[Q] low sound after kikat - Sony Xperia Z Ultra

Does someone else have low sound level after updating to kitkat?
low sound even that i have turn it ut to full volume. i did not have that problem in 4.3

Same here. But, only on gsm calls. Not yet tried on music and video, though.
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terimer said:
Same here. But, only on gsm calls. Not yet tried on music and video, though.
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as me then it helps sometimes to restart the phone

When ringing the sound coming from the speaker call!
my zu is 6802 and i use 6833 FTF ! :cyclops:
The problem is???????

LennartL said:
Does someone else have low sound level after updating to kitkat?
low sound even that i have turn it ut to full volume. i did not have that problem in 4.3
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Did you enable XLoud?

One thing I noticed, the hiss on muted speakers is gone on my phone.

Yes the hiss is gone here as well. And yes I can confirm as well low volume even with xloud on. :|
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I was going through the build prop and changed a value from true to false. And it seem to work. My message tones and call tones are back. I changed #system props for audio
Persist audio hp. From true to false
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F-this, my cracking hiss noise is back, sigh...

do you remember what you might of done to make it come back? or was it something just bound to have happened?

sanvara said:
Did you enable XLoud?
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yes i have enabled xloud
but sometimes it works after restart.
and i will Point out i never had this problem with earlier firmware versions

my speaker is same loud as before .. no improvement .. , maybe you have dust ..

H786 said:
do you remember what you might of done to make it come back? or was it something just bound to have happened?
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No, I didn't touch anything. I was so happy that it's finally gone, so I dare not make any changes afraid that it might came back, but alas, some moments later is its back.
I think mine is hardware speakers problems.

ahh that sucks! i'm kind of in the same boat but as soon as it starts again then looks like we'll be sharing the same boat eh? xD...

I just got this issue. I have never experienced it before. I turned off X-Loud, increasing ringtone and rebooted and ironically the sound level is back to normal.

This thing just re-appeared over night. So I missed the alarm this morning because of it as the sound level was terribly low. Reboot and volumes are back to normal. This seems like a nasty bug.

dannejanne said:
This thing just re-appeared over night. So I missed the alarm this morning because of it as the sound level was terribly low. Reboot and volumes are back to normal. This seems like a nasty bug.
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i have the some bug after upgrading 4.4 my model is c6833 and build 143a0681

fabio1234 said:
i have the some bug after upgrading 4.4 my model is c6833 and build 143a0681
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Hmm Sony keeps messing things up with the sound. Last firmware it was the sound enhancement issue. Now this.
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I don't know if it's related or not but when you have "touch sounds" enabled the volume of the touch sound differs greatly occasionally. Sometimes it's like half the normal volume. It's very inconsistent too. These things might be related.

Also.... issue.
I am Also having issue.
I thought my volume got small after update but......
the phone is hard time choosing ear speaker or louad spaeker at bottom when I try to play music or video.....
Sad......
I also hate hissing sound coming from loud speaker whenever I press link or icon or appp... arrrrrggg

xtreme sound mod
here is the answer:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2704371

dannejanne said:
This thing just re-appeared over night. So I missed the alarm this morning because of it as the sound level was terribly low. Reboot and volumes are back to normal. This seems like a nasty bug.
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Actually when the sound is playing from ear piece, you could just drag the Notification bar and switch between Notification and Quick Setting. I know sounds ridiculous but it works without restart.

Related

Defective microphone

Got my Pebble (not Metallic...) Blue SG3 yesterday but had to return it for repair today, because the microphone was faulty. About half of what I said during a conversation would be capped off, so it was pretty useless for calls.
According to my carrier they had not experienced this before, but we've all heard that one before right..
Did anybody else here experience this problem with their SG3?
Hello,
Turn off the noise reduction after all are OK.
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privategun69 said:
Hello,
Turn off the noise reduction after all are OK.
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Thanks!
I did however already return it for repair, so lets see what they do with it. If I'm lucky they'll update it to xxalf2 which should also do the trick, without removing the noise reduction.
I'll update the post when I get it back!
Where do you turn off noise reduction? I as welll am having mic problems.
People say that I sound as if I am in a well.
vikeor said:
Where do you turn off noise reduction? I as welll am having mic problems.
People say that I sound as if I am in a well.
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From the dialer, noise reduction is in call settings > additional settings
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Isadora said:
From the dialer, noise reduction is in call settings > additional settings
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Excellent tip. Everytime i would ring someone, they would tell me it sounded like i was talking down a pipe, and that my voice was muffled.
Changing this setting fixed my problem, and now calls are crystal clear.
Cheers.
OzzY
BTW...love my Galaxy S3
vikeor said:
Where do you turn off noise reduction? I as welll am having mic problems.
People say that I sound as if I am in a well.
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I had the same thing.. ppl telling me I sound like I was in a well .. Anyway, problem disapeared after turning off the noise reduction opt like privategun69 said.
I also have the same issue. But when i go to uncheck the box I am not allowed to do so. I see it is checked but with light green colour and i cannot uncheck it. Any suggestions?
I am not rooted, does this affect?
sirgab said:
I also have the same issue. But when i go to uncheck the box I am not allowed to do so. I see it is checked but with light green colour and i cannot uncheck it. Any suggestions?
I am not rooted, does this affect?
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are you using your headset? remove it and try
I managed to uncheck it thanks to this ( i had to uncheck it DURING a call)
Unfortunatelly there is no difference (checked or unchecked...). The problem is still there.... THEY HAVE TO SOLVE IT.After all its a PHONE
Do you think is hardware or software?
Shall i send it back or wait for un update that may fix it?
so my first night i had major problems with this issue, turned out i was covering the mic which was oppisite of my galaxy 1/2 and after figuring that out it fixed me XD
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Mic was indeed defective
Hi,
Got my phone back a while ago, but it was a new unit since they could not repair it.
Guess we'll never know what was wrong, but based on the fact that they swaped it for a new one, it was probably not software related.
About microphone problem: SOLVED
Just get new rom upgraded (stock) and it solved I9300XXLFB
maharajah12 said:
About microphone problem: SOLVED
Just get new rom upgraded (stock) and it solved I9300XXLFB
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I'm not so lucky it seems. I found out about the noise reduction option myself, it didn't really help. The other day I got a new update (the same as quoted), and it's still bad...
Help..

[Q] Phone calls sometimes noisy and hissing

After searching this forum and Google in general and not finding any answer to this issue (probably since I'm using the wrong search terms - sorry, English is not my native language), I hope I'm not bothering with my problem here...
Every now and then, the call quality is incredibly poor.
I hear things extremely overamplified, voices sound like really loud, clanking tin cans. It's totally unacceptable and annoying.
Sometimes it happens, most of the times calls are perfectly clear though.
I tried to find out what kind of circumstances these bad calls have in common but didn't find anything.
It can happen when I have poor or great signal.
It happens with all numbers I dial.
Usually, it happens when I call somebody. But I also had it happen when I received a call.
Sometimes a reboot fixes this issue. But not all the time.
And quite often, I dial a random service number a few times until the noise is gone, then I can call people normally again. For a while.
I cancelled noise suppression and amplification - it doesn't make a difference.
I lower and raise the volume - nothing changes.
Funny thing is that I can tell from a symbol on the display that the next call is gonna be screwed up so basically, my Galaxy appears to be aware that something's not OK sometimes.
I would love to post a screenshot but unfortunately, the forum doesn't let me yet.
Basically, the icon looks like a crossed out fever chart.
Any ideas how to fix this?
Cheers
Alex
Really nobody?
Not Understanding Enough about it.
Have u rebooted ur phone ?
usmann090 said:
Not Understanding Enough about it.
Have u rebooted ur phone ?
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Sure. But I can't reproduce the problem.
Sometimes a boot fixes it for a while, sometimes the problem still exists even after rebooting.
Post screen shots if possible.
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Post screen shots if possible.
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I wish I could.
Unfortunately, I am not even allowed to post links on this board.

Speaker has very low volume

Hi guys,
First of all I am not talking about main speaker which you listen music, this one is working great. I am talking about the one you listen when you talk.
So that speaker on my Evo 3d is on very low volume when speaking to someone. I can barely hear other people even though I maxed out volume using side buttons. Now if it's very quiet around, I can hear normally, but otherwise it's very hard to hear.
Any ideas what it may be? Is it possible for some reason this mic broke? Maybe there are any mic booster apps or something like that?
Cheers
Flashed another radio ROM and still very very low and unclear volume on speaker even on maxed. Any ideas what it may be?
Kblavkalash said:
Flashed another radio ROM and still very very low and unclear volume on speaker even on maxed. Any ideas what it may be?
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I think it's a hardware problem. As time passes, dust, sweat and all kinds of filth go through the little protecting net making your speaker membrane unable to move as it should.
donkeykong1 said:
I think it's a hardware problem. As time passes, dust, sweat and all kinds of filth go through the little protecting net making your speaker membrane unable to move as it should.
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So what are the options? I need to bring phone to service? :crying:
Unfortunately, yes. But do one thing first - flash sense ROM and see if the sound is better. Your sig says you're on CM 10, they have a bug similar to your problem.
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donkeykong1 said:
Unfortunately, yes. But do one thing first - flash sense ROM and see if the sound is better. Your sig says you're on CM 10, they have a bug similar to your problem.
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Tried several different roms but still same problem. Wonder why did this speaker break...

[Z3][4.4][SOUNDMOD]Both speakers on incoming call + headphones boost

Thanks to @DennisDD78 for the first file and yet again giving me the heads-up about a new device released
I'll make it quick and easy.
There are 2 versions now:
1. Just stereo
2. stereo w/ headphones boost
First one will enable both speakers on loudspeaker mode on incoming call and the second version will additionally boost headphones output (louder headphones)
Of course, as always, there will be no quality loss at all caused by this!
Firmware 23.0.A.2.93
Just stereo
Stereo w/ headphones boost
Enjoy!
olokos said:
Thanks to @DennisDD78 for the first file and yet again giving me the heads-up about a new device released
I'll make it quick and easy.
There are 2 versions now:
1. Just stereo
2. stereo w/ headphones boost
First one will enable both speakers on loudspeaker mode on incoming call and the second version will additionally boost headphones output (louder headphones)
Of course, as always, there will be no quality loss at all caused by this!
Firmware 23.0.A.2.93
Just stereo
Stereo w/ headphones boost
Enjoy!
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Well, thank you very much for your speed, but no, man, there`s still only one speaker when call I`m afraid Sony changed something, what exactly, i don`t know, but the fact is the only one speaker playing
With the Z2 mod same thing. Sound is working, but only one speaker as default.
DennisDD78 said:
Well, thank you very much for your speed, but no, man, there`s still only one speaker when call I`m afraid Sony changed something, what exactly, i don`t know, but the fact is the only one speaker playing
With the Z2 mod same thing. Sound is working, but only one speaker as default.
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Please send me mixer_paths_auxpcm and mixer_profiles.
olokos said:
Please send me mixer_paths_auxpcm and mixer_profiles.
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Maybe media_profiles, not mixer_profiles, cos i didn`t found last one.
All i found is in attachment!
Thank you!
PS Sorry for the delay it was the night time at my local area
will you be covering the D6633 model as well with this mod? it has a different firmware then what is listed in OP.
Shudder123 said:
will you be covering the D6633 model as well with this mod? it has a different firmware then what is listed in OP.
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I can. I need mixer_paths.xml from /system/etc of that device to do that
Do you need root to install this?
Shudder123 said:
will you be covering the D6633 model as well with this mod? it has a different firmware then what is listed in OP.
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So, does it work on 6633 ?
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alghorabi said:
Do you need root to install this?
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Yes, of course, this mod needs root, but it does`n work now, something changed in software by Sony engineers, old method that worked on Z2 doesn`t work on Z3 yet, need to research this question...
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So, does it work on 6633 ?
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Yes, of course, this mod needs root, but it does`n work now, something changed in software by Sony engineers, old method that worked on Z2 doesn`t work on Z3 yet, need to research this question...
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I dont have my D6633 yet. still awaiting it. There are a few on this forum that already have theirs so will have to see
olokos, by the way, not only one speaker playind instead of stereo after applying mod, headphonws boost doesn`t work too. Seems like changes in file doesn`t take any effect, but all the permissions a re right, and file is rewrited.
DennisDD78 said:
olokos, by the way, not only one speaker playind instead of stereo after applying mod, headphonws boost doesn`t work too. Seems like changes in file doesn`t take any effect, but all the permissions a re right, and file is rewrited.
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Please try flashing v6 mod from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2822691
BIG UPDATE v9 [YKG]True Real Xperia Z3 Files Pure Stereo Sound
Make a backuo first!
You really think this mod can bring stereo on call? I just cab't get, which version should i flash???
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DennisDD78 said:
You really think this mod can bring stereo on call? I just cab't get, which version should i flash???
Sent from my D6603 using XDA Free mobile app
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V10. Let me know how it went. Maybe it will work. It's worth trying.
I`m not sure i want to flash this mod There are so many changes is system audio, besides, this is the mod for Z1, not sure would it work on Z3
DennisDD78 said:
I`m not sure i want to flash this mod There are so many changes is system audio, besides, this is the mod for Z1, not sure would it work on Z3
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Just make sure you take a backup first and you'll be fine. Although it's for Z1 the actual audio driver is from ZUltra.
My notifications play out both the top and bottom speakers. D6603 in the UK.
PLENTY LOUD! I don't understand. Are you guys using another variant?
subhani said:
My notifications play out both the top and bottom speakers. D6603 in the UK.
PLENTY LOUD! I don't understand. Are you guys using another variant?
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Lol, thanks a lot for the report.
subhani said:
My notifications play out both the top and bottom speakers. D6603 in the UK.
PLENTY LOUD! I don't understand. Are you guys using another variant?
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Mine is D6603, Unlocked from Carphone, on o2, Build 23.0.a.2.105, and notifications are quiet and through one speaker. Music plays through both and is loud and clear.
Jonathan-H said:
Mine is D6603, Unlocked from Carphone, on o2, Build 23.0.a.2.105, and notifications are quiet and through one speaker. Music plays through both and is loud and clear.
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That is weird. ALL my ringtones and notifications are dual speaker. I got mine from Clove.
Jonathan-H said:
Mine is D6603, Unlocked from Carphone, on o2, Build 23.0.a.2.105, and notifications are quiet and through one speaker. Music plays through both and is loud and clear.
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You haven't flashed this, did you?
subhani said:
That is weird. ALL my ringtones and notifications are dual speaker. I got mine from Clove.
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After flashing, right?

Calls dropping out

On my Verizon LG G3 sometimes people I am talking to complain that it sounds like I am getting far away and then they can not hear me for a second before the audio for them comes back. When I researched this other people with the Verizon G3 have had this issue and I am wondering now that custom recovery can be flashed, will custom roms/kernals fix this issue? it seems like there is something off with the noise cancellation and that is why it cuts out if not held just the right way.
Having the same issue, wondering the same thing.. Hope it'll 'get fixed' though.
I upgraded using the Best Buy method to keep my UDP. Anybody no if it ok now to then going into Best Buy and try to warranty the phone or go Into Verizon for a new sim card?
blueis300 said:
I upgraded using the Best Buy method to keep my UDP. Anybody no if it ok now to then going into Best Buy and try to warranty the phone or go Into Verizon for a new sim card?
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What problems u having
Same problem here. Have found no solution so far...
Only started happening to me when they started rolling out VOLTE in my area.
I have always had it. Drives me nuts, but it's just hear and there. More annoying than anything I guess. Figured coming from T-Mobile it would be better voice. Boy was I wrong....
I disabled two items like call enhancement and background noise suppression or something like that and in call audio
issues went Away. I froze all vzw apps and lots of others and was thinking the combo may have been issue
rp201 said:
I disabled two items like call enhancement and background noise suppression or something like that and in call audio
issues went Away. I froze all vzw apps and lots of others and was thinking the combo may have been issue
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How were you able to do that?
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How were you able to do that?
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G3 tool box call call tweaks uncheck noise suppression
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Settings call call enhancement is unchecked
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rp201 said:
I disabled two items like call enhancement and background noise suppression or something like that and in call audio
issues went Away. I froze all vzw apps and lots of others and was thinking the combo may have been issue
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I have voice enhancement unchecked but,I don't have an option for background noise suppression/cancellation. Is that an extra option that you need root to access? My solution for this issue is to sell my g3 and switch to a new phone.
[6303156]I disabled two items like call enhancement and background noise suppression or something like that and in call audio
issues went Away. I froze all vzw apps and lots of others and was thinking the combo may have been issue[/QUOTE]
rp201 said:
G3 tool box call call tweaks uncheck noise suppression
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Settings call call enhancement is unchecked
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I might have to root my g3 and try this. My note 4 is getting delivered tomorrow but if this works for my phone I might have to return the note 4. Do you have problems on your calls now with background noise coming through making people you are talking to able to hear that noise easily now?
G3 toolbox in play store. Not sure if that setting needs root. Not sure if you need xposed for g3 toolbox module. Not sure if you u need donation g3 toolbox. Sounds more like hardware defect....but I'm not a doctor. G3 lifer here.
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I also found people saying same if I did not hold phone flat and tight to my face
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G3 toolbox in play store. Not sure if that setting needs root. Not sure if you need xposed for g3 toolbox module. Not sure if you u need donation g3 toolbox. Sounds more like hardware defect....but I'm not a doctor. G3 lifer here.
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I also found people saying same if I did not hold phone flat and tight to my face
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Well I was able to install g3 tweakbox without root and saw the noise cancellation item and it was unchecked already. Not sure if it was because I was not rooted and maybe if i root and install exposed that when I go in it would be checked off for noise cancellation so that I could then disable it.

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