[Q] Audio dropping volume? - One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm having this issue where the volume drops during song changes, or during quiet parts in a video. I'm fairly certain this is a known problem, but just wondering if anyone has found a fix.
I've tried different music players, different video players, different headphones, even a headphone amp and the problem persists. currently running P.A.C v3.0 but the problem was present also on TrickDroid v7.5
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aridtare said:
I'm having this issue where the volume drops during song changes, or during quiet parts in a video. I'm fairly certain this is a known problem, but just wondering if anyone has found a fix.
I've tried different music players, different video players, different headphones, even a headphone amp and the problem persists. currently running P.A.C v3.0 but the problem was present also on TrickDroid v7.5
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I think this happens in all phones, ipods, iphones and music players as what outputs high volume comes from audio file from the song or movie. There are programs in the internet the makes the audio files louder in a song or a movie. The problem is not the phone or roms. As any phone, it can't output high volume if the volume level in the audio file in a song isn't put to high levels of volume.

I agree with the op. I've got both the HTC One and the N4. The problem he's describing is present in the one but not the N4, same exact audio sources.
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lloydcabraham said:
I agree with the op. I've got both the HTC One and the N4. The problem he's describing is present in the one but not the N4, same exact audio sources.
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Maybe but I have experienced the same thing on all devices I have used for music. I think it depends on the songs but I might be wrong.

I can also confirm that this issue has been persistent on my One. Something that had never happened to my One XL, Nexus nor Desire. Not liking this at all!
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I've never had it happen on anything except my One. On the stock ROM, it's fine, but any AOSP ROM (and I've flashed a lot of them) gives me this issue anytime I use headphones.

I can confirm this as well. Stock ROM seems OK but AOSP and cm based ROM have this problem

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I think HTC made the phone to lower the volume when the volume is way too high so you won't go deaf. An annoying "feature" that HTC has implemented in the phone.

Just an update on this. the CM nightly for today (6/20) contains a bunch of audio merges which hopefully will fix the audio fading issue. I'll report back when its available for download and I flash it
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Just tried out the 6/21 nightly, and the audio fading issue is unfortunately still there.
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Help audio volume drops
I am currently using the Avatar rom and have been experiencing the exact same problem. The volume will go down in music, audio books, and even on the phone. The problem is not consistent and has been driving me crazy ever since I installed this rom. I love the ROM and can't picture living without it. I can't figure out what exactly it is causing the issue, but if anybody has found a solution, I would love to hear it. Thanks in advance.

Has anyone tried flashing beats back onto their phone to see if that does anything?

Update- installed beats audio. It unfortunately didn't fix the problem.

jordanrjorgensen said:
Update- installed beats audio. It unfortunately didn't fix the problem.
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Try updating your firmware to 2.24 and turn off Beats. This solved it. Although now I use higher volume to match what I had before with Beats turned on, the sound quality and bass is nearly equal or even better.
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OK, so I'm pretty new to this whole thing. What would the steps be to upgrade my firmware to 2.24?

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[Q] Galaxy S i9000 ext. speaker (music) - left channel only?

Hi guys, I'm running Darky 9.3 (don't know if that's relevant or not)
I've searched the forums (and the web) but couldn't find any mention of this. When I listen to music on my Galaxy S using headphones it sounds amazing, full stereo, really clear. When I use the external speaker its lovely and loud... but recently when listening to The Beatles I realised that it was only playing the left channel through the speaker (I assumed it would have been both left and right combined).
Now anybody who knows the early Beatles music and the massive stereo separation will realize this means I couldn't hear the drums/guitar/vocals depending on the track.
I tried the same song with headphones... perfect.
I tested this using both the stock Samsung music player and mSpot... the same with both.
Anybody else know about this?
Have to be honest this is just one of reasons i stoped useing custom roms as at some point i find issues i now use stock js8 its fast and reliable but i do wish you luck in finding answer
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Seems like the cable you're using is mono
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Rawat said:
Seems like the cable you're using is mono
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Or not properly inserted. No issues here.
The last two answers are just for fun or you guys don't understand english? He is talking about the sound through thephone's speaker!
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Yeah i was just about to say... cable?
I only mentioned the Rom as I don't know if that's the cause or not. But yeah.. through headphones? music is fine... through external speaker? ...only left audio channel.
With most modern music you can get away with it to be honest as usually the vocals bass and drums are mixed to the centre... but with older stuff? you miss half the music!
rather annoying...
It is one channel. Voodoo sound fix can force mono which fixes it mate. Comes with 9.3
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It is pretty much industry standard (and I don't just mean the mobile phone industry) that when representing Monoural audio, you use only the left channel! as mentioned, software mixers exist, but I would not be surprised if the stock rom did the same.
yetep said:
It is one channel. Voodoo sound fix can force mono which fixes it mate. Comes with 9.3
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But I'm on Darky 9.3 and I have the problem... or are you saying the *problem* comes with 9.3?
ice_coffee said:
It is pretty much industry standard (and I don't just mean the mobile phone industry) that when representing Monoural audio, you use only the left channel! as mentioned, software mixers exist, but I would not be surprised if the stock rom did the same.
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hmm.... I'd have tested the stock rom if I'd realised about this in time. There's no way I can be bothered re flashing my phone... testing it... flashing it back and then going through all the hassle of setting up again. urgh. lol
I wonder if there's anybody who has a strong-stereo separation music track they can test who's on stock? is it two-channel mono? or just the left channel?
Thanks for the answers so far guys
Go into voodoo settings and choose force mono. I get 2ch audio
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EDIT: Never mind I found it. Works great, thanks!
Just have to remember to turn it back to stereo when i put headphones in. But at least I can listen to The Beatles when I'm in the kitchen now on the built in speaker. Cheers!

[Q]Audio quality on GT-P1000?

Hello everybody,
I'm pretty new to this device since i have swapped it two days ago so I would like a question about audio quality.
With the stock rom I had pre-installed the audio quality was samsung standard: not good but at least audible.
I moved to another rom (Overcome 7 v 4.1.0) which kernel supports voodoo sound.
I was really shoked when i listened to a song for the first time: bass and mid-ranges were just fine as voodoo makes them while highest pitches (and voice too) seems like playing miles away from me: they get all muffled whitout any apprent reason!
I double checked it wasn't a problem of my headset plugging them into my galaxy s and listening to the same song flawlessly.
Did anybody experienced this problem too?
Install DSPManager and set the equalizer to your liking.
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kvswim said:
Install DSPManager and set the equalizer to your liking.
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True, much better with that.
Speakers volume
I have the same Tab with Overcome 4.1.0. It is a low volume level of speakers for making or recieving calls. Do you know what a problem is?
kvswim said:
Install DSPManager and set the equalizer to your liking.
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LOL, that isn't a solution!
Audio should be clear before applying any other effects (dsp or equalizing).
Btw I finally got the solution: it was all fault of Samsung's crappy headset!
I replaced with another set from another brand and it all works like a charm now!
Mods, you can close this thread.

Strange audio issue

When I plug headphones (tried many different), i get output sound like that vocals have been removed, but still playing in background and quality of song has dropped.
Tried same headphones on pc and another phone, sound is amazing compared to GS. Tried different roms, beats audio installer, voodoo also, nothing has improved.
Anyone had sam issue? Any fix? Or is it hw fault?
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That happened to me when I didn't push the headphones all the way in
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Yes, it's just like that. And I have pushed it to the end .
Strangely, when I play FM radio it has amazing sound but mp3 doesn't. Tried different players, roms, dsp mamager settings, nothing...
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Wipe?
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Did that it didn't help.
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Weird I dunno sorry
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Is there a fix?
daxsm said:
When I plug headphones (tried many different), i get output sound like that vocals have been removed, but still playing in background and quality of song has dropped.
Tried same headphones on pc and another phone, sound is amazing compared to GS. Tried different roms, beats audio installer, voodoo also, nothing has improved.
Anyone had sam issue? Any fix? Or is it hw fault?
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My SM-G870A just began acting the same way. I was after I searched "karaoke" in Google play. I did not install any apps, just looked at them.
Did you ever solve this?

Volume not so amazing...

I've noticed between my One and my wife's One the audio is not so vibrant on my device... We are both on OMJ's Rom, I'm not sure if my phone was always with a lower audio or if it just happened to my phone later, gradually losing it's amazingness. I would like to know if there is a fix or a MOD for this substandard audio of mine. It's not terrible, but it's not as vibrant as my wife's and definitely not as loud as I would like.
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sabreem said:
I've noticed between my One and my wife's One the audio is not so vibrant on my device... We are both on OMJ's Rom, I'm not sure if my phone was always with a lower audio or if it just happened to my phone later, gradually losing it's amazingness. I would like to know if there is a fix or a MOD for this substandard audio of mine. It's not terrible, but it's not as vibrant as my wife's and definitely not as loud as I would like.
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Not sure of any mod currently but I did notice that once I flashed to viperROM ( or possibly before I just didn't notice) that my bottom speaker was louder than my top speaker but with the new update 1.29.651.10 base being added to his updated ROM both speakers are noticeably louder and are even as I believe sprint added a fix for it.
sabreem said:
I've noticed between my One and my wife's One the audio is not so vibrant on my device... We are both on OMJ's Rom, I'm not sure if my phone was always with a lower audio or if it just happened to my phone later, gradually losing it's amazingness. I would like to know if there is a fix or a MOD for this substandard audio of mine. It's not terrible, but it's not as vibrant as my wife's and definitely not as loud as I would like.
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Is beats on on both?
Felnarion said:
Is beats on on both?
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Beats are on both devices
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The flashable DSP manager for the One X works beautifully on the One and sounds amazing.
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flash this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2211163
It works great!
slimc84 said:
flash this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2211163
It works great!
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That's looks great. Can anyone confirm it works on Vipers latest?
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Rippley05 said:
That's looks great. Can anyone confirm it works on Vipers latest?
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It isn't ROM or kernel dependent. It's a universal mod.
Just a shot in the dark.
Try turning Volume all the way down, then back up.
My Bluetooth Headset had Low Volume and this fixed it. I doubt this will fix it, but worth a shot.
There are so many layers of software on these devices that it can get messed up if it's passing delta volumes around vs absolute.
slimc84 said:
flash this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2211163
It works great!
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This mod is for Headphones only. I still recommend flashing it. However, please note that in the original 1.29 update, HTC lowered the volume as people were complaining. I mentioned this to viper, and with some files I supplied from the 1.28 RUU, he found the files, and made a flashable zip to increase the base sound. It isn't anything that will blow your ears off, but it certainly is noticeable. Just a sec as I seift through the thread for the link.
@OP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2241016&page=117 first post. viper figured it out almost immediately lol. Flash the PUREx soundmod thing first, as it contains the updated version of the 2 files found in vipers' zip. Afterward, flash vipers zip to install the 1.28 volume files.
EDIT UPDATE:
Actually, as of version 4.0 the pure sound mod thing includes the fix.
Even further update!: People are saying that 4.0 makes the quality better whilst decreasing the sound a bit, so to be safe, I would flash 4.0 then vipers zip.
I had a flaky audio issue last week. After a reboot, all was good again. In my case, I think Youmail was causing an issue for some reason. It was playing all audio as if I was on a call using the earpiece.
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Tilde88 said:
This mod is for Headphones only. I still recommend flashing it. However, please note that in the original 1.29 update, HTC lowered the volume as people were complaining. I mentioned this to viper, and with some files I supplied from the 1.28 RUU, he found the files, and made a flashable zip to increase the base sound. It isn't anything that will blow your ears off, but it certainly is noticeable. Just a sec as I seift through the thread for the link.
@OP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2241016&page=117 first post. viper figured it out almost immediately lol. Flash the PUREx soundmod thing first, as it contains the updated version of the 2 files found in vipers' zip. Afterward, flash vipers zip to install the 1.28 volume files.
EDIT UPDATE:
Actually, as of version 4.0 the pure sound mod thing includes the fix.
Even further update!: People are saying that 4.0 makes the quality better whilst decreasing the sound a bit, so to be safe, I would flash 4.0 then vipers zip.
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Version 4.0 also increases the speaker volume as well.

Soundcloud and youtube issues

Anyone notice popping in audio on soundcloud and youtube? Running latest viperrom..
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benmatlock said:
Anyone notice popping in audio on soundcloud and youtube? Running latest viperrom..
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Try turning the volume down from max a few ticks.
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Try opening YouTube video and then turning it all the way down and still hearing the click
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Like this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7GGR7Tv-9s
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This happens to me all the time with you tube. I only get it if I use wifi with hd on. If I turn off hd then it goes away. Also, if I turn beats audio off with hd on over wifi then it happens much less but still happens. It's very annoying, haven't figured out if it is a hardware issue yet.
Yeah I disable beats and the popping went away, stupid codecs.
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I clicked that link and didn't notice any popping... I didn't listen to it all the just about the 1st min
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Actually after uh couple weeks couple more weeks about using this thing I've noticed it does happen with or without Beats Audio on and it does happen with or without the additional equalizer that I've added to it so it is not just a codec issue with Beats Audio or with the equalizer however I do notice that happens randomly it doesn't always happen on the same song in SoundCloud or in YouTube um but it just happens and I'm not sure what causes it yet
And I'm actually pretty surprised that nobody else has this issue yet
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benmatlock said:
Actually after uh couple weeks couple more weeks about using this thing I've noticed it does happen with or without Beats Audio on and it does happen with or without the additional equalizer that I've added to it so it is not just a codec issue with Beats Audio or with the equalizer however I do notice that happens randomly it doesn't always happen on the same song in SoundCloud or in YouTube um but it just happens and I'm not sure what causes it yet
And I'm actually pretty surprised that nobody else has this issue yet
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If you look back a few pages, you'll notice I posted a thread about a similar issue with Google Play Music (although it has since come to my attention that it's an issue with most audio apps). Toggling Beats helps, but not for too long (and not for long enough to rule out the placebo effect). It's quite annoying, and I hope it'll be fixed in an OTA sometime. I may try PureAudioX if it keeps up though-- it makes my phone unusable at times as a music player.

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