Root [MOD] Raise Max Volume on Speaker and Headphones

[q12er5]

i can't get writable access on system files, I'm running on butternoob v2 zte zmax metropcs

 

[tonylc74]

I've done all of this and doesn't work, I'm on metro 4.4.4. But in mixer_paths_XML it shows all still being at 93 but no auditory improvement.

 

[djc7980]

I was able to get this working by copying over through TWRP , just need to Mount system in twrp.

 

[auburn2eugene]

*****WARNING: THIS WORKS FOR SOME AND DOESN'T WORK FOR OTHERS FOR SOME REASON, MAKE A BACKUP FIRST BEFORE DOING ANYTHING******

*****WARNING #2: THIS XML FILE WAS PULLED FROM THE METRO 4.4.4 VERSION OF THE PHONE, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WILL WORK ON THE 4.4.2 TMO VERSION, IF IT DOES FOR ANYONE, LET ME KNOW******​

If any of you are like me you reeeeeally hate how low the volume on the phone speaker is, this is a mod to help remedy that and raise the max volume on the phone.

STEPS:
1. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FULL R/W ABILITY
2. NAVIGATE TO /SYSTEM/ETC AND LOCATE THE MIXER_PATHS.XML FILE.
3. COPY THE ORIGINAL AND SAVE ON YOUR SD CARD.
4. DOWNLOAD THE MODIFIED MIXER_PATHS.XML FILE HERE OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO IT MANUALLY SCROLL DOWN FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
5. PASTE THE XML FILE IN THE SAME /SYSTEM/ETC FOLDER AND FIX PERMISSIONS TO RW-R--R--
6. GO TO /VENDOR/APP AND DELETE ALL DOLBY FILES.
7. REBOOT PHONE AND YOU SHOULD NOTICE MUCH LOUDER VOLUME OUT OF YOUR SPEAKER!
8. ENJOY!​

MANUAL CHANGE:
1. GO TO /SYSTEM/ETC AND LOCATION MIXER_PATHS.XML
2. OPEN FILE USING A TEXT EDITOR OR DOWNLOAD AN XML EDITOR FROM THE PLAY STORE.
3. SCROLL DOWN CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM AND LOOK FOR <PATH NAME="SPEAKER">
4. BELOW IT YOU WILL SEE THIS LINE:
<ctl name="RX3 Digital Volume" value="84" />
5. CHANGE VALUE FROM "84" TO WHATEVER YOU WANT, I RECOMMEND 90 - 95.
6. SCROLL TO THE VERY TOP OF THE SCRIPT AND FIND:
<ctl name="RX1 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX2 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX3 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX4 Digital Volume" value="84" />
7. CHANGE ALL OF THESE VALUES TO THE SAME VALUE YOU SET AT BELOW.
8. SAVE CHANGES AND REBOOT.
9. ENJOY!


Just remember playing anything on the phone speaker at super loud volume may blow the speaker so be smart with you volume control.

Holy cow, that works something fierce. Thank you. Just so you know I am on a T-Mobile variant, running BNv2 (so I'm on metro 4.4.4.)

 

[intrdrgn]

Manual worked fo me like a charm!

 

[djc7980]

*****WARNING: THIS WORKS FOR SOME AND DOESN'T WORK FOR OTHERS FOR SOME REASON, MAKE A BACKUP FIRST BEFORE DOING ANYTHING******

*****WARNING #2: THIS XML FILE WAS PULLED FROM THE METRO 4.4.4 VERSION OF THE PHONE, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WILL WORK ON THE 4.4.2 TMO VERSION, IF IT DOES FOR ANYONE, LET ME KNOW******​

If any of you are like me you reeeeeally hate how low the volume on the phone speaker is, this is a mod to help remedy that and raise the max volume on the phone.

STEPS:
1. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FULL R/W ABILITY
2. NAVIGATE TO /SYSTEM/ETC AND LOCATE THE MIXER_PATHS.XML FILE.
3. COPY THE ORIGINAL AND SAVE ON YOUR SD CARD.
4. DOWNLOAD THE MODIFIED MIXER_PATHS.XML FILE HERE OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO IT MANUALLY SCROLL DOWN FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
5. PASTE THE XML FILE IN THE SAME /SYSTEM/ETC FOLDER AND FIX PERMISSIONS TO RW-R--R--
6. GO TO /VENDOR/APP AND DELETE ALL DOLBY FILES.
7. REBOOT PHONE AND YOU SHOULD NOTICE MUCH LOUDER VOLUME OUT OF YOUR SPEAKER!
8. ENJOY!​

MANUAL CHANGE:
1. GO TO /SYSTEM/ETC AND LOCATION MIXER_PATHS.XML
2. OPEN FILE USING A TEXT EDITOR OR DOWNLOAD AN XML EDITOR FROM THE PLAY STORE.
3. SCROLL DOWN CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM AND LOOK FOR <PATH NAME="SPEAKER">
4. BELOW IT YOU WILL SEE THIS LINE:
<ctl name="RX3 Digital Volume" value="84" />
5. CHANGE VALUE FROM "84" TO WHATEVER YOU WANT, I RECOMMEND 90 - 95.
6. SCROLL TO THE VERY TOP OF THE SCRIPT AND FIND:
<ctl name="RX1 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX2 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX3 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX4 Digital Volume" value="84" />
7. CHANGE ALL OF THESE VALUES TO THE SAME VALUE YOU SET AT BELOW.
8. SAVE CHANGES AND REBOOT.
9. ENJOY!


Just remember playing anything on the phone speaker at super loud volume may blow the speaker so be smart with you volume control.

question, in theory this could be done for any Rom say like CM 12.1 , would just have to locate the files and edit them, or would this be more complicated with other Roms like CM 12.1 ?

 

[Unleashed327]

When I do down to the path name="speaker" my mixer 3 setting reads 68. I haven't done anything other than flash CM 12.1 Beta 1. Any ideas? Should i just move it to 92, even though it wasn't at 84 to begin with? Thanks in advance.

 

[EshVel]

*****WARNING: THIS WORKS FOR SOME AND DOESN'T WORK FOR OTHERS FOR SOME REASON, MAKE A BACKUP FIRST BEFORE DOING ANYTHING******

*****WARNING #2: THIS XML FILE WAS PULLED FROM THE METRO 4.4.4 VERSION OF THE PHONE, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WILL WORK ON THE 4.4.2 TMO VERSION, IF IT DOES FOR ANYONE, LET ME KNOW******​

If any of you are like me you reeeeeally hate how low the volume on the phone speaker is, this is a mod to help remedy that and raise the max volume on the phone.

STEPS:
1. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FULL R/W ABILITY
2. NAVIGATE TO /SYSTEM/ETC AND LOCATE THE MIXER_PATHS.XML FILE.
3. COPY THE ORIGINAL AND SAVE ON YOUR SD CARD.
4. DOWNLOAD THE MODIFIED MIXER_PATHS.XML FILE HERE OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO IT MANUALLY SCROLL DOWN FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
5. PASTE THE XML FILE IN THE SAME /SYSTEM/ETC FOLDER AND FIX PERMISSIONS TO RW-R--R--
6. GO TO /VENDOR/APP AND DELETE ALL DOLBY FILES.
7. REBOOT PHONE AND YOU SHOULD NOTICE MUCH LOUDER VOLUME OUT OF YOUR SPEAKER!
8. ENJOY!​

MANUAL CHANGE:
1. GO TO /SYSTEM/ETC AND LOCATION MIXER_PATHS.XML
2. OPEN FILE USING A TEXT EDITOR OR DOWNLOAD AN XML EDITOR FROM THE PLAY STORE.
3. SCROLL DOWN CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM AND LOOK FOR <PATH NAME="SPEAKER">
4. BELOW IT YOU WILL SEE THIS LINE:
<ctl name="RX3 Digital Volume" value="84" />
5. CHANGE VALUE FROM "84" TO WHATEVER YOU WANT, I RECOMMEND 90 - 95.
6. SCROLL TO THE VERY TOP OF THE SCRIPT AND FIND:
<ctl name="RX1 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX2 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX3 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX4 Digital Volume" value="84" />
7. CHANGE ALL OF THESE VALUES TO THE SAME VALUE YOU SET AT BELOW.
8. SAVE CHANGES AND REBOOT.
9. ENJOY!


Just remember playing anything on the phone speaker at super loud volume may blow the speaker so be smart with you volume control.

Is this supposed to increase headphones too?? Because the speaker is loud now but headphones are average like the stock values... Is there a direct line to mess with the headphones value???

 

[Vyrus69]

Just look up, its towards the top of the xml file.

<ctl name="HPHL Volume" value="20"/>
<ctl name="HPHR Volume" value="20"/>

And change the RX setting there too.

 

[EshVel]

Just look up, its towards the top of the xml file.

<ctl name="HPHL Volume" value="20"/>
<ctl name="HPHR Volume" value="20"/>

And change the RX setting there too.

Ok thanks! And whats the RX setting?

 

[Unleashed327]

*****WARNING: THIS WORKS FOR SOME AND DOESN'T WORK FOR OTHERS FOR SOME REASON, MAKE A BACKUP FIRST BEFORE DOING ANYTHING******

*****WARNING #2: THIS XML FILE WAS PULLED FROM THE METRO 4.4.4 VERSION OF THE PHONE, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WILL WORK ON THE 4.4.2 TMO VERSION, IF IT DOES FOR ANYONE, LET ME KNOW******​

If any of you are like me you reeeeeally hate how low the volume on the phone speaker is, this is a mod to help remedy that and raise the max volume on the phone.

STEPS:
1. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FULL R/W ABILITY
2. NAVIGATE TO /SYSTEM/ETC AND LOCATE THE MIXER_PATHS.XML FILE.
3. COPY THE ORIGINAL AND SAVE ON YOUR SD CARD.
4. DOWNLOAD THE MODIFIED MIXER_PATHS.XML FILE HERE OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO IT MANUALLY SCROLL DOWN FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
5. PASTE THE XML FILE IN THE SAME /SYSTEM/ETC FOLDER AND FIX PERMISSIONS TO RW-R--R--
6. GO TO /VENDOR/APP AND DELETE ALL DOLBY FILES.
7. REBOOT PHONE AND YOU SHOULD NOTICE MUCH LOUDER VOLUME OUT OF YOUR SPEAKER!
8. ENJOY!​

MANUAL CHANGE:
1. GO TO /SYSTEM/ETC AND LOCATION MIXER_PATHS.XML
2. OPEN FILE USING A TEXT EDITOR OR DOWNLOAD AN XML EDITOR FROM THE PLAY STORE.
3. SCROLL DOWN CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM AND LOOK FOR <PATH NAME="SPEAKER">
4. BELOW IT YOU WILL SEE THIS LINE:
<ctl name="RX3 Digital Volume" value="84" />
5. CHANGE VALUE FROM "84" TO WHATEVER YOU WANT, I RECOMMEND 90 - 95.
6. SCROLL TO THE VERY TOP OF THE SCRIPT AND FIND:
<ctl name="RX1 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX2 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX3 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX4 Digital Volume" value="84" />
7. CHANGE ALL OF THESE VALUES TO THE SAME VALUE YOU SET AT BELOW.
8. SAVE CHANGES AND REBOOT.
9. ENJOY!


Just remember playing anything on the phone speaker at super loud volume may blow the speaker so be smart with you volume control.

My first RX3 file is at 68, not 84. Should I still changes the value from 68 to 92?

 

[Unleashed327]

*****WARNING: THIS WORKS FOR SOME AND DOESN'T WORK FOR OTHERS FOR SOME REASON, MAKE A BACKUP FIRST BEFORE DOING ANYTHING******

*****WARNING #2: THIS XML FILE WAS PULLED FROM THE METRO 4.4.4 VERSION OF THE PHONE, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WILL WORK ON THE 4.4.2 TMO VERSION, IF IT DOES FOR ANYONE, LET ME KNOW******​

If any of you are like me you reeeeeally hate how low the volume on the phone speaker is, this is a mod to help remedy that and raise the max volume on the phone.

STEPS:
1. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FULL R/W ABILITY
2. NAVIGATE TO /SYSTEM/ETC AND LOCATE THE MIXER_PATHS.XML FILE.
3. COPY THE ORIGINAL AND SAVE ON YOUR SD CARD.
4. DOWNLOAD THE MODIFIED MIXER_PATHS.XML FILE HERE OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO IT MANUALLY SCROLL DOWN FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
5. PASTE THE XML FILE IN THE SAME /SYSTEM/ETC FOLDER AND FIX PERMISSIONS TO RW-R--R--
6. GO TO /VENDOR/APP AND DELETE ALL DOLBY FILES.
7. REBOOT PHONE AND YOU SHOULD NOTICE MUCH LOUDER VOLUME OUT OF YOUR SPEAKER!
8. ENJOY!​

MANUAL CHANGE:
1. GO TO /SYSTEM/ETC AND LOCATION MIXER_PATHS.XML
2. OPEN FILE USING A TEXT EDITOR OR DOWNLOAD AN XML EDITOR FROM THE PLAY STORE.
3. SCROLL DOWN CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM AND LOOK FOR <PATH NAME="SPEAKER">
4. BELOW IT YOU WILL SEE THIS LINE:
<ctl name="RX3 Digital Volume" value="84" />
5. CHANGE VALUE FROM "84" TO WHATEVER YOU WANT, I RECOMMEND 90 - 95.
6. SCROLL TO THE VERY TOP OF THE SCRIPT AND FIND:
<ctl name="RX1 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX2 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX3 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX4 Digital Volume" value="84" />
7. CHANGE ALL OF THESE VALUES TO THE SAME VALUE YOU SET AT BELOW.
8. SAVE CHANGES AND REBOOT.
9. ENJOY!


Just remember playing anything on the phone speaker at super loud volume may blow the speaker so be smart with you volume control.

My first RX3 file is at 68, not 84. Should I still changes the value from 68 to 92?

<path name="speaker">
<ctl name="SLIM RX1 MUX" value="AIF1_PB" />
<ctl name="SLIM_0_RX Channels" value="One" />
<ctl name="RX3 MIX1 INP1" value="RX1" />
<ctl name="RX3 Digital Volume" value="68" />
<ctl name="RDAC5 MUX" value="DEM3_INV" />
<ctl name="LINEOUT1 Volume" value="14" />
<ctl name="LINEOUT2 Volume" value="14" />
</path>

 

[EshVel]

My first RX3 file is at 68, not 84. Should I still changes the value from 68 to 92?

<path name="speaker">
<ctl name="SLIM RX1 MUX" value="AIF1_PB" />
<ctl name="SLIM_0_RX Channels" value="One" />
<ctl name="RX3 MIX1 INP1" value="RX1" />
<ctl name="RX3 Digital Volume" value="68" />
<ctl name="RDAC5 MUX" value="DEM3_INV" />
<ctl name="LINEOUT1 Volume" value="14" />
<ctl name="LINEOUT2 Volume" value="14" />
</path>

Yes you can... I did it its all loud now I went with 89 and its still too loud sometimes but doesnt break the audio yet, all sound is clear!!

 

[jeffek]

I just wanted to say thank you this has made a significant difference I am on Metro butternoob and I downloaded your file and copied it over I didn't do anything manually and the speakers are much louder now and still very clear I am also using a exposed plugin called volume steps plus I highly recommend it it gives you 50 steps on all of the volume settings that way you can put your Rx 90 / 95 and have a ton of settings in between to play with.
also if anyone is wondering I flashed the zip to gain RW. copy the new file over with root explorer, changed permissions. reboot into recovery and flash the restore zip and everything stuck

 

[Vyrus69]

I'm glad its working for you guys awesomely.

 

[shadooblazer]

Thank you worked like a charm on my Zte Zmax CM RC 2...

 

[Masterchief87]

I'm not good at scripts but this is a simple cut and paste and it should work.

Making small mod zips is one thing I'm fairly good at. Would you like me to make a zip for this? It shouldn't be too hard.

 

[bcrichster]

Making small mod zips is one thing I'm fairly good at. Would you like me to make a zip for this? It shouldn't be too hard.

will that zip only work for the Zmax? I'm running ZTE Warp4G N9510

 

[master odysues]

will that zip only work for the Zmax? I'm running ZTE Warp4G N9510

You can modify them your self

 

[jeffek]

Making small mod zips is one thing I'm fairly good at. Would you like me to make a zip for this? It shouldn't be too hard.

yes !!! lol please do this and if you can . make a stock one also so that we can flash back easily if needed .

your the man chief!

 

[djc7980]

Making small mod zips is one thing I'm fairly good at. Would you like me to make a zip for this? It shouldn't be too hard.

yes that would be great!!

 

[Masterchief87]

I was asking Vyrus69 if he wanted me to make a zip that he could put his sound mod inside of. I'm not gonna just re-post his work. What I'm making is an empty flashable zip that he can place his sound mod inside of.

 

[djc7980]

I was asking Vyrus69 if he wanted me to make a zip that he could put his sound mod inside of. I'm not gonna just re-post his work. What I'm making is an empty flashable zip that he can place his sound mod inside of.

Sorry for the misunderstanding, But I think it is a good idea, I like your work and Vyrus69 's work too.

 

[Unleashed327]

Thank you worked like a charm on my Zte Zmax CM RC 2...

What r/w zips did you use? Did you lose wifi? Are you on T-Mobile or metro? I don't mean to interrogate you, I'm just curious.

 

[Masterchief87]

Here is an empty zip that will flash Vyrus69's sound mod. Download and open this zip and put his modified mixer_paths.xml in the root of the zip right next to the META-INF folder. See the screen shot below as an example. MAKE A BACKUP IN TWRP BEFORE YOU FLASH THIS

@Vyrus69 you are more than welcome to use this if you like.

Download:https://www.dropbox.com/s/vi4qq8ujo2hs8hg/Vyrus69's_Sound_Mod.zip?dl=0