[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RealPariah:
How I perma applied a vol fix on another Droid phone

Folks,

I am an Android Dev [Moto Cliq XT [ambrosialCM7 - thats me]] and now working on a Samsung Galaxy S2 [Better Tmo variety].

I can say when I did my custom OS there were files found in System/etc I believe that handled the audio system from the volume levels to the sound of said volume [equalizer [change tone so it is not too high or too low as vol adjusts can cause speaker sound tone to change].

MY BAD, JUST DID MORE RESEARCH AND THIS IS NOT A DROID BASED PHONE. Though through some googling I have found that like the Razr I hacked the hell out of that this phone works with both Motorola Phone Tools [MPT - NOT THE ORIGINAL VERSION THAT CAME WITH THE PHONE OR THAT YOU DOWNLOAD VIA VERIZON APPARENTLY THEY HAD MPT NEUTERED SO THAT IT WOULD NOT HAVE FEATURES THAT WOULD HAVE YOU SAY PUTTING FREE RINGTONES ON THE PHONE WHEN YOU COULD JUST BUY THEM WITH THAT UNLIMITED MONEY WE ALL HAVE. Thanks Verizon.

IF YOU DONT LIKE MPT There is also P2k tools and while I have read a couple folks had issues with using this basically if you use it to modify or upload new files to the phone you are good if you try and delete files it may give you an issue. Try creating a text file in a system folder and then try to modify its permissions and then delete it. If you get issues with either of those then you can name the file you are trying to upload with the same name as the original file already on the phone [DONT FORGET TO DOWNLOAD A BACKUP OF ANY AND ALL AND I MEAN ANY AND ALL CHANGES TO ANY AND ALL FILES YOU MAKE [you NEVER know when an accident or otherwise will cause you to require that one file you thought was meaningless that you deleted. If you are being totally paranoid either research how to do a FULL SYSTEM BACJUP via MPT [or probably P2K tools instead] and burn that to a disk so it is safe OR DOWNLOAD IT [google search] just be sure it is the RIGHT VERSION FOR YOUR COUNTRY CARRIER AND EITHER SAME OR NEWER VERSION OF THE OS YOUR PHONE CURRENTLY HAS [usually found in a settings about phone type of menu option and then you should see a firmware or OS or other version number. If in doubt google Moto Barrage <suspected OS version] and see if you can find a forum thread with that firmware and download it and save it to a disk BEFORE YOU BEGIN EDITING ANY SYSTEM FILES [ringtones, wallpapers, pics, etc saved to your SD card for use on the phone dont count I am speaking of the system files on the internal phone memory [though if you paid for ringtones you prolly want to make a copy of your SD Card before working on the phone incase you need the space OR something formats the card and you lose the music vids whatever you paid for.

PLEASE NOTE all the times I have said RUN A FULL BACKUP. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU RUSH IN TO SOMETHING OR OTHERWISE CAUSE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR PHONE. I AM JUST A TECHIE NERD WITH MOTO AND ANDROID EXPERIENCE OFFERING MY VIEWS AND WAYS I WOULD GO ABOUT APPLYING THIS SOUND FIX PERMANENTLY.

So back to my 2 cents. I was able to find a volume hack package for the CliqXT and modify it from there for my own ROM. Folks here are m ore than welcome to download my ROM, review /system/etc and use what they would like [I would be sure to edit the values as I DO NOT KNOW IF THE CLIQ XT AUDIO VALUES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THIS PHONE! All I ask is you drop me an email so I know who is using what and you give me credit somewhere for my hard work we are good :-).

Oh yeah these files are CSVs I remember and they say things like audiopara audiolevel etc. but are kinda obvious. I believe there should be 3 files that together coordinate the volume and then the equalization of said volume.

My ROM Site: Link removed due to stupid board limits I guess you are stuck PMing me for the link don't get mad at me the site denies the post with outside link.

the ROM files are there under downloads and of course if you would like to PM me or otherwise contact me for help I will do my best.