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[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
Please avoid opening this guide on the XDA apps, the images are messed up and displayed on the wrong places as always

Seems that this hack only makes Poweramp think that 192KHz works. Please try this and do this:

Open a terminal emulator

"su"

"dumpsys media.audio_flinger"

Just don't expect miracles for now!

I've been trying for months to make Poweramp work in hi-res mode on Nougat, and finally, it works! I'm pretty sure that the DAC in use is the Snapdragon one (I'm in MiFavor 5.0 and using the super/advanced switch does nothing, not even a stutter) but it's 192KHz still, so, it's better than nothing. If anyone can try on an LOS-based ROM (where the AKM DAC is supposedly used all the time) we may get 192KHz out of that DAC!

I'm not sure if this method wouldn't work on other Android versions. But I only tried on 7.1.1.

Please be sure that you downloaded Poweramp 704 from the official forum - the one on Play store is 703 which doesn't support Hi-Res on Nougat!

I found this fix on the Poweramp official forum, by user dhenyaw.

•Download a build.prop editor or a file manager with root access. Personally, I use Root Browser. If you will use a build.prop editor, just skip the next step.

•Once you open Root Browser, your root directory will appear. Scroll down and open the "system" folder, then scroll down and open the "build.prop" file

•Once you are in build.prop, you have to find the "ro.product.manufacturer" line. In my case it was around line 30.

[IMG="image1"]https://www.dropbox.com/s/4cvp45xky74zr1p/zteRes2.jpg?dl=1[/IMG]

•Add a "#" in front of the "ro.product.manufacturer=ZTE" line, so that you can revert the change if other things break. Also, write just below "ro.product.manufacturer=samsung" and "persist.audio.uhqa=1" just like in the picture 2:

[IMG="image2"]https://www.dropbox.com/s/c4blqoo0clvbqna/zteRes3.jpg?dl=1[/IMG]

•Save the changes, reboot your phone

After your phone boots, connect some headphones, open Poweramp, play a hi-res FLAC file and go to Audio - Output - Hi-res output, then check if the active output is Wired headsets and the frequency it is outputting to.

[IMG="image3"]https://www.dropbox.com/s/56f6wf670mn4892/output1.jpg?dl=1[/IMG]

[IMG="image4"]https://www.dropbox.com/s/vdzulsl69qi996v/output2.jpg?dl=1[/IMG]

Enjoy!
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] dantedakilla:
Doesn't work for me. Build.prop just resets after a reset. But even with a soft reset, Poweramp's HiFi output still fails.

Probably cuz I have the Sauron mod on my phone, though I've seen that post you're talking abt on the Poweramp forum and it does seem to work for some devices/ROMs.

Oh well, I'll just wait for Poweramp to update. Whenever that will be. Lol.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
I think that's because you have write protection on. Connect your phone to a PC, enable USB debugging, open CMD and see if ADB recognizes the phone. then write 'adb reboot disemmcwp' and the write protection should disappear
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] dantedakilla:
Alright. I got it working but there's something I'm a little suspicious about.

It's outputting and being processed by "SAMSUNG UHQA PCM" which I don't think the Axon 7 has. Plus, I was switching between Hi-Res and AudioTrack and AudioTrack actually sounded better. Hi-Res made it feel like I was listening to music in a box.

My guess is Hi-res is outputting through the Qualcomm DAC and not the AKM 4490. So while hi res works, it's not proper hi-res, IMO.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] RobboW:
I'm still deciding whether to regress mine to B11 MM, unlock bootloader, update to B08, flash twrp and root and get ViPER4Android in it in compatability mode for system wide effect and DAC use, and debloat it. Don't really care about custom ROMs for it.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
I think I should've added that somewhere.That is called a workaround... This works by telling Poweramp that your phone is a Samsung and has a UHQA DAC. This DAC somewhat works as the Qualcomm one, so it manages to drive it @ 192KHz. And the soundstage might be a little bit worse than the AKM DAC but it's in no way canned as you say. At least not with my headphones
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] dantedakilla:
Yeah, narrower soundstage was what I was trying to say but I couldn't find the words. Hahah. The difference is slight, but definitely noticable. Thing is, Sauron also forces the AKM DAC to be used system wide. So, despite Hi-Res failing, the sound is still being processed by the DAC.

I'll stick to defaults for now and wait for the PA update. I'm not saying no one should try this. If it works for you and everyone trying it, cool.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] pinkywinky:
Did you do this with stock? It doesn't work with dark room (a LOS rom). What I normally use is "ro.lenovo.hifi_support=true", which does work. It does say 16 bit minimum, but I think as long as poweramp is using the hi-fi mode our phone will use the high quality audio.

Honestly, I wish there was a way to check the output to see what quality is being used. Anybody have an idea of what to use? It would be good to compare stock to all these other mods/apps.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
It works on stock and LOS. If you did it right your phone should appear as 'Samsung UHQA' on the audio settings of poweramp

I think Dark Rom is based on LOS, so it should be the same?

You could compare but you need (very expensive) recording equipment then compare the two waveforms. But at the same time, if you can't notice the difference, then why would you use 192KHz anyways?
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] pinkywinky:
So I'm pretty sure our phone biases all that anyways.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
what?
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] otamaglimmer:
I have a G530FZ and this worked for me, now the HI-Res output works at 192 KHz (48KHz previously).

Thanks!!!
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
Hold on, we're not so sure that it works really. Can you check?

Download a terminal emulator and do this:

Type "su "

Hit enter

Then type "dumpsys media.audio_flinger"

Then just share that here
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Dodgexander:
So this is great news unless you're an axon 7 user or any user of a non standard(non Samsung UHQA) dac.

Blah
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] pinkywinky:
Damn I had one too many beers. I just meant that I'm pretty sure our phone doesn't use the normal android way to do the audio
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] otamaglimmer:
Looks like its not working after all. I launched the terminal while playing some 192 KHz files and every sample rate mentioned is 48KHz.

Placebo effect!
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
Yeah, it seems so. The only thing I'm sure of is that doing this on the stock system of the Axon 7 actually improves the highs. I'll modify the thread to add this for now; I'll need someone to dump that file on stock with this mod later
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
Well I'm not sure if it actually works anywhere, but I still believe that highs improve substantially on stock with this mod (without using the AK4490).

The Samsung UHQA DAC is in no way standard. I believe it is the DAC on the Exynos chips maybe
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Dodgexander:
This is the problem. It's hard enough knowing if high frequency and bit depth audio works when sources are available. You can bet in a lot of cases where it seems audio is passed correctly it's either a display error or some kind of dithering or resampling is going on.

I would love to understand how to read the process our phones take when processing audio in different scenarios but it just seems impossible. As for the stock music player working with higher fidelity files we don't know this either. It doesn't make sense for it not to but then it also doesn't make sense that a lot of software/drivers can't handle the hardwares maximum specifications.

If there was some kind of framework and a front end that could read the process it would be awesome (like graphedit on Windows) it would be useful but even that didn't work if non-standard renders we're used.

I try my best to not get worked up about it, it's very annoying to know that probably something like this will never be known..or fixed or whatever. Here we have a nice DAC with specifications to suit our hi res music collection yet probably it's all being downsampled to 44.1 or 48khz 16bit.

Hopefully the rumours are true and zte focus more on using the dac with external applications in oreo.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
Well you could do what's plastered in the OP (dumpsys media.audio_flinger)
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Dodgexander:
Doesn't work for me..Probably because it's not compiled into stock rom.

Have you used this and for anything other than a 44.1 or 48khz dump? I'd bet it doesn't dump at a higher frequency.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] argblah:
I was messing around with this forever without result. Then I did some research and learned to accept that 24-bit music and music at sample rates beyond 44.1Khz aren't discernible by the human ear and brain anyway. It's been scientifically proven many times. In fact, it's very doubtful many people if anyone, can reliably discern the difference between V0 or 320kbps mp3 and the original source.

I had many gigabytes of 24 bit music at various sample rates and I deleted it all and have been happier living the truth that is 16-bit, 44.1 khz MP3 and FLAC that is transparent with the source material.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] residento:
Anyone can spot the difference between 16bit and 24bit using a mid level headphone. 24bit has 256 times more level than 16 bit for the amplitude information. That allows more dynamic result for multi track mixes. Sampling freq above 48khz is a different story. It is harder to spot for ears of 23+ ages.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
That MP3 statement is totally false though... If you have half decent headphones there is a clear difference on the highs. If I could play a damn 192KHz file I'd tell you if it is really noticeable though, but as of now I am completely sure that even playing resampled FLACs is way better than an MP3, even 320.

If you learned to accept it, good for you. But let's look at the facts: The phone has a DAC designed to work at 192KHz, everyone wants it to, and there might be a way to. So yeah, stop trying if you think that's best
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] argblah:
Anything you noticed would be placebo. You won't be able to discern the difference between a 16-bit 44.1 khz FLAC and a 24-bit 192 khz FLAC from the same source. No one can. Those bitrates and sampling frequencies are useful for mastering but not for playback on the user end. It's just a sham. The original compact disc audio spec covers the full range of human hearing and maximum playback quality on the user end and then some. And higher bitrate in audio isn't what it sounds like. It just means a higher dynamic range can be encoded, but this difference is objectively beyond the realm of human hearing. Unavoidable quantization errors in the conversion of analog audio means a higher sampling frequency also does not increase the quality.

Occasionally, HD audio remasters sound subjectively different or better than the standard audio CD, but that's because differences in the choices the audio engineer made in remastering the track.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] residento:
Here I have uploaded 2 wave files. One is ripped from vynl @ 96Khz/24 Bit and the other is downsampled the ripped file to 44.1kHz / 16 Bit.

In this test you can spot the difference on the main singer's vocal reverb. 16 bit file has limited detail on reverb tails where it is like she sings in a room (dull, less details, a bit shorter) . 24 bit file has warm 3D feel that maintains the reverb tailing. She sounds like she is singing in a narrow street or wide hall.

(Don't forget to listen to on 24 bit 96 Khz NOS [no oversampling ] DAC with a mid level headphone [ ~$125+ ] )
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
I'm not talking about the sampling. I'm talkimg about the hideous compression on an MP3 file. And again, even though it's not even noticeable we'll keep trying to actually use the DAC how it was meant to be used

Hell the normal version of the AK4490 supports up to 768KHz
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] voidward:
This is awesome.

While I can't confirm whether this forces the use of the AKM 4490 chip or not, I am certain it changes the sound profile in a positive way, along with enabling the hi-res output as it functioned in an earlier version of Android with beta 704 of Poweramp. When it functioned it claimed to be using the Snapdragon chip, now it displays Samsung, and I'm quite confident it is the same processing that I've heard previously. I'm more inclined to believe it actually uses the AKM chip being used and this is simply a display/identification error personally.

I use EQ heavily, and this has a very significant effect with EQ. Highs are much less harsh, bass is deeper, soundstage is wider, and you can raise volumes slightly higher before distortion kicks in (bass used to distort around 70 volume on my Audeze EL-8s, now it's not noticeable until around 75. I did a/b testing within Poweramp, and it's quite significant for me. There's literally bass sections I hear with the hi-res output that just sound like distortion without it. Highs sound compressed without it, like I'm listening to a bad MP3 rip, and this is apparent even without high bitrate FLACs.

Edit: I went back and tested without any EQ to confirm, bass is still richer, and highs are less harsh even without EQ applied, just not so blatantly apparent. This isn't only a benefit with EQ applied, it's universally better.

Enable direct volume control, enable 100 volume levels, enable high res output for wired.

I've been dicking around with a lot of the custom roms and mods to try and bring back the sound quality I had before hi-res audio got broken for Poweramp 704. This fixes it, and requires nothing more than a root of the stock rom to edit the build.prop. Thank you for this.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
I realized that while this doesn't force the AK4490 DAC or any kind of hi-res, the output changes, hence V4A working alongside Poweramp and its EQ. And Poweramp's EQ just works better.

Now, what I love is PA704+AK4490 patch+this method+V4A, all on a custom ROM. If you're on custom with the patch, the AK4490 is forced. Plus Poweramp's EQ just gets better. And V4A allows me to use that nifty sound reconstruction thingamajig, which basically fixes MP3's highs (I just turn it off for FLACs though).
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] voidward:
I don't care if it forces full res flacs or not, the sound profile is profoundly different. I'm listening to some different stuff now than I was previously, and the difference in soundstage is impossible not to spot. It sounds like you're listening to a recording in front of you when you turn it off. Everything sounds compressed.

The roms I've tried seemed to disable direct volume control in poweramp, and would distort at like 60% volume (lol) which is a complete joke and inferior to stock.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] voidward:
Le sads. I was quite pleased with this, but apparently ro.product.manufacturer=samsung breaks the camera on the Axon 7. Any app using the camera just crashes.

You could boot with the modified build.prop, open poweramp, then change it back to defaults and for that boot it'll remember both, but resets when you restart.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
Yep. Clean flashing the stock ROM fixes the camera.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] voidward:
Well, you could just undo the changes and fix permissions to rw-r-r and it'll be fine. Flashing the stock rom won't make both work at the same time.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] atakan33:
Hİ Res audio working on version alpha 705. It says Direct HD for variant.No need hack
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
open the terminal emulator and input

"su"

"dumpsys media.audio_flinger"

while playing music, then find the thread that says "standby=false"

Poweramp IS NOT CAPABLE to output to a direct output on our device.
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] atakan33:
but it says sample rate =192000
[ZTE Axon 7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Choose an username...:
Just do it ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Kul_dood:
Hello guys. I bought a Korean Note 8 (N950N) and I'm currently using it on AT&T. However, because it's an unlocked phone I can't get full speed LTE on it. I've lurked around on different forums and the only resolution to this is to buy an AT&T branded phone and call their tech support and give that IMEI as your Note8 IMEI and then you'll get full speed and all the other features.

I wanted to ask you T Mobile folks if I switch carriers, do I need to jump through these kinds of hoops or do you get full LTE speeds out of the box on unlocked, korean Note 8?

Thanks in advance for your help/suggestions.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] NICEGYPT:
Not sure if anyone here will have the Korean version. However, the best way to know is to just put a tmobile sim card and try the speed. You can go to the store and they will help you out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] ray_c_yuen:
I love my Korean version of the Note 8. 500gb of phone storage (256 + 256) is handy. The only downside I've found is using Samsung Pay. I get the 'invalid sim card' and 'try again' error message. Australian Samsung Support wont offer anything more than 'contact the source country' (Korea). At least Samsung Pay is working on my Samsung S3 Frontier so i can live without it on my phone. I'm just a bit upset the ebay seller advertised that Samsung Pay would work on this international model.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toastedteacakes:
So, ive been out of the loop for awhile, so here is the jist.

Been using my s6 stock since i got it about 2 years ago, its now out of warranty, the battery is almost dead, and i would like to scrap the touch wiz nonsense and debloat it, ive also ordered an S7 edge battery for it ready to mod it.

For Roms, what would you folks suggest? clean, simple, and daily use ready would be preferred.

When it comes to calibrating the phone for the S7 edge battery, is it just a case of cycling the battery and letting the phone calibrate to the new capacity? or is it more envolved? E.g. a Kernal swap, or adjusting numbers in the Android Rom ill be using?

I dont use the wireless charging or nfc, i understand that they are intergrated into a flexible panel that sits on top of the battery and behind the back, is this safe to remove?

Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] hbk_seanmichael:
3rd Whitedome Glass Failure. All after perfect installs & NO ISSUES until 3 weeks

Okay I am getting a little annoyed now..

I bought the whitedome glass for me and my wifes Note 8. Perfect installation. Glue spread perfectly and covered the entire screen. Dried perfectly not 1 bubble or spec of dust. 3 weeks later I wake up one morning and one of my edges looks like it lost adhesion and its peeling up and you can see the bubble/smudged glue under the screen not sticking to the glass of the phone anymore.

$50 later I ordered a new one and installed it again the same way. Perfect spread. No bubbles no dust nothing.

2 days after I put my new one on, my wifes phone starts doing the same thing!!! Now I have to order another one for her?

What a scam $50 bucks for it just to keep peeling up on the edges after 3 weeks... randomly overnight too... Only thing I can think of is CHEAP glue causing the issue. Amazon is prone to sending FAKE and CHEAP replacement items even on their "verified" sellers. Colognes, lotions, jewelry etc..

I contacted the manufacturer and they did not reply... on Amazon I contacted the seller and he said "Ask Amazon"... great customer service. FRAUDS.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] mcdanielvzw:
I'd be furious too and would find another solution if I paid $50 for each glass. I just had to replace my glass today because the upper right corner came "unglued" - luckily I got a couple when Whitestone was having a blowout/EOL sale for nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] hbk_seanmichael:
How did yours come unglued? Me and my wife have no idea what could have happened. It was literally overnight one day.

I just *****ed to amazon on their chat and they sent me a new one for free and refunded me one of the charges. Thats great and all but this is now the 2nd one on my wifes phone and i am already on my 2nd so what if they keep coming "unglued"...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] Huey85:
mine's been going strong for a month and a half now.. no bubbles and no signs of adhesive wearing/screen becoming unglued. Also using it alongside a Spigen case too. I'd go so far as to say that the sceen protector is in 95% perfect condition since the install. Barely a hairline scratch to be seen.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] ttzap:
Like Huey above, I've been using mine since Oct ~15th with no issues. It sounds like it could be curing issue if it happened twice where it's losing adhesion. Try using the sun to cure instead of the included lamp.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] Kawaisa:
It's happened to mine also. It started losing adhesion on the right side of the screen out of nowhere. There was nothing touching that side of the screen so I was able to rule out anything pressing against the screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] mcdanielvzw:
I'm sure mine happened from excessive pressure on the TGSP in the upper right corner. It's a tight fit in my front pocket of my jeans. Hopefully it doesn't happen again.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] masri1987:
i got my whitestone 5 days ago, applied perfectly, everything is fine except that the glue on the right side of the edges are starting to show as white along the edges, a simple swipe of an alcohol pad took care of that
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] irock1985:
Mines been perfect on my Note8 and my wife's S8+ for over a month
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] illitirit:
wierdly mine has the same lift area as yours op. Although i want to say it was my fault cause i noticed it right after I went camping. So something must have happened while I was drunk roasting marshmallows
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] Ricey:
Whitestone should add a disclaimer, "Do not use while drunk roasting marshmallows"
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] borijess:
I don't know if any of you have tried this. I had some bubbles come up on the top corner of my Whitestone Dome. Due to the case pushed a bit on it. It started late Saturday and continue to get larger. I was already contemplating replacing glass. I said let me give the heat gun a try. So I went ahead and heated that section up and then massaged it out. Now the bubbles are gone. I don't know if this is going to last. But as of right now I am bubble free. I did not cure it again but it might help after you massage bubbles out. I am at work and do not have my UV light with me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] hinnn:
As a lot of reviews mentioned, this glass can be broken easily.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] chacho_2me:
Good for you guys that installation was perfect. Mine was a total waste. And i believe i received a scrap glue