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[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] supercurio:
Hey there :D

Thumbs up for the idea, I'll test it as soon as my phone will boot again :D (hard work on the lag fix front in progress...)

@carlocb, your timing is perfect, thank you for the user support, I can't do it now as I'm too busy working on the next lagfix.

Next step is a custom kernel I'll provide :

This custom kernel will stop messing the volume by it's own, as you have noticed it does now ^^

Permissions will be set to allow setting the ALSA mixer volume without being root, every apk will be able to set it !

An app able to set the volume will still be very desirable though ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] fredphoesh:
Carlocb,

Could I suggest that you mention that this is based heavily on the work of Supercurio towards the top of your first post, and also thank him! (People need to know who did most the work). Im sure you did not mean to ignore these basic acts of good manners as Im sure you are very busy doing this and excited at the response, but please give Supercurio all the acknowledgment he deserves, ie at the top of your first post.

Thanks, Mark. ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
AND HERE IT IS! ;) New version with auto-install alsa feature! Took me quite some time to realize it, so I hope it's useful! ;)

I think that this could be the last update of the alpha version, next one will have graphics, versioning system, a better refresh system (I thought not to redo the command every n seconds, but just to check if the values have changed and only in this circumstance to reissue the command, if you understand what I mean) and of course it will be signed if I can learn how to do it and probably will be released also on the market...so it could take some days! ;)

Stay tuned! ;)

(Look on first post for the update and read carefully the "SECOND UPDATE" part!)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Of course I already mentioned it and the thread on first post, and I wrote also a pm to him directly! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] fredphoesh:
It is very well hidden ;)

It should be IN BOLD at the top of the first sentence... after all it is HIS hard work for weeks that made it possible for you, you just turned it into an app... right?

WRT the market. I would hope you have his name as author too?

Mark.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
I'm really happy and glad you like the idea! And of course I'm really looking forward to your new kernel...sounds BEAUTIFUL! :D

Again THANKS for your big work!!! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Already did it, you were right...look if it's ok now! ;)

About the market release, it would be something *more*: the app won't be released only there! It's just for people who maybe are not following this forum. Of course he will be mentioned and of course I will do so only if he agrees! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] fredphoesh:
cool mate, well done and thanks for your hard work too ;)

tx

Mark
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] rocketpaul:
will I risk destroying my ear running this app?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] supercurio:
carlocb !

@livegod don't worry my ego is not upset by carlocb's initiative, it's really the opposite.

carlocb send me a PM and already said kind things in the topics about my work more than reasonably :o

As a matter of fact I encourage every developer or user to use any of the information I published for it's own use and hopefully they will share like carlocb does :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] supercurio:
YES, you still need to be extra-careful if you use it to lower the mixer volume.

Putting the phone on vibrate mode helps.

You won't be disturbed by the audio reset done with notifications, but if you pause the sound or just start to play something, volume will be "standard" and not "your setting" until this app runs the alsa_amixer command again.

Of course, if you use this app to set a higher volume, there is no risk at all ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Like supercurio said, not if you use it to boost volume! But may I suggest you adjust music volume to half before applying the tweak and only after it worked try to increase it gradually until you are satisfied! ;) Especially if you use it with headphones (it can become quite loud!). If you use it for the car linein as I do there won't be problems!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] supercurio:
I strongly disagree...

If you have huge subwoofers and powerful amps, your car could move by itself :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Ain't that the spirit of the opensource community and one of the reasons we chose the open Android OS over the closed one of the iPhone? :P

I wanted to develop something for the iPhone when I had one, but never could because you have to pay like 100 bucks just to use YOUR phone for development...that sucks! :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
ROTFL

I didn't think about that...if you have such a setup probably you don't need a boost tweak lol!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] supercurio:
I agree...

But if you have such a setup you'll use anything named AudioBoost anyway :p
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lgkahn:
actually you still do.. i find that with boosting audio to 61 you get less hiss than if i kept it at the default and turn the volume up on the car radio (this is with my fm transmitter).. you can audibly hear the his if you plug in the headphones but dont start playing the output yet.

as a side note my volume was louder when running jg1 b4 i updated to jm5 so i believe they lowered the default audio in newer f/w's.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] THMRK:
I'm happy that someone else has noticed the unwanted issues with the EQ. I find it particularly apparent when the preset "Rock" EQ is used. It's an issues that doesn't appear on Mixzing but then Mixzing has an entirely separate issue with it (for me, anyway.)

So, just to echo what livegod is saying...is there any plans to address the unwanted EQ issues?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
I sincerely don't know what you are talking about, as I don't use the soft equalizer,but the car hifi one...I will look into it when I have time! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Yes...now it's 54 instead of 56! I saw it today! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Liemannen:
Thx for this!!

Q: if i have the version you had up earlier today 0.1 do i really have to update to 0.2?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Well it's up to Jou! Basically 0.2adds just auto-install and delete for alsa... so the one you have works just fine if you already installed also. You may well wait for the first decent beta I'm gonna release! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sihayqueirseva:
Hi, first of all thank you very much for the efforts, it's a great app.

It will be possible a alternative version to modify the "speakers volume", like the "headset volume" in this one?

Regards from Spain and sorry for my horrible english, ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] The.Opethian:
Obviously Samsung is adhering to the European law in regards to not increasing the volume more than what they want. So much that they've essentially crippled this device.

I hope they implement an option to still enable it but with a warning, or with a clause saying that "if you click this you agree to not hold Samsung for any problems etc.. lost hearing lolage your friends"

BlackBerry does it, why can't they?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] madmackem:
I installed this app this evening, I was quite surprised at the difference :-)

However i tried unplugging my head phones (samsung stock) when i plugged them back in the volume was fluctuating up and down every second :-| Im running jm3 fw, rooted and lag fixed.

Biggest issue for me is my sony in ear headphones (i like the sound and the fit of these) i got with my sony player x1060 sound absolutely pants in my sgs! before and after this app. I've messed with the equaliser settings but cant get anything decent out using these. any ideas?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Hmm...I never experienced such situation. Can you please provide me some information:

1: "have you tried turning it off and on?" :-P

2: after 1 you should try to recreate the problem and tell me if the problem happens the first time you try, then I think it could be a firmware problem maybe? In this case I would like to hear if someone else is using that firmware and has this problem...

3: if it is not possible to recreate the problem right away, try to use it normally for some time and, should the problem resurface, try to note the condition of the phone when it happened...like how many times you used the program, if and hoe many times you killed it, etc. etc.

If you can, try also to issue a "busybox ps" command on the mobile terminal or via adb, and of course past me the screen that the command provides please. This is the only way I can try to investigate it.

This is valid for *anyone* having issues that could relate to memory leaking or phone lagging or so...thanks!

PS: oh and... about the last part of your thread, I think you should really read supercurio's thread if you haven't already...the first part suggests how to enhance sound for your headphones! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
That would be an excellent thing. Also, Europe and everyone else should not have the power to impose such limitations to a device we pay 500€ just because they thought of a single usecase in which it could become health-risky from their point of view. A warning should be just fine. They allow it on cigarettes...is the hearing sense really more important than life itself?

Should I or anyone else spend days of our lives to do try to circumvent a limitation that should have never been there in the first place?

That's just my thinking...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] THMRK:
It's a minor niggle, really. I love that EQ for the bass response it gives and I REALLY want to get rid of my iPod on that back of having my first phone with a 3.5mm jack but this is the only thing stopping me.

It's also completely possible that I'm going mad and that my ears of abusing my ears by being in a band is now effecting my hearing, and that I'm just imagining the issue! Haha :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
No alternative version, the app will have such feature when it's more mature! I already thought about that... it'll come with a better UI and it will be basically a more sophisticated alsa "touch interface" or a wrapper if you know what I mean. This way it should also be useful when @supercurio new kernel arrives!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sihayqueirseva:
Great news!! Thank you very much. Now waiting for the new features... ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] praveen6585:
I installed 0.2 and its working fantastic! awesome work! my phone had come with JF3 installed and i used to keep the volume at 12-13.. after i flashed to JM2 there was a remarkable drop in volume.. at times even 15 would seem to be less! and after using ur app the volume is LOUD and clear at even 9-10! too good!

in the current version if i keep the timer at the default 2 seconds it keeps applying it non stop every 2 seconds right? waiting for the version when it will do it only when required! it will be very easy on the battery then! :)

And it doesnt matter how an application 'looks' as long as it is doing a good job of what its supposed to do! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ivanchin99:
How do i install the apk file? I tried open with my phone and it says unsupported file.

cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Did you try with astro or the built in file manager? I think *maybe* you should also enable usb-development under settings. Not really sure about this one, but it *could* be an issue since the app is marked as "debuggable" as it's not signed... ;)

Maybe someone who better understands the android system can enlighten us on this one...

If you can't install it with usb-development enabled, try also with adb! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ivanchin99:
It works now :D

I tried adb but i get the installation aborted message. :p

Then i realize the apk file is visible and open-able via my files and voila :cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
So...here's what I'm thinking/doing right now:

1. A little refactoring :P

2. New version will feature 3 tabs: headphones, speaker and mic controls! :)

3. Each one will display the current level (with auto-refresh feature customizable) and the possibility to tweak it.

4. Each view will have a percentage slide along with normal int values, so you can read and set a 1-100% value instead of a 0-63 one...

Of course the speaker and mic controls will be experimental until we better understand their behavior...

How does that sound?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ivanchin99:
So i've installed the audioboost, plugin ma headphone. Run music player then audioboost (or vice versa), and notice no difference at all of the music volume, it stays the same. :/
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] praveen6585:
Sounds good! but what exactly do you mean by refactoring?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] praveen6585:
run the app first and after you click on 'enable', press the home key and not the back key.. this is because the app needs to run in the background.. then you can access the music player as usual.. (remember to keep the volume low.. around 9-10 coz it can get loud!!)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Well that's from a coding point of view...like cleaning up the code a bit and making it more modular...it's causing me some headaches right now! :-\
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] praveen6585:
oh ok.. good luck with it!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] fredphoesh:
cool, thats great.

I was just concerned that people should know and appreciate the time you put into it... and carlocb has been very gracious about making that clear.

Supercurio, perhaps you can explain one thing for me... the fix started off being a fix for getting around the EQ and now seems to be all about volume. I am not interested in more volume, just un-coloured sound... is the EQ fix still being worked on separately, or is a side-effect of the volume fix having flat EQ too?

cheers,

Mark.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] insty:
Installed but can't see it being listed.

Any ideas?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Hmm...you mean like you don't see it in the launcher? O_o Do you use a particular launcher for that (like launcher pro) or the stock one? Can you please look if you see it in settings/application/manage applications?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
New version 0.3 last beta! :D

I just published a new version...this one is very fast and stable!!

I didn't think to release a new version before the first release (coming out by the end of the week), but during these days I have used last published version for testing and I had quite some problems. I found a way to fix everything and now there are no more issues. The app is stable, doesn't lag and has no significant impact over ram or cpu, so not even on battery life! ;) It can be kept in background all day long even with 1sec refresh without even noticing, trust me! ;)

You find everything on first post as usual! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Ok...it was easier than I thought! Thanks to a good code design... :cool: I think we're ready for the first release version! :D

It's still missing some decent graphic, but I think it should be *rock stable*! :D And it's working with speaker and (possibly) with microphone. Of course with speaker it doesn't make a huge difference, because it's already at 95%...

Well...first post has been updated with the signed release version...enjoy! :D

Please provide some feedback if you try this out...and if you feel very generous, buy me a beer (link for donations in first post)! :rolleyes: I wanted to publish this on the market, but it's 25$ only for publishing! :eek::eek:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sihayqueirseva:
Thank you very much!! I have install it, and "headphone fix" works great, but i don't find differences changing speakers level to 62-63 (this is my principal interest, you know :)). I have install alsa, the phone is rooted and let the application running on background, of course.

Is any kind of bug or it's my phone? (JM5, simfree) Anyone can confirm if works in the speaker?

I will make a donation, it's a great effort!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Well, as I already wrote, there's not a big difference from standard speaker level (which is 60) and the maximum level (which is 63)...it's barely hearable. :( Unfortunately this is due to the phone hardware and no fix is possible! :( It's already "boosted" the speaker level! :D Maybe in this case the app could be useful to take the level down (that works very well if you try :P)...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sihayqueirseva:
Thank you for the fast reply. So, the problem is in my ear; as I suspected, I am deaf enough and cannot distinguish the difference... :D

I encourage you to publish it the market. Have left a small donation, in a symbolic way to grateful for the efforts. Thank you again and a greetings.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] insty:
How short on donations are you ;)?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Well thank you very very much! :D Is very appreciated! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sihayqueirseva:
They are bad times, bro...:o:o
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Bloesum:
Request for mono setting

Hi,

Since you are tweaking all kinds of Alsa commands and parameters may I request an option to set the audio output from stereo to mono? In this way people can listen to both channels with a bleutooth eardevice or in my case: I am single sided deaf.

Cheers,

Bloesum
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Hmm, I'm not sure if that's even possible...but I will certainly look into it! I'll be back with an answer soon.

I was already thinking about implementing a balance feature in a new version... ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Bloesum:
I am sure it is possible: Look for Super BT Mono Pro in the app store; but I simply refuse to pay $ 6,- for just one command or setting. :mad: I will have a look too into the Alsa documentation.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Please wait sending donations...I'm looking into releasing it for 2 bucks, at least you get auto-update feature! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
New version 1.1 released with minor changes. Also released on the market! :D You can find it by searching for AudioBoost! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lgkahn:
just paid for it on the market thanks for your help.. now send me a cut :) (still need widget instead of entire app)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Cut will arrive this evening, as soon as I get to my pc! ;)

Widget will arrive in newer versions soon! There will be also a status bar notification option which I find more useful (but that's only my personal taste...)!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] shawn_pro:
A Big thanks to u pal.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] m3talm0rph:
Grande Carlo!! Comunque non lasciare il tuo numero di telefono sul market. Ah una cosa... Ma la JH1 ha anche il problema dell'equalizzatore modificato, oppure è piatto come sulla JM5?

Nice Carlo!! Anyway do not leave your mobile phone number on the market. Ah one last thing... Does the JH1 has the modified equalizer problem or it is flat as in JM5?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lgkahn:
sorry to report the version in the app store is not working correctly.. thought it was because i didnt uninstall first so i uninstalled it (got credit sorry)

then rebought it and it still is not working..

the headphone volume goes up but as soon as i hit the back button so the app is not on the screen (still running in the background) the sound volume goes back down and never gets loud again.. (doesnt matter if i have refresh checked or what the time is .. it does not refresh and get loud)

the 1.0 version downloaded from here does not have that problem it is working fine...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] dagrim1:
I can confirm this one (JM1 rev3). This is the first version I tried so can't comment on other versions though :)

And the microphone setting is when recording sound through mic? (Hoping it will fix the crappy video recording at least partly).
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
You should not hit the back button!!

BACK button = EXIT!

HOME button = STILL IN BACKGROUND! ;)

Let me know if it works this way...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
FYI, that's was actually a documented feature!

(UPDATED 1.1:

- When clicking exit button it will clean up better.) ;)

Back button equals exiting...

Even in 1.0, when you clicked the back button (or exit) it would leave the setting, but it would remove the refresh...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lgkahn:
no tried home button same effect!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lgkahn:
and actually that is not the behavior on mine with 1.0 when i hit back.. if you check in task manager atk as i reported previously it is still running in the background and as soon as the refresh time hits.. it updates.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
That is really really really weird! O_o

Looking right now!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] m3talm0rph:
Please answer because in a few hours I'd like to try it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Ok you're right! It has indeed that problem! It is surely because of an update I did to that exit function. Will remove that little part right now and repost version 1.3 -.-

Then I will fix everything in a next update!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Ok, now there's version 1.2 that is not presenting the bug!

Please try it and tell me that this is correct! ;)

SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY

for the inconvenience...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lgkahn:
working i bought again. for a 3rd time.. thanks

both home and return work .. netiher one has sound go back down when exiting that method (even quit does not truly exit) as i said still running with advanced task killer.. if you close it that way and then pause and resume it is truly closed and doesnt get louder as expected..

so quit does not truly quit either.. you may want to look into that or remove it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Will do! Sorry again!! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lgkahn:
no apology necessary.. great work.. there are always issues with s/w as it gets more complex
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Well it was my first release, and first paid software in my life, and I ****ed it up badly for rushing an update, that shouldn't happen...so sorry again to everyone! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] dagrim1:
Don't worry man! As long as you're fixing the things (and are listening to the buyers) all is cool :)

Sure, it's paid software but the price isn't high and as long as buyers (or atleast, me) know you're working on it and listening (and progress is made) it's all fine!

btw, batteyr is about empty now but settings seem to be saved again... will test some more tomorrow!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] jrjunior:
Market app crashing

Hi Carlo,

Thanks for your great app.

I purchased the market app for your support however it doesn't install correctly. It shows only the Android icon and clicking on it crashes the app immediately. Back to the free app which works as expected.

jrjunior
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] polli_78:
where you can download version 1.2?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Bhonka:
Is this fixed yet? I'm using 0.1 beta because the latest one does not hold the settings when i leave the program.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Will be posting the 1.2 update on the forum right away! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Hmm that is the first time I hear this...have you tried uninstalling the forum version before installing the market one? Please try doing so!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carlocb:
Ok, new version 1.2 free is updated on the forum, it's the same as the market version, shouldn't have issues... :rolleyes: