come out. For example the facebook pop sound when you refresh the news feed. Going to RMA the phone for other issues, I'll let you know if in my new one there is the same problem.
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Please Keep us posted, we need to check what the problem is
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coldcrush390 said:
I'm getting that same issue. Even when I get a call it distorts and it only seems to do that when my ringer is on full blast... It sounded horrible.. It almost made me wanna switch back to my M8 GPE edition.
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Ohh well, I don't know what to say but we are not alone
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Nexus 6 Sound Problem

Hello friends. I bought a new Nexus 6 two weeks ago. Unfortunately, my device has decreasing sound problem. When phone's charge is below %20 or 30, speakers volume suddenly decrease. How can i solve this problem?

I have this problem too. I found out that putting my phone to battery save mode sometimes can help.
I will love to get more solutions though.

McMannes said:
Hello friends. I bought a new Nexus 6 two weeks ago. Unfortunately, my device has decreasing sound problem. When phone's charge is below %20 or 30, speakers volume suddenly decrease. How can i solve this problem?
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That's normal... the solution is to charge your phone.

blanco2701 said:
That's normal... the solution is to charge your phone.
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How you say it is normal? If it is normal why other phones doesn't have this problem?It is very annoying problem. You say me "use your phone always with 70 percent charge?". It is not the solution.

McMannes said:
How you say it is normal? If it is normal why other phones doesn't have this problem?It is very annoying problem. You say me "use your phone always with 70 percent charge?". It is not the solution.
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The Nexus 6 does this for some reason... You can blame Motorola. I haven't seen any solution.
Let me rephrase... For the Nexus 6, this is normal.

McMannes said:
How you say it is normal? If it is normal why other phones doesn't have this problem?It is very annoying problem. You say me "use your phone always with 70 percent charge?". It is not the solution.
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Why would you want to blast your speakers when it's at a low battery %, do you want it to die faster?

aroy97 said:
Why would you want to blast your speakers when it's at a low battery %, do you want it to die faster?
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I don't understand what you mean. Why I want to blast my speakers?

McMannes said:
I don't understand what you mean. Why I want to blast my speakers?
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He's just saying that high volume degrades battery life faster. I think Motorola built it this way to save battery.

blanco2701 said:
He's just saying that high volume degrades battery life faster. I think Motorola built it this way to save battery.
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I see blanco. But it happens nearly all volume settings. For example my sound is on level 8 suddenly decrease level 2, or is on level 6 again decrease level 2. And when watching youtube videos if i rotate the screen suddenly increase level 8 again and after three or four seconds again decrease level 2. Really so interesting and annoying. But my charge is over %30 sound quality is so good.

Is there any solution suggest for this problem?

McMannes said:
Is there any solution suggest for this problem?
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Last month I was having the same sound issue but also the screen shifting to two images.. after reading up on a Motorola's nexus 6 forums I found someone switched their kernel to Leankernel and their issues were resolved. I now have no sound descreasing issues or display problems.
My Q&A thread, solution on post 3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/help/nexus-6-screen-issue-image-shifted-t3333081
Leankernel link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nex...ernel-leankernel-minimalistic-kernel-t2954316

ozzmanj1 said:
Last month I was having the same sound issue but also the screen shifting to two images.. after reading up on a Motorola's nexus 6 forums I found someone switched their kernel to Leankernel and their issues were resolved. I now have no sound descreasing issues or display problems.
My Q&A thread, solution on post 3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/help/nexus-6-screen-issue-image-shifted-t3333081
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/nex...ernel-leankernel-minimalistic-kernel-t2954316
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Does this kernel work on Android 6? Because it seems only work with Android 5. And kernel links look bad. I didnt load

McMannes said:
Does this kernel work on Android 6? Because it seems only work with Android 5. And kernel links look bad. I didnt load
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I've been using this kernel for over a month with no issues on latest version of Android
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ozzmanj1 said:
I've been using this kernel for over a month with no issues on latest version of Android
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Hey friend, which version of leankernel you use? I try version m3.5 of leankernel but it did not solve my sound issue.

McMannes said:
Hey friend, which version of leankernel you ise? I try 3.5 version of leankernel but it did not solve my sound issue.
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I am using the following version:
V3.5 dated 1.27.16
Here is a link of the one I use, this is from my pogoplug account:
http://ppl.ug/EJjsMJp0MAE/
I have never had any issues whatsoever. I was having issues too where when listening to music or watching a video and I rotate my phone the audio would hesitate. That issue was also solved on this.
Hopefully it works for you. Let me know how it goes.
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ozzmanj1 said:
I am using the following version:
V3.5 dated 1.27.16
Here is a link of the one I use, this is from my pogoplug account:
http://ppl.ug/EJjsMJp0MAE/
I have never had any issues whatsoever. I was having issues too where when listening to music or watching a video and I rotate my phone the audio would hesitate. That issue was also solved on this.
Hopefully it works for you. Let me know how it goes.
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no friend, unfourtunately it did not solve the problem.