Phone Loudness

[MovingShadow]

So recently my Sony Xperia T updated to Android 4.1.2.

Previously I used my phone's bluetooth to connect to the car and play my music that way.

Now with the new update it seems it plays music more quietly.. not just with bluetooth but also when using a headphone.

Was there something added in the new software update that added some kind of safety for being unable to put your phone at the loudest volume??

I know there's alot of you here who know alot about computer gizmo's but this is so annoying now for listening to my music in the car..

 

[Matt]

Some phones have a volume limit in the settings otherwise you should be able to download an App that will allow you to tweak levels and boost the output.

 

[DrDrew]

I believe there are hearing protection features built into version 4.1.x of android (think it might have been removed again in 4.2.x versions)

You can easily check it out by just plugging in a set of headphones and ramping up the volume after you've started playing some music. (Obviously don't have the headphones on if you're going particularly loud). IIRC there's some kind of warning or pop-up that should appear in this case to let you know. It says something like "Raise the volume above safe level? This could damage your hearing if you continue for long periods of time." with OK and cancel buttons. IIRC it should only do it once after each phone restart if you click OK.

 

[Jjay]

My speaker is fubared... Dropped it in butter at work but it's not that bad. Lol! No idea what would be causing that

 

[MovingShadow]

Yea I know some phones do, I've searched for it but it doesn't seem to have it.

I'll try some audio booster, thx!

 

[DrDrew]

In addition to my first post - found a screenshot of the pop-up online

 

[MovingShadow]

I believe there are hearing protection features built into version 4.1.x of android (think it might have been removed again in 4.2.x versions)

You can easily check it out by just plugging in a set of headphones and ramping up the volume after you've started playing some music. (Obviously don't have the headphones on if you're going particularly loud). IIRC there's some kind of warning or pop-up that should appear in this case to let you know. It says something like "Raise the volume above safe level? This could damage your hearing if you continue for long periods of time." with OK and cancel buttons. IIRC it should only do it once after each phone restart if you click OK.

I used to get these 'notification's' on the previous version of Android. I always kept the volume at max when it was connected with bluetooth on my car and the phone told me that "long exposure could affect the hearing" and automatically put the volume down.

Now it doesn't do that anymore so I assumed some kind of limiter was installed during the upgrade.

 

[lgonzalez]

My speaker is fubared... Dropped it in butter at work but it's not that bad. Lol! No idea what would be causing that

Lol didn't see that one coming!!!

 

[MovingShadow]

Tried several audio boosters and most of them are crap and/or pure spam that I dont want to download on my phone :?