Headphone Volume Boost

[freebee269]

here is a copy of my stock xml file that boosts audio volume. you can take it and adjust the volume to be higher or lower as you like. these are the 2 lines under headphones that you change the values for to change the volume:

<ctl name="RX1 Mix Digital Volume" value="87" />
<ctl name="RX2 Mix Digital Volume" value="87" />

i tried 89 but man was it loud. some of you may like it that loud. just copy my xml file to system/etc and either rename the one there with .bak extension or just overwrite the one there. make sure to change permission to 0644. then reboot.

enjoy.

 

[jruweaver]

Does this boost Bluetooth audio as well. Bluetooth seems to give me the poorest experience however it only seems to be call audio not media playback.

 

[freebee269]

Does this boost Bluetooth audio as well. Bluetooth seems to give me the poorest experience however it only seems to be call audio not media playback.

this is headphones only.

 

[Palaeologi]

here is a copy of my stock xml file that boosts audio volume. you can take it and adjust the volume to be higher or lower as you like. these are the 2 lines under headphones that you change the values for to change the volume:

<ctl name="RX1 Mix Digital Volume" value="87" />
<ctl name="RX2 Mix Digital Volume" value="87" />

i tried 89 but man was it loud. some of you may like it that loud. just copy my xml file to system/etc and either rename the one there with .bak extension or just overwrite the one there. make sure to change permission to 0644. then reboot.

enjoy.

Awesome! Thanks a lot! This works great!

 

[igotroot]

Awesome! Thanks a lot! This works great!

Any loss or deterioration of sound quality?

 

[freebee269]

Any loss or deterioration of sound quality?

try it yourself and find out. you can always take it back out if you dont like it.

 

[Palaeologi]

try it yourself and find out. you can always take it back out if you dont like it.

I've noticed no loss or deterioration of sound quality. It's like a speed governor on a car. The car was always designed to go faster but a governor keeps it from doing so. If you remove the governor the car still performs as it should at faster speeds with no deterioration of performance.

 

[PlagasX]

Works with all variants?

 

[PlagasX]

I tried this on my T-Mobile g5 but it didn't do anything..

 

[mikey_sk]

shame the 32bit/192 Hi Fi DAC module doesnt work on USA Models, its awesome and LOUD!

 

[PlagasX]

Hey whats the default value? I think i screwed it up a little because 87 is too high and my headphones messed up in one side..

 

[Jaistah]

Hey whats the default value? I think i screwed it up a little because 87 is too high and my headphones messed up in one side..

Default is "74"

 

[Savantsavage]

here is a copy of my stock xml file that boosts audio volume. you can take it and adjust the volume to be higher or lower as you like. these are the 2 lines under headphones that you change the values for to change the volume:

<ctl name="RX1 Mix Digital Volume" value="87" />
<ctl name="RX2 Mix Digital Volume" value="87" />

i tried 89 but man was it loud. some of you may like it that loud. just copy my xml file to system/etc and either rename the one there with .bak extension or just overwrite the one there. make sure to change permission to 0644. then reboot.

enjoy.

I have all the same lines EXCEPT headphones? Like literally everything is the same but I dont have a line for just headphones? Should I add it?

 

[plasticarmyman]

I've noticed no loss or deterioration of sound quality. It's like a speed governor on a car. The car was always designed to go faster but a governor keeps it from doing so. If you remove the governor the car still performs as it should at faster speeds with no deterioration of performance.

Sorry not to be nitpicky but this is a poorly explained analogy that does equate with audio rather well.
The faster a car goes the more the performance deteriorates, just as the louder you force the audio it will degrade as well.
A better answer is that the boost is not significant enough to degrade the audio yet

 

[joesee]

The only thing I've ever noticed when messing with the mixer paths xml file is more compression to achieve a volume increase effect. Try a track with serious bass drops.. any hip hop song with a good bass line or dubstep track.. and turn it up all the way. You'll notice the bass fade out right after it hits but the rest of the track is 'louder'. Viper4Android requires the mixer paths xml file to be renamed because in its settings does the same thing to achieve this effect. The only phones I know of that actually increase the gain (voltage out) of the headphone jack is the trick with the V10 and V20 that forces the headphone amp into high impedance mode. I came from a V10 and used this daily when traveling with my Westone 4r IEMs.

If I'm wrong about this, please let me know! I've been looking for a way to modify the actual headphone amp gain for a while now. I've seen people successfully change it with Kernel Adiutor - but that only works on certain kernels.

Also, can anyone confirm that the B&O DAC doesn't work on the US variants of the G5? I've read this a few times now and I'm blown away they wouldn't allow this. You can get them online for like $50.

 

[fatapia]

The only thing I've ever noticed when messing with the mixer paths xml file is more compression to achieve a volume increase effect. Try a track with serious bass drops.. any hip hop song with a good bass line or dubstep track.. and turn it up all the way. You'll notice the bass fade out right after it hits but the rest of the track is 'louder'. Viper4Android requires the mixer paths xml file to be renamed because in its settings does the same thing to achieve this effect. The only phones I know of that actually increase the gain (voltage out) of the headphone jack is the trick with the V10 and V20 that forces the headphone amp into high impedance mode. I came from a V10 and used this daily when traveling with my Westone 4r IEMs.

If I'm wrong about this, please let me know! I've been looking for a way to modify the actual headphone amp gain for a while now. I've seen people successfully change it with Kernel Adiutor - but that only works on certain kernels.

Also, can anyone confirm that the B&O DAC doesn't work on the US variants of the G5? I've read this a few times now and I'm blown away they wouldn't allow this. You can get them online for like $50.

don't waste your money, I preordered this phone just to get that module and the module will only work on the international model.

 

[da'vinci]

does it need root?
can you help me with the earpiece ? during phonecalls the sound is not loud

 

[kevin71246]

Does this work with headphones only or earpiece as well? And does it NOT work with Tmobile varient? Thanks!