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!
Clokwork said:
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.
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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.
Clokwork said:
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.
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I just acquired a Cricket Zio yesterday and have been playing around with it for the past 24 hours or so. Got the CWM "easy" working, reset it to the factory 2.2.1 stock Cricket ROM (from this thread) and then installed OpenZio 2.1.2 without any issues. Runs fine at 729 MHz, again without issues.
But the one thing that's disappointing me - and I mean seriously disappointing me - is the absurdly low audio volume. Videos, music, streams, doesn't matter, it's just insanely low. Now, before anyone jumps to conclusions, I've got an HD2 that I've tweaked to hell and back oh, hundreds of times (currently the one listed in my sig), and we all know the HD2 can really crank out the sounds without problems. I have a set of Koss earbuds (IEMs, they go into the ear canal and seal it off), and I've got a set of Koss KSC-75 earclips (my primary listening device).
With either of those plugged into the HD2 or any other device I own, like my Dell Axim X51v, my original Motorola Droid, and several other devices including an iPod touch too, those earbuds and earclips bring out all the sound quality the device is capable of, without issues.
But I plug them into the Zio and it's... well... meh. With bleh on top of that...
I located the Louder Volume Hack in the hopes it would help, but it doesn't matter which version I try or on either ROM (stock Cricket or OpenZio) it just FCs and never runs.
So my question is: for those people that I've read posts by that say the Zio has 'excellent audio quality' I have to ask: am I missing something someplace?
I've enabled Stagefright (on the stock Cricket ROM and on OpenZio also), makes zero difference in audio quality or audio volume, although it does seem to smooth things out a bit. Let's face it: I don't know why people keep calling this phone "a beast" 'cause I see no evidence of it. But for $50 and a pure fully working fully functional Android phone, it's doing just fine.
Yes, I wish it had multitouch, yes I wish it was bigger, and yes, I wish it was faster (even overclocked and with all the tweaks I've been reading about it's still rather perversely sluggish even though the Quadrant scores put it above the original Nexus One, go figure).
But what I'd really love is to do something about that audio, boost it up in some manner that I might not be aware of just yet. The HD2? Oh, man that can push my KSC-75 earclips so high I can't tolerate it.
And again, I understand this is actually a very low quality Android phone, but can anyone make any suggestions that might help with the low audio volume issue? All the settings are maxed out and it's still just incredibly low (and yes, it's fairly tinny with hardly any bass at all but that's secondary to the actual volume itself needing some healthy raising).
If anyone has any advice, I'm listening... figuratively speaking.
I have noticed that after i flashed to openzio, awesome rom btw my volume is lower then what it was with the stock rom. Like for an example if i put the ringer volume to one notch below half way the ringer will not sound and the phone just vibrates. With the stock rom i can turn the ringer all the way down to it activates the vibrate only mode and then go up 2 notches and the phone would still play the ring tone on the incoming call. With openzio the volume meter has to be at least half way or over half way for the ringtone to sound.
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
Sent on my Lenoto X
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.
Hi,
I have noticed that my motorola X has now a low sound (for everthing .. notification and calls) Rang this afternoon and i did not even hear it
I checked the volume level and everything is at the maximum
Had no problem like 1 week ago.
I did not install anything related to sound.
I didn't even install anything new.
I am root, framework, gravity box
Even music is very low .. EVERYTHING is low volume despite the fact that all volume are at the maximum
Anyone had that problem please ?? any idea ?? please
mic141414 said:
Hi,
I have noticed that my motorola X has now a low sound (for everthing .. notification and calls) Rang this afternoon and i did not even hear it
I checked the volume level and everything is at the maximum
Had no problem like 1 week ago.
I did not install anything related to sound.
I didn't even install anything new.
I am root, framework, gravity box
Even music is very low .. EVERYTHING is low volume despite the fact that all volume are at the maximum
Anyone had that problem please ?? any idea ?? please
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i have not had any issue like this but could you of possibly damaged the speaker some how and that could be why everything is so low.
what rom are you running or are you on stock rooted.
I am stock rooted
after 5-6 reboot sound is back
motox is only 2 months old and barely used
I will see if it comes back and will call motorola if that comes back
dray_jr said:
i have not had any issue like this but could you of possibly damaged the speaker some how and that could be why everything is so low.
what rom are you running or are you on stock rooted.
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I had a similar experience with the Touchless Controls voice. My phone would have normal volumes, but I could never hear what it said back to me. I contacted Moto Support, and they said this is a known issue, and they are looking for a solution. Until then, the support lady said to use the volume rocker to turn the volume down a few times, then turn it back up. I did this, and the readout voice for the Touchless Controls was back to normal volume.
You can try this... but YMMV.
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I had a similar experience with the Touchless Controls voice. My phone would have normal volumes, but I could never hear what it said back to me. I contacted Moto Support, and they said this is a known issue, and they are looking for a solution. Until then, the support lady said to use the volume rocker to turn the volume down a few times, then turn it back up. I did this, and the readout voice for the Touchless Controls was back to normal volume.
You can try this... but YMMV.
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I've had similiar experiences when I was playing music, then the touchless controls would interrupt to read a message. When it was done, the music would come back on, but much quieter than before. It would usually go back to normal volume on the next song or by switching music apps.
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?
youngm77 said:
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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so after I updated to 5.1 the volume in speaker is so bad I have to mute my tv.. I don't recall if this happened after I encrypted or before bit to say the least it used to be very loud now it's so bad it's driving me crazy.. I am clueless of what to do... now this would be no problem if I had [email protected]!# ing root but I dont.. any solutions guys.. gals please help if you can... thanks!
I'm sorry, I can't offer a solution. I just wanted to say that I also noticed a drop in speaker volume going from KitKat to Lollipop. I find it strange that the software side of things could affect a hardware issue so much.
Volume has always been terrible with this phone and now on LP it's even worse. I think CF is working on adding Viper which if I understand correctly should increase the volume. So I guess we just have to wait.
that doesn't help me with a non rooted device
disable speaker effects on phone speaker on sound settings
did that didn't work
I've noticed the volume is lower as well. I'm hoping ComputerFreak bumps it up in his image again.
mine isn't low it's almost non existent.. I can hardly hear YouTube in a not so busy sushi restaurant. it's unbelievable!!! really.
i have a config file to boost the volume of the phone, but you have to be rooted, is also included on computerfreek mofo versions.
thanks but I updated to 5.1 even before the ota... bad move I guess.. unless you know of a way to root 5.1
just got a new update that fixed volume for the most part at least better than it was I think