Cingular 8525 Volume Hack

[Cheekz185]

I was looking around the forums and find a couple spots on how to increase the volume while u are talking on the phone. Unfortunately i cant find the entries in the registry. Does any1 know how to increase the volume gain for the Cingular 8525? Much Help is appreciated!

Here is what i found:


Fix low volume issue

The volume issue has 2 fixes, 1 permanent and 1 temporary.
If you disable the startup animation (see below) it permanently fixes the volume problem.

If you like the animation you can leave it, but you have to put your phone in sleep mode then bring it out of sleep mode after every reboot.

\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Volume
add: DWord value name = volume
value data = 4294967295

then press power (sleep) wait 10 sec and press power again.
Disable/change the startup animation or sound

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\StartupAnimation

Enabled - change from 1 to 0 to turn everything off and permanently fix the volume issue.

You can also customize the animated boot up by deleting or changing 2 keys. (Doing this does not fix the volume issue)
Delete the WAVFile Key to remove the sound only.
Delete the GIFFile Key to remove the animation only.
Put your own .GIF file or .WAV file on the phone and rewrite the 2 keys (WAVFile GIFFile) to the new file location. i.e. \My Documents\Files\?CustomAnimation.gif

[wpbear]

I was looking around the forums and find a couple spots on how to increase the volume while u are talking on the phone. Unfortunately i cant find the entries in the registry. Does any1 know how to increase the volume gain for the Cingular 8525? Much Help is appreciated!

That is specific to the new cingular ROM. I will look into overall loudness though, but the 8525 is pretty loud already.

[Cheekz185]

I just picked up the phone last week...i love it except for me the volume it too low!

Here is my Device Information:

ROM Version 1.30.502.1
Radio Version: 1.16.00.00

It seems really old compared to what the rest of you have.... What is the different between flashing the ROM and Radio?

[MonkeyK]

I just spin the scroll wheel up and it gets plenty loud.

[wpbear]

I just picked up the phone last week...i love it except for me the volume it too low!

Here is my Device Information:

ROM Version 1.30.502.1
Radio Version: 1.16.00.00

It seems really old compared to what the rest of you have.... What is the different between flashing the ROM and Radio?

Did you buy it new at a Real store since you should have

ROM Version 1.34.502.1 Dated 09/21/06
Radio Version: 1.16.00.00

At the minimum.

Anything newer than 1.34.502.1 is since we like to try new test ROMS

Your version was a pre-release ROM from Cingular.

[RabanJr]

I have an 8525 with the new Cingular 2.06 rom. I disable the start up in the registry and when I soft reset it enables itsel again.

Allan

[eagle 1]

I have an 8525 with the new Cingular 2.06 rom. I disable the start up in the registry and when I soft reset it enables itsel again.

Allan

You need to read about making sure your registry changes are being saved before you reset. Search the forum, but here's a quick overview

Make registry changes
turn off device
wait ten seconds
turn on and then reset

or reset using software reset like pocket plus or similar

[wpbear]

I have an 8525 with the new Cingular 2.06 rom. I disable the start up in the registry and when I soft reset it enables itsel again.

Allan

Did you try to stop the sound and not the splash screen? It did that to me so I turned off the entire boot splash and sound. It stuck then and now just shows Green WM splash while booting.

[RabanJr]

It worked!!! I just did this reg change and the sleep and wait 10 sec and turn back on and reset.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\StartupAnimation

Now what does the following key change do?

\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Volume
add: DWord value name = volume
value data = 4294967295

is it for the ear in call volume, and what does it do?

Thanks.


Allan

[PhonePhun]

I would like to know what that does too. I did change that value and I don't think I see a difference.

[benfica88]

Worked great. Thanks!!!

[ieh]

Are these hacks specific to certain ROM versions? I have the HTC ROMs and tried these and i still find the volume to be low. I had the original iMate (Himalaya) then the Prophet now Hermes.

Of all three, the Himalaya had incall volume close to a normal phone. Since then i found the Prophet to be way lower. A ROM upgrade helped slightly. I thought my dissatisfaction with this would end with the Hermes purchase but i think the incall volume level is even lower than the Prophet!!!

I can't believe i'm the only one with this impression. Volume levels can be a bit subjective so i'm not sure how easy it is to compare with others. But if for instance you hold the device at a couple of feet away from your ear (less than an arms length) and replay a voice mail message at full volume, can you hear that there is any audio coming out of the device? Even in a relatively quiet room, just TV playing quietly in the background i can 't tell.

Someone with a Razr or any normal phone can be heard (other party on line) from many feet away at max volume.

This is my one o/s issue with this device. The speakerphone vol is much better than the Prophet and is quite good.
Anyone found a real universal solution for ths incall volume issue yet?

first using HERM200 with
ROM 1.18.255.3
Date 07/22/06
Radio 1.16.00.00
Ext ROM 1.18.255.106


then updated on Mar 26 2007 to
ROM 2.11.255.1
Date 03/07/07
Radio 1.38.00.10
ExtROM 2.11.255.102

[jonty_11]

I tried removing the WAV file from teh registry to mute the startup animation...But it comes right back.

I am using Total Command Registry editor...Is tehre something I need to do to save teh setting...there is no way to save using Total Commander...help appreciated.

[jonty_11]

I tried removing the WAV file from teh registry to mute the startup animation...But it comes right back.

I am using Total Command Registry editor...Is tehre something I need to do to save teh setting...there is no way to save using Total Commander...help appreciated.
OK...so I had to disable the StartupAnimation key also...that is turn it to "0" and then theere was no sound..the GIF still flashes on startup...but no sound....Mannnn the sound was irritatin...

[intrglctcrevfnk]

I have found that the best way to get the loudest incall volume is to put/make sure that setacousticparam is in the rom.

Here's the link to the thread where i put detailed instructions and the required files to add it to any rom you want...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=328450&highlight=setacoustic



go to page 5...it's the super long post with attached files..:D

[Smokey80015]

I was looking around the forums and find a couple spots on how to increase the volume while u are talking on the phone. Unfortunately i cant find the entries in the registry. Does any1 know how to increase the volume gain for the Cingular 8525? Much Help is appreciated!

Here is what i found:


Fix low volume issue

The volume issue has 2 fixes, 1 permanent and 1 temporary.
If you disable the startup animation (see below) it permanently fixes the volume problem.

If you like the animation you can leave it, but you have to put your phone in sleep mode then bring it out of sleep mode after every reboot.

\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Volume
add: DWord value name = volume
value data = 4294967295

then press power (sleep) wait 10 sec and press power again.
Disable/change the startup animation or sound

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\StartupAnimation

Enabled - change from 1 to 0 to turn everything off and permanently fix the volume issue.

You can also customize the animated boot up by deleting or changing 2 keys. (Doing this does not fix the volume issue)
Delete the WAVFile Key to remove the sound only.
Delete the GIFFile Key to remove the animation only.
Put your own .GIF file or .WAV file on the phone and rewrite the 2 keys (WAVFile GIFFile) to the new file location. i.e. \My Documents\Files\?CustomAnimation.gif



I realize I'm a novice here but, where exactly do you type/put this information? I'd really like for this to work because the volume on my 8525 via BT is really low.

[jonty_11]

I realize I'm a novice here but, where exactly do you type/put this information? I'd really like for this to work because the volume on my 8525 via BT is really low.
lemme help u here....You have to do all this in teh Windows REGISTRY....

Download the Total Commander Registry Editor to make these changes on ur 8525.

Search abt REGISTRY and this editor on Google to learn before you play around with registry settings..OK?