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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] JuniorGG:
And, surely OT, but do you want to really improve earphone sound quality on the SGS2?

Go buy yourself a pair of Shure 215s, with these I guarantee that sound is truly AMAZING, with flat EQ and no effect added whatsoever. Very loud, very clear, very balanced, with amazing deep and controlled bass. Trust me, I am an "audiophile" kind of guy.

They are a bit expensive but worth every single penny.

Only downside for me is that these are in-ear buds that fully isolate you from environmental noise, and I don't like being isolated from external sounds when I'm walking by the street.

For all the other uses, and in particular on long train/bus/airplane journeys instead, I cannot recommend these earbuds more.

I'd be more than grateful if anybody owning these earbuds (and hence knowing exactly how they sound) could recommend me a similar sounding traditional type earbud (if any ever exist), to use when I'm walking distractly by the street.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] r34p3rex:
Definitely makes a difference! :D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] JuniorGG:
Just noticed it's the 110 I own, not the 215. Anyway, the 215 should even sound better, considering the 110 are more on the "entry level" side.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] daohoa:
hey u guys, voodoo color and voodoo sound only support the vibrant right ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] coljuay:
does it improves the volume while on headset? it's really quite soft in calls
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] r34p3rex:
You could probably custom make a Y-cable that draws power off an external battery or something :p
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ithehappy:
Sound Setting depends on the user how he/she wants to listen. The setting provided in the first post is good, but you could always modify it for betterment.

Besides, you can't save a Custom Preset in free version of Equalizer app, so you need the Pro version of it. Should be changed.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jykke78:
Funny that my Shure 210 sounds terrible with Galaxy Tab which has wolfson's "hifi" DAC inside. I had Voodoo sound and everything but sound was like s**t IMO.

BUT with SGS2 Shures sound pretty good! Sound is well balanced, airy and bass is deep. Highs are still little too bright and crispy to my taste but not bad at all.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] LocutusEstBorg:
I just got the FiiO E11 and it's greatly improved the SQ on the SGS2. The very low frequencies that were completely missing before are now restored and my music collection sounds familiar again. The SGS2 does indeed have a different frequency response depending on the impedance attached to it, as mentioned in the GSM Arena review. In other words, the headphone output is garbage while output to an amp is fine.

Also, it no longer struggles to produce both heavy bass and treble at the same time. Previously there was noticeable frequency capping occurring with each beat.

Don't bother with any of these useless software tricks. It's a fundamental failure in the design and nothing short of an external amp can fix it.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rab1412000:
i dunno i still think its more an impedance mismatch issue than anything else.

with the software and settings (and a little tweaking) that kalpik suggested, my 60ohm koss portapros sound phenomenal. however my 16ohm woodees that sound fantastic on my ipod just sound ok.

i think the sgs2 sounds best with headphones/iems in the 24-100ohm range. the popular 16ohm earpieces that are meant for mp3 players and ipods just dont sound as good on the device. of course you will need a bit of tweaking and some additional software (poweramp, equalizer and maybe volume+ if you can get it to play nice), but you can definitely get good sound out of the sgs2 without a dac, and yes i have used a dac before:)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] fibrook:
Works great on my SGS 2 and CX500 Sennheiser in-ear earbuds playing new-skool Goa Trance! ("Radical Distortion - Evil Machine")
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rab1412000:
does equalizer use a lot of resources?

i seem to notice faster battery drain since i shifted from using volume+ to equalizer (with poweramp).
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] iamchesterg:
this really improve the sound quality of my S2! :) for reference im using Klipsch Image S4
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] xlfate:
It really improved my sound quality from the speakers gonna try the earpiece tomoro :D:D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] soulzero:
Sounds a lot better thanks.

Using http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/hf5.html
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] marvinhemstock:
dsp manager does the same with bluetooth and ex speaker adjustments :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rayarny:
Can someone please tell me what ROm they are using? I tried sensation and Villian rom...IN none of the rom equalizer works.. I came from desire HD where this app was a life saver and could be a killer in GS2..!! Thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sophiemith:
complicated~!~!~!~!~
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rab1412000:
I'm using it on villainROM 2.4.2 with the nimpo, speedmod, speedfrey, and ragemod kernels.

All working fine
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rob77:
Just tried these settings using the standard headphones that came with the phone and I'm impressed with the results. Much prefer the sound of power amp compared to the standard music player. Does anyone notice though that the volume is quieter through power amp? I don't play music all that high anyway so isn't that much of a problem just an observation.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kalpik:
Try playing with the preamp :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] John E Dante:
Sure thing, if the volume is too low for you the preamp setting will certainly satisfy your needs. Works great for me using any kind of headphones. Also using a similar EQ-setting as the one posted in this thread. Very satisfied :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rob77:
Thanks guys it was the preamp that was a little low
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] theXeffect:
Have you guys try audioboost GS2 its like magic....lol
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rab1412000:
is that an app in the market?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rob77:
Well after using the original posters settings for a couple of days I must say I'm well impressed. I couldn't stand the sound using the earphones that came with it and default player. Now I think the Samsung earphones aint that bad really tweaking it with poweramp and the equalizer app. I've just ordered some a-jays four so hopefully these will sound even better :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Henxu:
Just did what you said, and it works like a charm. It's quite better quality, like more crispy sound.

Instead of using Eq App I used the DspManager that came with Exynos ROM and, powerAmp,

BUT; Battery drainer as HELL! . with MIUI music player, data, screen off, normal use battery could last up to 20-22 hours. With poweramp, no more than 12h. I cheked setcpu and CPU was working like 50% of the time at 500Mhz.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rob77:
I'm using the original posters settings exactly with the a-jays four earphones. It sounds brilliant but I have have it a couple of clicks away from max volume to get a reasonable level of sound. I know there is the preamp setting to adjust but if I put it any louder than 1-2 clicks away max I get distortion. I dont think its my earphones as they go louder in my girlfriends iphone 4. Is it the galaxys hardware that is causing the distortion? Also I tested the s2 against the iphone and think the galaxy sounded much better.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kalpik:
Yes. It's the DSP in SGS2 which causes distortion. Try setting pre-amp a bit lower. The distortion should go away.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Rixsta:
Audio boost sgs2 app is and has been for sometime the best application to boost sound on the sgs2. Period
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] theXeffect:
Yes it is :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Bl@ck:
Been using PowerAMP with my in-ear buds (sennheiser cx400-ii) since the day i bought my Galaxy S2 and always had great sound output, lound, clear and defined, i even use my akg k142hd with it and the sound is great :) maybe samsung didn't tweak properly the stock mp3 player.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dragon135:
Anyone has tried RockBox?

What do you think..
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Wiley87:
Personally, I didn't think the sound was that bad, especially when I use the 5.1 setting.

Using Poweramp for me reduced battery life significantly enough for me to notice it.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] hacksome:
I agree with that. Poweramp sucks battery like there's no tomorrow.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rob77:
I tried the samsung music app but couldnt get a good sound whatever I did. 5.1 just seem to distort the sound
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] amus76:
Hum the 5.1 is just a joke and distord a lot! You can try poweramp and the eq but you can also try Mixzing alone, with my AKG K518DJ, it's the Best combination! You have to take some time to set the Eq and the gain level

Sent from a Galaxy SII far far away
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MPKO:
Try volume+ and miui player, always going back to that combo. Poweramp eats bat and sound could be better.

Cheers!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sinweiy:
Thanks, good indeed. i think the Equalizer setting is good enough. the Poweramp is optional to me. i find Poweramp is quite igoring when i plug the ear piece, it start to play automatic. and there's no stopped button.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dannielangel:
TS, perhaps you can update it using the lates PowerAMP??
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rob77:
In poweramp go to settings, headset and uncheck resume on headset connection. That will stop it playing automatically. To fully stop poweramp just hold down the play/pause button and it will stop
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rob77:
for all those complaining of battery use I've just done a test playing my music for an hour with screen off. Using headphones with my normal settings of 3g on and wifi off and it used 5%. Pretty good if you ask me.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ReiKo90:
Hello,

I'm planing to buy SGS 2 but this sound thing is my bigest concern right now. I know when I was listening songs via headphones on my SGS 1 that the sound was quite low (I didn't mind the quality but loudness of the sound).

But Supercurio's Voodoo app made it louder. Does SGS 2 has same problem with loudness? And can this application make it work like Voodoo?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] loopism:
I would have to agree, but you do have to be careful if you have a loud ringtone or message tone - blows your ears out!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Dmonty:
I cann't find the audio boost sgs2 app in the market, can someone point me in the right direction on where I can get it ?

Many thanks

EDIT - FOUND it, the market search needs to be exact... audioboost sgs2 will find it...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] waheen:
poweramp leatest version have "advanced tweaks" in settings and "direct volume control", sound quality is better with this option marked (in my opinion better than audioboost)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ReiKo90:
wtf I still can't find it =/
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Echoflyer:
audioboost sgs2

Many thanks for the trick, sounds is great now :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nk_blu:
Thanks for OP's settings. I tuned down the high end treble for my Apple In-Ear monitors. I still notice a slight/faint hiss in quiet music however.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sinweiy:
maybe u would like to update a new post on behalf of the TS.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] radicalgel:
Audio Tweaked

Thanks a lot for this kalpik!!!

I have added my powerAMP EQ settings and a couple of other recommendations to improve the S2 audio experience. I don't recommend audioboost when we now have supercurio's LOUDER! Check out my sig for more details. If this helps you then make sure you thank kalpik first! :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] GTRSkyR34:
I tried this tips from 1st post, but I don't see big difference.

Too bad, this is big fail for SGS2, SGS1 have so much better sound..

I using Creative EP-830 earphones, and sound on SGS1 was great.

On SGS2 it's very bad :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thunderteaser:
Desperate ex-i9000 user needs HUGS!

Hello, everyone! :)

I got my Galaxy SII last month as an unexpected present, so it's been a while now. I have to say I'm really happy about the responsiveness of this phone, but as an ex-i9000 user, I miss the WM8994 as I've lost a son.

Seriously, guys. I don't think of myself as an audiophile (not a hardcore one, at least), I just love music and care

a lot

about quality. When I had a Galaxy S with Voodoo Sound (I stopped being an atheist just to believe in supercurio) I just needed to wear my headphones (Sennheiser HD 407, cheap but pretty good) to be brought right into the music.

I can understand why Samsung decided to "downgrade" the camera on the Galaxy Nexus to 5 Megapixels (a good camera is not all about megapixels) but, according to me, a good smartphone is (almost) all about music! :mad:

I remember plugging my i9000 in my car and people saying they could listen to sounds they couldn't listen otherwise; I remember them saying my car had good speakers as I remember they face right after I replied with "It's not the speakers, it's my phone".

I don't know why I'm sharing this with you, I'm just very frustrated because of this choice from Samsung to save some bucks while being aware (because

they were

) that the Yamaha chipset is infinite times worse than the Wolfson chipset.

Right after unboxing it, I immediately bought Voodoo LOUDER that really came like manna from heaven. If you still haven't bought it, DO IT. For just 50 cents you can get supercurio cast some spells on this device. He's also given me an awesome support (but I think he did just because he thought my name was a feminine one... lol, I'm joking! I still can't thank you enough, supercurio! :))

I also tuned my DSP Manager a little bit, but you know what? I'm still crying in a corner! :( Music is just... flat. And dirty. It's like it's refraining from producing good sound, as it was afraid.

Please, don't think I'm mad: I know this device can no way be comparable to the Galaxy S with Voodoo Sound, but I heard you talking about external amps, so it's the closest solution, for me.

I

kindly

need someone of you who has/had an i9000 with Voodoo Sound and bought an external amp to tell me which one is the best choice for getting as close as possibile to the Wolfson standards.

I was thinking about the FiiO E11, what do you think about it? Would you recommend something else?

THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR UNDERSTANDING!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kalpik:
Sound on SGS2 just sucks.. There is no way around it :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rab1412000:
Power amp, equalizer, and louder works for me. I did tweak kalpiks settings a bit.

I'm using it with my 60ohm koss Porta pros.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tango280581:
I bought the fiio e5 for mine and creative ep630 buds both cheap ( about £30 quid for both from amazon ) and it made quite a lot of difference to the depth of sound, so you should do well with the e11's mate.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thunderteaser:
Thank you very much, guys! :) I decided to go for the FiiO E6 because of the excellent quality/price ratio.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rab1412000:
from my experience with headphones in laptops and from discussions in similar threads, the benefits of a dac is wholly dependent on the type of headphones you use. my koss for example, a 60 ohm headphone does great with both my sager laptop and the sgs2 without the need of a dac. my friends senn 595's a 50ohm headphone, however does poorly without the extra power provided by the dac.

its not always a matter of having a low or high impedance. the notebook guys just call it an 'impedance mismatch'.

so the best thing to do is get some high quality headphones/iem's then test it first with the settings here, and if they do not provide the quality you want, go for a dac.

edit: you guys may also want to look into the udac-2. its smaller than the fio's and provides the same general level of sound quality.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thunderteaser:
I read about the udac2, but it's too expensive for me! If I really have to spend so much, then I'd be getting a portable MP3 player instead, that's why I thought about the E6. My Sennheiser HD 407 sounded really great on the i9000, but I'm most probably getting something better in the future! :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rab1412000:
true enough. afaik the e6 is an amplifier and the udac2 is a true dac like the e7. theyre supposed to take over audio processing from the laptop/gadget while an amplifier basically increases db's.

but if the amp works for you, then its all good :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thunderteaser:
Yeah, a DAC would be a very good solution, but I can't seem to find a good one which is also lightweight and cheap. :( And thanks for your suggestions! :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shaoming90:
is this the trier version?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thunderteaser:
Just wanted to let you know that I finally got a FiiO E6 from Amazon. It's just unbelievable what this little toy can do. My mouth opened wider and wider as I pressed the Vol+ button and it kept boosting the volume for i don't know how many steps (without losing quality). Then, I thought the EQ presets were just an extra, but when I tried them I was just... astonished.

True it's just an amp, but it boosts quality and sound significantly! You won't understand what I mean until you get one!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] spelaben:
Tempted to buy it now, but I'm not really sure. :mad:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] amus76:
Hi mister! Just to say Supercurio aka GOD has released "VoodooLOUDER" on the market for 1 euro, it's amazingly good
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thunderteaser:
Yes, of course I have LOUDER :), but I wasn't happy enough (not about LOUDER, but about the Yamaha maximum db values). Also, the EQ settings on the FiiO are way much cleaner than DSP Manager.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kalpik:
Yep.. I have an E5.. Does make a lot of difference to quality :) The settings in the OP go awesomely well with the amp too :D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ragepekr:
thank you

I'll try!!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Hgshgs:
Hi, I´ve been trying to get better sound quality in my SGS2 using an USB DAC. There is some devs working on this but they need help with testing, RedPill kernel has experimental USB DAC support but I guess its not working yet. Tried that kernel and my FIIO E10 + powered HUB and nothing.

Maybe someone could help posting dmesg in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1288850 with different DACs. Thanks,
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Pilatus47:
Try Eq Rock and sound effect wide on stock player.

Saludos
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] peteinchina:
headphones

I've gone a bit stupid on buds and headphones.

Etymotics is really really flat and pure, but needs a DAC, with that, the sound is brilliant.

Rehnnshler (sp) has a nice soft sound with the bonus of mic. Headphones are still the best for the sg2 I found.

Someone up there ^^^ was right. Ohms are really important with this phone.

So the lesson is to try a lot of buds and mess with the eq and settle on a sound that's good for you. Spend some hours in the shop to try them out.

Poweramp is the best by far! Some kernels are way better with DSP support?

To be honest, I carry around my eeepad transformer now if I want really nice music...

It lets me read (cool reader) too...

messy post, sorry.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Lownita:
Equalizer App doesn't work with cm9? :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] saywhatt:
i think cm9 already has an equalizer app installed already. was it the dspmanager or something? i forgot..
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] [SIC]:
I can't speak for PowerAmp since I haven't used it since my X10 Mini Pro and it ran Froyo at it's best but I can tell you that Voodoo + PlayerPro's inbuilt 5 channel EQ is BarNone from everything I've tried so far and that includes DSP Manager (comes with most ROMs) & BeatsAudio (Same-o, same-o but different names) and every single EQ from the market.

You won't need an additional EQ because you'll get the sound you want, I even tried the DSP pack for PP but it's just a waste of battery I think.

And I listen to almost everything like DnB, Dubstep, Rock, Metal, Psy, Psybient, Dub, some Hip-Hop, Reggae etc etc, just put the preset to Rock, tune the 16k up a tiny notch and enjoy.

A big plus is that it have skins like ICS and Sense too with whatever ROM your currently using + album/artists/genre covers from internet if it doesn't find it automatically and most of all, a clean UI.

Hey someone gotta vouche for the underdog :victory:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l2adiant:
hello guys i just bought Orange Desire HD

im in Pakistan, the current version is 2.2.1 and i want to upgrade to 2.3.3 when i try to download the software updates, it says

"There are no updates available for your phone"

please help me how i can upgrade????? :(
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3x1at1on:
We need more information about your phone before we can help.

Please write your software details here.

Go to Settings>About Phone>Software Information and write the details there into this post.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l2adiant:
thanks dude, i have done that

can u please tell me how i can install this mod

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=894837&page=6

i flashed it many time but my DHD begins to restart :(
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darius_III:
I believe your phone needs to be rooted to be able to install any mod.
[Galaxy S II General] dafish:
Having problems with my galaxy s2 on my desktop pc, when I try to connect it launches the MTP Application and connects (I see the phone in my computer) then dissconnected, reconnects,dissconnects.

It was working fine then just started this.

I have tried on my laptop and all appears to connect fine.

PC = 64bit Win7

Lappy = 32Bit Win7

:(
[Galaxy S II General] jonlad1:
Hey man,

Did you find a solution to this? Mine has started doing the same...

I've searched it looks like the originally Galaxy had this issue but it was something to do with 16 character extensions on files causing the issue. I had found all long extension files and uninstalled some newer apps which could have caused it but its still happening....
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mexy:
Hi All,

I have these generic settings for MMS from my service provider"

APN: mms

Username: (blank)

Password: (blank)

WAP Gateway:	10.93.85.88

Messaging Server URL: http://airtelmms/servlets/mms

Can someone please translate them into settings for the DHD:

APN: mms

Proxy: ??? :confused:

Port: ??? :confused:

Username: (blank)

Password: (blank)

Server: ??? :confused:

MMSC: ??? :confused:

MMS Proxy: ??? :confused:

MMS Port: 8080 (I guess)

APN Type: mms (I guess)

Thanx!!!

Mexy.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3x1at1on:
you can try

APN: mms

Proxy: Leave blank

Port: Leave blank

Username: (blank)

Password: (blank)

Server: Leave blank

MMSC: http://airtelmms/servlets/mms or http://airtelmms/servlets/mms:9401

MMS Proxy: 10.93.85.88

MMS Port: 8080

APN Type: mms

Good luck !
[Eee Pad Transformer General] X7og:
do you guys leave your tf plugged in at all times?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Oyeve:
Nope, I unplug it when its fully charged and only charge when there is less than 10% left.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ericc191:
I ordered a USB 3.0 extension cable. One of the reviewers for it said it worked perfectly for his TF. One of the most annoying things I found was not being able to charge from the computer while I used the device. The plug was way too short for the wall. This one is awesome and very cheap. Here is a link:

6ft USB 3.0 A Male to A Female Extension 28/24AWG Cable (Gold Plated)

Quotes from the reviews of it:

"Powers and charges the ASUS Transformer tablet when used with the ASUS Transformer power adapter. Also works as data cable when connected to PC."

"i bought 5 of these for random usb charging extension for mainly tablets - ipad, transformer, galaxy tab. these work perfectly fine and charge at full speed."