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[One (M8) Android Development] MICH_**:
I´m a little bit confused now :eek:

I did the following:

flashed the enabler on sense --> sound

flashed paranoid --> no sound

flashed the disabler --> no sound

flashed the enabler --> no sound

wiped everything and installed parnoid again (harmon/kardon is still enabled) --> sound
[One (M8) Android Development] buckifvr:
When you reflashed Paranoid was it a nandroid of Paranoid with HK enabled? If so it makes sense. If not, then that's weird.
[One (M8) Android Development] MICH_**:
complete new install wipe wipe. and H/K was enabled.

But does it matter to the rom if H/K is enabled? I`m s-off and i thought it updates the firmware with new drivers? Then this is not relevant to the rom thats running or am i wrong?
[One (M8) Android Development] GermanGuy:
I never argue with success, so if it is working, perfect.
[One (M8) Android Development] MICH_**:
haha you´re right :D

But i wonder what happens when i go back to sense :silly:
[One (M8) Android Development] adamlee011:
Hk is not "enabled" when your on paranoid android. It is part of the rom. The only thing that remains is the adsp firmware. That shouldn't effect pa afaik. I suppose it's possible though.
[One (M8) Android Development] MeatyCoins:
So this mod/conversion is gone once you flash a new Rom?

Also no way to have BoomSound and HK options at the same time?
[One (M8) Android Development] Glewis21:
What zip did u flash bro
[One (M8) Android Development] buckifvr:
Yes and you can get HK and BoomSound to show in settings, but toggling BoomSound On does nothing. There is no sound processing so in reality BoomSound is still inactive.
[One (M8) Android Development] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
Just the hk enable v3 which is nearly the same as lyapota hk enabler...I just flashed that and installed like I said...it's working really nice and on speakers and also connected headphones I can finally change clari-fi and the livestage settings if using headphones

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[One (M8) Android Development] Darkseth:
Yea, 320 kbit/s are pretty high quality in most cases (if its "correct" converted). The difference between a good 320 kbit/s and Flac/WAV is VERY small. Even with my 400-500€ headphones/inears i mostly hear (almost) zero difference.

I think, the worse the file quality, the higher the difference you might hear. (but why should you get worse quality tracks to make them sound better, when you can just solve the problem with having those tracks as 320 kbit :P )

Tbh, on those few tracks i tested H&K, the difference was not really hearable for me (i mostly have 320kbit/s - flac). Although, the loss of Boomsound via Front speakers was hearable.
[One (M8) Android Development] jlevy73:
Agree completely. With 320kbs or Flac, I hear no difference with HK mod using Sennheiser Momentum headphones. Were the HK mod works best is with poor quality audio.
[One (M8) Android Development] Longcat14:
Just wanted to post, this worked on the newest AT&T update ( 1.58 ) today.

Loving this conversation, better then boomsound for sure.
[One (M8) Android Development] Black Antitoon:
So guys... I have read the last few pages of the thread. As far as I understand, this mod is only supposed to improve the quality with headphones/earbuds, and will not provide any improvement to the phone's audio through the built-in speakers (actually it disables BoomSound, which means the audio will be worse). Is this correct?
[One (M8) Android Development] @home:
And it's not that good through headphones. Doesn't make my music better, different yes.

It's a bit over rated, imho
[One (M8) Android Development] buckifvr:
In my experience I think HK Sound Mod improves audio through buds or headphones quite a bit over stock. But that's just my opinion. Flash it and try it for yourself.
[One (M8) Android Development] Black Antitoon:
Thank you guys.

To be honest I don't care much about audio through earbuds for now, as I only use bluetooth headphones (or sometimes the speakers). I would love something which could improve speaker quality even more, but this is probably asking for too much. If this doesn't help with speakers, and actually makes them worse, than it's not for me and definitely not a sufficient reason for S-OFFing. :silly:

In any case, many thanks to the OP, this can for sure be useful for many other people.
[One (M8) Android Development] adamlee011:
No, the live stage effect works only through headphones, wired AND bt I believe. The clari fi works globally through the internal speakers as well as any output device. I find that the clari fi effect makes mp3s sound much better over any speakers. As far as the difference with BoomSound in the speakers, I don't see it. Sounds the same to me. I can increase bass Amy number of ways and the fact is, the speakers just aren't capable of much low end.
[One (M8) Android Development] Black Antitoon:
Thank you, adamlee. :) Also thank you for the clarification about BT.

It seems that there is no consensus about the effect of H/K on audio through speakers. I would really like to hear more opinions.

In my case the problem is that I am S-ON and currently have no other reason for attempting S-OFFing than this. I would rather not give up my peace of mind of being S-ON (which should mean the phone is almost unbrickable) just for reverting to stock audio two minutes later.
[One (M8) Android Development] adamlee011:
Soff is easy and the only way it would brick your phone is if you flashed some firmware that you shouldn't. S on on the other hand, could put you in a bind down the road. Also, what carrier do you have, if sprint, you may not need the firmware part. I didn't.
[One (M8) Android Development] pablo11:
I have flashed v3 zip and the settings menu is as expected and icon shows when playing music.

Am I correct in assuming that I no longer have to fastboot flash the adsp image as it is included in the zip?

I am S-Off with latest firmware.
[One (M8) Android Development] jlevy73:
There really isn't consensus thus far from any audiophile sites that I have seen, so it's really a subjective thing. If you're playing high quality music such as flac or 320kb/s music through high end headphones, the difference between boom sound and hk should be minimal(at least thats my two cents). It's on low quality music where HK will be most beneficial. Through speakers, I find boomsound to be a little better. However, as adamlee pointed out you can affect the sound by using viper4android (or by other means) to alter external and internal speakers to your liking.
[One (M8) Android Development] exocetdj:
I totally agree with this, if you have crap audio quality mp3, the clear-fi will vastly improve it but don't go looking for improvement if you are listening to 320kb/s tracks
[One (M8) Android Development] mc_365:
Flac in stock player

Didn't realize flac is supported now.
[One (M8) Android Development] hxdrummerxc:
Flashed v3 with adsp on my Verizon m8 with viper 1.60 and the menu option wasn't there. So I then flashed the Verizon fix and the menu item wasn't there. Then I went to change my xml file to "true" and the harmen code isn't even there at all for me to change it. What gives? I seen snapshots of people with this Rom running HK
[One (M8) Android Development] jlevy73:
Did you look at issue #3 from the OP. Try that and see if it works.
[One (M8) Android Development] mentallo:
I can't hear any difference in sound. Is it possible that it's not processing or does the fact that the icons show up in the statusbar mean that it is processing?

Edit:

Never mind, I read about turning off direct sound in poweramp and now I hear the difference.

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[One (M8) Android Development] jlevy73:
Depends on what kind of music you are playing, headphones, etc. With high quality music with good headphones the difference is minimal. Anyway, if it's showing in the status bar it's working.
[One (M8) Android Development] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
Sometimes the enhancement isn't working...even if it's working there in the status/ it will be shown, it doesn't work all the time...for me only after I installed n7player and then noticed a really big improvement

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[One (M8) Android Development] ALiENr0x:
can you explain me what S-ON S-OFF mean? Thank you

PS. when i play a mp3 i can't hear anything :(
[One (M8) Android Development] cruzin_cruzing:
That would be the secure status of your bootloader. S-OFF means you're able to modify more partitions on the device. The reason you can't hear anything is because this modifies the ADSP (Advanced Digital Signal Processor), which is on a partition that can't be modified without S-OFF. If you want your sound back, you can revert back and flash the hk_disable_v3.zip, or try the S-OFF process here, and then flash the hk_enable_and_adsp_update_v3.zip.
[One (M8) Android Development] hxdrummerxc:
I just got it working. What I had to do was edit the .xml file and add the whole line of code for harman myself. The code was missing, so I just added that whole line in with the true statement, pushed it back to my phone and rebooted and its working now. Sounds great, I just like the flac support. I have a large database of FLAC music on my pc.
[One (M8) Android Development] Niggiebro:
Default.xml File

Hey everyone I was wondering if anyone has a stock Default.xml file for AT&T US?
[One (M8) Android Development] treIII:
For those of you not getting what ypubwant out of this just install viper audio. It has many settings and you will hear the difference. Find what works for you with viper and you will have the best sound this device can produce hands down. These are all amplifier settings of a sort and viper is by far much more advanced. Just be careful with viper it can really crank up the volume. All of these mods are nice if they work for you . If not try another. It's all in fun and getting the sound you prefer. Thanks

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[One (M8) Android Development] buckifvr:
Wow, at your suggestion, I uninstalled HK Sound Mod and installed Viper4Android FX. It absolutely blows HK Sound Mod away. It allows me to make whatever adjustments I want to customize my audio experience. I highly recommend if you are rooted to check it out. It is fantastic.
[One (M8) Android Development] volcalstone:
Are you getting this from the play store? I don't see a version for 4.4.2? Also is there an English translation version as well?
[One (M8) Android Development] buckifvr:
No, I didn't get it from Play Store, and yes its in English. Here's a link that will get you to the download site (look in the OP): http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2191223
[One (M8) Android Development] volcalstone:
Thanks, I just installed it and was gonna comeback and update my post saying that I already got it. Thanks for looking out though.
[One (M8) Android Development] mr1080p:
Rocking Viper ROM with this HK mod using my Beats pro headset and it sounds great!
[One (M8) Android Development] timsah:
Just to test HK conversion ;)

Indeed
[One (M8) Android Development] jcp2:
Hi all :) Realative Noob here. I unlocked, rooted and s-off'ed my CDN Telus M8. I successfully flashed the HK v3 from first post with TWRP. I've been reading the thread, but have not surmised the answer.what is the proper step to push the zip via ADB? :o
[One (M8) Android Development] Galaxysm:
Hi all...got a question. Is this the H/K mod that makes the music sound better? Can I flash it on my m8 I'm on T-Mobile and running the new ota that was sent out 2or so days ago with elemental kernel and viper ROM. Would it work? Also I'm S-off running twrp tia.
[One (M8) Android Development] buckifvr:
Yes, I think it would work, but you have to use Dalvik not ART.

I would also encourage you to check out Viper4Android FX too.
[One (M8) Android Development] Galaxysm:
Thanks. I don't think im using art since I haven't messed with that. Hopefully it works.
[One (M8) Android Development] buckifvr:
Check out Viper4Android FX Audio Mod too. I actually like it better than HK Sound Mod.
[One (M8) Android Development] Galaxysm:
Edit: nvm. Got it working!!! It sounds really good!!!!!
[One (M8) Android Development] buckifvr:
What the HK Sound Mod?
[One (M8) Android Development] Galaxysm:
Yeah but got it working now!! :D sounds really god!!
[One (M8) Android Development] buckifvr:
Cool
[One (M8) Android Development] adamlee011:
adb push filename.zip /sdcard/
[One (M8) Android Development] jcp2:
Thanks. What if I want to install the Zip via fastboot?:o
[One (M8) Android Development] adamlee011:
fastboot flash or adb sideload. Not really the forum for this discussion. Use Google to find a list of adb and fastboot commands.
[One (M8) Android Development] aboveusonlysky:
I have a new one for ya. Got it working on my tmo running viperine 1.6 it will play a song then when it changes it won't play the next one if I change to the one after its fine its basically playing eevery other song I'm using Google play music
[One (M8) Android Development] buckifvr:
Huh! I have never heard that one before. It will be interesting to hear others chime in.
[One (M8) Android Development] mike0122:
Ok after reading 30+ pages this might help someone. With Cleanrom the instructions in the OP for Verizon work perfectly. On the ViperOne rom I could not get them to work. I tried this from lyapota http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52294479&postcount=2810 This gets H/K working but you lose all mobile data. :p I followed the instructions that are in the zip file that I obtained from the link in the post below and that did the trick.

Thanks to everyone who got this mod working.
[One (M8) Android Development] buckifvr:
So the above solution is to get HK Sound Mod to work with ViperOne ROM and fix the associated mobile data problem?
[One (M8) Android Development] mike0122:
I noticed my data was not working and I was trying to get it fix, At the time I did not know it was related to the lyapota zip. I flashed to cleanrom to see if it would get my data back and it did. I then re installed the lyapota zip and my data was gone again. That's how I figured it was the lyapota zip. So I reflashed back to ViperOne. Just avoid the lyapota zip and start straight from the the link in that post as I don't know if that zip would fix the problems that lyapota causes on the VZW M8 without doing a clean rom install first.
[One (M8) Android Development] buckifvr:
Hmmm, that's good to know, I did not use the lyapota zip. Just the zip from baadnewz.
[One (M8) Android Development] andybones:
Viper 1.6.0 HK MOD can be found here

http://d-h.st/H3S
[One (M8) Android Development] mike0122:
Whats the difference between this one and the one in your post that I linked? I'm on 1.6.0 and it worked fine.
[One (M8) Android Development] andybones:
This is made specifically for Viper 1.6.0 (all variants) and is based off OP's v3 AIO .zip
[One (M8) Android Development] adamlee011:
Does the zip you guys are losing data with contain boot img? If so, restoring /boot from a nand or dirty flashing your rom would fix it.
[One (M8) Android Development] bassie1995:
Just flashed on my (ex-)branded M8 which I S-OFF'd, etc. Is this still supposed to disable the BoomSound Settings option? Didn't see a definitive answer in this thread, although it is late already :P.

TIA!
[One (M8) Android Development] aboveusonlysky:
The host is down. Yeah when I flashed the baadnewz one it did nothing and when I flashed the one from lyapota I would lose my radio too
[One (M8) Android Development] mike0122:
I'm not sure. It also deletes everything but the data roaming / roaming sound out of the network settings :eek:
[One (M8) Android Development] andybones:
Yes it is.

Sounds like a diff setiings.apk.

The oneci made for Viper has their . apk edited.
[One (M8) Android Development] aboveusonlysky:
I flashed the one for viper and I have no settings for Harman kardon
[One (M8) Android Development] adamlee011:
Verizon?
[One (M8) Android Development] aboveusonlysky:
Nope tmo
[One (M8) Android Development] GermanGuy:
Comparing the 2 files (Viper specific and the one in OP), I see that the Viper specific file has settings.apk added. What is the rationale of doing this for the Viper ROM?
[One (M8) Android Development] aboveusonlysky:
People like me are having problems getting not to work for viper. When its flashed it says complete but it does nothing and it wipes out LTE data
[One (M8) Android Development] adamlee011:
I haven't had any problems on viper with the original files but I dose on some carrier variants there could be issues. Better safe than sorry.
[One (M8) Android Development] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
If you flash it on non Verizon phone it will break a few things...so it's better to use the normal zip from OP if you use international phone and viper Rom...I flashed just to try the viper one and it broke a few things, so use the normal zip ;)

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[One (M8) Android Development] adamlee011:
I see. On sprint all you need i is the mod zip. Not even the adsp firmware is required. I'm guessing the sprint variant is already on that firmware.
[One (M8) Android Development] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
International phone doesn't need it really too...I can't flash it because of not having s-off or at least if I could with s-on but different way I wouldn't flash the adsp img...for me it's working perfectly...using n7player and it works really good...next time will trying again latest project era soundmod by zeroinfinity...it's compatible since a few releases with m8 and works also with h/k mod

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[One (M8) Android Development] adamlee011:
Weird. Doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it but some people can't hear any audio playback without installing the fw.
[One (M8) Android Development] NICEGYPT:
How I can get the BoomSound to work with this? It says disabled!
[One (M8) Android Development] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
only one of them will work, but if h/k is working as supposed it sounds with clari-fi REALLY nice too ;)
[One (M8) Android Development] bdorr1105:
Is it supposed to hide the boom sound settings as well?
[One (M8) Android Development] garyd9:
There seems to be a bug in this thread: There are 71 pages, but only 67 occurrences of people asking what happened to boom sound after installing the mod. Can the OP please post that question 4 more times just to keep the counts straight?

</sarcasm>

Take care

Gary
[One (M8) Android Development] bdorr1105:
Tell me what you see in this picture? Let me know if it goes over your head....I will help, oh you see both there to? Crazy huh
[One (M8) Android Development] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
For some ppl on some roms it's hidden for some not...but as soon as h/k mod is flashed BoomSound won't work as only one of them can work!

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[One (M8) Android Development] treIII:
Do v3 adsp for soff users totally removed boomsound in the settings. I flashed it and have hk now but boomsound doesn't show any longer. It's this the way it should be? Thanks

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[One (M8) Android Development] buckifvr:
Yes

Posted with my CleanROM M8
[One (M8) Android Development] bassie1995:
Lol
[One (M8) Android Development] dannejanne:
The Clari-Fi option affects the speakers.
[One (M8) Android Development] buckifvr:
I find that HK sounds really good when using headphones or earbuds. Where it suffers is with the speakers. I think HK presents a really small soundstage, and sounds tinny through the speakers. Too much emphasis on the high end. Viper4Android FX helps it, but the bottom end really suffers. I understand there's only so much you can do with such small speakers, but BoomSound conveys a bigger soundstage, and has a more full, rich sound. Viper4Android FX helps to fine tune that and really improves headphone listening making it equal to or better than the HK. It took me a long time of listening to different types of music to form my opinion. But it is just my opinion.

Posted with my CleanROM M8
[One (M8) Android Development] adamlee011:
I'd say that's a pretty accurate analysis. I found that to be the case in general on this phone's speakers compared to the m7, even with BoomSound, just not much low end. There's no reason I can think of that you wouldn't be able to get any low end that BoomSound had back by tweaking with something like v4a. Personally I use v4a and power amp. It sounds as good as it's going to through the speakers imo. I feel like it might have been tuned with the boom cube (or whatever they called that thing) in mind. I'm really curious to try that thing out. If it's good it's good. If it's not, it's very pricey.
[One (M8) Android Development] ricthaman:
I'm torn between the H/K mod or Boomsound over the speakers.

I think H/K makes the speakers sound more 'open', but with less low-end 'oompf'.

But boom sound makes my Westone 4R earpieces go nuts on the highs and lows.

I can't help but wondering, if boom sound and H/K are possible to integrate. Or perhaps even port Beatsaudio over from m7?

Regards,

Ric
[One (M8) Android Development] dannejanne:
This mod does definitely sound better than BoomSound on earphones. BoomSound sounds absolutely hideous and only destroys the sound horribly. This actually makes it clearer and less muddy.

Only Clari-Fi though. Livestage not so good.
[One (M8) Android Development] -Apollo-:
I am on Sprint, just running stock but rooted, s-off and I had to install adsp firmware to hear any sound.
[One (M8) Android Development] adamlee011:
Well then I stock by my, "no time or reason" theory.
[One (M8) Android Development] -Apollo-:
Yeah, I hear you...crazy!
[One (M8) Android Development] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
not only speakers...also the headphones ;)

i definitely like H/K way more on both headphones and internal speakers....boomsound is not bad...but for earphones it's definitely not that good and when disabling it, stock android audio sounds not good
[One (M8) Android Development] cepheid46e2:
Best results I've found are using H/K in tandem with V4A to fix the lack of Bass. Also Project ERA works really well if you don't feel like messing with any settings.
[One (M8) Android Development] dannejanne:
Agreed.

I think stock Android sounds OK. BoomSound terrible and HK good. BoomSound really destroyed the sound in earphones. Beats was better.
[One (M8) Android Development] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
Yea but on m8 beats audio won't work anymore...maybe only if the beats files on m7 are updated to work fine with sense 6/4.4.2 ...but so it won't work ...but yea h/k mod and enabled clari-fi is so nice! :)

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[One (M8) Android Development] cbrown245:
M7 just received update to sense 6 4.4.2 , beats should work
[One (M8) Android Development] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
Depends on the files which are required so that It can work on m8... If those files are still old etc it won't work...

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[One (M8) Android Development] DeathmonkeyGTX:
I don't care about bass on the phone speakers, but Viper with a good irs file loaded and if you got nice cans or iems then they're likely an option in Viper expert mode. I use ath-a900x and dt880 250ohm cans, m8 with aforementioned software is quite impressive so long as source material is good. But with 32gb plus a 128GB card why not load the thing up with hi bitrate stuff.
[One (M8) Android Development] mike0122:
I would find it hard to believe Beats could out do the V4A and H/K combo.
[One (M8) Android Development] bassie1995:
So what's everyone'S V4A settings with H/K, then?