How can I mute system sounds? - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I just got my Nexus 6 yesterday and love it, but i REALLY hate how some of the volume controls works.
I can't figure out a way to stop the sound from playing when I put my phone on the wireless charger at night. how can i do this with the volume settings?
i can't even see a way to do it with an xposed module
any help is appreciated.

knives of ice said:
I just got my Nexus 6 yesterday and love it, but i REALLY hate how some of the volume controls works.
I can't figure out a way to stop the sound from playing when I put my phone on the wireless charger at night. how can i do this with the volume settings?
i can't even see a way to do it with an xposed module
any help is appreciated.
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Not sure. The fix has been mentioned here somewhere before. My guess would have to disable that .ogg file by renaming (add bak to end). That would also require root as I believe it is in system/media.

Removing the ogg won't help. You have to replace it with a silent ogg of the same name.
Edit, here's mine...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6p0s75dj7a9sjn0/WirelessChargingStarted.ogg?dl=0

danarama said:
Removing the ogg won't help. You have to replace it with a silent ogg of the same name.
Edit, here's mine...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6p0s75dj7a9sjn0/WirelessChargingStarted.ogg?dl=0
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thanks. that works.
man, i can't believe how dumb it is that even if i'm on silent mode system sounds are still made and we don't have that option anymore

which system sounds? i havent enabled any, so i dont have any. anyways, on m its all fixed.

simms22 said:
which system sounds? i havent enabled any, so i dont have any. anyways, on m its all fixed.
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Thought that was a fix in M but haven't tried it. Use my phone in Healthcare environment so can't run buggy previews. Lol

prdog1 said:
Thought that was a fix in M but haven't tried it.
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yea, sounds are fixed in m. and i really like the fact that you dont get any sound notifications when your screen is on :good:

simms22 said:
yea, sounds are fixed in m. and i really like the fact that you dont get any sound notifications when your screen is on :good:
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Once M is stable I will flash it. Being a Nurse can't take chances on my device. That why I run basic stock rooted with mods I need hard coded.

prdog1 said:
Once M is stable I will flash it. Being a Nurse can't take chances on my device. That why I run basic stock rooted with mods I need hard coded.
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im just rather good about making nandroid backups.. when it becomes unstable, and crashes, i just restore a fresh nandroid backup. then im back up and running within minutes

Related

Want to go to Gingerbread!

Where can I find a stock Gingerbread ROM at? When I purchased my phone it already had ICS on it, and honestly I do not like it at all. I jumped to my favorite phone mod site (XDA) and did some searching but came up empty handed. Can anyone assist me with my request? Thanks!
qtipextra said:
Where can I find a stock Gingerbread ROM at? When I purchased my phone it already had ICS on it, and honestly I do not like it at all. I jumped to my favorite phone mod site (XDA) and did some searching but came up empty handed. Can anyone assist me with my request? Thanks!
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Sorry. There are not any GB ROMs for the D4 that will work on ICS. The GB D4 ROMs there are are not compatible with the ICS kernel. Maybe if you can describe the issues you are having with ICS we can help you with those.
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Mainly just nitpicking things, but the one thing I've had an issue with ICS is the fact that I cannot link notification and ringer volumes together.
Another issue I'm having is when typing using the hardware keyboard, I'll be typing something and the cursor will
jump and start typing at the beginning. Happened just as I was typing this reply, too.
qtipextra said:
Mainly just nitpicking things, but the one thing I've had an issue with ICS is the fact that I cannot link notification and ringer volumes together.
Another issue I'm having is when typing using the hardware keyboard, I'll be typing something and the cursor will
jump and start typing at the beginning. Happened just as I was typing this reply, too.
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That is odd stock ICS does not have the functionality to link notification and ringer volume. You should be able to find an app on the market that will give you this functionality. Found this on another forum with a quick google search: "Get cvolume from the market. Under settings you need to check notification volume not(Use incoming call volume for notifications). Works great" aarong03 - DroidForums
There are other volume control apps out there as well that may have similar functions. Try some out and let us know!
Not sure about the cursor jumping on you. It seems like I had this problem once too and it ended up being something I was doing that was causing it but I cannot think for the life of me what it was. Some button I was hitting or something.
kwyrt said:
That is odd stock ICS does not have the functionality to link notification and ringer volume. You should be able to find an app on the market that will give you this functionality. Found this on another forum with a quick google search: "Get cvolume from the market. Under settings you need to check notification volume not(Use incoming call volume for notifications). Works great" aarong03 - DroidForums
There are other volume control apps out there as well that may have similar functions. Try some out and let us know!
Not sure about the cursor jumping on you. It seems like I had this problem once too and it ended up being something I was doing that was causing it but I cannot think for the life of me what it was. Some button I was hitting or something.
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Thanks for the information. I have tried many volume apps that claim to link the volumes together, but do not work. I basically just want to use my hardware volume buttons as a master volume control, so when I set it with the hardware buttons, nothing is higher. or lower than that volume. I had a Samsung captivate glide on att that was running GB and the app that I used on that phone did not work on my D4 for linking volume. I tried this cvolume app and it doesn't seem to be working either, even though the option to link them is set.
qtipextra said:
Thanks for the information. I have tried many volume apps that claim to link the volumes together, but do not work. I basically just want to use my hardware volume buttons as a master volume control, so when I set it with the hardware buttons, nothing is higher. or lower than that volume. I had a Samsung captivate glide on att that was running GB and the app that I used on that phone did not work on my D4 for linking volume. I tried this cvolume app and it doesn't seem to be working either, even though the option to link them is set.
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I use audio manager pro. It costs about $3 but is well worth it - Play Store
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There is also a free version that just doesn't allow saving of profiles.
azrael293 said:
I use audio manager pro. It costs about $3 but is well worth it - Play Store
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There is also a free version that just doesn't allow saving of profiles.
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I've been using AudioGuru for profile selection, but I would much rather be able to dynamically change the volume of notifications and ringer together from the hardware buttons instead of set profiles with defined volume levels at each.
I have not found an app yet that works on this phone/ICS that works to lock both volumes together.
Perhaps I will just have to wait until JB is officially released for our phones. But I really liked GB on my previous phone, its too bad I can't get a ROM to work from ICS to GB, considering that the phone was originally released with GB.
Another thing I don't like about ICS is the stock messaging only let's you save a maximum of 1000 messages per contact. I would prefer messages never get automatically deleted, and in ICS it cannot be disabled, you can only change the max number of kept messages.
If you attempt to downgrade the phone to official GB there is a very high risk of bricking the phone.
I'd recommend you stop trying to do this and instead try to either get used to ICS or to replace the bits you don't like with some 3rd party apps.
I'm always having that cursor problem with the keyboard. Happens whenever I open up the keyboard and immediately start typing. Wait a second or two before typing, and it's usually ok. Seems the input editor is too slow to initialize itself, so it's still trying to set the cursor to column zero by the time you start typing...
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If you need to back to gingerbread dowlnoad official moto ginger software
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/cdma_maserati/list.php
niko99 said:
If you need to back to gingerbread dowlnoad official moto ginger software
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/cdma_maserati/list.php
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did you try yourself before suggesting?
There is no risk in downgrading to GB via SBF. No risk, because you will most certainly B R I C K your phone. So learn to live with it.
I too have some issues with ICS. The cursor jump happens to me too, and I hate it. I also have issues with BT volume control. Music is no problem, but controlling Youtube volume does not work for me. And when docked (lapdock or plain HDMI cable) volume also doesn't work. On or off, nothing in between.
But still, I think ICS runs much smoother than GB.
with locked bootloader is unable to brick droid ( always is way to get back phone to life) but ppl must know what ar they doing
niko99 said:
with locked bootloader is unable to brick droid ( always is way to get back phone to life) but ppl must know what ar they doing
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Yes you can (maybe) bring your phone back to life, but one thing that will definitely not happen is that Gingerbread ROM actually booting. The locked bootloader does not allow you to downgrade.
Do not even bother trying to downgrade it will waste your time and you may end up with a brick.
highlandsun said:
I'm always having that cursor problem with the keyboard. Happens whenever I open up the keyboard and immediately start typing. Wait a second or two before typing, and it's usually ok. Seems the input editor is too slow to initialize itself, so it's still trying to set the cursor to column zero by the time you start typing...
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Die Bruine said:
There is no risk in downgrading to GB via SBF. No risk, because you will most certainly B R I C K your phone. So learn to live with it.
I too have some issues with ICS. The cursor jump happens to me too, and I hate it. I also have issues with BT volume control. Music is no problem, but controlling Youtube volume does not work for me. And when docked (lapdock or plain HDMI cable) volume also doesn't work. On or off, nothing in between.
But still, I think ICS runs much smoother than GB.
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At least I know I am not the only one with the cursor jump issue. And yes, I notice it only happens to me when I open the keyboard and immediately start typing. I will have to start being patient and give it a few seconds before typing.
I've tried many different Volume apps, and even when locking volume settings are enabled, the volumes are not locked when I adjust it with the hardware volume rocker.
I did read that JB will be getting an official push to the D4, but they have not said when. ICS just doesn't set too well with me for some reason. Yes, it runs pretty smooth, but I don't like it's all black theme, some functionality that was left out, and the new widget being part of the app list doesn't always show new widgets immediately. I guess my biggest upset about it is that it seems rather... buggy or undeveloped. To me, GB seemed to be more developed and work the way you would come to expect an android OS to run now days, and ICS just isnt there yet. Hopefully JB will be better...
niko99 said:
with locked bootloader is unable to brick droid ( always is way to get back phone to life) but ppl must know what ar they doing
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I bricked my first droid 4 without problems with locked bootloader. do you want a link I sell it for parts?
olegfusion said:
I bricked my first droid 4 without problems with locked bootloader. do you want a link I sell it for parts?
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unless you borked your bootloader or had a hardware failure niko is right there is no way to hard brick your phone just by flashing roms/sbf's
as long as your bootloader is intact you are able to recover your device
All that said, there's no reason someone couldn't get a vanilla AOSP GB build working with the ICS kernel for use with safestrap. On the XDAndroid project we had a single Linux 3.5 kernel working for Froyo, GB, and ICS. It's not a slamdunk, but the amount of patching required isn't that bad.
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Phone goes crazy when (I guess) overheated

Hi guys, I have annoying probnlem with my LG 4x... When I work little bit longer on my phone, it just starts to behave crazy. Screen starts to "touch himself" I just look at it and he starts to get in menus, opening pictures, closing apps, opening new ones... I just lock screen for 10 secs and than everything is fine for few minutes. Than same thing again. This happens with every ROM and every karnel I try til now. Works fine only with stock. I'm now on Beanstalk 4.4 and iodak 9.95. Thanks!!!
flashroyal said:
Hi guys, I have annoying probnlem with my LG 4x... When I work little bit longer on my phone, it just starts to behave crazy. Screen starts to "touch himself" I just look at it and he starts to get in menus, opening pictures, closing apps, opening new ones... I just lock screen for 10 secs and than everything is fine for few minutes. Than same thing again. This happens with every ROM and every karnel I try til now. Works fine only with stock. I'm now on Beanstalk 4.4 and iodak 9.95. Thanks!!!
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Its a weird issue, are you sure it works fine on stock? because it sounds like a digitizer issue to me (rather than software, since the rest of us dont have this issue)
im not sure where to begin lol, can you pull some logs? (dmesg and logcat)
Oh.. and I guessed it was only me.
I have this problem too, works fine with stock but it goes crazy with custom rom.
Any idea ?
stefan2012 said:
Oh.. and I guessed it was only me.
I have this problem too, works fine with stock but it goes crazy with custom rom.
Any idea ?
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Logs?
JoinTheRealms said:
Its a weird issue, are you sure it works fine on stock? because it sounds like a digitizer issue to me (rather than software, since the rest of us dont have this issue)
im not sure where to begin lol, can you pull some logs? (dmesg and logcat)
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I saw this problem first time when I instaled facebok massanger, so I thought app was problem...uninstaled it, same thing again...new rom, new karnel, same thing again...today my phone was on sun, and I have been using it for 3 minutes...same thing again
and if you please can just shortly explain me how to pull those logs
flashroyal said:
I saw this problem first time when I instaled facebok massanger, so I thought app was problem...uninstaled it, same thing again...new rom, new karnel, same thing again...today my phone was on sun, and I have been using it for 3 minutes...same thing again
and if you please can just shortly explain me how to pull those logs
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Its easier for me and better for you if i leave this here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2414731 (worth bookmarking:good
JoinTheRealms said:
Its easier for me and better for you if i leave this here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2414731 (worth bookmarking:good
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Sorry for a late answer, I was in my night shift. I hope that's it. One more thing...my cpu temperature when this happens is around 50°C...is that normal temp???
flashroyal said:
Sorry for a late answer, I was in my night shift. I hope that's it. One more thing...my cpu temperature when this happens is around 50°C...is that normal temp???
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No worries, nothing out of the ordinary in the logs, its looking more like hardware(hopefully im wrong). It might be worth testing a stock rom under the same conditions again, if there is no issue, then theres something weird going on. btw 50c is fine temp for cpu, around 75c is the limit.
Can you get a screen recording of it? (most 4.4 based roms have this functionality built in) this could be helpful also https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ds.cpuoverlay
JoinTheRealms said:
No worries, nothing out of the ordinary in the logs, its looking more like hardware(hopefully im wrong). It might be worth testing a stock rom under the same conditions again, if there is no issue, then theres something weird going on. btw 50c is fine temp for cpu, around 75c is the limit.
Can you get a screen recording of it? (most 4.4 based roms have this functionality built in) this could be helpful also https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ds.cpuoverlay
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I don't know why, but every time I tried to record screen, phone just reboots. I tried with various apps, every time same thing. I cant find built in app in beanstalk 4.4. I'll try stock again but cant before tomorow. Thank you for your time
Use beanstalk with grouper blobs, and press vol up and power simultaneously to record
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Nexus 6 has no audio

So about a week ago I thought that any headphones that were in my nexus 6 were all too quiet so I searched online how to boost audio and I found a thread about changing mixer paths so I did and it worked great but I think I had put the number too high and it caused a fuzzy sound while the volume was low and I didn't like it so I tried changing it back then I just changed the numbers and rebooted and I get no audio anything with audio doesn't even play , is in YouTube the videos won't play and it states that there was an error also Snapchat videos are just black and nothing plays. I don't mind if I have to reset it because I have everything bakced up I just want to know if thattll fix it or of anyone here has the original mixer_paths.xml(something like that) and I could see if that works, I did have a backup but it made no.difference so I am unsure. Thanks in advance if anyone could help me. BTW no sound at all is coming oout not even ringtones all I can "hear" are the vibrations
sama47 said:
So about a week ago I thought that any headphones that were in my nexus 6 were all too quiet so I searched online how to boost audio and I found a thread about changing mixer paths so I did and it worked great but I think I had put the number too high and it caused a fuzzy sound while the volume was low and I didn't like it so I tried changing it back then I just changed the numbers and rebooted and I get no audio anything with audio doesn't even play , is in YouTube the videos won't play and it states that there was an error also Snapchat videos are just black and nothing plays. I don't mind if I have to reset it because I have everything bakced up I just want to know if thattll fix it or of anyone here has the original mixer_paths.xml(something like that) and I could see if that works, I did have a backup but it made no.difference so I am unsure. Thanks in advance if anyone could help me. BTW no sound at all is coming oout not even ringtones all I can "hear" are the vibrations
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I'd definitely flash the factory image. At the very least, the system image.
The_Merovingian said:
I'd definitely flash the factory image. At the very least, the system image.
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OK I'm sorry but I'm sort of new how would I do this, my phone is already rooted and I have factory resseted but no change how would I flash a factory image
sama47 said:
OK I'm sorry but I'm sort of new how would I do this, my phone is already rooted and I have factory resseted but no change how would I flash a factory image
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In the General Forum, the Sticky Roll-Up thread. There's a guide you can follow. Hopefully, your bootloader is already unlocked. You will need to use fastboot. I don't recommend toolkits.

Nexus 6 Call Echo

When I call someone on 7.1.1 (Lineage), when they talk they can hear themselves as they talk like a perfect echo. I also noticed that when I make a call, the ringer sound has a bunch of static and almost sounds like it's dropping out until the person answers. There was a patch on January 23rd meant to fix the big "speakerphone echo" bug but I keep reading stuff that makes it sound like this bug was related to actually using the phone in speaker mode during a call, so you don't have to hold it to your ear. The issue I'm having happens during a normal call.
I'm on the latest official Lineage nightly and this issue still exists, even though it was supposedly fixed (unless I'm understanding what people are talking about wrong). It's incredibly annoying and I've even confirmed that the lines in "mixer_paths.xml" that needed to added were there and they are. Does anyone else have this issue or know a work around?
admiralspeedy said:
When I call someone on 7.1.1 (Lineage), when they talk they can hear themselves as they talk like a perfect echo. I also noticed that when I make a call, the ringer sound has a bunch of static and almost sounds like it's dropping out until the person answers. There was a patch on January 23rd meant to fix the big "speakerphone echo" bug but I keep reading stuff that makes it sound like this bug was related to actually using the phone in speaker mode during a call, so you don't have to hold it to your ear. The issue I'm having happens during a normal call.
I'm on the latest official Lineage nightly and this issue still exists, even though it was supposedly fixed (unless I'm understanding what people are talking about wrong). It's incredibly annoying and I've even confirmed that the lines in "mixer_paths.xml" that needed to added were there and they are. Does anyone else have this issue or know a work around?
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I'm not on lineage, I'm on stock lite and I've noticed the same thing after flashing coolexe's pixel mod after updating the ROM, which I usually do all in one session. What I've found is that something is leaving a file called ftm.mixer_paths.default.xml in system/etc. It has the right run permissions so I think it's defaulting to that regardless of what mixer_path file I've replaced. If I delete that default file, everything sounds/works like it should.
garywojdan81 said:
I'm not on lineage, I'm on stock lite and I've noticed the same thing after flashing coolexe's pixel mod after updating the ROM, which I usually do all in one session. What I've found is that something is leaving a file called ftm.mixer_paths.default.xml in system/etc. It has the right run permissions so I think it's defaulting to that regardless of what mixer_path file I've replaced. If I delete that default file, everything sounds/works like it should.
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Unfortunately I don't have that file to delete... I was hoping that would work
admiralspeedy said:
Unfortunately I don't have that file to delete... I was hoping that would work
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Only other thing I can suggest is to grab an older ROM.zip, extract the mixer_paths.XML, and copy that into system/etc. Set permissions to 0644, reboot and check it.
Even if you can get a cm 14.1 ROM zip.from December, that should work.
garywojdan81 said:
Only other thing I can suggest is to grab an older ROM.zip, extract the mixer_paths.XML, and copy that into system/etc. Set permissions to 0644, reboot and check it.
Even if you can get a cm 14.1 ROM zip.from December, that should work.
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I will try that. I'll try a CM14.1 build on 7.1.
admiralspeedy said:
I will try that. I'll try a CM14.1 build on 7.1.
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Once you have it, just grab the file and push it to system/etc. No need to redo the whole ROM unless it doesn't work.
admiralspeedy said:
I will try that. I'll try a CM14.1 build on 7.1.
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Did this fix work?

Boom key doesn't improve sound anymore

After the latest update from alcatel, the boom key stopped boosting sound... It still activates everything else but the sound boost effect. I already did a factory reset and nothing changes. Anyone else having the same problem? This is one of my favourite features in the Idol 4s so i would apreciate some help please! Thanks in advance.
yep, it seems its enabled by default, because I never used it in games, kind of distorts the sound and it happens now even with maxaudio off
I also didn't use the boom key for music, only videos or movies but it does nothing to the soundboost... It stopped working after the update and now its gone for good... No one managed to explain what the hell happened, neither alcatel nor some fellow idol 4s user. Still hopeful though
Same problems here!
Yeah. No sound boost and it seems like the speakers just aren't as loud anymore. I didn't like using it for music, but it was great for enhancing the volume of speech in movies and YouTube. I wonder why they removed it :/
Detilly said:
Same problems here!
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The same happened to you? Did you manage to solve it?
KaizerKaineDiaz said:
Yeah. No sound boost and it seems like the speakers just aren't as loud anymore. I didn't like using it for music, but it was great for enhancing the volume of speech in movies and YouTube. I wonder why they removed it :/
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Wait they removed that feature??? I tought i was an isolated case 'cause no one would reply the same problem... I' ll contact alcatel again and if that's the case i will return the phone, even though i quite like it, i won't be ripped off like that. Thanks for sharing
ValterSilva1990 said:
Wait they removed that feature??? I tought i was an isolated case 'cause no one would reply the same problem... I' ll contact alcatel again and if that's the case i will return the phone, even though i quite like it, i won't be ripped off like that. Thanks for sharing
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I don't think it was removed intentionally, and I'm sure they'll bring it back with the next update (whenever that is). But yeah the people who updated to the latest firmware have this issue.
ValterSilva1990 said:
The same happened to you? Did you manage to solve it?
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Yes! I have a friend who is also have an Alcatel Idol 4 and his boomkey still work. I ask to him to send me all the maxxaudio folders he have. I replaced the ones on my phone by the ones from my friend and it work!
Hope it will work for everyone.
(Sorry for bad english)
KaizerKaineDiaz said:
I don't think it was removed intentionally, and I'm sure they'll bring it back with the next update (whenever that is). But yeah the people who updated to the latest firmware have this issue.
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That's terrible work by alcatel... They removed the best feature they had on this phone... Well i'll wait for the next update, whenever they decide to launch it... Thanks for the info ?
Detilly said:
Yes! I have a friend who is also have an Alcatel Idol 4 and his boomkey still work. I ask to him to send me all the maxxaudio folders he have. I replaced the ones on my phone by the ones from my friend and it work!
Hope it will work for everyone.
(Sorry for bad english)
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It didn't work... Maybe 'cause i have the idol 4s not the 4, but thanks anyway, i appreciate the effort
ValterSilva1990 said:
It didn't work... Maybe 'cause i have the idol 4s not the 4, but thanks anyway, i appreciate the effort
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For the idol4s stiil no root options ...so we can't replace file system...too bad...I miss boomkey soundoost too
Posting in an old thread but oh well.
There is a way to fix the sound boost, however, it requires factory resetting your device. I've had to do this a few times and it's fixed it every time.
They didn't remove the feature in an update, it's simply a bug I believe. It seems to happens when I hard boot my phone while the boom sound is on, which upon restarting, it boots with the boosted sound stuck on with no way of turning it off or on.
If there were a way to get into the files, it'd be best to figure out where the sound boost files are being hosted, and then either deleteing them (in hopes that they auto reinstall), or force stopping the program (sort of like rebooting the program that hosts the boom feature altogether).
I hope some one can come along and fix this bug that doesn't require a factory reset.
Thanks ?

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