Verizon Note II + uNeak Kernel, voodoo sound - Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II

So after trying literally every kernel that was labeled as being compatible with the Note II for Verizon and finding out that Voodoo Sound/Boeffla/Wolfson control was broken I decided to try the uNeak kernel for the international Note II.
First off the uNeak kernel does work fine! As far as I can tell everything works including GPS, 4G, and most importantly voodoo sound/boeffla.
The uNeak Engine app controls the voodoo sound implementation and actually works with all the features unlike every other kernel I have tried.
In order to have the Note II sound like the original Galaxy S w/voodoo sound you have to use the hardware EQ within the uNeak engine app. The key thing here is do not raise the eq sliders 0db. If you do so the output goes into saturation and sounds crappy.
Also the Output saturation preventer works but causes volume pumping that is highly annoying. Make sure and turn it to OFF. The original Voodoo Sound used to use this (I think) but it doesn't pump the volume during quiet passages so I don't know what the difference is in implementation. Needless to say it does not work like Voodoo Sound original so disable it.
With these tweaks the Note II finally sounds nearly the same as Voodoo Sound + Galaxy S.
If anyone has anything to add to this, PLEASE post. This issue has been driving me nuts since I stopped using my Galaxy S (fascinate) with Voodoo Sound.. the best music experience I have ever had on any device/player.

Hi Redrol,
Thanks, your post came just as I was revisiting audio options for my Verizon Note II which I've run stock/rooted since Oct 2012. I finally decided to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP and try some other ROMs. I used Viper4Android previously which helped with low volume and had some interesting settings like the Haas effect and is a great solution for people who are stock/rooted. I've been listening for about an hour with just the NEAK kernel and your recommended settings in the NEAK engine app. The Note II is pushing even my quietest headphones to satisfying volume levels and sounds great.

dsteinschneider said:
Hi Redrol,
Thanks, your post came just as I was revisiting audio options for my Verizon Note II which I've run stock/rooted since Oct 2012. I finally decided to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP and try some other ROMs. I used Viper4Android previously which helped with low volume and had some interesting settings like the Haas effect and is a great solution for people who are stock/rooted. I've been listening for about an hour with just the NEAK kernel and your recommended settings in the NEAK engine app. The Note II is pushing even my quietest headphones to satisfying volume levels and sounds great.
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You guys are using this kernel on 4.3 ROMs?

Which kernel is compatible with i605?
Could someone be more specific?
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[WIP/APP] Volume+ (Gingerbread) v1.7 - Advanced Settings

Q - Which is better? This or DSP Manager?
A - Neither. DSP Manager has a fully editable EQ whereas mine has EQ pre-sets and a volume multiplier. They both use the same API's (albeit in a slightly different way) but use different methods to achieve the volume boost. This app can also go much louder than DSP Manager can (not always a good thing!) so you will encounter distortion with the higher values.
THIS APP AND DSP MANAGER WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS IF THEY ARE BOTH ENABLED. PLEASE DISABLE ONE TO USE THE OTHER.
Q - Which is better? This or Voodoo Sound?
A - Voodoo Sound, If your kernel/phone supports it. See thread here - clickyclicky!
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Only for Gingerbread (2.3) Roms.
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Current Version: 1.7.4
Version in Testing: 1.7.5 [not available yet]
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KNOWN BUGS:
* None known
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This is only for the main loudspeaker, turn it up too loud and it will distort horribly. You have been warned!
DSPManager will probably not work too nice with this app but it should be ok if you disable the "phone speaker" EQ in the settings.
The same effect can be achieved with DSPManager, but this can go much louder.
This shouldn't cause any damage to your phones speaker (unless you turn it up to +15 or so), but i would strongly advise against playing music out of your phone's speaker constantly. It distorts, therefore it's doing some damage, however minor it may be.
Enjoy!
Update: Volume+ v1.7.4 (ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET. WILL BE UPLOADING TO MY WEBSITE SOON)
* Disclaimer updated
* Credits list added
* Version Checker added
* Help and Info page added
* In-Call problems should be fixed
Android Market Links
>> For those of you who like my work and would like to donate, please consider downloading the 'Donate' version on the Android Marketplace (priced at £0.99) or click the PayPal banner in my sig!
>> Direct Market Link for phones
>> DOWNLOAD LINK FOR FREE VERSION!!!
Credits: Everyone on the CM team and especially the DSP Dev.
Disclaimer: I will not be held responsible for anything you do to your phone. If this breaks your phone's loudspeaker/your eardrums, well, I warned you.
Sweet, now I can finally hear my ring tone on my N1. Bought your app for my G1 and it was awesome. Keep up the great work.
Awesome! Any chance to include a boost percentage? I find that it's a LITTLE bit too loud.
EDIT: Turned it off as I just realised that it COMPLETELY distorts my notification sound (Pollux).
Yeah its a bit too loud. Ill reduce it a bit tomorrow.
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What advantage does this have over the audio boost already in cyan7?
Excellent work. I had your app for my HTC hero many moons ago.
Works great, confirmed working on Nexus One with gingerbread MIUI
Thanks!
So it's like boosting treble in DSPmanager?
Its like boosting everything in Dsp but this can go louder.
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I can confirm that it is working on a myTouch slide running CM7RC4. Great work. Any chance of getting a boost on the small ear piece speaker. It is really quiet even when turned all the way up.
Ok so I am waiting for your next version
Update: Volume+
* Many volume settings
* Bass Enhancer (not great on the Nexus, might sound better on different phones, I dunno)
volume cracks even on medium setting..
abhi0n0nakul said:
volume cracks even on medium setting..
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EDIT: Due to incorrect calculations. Fixed.
Update 1.2
* Calculations were wrong making each option louder than it should have been. Now fixed.
* Disclaimer added. Hell, i ain't getting sued!
Thanks for the added features. However, it still distorts my notification tone (Pollux) at any setting but low. Any chance a treble fix would help?
rickytenzer said:
Thanks for the added features. However, it still distorts my notification tone (Pollux) at any setting but low. Any chance a treble fix would help?
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Yeah Pollux does, none of the others seem to though. I'll have a look at playing with EQ a little.
quality
Great but The quality is bad on medium and above how to fix it?
urnightmare said:
Great but The quality is bad on medium and above how to fix it?
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Buy a different phone
Seriously, the speaker on the Nexus is dreadful, there's not a lot you can do.
I'm trying to get a compressor working but it's not responding very well.
Meltus said:
Buy a different phone
Seriously, the speaker on the Nexus is dreadful, there's not a lot you can do.
I'm trying to get a compressor working but it's not responding very well.
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you cant say its dreadful..
in cm 6.1.1 the speakers sound was as high as your volume fix does, but it was very smooth without any cracks..
its not yet achieved on gingerbread but that would be unfair to say that speakers are bad, coz on froyo they were loud enough.
Meltus said:
Buy a different phone
Seriously, the speaker on the Nexus is dreadful, there's not a lot you can do.
I'm trying to get a compressor working but it's not responding very well.
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I have hd2 not a nexus one but i've installed nexushd2 V2,5 on it...

what development from the S1 would you like to see in the S2?

the Galaxy S 1 made some huge monuments in development, i hope we can soon see these same achievements achieved on the S2. im trying to make a check list of things from the S1 that need to be done on the S2.. so ill start, please add what you think as well
* ext4 file system (from what ive heard, this is already existent in the S2, so thats a check)
*hacked camera app: ability to use the camera at 2%, and use while playing music
*audio boost: cranking up that music past what comes on board, either AudioBoost2 app, or voodoo sound app
*built in call recorder: record phonecalls right from the dialer
thats what i care about, what about anyone else?
a kernel with BLN support, CWM, rooted and with the lowest brightness level lowered a bit.
hardcore's kernel in other words
bobloblawsum said:
a kernel with BLN support, CWM, rooted and with the lowest brightness level lowered a bit.
hardcore's kernel in other words
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theres an app for that!
its called shades or blinds or something.. i think it comes up in the market if you search brightness.. i had it on my galaxy s before i sold it to buy the s2
I've heard Samsung has included some screen adjustment settings, but I would still love the amazing stuff developed with Voodoo kernals. Ie:
- Screen colour temperature adjustment
- Screen and text sharpness improvements
- Sound control and amp
- Ext4 filesystem support
Voodoo Color
Voodoo Sound
CWM
BLN
Press power to take photo
soraxd said:
theres an app for that!
its called shades or blinds or something.. i think it comes up in the market if you search brightness.. i had it on my galaxy s before i sold it to buy the s2
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Its called Screen Filter, its great, I use it daily on my SGSI for reading my RSS feeds in bed (when I dismiss my Tasker alarm it opens NewsRoom and turns on Screen Filter - BAM! Morning paper delivery...).
Should also work for the SGSII I would think.
I'd most like to see BLN support, call recording, and Voodoo Sound.
Voodoo Sound. But Supercurio did tweet earlier that - the Sound hardware of SGS2 is INFERIOR to that of Original SGS.
BLN , call recording. That all i need to buy it
All the rest is a plus ofc , but thats the most important for my daily use.
i'm prolly going to add BLN whenever i get the phone
hopefully some people will have proper CWM/root by then else i'll have to add that too
For the sound and screen color i'm sure sir curio will look at it but this is probably a bigger task as it require studying the current solution etc and there's no guarantee of success
bilboa1 said:
i'm prolly going to add BLN whenever i get the phone
hopefully some people will have proper CWM/root by then else i'll have to add that too
For the sound and screen color i'm sure sir curio will look at it but this is probably a bigger task as it require studying the current solution etc and there's no guarantee of success
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Will it be possible to use BLN with the stock kernel at all? Coming from an N900, I really appreciate the notification LED. Since I'm new to Android, I'd prefer not to start hacking/replacing the kernel to get bln support.
Has anyone received their SGS2 yet and tried this?
bobloblawsum said:
the lowest brightness level lowered a bit.
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IIRC that is defined in the framework source code (at least on most source compiled ROMs I've seen), so should be possible to tweak via APKtool...

[Audio MOD][ViPER4ANDROID] - FX & XHiFi

The original poster of this mod said its okay to share links the original OP.
If you haven't, try out this sound mod, V4A, the difference it makes is very noticeable, better than what others out there provide.
Check it out the original thread in the link below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191223
This mod it's better than acid audio v7?
I'd say or might end up being down to personal opinion, but from my experience, when using the FX and XHiFi together along with the convolver ir samples then yes it is. It offers a lot more fine tuning.
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I will test it
I tested all audio mods on xda, for me the best combination its perseus kernel with his audio driver + acid v7 + neutron player
Let's see what is viper
I can confirm, its better than acid v7, its very good
Sound its loud and very, very clear and much customizable
Great mod, thanks
What are the best settings for these? (Phone speakers)
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Wow!!!
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Gonna try it for sure, but this line makes me scared!
If your earphone is not used to high volume/bass, with long period of high volume/bass will cause your headset to spoil (without V4A it will also spoil)
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Kney. said:
What are the best settings for these? (Phone speakers)
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It will depends on the music you listen to, best to play with the settings and find what is good for you. There are a few posts in the original thread with some setups.
I'll post mine here, click the show tab to see it:
V4A FX settings:
For Headphones:
Master Power: Enabled
Playback Gain: Disabled
FireEQ: Enabled
Preset: Vocal Booster
Convolver Enabled; IR: Studer +6bD w|NoiseReduction Updated
Field Surround: Disabled
Reverberation: Enabled
Roomsize: 25m2
Sound Field: 10m
Damping Factor: 50%
Wet Signal: 40%
Dry Signal: 100%
Dynamic System: Enabled
Listening Device: Extreme Headphone(v2)
Dynamic Bass: 60%
Tube Simulator: Disabled
Master Gate: both 0dB
For Phone Speakers
Master Power: Enabled
FireEQ: Enabled
Preset: Vocal Booster
Convolver: Enabled; IR: No Cabinet.irs
Reverberation: Enabled
Room Size 25m2
Sound Field: 14m
Damping: 40%
Wet Signal: 30%
Dry Signal: 40%
eXtra Loud: Disabled (at home anyway!)
Master Gate: Both 0dB
V4A XHiFi Settings
For Headphones:
Master Power: Enabled
Playback Gain Control: Enabled
Effect Strength: Moderate
Max Gain: Inf
Max Output: -1.9dB
FireEQ: Enabled
Preset: Acoustic
Audio Reconstruct: Enabled
Hi: 100
Low: 80
Master Gate: Both 0db
These settings are pretty damn loud and relatively clear, you should be able to hear all the different ranges.
Adjust according to your tastes though
jujuburi said:
Gonna try it for sure, but this line makes me scared!
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If you use the dynamic bass setting you can adjust it to compensate.
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is this compatible with AOSP rom..i used PAC by vertigo with thor kernel ,support from boeffla sound control...
examiner said:
is this compatible with AOSP rom..i used PAC by vertigo with thor kernel ,support from boeffla sound control...
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I haven't tried it with a kernel that has audio modfications to it, but its should work across all Android based roms.
The mods can be easily installed/uninstalled now, they are regular apks. Run in compatilbility mode if it doesn't appear to be working.
Robobob1221 said:
I haven't tried it with a kernel that has audio modfications to it, but its should work across all Android based roms.
The mods can be easily installed/uninstalled now, they are regular apks. Run in compatilbility mode if it doesn't appear to be working.
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can i install both FX & XHiFi?or do i need to choose one?
examiner said:
can i install both FX & XHiFi?or do i need to choose one?
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You can install and use both at the same time, no problem
Gonna get rid of Noozxoide and try this out. Anything with APKs should be safe enough - thanks OP
PS: Sounds fun! Like it much better than Nooz.
Amazing ! The best sound Mod i ever tried, and i tested, awesome beats, nooxoide, Franken beats, and any more, and I`m an audio engeneer, know how to set up the stuff.....but this is for my usage (with Jabra street Bluetooth device and sennheiser cx300 Earphones) ,the best thing ever, great setup, different ear/headphones....and amazing bass/sound, and a multiband eq .....that rocks
This mod is the best ever audio mod thanks:good:
atonalfilm said:
Amazing ! The best sound Mod i ever tried, and i tested, awesome beats, nooxoide, Franken beats, and any more, and I`m an audio engeneer, know how to set up the stuff.....but this is for my usage (with Jabra street Bluetooth device and sennheiser cx300 Earphones) ,the best thing ever, great setup, different ear/headphones....and amazing bass/sound, and a multiband eq .....that rocks
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out of topic but i just loled at this. As an audio engineer u should know ur CX 300 cant really "test" things. Frequency Range just 19-21khz
Suggest you to try IEM at least Sennheiser IE60 :good:
LightHaze said:
out of topic but i just loled at this. As an audio engineer u should know ur CX 300 cant really "test" things. Frequency Range just 19-21khz
Suggest you to try IEM at least Sennheiser IE60 :good:
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In his defense, he didn't say that he tested it using CX 300, he merely said that it's for his use with CX 300.
Imma go try this...want to use my beats at its best :3
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Any setting for good bass and vocals at the same time?
Posted from Windows 98 running on Macbook
Odd, I struggled to get rid of Beats from any devices I've owned including HOX and my laptop, but good to know that people are willing to voluntarily flash it on Note 2
Can vouch for this MOD, really fine and I'm keeping this on my Note II for a while
tuxonhtc said:
Odd, I struggled to get rid of Beats from any devices I've owned including HOX and my laptop, but good to know that people are willing to voluntarily flash it on Note 2
Can vouch for this MOD, really fine and I'm keeping this on my Note II for a while
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What are your settings for the FX and XHiFi? Which convolver ir did you use as well?
Anyone else as well, feel free to post your setups.
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[Q] Volume Booster

Hi guys,
I just got a S3 (very happy so far), rooted with Omega 444 (amazing!). Anyway, UI used to use VolumeBoost to increase the volume on my HTC Desire for taking the noisy metro each morning. But it doesn't seem to work on the S3.
I used PowerAmp as my media player.
Any suggestions for the best app for boosting the volume? Ideally it should work without me having to open the app.
Thanks
broonage said:
Hi guys,
I just got a S3 (very happy so far), rooted with Omega 444 (amazing!). Anyway, UI used to use VolumeBoost to increase the volume on my HTC Desire for taking the noisy metro each morning. But it doesn't seem to work on the S3.
I used PowerAmp as my media player.
Any suggestions for the best app for boosting the volume? Ideally it should work without me having to open the app.
Thanks
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dont know how volumeboost works, but in combination with poweramp most of the time you have to disable dvc in poweramp settings in order to get sound mods to work
broonage said:
Hi guys,
I just got a S3 (very happy so far), rooted with Omega 444 (amazing!). Anyway, UI used to use VolumeBoost to increase the volume on my HTC Desire for taking the noisy metro each morning. But it doesn't seem to work on the S3.
I used PowerAmp as my media player.
Any suggestions for the best app for boosting the volume? Ideally it should work without me having to open the app.
Thanks
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Flash custom kernel Almost every kernel contains volume equalizer
verny94 said:
Flash custom kernel Almost every kernel contains volume equalizer
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But beware that if you flash a custom kernel with EQ, verify that it doesn't interfere with the Poweramp's EQ or any other app you use. Sometimes, kernel's EQ can be quite sensitive, depending on what you chose.
Darkened_Sky said:
dont know how volumeboost works, but in combination with poweramp most of the time you have to disable dvc in poweramp settings in order to get sound mods to work
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Thanks!! I'll have a play around with that!!
Ayleo said:
But beware that if you flash a custom kernel with EQ, verify that it doesn't interfere with the Poweramp's EQ or any other app you use. Sometimes, kernel's EQ can be quite sensitive, depending on what you chose.
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verny94 said:
Flash custom kernel Almost every kernel contains volume equalizer
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That's a bit hardcore for me...I'm a bit of a beginner concerning all things Flashing.

Mod for decreased stereo width in Audio?

Hi folks, total noob here
I'm using my old Samsung Galaxy Wonder GT-i8150 as an MP3 player. I rooted it and installed Ainur Nero mod to get the best possible audio quality, however the thing I was trying to remedy is the exaggerated stereo width which affects the levels in the music ( I'm a music producer and quite fussy about this). I'm guessing it's some kind of default setting.
Is there another kind of mod or ROM I can install which will give me control of this?
Failing that, is there an easy way to remove Ainur Nero and get back the same function I had before, as it's disabled some features I'd really like to get back if possible
thanks in advance!

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