[Q] Edit/Disable headphones specific eq presets for MDR NC31E - Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello! I need help with modifying the stock sony ROM 4.4.4 or 5.
In one of the updates Sony introduced headphones profiles (menu in audio settings). One of them is for noise-cancelling Sony MDR NC31E. However, I hate that preset. The problem is that if I set it to "general", the noise-cancelling wont work.
I would like to disable system wide equalizer changes this profile enables, but keep noise cancelling active. The best way will be to partly rewrite it with "general" preset maybe? Can I do so? Where should I look for files responsible for those settings?
Right now I'm still on 4.4.4, but soon switch to 5.0.2

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[Q] help to remove xloud and stock sound effects

hello guys, i would like to remove sony integrated xloud, normalizer and other stock sound effects, and i'm planning to use viper4android.
is there a way to do that? i mean, i'm now at .757 stock based ROM with doomkernel v15, and of course it's rooted, and UBL.
i don't plan to use any cm or custom based roms, coz i don't want to lose xperia keyboard and "small-apps" features.
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Delete SoundEnhancement.apk and SoundEnhancement.odex from /system/app and reboot.
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done that, but all songs still sound like a bunch of hissing snakes, too much treble, typical sony equalizer.
been trying friend's z ultra with carbon rom, songs sound much much better even without viper4android installed, good mid ends/ clear vocals
i'm sure my device's speaker is not damaged.
if you guys have ipad or iphone, try listening some musics or videos on it with the built-in speakers, then compare them to ZU stock, that's my point, more natural sound.
tukulll said:
done that, but all songs still sound like a bunch of hissing snakes, too much treble, typical sony equalizer.
been trying friend's z ultra with carbon rom, songs sound much much better even without viper4android installed, good mid ends/ clear vocals
i'm sure my device's speaker is not damaged.
if you guys have ipad or iphone, try listening some musics or videos on it with the built-in speakers, then compare them to ZU stock, that's my point, more natural sound.
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Oh, that's the Clear Phase option. Disable it, enable xLOUD, crank the bass up and set the sound mode to studio. That's what I've done and it sounds good*. You still won't get "good" audio through the external speakers though, since the Ultra is 6mm thick. I'm very happy with the audio quality through headphones though.
*not an audiophile

[Q] How to use Tasker to change ClearAudio+ setting on/off on Xperia Z2?

As you might have experienced, when ClearAudio+ is on, phone call quality drops down (voice clarity wise), while I noticed it really improves the music listening experience.
When I heard about Tasker app I installed MAINLY to find a way to turn off ClearAudio+ when I receive a call and then its turned on back again after call ends (the first part is the most important part).
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Viper4Android car audio

I have a RoadNavi S160 (Android) installed as a head unit in my car, stock speakers + undearseat subwoofer ( Connected to the rear speakers ). I have flashed the unit with rooted Kotix ROM which has a preinstalled V4A.
I've managed to get it to work with PowerAmp, but thats where it ends...
1. Which settings shoulld i be working with? (headset? speaker? bluetooth? USB? - or all of them? )
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Can you use PowerAMP (the app itself?)
If yes! Well Poweramp uses something called "DirectMusicControl" so it will only use PowerAmp no matter what you set in Viper4Android!
Go to settings --> Audio --> Enhanced Settings (in my case the last point on Audio) --> First Entry is the "DirectVolumeControl"
Klick the box so it's unticked and play some music with poweramp while you open up Viper and set everything to your liking!
WARNING: Maybe you should reset ViperSettings to default if possible not that you blow away speakers
Thanks for the reply!
I have already managed to get those two to work together and since posting my initial question I've figured out the way to use the IRS's ( turns out I copied a folder full of files into the kernel, instead of extracting just the files into the existing kernel folder ).
But I must say that I am struggling to get it working as well as it probably can.
The settings within the "headset" tab seem to have no effect whatsoever, and only the settings from the "speaker" tab seem to make a difference.
Having said that, no matter what IRS I use, it just sounds wrong ( too quite, too loud, not enough bass or too much bass )
Thinking about it - is there a way to default v4a to set parameters within the headset tab instead of the speaker?
This would enable me to have a greater controll ( and possibly sort my issues ) over bass, clarity etc.?
Thanks
Patrick050289 said:
Thinking about it - is there a way to default v4a to set parameters within the headset tab instead of the speaker?
This would enable me to have a greater controll ( and possibly sort my issues ) over bass, clarity etc.?
Thanks
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go to headseat tab, in setting (3dot at upper left at v4a 2.4.0) choose lock effect mode headset

Equalizers dropping volume, is there a fix?

Hi everyone, as stupid as it sounds, after many years of using android I just noticed that using equalizers ( and i've tried many of them ) causes the volume to drop. I have discovered that this is standard behaviour since android lowers everything by -6dB to avoid clipping when setting frequencies to +6dB.
Since my phone can't really drive my headphones much, is there a way to bypass this behaviour without using apps or rooting the phone?
Note that the maximum Volume is limited by the hardware. So the only way to have equalizing at maximum Volume is to lower the overall volume. You may be able to work around this by using an audio player that ships its own audio library or has an amplification function. Maybe BlackPlayer works. Note that this will only change the behavior of the music player and that you may experience clipping.
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The thing is that the stock presets inclued for example in my JBL Headphones app work fine, but as soon as i try to modify one of them the volume drops. This is true for other equalizers too, for example the stock samsung one. It has something to do with how the personalization is handled i guess.
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