Questions regarding the audio output of an Android device in general, rather than a specific audio topic, like music.
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Why do some earphones work but some have garbled audio on my phone?
I recently bought a rebranded Innos D9 from China. When I tried using the earphones that came with the phone and the Sony earphones I have, the audio is fine. Really awesome too.
However, when I use ...
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4answers
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Is it possible to use android phone as bluetooth headset for ps3?
Does anyone know how to use the android phone as a bluetooth headset so that i can use it as a mic while playing several games (COD) for example.
I'm using Ice Cream Sandwich and i have a Galaxy ...
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1answer
373 views
How to work bluetooth with asus eeepad?
Odd question.. How do I get my bluetooth headset to handle the audio/mic for my tablet?
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1answer
2k views
Call from Skype with front speaker
My phone has two speakers, one in front that is used during normal call, and one in the back (the "loudspeaker") that is used to play music and in hands-free mode. When I'm using Skype for Android, it ...
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1answer
1k views
Why can't I turn off vibrate while keeping audio on when a e-mail comes in?
After my Galaxy Nexus upgraded itself to Jelly Bean last night, my phone refuses to turn vibrate off! It's set to Vibrate Never when email arrives, but it vibrates anyway. I've restarted the phone, ...
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2answers
513 views
Send Navigation Audio to handset but music to bluetooth
I have a DROID 3 and use it both for navigation and listening to music in my car via Bluetooth (Ford with SYNC). In the BT profile for SYNC on my phone, I can turn off media output over Bluetooth and ...
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How to make Samsung Galaxy SL I9003 play AC3?
I have a film in the .AVI format, with an SRT subtitle file, and an AC3 audio track.
I used the S/W decoder function.
The film can be played with/without the subtitles, and the AC3 file itself can ...
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1answer
931 views
Prevent phone from automatically lowering media volume
I have a Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket. Everytime I unplug my headphones/auxiliary cord from my phone and plug it back in, the media volume gets lowered to about 60%, system-wide, regardless of media ...
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Hard Wired Aux In not working
I just recently purchased a Galaxy Three with 4.0.4. Before the new phone, I had an Apple iPhone 4S. When I plugged the iPhone's headset jack directly to my car receiver's Aux In it worked just fine. ...
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3answers
20k views
Any success with external microphones for Android phones or tablets?
What's the best way to record a video with high quality audio? Specifically, this is for a presentation where a microphone could be placed by the speaker. I know that an app that records with the ...
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2answers
352 views
Sound volume randomly changes
I'll be listening to music or a podcast, when for no reason that I can tell, the sound will sometimes change. Fortunately, it seems to always go down, not get super loud and blow out my ears.
This ...
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246 views
Using the a smartphone's speaker as a microphone [closed]
I have a hardware accessing question. For a project, I was wondering if it would be possible to use the smartphone's speaker as a second microphone, similar to the idea that you can plug in a headset ...
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Is it possible to detect a keyboard paddle press plugged in the headphone/microphone port?
I know that some devices headphone ports (maybe all of them? any reference here would be good) have 3 channels, for stereo sound and microphone. So I was wondering if it's possible to detect something ...
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4answers
4k views
Block all sounds going out through speaker when headphone connected
I'm kind of new in Android and I realized that all the sounds are going out through the speaker regardless if the headphones are connected. If they are the sound also goes out through the headphones, ...
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1answer
694 views
Capturing audio out in Android and writing as a mp3
I want to be able to capture all the audio that would normally play through the speaker on my Android phone and write that stream as some sort of audio file.
The reason I would like to do this is ...
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1answer
542 views
Is there a way to display the media volume in the status bar?
I have a Samsung Galaxy SII running CM9.
Currently I have an app that displays my media volume by using a persistent notification.
However I have 2 problems with this.
Since media volume is a ...
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10answers
53k views
How to disable battery full notification sound?
When battery has been charged full, my Galaxy S phone gives the same notification sound that is used when I receive SMS. Is there a way to disable the sound without also disabling sound from SMS? It ...
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1answer
472 views
How can I boost the music volume higher than the max limit?
I have a Samsung Galaxy running Android. When I put music to max, it's not loud enough in my ear phone.
How can I boost it beyond the maximum volume? On Linux I can do this with ALSA; is there a way ...
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2answers
216 views
Is it possible to output audio from the speakers while a Bluetooth headset is connected?
In iOS, this is achieved by double-tapping the home button, swiping right twice, and selecting the speakers.
Can this be done in Android?
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5answers
44k views
Can I get my car's head-unit to play audio, via USB, from my Galaxy S3?
I've just moved from iOS to Android, purchasing the new Galaxy S3. Lovely phone; I'm impressed thus far.
The only thing that I'm struggling with is playing audio, via USB, to my car's head-unit.
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1answer
768 views
Turning off just email notification sound [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I turn off Notification Sounds and leave phone sounds on
my dad just got a brand new Motorola XT603 running Android 2.3.5. He would like to differ the ...
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2answers
2k views
Can an Android device play ALAC and WAV files?
I have a music library in iTunes with all files being ALAC or WAV format. I currently play them on an old iPod that supports both files types.
I will be getting a new phone device (replacing Symbian) ...
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2answers
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Lost sound on my Xperia X8?
I'm having problems with my Xperia X8, where it doesn't have sound from it's speaker.
No phone sound, music, games, and even alerts.
On the sound settings, the volume settings are set correctly.
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2answers
2k views
No audio out with headphones
When I plug a headphone into my Nexus' audio port, the headphones simply don't play any sounds or music. The device seems to detect them, because the built-in sound output stops working. I tried it ...
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1answer
174 views
Bluetooth headset kills other audio?
I have a bluetooth headset for voice calls on my HTC EVO 4G. When I connect it, voice calls work well, and other audio works before I try pressing the "call" button on the headset.
The first time I ...
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2answers
795 views
Samsung Galaxy S3 Aux Cord
I drive a 2007 Saab 93 without any bluetooth capabilities. I tried to play music with an aux cord and the car senses that my phone is connected but when I try to play any music my phone plays it ...
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Tablet apps sounds does not work anymore
This morning I was listening music using grooveshark and the speakers of a Pantech P4100 Tablet. the player stopped playing.
Now -even after restarting and resetting to factory settings-, only the ...
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All my songs play in less than a second on my Galaxy S3
I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 and transferred some songs over using Kies. When I try to play them they don't play properly, and seem to play through at ultra high speed. The whole song seems ...
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2answers
2k views
What does the Virtualizer sound effect in music players do and how does it work?
I use PlayerPro to play music on my smartphone.
In PlayerPro's "Sound Effects", which is similar to the DSP manager, there is a "Virtualizer" effect.
When I enable the Virtualizer, even at 1%, it ...
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3answers
710 views
Is there a way to stream all audio from PC to Android via USB?
My headphones socket on my laptop is busted, and I'm wondering if I can stream all the audio (every sound the PC makes) from my laptop to my Android, so I can use the headphones connected to the ...
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Jurisdictions where camera shutter sound is mandated by law [closed]
I found some claims that it is illegal to disable the shutter sound on phone cameras in some countries. However, I found few reliable references on the matter. Do you know of any laws in your part of ...
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Is there a way to disable or control the Bluetooth notification/connection tone?
I have a Galaxy Nexus with Jellybean. When I'm attached audio wise via bluetooth there tones associated with Bluetooth events that I would like to control the volume of...I hear these even if I have ...
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Recover overwritten sound recorder files? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I recover a deleted file on Android?
Is it possible to recover overwritten sound recordings from the default android sound recorder?
Earlier I was recording ...
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5answers
626 views
Floating controls for audio player
Is there any way, or any audio player software that has the feature, to play/pause an audio file without opening the player app, e.g. via a floating button (like softkey) or a hard button? I am ...
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Disable loudspeaker usage for audio playback?
I get my voicemail messages by e-mail (using K-9 mail), however, when I play the attached wavefile, the loudspeaker is used for the playback, so everyone around me can listen to the message, that's ...
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2answers
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SMS and Gmail notification volume
Is there an app that can control the volume of notifications for separate apps like SMS and Gmail? I searched around and found a number of old threads that says it's not possible. There was an app ...
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1answer
287 views
Batch Update Android alarm ringtone?
I have a bunch of alarms on my Android phone and I want to change their current ringtone to a new one. The new ringtone is in MP3 format and is located in the sdcard. Is there any way to change them ...
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how to enhance the sound quality while recording the sound?
I want to enhance the sound quality while recording the sound on the android device, Is there and external device which is used for this. If yes then tell me for this I'll be thankful to you.
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Audio turns back on randomly in ICS [closed]
My Samsung Galaxy S 2 (4.0.3) turns audio back on without notice. I turn the silent/vibrate mode of the system on and it resets it, with no specific time. It just randomly turns the audio back on. Why ...
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2answers
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Leave ear-speaker active when using headset (cable/bt)
Is it possible to just use a headset's mic but keep the phone's ear-speaker active?
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0answers
586 views
How to stream audio_out from pc to android using wifi? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I use my phone as an audio device via Wifi?
Does anyone knows if is there a way I could stream the whole audio from my computer to my Nexus S via wifi?
I'm not ...
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0answers
550 views
galaxy s3 - clicking/crackling sound when button is pressed on headset
I listen to music on my international galaxy s3 with the included headset quite a bit.
I don't know if this is a feature or bug but whenever I press a button on the headset's controls (volume, skip ...
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2answers
885 views
I can barely hear the touch sounds on my Galaxy Nexus ICS
I enabled "touch sounds" (click sound when pressing buttons) on my Galaxy Nexus ICS but they are so faint I can barely hear them. The same is true for the screen lock sound.
All other sounds are loud ...
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1answer
592 views
Improving Galaxy Nexus's audio quality
I found out about this website through androidguys.com and I'm giving it a first shot. :)
I remember when I had my Fascinate which is Samsung Galaxy S, I had Voodoo Sound Control app which helped to ...
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4answers
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How can I record high quality audio with my HTC Desire?
I would like to record interviews, edit them on a computer and include them in a podcast. There is a 'voice recorder app' built in, but the sound quality is awful, much worse than a dictaphone.
It ...
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1answer
549 views
How do I stream internal audio from Windows 7 to Android for free?
The audio jack is busted so I want to stream the internal sound to my Android phone and use my headset on that phone instead. No, not just music files. I mean the whole internal sound coming from the ...
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How can I install additional audio/video codecs on Android?
Does android separate the module between video player and video codec? If so, how do we install more codec to the system?
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How to Set 'Play' Button Behavior on Bluetooth Remote
I have a RocketFish Bluetooth headset paired with my MotoDROID v1 (Froyo). The BT headphones have multimedia controls (volume up/down, next track, previous track, play/pause) and a button to trigger ...
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SatNav app with Audio Book app [closed]
I'm trying to find a satellite navigation app that works with an audiobook app such that I can listen to the audio book while navigating. When I get a navigation instruction I want the audio book to ...
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1answer
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Asus Transformer : no more sound after update to Ice Cream Sandwich
I updated my Asus Transformer TF101 to Android 4.0.3 last weekend and I have no sound anymore. Is this a known issue? How can I solve this problem?
