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[Q] Low audio in calls with CyanogenMod

I installed the CyanogenMod by Maclaw - " Jellybean 4.2.2 (CyanogenMod 10.1) 20130826 "
The audio has changed somewhat now for me. I've noticed that for some individuals the audio is so low it's hard to hear what they say if there is any ambient noise. However, this is only for some of them. For instance, when I talk to my brother in law I can hear without a problem.
Still, overall the audio has dropped, for some contacts quite significantly. And I do have maxed the audio, checked what settings I can think of too.
Is this fixable in some way? Can't find anyone with this problem that got it fixed
Sincerly,
/martin

broman.m said:
I installed the CyanogenMod by Maclaw - " Jellybean 4.2.2 (CyanogenMod 10.1) 20130826 "
The audio has changed somewhat now for me. I've noticed that for some individuals the audio is so low it's hard to hear what they say if there is any ambient noise. However, this is only for some of them. For instance, when I talk to my brother in law I can hear without a problem.
Still, overall the audio has dropped, for some contacts quite significantly. And I do have maxed the audio, checked what settings I can think of too.
Is this fixable in some way? Can't find anyone with this problem that got it fixed
Sincerly,
/martin
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Please read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2373165

S3miniFin said:
Please read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2373165
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Thanks you SO very much for that link! :good: It changed for those that was too low, but the ones that had a decent volume level was kept at that. So now I can once again hear what they say!

Well, this just sucks. It didn't change anything at all. It turned out to be only in-calls that had low volume, and it still does.
Also, noticed today that when I make a call and the audio is good, and then turn on loudspeaker it goes really low. Quite annoying..

broman.m said:
Well, this just sucks. It didn't change anything at all. It turned out to be only in-calls that had low volume, and it still does.
Also, noticed today that when I make a call and the audio is good, and then turn on loudspeaker it goes really low. Quite annoying..
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i would recommend that next time you spend a bit more time reading up on posts before using a ROM
you should possibly considering moving to one of the stock based custom ROM's

i would recommend that next time you spend a bit more time reading up on posts before using a ROM
you should possibly considering moving to one of the stock based custom ROM's
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stock base custom rom aren't anyting like cyanogenmod. they are buggy, each developer changes the look of it the way he likes it. i don't like most of them. i know what i say. tryed all of them. used Dmod V5 a while, and then it totally fu...ed it up in last version.
i got used to the problem. waiting for a fix from maclaw or oliver.

Disabling Asending/Increasing Ringtone

Let's try this again.
I've got the N6 and so far it's great but one of the things that I absolutely hate about it is the Ascending Ringtone "feature" that either Google or Motorola has put on this phone. I'm one of those wacky people that likes to actually hear my phone ring, or alarm tone, or text notification at the volume that I set manually, rather than have the phone start the tone whisper quiet and then go up in volume.
I've heard of a custom ROM or two that have removed this feature (or at least made it OPTIONAL) but in my own personal experience, custom ROMs have always been too buggy for my taste. I wasn't exactly planning on rooting this phone, but I may just have to do that for a custom ROM that turns the ascending ring feature off or removes it all together. Sorry for the ramble, but I suppose my question is this: Is there a Custom ROM out there that is essentially a stock ROM - with absolutely nothing changed except for this? Is changing this feature something that someone like myself could accomplish by compiling a ROM on his own? I have no experience with this, only experience with flashing downloaded custom ROMs.
I don't mind stock 5.0.1, I just want to get rid of that ringtone issue. I've tried the "Disable Increasing Ring" app, but it has not helped.
To be clear: just flashing a custom ROM or editing an mp3 to a different volume is NOT what I'm looking to do, as this 'feature' is affecting all sorts of notifications, and not just the ringtone.
Thanks for any help, or helpful suggestions.

I agree, I can't stand the decreased to increased volume when I get a call or notification.
The funny thing is that it doesn't happen all the time for me. I wonder if it's a bug with the phone hardware or possibly software.

On my Nexus 6, it only affects the ring (call) signals. The notification sounds aren't affected at all.
Still very annoying, since we can't make this choice ourselves. I'd hate to need to flash another
ROM, due solely to this crap! Too bad the "Disable Increasing Ring" app doesn't work on N6.
It worked flawlessly on my old Note II. I wish the dev would extend the functionality for us.

bump.

I've been looking for a fix for this for a while as well. This is, quite possibly, the worst "feature" Google ever added to their ROMs. It makes it sound like the phone is broken and it's beyond annoying.

Yeah I agree, this ''feature'' should have been optional just like the encryption should have been optional too....

Let's keep our fingers crossed that Google adresses
this crap within reasonable time. It's a pain in the b...

I thought I was the only one who thought this was ridiculous. You've already missed like 2-3 rings and wasted time left to answer the call, sometimes. I can't wait for more "official" custom ROMs.

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Yes. This "feature" sucks. Hope it goes away or becomes optional.

I have the same issue and can't find any option to disable this.
Hope google will make this optional the increasing ringtone.
EDIT: Btw this "issue" is present on custom ROM's aswell i think.

I really hate it also...can someone please kill it
Just tried cyanogenmod 12 (nightly 20150126) and it's there also. In this case it is even worse because CM's built in increasing ringtone feature does not work very well maybe because of the default N6 behavior.

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Wondering about this also.

I was researching this issue for couple days and I found just few custom roms that fix this issue.
1) MeanPop rom. It's a bit outdated (based on 5.1.0), but works like a charm and very near to the original stock (personally tested and as I understood all sounds are just starting playing with a delay)
2) Benzo rom (based on Euphoria rom). Haven't tried it, but people say all sounds work perfectly (it looks like its highly customized rom)
3) Euphoria rom (Personally tested - fast, stable, customizable). For some people it didn't work and I found suggestion to flash first franco kernel and then the rom. That's what I did and everything works perfectly like it should be.
Couldn't find any other roms or mods. Programs like "Disable Increasing Ring" don't work, but maybe it will with custom kernel - haven't tried.

I'm running latest Euphoria ROM with the increasing ringtone already disabled but still it plays the ascending ringtone for some reason. Anyways my simple fix was I used Nero Soundtrax and added a 2 second delay to the beginning of the mp3 file I used as my ringtone and it sounds perfect no more ascending ringtone.

I didn't notice this on the chroma rom, but after flashing stock 6.0.1, this issue appeared.
I don't think it is a hardware bug. For me, other notifications are fine. Ring and alarm are the two that are problematic.

It's super ****ty that it affects alarms. It's at least 7 seconds after a timer reaches 0 until I start hearing it beep. Wtf... I mean 7 seconds isn't a huge deal in anything that I'm timing but WHY make it affect alarms?

Maybe I'm missing the point here, particularly with the last two posts. I have 6.0.1 MMB29S from January 4th 2016, and it has separate volume controls for Alarms & Timers in clock settings - "Gradually increase volume" - both allowing a certain number of seconds for the increase, including zero seconds, which I would take to be "off", right...?
I haven't tested this yet, since it's an option I didn't notice until I looked just now, but have the last two posters seen and tried it?

i hate this feature too.
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[Q] Speaker Distortion on CM11

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

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

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

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

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

[Q] How to disable auto-volume-down using headphones

How to disable auto-volume-down using headphones in xperia z 5.1 LL? In previous firmware theres the libhearingdamage library file inside sound fx folder, but not on the latest 5.1 firmware. The auto-volume-down is for hearing damage security but for me its very annoying as its turns volume down drastically. Any idea?

Bumping because I seriously wanted to ask the same question.
I tried custom ROMS but this show up no matter what ROM I use.
Im really sensitive in terms of sound quality, stability and comfort of listening music, and after they F up Walkman app and now this warning show up more often than in older android version Im really pissed off because of that, especially when I listen to ASMR that for most of time is really quiet and I need to set volume to max.

Akinaro said:
Bumping because I seriously wanted to ask the same question.
I tried custom ROMS but this show up no matter what ROM I use.
Im really sensitive in terms of sound quality, stability and comfort of listening music, and after they F up Walkman app and now this warning show up more often than in older android version Im really pissed off because of that, especially when I listen to ASMR that for most of time is really quiet and I need to set volume to max.
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Agree, but i still can live with the warning because in my case it just pop-up once i think. What disturbs me is if music played until chorus that have high bass and noise, it turns down volume automatically. I think there must be a solution to off that thing.

Ok, i think this mod have disable the auto volume down in headphones - forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/themes-apps/mod-volume-boost-xperia-z-t3115784 just try it and it works! Will test for couple more days to confirm it.

Question Poor video call sounds

I am facing an issue with my video calls with all firmwares of global rom since first release untill 12.5.4. the issue is the other side can't hear me well as the volume is really low, and if a group of us are on the video, only the holder of the phone is heard, and the rest are heard like speaking under water.
Tried several apps, all types of available video calls and all same, DUO, messenger, imo, line, Skype, etc.
However, if speaker is on instead of video call, the sound is amazing. Tested mics of all 3 of them and working perfect.
Anyone facing same issue and was able to resolve it? Please let me know how to get it sorted as it is really annoying.

Nothing here I'm afraid, sounds like a mic issue

xNAPx said:
Nothing here I'm afraid, sounds like a mic issue
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Tested mic and tried with speaker, video recording and voice calls are all perfect, except video calls using third party apps only

The First thing I can say is to force stop those apps and clear cache and data and see if the issue persists,try also a reboot after done it

xNAPx said:
The First thing I can say is to force stop those apps and clear cache and data and see if the issue persists,try also a reboot after done it
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Done, done ,done and a factory reset also done. I believe It is something related to software priorities or algorithm to reduce ambient noise but in a bad way instead of a good way.
As example, I make a phone call with my parents on video call using duo, if my daughter is far around 2-3 Meters from the phone then they would hear her like speaking under water, if further they would not hear her, if closer would be okay. Also, even if close to the phone the volume is lower than usual. However, if it is a voice call with speaker, everything is loud and clear.
This concludes to me as a software issue or apps compatibility with this device. I cannot find a solution, and I see it a very common issue with many devices as well, not only mi 11 ultra, but for this device I cannot find a solution.
Try to make a video call using Duo with people around you, the other side will hear you only and with a lower volume than usual. If you use WhatsApp it is slightly better but still poor.

What Cover do you have? Did you try the same with the phone without cover? Because I don't have this issue (using WhatsApp)

xNAPx said:
What Cover do you have? Did you try the same with the phone without cover? Because I don't have this issue (using WhatsApp)
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With cover or without cover, same issue

Would much appreciate if anyone got an idea of what is going on and can explain it

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I found what is the cause, it is called voice gain or volume gain. it is set as low by default and cannot be changed except by root. there are a few applications that can boost gain. as gain by default is set at 1 and can go as high as you could. an app called (Microphone Amplifier) is a simple app that really helped me with it for now but still needs more testing. the app got a very low rate because of no instructions how to use it and very poor UI, but the function is simply what am I looking for.
if anyone have an idea to fix the microphone gain without root please share it with me.
I've tried SetEdit but couldnt find the correct lines (tried volume_voice_xxx) but non of them worked.