I've been trying to pin point this problem for a while. I've only really noticed this when connecting to my cars bluetooth, but when a song goes into a louder part, it gets quieter. If the song goes through a quiet section, it turns back up.
I'm not talking about the actual phone going through the turning up and down, it's like the software processes it and alters the volume so I can't "get my rock on"
When a song hits a bass section is a good example. The volume may be cool but if some decent bass kicks in, it'll go quieter. If the bass stops, the music will go noticeably louder.
I know it's not the stereo since my old phone and my wife's didn't do it. It's really bad at times as well, on some occasions I've had to turn it up.
I know it's not the files either. It doesn't seem to do it with headphones, and if it does it'll be a lot more subtle because I haven't been able to pick it up.
I've tried turning off the equaliser but hasn't made a difference.
Does any one else have the problem or know what it could be?
ckai said:
I've been trying to pin point this problem for a while. I've only really noticed this when connecting to my cars bluetooth, but when a song goes into a louder part, it gets quieter. If the song goes through a quiet section, it turns back up.
I'm not talking about the actual phone going through the turning up and down, it's like the software processes it and alters the volume so I can't "get my rock on"
When a song hits a bass section is a good example. The volume may be cool but if some decent bass kicks in, it'll go quieter. If the bass stops, the music will go noticeably louder.
I know it's not the stereo since my old phone and my wife's didn't do it. It's really bad at times as well, on some occasions I've had to turn it up.
I know it's not the files either. It doesn't seem to do it with headphones, and if it does it'll be a lot more subtle because I haven't been able to pick it up.
I've tried turning off the equaliser but hasn't made a difference.
Does any one else have the problem or know what it could be?
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Do you have Dynamic Normalizer enabled in the sound effects? Because that is exactly what it does if on.
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Do you have Dynamic Normalizer enabled in the sound effects? Because that is exactly what it does if on.
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Thanks mate. I didn't think it was on and thought I had played around with all those settings before but had a look at it was on.
After turning it off it's improved it. I also noticed the the EQ on the stereo was set to 'Dynamic' which adjusts everything based on the music. I think this as well as having Dynamic Normaliser on amplified the problem.
I feel like a bit of a plonker now not looking at the simple things
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I have posted a bug with the rear speaker and the volume control. On my unit, when you turn this feature on, the volume is very loud. Even if you turn down the volume to the lowest setting, the volume is less, but still to loud. In a discussion with HTC today, they had no answer as to why this is happening. They indicated that when you turn down the volume to the lowest setting, it should mute. They pointed out that in WM6 there is no settings tab for setting the rear speaker volume as in WM5. Has anyone else tried this feature?
I don't have this problem.
But it doesn't mute though when i use the roll switch on the left side of the kaiser to lower the volume, it does decrease the volume to a minimum, but is NOT muted completely. (that's not a problem for me.. if i don't want to hear the rear speaker, i don't activate them ).
Mike.
kaemon said:
I don't have this problem.
But it doesn't mute though when i use the roll switch on the left side of the kaiser to lower the volume, it does decrease the volume to a minimum, but is NOT muted completely. (that's not a problem for me.. if i don't want to hear the rear speaker, i don't activate them ).
Mike.
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Ditto the only time I use the rear speaker is if I want to hear it.....If I don't I don't use it.
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Hi
When using the speaker phone and turning down the volume, even on the lowest setting it isn't off completely. This makes absolute sense as if you are on a call using the speaker phone having no sound at all, well what is the point of being on the call in the first place?
When playing sound elsewhere, i.e. not in a call turning it down completely does mute it.
Your particular issue seems to be the sound doesn't go quiet enough for you, maybe HTC can change this in future firmware. I expect the complaints they get most often is it isn't loud enough to annoy people even more with silly ring tones!
Regards
Phil
"silly ring tones!"
Ha, that should be a song
PhilipL said:
isn't loud enough to annoy people even more with silly ring tones!
Regards
Phil
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this is my pet hate
the number of ar$eholes who play music through the speaker on their phones - i nearly kill someone every day on the bus to work - one day im going to bludgeon one to death with my kaiser
im sitting inside now and theres some prick outside in his nova doing his bit to deny me of any peace - im gonna lose it and go vigilante pretty soon
I was wondering if any one has this problem.
When the sound is max.. there seems to be some sound distortion...
I've noticed this too. If I set the sound to max and have it plugged into some external speakers, the sound is slightly distorted (also happens on speakerphone), but if I set the sound volume just under max on the vogue and increase the volume on the external speakers, i can make my music play louder without any distortion.
I'm pretty sure this is the speakers reaching their hardware limit.
Does this not happen under WinMo?
scottter said:
I'm pretty sure this is the speakers reaching their hardware limit.
Does this not happen under WinMo?
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I do not recall this happening on Windows Mobile.
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Been doing it ever since i first flashed to android 2.x
its nearly unusable
my radio in my car is like that...
everytime I turn the volume ALL THE WAY UP,
it gets so DiStoRtEd...
I found an easy solution to this complex problem...
TURN THE Volume down.
another way to look at it is in winmo the volume only goes to ten...
but in android the volume goes to ELEVEN.....\m/
mnjm9b said:
another way to look at it is in winmo the volume only goes to ten...
but in android the volume goes to ELEVEN.....\m/
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Nah its not about putting it to loud...even when not on max, the sounds clips and the speaker phone is unusable because half the things the other person says arent hearable cuz the sound clips
So I know the One has boomsound and all but the problem I'm having is I watch a lot of YouTube etc in the evenings and don't want to wake up the rest of my family. And even the lowest bar is quite loud, is it possible to toggle this to an even quieter setting through an app or mod. I'm happy with Boomsound and absolutely love it, don't get me wrong!
Headphones?
Ive heard turning off boomsound will reduce the volume. Failing that play around with an EQ
I had mine playing it at a loud volume at minimum when I first tried, but since I've messed around with it (turning BoomSound on and off and back on again, trying Zplayer, PodKicker and Deezer as well as the default music app, and general usage), something somewhere seems to have sorted itself out, and it works normally... so it's possible to listen quietly, and it's still loud when at max.
just turn beats of its a bit more quite
I'm more inclined to turn of Beats, or might create a Tasker Profile to turn it off when watching YouTube videos but not on normal music, sure it's manageable!
Apologies, I was wrong, my minimum volume is still high, so I agree it must be the BoomSound amping it up a tad too much.
Does anyone notice a very light clicking noise from back speaker when on speaker phone right after hanging up on a call?
Just the NSA, disregard.
Lol,thought it might have something to do with radio/network stuff or like u said nsa..smh
I notice it makes the clicking noise anytime the back speaker gets used at all,there's a light hiss then click,guess kinda like an amp would sound when being turned off.
No one else here it?
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Yes, I hear it. This has been audible on every phone i've had in recent memory, you probably just never listened for it before. Anytime sound is routed through the speaker you get the hissing, followed by the click as the amp shuts off 2 or 3 seconds later. Sometimes it's audible through headphones also, depending on the headphones.
Lol yeah only noticed, because when on call using speakerphone it clicks 2 or 3 times and it's just a tad louder then when turning off any other time,other wise probably would never heard it.
I have a N910F and noticed it this morning. I here it, it's like a frying noise, and if you get close enough you here it every time a sound is routed throughout the speaker on or off.
I'm on Lollipop 5.0.1 Baseband version N910FXXU1BOC3.
I don't think it's normal, Samsung is playing around with the audio system, you couldn't turn off sound completely until this ver of lollipop and still even when audio is completely off you can here the speaker fry when something is routed to it.
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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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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