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Is anyone's earpiece actually TOO LOUD?

Hello All,
I searched first by the way :-/
Recently my Nexus has had its earpiece too loud for both Incoming and Outgoing Calls.
At first I thought it had something to do with the radio, so I downgraded. It actually worked on the first call but after that it was loud as heck even on the lowest volume.
I tried to retrace my steps with my applications next, but nothing that would point to the earpiece. The last apps installed updated where mostly games like Fruit Ninja and Aliens vs. Humans, so I think we can rule out that.
The specs in my sig should be up to date.
The only variable that has changed other than the ones listed above is the fact that I recently bought a Jawbone Icon Bluetooth Headset. But to my memory, this issue began before that.
Can't find a solution anywhere cause it seems most people have an issue with the phone being too soft lol.
I'm really looking for some help guys. I'm just short of wiping the phone clean and reinstalling CM6 and my apps. If that dosen't work I'll have to use the warranty I guess. Had the phone from about Sept 10 I believe.
Let me know if I missed anything guys. All ideas are welcomed to fix this issue.

It's probably because of CM. CM uses a audio boost kernel by default, so I'm guessing that's the problem. Try installing no audio boost kernel to see if it solves the issue.

yeah if you are using cyanogen ROM, they added an audio boost hack long ago. on cyan 5.0.8 the audio boost was so loud that over 50% volume started to distort the speaker and kill your ears. so in later releases they split the difference and lowered it somewhat.
but the boost has always been there. the only likely possibility is that you recently started enabling DSP settings like compression or the EQ, which would suddenly now make things way louder.

Wow thanks guys. Had no clue that CM had an audio boosted kernel. Guess I'll be flashing something else for the while. Something as close to vanilla I guess.
Oh, I also checked the DSP settings, everything was off but was worth a shot.
Thanks again for the replies!

Just to let anyone with the same issue know, I found away around it. I installed one of Wildmonks kernels without the audio fix.
Kernel 2.6.35.10 to be exact. I get to keep my cyan features and have a decent volume ear piece too. Yay!

Good work. It's funny cause most people complain this phone is too quiet. If only they see this post!

HD7 Speaker to low

Hi everybody,
last week i got my HD7 but there's a reallyyyyy big problem. the speaker. if i listen to music or alarm clock, the sound is soooooo low, i don't even hear my alarm clock, that really sucks. has anybody else such a problem and is there any solution ? i already resettet the phone but still the problem exists.
THX

I find the ringtone and alarm to be loud, but when listening to media, a voice call and speaker phone are all quite low.

Judging from the other threads that were suggested when you started yours (attached), then yes, other people do have this problem.
We believe it is a software issue as in places the speaker is incredibly loud (games for example). Let's hope its fixed with an update, and let's hope you learn how to use the forum tools (such as search )

Audio said:
Judging from the other threads that were suggested when you started yours (attached), then yes, other people do have this problem.
We believe it is a software issue as in places the speaker is incredibly loud (games for example). Let's hope its fixed with an update, and let's hope you learn how to use the forum tools (such as search )
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We had one update already and what nothing. It seems it's not important. I have the same problem as well. I tried to modify registry but nothing changed.

Agreed, they are taking their time with the updates, after all this first update was an update to get ready for the next update. What's all that about?
As i said, all we can do is hope.

in my experience if you use a headset, volume in phone calls is much louder
otherwise it's very annoying, especially when you're outside and there's background noise, i usually have to pretend it's very windy so i can ask people to constantly repeat what they say

nick109 said:
in my experience if you use a headset, volume in phone calls is much louder
otherwise it's very annoying, especially when you're outside and there's background noise, i usually have to pretend it's very windy so i can ask people to constantly repeat what they say
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Lmao this is funny
*Sent from Carmen diva*

more recent firmware updates (available here on XDA devs) solve this issue.
I flashed my O2 HD7 with the latest rom and the volume has increased.

@scoob101 which rom did you flash on to it?

scoob101 said:
more recent firmware updates (available here on XDA devs) solve this issue.
I flashed my O2 HD7 with the latest rom and the volume has increased.
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do you have a link to the new rom

[Q] Problem speaker Liquid ROM

I'm trying the Liquid Rom and I like it very much. Unfortunately, it seems to me that the sound from the speaker during the tenefonate is really very low. Does anyone have any solution?
Grazie !

Matfant said:
I'm trying the Liquid Rom and I like it very much. Unfortunately, it seems to me that the sound from the speaker during the tenefonate is really very low. Does anyone have any solution?
Grazie !
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That was buging me a lot on almoust all custom roms for lg 4x (except MIUI) and best sollution i found is to take some high quality songs/melodies and set them as ringtone it will make it better (at least it did for me).Have fun.

dimi89 said:
That was buging me a lot on almoust all custom roms for lg 4x (except MIUI) and best sollution i found is to take some high quality songs/melodies and set them as ringtone it will make it better (at least it did for me).Have fun.
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He means the sound DURING the call, not the ringtone?
I'd say try another rom with a clean install, if problem persists
it probably is a hardware failure or even the network and/or phone
of the calling person on the other end.

Omario-242 said:
He means the sound DURING the call, not the ringtone?
I'd say try another rom with a clean install, if problem persists
it probably is a hardware failure or even the network and/or phone
of the calling person on the other end.
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And 'as you say, the problem is during a phone call. The voice of one who calls me feel very weak.
Now I'm using the OMNI that I like a lot less, but this ROM does not have this audio problem.
:crying:

Matfant said:
And 'as you say, the problem is during a phone call. The voice of one who calls me feel very weak.
Now I'm using the OMNI that I like a lot less, but this ROM does not have this audio problem.
:crying:
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I stand corrected, it seems to me that all the ROMs I've tried so far, version 4.4.X (Omni, Silm, Mokee, Gummy) all have the same problem: the microphone volume down during a phone call.
Only I have this problem?
:crying:
It's not that I became suddenly deaf?

[Q] Speaker Distortion on CM11

Hello,
I have installed CM11 on wifes mini 2, but the sound is very distorted at higher volumes. I read that I should install viper4android, which I have done, but I cant seem to stop the distortion. Also, when I am tweaking settings in Viper, I don't hear any difference. This is in both Apollo and Google Play Music.
Message alerts are also piercing and distorted.
Any help much appreciated

i have just spoken to someone in the cyanogenmod irc and it turns out that the amp in the phone gets put into bypass mode when flashing a non stock rom. They said that there was nothing they can do about it and that, as far as they are aware, there is no fix.
Surprised that no one else has noticed anything with flashed roms.

arm1e said:
i have just spoken to someone in the cyanogenmod irc and it turns out that the amp in the phone gets put into bypass mode when flashing a non stock rom. They said that there was nothing they can do about it and that, as far as they are aware, there is no fix.
Surprised that no one else has noticed anything with flashed roms.
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People did notice it, usually referred to as 'Sound Crackling'. They are right in saying there is no fix ATM. It is one of the things that keeps me away from CM11 and CM12, besides the camera.

csoulr666 said:
People did notice it, usually referred to as 'Sound Crackling'. They are right in saying there is no fix ATM. It is one of the things that keeps me away from CM11 and CM12, besides the camera.
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Sorry, the camera??? My wife has said that she is pleased with the camera as it is now very responsive. To be honest the sound is not a major issue, it is only really noticable when the volume is cranked up high. A little lower and it is still better than my nexus 5.

arm1e said:
Sorry, the camera??? My wife has said that she is pleased with the camera as it is now very responsive. To be honest the sound is not a major issue, it is only really noticable when the volume is cranked up high. A little lower and it is still better than my nexus 5.
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The camera app is what troubles me. I still have not found a replacement for the stock sense camera app in my usage scenario

Lollipop broke the Audio?

Updated to Lollipop yesterday. Of course I'm using Sony's official update and not CM12. So yeah I didn't bother to.watch any videos or listen to music because I updated my phone very late at night. But today, I realised the Audio seems broken. How is it broken? Well, I play a YouTube video at max volume. Seems fine but a little soft for being at max. As soon as I drag it down just a bit, it's like impossible to hear anything. When it reaches half volume, it feels like the minumum volume and the minimum volume feels like it's muted. Anyone have the same problem?
Tl;dr: Can't hear jack **** on near max volume

LeParkour012 said:
Updated to Lollipop yesterday. Of course I'm using Sony's official update and not CM12. So yeah I didn't bother to.watch any videos or listen to music because I updated my phone very late at night. But today, I realised the Audio seems broken. How is it broken? Well, I play a YouTube video at max volume. Seems fine but a little soft for being at max. As soon as I drag it down just a bit, it's like impossible to hear anything. When it reaches half volume, it feels like the minumum volume and the minimum volume feels like it's muted. Anyone have the same problem?
Tl;dr: Can't hear jack **** on near max volume
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Can't say I have the same issue, all seems fine for me
Just tested it, definitely not on my phone, all good here.

AnrgKrshn said:
Can't say I have the same issue, all seems fine for me
Just tested it, definitely not on my phone, all good here.
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Seems like many people are facing the same issue based on a thread on the General section.

LeParkour012 said:
Seems like many people are facing the same issue based on a thread on the General section.
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Maybe try reflashing.

AnrgKrshn said:
Maybe try reflashing.
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I've reflashed multiple region ftfs. Still the same. Many people are having this problem. Maybe you just don't notice the low volume

LeParkour012 said:
I've reflashed multiple region ftfs. Still the same. Many people are having this problem. Maybe you just don't notice the low volume
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Umm, nope, I can notice cause I consume a lot of media on my phone.
Weird thing is, bluetooth is weird. I use it in my car, and in KK, when I made a call, it'd change to the phone audio on its own. Now it stays on bluetooth audio until the call connects and then switches to the phone audio mode. This was the case even with AOSP 5.0 ROMs :/ it's weirdly inconvenient cause if I'm using the aux, I won't know if the call is about to be connected, cause I can't hear the ringtone on the call :|

I'm using locked rooted Kitkat,
updated via Sony PC Companion without wiping anything
after the updating to lollipop, it charges so slow, even when it's turned off
I used all the chargers here.
I'm planning to go back to kitkat without losing any app data.
I have no recovery and not rooted in lollipop. What can I do?

sound is definitely broken, because xloud is missing, clearaudio+ isnt working neither.