I've seen in other posts for the H815 variant that there's Kernels out there that support "Fauxsound". I'm not entirely sure what that is, but I believe it's directly manipulating the hardware audio gain of the 3.5mm headphone jack. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with a working solution for the low gain on the headphone jack? Changing the settings in the mixer_paths.xml is doing nothing for me, and I've tried a few. I've also tried the Imperium Kernel and I get nothing.
Hoping to ditch the external headphone amp with this phone as the V10 has an incredible volume boost solution by modifying the mixer_paths.xml, so I can't understand why this isn't working for me.
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I love the N1 and am using it in the car by plugging the headphone jack directly into the stereo for phone/streaming audio/navigation.
When a PHONE CALL comes in. I have two choices:
1) I can hear them crystal clear over the car stereo...but the cant hear me because the Mic gain is at normal level. Or...
2) Hit the speakerphone button and up the Mic gain....but struggle to hear them as it switches over automatically to the tiny Nexus internal Speaker.
Looking for a way to have headphone output WITH mic gain at speaker phone level. Anyone know of a fix/app for this? I havent found it after searching high n low.
Help greatly appreciated, I know there are several of us out here trying to find the solution. Thx.
Does anyone know if the "no sound from the internal speaker" issue is caused by some other component rather than the just speaker itself?
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Do you have sound from the headphones? Are you using Dalingren's Nook Tweaks to increase DAC- could be blown speaker? Volume + key to the max?
Try a reboot. If that doesn't work, unroot before returning it to store for another unit if under warranty.
Thanks for the suggestions. I'm out of warranty. I have flashed back to stock and flashed CM7 from a wipe multiple times. I do have sound from the headphone jack though.
I know this is an older post, but I am having the same issue. The internal speaker seems to be dead. The headphone jack works, and I have tried several different roms trying to resolve it. Has anyone else had this issue, killing the internal speaker? Is there any fix for it?
Something that often happens is that the headphone jack gets mangled, and the speaker cutoff gets stuck. I can't offer specific guidance, but poking gently inside the jack might free things up.
A bright light and knowing what it's supposed to look like inside will help a lot here.
I checked the internal speaker, and it works. The headphone connection also seems fine, and is seldom used. I am wondering if the driver got messed up at some point with a ROM...is there any way to check (and fix) this?
So this is a really common problem and I see a lot of solutions to it on the forums, but none which seem to actually target the actual source of the problem. I have a pair of good to excellent quality monitor headphones, and the volume when using them is really, really low. I've other headphones too (normal earbuds) which are a little louder but nowhere near where they should be.
I've tried the recommended options (using EQ settings, compression and ramping up the EQ), and some Apps to boost volume, but these seem to be boosting gain in software which results in really bad distortion. My guess is that the hardware gain is limited somehow.
There's an Audio section in service mode (*#*#197328640#*#*) which supposedly allows you to change the default gain but on my phone there's no submenu, it just throws back to the original menu. (Could this have something to do with kernel version..?)
I've also heard that on some phones (or maybe kernel / rom versions?) there's a file like default_gain.conf or similar which allows you to change the settings, but there's nothing like that on mine, even after extensive searching.
I'm looking for a proper solution instead of a software gain booster approach as it just leaves audio distorted.. maybe someone with a little more knowledge of how Android handles sound would help..?
For the record, and just in case it's rom / kernel related, I'm using Paranoid Android 2.57.2-Utacka and kernel 3.0.15-cm.. (I thought I'd flashed Hydracore v7, maybe I have but it's not there in system settings).
It'd be really cool to solve this problem once and for all... so if anyone can even hint at a solution it'd be much appreciated..
chemeleon said:
So this is a really common problem and I see a lot of solutions to it on the forums, but none which seem to actually target the actual source of the problem. I have a pair of good to excellent quality monitor headphones, and the volume when using them is really, really low. I've other headphones too (normal earbuds) which are a little louder but nowhere near where they should be.
I've tried the recommended options (using EQ settings, compression and ramping up the EQ), and some Apps to boost volume, but these seem to be boosting gain in software which results in really bad distortion. My guess is that the hardware gain is limited somehow.
There's an Audio section in service mode (*#*#197328640#*#*) which supposedly allows you to change the default gain but on my phone there's no submenu, it just throws back to the original menu. (Could this have something to do with kernel version..?)
I've also heard that on some phones (or maybe kernel / rom versions?) there's a file like default_gain.conf or similar which allows you to change the settings, but there's nothing like that on mine, even after extensive searching.
I'm looking for a proper solution instead of a software gain booster approach as it just leaves audio distorted.. maybe someone with a little more knowledge of how Android handles sound would help..?
For the record, and just in case it's rom / kernel related, I'm using Paranoid Android 2.57.2-Utacka and kernel 3.0.15-cm.. (I thought I'd flashed Hydracore v7, maybe I have but it's not there in system settings).
It'd be really cool to solve this problem once and for all... so if anyone can even hint at a solution it'd be much appreciated..
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try doing a factory reset and clear all cache memory to bring every thing to default.. if that doesn't get u the expected results then u have to use the software or apps to boost it.. if there is a serious problem then get the 3.5 mm jack replaced..
Actually.. I found multiple solutions that seem to work together.. first, I bought a small device (FiiO E3) which is basically a tiny battery powered headphone amp (it sucks in terms of volume boost, something like 3db, but does the trick..). .. then I found the *one* app that actually seems to work with my device, Voodoo Louder.. these in tandem seem to get the desired result, albeit I still have to enable Compression in the eq to get sound loud enough to hear over the noise of the busy street, but there's little distortion. I'd definately recommend the amp seeing as of the countless I've tried it's the only one that actually does the trick...
Just tried listening to some music on my new device to find the headphone maximum volume is the worst i've ever encountered on any handset.
Is there a way to boost it at all ???
Maybe editing the headphone xml???????
Theres not really anything you can configure, maybe fiddling around with the equalizer (boost all frequencies) will help.
Otherwise you should get a portable amp
Does anyone else have mediocre max volume internally with headphone jack? When I use an equalizer the sound goes to max volume at 20-40% volume as well, any higher makes no difference. I also notice it struggles to drive headphones that are slightly more powerful than earphones and above, Would an AMP solve these problems?
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Does anyone else have mediocre max volume internally with headphone jack? When I use an equalizer the sound goes to max volume at 20-40% volume as well, any higher makes no difference. I also notice it struggles to drive headphones that are slightly more powerful than earphones and above, Would an AMP solve these problems?
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There is an edit you can make to the mixer_path.xml in system/etc that will raise volume... Or... You can try any kernel with Franco sound or faux sound and raise the gain on the outputs that wY
I would assume this requires rooting my device, is my assumption correct?
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I would assume this requires rooting my device, is my assumption correct?
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using a custom kernel does not require root. one like Franco's will have the volume boost module built in