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Root [MOD] Raise Max Volume on Speaker and Headphones

My values are different on speaker... mine says dir speaker value is 64.. but the rx digital values are 84.. and dont match speaker value.. ? Any one else have the same with 64 for speaker and 84 for all four rx digital values?
 
Blackhawk1969 said:
My values are different on speaker... mine says dir speaker value is 64.. but the rx digital values are 84.. and dont match speaker value.. ? Any one else have the same with 64 for speaker and 84 for all four rx digital values?
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I am guessing that you are using a lollipop rom? I noticed this too but only on the lollipop roms. I think it might be why media volume is louder on the stock rom.
 
Masterchief87 said:
I am guessing that you are using a lollipop rom? I noticed this too but only on the lollipop roms. I think it might be why media volume is louder on the stock rom.
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I am actually on stock rom using the butter kat kernel with your updated switch-restore... didnt want to change values to same values due to the 20 point difference
 
I was on dolby movie profile.. switched that around thinking it would raise values but it's still the same 64 speaker 84 digital.. when I rooted and got su installed it said that android was performing an update.. wonder if that had something to do with it..
 
Blackhawk1969 said:
I was on dolby movie profile.. switched that around thinking it would raise values but it's still the same 64 speaker 84 digital.. when I rooted and got su installed it said that android was performing an update.. wonder if that had something to do with it..
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No, when it says "Android is upgrading", that means that a new app has been added to /system (in this case it would be SuperSU) and the phone is extracting the classes.dex from inside the apk and copying it to /data/dalvik-cache.
This had no effect on the mixer-paths.xml file in this mod.
 
Masterchief87 said:
No, when it says "Android is upgrading", that means that a new app has been added to /system (in this case it would be SuperSU) and the phone is extracting the classes.dex from inside the apk and copying it to /data/dalvik-cache.
This had no effect on the mixer-paths.xml file in this mod.
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Ahhh.. ok.. would it hurt to change the 64 value to 84 on the speaker setting? Because I have other values set at 64 also like headphone settings and I wasnt sure if those settings require other values to be changed as .. I guess I could test it and switch back if it causes problems... about deleting the dolby stuff..I guess dolby is just an added enhancement that is not required for audio.. mostly any changes I make using it sounds like crap
 
I use the LG Tone Bluetooth headset for everything. Browsed through the XML and didn't see much about Bluetooth, and where i did, it seemed to have nothing to do with headsets. Got any ideas on what I'm supposed to edit to raise the headset volume?
 
I'm running cm12.1 rd5. Is there a way to flash or modify changes written in the op? I have gone to dev options, enabled root for apps, used es3 file manager, enabled r/w privileges and even tried getting it to stick with QuickEdit. Am I doing something wrong here? Any help would be appreciated.

Edit: got it working. Thanks for all the hard work guys!
 
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if your values don't match don't try changing them it won't work you will get no sound whatsoever out of your speaker... my speaker was 64.. and other values were 84 so I raised value to 84 and no sound at all.. maybe if you adjust all values by ten.. 64 to 74 and 84 to 94 maybe..not sure yet
 
Vyrus69 said:
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MANUAL CHANGE:
1. GO TO /SYSTEM/ETC AND LOCATION MIXER_PATHS.XML
2. OPEN FILE USING A TEXT EDITOR OR DOWNLOAD AN XML EDITOR FROM THE PLAY STORE.
3. SCROLL DOWN CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM AND LOOK FOR <PATH NAME="SPEAKER">
4. BELOW IT YOU WILL SEE THIS LINE:
<ctl name="RX3 Digital Volume" value="84" />
5. CHANGE VALUE FROM "84" TO WHATEVER YOU WANT, I RECOMMEND 90 - 95.
6. SCROLL TO THE VERY TOP OF THE SCRIPT AND FIND:
<ctl name="RX1 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX2 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX3 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX4 Digital Volume" value="84" />
7. CHANGE ALL OF THESE VALUES TO THE SAME VALUE YOU SET AT BELOW.
8. SAVE CHANGES AND REBOOT.
9. ENJOY!
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Thank you! was wondering about this myself... I changed it to 92 it seems to be about the right number...
I am using the Candy5 zte rom. I used vi to edit the xml file manual.

I also changed these settings in the build.prop file

# Audio
# fluencetype can be "fluence" or "fluencepro" or "none"
ro.qc.sdk.audio.fluencetype=fluencepro
ro.qc.sdk.audio.ssr=false
persist.audio.fluence.voicecall=true
persist.audio.fluence.voicerec=false
persist.audio.fluence.speaker=true
persist.audio.fluence.mode=endfire
use.voice.path.for.pcm.voip=true
audio.offload.24bit.enable=true
audio.offload.buffer.size.kb=128
audio.offload.gapless.enabled=true
audio.offload.multiple.enabled=true
audio.offload.pcm.16bit.enable=true
audio.offload.pcm.24bit.enable=true
av.offload.enable=true
av.streaming.offload.enable=true
tunnel.audio.encode=true
tunnel.audiovideo.decode=true
#use VERY_HIGH_QUALITY for audio resampler
af.resampler.quality=4

These work fine with the ZTE Zmax so far. The only issue I have is that headphones are NOT detected and certain notification sounds always go over the speaker. I am not sure if it related to my changed settings or if it is a quirk of the Candy5 rom. If you have any suggestions for audio quality please let me know as I couldn't find definitions for any of these settings, I just guessed.
 
Blackhawk1969 said:
if your values don't match don't try changing them it won't work you will get no sound whatsoever out of your speaker... my speaker was 64.. and other values were 84 so I raised value to 84 and no sound at all.. maybe if you adjust all values by ten.. 64 to 74 and 84 to 94 maybe..not sure yet
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My speaker was also 64, I changed all the values for speaker to 92 and I've had no issues. Pretty sure the metro version starts at 64, hence the complaints about the speakers. Just my two cents.
 
spee413 said:
My speaker was also 64, I changed all the values for speaker to 92 and I've had no issues. Pretty sure the metro version starts at 64, hence the complaints about the speakers. Just my two cents.
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you changed all values to 92? I'm going to try that... Also did you delete dolby files? Im going to re try it and change all values rather than only raising speaker to 84 to match the four levels.. hope it works.. speakerphone is kind of hard to hear while driving and using speaker to take phone calls. And thanks.. I've been wondering if it was just me on stock metro that was having this problem.. alot of others have different roms not the metro stock rom rooted
 
Blackhawk1969 said:
you changed all values to 92? I'm going to try that... Also did you delete dolby files? Im going to re try it and change all values rather than only raising speaker to 84 to match the four levels.. hope it works.. speakerphone is kind of hard to hear while driving and using speaker to take phone calls. And thanks.. I've been wondering if it was just me on stock metro that was having this problem.. alot of others have different roms not the metro stock rom rooted
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I have done this on both stock Metro and CM 12.1 RD5(which I'm currently using). And yes all I modified 5 values in total. At the top of the files I edited the values of rx1-4 to 92 and rx3 under path-speaker to 92. Speaker phone, external speakers and headphone are all smooth after this change. Hope this helps bud.
 
Vyrus69 said:
*****WARNING: THIS WORKS FOR SOME AND DOESN'T WORK FOR OTHERS FOR SOME REASON, MAKE A BACKUP FIRST BEFORE DOING ANYTHING******

*****WARNING #2: THIS XML FILE WAS PULLED FROM THE METRO 4.4.4 VERSION OF THE PHONE, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WILL WORK ON THE 4.4.2 TMO VERSION, IF IT DOES FOR ANYONE, LET ME KNOW******​

If any of you are like me you reeeeeally hate how low the volume on the phone speaker is, this is a mod to help remedy that and raise the max volume on the phone.

STEPS:
1. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FULL R/W ABILITY
2. NAVIGATE TO /SYSTEM/ETC AND LOCATE THE MIXER_PATHS.XML FILE.
3. COPY THE ORIGINAL AND SAVE ON YOUR SD CARD.
4. DOWNLOAD THE MODIFIED MIXER_PATHS.XML FILE HERE OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO IT MANUALLY SCROLL DOWN FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
5. PASTE THE XML FILE IN THE SAME /SYSTEM/ETC FOLDER AND FIX PERMISSIONS TO RW-R--R--
6. GO TO /VENDOR/APP AND DELETE ALL DOLBY FILES.
7. REBOOT PHONE AND YOU SHOULD NOTICE MUCH LOUDER VOLUME OUT OF YOUR SPEAKER!
8. ENJOY!​

MANUAL CHANGE:
1. GO TO /SYSTEM/ETC AND LOCATION MIXER_PATHS.XML
2. OPEN FILE USING A TEXT EDITOR OR DOWNLOAD AN XML EDITOR FROM THE PLAY STORE.
3. SCROLL DOWN CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM AND LOOK FOR <PATH NAME="SPEAKER">
4. BELOW IT YOU WILL SEE THIS LINE:
<ctl name="RX3 Digital Volume" value="84" />
5. CHANGE VALUE FROM "84" TO WHATEVER YOU WANT, I RECOMMEND 90 - 95.
6. SCROLL TO THE VERY TOP OF THE SCRIPT AND FIND:
<ctl name="RX1 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX2 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX3 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX4 Digital Volume" value="84" />
7. CHANGE ALL OF THESE VALUES TO THE SAME VALUE YOU SET AT BELOW.
8. SAVE CHANGES AND REBOOT.
9. ENJOY!


Just remember playing anything on the phone speaker at super loud volume may blow the speaker so be smart with you volume control.
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Is there any way to adjust the mic volume to make it louder? When I record videos the sound level is really low when I go to watch it. Any help would be great!
 
I think they mean the Bluetooth device is limited by its own volune setting. As a blue tooth headphone will only go as loud as its volume control setting at max vol. Not sure if adjusting Bluetooth values would raise volume on a wireless device.. good question though.
 
Maybe, but i was asking what the paths for Bluetooth are.

I won't lie, I'm a knucklehead, i learn everything the hard way.
 
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hammerdroid said:
Maybe, but i was asking what the paths for Bluetooth are.

I won't lie, I'm a knucklehead, i learn everything the hard way.
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the actual XML file is pretty big but while scrolling through it I did see a few sections relating to bluetooth...just make a backup of the file.. I was messing around with it and ended up with no sound at all... maybe someone else will know which other fields are linked to bluetooth volume... if not here then on xda forums..
 
Blackhawk1969 said:
the actual XML file is pretty big but while scrolling through it I did see a few sections relating to bluetooth...just make a backup of the file.. I was messing around with it and ended up with no sound at all... maybe someone else will know which other fields are linked to bluetooth volume... if not here then on xda forums..
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Thanks, man. I appreciate it either way, thanks for trying.
 
I only changed the "Speaker" part, because thats all that needed help on mine. It was at 68. No wonder the speaker seemed to suck so bad. Now I can't think of much else that sux about the Zmax except the screen freeze on Lollipop ROMs and the GPU, which @Ethanbanker2428 working on now. I'm so glad I picked this phone. Thanks @Vyrus69!
 
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