yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mosincredible:
If you're using headphones that require more power than the phone can provide, lower bass quantity could happen. I'm sure the DAC itself is capable of clean audio reproduction and flat frequency response. Anyone complaining about the power output from a phone headphone jack should be buying headphones with higher sensitivity or buying a product meant for superb audio playback. This phone is much cheaper than it's direct competitors, expecting it to directly compete would be silly.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharpehenry:
if you are an audiophile, check out ZTE Axon Pro. every youtuber hands down give this phone a glorious and superb than any other. it's $450 retail.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clubtech:
Using the Nexus 6P which arrived yesterday with the Shure SE846 and the sound is fantastic, extremely clear, wide stereo and very good bass. MUCH better than the Nexus 6. I also have an iPhone 6S Plus and i compared both phones. The sound quality sounds almost the same. The S6 has a slightly warmer sound. The 6P has more bass. Volume wise: Using TuneIn radio i can't crank it up pass 50% without it being too loud. Using Spotify i can go up to 75% before it becomes too loud. Not sure why Spotify, on all android phones, has a lower volume output than other apps and music players i tried.

I also guess different headphones will get different volume levels but with the high end SE846 i get excellent volume.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elnrik:
If you're overly concerned, wait for more people to test it before you get your Nexus then.

I'm thinking it might end up being another mountain made of a molehill. While I definitely wouldn't use these (45ohm) or these (250 ohm) on the Nexus 6p, I'm thinking these (18 ohms) would be fine, even at the lower voltages indicated by that one review... can't remember who published the V out of the Nexus 6p.

I have several headphones and earbuds I'll be testing with, such as the RHA t20i, ath-m50x, Blue Mofi, Shure 440s, Klipsch s4a, etc. as it is something of great interest to me. I just need the damn phone to get here!! When it does, I'll put some results up.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junglizste:
I don't think superb headphone quality is a lot to ask of a $500+ device in 2015. my S4 has awesome headphone output.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mosincredible:
PhoneArena measured the S4 at .38 volts and the 6P is .34 volts. GSMArena says of the S4 output, "Impressively, there's virtually no distortion when you plug in a pair of headphones" (the thing that counts). To throw a wrench in the whole voltage thing, PhoneArena measured the One Plus Two at .91 volts and GSMArena's full analysis of the OPT headphone output said...

Then you have the S6 which is measured at .54 volts by PhoneArena and GSMArena says "Overall this is some of the most accurate audio reproduction you can find on the market and one that should be good enough for even the most demanding audiophiles."

So yeah, voltage means very little. Wait for GSMArena or Anandtech's analysis. Or even better, use your own ears, you might like what you hear.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elnrik:
Wait a minute! You mean to tell me there is more to good sound than raw voltage? That is absu... OK, I'm convinced.

Waiting for solid data from analytical and quantitative testing sounds like the way to go. That and my own subjective first hand experience, of course. (Ship, damnit!!!!)

:good: :good:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steveoidm:
Just got my 6p and was nervous about sound quality, but I am pleasantly surprised. I agree with the comments above that it sounds really clean and the sound stage is nice and wide, far better than the note 4 and s5 that I have been using.

This is all with the shure se535s, so definitely happy overall!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmorterlaing:
GSM arena STILL hasn't done a review???!!!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faw88:
Gsmarena did a review and they don't like the audio quality that much. They say there's a lot of crosstalk and the loudness is subpar. But in my experience I'm pretty happy with my nexus although I do feel it could have used a bit more volume. And I don't know if its just me. But even before reading the review I noticed that the soundstage of my headphones was considerably reduced. I thought there was something wrong with my Shure se 215. But they perform just fine on my S6. Weird.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dissmeister:
Nexus 6P on Viper4Android and kernel soundboost, Spotify premium with extreme quality.

Great but not impressed. Coming from the Wolfson powered galaxy s6, this is definitely not as powerful. I tweak the hell out of the audio with V4A and the sound does sound golden on my Sennheiser IE80s but I know its not the best. Treble breaks out 1-2 bars to max, the audio doesnt seem to be as rich, and it doesnt get as loud as I'd like without gain. And gain does bring a certain amount of noise, not as bad as my earlier HTC M8, but yeah. Keep in mind that besides my work, this is what I usually do with my phone, and I've gotten to love my audio fine tuned. You may just as well be satisfied as would a lot of other users on here who dont really want the absolute max audio-wise.

Either Qcomm needs to focus on audio more, or they need to deal with Wolfson to integrate their audio chips. Even my older Exynos Galaxy S4 sounded amazing with the hardware eq on.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mihovil13:
I don't agree.

I'm coming from Galaxy S6 Edge and Nexus 5 as my prev. phones. The sound (power) on 6P stock thru the jack is equal to the S6E (stock) and N5 on ElementalX boost.

I actually tried Cross DJ and I was pretty impressed, it seems that the 6P powers up my subwoofer better than the S6E did (it gives more clear low freq sounds)

With V4A, the 6P is a beast. I'm not sure that anything except M9 is better on the market right now.

For headphones I use Sennheiser HD25-1 II and Panasonic ErgoFit (awesome little ones btw), so I get a pretty clear picture of my output quality.

The sound I get with the ElementalX boost (+2 in app sound settings) on the 6P is really loud. I used to listen at 15 levels on my S6E and even then it wasn't "whole" or "loud" as I wanted, while w/ the 6P I get the same result on 13-14 levels without any mods. So, I could say that ElemX boost is awesome and so is the 6P's jack. No noise on my Senns at all, great bass, treble and volume.

It just sounds brilliant which I wasn't expecting. The speakers too.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Powergreb:
I have the 6p. I also have the Nexus 5 and Nexus 4. In the past the IOS products always produced a better sound than the Android counterpart probably due to Apple paying more attention to sound quality because of the Ipod legacy. I compared the quality of the music file uploaded to Google music vs a local FLAC file copied directly on to the phone. The FLAC file definitely sounds better (using a beat headphone). Using the ipad mini 2 as a reference, the Nexus 4 sounds worse than it. The Nexus 5 sounds the same and the nexus 6p sounds better. If the difference between the Nexus 4 and iPad mini 2 is 2 units, the difference between the 6p and the ipad mini 2 is 4 units.

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If you want good sound quality, stay away from bluetooth. Unless your transmitter and receiver both support Aptx which is very rare, your bit rate is limited to about 100K. The reason why I listen to FLAC is because the bit rate is about 700 to 800 kbits. You do get diminishing returns but the difference between 100K and 300K is very very noticable. The difference between 100K and 300K is many times more noticible than the difference between 300K and 800K. With only 100K you only hear the surface of the music, you simply can't hear into the music.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stretlow:
Is there any "basic" settings in viper you can suggest, im not an expert by any means but id be interested in having a go...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mihovil13:
I'd rather suggest that you try ElementalX kernel.

It makes the phone even better in every way (from performance to sound etc.) and it's app is awesome even though you have to pay for it.

V4A installation is a bit complicated for MM cause you have to have SELinux permissive always on....and it ain't always proved that it's actually working or that it's a placebo :D

These are my setts:

Headset

Master Power: ON

PlaybackAGC: ON

Effect Strength: Moderate

Firequalizer: ON

Preset: R&B

Headphone Surround: ON

Effect Level: 2

Viper Bass: ON

Bass Boost: 3.5dB

Viper Clarity: ON

Clarity: 3.5dB

Cure Tech+: ON

Binaural Level: Extreme
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stretlow:
Much appreciated. I've actually just been running the stock kernel as i m getting great performance and great battery so didn't see the need to change.

I'll give it a go though.

Cheers
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dissmeister:
Different strokes for different folks.

I mentioned the Wolfson DAC to be better in the sense that it can handle the extremely customized audio with minimal loss in output quality/volume. Far superior to the hexagon DSP in the 810 and I definitely hear the difference with the IE80's. I've got Boomsound IRS, Pure Bass, DDC, reverb, the works all tuned up and dont prefer to open gain if I can help because you lose quality over it. Same goes for fauxsound/EX audioboost, the more gain you add the more audio fidelity you lose. I mostly listen to electronic/trance so its very noticeable. I've had it on 2-3 (4+ at the gym) and its definitely great. Better than the V4A gain. Although I have a weird issue with crackling/laggy audio when I push it too much, so I stopped using EX atm. Its weird that you mention the 6P line in to be louder than the S6 when its the opposite to me, and Im sure neither of us have defective devices. Either way, by all means its got great audio and Im definitely pleased, considering the S6 was only good for that and its camera lol

Although, I dont believe the kernel sound drivers are still fully optimized for this device as faux and the others havent gotten into the 6P game yet, so we've definitely got a lot more ahead! :good:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theesotericone:
That. Lot's of folks here seem to think that louder is better. It's not always the case. I've had the phone for a few days now. Using Neutron and locally stored FLAC files I have been impressed by the clarity so far. I have done a direct compare by ear with my Fiio X3 using Sony XBA-2's, ATH-50x, and Momentums. Does the 6P get as loud, no. It can't compete with the amp included in the X3. What it does do though is come close to getting the actual sound signatures correct. Again, it's not as good as the DAC but it's one of the better phones I've heard in a while. If you need it louder get lower impedance cans or buy an amp.

One thing that has really impressed me even more then the sound is the battery life playing music. I've got well over 12 hours of local music via headphone on a single charge and still sitting at 20% ish. There's also about 4 hours of SOT in that as well. I haven't used any other phone, or DAC for that matter, that can touch that. I'll try not to use the phone next weekend and just see how long it can just play tunes.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpiritBreak3r:
I own a Sony MDR-X10, with 24Ohm impedance drive, the gain from ElementalX/Franco kernel massively improves the audio quality. The spot around +6 gives me "close-enough" experience as my Macbook Pro does. With Gain on, I obviously had to lower the EQ in powerAMP to compensate. I compared the gain with FIIO E6, not close but it indeed does the job and I do not wish to carry my amp with me all the time.

PS: I'm no audiophile but a basshead.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theesotericone:
It'll drive 24 ohms without an issue. If you like it loud increasing gain is the way to go. Looks like you picked the right cans for bass heads. One of the biggest gripes about them on Head-fi is the amount of bass overpowering the mids. Music is such a personal issue it's impossible to find a one size fits all solution. My post above was only meant to address how the 6P sounds in relation to other phones. If you found what works for you that's rad. My tastes lean towards a neutral sound from both my source and my cans. If I'm in a bass mood I can always EQ it in the bass range. To be honest, even the ATH-50x have a bit to much bass for me tastes. But for the price, it's something I can easily live with.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StephenMSmith:
Is there a little Bluetooth transmitter with Aptx that I could plug into the headphones jack of my 6p? I really notice the difference compared to my last few phones with Aptx.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StephenMSmith:
I just bought an aukey Bluetooth dongle with Aptx from Amazon for $17. Plugs into headphone jack. Makes a noticeable difference with my Aptx Bluetooth headphones.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] habs101:
like gsmarena stated i find the volume weak on this phone, and music to sound like crap compared to my note 4 and 3.. for the price you pay for this phone you would expect better . this is of course stock, no kernels etc.

IF a phone can't sound decent without tweaks and work arounds forget it.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boltd:
Amazing difference...

I bought two DACs as a Christmas gift for myself - Fiio Alpen 2 and a Hifime 9018 for better portability and use them to drive an Ultrasone PRO 900 and RHA t20i. While these have sensitivities that are more than adequate for the 6p, the DACs with amps really make a difference, especially for the Ultrasones. Other than the improvement in the loudness, the bass is tighter with slightly better extension and with way better articulation and separation. The DACs have noticeable sound signature difference as well. Fun times.

Oh, I do find that i prefer the 9018, but since it doesn't have an internal battery, it draws more battery power than the Fiio. I'm thinking that a case with the 9018 pcb and small battery integrated would be ideal, but alas, i think our market is too small to get the costs down enough for a feasible product.

Cheers!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beautifulsun:
Going to improve quality with kernel/mods/viper/extremebeats etc? I come from Note II, that has a good sound quality.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Schl1ngel:
Do you also have the problem that audio is cutting out and/or getting distorted in more quiet parts in songs and videos when your system volume is set low?

This video is a good example:

youtube.com/watch?v=NaXAYY_OLM0

You can really notice it in the first 10 seconds.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Signal2Noise:
Funny enough, I have the same model Shure SE215, and they are simply underutilized on the 6P. What I have done as a "non-root" solution is take an application like Poweramp and muck about with the EQ. On Poweramp specifically, there's a preset called "Live" which does exactly what it needs to. It widens the soundstage and increases the volume without comprimising from sound quality, so long as your files' bit rate is good enough. Considering you have a pair of Shures, I'm gonna assume you use a high fidelity file type such as flac, so this shouldn't be a problem. Hope this helps!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SyCoREAPER:
With the headjack being sore point, it is massively underpowered and clips easily. Otherwise with some tweaking using PowerAmp, I find the sound to be quite clear and enjoyable.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikelaughs:
I found the audio jack output to be quite weak when playing through my car stereo. I'm coming from a Note 7 and picked up the Nexus 6P temporarily, until the next Samsung phones release. I immediately heard a significant difference in the quality of audio coming from the 6P, compared to my Note 7. It is very anemic and lacks what you might call audio contrast. Most disappointing part of the phone after no wireless charging. Otherwise, it's a fine phone, so i'll survive at least until the S8 edge is released.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MongolZak:
Sprint Samsung Galaxy S5 currently running Exodus Rom.

I live in Mongolia but I am in the states for another month before going overseas again.

Sprint gave me the MSL code (which I still don't get what I can do with this) and says that my phone is unlocked internationally. I want to know if it is truly unlocked internationally??? Is there a way I can check this?

Also, is there ANY way I can unlock my phone domestically? I'd rather not pay, but if there is a reliable way, please let me know. I have an AT&T prepaid sim and I would like to use it on this phone.

Thanks!!!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MongolZak:
oh and the person on the phone with Sprint said that I could take the MSL code to someone at AT&T and they might be able to allow my phone to use their prepaid.

Does that sound like something that is possible?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MongolZak:
ba-da-bump
[Xperia Z5 General] dexterxda:
Let's gather all the reviews we can find here:

Alphr:

http://www.alphr.com/sony/1001448/sony-xperia-z5-review-sony-gets-it-spot-onThe

The Inquirer:

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/review/2428984/sony-xperia-z5-review/page/3

SuperSaf's camera comparison with S6 (video):

https://youtu.be/3-Yxha0-I10

Positive review by Expert reviews: http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/mobile-phones/1403835/sony-xperia-z5-review

Review after 4 weeks of use, by Mobilegeeks: (video)

http://youtu.be/Ckm_1XYzl0c

Dxomark positive review of the camera:

http://www.dxomark.com/Mobiles/Sony...oto-sub-scores-Strong-flash-autofocus-results

Recombu reviews:

https://recombu.com/mobile/article/sony-xperia-z5-review

(video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1c1kFArWYU

(Camera comparison) https://recombu.com/mobile/article/sony-xperia-z5-camera-review-supertest-vs-s6-g4-moto-x-style

Mixed review by Stuff:

http://www.stuff.tv/sony/xperia-z5/review

Review by The Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/technolo...eria-z5-review-waterproof-fingerprint-scanner
[Xperia Z5 General] itsjustJOH:
Recombu review:

Video Review

Full Review

Camera review VS S6/G4/Moto X Style
[Xperia Z5 General] expert_winxp:
Thanks alot

Thanks alot
[Xperia Z5 General] GloriaPowers:
I am using Z3, may be i will buy Z5, too
[Xperia Z5 General] Quixi:
alphr.com/sony/1001448/sony-xperia-z5-review-sony-gets-it-spot-on
[Xperia Z5 General] zaki67:
basically most f the reviews say that battery life is slightly behind the LG G4 and the Galaxy S6 ! Xperia stood for battery life and now it is below the S6 which has horrible battery life !
[Xperia Z5 General] joe_dude:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rakFqqyMj20

Night mode review of the Z5 on FlashingDroid (by Ray Ma). It's in Chinese, but the pics he took speak for themselves.

FYI, he does know English, so it's possible to ask him questions in English (if he responds, of course).

:cool:
[Xperia Z5 General] thedreamix:
Android authority review : http://www.androidauthority.com/sony-xperia-z5-review-651101/

The verge review : http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/16/9549247/sony-xperia-z5-review-compact-android

Tech radar review : http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/sony-xperia-z5-1303152/review

Gsm arena review : http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_z5-review-1326.php
[Xperia Z5 General] joe_dude:
Video test Z5C vs. iphone 6s+. We can debate which is the best camera, but for best video (and audio quality), it's not even close.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxSHVca3MFM
[Xperia Z5 General] joe_dude:
Manila Shaker review - Z5, Note 5, G4, 6S:

http://www.manilashaker.com/sony-xperia-z5-vs-lg-g4-iphone-6s-galaxy-note-5-camera-comparison/
[Galaxy S5 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ostermark:
Hi

im trying to upgrade to cm 12.1 following this guide

Ive downloaded the files and installed twrp and coppied the cm12.1.zip and gaaps.zip to sd card (and checked with md5)

however when entering twrp and trying to flash the cm12.1 (following a complete wipe) I get an error saying "e: whole-file signature verification failed"

the s5mini then reboots

Ive search around the net and people surgets I should turn off verification in TWRP. that option isnt present in the TWRP menu.

What should i do now?
[Galaxy S5 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JPekk23:
I have same problem
[Galaxy S5 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JPekk23:
My problém was that i have not rooted device...
[Galaxy S5 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ostermark:
Solved

I appears that you first have to flash the file inside the Odin archive and then afterwards flash the TWRP file. Then your'e in business ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Wherry:
No Parachute!

Hey.

It's my second game. Created with Gideros using Lua.

*screenshots were supposed to be here, but I was unable to upload it"

Google Play description:

It's time for a real challenge!

Fall through obstacles, avoid walls and try to not to smash your character. Each level has it's own theme and features.

Features:

- Beautiful pixel graphics

- 10 unique challenging levels

- Funny character damage system

- Different PowerUps

*Download link was supposed to be here, but I'm unable to insert it, so search for "No Parachute" in Google Play*
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Rimmer100:
Hello,

I've had the Nokia CK-1W Bluetooth hands free kit in my car for a while. I started out with a Nokia 6310i so it seemed the perfect choice when I got it.

Last year I joined the HTC revolution. I got a Wizard and this worked fine with the kit. I'm not a heavy user as I don't drive as part of my work, but didn't encounter any issues the times I did use it.

I lost my Wizard on a train and got the Hermes as a replacement (thanks household contents insurance). Connected it up to the kit in the car and once again I didn't have any trouble. I have only had it a few weeks so the device wasn't really setup, I didn't have voice tags or anything, but I was receiving calls OK and could make calls from the device.

So I took the plunge on Sunday and updated my O2 Hermes to the WM6 Rom from O2. I was really quite pleased with it, seems to be more responsive and generally a pretty good upgrade.

I didn't expect to have any issues with the car kit. Silly me. Connected up fine. When I pressed the button to invoke the voice tags, I didn't hear anything out of the speakers. This was a bit strange as before you would hear either the "Peep peep" noise to tell you to speak or the "You don't have any voice tags set, idiot" noise that you get otherwise. I didn't think much of it. Yesterday it got it's baptism of fire. My friend called me, I hit the button to answer and heard.....silence. The kit was connected, the call was answered and I could hear bugger all. Most amusingly my friend could hear me perfectly and started having a conversation with me until I pointed out that I couldn't hear anything.

So has anyone got any ideas? I am guessing that something has changed in the BT stack between WM5 and WM6 but any ideas what? I know a lot of people have written a lot of threads regarding BT car kit issues but I hadn't seen one quite like this.

Any help would be really appreciated!

Cheers

Ian
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Rimmer100:
School boy error

It seems that it wasn't anything to do with the phone at all.

Coincidence struck and it just happened that the day after I flashed my phone, a wire came loose connecting the hands free kit to the stereo!

I worked this out when I tried my old Nokia on it just to make sure it was a problem with the phone. When I couldn't hear anything on that I knew there was a problem elsewhere!

After I took out the stereo and replugged everything back together it all worked fine again.

Sorry about that!