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[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] yyz71:
Using crazy sound mods with no conflict at all.. And poweramp being my main player. Thanks for your time and hardwork brother ??
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] yyz71:
Pic below
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] oakley470:
I hate to say it but 5.2 atmos sony beats is still not working. I've gone through multiple wipes of system and clean installs of supersu, v4a, etc. No matter what i get right back to v4a is not processing. This is stock MMB29Q rooted and no force encrypt. Stock kernel as well, enforcing. All this worked fine with previous versions, i even tried a few times without xposed just incase that was causing problems and still could not get processing anymore
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] the_poolee:
The trash can of a device with its cheap tinny sound just got a new lease of life - the just v4a mod maybe good enough for all those with better audio hardware and well built audio libraries. In this particular case of cheap rebranded chinese devices, the Sony+Beats combo with the added audio libraries seems to be the key differentiating factor. Amen [MENTION=4445176]guitardedhero[/MENTION]..... You are the man! And anybody else, behind the screens...

Here at xda, people hit the Thanks button ? for showing their gratitude. What a strange place! ?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] :
My zip does not modify build.prop, include those profiles or include the other apps, those are just my additions and recommendations which I use in my working setup.

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You can tweak the settings in the Profiles freely, that's just my preferred "curve" for my sound - I'd advise adjusting them proportionally, ie if you're going to increase Bass also increase Clarity, or else just mess with the Limiter for volume, but that's up to you.

Adding the code to build.prop is absolutely necessary for the full functionality of v4a on my device at least. I'm not sure exactly which of those does it, but something there substantially reduces interruptions, crashes, skips and pops, possibly the deep buffer / awesome player settings. The samplerate settings also go a long way to reducing distortion that may be caused by all this tweaking, in particular the treble "hiss" or "shrill".

Finally, V4A's settings will apply to Bluetooth if you Lock Effect Mode to Headset from the v4a menu, so your Headset settings apply to both internal speakers and Bluetooth as well.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
Sorry guys, I fell asleep again lol!

Root Explorer can run the script from any location.

That's awesome to hear! I'm sure the new v4a driver helps quite a bit.

Sure man, just bear with me. You might want to check the copy you have now for /system/etc/sony_effect. If that folder exists then an update is not needed. :good:

Disable MusicFX.

Save a new profile named "nericollin" and see where it is saved. :good:

That's progress! What OS?

Lol, you sure are! Good job! :good:

What phone?

Lol, thank you very much man! Glad you got it sounding good for you! :good:
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] clayboy:
Is there any way to for all audio to be process by V4a ... not just music apps... example audio be process from youtube... i know the OP in the op can do it but it breaks AUX and USB audio output
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] rongregoryred:
Anyone using this on AOSiP 7.0?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] micmars:
Yes, as a matter of fact, the audio policy xml file in Benzo rom, and the one that is contained in the non test build links in the OP, should work seamlessly, with driver status in normal mode (ie, it's always processing, and Chromecast and AUX connection work fine).
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] clayboy:
how and what do i need to do to get this working can you guide me kind sir
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] neudof:
Yes please, me too
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] clayboy:
just download benzo rom and extract the audio policy.xml and copy it to the rom your using make sure it rr rw i think and reboot it should work after reboot
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] Slisy:
Working fine con 5.1.1 Stock! Thx it is amazing!!

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Do you need yo keep permissive option after you install this app?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] MiRaCL:
Just installed Chroma Rom here. How to get V4A to work? Have installed it a normal app, but it won't process audio, so it's not working.

Hm, it works with Google music but not Spotify.

Damn, then it probably worked with stock rom yesterday as well.

Anyone know why spotify won't make v4a process the sound?

Edit: Never mind, rebootet the phone and now it works for some reason.

Edit2: Spotify is living on it's own. Not working after reboot. Weird since google music works every time.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] tathagatab:
On Chroma ROM, I don't install the apk, but flash the zip, and it works with all my apps perfectly. I don't use Spotify, though.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] evilryry:
Can confirm that downloading the rom, extracting and replacing the file and set to 0644 perms+reboot fixed my aux issues on aosip. Don't have to put it in slow anymore. Thanks man!
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] Blma617:
Here's what I did

Set selinux to permissive

Flashed zip

Opened app and installed super audio drivers

Turned on compatibility mode

Reboot

Everything works fine running latest Chroma build 6/5
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] nodnarb91:
How does one set selinux to permissive?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] Blma617:
Download the app he told you to
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] stumpy352:
I just did a clean flash of Chroma ROM, just to be sure that the lack of problems I have with viper aren't just in my head.

Steps:

1. Wiped system, data, cache, dalvik.

2. Flashed Chroma, benzo gapps, ElementalX kernel.

3. Boot system (set up, blah, blah)

4. Install v4a as a normal app.

5. Open v4a & install drivers.

6. Go to developer settings & enable AwesomePlayer.

7. Go to settings>apps>all & disable musicfx.

8. Reboot.

All is working fine. Processing through phone speakers, Bluetooth & wired headphones using play music or Spotify.

Only thing I can't test is aux, since I don't have a cable & I don't use it. But like micmars said above, if you hotswap the file from that ROM, it should get aux working too.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] evilryry:
Hot swapping file fixed viper as flashed priv-app for me. I'd have to put aux in slow to work. Now I can do it like a normal person again lol
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] stumpy352:
Any chance of you sharing the file, so I don't have to download the entire ROM?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] evilryry:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ckgcep4nas06adg/audio_policy.conf?dl=0

Here Ya go to save time. Make sure to thank rom dev and the guys who suggested the fix too
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] adl:
Thanks!

Where exactly does this file go?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] evilryry:
/system/etc delete the current file, paste in new one and set 0644 permissions and reboot
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] mmikeee:
Does anyone have a problem with notification sounds not working if you turn on viper? I'm on stock 5.1.1 and comparability mode on
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] oakley470:
N6
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] the_poolee:
KitKat 4.4.2 on permissive selinux, rooted with SuperSU managing root.

Here at xda, people hit the Thanks button ? for showing their gratitude. What a strange place! ?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] oakley470:
Ok after following all the same wipe procedures and flashes etc, i went back to 4.2.1 (last version i had installed) and it is working fine just as always, so it definitely is something about 5.2 atmos sony beats that is causing it as i did nothing different at all to get 4.2.1 up and running...attempting an install of 5.0 now to see if that one works

Follow up 5.0 does not work either. You can see the driver is processing ,then if you listen closely right when starting up music there's a "change" in tone as the driver is most likely disabling. Within the first ms of starting this occurs, then verifying by the driver it does show disabled until you stop the music. Unfortunately i never updated in between 4.2.1 until now so idk if there was any changes up until 5 but i can confirm now that 5.0 or newer does not work on stock n6 MMB29q with stock kernel, looks like its back to 4.2.1 for a while!
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
I might incorporate those lines in the next update. I believe those are the same lines I uses at the very beginning. :good:

I'll answer this below.

Thought so, you might want to remove:

/system/etc/dolby

/system/lib/libdlbdapstorage.so

/system/lib/soundfx/libswdap-mod.so

/system/priv-app/As

/system/priv-app/AsUI

And use all the files from the ViPER|DD+™ Stock zip since you already have the Sony™ Beats™ files. :good:

Something is definitely up. I have the same device. If you get bored, you might try the unrooted rom at my AndroidFileHost link. That's what I run and you can easily flash SuperSU over the top if you want root. :good:
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
That is absolutely not the case and I strongly suspect a custom kernel or you have a kernel manager app making very bad adjustments to the stock kernel.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] oakley470:
Nope stock kernel, and no kernel managers. Have been trying to keep the phone as close to stock as possible. I'm stumped with this one as 4.2.1 still works fine! I'll have to pay around with it more some other time too many wipes and flashes in a row for now lol, can't think of any other possibility going on please let me know if something pops up in your head for me to check!
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] vipelp:
V4A works in compatible mode with poweramp.

Issue: No effect in normal mode but it shows processing:yes.

Please help.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
All versions before 4.3 had the Power Saving driver because of an oversight by me. All versions 4.3 - 4.5.2 finally were using the Super Quality driver. Versions 5.0 and up use the the only NEON driver provided by the apk. That should narrow it down a bit and it makes perfect sense to me now. Something in your /system or possibly /data is unhappy with any additional processing outside of the Power Saver driver. Obviously, your device is more than capable. :good:
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
In PowerAmp:

Menu > Settings > Audio > Advanced Tweaks

Uncheck the top two boxes pertaining to Volume Control
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] oakley470:
Good point, i updated 4.2.1 with the super quality driver zip you had posted forever ago, still works as of that point with that driver. As of 5.0 i believe you updated to the 2.4.0.1 from 2.3.4.0 previously, when i have updated i never wiped my data partition, it was basically done as OTA update would do. Once we talked i wiped system at that point but sitll no /data, is Viper leaving files behind in /data that may be causing a conflcit between the 2.3.40 and 2.4.0.1 drivers by any chance? I had been thinking that everything was in /system besides the profile folder i have been putting the audiophile zip in, but that is on the sdcard and i had deleted that folder during testing too

Ugh yes it is leaving tons of files behind in the /data folder! i'm guessing these are conflicting with the new driver, is there any easy way to hunt all those files down? I'd rather not have to do a complete data wipe if it can be avoided
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
5.2 wipes both viper data folders to ensure a smooth initial setup. What is the file size and MD5 of /system/lib/soundfx/libv4a_fx_ics.so?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] oakley470:
810.09K a9be69ab974d24cb8b655a5e52dd27a5 but that's the super quality driver on 2.4.1 because i already placed it there when i flashed back lol
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] miladmaz12:
Hey I upgraded to 5.2. Can I have the material dark Viper4Android APK?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
Yes, that's the driver you want for ViPER4Android 2.3.4.0 and lower.

For ViPER4Android 2.4.0.1 you want the driver in the screenshot below:
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
For sure man!
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] miladmaz12:
Thanks!
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] vipelp:
still no effects in apps in normal mode.

only poweramp in compatible mode is working.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] oakley470:
Alright I flashed back to 5.2 still no go, verified the driver attached
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] miladmaz12:
Ok, so I uninstalled the stock v4a 5.2 and installed the material dark version of v4a. When I go to load effect profile, i cannot see the stock profile I made on 5.1?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
Try this:

Settings > Apps > Gear Icon > Battery Optimization > Menu > Show System

Select ViPER4Android and choose Do Not Optimize
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
Precisely why I am sticking with the official apk from here on out. :good:

Settings > Apps > Menu > Show System > ViPER4Android

Tap permissions area on App Info page

Uncheck and check Storage Permissions
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] miladmaz12:
Thanks again!
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] desirexel:
[MENTION=4445176]guitardedhero[/MENTION] i really like this one and yes sound really good. processed but nicely. Lossy a upscaled. Like beats little crystallized bass are deep and you feel like a dynamically compressed.. The libs you added finds it utility and make the beats sony usable and advisable to any audiophile now.. Great. I will use this one for a while..

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[/COLOR [MENTION=4445176]guitardedhero[/MENTION] i really like this one and yes sound really good. processed but nicely. Lossy a upscaled. Like beats little crystallized bass are deep and you feel like a dynamically compressed.. The libs you added finds it utility and make the beats sony usable and advisable to any audiophile now.. Great. I will use this one for a while..
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
TWRP 3.0.0 for Shamu is finally up!

In TWRP:

Install > Tap img button on bottom right

Choose the .img downloaded from here: https://dl.twrp.me/shamu/twrp-3.0.0-0-shamu.img.html
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] oakley470:
No luck
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
You're most welcome! :good:

That's awesome to hear! I'm loving the latest edition as well! :highfive:
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
Whenever you're ready, a system wipe, factory reset, and a flash of your rom is definitely needed. And just in time to give the new TWRP 3.0.0 a good test! :good:

https://dl.twrp.me/shamu/twrp-3.0.0-0-shamu.img.html
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] oakley470:
That's my exact thought at this point haha. It's so weird i can hear it try to start the processing when music starts then it just seems to get shut down immediately. Thanks for all the assistance can't believe we couldn't get it figured out! Full wipe later hopefully gets things back
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] anstaendig:
Ok so now I did a full wipe and installed everything as described but 5.2 does not work with the latest PureNexus Rom on Nexus 6P.

Always getting the driver installation prompt and afterwards "unsupported android system or ROM"
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] vipelp:
I never had stock audio app.

Is that a problem?

Thanks for your help.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
No problem, sorry we couldn't find the exact culprit but a system wipe and factory reset will get ride of it. The system wipe is important as a factory reset does not touch system with its default settings. :good:

Have you updated Vendor?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] anstaendig:
Yes, updated vendor
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
What phone/rom?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] thelittlesteevee:
Quick question as everything is moving too quickly and now everything's jumbled up. :P

Coming from the old 5.0 is it ok to just flash 5.2 overtop? No wipes eg. system, dalvik and cache?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] vipelp:
Nexus 5x

Resurrection Remix
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
Fastboot or TWRP?

No wipes are ever necessary. :good:

Settings > Apps > Menu > Show System > AudioFX > Disable :good:
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] anstaendig:
TWRP

Installed vendor two more times and now it works... strange
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
I forgot to ask you about the Driver Status, did that always show to be Normal?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] vipelp:
I don't have AudioFX because Lolliviper.zip deleted it.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
Wonderful! :good:
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] anstaendig:
Seems it does not... Now I get "Driver installed, please reboot" but after the reboot the missing driver dialog pops up again with another "Driver installed, please reboot" dialog. I'll test it a couple of times more...
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
Extract it from your rom zip. That is precisely why you'll never see ViPER packages remove anything from your device. That is a very irresponsible thing to do to someone's device.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
Fastboot Vendor or rename /vendor/etc/audio_effects.conf
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] oakley470:
Yeah was always as normal, i think the only time it went to abnormal was if i tried to uninstall it. Or switched to compatible but that never made it work either
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
Cool, just wanted to be sure we weren't dealing with a Supolicy issue on Enforcing.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] Robot76:
I have installed all versions on my xperia z3c, SLiM 4.8, androplus 72 permissive. Everything successful and working flawlessly (must restart twice after dirty flashing and freeze musicfx).

This version 5.2 is the first time the equaliser in atmos is moving, I had no idea it did that :) :) :)

Thank you very much!
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] oakley470:
Ok not good, i did a complete wipe and format of everything, fresh install, rooted and still no processing on 5.2... TWRP 3.0 works well though
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
You're very welcome! The equalizer wave moves on any preset other than flat. Flat EQ will wave only when one of the buttons or more below the presets are turned On. Enjoy man! I've needed all the good news and reports I can get today lol!

Have you disabled MusicFX?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] andrewjt19:
Hey buddy, I'm getting some audio distortion on the phone speakers, any idea on how to resolve this? I think in on 5.1.2???

tApPeD fROM mY neXuS 6
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] oakley470:
Yup, just quadruple checked
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
ViPER|Atmos? Custom kernel?

What does Driver Status say? What output? Have you unchecked and then checked enable v4a? PowerAmp or other players?

Id you want to try what I am running, go to my AndroidFileHost link and download the rom I'm running. You can just wipe System and flash, no other wipes necessary and you'll retain all data. I recommend tapping Full Unroot in SuperSU first. It'll reboot then just oot into recovery. Everything should work perfectly as MusixFX will remain disabled. Then you can flash the latest SuperSU for root if you miss root too much. :good:
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] oakley470:
Normal, 48000, yes, checked all my usual players and nothing.

I'll take a look at your rom
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
Speaker or Headset?

Uncheck Force Enable v4a if checked.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] andrewjt19:
Yes, I'm running Twisted with Elite kernel.. I believe in using Sony edition with Dolby & DD+

tApPeD fROM mY neXuS 6
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] oakley470:
That was on speaker i actually haven't tried a headset yet since updating. Im installing your rom now, any differences from stock besides having Viper already installed?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
Too loud or just sound bad?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] andrewjt19:
Just cracking.

tApPeD fROM mY neXuS 6
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
Debloated and deodexed thanks to [MENTION=5284958]tupac4u[/MENTION]

Full ViPER|Atmos 5.1 or 5.2 injection, don't remember. The presence /system/etc/sony_effect reflects 5.2.

Native ad blocking

Hellscore b14 Permissive kernel for full ViPER4Android functionality without root.

And no root at all, of course.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
Switch to On Demand kernel governor. :good:
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] oakley470:
Interestingly your rom has enabled dolby atmos to work again, but viper does not work, status is abnormal. I didn't reroot or anything this is just with a system wipe and a flash

Nevermind spoke too soon it activated delayed for some reason but it is processing now
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] :
So, after a couple days of testing, I must rescind my suggestion to use Dolby Atmos' Surround Virtualizer - it introduces pops, cracks and skips with the screen off even with Ondemand governor. So I've reverted my profiles in the following manner:

- Turn off Atmos Surround Virtualization

- V4A Headphones profile: enable VHS+ Level 1

- V4A Headphones profile: 8.0Db Bass, 8.0Db Clarity, -3.0Db Output Gain

- V4A Speakers profile: 8.0Db Bass, 8.0Db Clarity, -3.0Db Output Gain

Once again, the goal here is to have a smooth curve from lowest bass to highest treble without having any peak higher than +5.0Db after the Limiter. On my device, increasing Bass higher muddies the sound and makes voice and treble seem more distant under the thumps, while increasing Treble higher introduces sibilance (the "s" sounds and cymbals and highest treble are shrill and may sound "pitchy"). The Gain can be adjusted but in my experience having the source volume louder than this creates distortion on almost any output.

I'll edit my earlier post to reflect this and [MENTION=4445176]guitardedhero[/MENTION] if you wouldn't mind copying that edit over my 5.2 post in user content when that's done I'd appreciate it.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] flipeicl:
I trying to install Viper4Android, it's installing the IRS files in /storage/emulated/legacy/ViPER4Android/Kernel, but I can't access the directory "Kernel", even via terminal (running as root), I tried run chmod to change permissions but it won't change, entering in "Kernel" directory returns in terminal "opendir failed, Permission denied", any way to change permissions there?

i9192, AICP 11 MM.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
I was about to say lol!
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] :
Yes. As I said, the zip does not include the Profiles. They are my working setup that I shared as a recommendation. Check for my edited 5.2 post above, it will have my updated profiles.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
Will do, but keep in mind that issues during screen off will always be kernel issues and not a stock kernel behavior. That's the only slight hesitation I would have changing your settings there for you. You chose those settings because you liked those best. Don't let a custom kernel change the way you use your device. :good:
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
Never a need to change permissions on /storage. The default permissions are the right permissions. Are you able to merge your Kernel folder?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] :
The kernel in use on my device is "modified stock" - the modifications being those necessary to use unsecured boot and therefore SuperSU, Permissive Selinux, init.d... AFAIK there is no modification to audiofx or governors. It's a modified Sense ROM.

Distinctly possible this is just an issue with mpdecision/hotplug on hima. It's had some interesting issues even on bone stock.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
I've added it to the bottom inside your quote.

MPdecision is on, right?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] flipeicl:
No, permission to do nothing, it automaticaly change me to /storage/emulated/legacy/0/ViPER4Android/ when I enter in /storage/emulated/legacy/ViPER4Android/.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
Have you tried turning ViPER4Android's Storage permissions off and back on through its App Info page?
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] DirkStorck:
Hi, I have noticed that when I have Atmos activated and my phone is riging its REALLY loud :D

Is it somehow possible to prevent that? To only have Atmos active when I listen to music?

Thanks!
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] guitardedhero:
Your best bet is to lower the Speaker output gain in ViPER4Android to -20dB or lower. Be sure that Expert UI Setting is enabled first. :good: