I'm trying to listen to music with headphones and the volume is set to the lowest setting, but it's still too loud. I've used a bunch of android phone and just switched from the HTC One. I've never had a phone where the minimum headphone volume is so loud. I'm on my second Moto X, so I'm thinking this is just the way this phone works.
Does anyone know of a way to lower the volume even more?
fightr said:
I'm trying to listen to music with headphones and the volume is set to the lowest setting, but it's still too loud. I've used a bunch of android phone and just switched from the HTC One. I've never had a phone where the minimum headphone volume is so loud. I'm on my second Moto X, so I'm thinking this is just the way this phone works.
Does anyone know of a way to lower the volume even more?
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Xpose framework has a module called Xvolume which gives the moto 45 steps to increasing or decreasing music volume
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flashallthetime said:
Xpose framework has a module called Xvolume which gives the moto 45 steps to increasing or decreasing music volume
Sent on my Lenoto X
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Thanks for the reply. It looks like I'd have to root my phone to use xpose framework. Other then this volume issue, I like the Moto X exactly the way it is and would like to avoid voiding my warranty. There is no other solution without requiring rooting?
fightr said:
Thanks for the reply. It looks like I'd have to root my phone to use xpose framework. Other then this volume issue, I like the Moto X exactly the way it is and would like to avoid voiding my warranty. There is no other solution without requiring rooting?
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I have no idea as I have never had a non rooted device
Google your friend until today when the sold moto to lenovo and now its lenvoto
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It's because your headphone/earbuds have low impedance (ohms rating, aka resistance). You have to buy a headphone with higher ohms rating. You're probably using an earbud with 16ohms, so try something with 32ohms or even 64ohms. Although its not going to be easy to find 64ohms and likely they are all fullsize cans, and those tends to need headphone amplifier to sound great.
The best method is to root. You aren't the only one annoyed by the 15 steps volume.
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Unlocked Verizon Moto X 4.4.4. Just updated this morning and now after getting everything set up I'm trying to play a podcast and bluetooth volume levels are ridiculously low, even after maxing out the volume. Anyone else experience this? Anyone know of any fixes? Tried searching the general, q&a, and apps sections of the moto x forums and got nada and this wasnt an issue for me prior to the OTA update.
I have this problem on my bt headset I use for calls but not my bt headphones I use for music (the Moto s11 flex hd)
Been that way since launch for me though.
the headphone volume is definitely low imo. 4.4.4 was supposed to address that, as i remember seeing that in the changelog. however a quick google found this for the N5:
http://nexus5.wonderhowto.com/how-to/boost-headset-speaker-volumes-your-nexus-5-0154441/
I wonder if something similar can be accomplished for the X.
i constantly have to increase the volume past the "safe warning" message and i don't think it's entirely THAT loud.
Same problem
ballisticn8 said:
Unlocked Verizon Moto X 4.4.4. Just updated this morning and now after getting everything set up I'm trying to play a podcast and bluetooth volume levels are ridiculously low, even after maxing out the volume. Anyone else experience this? Anyone know of any fixes? Tried searching the general, q&a, and apps sections of the moto x forums and got nada and this wasnt an issue for me prior to the OTA update.
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I received 4.4.4 for my moto x today on Verizon. I got into my car and it automatically connected playing All Access. The volume was substantially low. Bringing the volume up to the level where I get the warning still produced a very low volume.
If I accept the warning and crank up the volume, it seems like the audio is louder yet piercing as if the amplification isn't as powerful as it was before the update.
Anyhow, the Bluetooth volume is definitely an issue for me post 4.4.4 update. You can mess with many things on my phone but please don't fudge up my audio!
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I received 4.4.4 for my moto x today on Verizon. I got into my car and it automatically connected playing All Access. The volume was substantially low. Bringing the volume up to the level where I get the warning still produced a very low volume.
If I accept the warning and crank up the volume, it seems like the audio is louder yet piercing as if the amplification isn't as powerful as it was before the update.
Anyhow, the Bluetooth volume is definitely an issue for me post 4.4.4 update. You can mess with many things on my phone but please don't fudge up my audio!
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sometimes its directly related to the BT device streaming the audio. i know that previous DROID models had issues with streaming at full volume over BT. often times people would back it down one notch to get consistent volume levels.
640k said:
sometimes its directly related to the BT device streaming the audio. i know that previous DROID models had issues with streaming at full volume over BT. often times people would back it down one notch to get consistent volume levels.
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Thanks for the quick reply. I have adjusted the volume on my moto x between the warning point and the max volume. There really is not much of a sweet spot.
In all scenarios here, My car stereo volume is constantly where it was before the 4.4.4 update.
1) I keep the moto x at the max volume BEFORE the warning. At this point, the output is significantly lower than it was.
2) I find a sweet spot near the maximum volume AFTER the warning. The audio definitely gets louder, but sounds as if I am driving the moto x amp too hard and the sound quality suffers.
I hope this makes sense.
I'm curious to know what happened to the BT driver with this update.
Viper4android?
dobbs3x said:
Viper4android?
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Unfortunately, I'm not rooted. If a hard reset is needed though, I may have to go that route.
Clokwork said:
Unfortunately, I'm not rooted. If a hard reset is needed though, I may have to go that route.
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Then root it, if you can. Hard reset will do two things only, waste your time and give you some false hope in the process, that's all.
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Then root it, if you can. Hard reset will do two things only, waste your time and give you some false hope in the process, that's all.
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Will do. I'm really curious to know if this is isolated though.
Its hard to quantify. Unless you get a decibel meter and take a reading there is really no way for us to make a good comparison as every has different hearing abilities and different tolerances.
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Its hard to quantify. Unless you get a decibel meter and take a reading there is really no way for us to make a good comparison as every has different hearing abilities and different tolerances.
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There's really no way I can A-B this since I can't roll back to the previous version. I wish I could.
Trust me when I say that there is nothing subtle about the difference in volume here. It's night/day.
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Thanks for the quick reply. I have adjusted the volume on my moto x between the warning point and the max volume. There really is not much of a sweet spot.
In all scenarios here, My car stereo volume is constantly where it was before the 4.4.4 update.
1) I keep the moto x at the max volume BEFORE the warning. At this point, the output is significantly lower than it was.
2) I find a sweet spot near the maximum volume AFTER the warning. The audio definitely gets louder, but sounds as if I am driving the moto x amp too hard and the sound quality suffers.
I hope this makes sense.
I'm curious to know what happened to the BT driver with this update.
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BT audio has "nothing" to do with the audio amp within the moto x. it's ENTIRELY up to your BT device to decide how to handle the audio. BT is not analog and there's no volume setting for digital data. it's all programmatic.
Here is what happened to me:
I was sitting at my desk at work listening to a Joe Rogan podcast over bluetooth, three clicks down from full volume using a jawbone era on stock vzw 4.4.2 software, rooted, unlocked, only mods used were gravity box and mototether. VZW ota file downloaded so I paused my podcast, booted into fastboot, flashed stock recovery, applied ota update. Rebooted back into fastboot, flashed twrp recovery, rebooted back into device. Restarted podcast, bluetooth volume was so noticeably quieter that even turning volume up to max seemed quieter than three clicks down prior to 4.4.4 update.
Obviously I didnt sit down and take decibel readings to justify and measure the difference but my jawbone era with media on max bluetooth volume hurt my ear, I always had to turn the volume down. Now max volume is not enough in some louder environments. This only seems to effect media though, not phone calls...
My bluetooth volume was perfect before upgrading to 4.4.4 today. Now even in max is extremely low.
Edit: seems my headset volume no longer controls the Android bluetooth volume. I cranked that up and now it's good
Low bluetooth audio volume fix
ballisticn8 said:
Unlocked Verizon Moto X 4.4.4. Just updated this morning and now after getting everything set up I'm trying to play a podcast and bluetooth volume levels are ridiculously low, even after maxing out the volume. Anyone else experience this? Anyone know of any fixes? Tried searching the general, q&a, and apps sections of the moto x forums and got nada and this wasnt an issue for me prior to the OTA update.
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VIPER4Android fixed the bluetooth audio/music low volume problem. Here is how I got VIPER4Android to work properly: 1. Install iRoot on my laptop. 2. Connect phone to laptop using usb cable and ROOT it using iRoot. 3. Install SuperSU app on phone. 4. Install BusyBox on phone. 5. Install VIPER4Android on phone. On music player on phone, turn off all special effects and equalizer. Let VIPER manage all sound quality settings. It will not work well if you have two EQs competing against each other. You will have to play around with VIPER to get the quality that sounds the best.
Does anyone else think that the phone speaker is quiet when you're talking to someone? Is plenty loud on speaker phone and during a movie but the in call volume is really quiet even at the max.
I noticed this too. I was wondering if maybe I was just holding it wrong because I noticed that if I held the phone a tad lower on my ear than normal, it was louder. I might just not be used to the premium size yet.
Any idea if this is software or hardware related? I'm thinking software because the music/video volume works just fine.
I'm having the same issue as well. I can barely hear people on the phone an ng i have to use speaker phone to hear them.
It's software. You can adjust the volumes accordingly in mixer_path.xml in /etc/
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I think it gets loud and I'm a musician (aka deaf to a degree). I did notice the speaker phone only uses the top speaker though. Though it's plenty loud too
Anyone else with this problem. Mine is less than normal at the highest volume. Not sure if I should replace, my x2014 is loud! Have to have decent volume at my age
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HD Voice
People still make phone calls?
Is this a case of HD Voice?
zephiK said:
It's software. You can adjust the volumes accordingly in mixer_path.xml in /etc/
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Never modified the volume before, are there specific values I need to use? Also I'm guessing I need root to do this?
I actually factory reset mine/unencrypted it and the sound in call actually sounds normal. Kinda odd.
Me either! my phone speaker is so low when start calling someone even in highest volume. Any possible fix ??
goal139 said:
Me either! my phone speaker is so low when start calling someone even in highest volume. Any possible fix ??
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I would also like to know if this is possible to fix this issue.
i'm experiencing the same behaviors on my AT&T N6 (rooted/decrypted). i'm waiting for my 64GB version from T-Mobile to see if it's my phone. it would be nice if this could be addressed via updates to the mixer_path.xml.
I have the T-Mobile 64GB (Root/Encrypted), volume low as well,
I use volume+ (pay version), still low.
32 gb Google Play version here, and I can confirm that my earpiece volume is extremely low on max.
IIRC this should be fixable via a custom kernel.
My At&t version is very low as well. I thought it would be loud considering the speakers. I hope there is a update soon.
I recently purchased a Moto X (2nd edition) from Verizon.
Model XT1096
From what I have learned this phone cannot be rooted.
The bootloader is locked and I'm not an expert on gaining write access or whatever.
My issue is that after updating to lollipop my volume when I play music (via Spotify), is about half as loud. I bought new speakers and even a small sub for my car and I have to max out my stereo and my phone volume (which does not have the volume level warning my other phones have had). I have tried a bunch of "volume boost" apps with no success or change to my sound at all.
More than 50% of my phone usage is devoted to playing music and it is KILLING me.
Has anybody else experienced this?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
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I recently purchased a Moto X (2nd edition) from Verizon.
Model XT1096
From what I have learned this phone cannot be rooted.
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It can be rooted with MoFo.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/general/noob-guide-rooting-verizon-moto-x-2014-t3097375
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BGReaper77 said:
My issue is that after updating to lollipop my volume when I play music (via Spotify), is about half as loud. I bought new speakers and even a small sub for my car and I have to max out my stereo and my phone volume (which does not have the volume level warning my other phones have had). I have tried a bunch of "volume boost" apps with no success or change to my sound at all.
More than 50% of my phone usage is devoted to playing music and it is KILLING me.
Has anybody else experienced this?
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Hopefully someone will make an image with Viper4Android in it.
Moto X Volume
OK so I have rooted my phone and I'm still not having any luck with the volume apps and the output from the headphone jack is still WAY too low! Anymore ideas? Can I edit three levels through adb terminal?
Are you connected via Bluetooth or aux cable to your car? I do notice that when I stream music from Spotify via Bluetooth on my car, the volume does seem lower compared to when I play locally stored music on my phone using google play music. When I use google play music, I'm pretty satisfied with the volume on my phone set to max, and the car is set to around 20 - 30. However, when I use Spotify I have to keep the volume on my car around 30 - 40. Just to get around same sound experience with google play music
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I just picked up a couple brand new Nexus 6 on a sweet deal (not the 6P, just the 6). My wife and I both use one now. We both noticed that when the earpiece volume is set to the lowest, someone near us can still hear the conversation. So, if my wife is talking to someone on her phone via the earpiece, I can hear that person talking when I am probably 3-5 feet away. Not at a speaker phone level, but clear enough to hear the entire conversation. Me, coming from a Nexus 5 and my wife coming from a Moto X, we didn't have this problem before.
Is there any way we can adjust it to not allow for this to happen anymore? What can one do when the lowest volume setting is still just a little too loud? We'd just like a little more privacy when using the phone during a call.
Thanks!
Lonepalm said:
. . . noticed that when the earpiece volume is set to the lowest, someone near us can still hear the conversation.
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Try the app 'Volume Control plus' from FirestormApps
NLBeev said:
Try the app 'Volume Control plus' from FirestormApps
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Thanks, I'll look into that, but was really hoping there was something that can be done without needing a 3rd party. I know older phones/OS would have some sort of enhanced privacy setting, which I can no longer find. I don't even know if that setting is what I think it is, but it just seems like there has to be some other way? Even the phone's lowest volume for ringtone is much louder than then Nexus 5's. I realize they are different phones with different manufacturers/hardware, but I guess I figured volume levels were the same or at least close.
Hi,
there is a way or settings to raise the volume of this phone ?
Both headphones and speaker have low volume.
If someone has a solution, please write it down.
Thanks.
anabolic_guy said:
Hi,
there is a way or settings to raise the volume of this phone ?
Both headphones and speaker have low volume.
If someone has a solution, please write it down.
Thanks.
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If you have rooted your phone and found out a way to change the SELinux to permissive (I suggest using this and putting it through terminal emulator), you should use Viper4Android to somewhat amplify the speakers and greatly increase the volume threshold for headphones. Best of luck if you try this.
mechasnyper said:
If you have rooted your phone and found out a way to change the SELinux to permissive (I suggest using this and putting it through terminal emulator), you should use Viper4Android to somewhat amplify the speakers and greatly increase the volume threshold for headphones. Best of luck if you try this.
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Hi,
I have already installed Viper4Android, but it does not amplify much the volume, neither in the speaker, neither in headphones, it changes a bit the quality, but it does not raise the volume as I wish...
Thanks anyway for the answer.
anabolic_guy said:
Hi,
I have already installed Viper4Android, but it does not amplify much the volume, neither in the speaker, neither in headphones, it changes a bit the quality, but it does not raise the volume as I wish...
Thanks anyway for the answer.
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Did you try setting the UI to expert and adjusting the playback gain control in the headset settings?
mechasnyper said:
Did you try setting the UI to expert and adjusting the playback gain control in the headset settings?
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Hi,
yes I tried, but volume is more or less the same...
Thanks 4 answer me.
Hey guys.
I'm new to Huawei devices, this is my first, but on my previous phones (LGs and Samsungs) I could edit mixer_paths.xml for an increase of volume. I have root already, but I couldn't find that file or any similar to modify... Can anyone point me in the right direction, please?
A little up, maybe someone comes up with another idea? Still would need help with increasing volume, please
Hello to everybody,
i thought i should share my unsuccessful attempts of getting more headphone volume with the P9 plus with you.
After recognising that it seems there is no software solution at the moment i ordered several different
headsets with a higher sensitivity than my former used.
The headphones i used during the last few years where really cheap ones which should have 95/96 SPL/V.
I informed a little and learned that every 10 SPL/V more gives you the impression of twice as much volume.
Next i bought the KZ ATE wich are stated to have 118 SPL/V and thought: nice i can kill my ears fast now...
I tried them and did not get any improvement at all. In my opinion they don't sound better and they are also not
playing louder. OK, cheap china-in ear, lets try another...
Now i bought the Sennheiser cx 2.00i which are more than three times the price and a well known brand. They are stated to have 119 SPL/V.
What should i say? They are not playing any significant louder.
There are even inears with 125 SPL/V but at the moment i don't think this will change anything.
Do i miss something?
Do you have a solution in the meantime?
best regards,
Henning
SPL has to do with the maximum decibels provided by the headphones, BUT did you look at how many ohms the headphones have? The impedance (measured in ohma) determines the power needed to.. Well, to power those speakers inside your headphones
As fat as I know, most phones can only give a decent enough power to 16 and 32ohm headphones, and not to anything above that...
I miss my LG and Samsung days... It was so easy to just modify the mixer_paths.xml files to get higher volume