Hot answers tagged volume-control
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As far as I know audio amplifying circuits will have a fixed amplifying ratio (gain). By adding resistance (either digitally or using analog POT) on the input (or output?) signal the volume is reduced. Hence in my opinion it can't be done.
Switching over to in ear phone buds like:
instead of: will provide better noise isolation and there by improve ...
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Conclusion first: It doesn't really matter as this operation needs almost no power anyway for both ways.
Changing the volume alone has only a minimal affect on the battery given the screen stays off.
Reason: If you listen to music there's already some processing going on and increasing/decreasing volume levels has a very low processing demand (almost ...
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It appears to be somewhat awkward in ICS and JB to get this functionality, several methods in order to achieve it are discussed here. I'll summarise/copy some of the better sounding ones (I added the links):
Try Audio Control, it's by far the best volume management app in the
Google Play store. There is both a notification and ringer volume for
ICS ...
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For me the app Fine Volume Control was the solution.
It does not need root, unfortunately is not free ($ 2.50) but provides a 7 day trial.
However it does a great job: it subdivides the media volume range in 100 steps, allowing a much finer resolution for your volume choice including enabling to shut the volume to almost nothing. In the setting there is ...
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While typing this question this was one of the links that the site provided me with:
How do I disable the 'click' sound on the camera app?
Turns out a similar method can be used to disable the system "tick" sound in question as can the camera shutter sound.
I deleted(moved) this file:
/system/media/audio/ui/TW_Touch.ogg
and then rebooted my ...
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Stock Samsung headphones have 3 buttons, volume +/- and pause. They also have a mic. They are only $5 on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-EHS64AVFWE-Premium-Stereo-Headset/dp/B007C5S3AU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362357220&sr=8-1&keywords=samsung+headphones
Admittly, they aren't the best sounding and I don't like the remote being so close ...
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If everything else fails (and your comment above says you cannot set the volumes separately as needed), you could take a look at Volume Ace, which not only allows you to set all volumes separately1, but even lets you create profiles3 switchable via widgets2:
This enables you to always have the right volume settings according to the situation.
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If it cannot be done with native support (as described by bassmadrigal), there are several 3rd-party solutions available. Take a look at e.g. Slider Widget - Volumes, which seems a solution you might love:
Slider widget, second screenshot with open slider (source: Google Play; click images to enlarge)
As the screenshots show, it gives you a widget bar ...
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When an app is playing sound, Android will only adjust the volume for what is actively playing the sound (in this case the media volume). You can manually adjust your sound volume under Settings -> Sound -> Volume
If your ROM supports it, you may be able to enable expanded mode for volume under Settings -> Sound -> Volume Panel Style -> Expandable. This ...
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That most likely depends on what phone and interface you have. On, say, a Galaxy S3 with the stock TouchWiz UI, when music is playing in the Samsung player or in Google Play Music, the volume control is enabled at the lock screen. On some other devices, it may not be possible. May I suggest editing your post to include which phone model you have?
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You might consider Bluetooth headphones. They sound worse than wired at the same price, but make up for that by not depending on how good the headphone amp in your phone is. Relevantly, the volume and play/pause/next/prev buttons are a standard part of the protocol, so one set of 'phones will work with anything that has Bluetooth.
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Call volume can be adjusted by using the volume rocker buttons only during a call. If not in a call, it adjusts ringer volume and if a media is played, it adjusts media volume.
So, if you had mistakenly increased media or ringer volume then you might not have any effect on call volume.
Try making some calls and when it's dialing, press volume up to raise ...
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Summary from my comments, as requested, as an answer:
There are plenty of other headset controller apps on the playstore if you're worried about the permissions. I tried Jays once, but it only worked partially (in 9 out of 10 tries, I had no luck to adjust the volume -- instead, other actions were triggered, as e.g. pause/play).
Having a Philips headset, I ...
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My initial research is confusing. Some say that this kind of commands just aren't available on Android. One source says that at least one product (Klipsch S4a (Android), £50-90) actually works as desired when also installing an application from the vendor.
As for add-on software to handle the in-cable buttons, HeadsetButton Controller (€2,29, free trial) ...
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You will have to be rooted to control from home screen.
Button Savior Root will do this for you.
You can also download and install Volume Control + which allows you.to.modify the volume without a rooted device - you will have to use the widget or app UI however.
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There are several apps allowing you to boost your volume above the set limit -- simply search the playstore for "volume booster". One examples would be Speaker Boost.
Without "external help" you also could try playing with your Equalizer (if there's any such pre-installed on your device -- otherwise you might get it at the playstore as well).
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I will answer your question in the meaning "How can I control both volume and track skip on my Android device from my headphones?". This might not be supported by the system itself, but the Playstore holds a number of solutions available. Depending on your headset and Android device, one of them might work better than the other:
JAYS Headset Control
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It's not possible using the power button long press for the Device Options menu in 4.0.4 on SG2. It always reverts back to "Vibrate" when changing Silent mode, albeit it is possible to press the volume down until it goes into vibrate, and then press volume down again. This takes a bit of time, though, and doesn't work unless you're past the screen lock. IMO, ...
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This feature is cooked into the ROM, itself, so it will be entirely dependent on what the chef cooked into the ROM.
You can find ROMs such as CM9 and AOKP that have various options for the volume rocker--- but forcing the rockers to stay static on devices like this where it changes is not one I've ever seen.
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This method can be used to increase the maximum speaker output on your HTC EVO 3D, but bare in mind, if you set the output level to high, it might be possible to blow out your phone's speakers.
Preparation
Note that this method uses software only available for Windows.
Install HTC Sync on your computer.
Get your 6-digit MSL code, using one of this two ...
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Quick Answer
Volume control is managed system wide. The Android OS doesn't support independent control per application, only per stream type.
Technical
The AudioManager Class only provides developers a way to adjust the audio volume per Stream type, not per application running.
This means that when setting the volume for a specific stream, will affect ...
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