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[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] RobboW:
I'm still getting to know my Axon 7 but I am impressed with the audio so far. It's all the more impressive that stock Nougat ROM with Poweramp beats my Mate 7 with ViPER4Android and Poweramp. The jack output is understandably good using that AKG DAC but even on BT it's good. I tried both head to head in my car which has a hifi including better tweeters and twin 10" subs. The sound from the Axon has a depth and warmth the Mate 7 doesn't reach, good punchy bass and excellent, detailed highs which is well balanced with the rest without over equalising it.

Headphone output is fantastic, makes the whole trend of removing the jack seem like a conspiracy. People need to experience this straight out of a phone, no external DAC needed.

For what I paid (AU$468), it's a bargain phone. That is seriously less expensive than any other phone here in this level of performance and has a sort of rugged look whilst still appearing premium. Hard to explain but I really like what ZTE did with it.
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There's one guy who recommends "bassy headphones" for the AKM dac such as 'beats by dre'. shows how much people care about hifi audio
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] RobboW:
They have their place, more for phones with less audio quality or chip power to start with and need some help.

I'm trying to balance my settings to get good sound whether on buds, headphones, wired to the car, bluetooth phones, BT in the car or a BT speaker.

Hard to satisfy in all areas and can mean replacing something that just doesn't match well enough.
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well V4A is pretty useful for that, since you have the separate profiles
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Mhcapa55:
I can't think of a phone is trade the axon 7 for at this moment.

Nice review.

Gave info I didn't know with your tests.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] RobboW:
You can assign and save profiles in poweramp for different outputs.

Jet Audio also does this. My two best choices for music app.
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well yeah, I also bought poweramp but you're not using the AKM dac with it. It's limited to 48khz unless you're on Marshamallow in which you can use the Snapdragon DAC at up to 192khz i think
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] RobboW:
Did you install the 704 alpha of Poweramp? It works. I was like you, disappointed. Have to go to poweramp web site, join forum and log in then go to downloads to get it. It makes a huge difference over the google play version.
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Lol I have been a beta tester for over a year and the version on Play is still 703... I tried to find 704 on the website but failed somehow lol. Thanks, gonna try it.
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Well, I've just tried with some 192khz FLACs and it just fails and falls back to OpenSL. Does yours work if you enable hi-res while playing?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] RobboW:
On headphones it shows as 24 bit snapdragon but I think the phone routes through the AKG DAC despite it showing as snapdragon. I can clearly hear a lift in quality and volume if I switch between normal and super.

I'm only playing MP3 on mine though. Considering re-ripping my CD collection too.

I know I shouldn't ask, but is your Atmos off?
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you didn't get what I was saying. The audio just goes out through OpenSL. That means 48khz max. Hi-res fails. Now that hasn't got anything to do with the AKM DAC, since it works pretty much all the time except with Atmos, so I can switch to it and hear the difference. But difference or not, AKM or not, it's still 48khz. Can you play a FLAC and see whether the experimental hi-res mode or OpenSL is active? Because I'm pretty sure Poweramp hi-res still just doesn't work for the Axon 7
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] RobboW:
I don't have any FLAC files but mine stays on Hi Res Snapdragon 24 bit for wired/aux output whilst playing. It doesn't revert to OpenSL.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] joaste:
It was unclear to me if it was only a reporting problem in PowerAmp (some people have been claiming that).

In any case, I have switched to Neutron (I'm not a fan of the design) which can now correctly handle high-res content.
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I just wanted to make sure if it actually works in his case, since a bunch of people are requesting hi-res support for the axon7 on the poweramp forum
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] joaste:
Yeah. I saw that on the poweramp forum. Unfortunately, nothing seems to have moved for a number of months now. I would personally prefer to use poweramp vs neutron.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] RobboW:
Neutron UI is awful and IMO, the equaliser used to be better a couple of years ago. Doesn't seem to sound any better than Poweramp on my phone either and it has a lot more options and settings.

I'm getting some weird stuff happening this week. Now can't install some apps from google play.

My Poweramp is staying active on AKG DAC for sure.

I can't test any FLAC files unless I rip some tracks but probably no time as I head away on holiday with my wife for a week now.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] RobboW:
Just to test, I downloaded 2 flac format albums and it plays fine on the DAC but looks like the files are in 44.1KHz CD format rather than wider range above 48KHz although they are high bit rate compared to the average mp3.

Is there any point having 48K or higher? You would never hear the frequencies out that far......
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It will obviously play through the DAC, even youtube plays through there... Did you try what I said? Play a flac file, then go to to Audio, then Output, then check whether OpenSL or hi-res output is active.

And yeah, there's a big difference. You just need good headphones though, some Beats won't do
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] RobboW:
It did stay active on flac playback. I feel you may be looking at the setting wrong. OpenSL stays active but look in it's settings and the switch for wired/aux should be off and in hi-res the switch should stay on. Mine does this and if I switch it during playback there is an audible difference.
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I've been looking into this... If you enter into OpenSL the wired output will be on, this shouldn't be this way if it was using hi-res output. Plus when you disable wired headsets on hi-res and you tirn it on again, a toast will appear and say that it failed and fell back to OpenSL
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This is what tells you if the hi-res output is actually working or not
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] RobboW:
Mine says active on opensl but the wired switch stays off. In hi res the wired switch stays on. I can turn it off then turn on wired in opensl and if i turn that off again it just turns back on. If i then go back to hi res and turn on wired it switches over and stays on and then wired in opensl is off when i look. Seems working ok to me.

Are you on B08 ROM? I'm on B04.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] RobboW:
Been trying a bunch of apps for comparison again. I had installed Poweramp, Neutron, Player Pro, Stellio, Jet Audio and Onkyo.

The first uninstalled was Onkyo due to annoying adds and problems with music library compared to all others. I listened back and forth between all the apps and to be honest, I could use any of them although Neutron was next for uninstall as it doesn't manage the gutsy bass I like as well as other apps.

I used my Philips buds for this as they have a very full range performance, big bass, lots of presence through the midrange and plenty of treble but they can easily sound brittle with settings wrong and some apps are naturally more pronounced with this. Stellio was next uninstalled, then Player Pro. I'm left with Poweramp and Jet Audio again.

Poweramp manages not to sound brittle on the high end but still have a good stage with plenty of detail. It also gets that punchy bass I want without even having an extra bass boost setting like some others. I feel it needs to process less to do the job. It would be harder to pick between the apps with headphones that have less high end response than the Philips buds. They're loud too. Pretty chunky units, quite long and 13.5mm drivers. Way better than low profile buds. I like to use them to set my EQ because I have the better tweeters in the car and subs. The settings between seem to match pretty well.
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Of course, but none of those can run 192khz files anyways. Poweramp doesn't, since it's processing with OpenSL (on the hi-res screen, it shows Selected: 192 khz, Actual: - ). In my case Neutron just doesn't process upon 48khz, dunno about the others, and the stock player just refuses to play a flac (even your apk)...
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] RobboW:
It has to be lack of system support then, not the app.

Have you got a very high res file I can use to test with on mine? I have a week off now and can check it out. Going away with my wife. Just hope I get cell signal where we're going. I will have data tonight as we'll be travelling in populated areas and staying in a large coastal town.

Edit: I saw that fail toast message in Poweramp today.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] residento:
I tried Poweramp, Neutron and a few non popular players and all give 48Khz output with Nougat. Only player I get 192Khz - 32 bit output is "Jetaudio HD Music player" if HRA option is picked. It displays 192Khz if HRA is enabled and 48 kHz if disabled. Also Imho AKM DAC is active since you get richer audio with "Hi-Fi > Super" is selected .
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Try that trick I posted on the guides if you want to make Poweramp 704 work with 192khz. I've yet to see how to make the AKM dac work, but it's a start
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] RobboW:
Jet Audio is still my pick if I'm not on Poweramp. I don't use files over 48KHz though, so as long as the DAC works I'm happy.

Hardware wise, my next move is a combination full headphone with noise cancelling, bluetooth and wired that will do hi res so one set will do anything and a flat battery isn't a problem.

Here's my current settings in jet and playing a hi res track.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] argblah:
When I'm listening to 16-bit, 44.1 khz FLAC in Poweramp it shows 48 khz as the active output format. Does that mean some sort of dithering is likely happening that could lower the quality of the output?

Basically, when OpenSL ES is the active output method it always shows 48 khz for Wired Headset frequency even if the music is 44.1 khz.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] RobboW:
Probably upscaling.

I still don't see how a huge 192KHz range is going to make a song sound better. We as humans have an audible sound range with our ears and a little low range that's felt more than heard, if the listening hardware can reproduce it. 48KHz covers that easily.

It's the compression that reduces quality so increasing bit rate when converting a raw track is where the quality comes in. Less compression, less loss.

IMO, if you take an uncompressed WAV and listen to it compared to an mp3 over 200Kbps it would be almost impossible to hear a difference even at 44.1KHz range which is CD quality.

Ears are really only good for around 20Hz to 20KHz and that's some good ears.....

Damn sure mine won't do that at 48 years old.

I feel that anything over 16 bit is more for the music app processing (EQ etc). A raw CD file only needs 16 bit.
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There's a lot that you are not taking into consideration. First of all, get a 24bit 192KHz FLAC and try both OpenSL and Hi-res. If your headphones are decent enough you'll notice the difference. It's in no way minor... it's incredibly noticeable on the highs. I've got some HD360 Pro's and everything sounds far more defined, especially voices and guitar work

If it was upscaling it would not really sound better unless it had an algorithm like spectrum extension on V4A or something on the likes. Playing a 128kbps MP3 file upscaled @ 384KHz would be useless.

But the only way to end this discussion would be if someone actually followed my guide and then recorded the sound of a 192khz flac with a high-end recording thingamajig
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] RobboW:
My phone is stock, no root. My bootloader is even still locked.

Not in a hurry to reduce device security on this one. V4A requires permissive system so not going there this time.

I'd like to try a decent EQ app and just use stock player even.

Atmos has no real fine control of sound and the low end is still too high for good drums, still extends up to mid bass.

I had a look with Jet Audio whilst playing a regular mp3, even a low bit rate file at 44.1KHz is output at 32 bit with HRA turned on. Nothing to do with files, all about the app as long as the phone will support it.

I assume it simply upscales and the 32 bits are headroom for plenty of processing capability.

I'm not going to chase this at all but probably continue with Jet as my main music player until Poweramp is stable at more than 16 bit, but at 24 bit it's likely just using the SD820, not the AKM DAC unless the DAC is transparent to the app and the OS controls it via the super audio switch?

In any case, Poweramp alpha sounds great whatever it's using, but so does Jet.
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V4A doesn't necessarily need permissive, it's running on ADM Team V3 as a Magisk module and works. I think that the flashable version needs SELinux permissive
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] RobboW:
My Mate 7 is on MM and needed to have a flashed zip to get V4A working and yes, in permissive state. It has unlocked bootloader, twrp, root, xposed, V4A etc.

A lot of system security risk there. I'm using dual SIM on the Axon 7, one being work and I want to use Android Pay when my bank supports it, plus another app for work expense reporting so need to keep it secure, thus the effort to get what I want with it on a stock system.

I'm interested in Magisk but haven't checked it out yet, mainly because this phone is supposed to stay stock but at some point I will redo the system in my Mate 7 and look at Magisk.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] residento:
Everytime I boot the phone Jetaudio's widget and main app is deactivated and needs to be manually launched. Also it refreshes all the album arts. Is there a way to start Jetaudio on startup via background service so that widget is active and plugging the headphone triggers music play?
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well try shadysquirrel's module later
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] zalamandra:
I'm looking for a new device and I started thinking about the Axon 7. Anybody here compared its audio quality (headphones) with a Oneplus 3t?

For now I'm using a Oneplus One and I'm almost satisfied by the audio quality using arise sound mod. But unfortunatley no hi-res :(
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Absolutely wrecks the 3t's sound. The AKM DAC's soundstage is awesome. And it works with anything in low-res (you can use the DAC for youtube, games... but Atmos disables it). But you need to use the stock music app if you want hi-res with the DAC. If you use Poweramp with the 192khz fix you'll be using hi-res with the Snapdragon DAC which would sound just like the 3T
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] zalamandra:
That's a bummer! I always loved poweramp and I find myself flashing custom roms pretty often, so I think I'm going to buy a 3t and keep using my cowon as player. Thank you.
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or you could buy the Axon 7 and use the cowon as player. what would change?

Also nobody tried, but I have this theory that by using the same exploit to enable 192KHz on the Snapdragon DAC but on a custom ROM, the AKM DAC will be driven. This is because the AKM dac is hardcoded in LOS. Maybe wait a little bit until someone tries?

Plus, sound with the AKM DAC is pretty good already, at 48KHz level. The bass is more defined and the soundstage is much bigger (someone here said that the sd dac sounds like 'in a box', go figure), and the noise levels are definitely lower.

If you use the front speakers, they are simply awesome

The 3T holds its own ground on the camera front, but its camera is 4:3 while the A7 has a 16:9 ISOCELL sensor. Being able to snap a full resolution 16:9 picture is really nice.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] zalamandra:
The 3t has lots of active devs and a wonderful community on xda, so I was considering the axon 7 just for its famous audio quality.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] RobboW:
Axon 7 with Jet Audio is amazing. I have an Oppo Find 7 which OP used for the OPO and the Axon absolutely smashes it!
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] residento:
I have also a One Plus 5 phone. ZTE Axon 7 's sound quality is much much better than OP5. OP5's Soundstage is narrow, low end frequency is not defined and upper mid freqs are not quite right. You cannot hear the harmonics of bass guitars on heavy songs even on Hi-fi headphones. Axon's sound is also warmer.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rozalina340:
Okay so today I wanted to install a ROM on my S6 , everything went well, the rom was working perfectly , then I got a text message , I unlocked my device and my phone crashed , and now it won't turn on/charge , I don't even have access to recovery mode/Odin Mode I can't do anything... Thanks in advance!
[HTC One E8] fcdfdsfds:
Please ,I need a best rom LOL 5.0.2 or Marsh 6.0 for My HTC One E8 (M8SW) S-ON

I Have to use 4.4.2 and 4.4.4 from Bindroid, but i like to install LOL 5.0.2 or Marsh 6.0

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Sorry for my english
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PuffItGoes:
[HELP] Unbricking->Can't boot into Recovery, Bootloop: "Unsuccessful Encryption"

From those with knowledge, I seek help to solve my problem.

I wanted to try a few things on my new phone and happen to (hard?)brick my phone while flashing. I think the software to flash my phone somehow crashed.

I cannot quite recall how it happened exactly.

There was a method to make the sd-card part of the internal storage of the phone (i believe i succeeded with flashing this). Then I went to flash an updated Custom ROM (Cyanogen Mod, ver. XXXX), but somewhere it went wrong.

I was able to go into twrp.touch-recovery but couldn't flash a stock rom, nor could i access it via ADB. I gave up and had to remove the sd to use it for sth else.

State of the phone now:

---------------------------------------------

1) Turn on

2) Screen: Logo -> Cyanogen Message Window -> Phone starts to wipe/reset all data -> "Encryption Unsussessful"

3) Only option is to reboot, but we start at the top again

- Can't access Recovery

- PC doesn't find Phone for ADB when in the Cyanogen Message Window

Is there any method to fix this Problem? I am at my wits end.
[Desire 820 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vvarpspite:
(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 01.01.010_U10305041_08.01.50512

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 2.10.401.4

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON

(bootloader) imei2: Not Support

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: a51_ul

(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8939

(bootloader) modelid: 0PFJ40000

(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__001

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: da038a09

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

(bootloader) mfg-name: 1001

I have been stock fully upto date (6.0.1) untill.......

I did this yesterday: http://xdaforums.com/desire-820/orig-development/htc-desire-820-recovery-twrp-recovery-3-t3373480

I installed SU and busy box and rootchecker said rooted (though I never checked S-Off).

Today I uninstalled some normal apps from the google old back up

Phone crashed and was stuck in a bootloop with recovery back to loop and missing OS in fastboot

I played a lot and got various versions and firmware. Have been updating and trying to get different twrp recoveries going but nothing booting to os or recovery. I have varios 0PFJIMG builds, one is 0PFJIMG_A51_UL_M60 which keeps failing.

How can I tell The current Firmware version and android system versions?

If my system is marshmallow but I have now installed firmware 2.10.401.4, is the right firmware 3.17.401.3 and does anybody have that?
[Desire 820 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vuk1963:
1.Install TWRP 2.Install TWRP backup 6.0.1 https://yadi.sk/d/sCzAyKFHrr7JC For HTC Desire 820n 1-sim Euro or custom of Tamal https://yadi.sk/d/sCzAyKFHrr7JC P.S. in TWRP recovery Wipe-advanced Wipe - note 5 crosses Swipe to Wipe,then in TWRP recovery Restore Storage, Internal Storage,MicroSDcard TWRP backup,Swipe to Restore. Bootloop: Tighten the two volume buttons and the power button when a black screen appears to hold the volume- button and power, smart mustget into in the loader in the boot loader to choose reboot (assuming that the system is not removed)
[Desire 820 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vvarpspite:
When I go in to recovery I go back to bootloop. I think my system is MM and my firmware is LP but I dont know.

If you can help me with the right recovery im sure I can figure it out from there. I have tried TWRP_Recovery_D820_3.0.2-0 and a few older versions. Maybe if I can get my firmware back to MM then it could work again? Or take the phone back to LP firmware and system and flash an older twrp recover?
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheFall3n:
Hi, I recently attempted to root my tablet and all went well until I rebooted it. Once I rebooted it, it got stuck on a bootloop. I have wiped cache/data and done a factory reset but still in bootloop. Is there anything I can do? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corkiejp:
Flash stock images again? You might only need to do the boot.img

How where you rooting?
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheFall3n:
Thanks for your reply, I will try this.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohitgarg90:
unroting

hi i have done the same thing, just my nexus stuck while unrooting.

please help.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] golfnut22:
I have, apparently, one of those sw3's that will not accept the MM OTA so that the watch will work after is successfully installs. I am having to reinstall the LCA43 ROM in order to get the watch to work. While I would like to have MM, I can't seem to find the right ROM to install and XC is no help in either the software repair or update. The issue is when MM is on the watch, it continually stops at the 4 dots or symbols and never goes any further. I am using Ubuntu to connect to the watch for repair.

Is there a way to stop the OTA updates while still being connected to the phone via BT? I was happy to get this watch going again, but was disappointed this morning when it tried to boot in MM without me installing it.

Edit: This may be resolved. I installed a different ROM yesterday, 5.1.1.2, and it did not automatically try to upgrade last night so I may be good to go.
[Remix OS for PC] jhannbernas:
Hi all,

Please help on RemixOS on my machine. I have installed it successfully on my acer v5-573g 64bit version the other night. I did a separate partition on my hard drive dedicated to Remix OS. I rebooted it many times from windows and remix os many times just to test and it works fine on the first time. Now, I boot it the next day and an error appear when trying to boot to Remix OS. I don't know if i did something wrong after the installation. When I press any key, it will go back to the boot selection and if i select again the remix os, it will boot fine on the second time.

I tried to reinstall everything but the error still appears. Please help what to do to remove this error. View attachment 3826488