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[Vibrant Android Development] zen123:
same here, no HAC option on my European i9000 Galaxy S
[Vibrant Android Development] smeltn:
Just checked my Samsung Captivate (i897) and the default is 92.
[Vibrant Android Development] anonymous-x:
Will this work w/the Droid 2?
[Vibrant Android Development] samyvibrantuser:
what is Voice Booster and DYVE in that debug screen?

Voice Booster was Off and i enabled and not sure what exactly does it help.

I am going to try it.:)
[Vibrant Android Development] badger1000:
Can anyone make the mic louder??

I have tinkered with the voice TX levels in one of the menus but it made no difference. No matter how loud I speak into the mic it never gets louder at the other end! It's only just audible and it's driving my friends mad to the point where they can't be ar5ed to phone me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks guys.
[Vibrant Android Development] amalio357:
how do i change the speaker volume exactly?
[Vibrant Android Development] NinjaPlease:
Using a Samsung Captivate- Changed level5 to 100 and the volume still sounds like its on 92. :confused:

Wish the speaker can be louder :rolleyes:
[Vibrant Android Development] javacody:
I wish I understood what any of this stuff meant. Is there a guide out there somewhere on what all of these options mean?
[Vibrant Android Development] vapotrini:
I was able to make my settings stay at 100 with reboot. Then I installed the lag fix and it's no longer staying. Very, very strange... Anyway, can't say I ever noticed a difference to be honest - maybe very slight but far from "VERY LOUD".
[Vibrant Android Development] badger1000:
Me too. Set mic and speaker to 100 and also the VT TX and RX to 100 and there's very little difference.
[Vibrant Android Development] VICosPhi:
How did you make the settings stick even after reboot?
[Vibrant Android Development] vapotrini:
I believe it was by using the HAC settings. Simply enabling that helps a lot.

Settings>Call Setting>HAC mode = On
[Vibrant Android Development] badger1000:
No HAC mode on the Galaxy S?
[Vibrant Android Development] yipcanjo:
You know what? It really *does* help. Thanks!!!

The other changes work as well, but reset themselves when you reboot the phone. This setting seems to stick, which is awesome :)
[Vibrant Android Development] daraj:
Where is that HAC setting. I dont have it on my captivate
[Vibrant Android Development] KaLiBLeeK:
Yeah, the only option on the Captivate is to enable TTY Mode.

I agree with a few of the other posters; the speaker volume is fine for me, but the in call volume isn't great.

I found out yesterday using a bluetooth headset helps a ton though. And everything on this phone seems considerably louder than the Nexus One I had.
[Vibrant Android Development] alf11211:
thanks alot i wish we had hac ...my hearing sucks big time..
[Vibrant Android Development] jsparakov:
Can this concept be applied to headphones? My problem is that the lowest volume setting on my Vibrant is too loud when listening with my headphones. This applies to any song with HAC off.
[Vibrant Android Development] shardz:
i have the same question as above. i want to make my headphones sound louder. any ideas/
[Vibrant Android Development] burntrat:
I followed all the steps and have HAC on, but after a reboot, level 5 goes back to 88.
[Vibrant Android Development] captrage:
:DLike

Spinal Tap

? "ours goes to eleven":D
[Vibrant Android Development] macpilot:
I am also wishing this thing was louder, in all forms. I have no HAC settings on my Captivate.
[Vibrant Android Development] nraudigy2:
It's crazy loud through Vibrant's headphone even at lowest setting. How do I make it even lower.
[Vibrant Android Development] geokilla:
Thanks for the mod. However I'm not hearing the difference on the speaker and my hearing is perfectly fine. Plus I can't seem to make the headset/headphones softer, even if I have the 0 and 5th value set to 22! I tried changing the ___ VT settings but when I get to the input page, it gives me an error saying the following:

MNU NOT EXIST
PRESS BACK KEY
Current Command is 56110
[Vibrant Android Development] don_alaa:
sir this code dosent work on my x10i (Dialer *#*#197328640#*#*)
[Vibrant Android Development] don_alaa:
any one help my x10i in call volume is toooo low !
[Vibrant Android Development] mshine67:
Dialer?

Hello, New to Android O/S.. Looking to try the volume boost mod suggested, but have no idea where to put in the code given? Maybe irrelevant to my Droid Eris, but wanted to know exactly where am I supposed to enter this "Dialer" code? I tried entering it as if I where placing a call *#*#197328640#*#* but when I click the last "*" it just clears my whole entry. I think I may be putting this in the wrong place or maybe punch in characters I don't need? Any help would be appreciated. Tried looking this up, and all references to dialer are for apps to place calls?
[Vibrant Android Development] RaymondPJR:
call volume

Sometimes these posted codes are wrong. Try, *#197328640#*, or, *#*#197328640#*. Play around with those symbols.:)
[Vibrant Android Development] mrbobb:
check your gear!!!

I know, I am a Noob, but; I got my vibrant for my birthday and immeadiately got a shell. set it up turned it on, and was reallllly underwhelmed with the volume. I then reached way back to something I read somewhere and realized this was a hard shell. a little love time with the dremmel, i carved out a majority of the plastic on the back and walla, double the volume. now this might not be your problem but without the excess, it is loud enough for me.

ParrotBob

BTW i am new to android, and a retired nuk engineer. i would appreciate any honest advice about the best direction to go this week with my vibrant. i downloaded and installed the one touch root from the bible and installed true stock 2.1, fixed the GPS tried to install the WIFI hub with only partial success on the hub.

Im a great student if any of you would care to mentor.

Have a good background in programming.

PB
[Vibrant Android Development] GUARDIANBD:
i know its "Blast from the Past" but does some1'ns knows how to

raise the call volume during calls higher?? its too damn low and dont have

HAC im menu...
[Vibrant Android Development] Kwaii49:
I thought I was the only one. I just use my bluetooth and turn it way up.
[Vibrant Android Development] killer_raj:
well..i m using captvate i896...2.2 froyo..

i guesss sound is a problem with all the galaxy s model..if we talk abt the speakerphone..for listenin to music or watchin a movie..or even for ringing purpose...

i m ok with my callin sepaker and mic..

but i hav a peculiar problem..when i connect it to my bluetooth device..(plantronics discovery 925)...the sound loudness is fine..but there is a huge distortion even to me and even to the other party who is listenin to me..

though this plantronics device is perfectly working device..and i m using it with other phone..like nokia...and even i connect this headphone to my laptop..and its working fine...so seems the issue is with the phone...not with the bluetooth device..

ppl can give suggestion or share their ideas on this...?
[Vibrant Android Development] n7slc:
Maybe we're looking in the wrong place guys...when I go back to stock 2.1, the audio on my Captivate will blow my doors off. Ringer, handset, speaker all of it is super-loud. I thought it was one or two of the ROMs that I was installing that was causing the low audio but...I recently flashed back to stock 2.1 and checked the audio => nice and loud. Rooted => audio still loud. Installed CWM => audio took a dive.

For me, CWM is the culprit...unfortunately, I do not know how to fix it short of flashing back to stock.
[General Questions and Answers] darnei:
hi all. usually i just read the forums or use the search feature, but im stumped on this one.

I have a verizon omnia i910 flashed with adrynaline's m2d cf03 rom.

anyway, i am attempting to load up some gameboy roms (namely pokemon, the best time killer ive ever had, looking to reminisce a bit) but also some gba roms would be nice too...

I have tried pocketGBA and it wont even attempt to install, i've also tried morphgear but i keep getting a 5 minute timer lockout because its the trial. from what i've read its supposidly free and open source now, but i dont know whats up with that.

Does anybody have a free solution? dont be afraid to get technical.. i was on sprint's ATS for 2 years so im pretty sure i could handle anything you guys throw at me.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iainbp:
is there a cab to make the txt message bubbles a different colour. sorry if this has been asked before did try looking but my dam pc keeps freezing .
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G-ThGraf:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=651098

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[Captivate General] Smallsmx3:
So the screen is supposed to have less drain on the battery? Why does it drain 80% of the battery consistently? So if this phone had a regular lcd screen it would only last 3 hours?

When I'm at work the service sucks and my phone is constantly searching for signal. The battery went down two % in a minute and goes down 5-6 every hour if not more when not using it. At home I don't have this issue and I get much better performance. I pimped my phone out and I feel like this is the cause of such short performance. The phone is much more responsive and I love it but if I want to make it through a day I can hardly use the thing. Just posting this thread caused my phone to go down 4%
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
If your phone is constantly searching for a signal, then you will see rapid battery drain.
[Captivate General] Smallsmx3:
I have not had this issue with other phones. At least not this bad
[Captivate General] systoxity:
lol switch to the dell streak or the evo, you'll then truelly be able to appreciate battery life on the captivate.

in general though, it seems like you're having some bad luck with your battery. Some users suggested doing some power cycling and a factory reset of the phone. I also highly recommend reading the pimp my captivate pdf. Nifty little section in there for battery optimization.
[Captivate General] born_fisherman:
When was your phone purchased? If you registered it, did you happen to notice the manufactured date?

if your phone is on standby, when you go to settings-about phone-battery- What is eating the battery?

My first Captivate would drain the battery (even in "standby") about 2-3% per hour. Even though the phone would be on standby more than on, the DISPLAY was eating the battery life more than "cell standby"

my 2nd captivate - battery is lasting much longer - took it off the charger Friday at 7PM - am currently at 34% - and I've used the web browser/navigation/browsed the market, made phone calls, etc)

When I view the battery settings, "cell standby" is first in line..

Also, when I do keep the phone on standby, the battery BARELY drains.. I'm talking maybe 1% for 3 hours

Oh, the GPS works on phone #2 as well. My 2nd phone was manufactured 7/20, first phone was 7/10
[Captivate General] phishie:
Is this how it is for most people? My battery history always shows display as the number one battery consumer at 65-70% no matter how I use the phone.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
with light usage i get 2 days out of the phone and screen usage is not at the top of the list.
[Captivate General] lost2030:
My display is always first as well and it's between 60% and 70% all the time....my battery last all day with moderate to heavy use though so whatever lol
[Captivate General] madjsp:
My screen is always the one thing that uses my battery the most but I still get a day out of my phone.
[Captivate General] ozziecis:
If you went down 4% just posting, then it sounds more like a battery issue. Can't really help you there. But the crappy service at work thing - have you tried seeing if flipping from 3g to edge helps? In my office, my 3g signal is bad - 0-2 bars, constantly fluctuating. If I filp to edge, 4 - 5 bars the whole time. You could definitely save some battery there, if it worked for you. Here's the thread for changing to 2g: hxxp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=737137
[Captivate General] born_fisherman:
FYI - Checked battery at Midnight last night- battery status was 32%

Battery is STILL at 32% this morning.
[Captivate General] madjsp:
If my phone is idleing, i hardly lose any battery percentage.

I use Juice Defender to help my battery. i can easily get 2 days out of it if I use my computer to browse the web, but sometimes it's just easier to use my phone if I am at home or laying in bed.
[Captivate General] Main Target:
Some of you are getting some very impressive battery life, I cannot seem to compare.

My battery went down 5% over 6 hours. Which is a huge improvement over the 30 percent it did before.
[Captivate General] phishie:
My phone has been off the charger for 15 hours and 26 minutes. About 8 hours of which I was asleep and the phone was in standby. My display is still listed as #1 in battery history at 52%, I don't understand how anyone gets the display out of the #1 spot.
[Captivate General] madjsp:
if you don't use the phone, it wont. I've had it where my display and idle were about the same, but that's because i haven't used it.

If you make a phone call, the display will turn off and your cell service will take over the #1 spot.

The display will drain the battery the fastest. Even if it does suck less juice than before, it is still more than android needs to run. If you take the display away and give it a black and white that you find on E-Readers, I bet this phone would last for days and days. You are paying for a 4 inch screen that is gorgeous. Of course it is going to use battery life. There aren't any other ways around this.

EDIT: I'll play around with it for the next few hours while i'm hitting golf balls and then I'll break it all down and we'll see how my battery has been affected.
[Captivate General] Smallsmx3:
For those of you who don't have there screen with the main drain what do you have it set at? I have auto brightness on and power saving on. Maybe these cause more problems. With the screen constantly adjusting our drains more than it save s
[Captivate General] TPA_Droid:
Voice calls is in first at 52% and display is at second with 38%. I get amazing battery life out of this device. Again I am comparing this to a BBC bold.
[Captivate General] MTeator:
My battery would drain down twice per day.

If I was going to turn off background data, browse on my PC, and micromanage all the settings... well, I wouldn't have gotten a smartphone.

I would have preferred a slightly thicker phone to go with a larger battery. Samsung had the option with the BlackJack with a bigger battery & second battery door.
[Captivate General] Bjd223:
1500 mah is the largest battery in a phone yet. I am sure someone will release an extended battery which will also add thickness.

Typical Android devices get terrible battery life from what I have heard.
[Captivate General] phishie:
I'm not at all surprised that my display is the #1 factor in draining my battery. I bought this phone for its display.

What I am surprised to hear are those people who own this phone, use it, and don't have their display as numero uno in their battery history. I have to imagine they either: 1) don't use the phone all that much (e.g. have it in standby most of the time), 2) only use it for phone calls & texts, or 3) have their brightness/other settings set up uniquely.

I'm most interested as to whether #3 is true. If that's the case I'd like to find out what those settings are and try them out myself.
[Captivate General] eatkabab:
My phone was HORRIBLE before I did a 'factory reset'. Before it was 5-6%/hr just idling on standby. Now I drain the typical 1-3% 8hrs overnight while I sleep.

But I still have a problem. I used the phone (browsing, maps no gps, light games, 7min talk) for 2.5 hrs yesterday over a 11hr period and I was down to 33%.

Although MUCH better, I still don't believe this is normal. The phone should be able to do a comfortable 4hrs of anything. Its rated at 5hrs talk and that eats the batt faster than anything on earth.

Someone please tell me if this is normal. Factory reset REALLY helps A LOT! A LOT!
[Captivate General] eatkabab:
Okay so here is an update of my factory reset results. Please tell me if this is normal batt drain.

11hrs - total off plug.

- 2hrs screen,

- 7min talk,

- 20 min maps (no GPS)

33% batt left

Overnight batt draw - 1-3% (I think thats the only normal part)
[Captivate General] madjsp:
here is mine.

5 min 26 sec unplugged

53% display (38 minutes)

18% cell stand by (0 time without a signal)

12% phone idle (idling for 4 hours 46 minutes)

7% voice calls (2 minutes)

4% android system (cpu usage 8 minutes)

As you can see. While it was idling i haven't really used the phone much. This is with my WIFI on, but using Juice Defender

85% of my battery left. Had i turned wifi off, i would probably be at 89%.

so in 5 and a half hours, i've lost 15% of my battery. multiply that by 6 and i have 33 hours of my phone. That is, if it idles. Golfing means no phone calls for me. I reject my calls.

My phone, today, would last almost a day and a half of non usage. If i turn wifi off but browse on my phone, i'd still have good signal. I was outside, so my wifi was constantly looking for a signal. :(
[Captivate General] Smallsmx3:
It seems to me that auto brightness and power saving mode in display settings are the same since the power saving mode adjusts the brightness. Could having both of these on cause unnecessary drain? I'm going to try to disable one.then the other to see if there's any effect.
[Captivate General] madjsp:
what I've done is put up the power widget, and changed my brightness to the lowest level. I'm hardly outside and using my phone. If I need to, I can always brighten it up.
[Captivate General] ericFuels999:
I'm thinking about getting this phone. Is it really so difficult to see the screen under direct sunlight? Or does setting the brightness to maximum alleviate that problem?
[Captivate General] cachookaman:
its almost impossible seeing the screen in direct sunlight when you set it to the lowest brightness.
[Captivate General] Bjd223:
It is better than the AMOLED screens but not as good as some of the LCD technologies.

And none of those are anywhere close to e-ink in direct sunlight. That said I tried it in direct sunlight and it was readable but not mind blowing.
[Captivate General] eatkabab:
I think the bright sun visibility is a gimmick. Its the same as any other phone I've had. Whatever, nothing new...

I think at the lowest brightness setting its still way brighter for normal indoor use than necessary. Mine is always on lowest.

I do have this problem that when I set bright to lowest then pull the notification drawer down then push it up and hold it at the top, the brightness suddenly pops up to like 50-75%. For sure a bug...
[Captivate General] hmodel88:
How do u check ur manufacture date?

EDIT: Nevermind figured it out
[Captivate General] Anthonok:
Not a bug, it's part of touchwiz. You can swipe back and forth on the bar and it adjusts the brigness
[Captivate General] eatkabab:
OMFG THATS AWESOME!!! INGENIOUS!!! Why hasn't anyone talked about this!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! You turned a bug into AMAZING!
[Captivate General] Anthonok:
I found out after someone posted it over at androidcentral.com. I couldn't figure out why my brightness would change and then someone mentioned it and I had the same reaction
[Captivate General] E_man5112:
Yeah, someone posted it here earlier, I had the same reaction too. I have to say, Touchwiz adds a lot of sweet features. Add launcher pro to that, and you have an amazing combo.
[Captivate General] eatkabab:
yeah thats the cool part. I have launcher pro and the little details like this still shine through. *tear*

now if only one of those lil sensors on the front magically turned into a camera. Oh boy! I'd touchwiz myself all the way home
[Captivate General] SupaShaD:
18 hours and 30 minutes since unplugged at 100%. Now at 45% battery life with moderate usage, primarily texting, light phone use, minimal application usage including maps with gps and skyfire browser.

Number one battery drain is the screen followed by phone idle.
[Captivate General] Smallsmx3:
Just did a factory reset. I'm not sure if it helped any. I also added juice defender. Well see how this works out. I decided to turn off auto brightness and power saving mode and Im keeping the brightness all the way down.
[Captivate General] hmodel88:
Well so i think i got one of the bad batch of phones. Mine was manufactured on 7/06/2010. I was reading up on this issue on other forums as well and alot of people are having the same problems. Once they exchange for one of the newer manufactured ones though the phone lasts much longer and it seems to solve all the problems.
[Captivate General] hollywould:
Sorry, I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to android. Can someone tell me how to check the manufacture date? Thanks.

By the way I'm getting roughly 12 hours on a full charge, with pretty heavy use though, with syncing and bluetooth on.
[Captivate General] hmodel88:
Just go tho samsung.com and go to support then find where it says register product and then you select mobile, cell phone, and then enter your IMEI number. Once you do that it will say right under that box what date it was manufactured.
[Captivate General] Smallsmx3:
Well I factory reset which did not change anything other than me spending a couple of hours trying to get the phone back to the way it was. Screen is still my biggest drain even with brightness all the way down. I guess losing 4% every time I need to google something is normal
[Captivate General] Anthonok:
Is this whole manufature date thing serious? Where is everyone getting this from?
[Captivate General] Pmac25:
So yesterday my phone sucked down the battery like it was starving. It went from 100% to 8% in about 12 hours. with hardly any use on it. and the screen was always number one on use. So I made a small change. I turned the screen all the way down to 11%

Today I am at 94% after 10h 41m and a break down like this.

Standby 52% Without signal 2%

Phone idle 38%

Display 9%

OS 2%

I was out side a bit today and I wanted to see how big of a change turning down the screen made. even turned all the way down I could still see it just fine.

Turn down that screen peeps and save a ton of battery time.
[Captivate General] Anthonok:
Display 9%?!?!?!?! How did you manage that?!?!?! I've never seen mine below 50%!
[Captivate General] Pmac25:
Well as I said I have it set to 11% and I just did not use it much today.

I am still at 91% right now.
[Captivate General] GiXXerSTeveO:
wow i havent had that much problem with battery life. i have been playing some emulators today and listening to music since about 8am and i still have about 25% left right now
[Captivate General] Anthonok:
My brightness is always all the way down.
[Captivate General] GiXXerSTeveO:
same here and it still looks great.
[Captivate General] phishie:
Where do you see a percentage on screen brightness? All I have is a slider with no numerical value.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
nice results.
[Captivate General] ViniD:
Dont think date has anything to do with it mine was manufactured July 5 2010 and i have been unplugged for 20 hours and display was only 22% while voice calls was like 59%
[Captivate General] modest_mandroid:
I noticed I get drastically better battery life if I turn off GPS and location services. Before I turned it off, I would typically be at 20-30% battery life at the end of the day (phone comes off the charger at 8am, usually goes back on the charger at 10pm). It's now 9pm and my battery is at 73% remaining, with regular use (several phone calls, about an hour of browsing the web, listening to some music for about 30 minutes, played a few games here and there).

battery usage breakdown:

display: 35%

cell standby: 30%

phone idle: 17%

voice calls: 10%

android system: 3%

os: 2%

mediaserver: 2%

brightness set to automatic on mine