[QUESTION] [H990] [V10i][DIRTYSANTA] [SUPERSU] Which Audio Booster root? - LG V20 Themes, Apps, and Mods

Hello everyone, I have a problem on which audio enhancement to use? I tried to install Viper4Android_FX_v2505_A7.x_Nougat_IO_test_fix.apk, but it does not install the necessary drivers, my problem is that I use Spotify and the sound is very simple, I would need to strengthen the bass a little bit, I have the B&O headphones.
Thanks

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the best audio package by far is A.R.I.S.E.
I use magisk, but it should work with SuperSU too.
You need to have busybox installed to /system/xbin for Viper4Arise to work properly.
When you flash the ARISE package the first time, it will drop a file "arise_customize.conf" into /sdcard
This is what you use to customize which ARISE modules you want to be installed when you flash the ARISE installer the second time.
I have attached the arise_customize.conf file that I use, and know works very well on LG-V20.
For many reasons, though, I recommend looking into switching to magisk over supersu.
After you have busybox installed properly, and after you have Viper4ARISE flashed properly with the customize file used, there is a module in the magisk app repository "universal_deep_buffer_remover".. this is the ONLY thing I have found that correctly removes the deep buffer without breaking the HIFI dac on the V20.
(you can also easily install busybox from the magisk manager app too, although I recommend flashing that module from recovery first. You may need to play with that its triicky. Install from recovery and/or from within the magisk manager app.)
it should go without saying that before you start installing this you will need to remove any other audio mods that you have installed previously, or the best bet being reflash your ROM to get a fresh start.

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syndre said:
the best audio package by far is A.R.I.S.E.
I use magisk, but it should work with SuperSU too.
You need to have busybox installed to /system/xbin for Viper4Arise to work properly.
When you flash the ARISE package the first time, it will drop a file "arise_customize.conf" into /sdcard
This is what you use to customize which ARISE modules you want to be installed when you flash the ARISE installer the second time.
I have attached the arise_customize.conf file that I use, and know works very well on LG-V20.
For many reasons, though, I recommend looking into switching to magisk over supersu.
After you have busybox installed properly, and after you have Viper4ARISE flashed properly with the customize file used, there is a module in the magisk app repository "universal_deep_buffer_remover".. this is the ONLY thing I have found that correctly removes the deep buffer without breaking the HIFI dac on the V20.
(you can also easily install busybox from the magisk manager app too, although I recommend flashing that module from recovery first. You may need to play with that its triicky. Install from recovery and/or from within the magisk manager app.)
it should go without saying that before you start installing this you will need to remove any other audio mods that you have installed previously, or the best bet being reflash your ROM to get a fresh start.
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You forgot to attach the file
Looking forward to it, I've always used Viper and never heard of this one, I'm eager to try it.

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UL7RA said:
You forgot to attach the file
Looking forward to it, I've always used Viper and never heard of this one, I'm eager to try it.
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so sorry, my fault
I did attach the file but I didn't see that it rejected the .prop extension, I edited that first post with it uploaded as a text file, same file is attached here too. Remove the .txt and put it on /sdcard
If you open the file and change the install core to =true, you will only have to flash the arise zip once (instead of letting it place that customize.prop file on SD card the first time around).

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syndre said:
so sorry, my fault
I did attach the file but I didn't see that it rejected the .prop extension, I edited that first post with it uploaded as a text file, same file is attached here too. Remove the .txt and put it on /sdcard
If you open the file and change the install core to =true, you will only have to flash the arise zip once (instead of letting it place that customize.prop file on SD card the first time around).
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Unfortunately, I believe not much of ARISE works on my H990DS, as the first time I flashed using your prop file, I got arkamys audio to continuously force close. Uninstalled it by editing the prop file, reboot. Tried opening Dolby Atmos, force close. I guess I'm left with Viper, which I've had before anyway. I'm on magisk, if that matters, but I saw that the magisk compatibility was set to true.

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UL7RA said:
Unfortunately, I believe not much of ARISE works on my H990DS, as the first time I flashed using your prop file, I got arkamys audio to continuously force close. Uninstalled it by editing the prop file, reboot. Tried opening Dolby Atmos, force close. I guess I'm left with Viper, which I've had before anyway. I'm on magisk, if that matters, but I saw that the magisk compatibility was set to true.
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If you're using SuperSU the only other thing that I could think of would be making sure BusyBox is installed
In the future if something like that is force closing you can either just freeze the application or delete the app folder in system partition using recovery.
If you haven't yet tried flashing your ROM again, letting boot up and sit for a few minutes, then flash busybox and arise again on a fresh ROM installation, that is definitely something to try.
I'm just curious, is there a reason why you prefer SuperSU over magisk?
I use the BusyBox flashable installer made by as from here. He's got lots of other neat things on that thread to!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239421
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syndre said:
If you're using SuperSU the only other thing that I could think of would be making sure BusyBox is installed
In the future if something like that is force closing you can either just freeze the application or delete the app folder in system partition using recovery.
If you haven't yet tried flashing your ROM again, letting boot up and sit for a few minutes, then flash busybox and arise again on a fresh ROM installation, that is definitely something to try.
I'm just curious, is there a reason why you prefer SuperSU over magisk?
I use the BusyBox flashable installer made by as from here. He's got lots of other neat things on that thread to!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239421
Sent from my LG V20 using XDA Labs
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No, I'm not using SuperSU, I'm on Magisk (14.0). You might have missed when I said that. BusyBox is installed and running fine, and I managed to fix everything by flashing the ARISE zip, but with a modified prop file.

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UL7RA said:
No, I'm not using SuperSU, I'm on Magisk (14.0). You might have missed when I said that. BusyBox is installed and running fine, and I managed to fix everything by flashing the ARISE zip, but with a modified prop file.
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ahh ok, yeah misunderstood that you got it going
great
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Hello, thanks for replying ... I installed my system again with MagiskSU, but when I installed ARISE, I could not understand how to install it ... I downloaded the MAGNUS OPUS package and tried to flash with the TWP, and there was ERROR 1, I put both your "arise_customize.prop" in my sdcard (/sdcard/arise_customize.prop) and what is in the ARISE forum, but without success ...
let's go to the beginning ... first I install MagiskSU, then BusyBox, then I put the file on sdcard? and then try to install? that's what i did
what am I doing wrong?
Thanks for the cooperation

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pkrename said:
Hello, thanks for replying ... I installed my system again with MagiskSU, but when I installed ARISE, I could not understand how to install it ... I downloaded the MAGNUS OPUS package and tried to flash with the TWP, and there was ERROR 1, I put both your "arise_customize.prop" in my sdcard (/sdcard/arise_customize.prop) and what is in the ARISE forum, but without success ...
let's go to the beginning ... first I install MagiskSU, then BusyBox, then I put the file on sdcard? and then try to install? that's what i did
what am I doing wrong?
Thanks for the cooperation
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The order I flash those things is first the ROM (if your ROM has any audio mods included as separate zips in the main rom zip, most modded stock roms do this, remove that. Either delete any viper or dolby zips from the main rom zip, or comment out the libes that install them in the update-script FIRST).
Second I flash busybox, it should say "installng to /system/xbin".
Third I flash Magisk. The current latest version is v14.5 and I can confirm it works n my V20.
After that, I boot into the rom and let it up the stock audio configuration to and confirm that you have sound working initially. After it settles down for a few minutes, I go back into recovery and then flash the arise zip.
The first time you flash ARISE, it checks to see if the customize prop file is present on/ sdcard and if it is it will use those options. If the customize file is not present the only thing it will do is install the core part of ARISE, and it will place that customize.prop file onto /sdcard for you. If that happens you'll get a message saying so, instructing you to edit it to select which modules you want. The customize.prop file I attached is what I use, you don't necessarily have to use those exact settings, you can choose what you want and play around with it and see what works. Trial and error is a way of life doing these mods.
Flashing the same ARISE zip a second time once you edited the prop file to your liking will install what you choose instead of just the core files.
Reboot back into your ROM and open the magisk manager app. You'll notice there is a module there for ARISE compatibility. At this point your equalizer apps should be functioning, but only for local media files. To get the sound to process through the Viper equalizer using streaming music you need to remove the deep audio buffer. Magisk manager allows you to do this very easily by just downloading the universal deep audio remover module from the repository in magisk manager.
While you're at this point, it's a good idea to also download and install the BusyBox module from the magisk manager app too. You can install the magisk BusyBox module on top of what you already flashed in recovery, thats how I do it. If there's any conflicting files the magisk module takes priority. If anything, doing this gives me the peace of mind that BusyBox is for sure installed correctly.
After installing the BusyBox and deep buffer remover modules from the magisk manager app, reboot and that should be it! The only thing you need to do now to take your already amazing DAC to the next level is adjust the equalizer settings to what you like. This is a never ending quest to make whatever youre listening to sound perfect. Frustrating but fun at the same time.
Of course there are a ton of things that could go wrong, each case seems to be different, so there's no way to let you know what to do before a problem shows up.
Try that and let me know how it goes. Good Luck!

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syndre said:
The order I flash those things is first the ROM (if your ROM has any audio mods included as separate zips in the main rom zip, most modded stock roms do this, remove that. Either delete any viper or dolby zips from the main rom zip, or comment out the libes that install them in the update-script FIRST).
Second I flash busybox, it should say "installng to /system/xbin".
Third I flash Magisk. The current latest version is v14.5 and I can confirm it works n my V20.
After that, I boot into the rom and let it up the stock audio configuration to and confirm that you have sound working initially. After it settles down for a few minutes, I go back into recovery and then flash the arise zip.
The first time you flash ARISE, it checks to see if the customize prop file is present on/ sdcard and if it is it will use those options. If the customize file is not present the only thing it will do is install the core part of ARISE, and it will place that customize.prop file onto /sdcard for you. If that happens you'll get a message saying so, instructing you to edit it to select which modules you want. The customize.prop file I attached is what I use, you don't necessarily have to use those exact settings, you can choose what you want and play around with it and see what works. Trial and error is a way of life doing these mods.
Flashing the same ARISE zip a second time once you edited the prop file to your liking will install what you choose instead of just the core files.
Reboot back into your ROM and open the magisk manager app. You'll notice there is a module there for ARISE compatibility. At this point your equalizer apps should be functioning, but only for local media files. To get the sound to process through the Viper equalizer using streaming music you need to remove the deep audio buffer. Magisk manager allows you to do this very easily by just downloading the universal deep audio remover module from the repository in magisk manager.
While you're at this point, it's a good idea to also download and install the BusyBox module from the magisk manager app too. You can install the magisk BusyBox module on top of what you already flashed in recovery, thats how I do it. If there's any conflicting files the magisk module takes priority. If anything, doing this gives me the peace of mind that BusyBox is for sure installed correctly.
After installing the BusyBox and deep buffer remover modules from the magisk manager app, reboot and that should be it! The only thing you need to do now to take your already amazing DAC to the next level is adjust the equalizer settings to what you like. This is a never ending quest to make whatever youre listening to sound perfect. Frustrating but fun at the same time.
Of course there are a ton of things that could go wrong, each case seems to be different, so there's no way to let you know what to do before a problem shows up.
Try that and let me know how it goes. Good Luck!
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Great Tutorial... but... in my phone... (H990DS) with custom root by DirtySanta, the Magisk v14.5 make this device no boot... does it work with version 14.0?

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I have a LS997 and also see dirty santa. I run Schwifty's kernel, if that is of any interest to you.
Yes, v14 will be fine to use.

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This is for anyone doing audio mods, check out sauron ainur audio, it's a Russian team that figured out a new/better way to mod devices,, (any variant) I've tried bout everything, and it is way better than arise, guitarded hero even chimed in on the forum and credited them as the real deal and not a poser basically, the bass is much tighter and puncher and tunable, must have magisk and u can have other mods along with it e.g.--v4a, James dsp, Arkamys, Dirac, etc. Read the thread!!! And it's easier to install. It will/is change android modding imo.

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I was able to do it, but I only managed to release it on my device after upgrading to version 14.5... in version 14 it did not run... I did all the steps as it happened in my tutorial and now it is running the perfect V4A !! Thank you syndre was a great help!

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I used to think arise was best, all magisk users should try sauron ainur audio mod, the only one I got to activate is the mk II beta 8. Easy to install if you follow directions and can use viper and other mods with it, they found a new way to do audio mods that's changing the game for audio it just ain't well known yet, read the thread, guitarded hero chimes in and validates them as the real deal and I can say it is awesome, tighter bass, clearer w/less congestion from non working/compatible ports. Message me if you need help or have general questions. Can be tricky to learn, (me anyway since I just started using magisk). Russian team I believe, try it out, good luck.
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Beta 8 was only one i could get to activate quad dac, wanted to correct that, but the versions without dac activated still sound better than other mods with dac working, it's that good. Imo the bass is way more tunable and precise, and punchier which is important to me.