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[Desire HD General] d0pefish:
In the Music app (at least; haven't looked at any video playback yet) there's a button at the top right and an item on the Menu button called Sound Enhancer.

On there, you have "No effects", "Dolby Mobile", "SRS enhancement", and "Equalizer (headphones only)". Next to Equalizer, there's a variety of presets like Pop, Rock, Bass boost, Treble boost, Vocal boost, and a few more. I haven't found any means of actually adjusting the Dolby or SRS - it just seems to be an on/off thing - same with the EQ, there's no manual band control that I can see. It's either Nothing, Dolby, SRS, or EQ+a preset.

Dolby mobile and SRS makes a difference to the music being played in both the headphones, and out of the phone's speaker. Dolby seems to push more bass and adds a mild surround-like feeling. SRS seems to boost the bass and treble and make the sound "stand out" more. Both nice effects, worth playing with on various kinds of headphone. It's a preferential thing - the sound is fantastic even with no effects. They seem to make the external speaker a little louder (perhaps as a result of extra treble?) which, I must admit, is tinny and a little quiet, but I was expecting that.
[Desire HD General] d0pefish:
I used to have some KOSS The Plugs, and I miss them like hell, great earphones especially at the price. I lost mine :( It's a pity I don't have them any more to test on the DHD, but I'm certain you will find them to sound fantastic on this phone.

I'm using some generic Sony-Ericsson Walkman headphones with some custom earplugs, and they sound brilliant on this phone, so I can only imagine better headphones would sound... well, let's use some Apple lingo - "magical". :D

The bass is certainly powerful and upper frequencies are crisp. Hopefully you'll find it the same... I appreciate listening experience is a very subjective thing.
[Desire HD General] override182:
I listen to deathcore and metalcore stuffs, having a low and dynamic Hi-F would indeed be superb with the open triplets, massive double paddle bass and all the squeaking pinching.. goes sexy on the distortion sound too :)

sweet, i love to hear that SRS and DOLBY makes media playback via the internal speaker a lil bit louder.. cuz it has been metallic and empty for the HTC Desire. Yes we all know that people dont enjoy music via the speakers but it would be handy sometime to have at least a decent one.. just for shortplaybacks or watching video with buddies..

does it work for youtube perhaps? cuz i see people tend to watch youtube vids with friends.. that is where a decent speaker goes along well :D or does it work only with the music player
[Desire HD General] d0pefish:
I have no deathcore to hand at the moment, but can give it a shot when I get home and report back, ahhaha :D

Since the sound enhancement settings are only accessible from within the Music application, I don't know whether these enhancements only affect the music played in this app, or if the settings "stick" and apply to all media. I have no data or Wifi available at the moment to test out YouTube, but will report back tonight unless someone else would like to try. :)

I wonder if the Dolby/SRS/EQ stuff is done in software, or in the DAC/audio chip. Would be nice if it was the latter, as in the future we may end up with an external app that may offer more control over it, like some older HTC phones used to have.
[Desire HD General] waddo10:
Thought id post some screen shots of the music player and settings and what have you.
[Desire HD General] override182:
try Bring Me The Horizon : Visions and Asking Alexandria : The Final Episode.. tell me if it sounds awesome! ;) Both songs have quite a dynamic range of tunes and even very low ones too
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
Yes I can help, my friend is here with her HD and I had a galaxy s not long back..(sold this week)

Galaxy s vs Desire HD - music through loud speaker - Galaxy S kicks its butt.

Galaxy S vs Desire HD - music through standard supplied earphones - Galaxy S again sound better.

Galaxy S vs Desire HD - music with a set of sennheiser cx500 in the DHD (ebay £10, best earphones for the price, trust me) WOW, what a difference, lovely sound and good bass, on par with Galaxy S id say..

Basically the external speaker isn't that loud (its not bad but its just not loud enough...as always...thanks HTC)

The supplied headphons that come with the Desire HD are crap..

Get a good set of earphones (the sennheiser cx500 were just an example but I found them to be very good for the money)...the difference is like night and day.

So with a good set of earphones its easily on par with the Galaxy S and an IPod for that matter... Hope that helps.

EDIT- I also had a Desire and the sound even with the standard headphones was much better on the DHD
[Desire HD General] eozen81:
Nice to hear good stuff for music quality. Can anyone confirm If radio loudness is good or not with headsets (compared to mp3 listenning). Also It has got RDS support, right?
[Desire HD General] Beards:
Thanks mate, appreciate the honesty. :)
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
Hello matey, no problem, really it just comes down to Samsung ship far better headphones in box than the HTC, once you get a decent set the DHD sound is dam good.
[Desire HD General] Beards:
Yes Rich, appreciate that.

My problem though is I do use the external speaker a lot.

I take an awful lot of video's of my 3yr old granddaughter and pass the phone around to show the rest of the family (when out & about that is.... Near a TV and I either use the TV Cable or DLNA).

Taking these video's and playing them back through the speaker is sheer bliss.

Hence my nightmare..... The SGS has an excellent camera and bloody good loudspeaker to boot.

I've a strong feeling the DHD I'm ordering soon will disappoint.
[Desire HD General] darrenjdoc:
I got a set of Shure SE530's and the sound with them is superb. In my opinion it is much better than my old iPhone 4. The bass is quality.

Really impressed !!!
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
I totally agree, the video quality although very good, the problem is when coming from the SGS you will noticed the difference, I'm in the same boat, I lost my rag with the whole SGS thing and sold it but after seeing the DHD the video and audio is not as good as the SGS. When I say the audio I mean the video audio, even through my TV that has a theatre system, I noticed that the video sound quality wasn't as sharp and crisp as the SGS....even worse through the phones external speaker...I feel bad saying this because the DHD is really good but I guess I was spoilt with the SGS, if I hadn't of had one and just came from....lets say the normal Desire I would of been over the moon with the DHD quality if that makes sense..

Also the LCD screen, again very nice and sharp and bright is no match for watching videos on the super amoled screen, even if sometimes the s-amoled can be over saturated in colours sometimes the DHD even with the bigger screen doesn't cut it....aaahhh again if I hadn't of seen the SGS screen Id be more than happy. I will say the DHD whether its s-lcd or whatever the hell it is compared to all other lcd phone screens I saw in the past, the DHD is the best Ive ever seen and Ive heard some people prefer the DHD to the SGS screen, again its a matter of opinion.

Again its all about trade off and the pros and cons...everybody has different needs, I dont video much so Its no big deal for me, I will be using it more for the web and apps ect....and the DHD excels in that department..

If only we could combine the SGS with the Desire HD we would have one hell of a smartphone.
[Desire HD General] Beards:
Thanks again Rich.... Good honest opinions there.

I know I will love the DHD but I also know as I will also be keeping my SGS I'll be itching to pick it up and use it quite often. Just how much I'm not sure. :)
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
In this respect I wish I still had the SGS but I used the money to buy a DHD.

With having both I guess sooner or later you will see which you prefer or worse case you will love them both but for different reasons, mmm take both out with you..then you would get....look at that smart arse with his two top of the range smartphones hahaha....bloody show off LOL :D
[Desire HD General] Beards:
Show off... No never...:D
[Desire HD General] Demiourgos:
If you want to upgrade your phones audio (via headphone or additional speakers), you can buy portable amplifier.

It is made for mp3 players, mobile phones and other devices using 3,5mm jack.

It can enhance music very well. I got interested in this when I wanted to buy some quality audio player. It turned that my phone died and I need a new one more than some super-duper music only device.

Guys from Polish audiophile forum say that they are worth it. Sound is louder and better quality.

E3 http://www.fiio.com.cn/en/showproduct.asp?id=301

E5 http://www.fiio.com.cn/en/showproduct.asp?id=309

E7 http://www.fiio.com.cn/en/showproduct.asp?id=319

there is also E1 for iPhone
[Desire HD General] koba:
app

is there a app to push the sound of the speakers?
[Desire HD General] tonyh0905:
Guys,

People are reporting that the internal speaker is very quiet. Has anyone tried the navigation app in a car yet?. Are the turn by turn directions loud enough?
[Desire HD General] ramteid3:
Hi Guys,

has someone already tried streaming music over a bluetooth stereo headset, like Jabra Halo? And if so, can Dolby and SRS effects also be applied that way?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] smeltn:
That looks fantastic. I want your notification drop down and all minus the owl of course and text, but can this be done by using metamorph instead of having to adb everything?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] thehavock18:
awsome write up. Looks pretty simple and I will attempt this when I get home today.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Dave the Knave:
This is an absolutely EXCELLENT tutorial. Props to you. I will be doing this shortly to all my Captivates in the house, 3 in use, plus the 4th one I'm using as a Dev phone.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] gangpe:
Hi,

I've followed your instructions. After the files have been pushed up, my phone goes through the usual errors due to the framework change. The problem I'm having is that after I restart my phone, the phone gets past the galaxy s screen, but then it goes black and does not respond. Any suggestions?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] thehavock18:
Looking into doing a little custom work but before I do. Like Tat's theme do you need to edit XML files for specific things like the pop ups being black. Or do I just get the naming right and put the proper PNG in the apk.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] malfuncion:
This is only for the notification drawer and not the actual pop ups. If you want to edit the popups you will need to edit the XML files.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] thehavock18:
Thanks for the quick response. I might have to dive into all the XML edits.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] malfuncion:
If you do post a how to thread cause I would like to know how myself :)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] jslee1020:
status_bar_background.9.png (actual background of the drawer)

If I ONLY wanted to make the pull-down menu background transparent the above file would be the only one that I need to mod... correct??
[Captivate Themes and Apps] malfuncion:
That is correct.

The one problem though is the AT&T (carrier part) at the top is also transparent and you quickly notice it looks a little strange with your items not transparent. I tried to live with it for a little bit but ended up modding the rest too.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] jslee1020:
quick_panel_list_bg_01.9 (seperator between carrier and application info)

is this the file for the AT&T carrier part??
[Captivate Themes and Apps] malfuncion:
The quick panel is actually the part that says "Notifications" or "On Going" below the AT&T part. THe AT&T and clear button is part of the actual background peice. So what happens is the AT&T part becomes transparent, while the notification peices are solid. It may not bother you but it bugged the crap out of me. It's personal preference really..
[Captivate Themes and Apps] jslee1020:
I get it. Well I'll try it out and see... I guess no better way to learn then to experience it first hand :D Thanks!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] thehavock18:
I was able to take the Cog Beta 7 framwork and Tat's framwork. I pulled out all the changes from his theme and put them in cog beta 7. I actually did not have to edit any files and was able to apply it.

I had to change a few file names around so all the backgrounds / pop ups applied to the theme. I left DG's background.

I don't want to post it since it is not my own work but if you want to take a look at the framwork and twframwork I can send them PM.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] jslee1020:
notification bar??

What file is the actual notification bar with the battery/clock/etc... would it be inside twframework-res.apk or framework-res.apk?

EDIT: Just set background transparency to 80% in photoshop and changed the color to black. The transparency seems ok, but it resembles minimalistic theme too much... gonna fiddle with it some more today.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] malfuncion:
it is in the framework.apk. The notification bar's file is:

statusbar_background.9.png

This is confirmed. I j ust set mine to a gradient and it actually looks kind of good. :)

screenie:

http://wtfokc.com/sef****/snapshot-4.png
[Captivate Themes and Apps] gangpe:
Hey Malfunction,

Finally got it working past the galaxy S screen, thanks for the info. One last question, then I should be out of your hair. Where can I change the settings for the media scanning icons? Currently, the white default icons are showing, but I'm trying to change that to the black SD card. I'm going to look into it myself too; figured I'd ask though.

Thanks,
[Captivate Themes and Apps] malfuncion:
Good deal, glad you got it working. What was the problem?

As for the SDCard- depends which you need. In framework-res there are these 3:

stat_notify_sdcard.png

stat_notify_sdcard_prepare.png

stat_notify_sdcard_usb.png

I had to do some hunting to find out which program was the running process for the Media Scanner. It is "MediaProvider.apk" on your /system/app folder. I edited mine and it now works and has all the Tat icons loaded. Thanks for that heads up :) I hadnt noticed that little piece before you mentioned it.

I looked at Tat's ROM section and also saw that he has edited these, may consider if you are wanting to mimick his:

DownloadProvider (Market)

MediaProvider (Media Scanner)

Vending (Market)

PackageProvider.apk (Uninstallation Screen)

GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk (Google Search)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] newter55:
Malfuncion

I appreciate your taking the time to post this tutorial!! I now officially have a captivate like no other ;) Gave me something to do on my day off. Only problem is now I will have to mod my daughter's and my wife's!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] malfuncion:
Not a problem man. Glad you were able to get it done. Post some screen shots if you get a chance :)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] gangpe:
Heh, yeah. Didn't want to reinvent the wheel but I liked the look of Tat's theme. Went so far as to ask him about it. Decided to replace all the png files with his. Have a weird issue with the notification bar going back to stock gray, but I'll work on that and let you know if/when/how it got fixed.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] malfuncion:
Here's what I did- I took his ROM for the Captivate over in the i9000 forums and unzipped it to a folder. I then moved his twframework and framework-res to another location and unzipped them. I then compared them side by side to my twframework and framework. I was able to copy from his to mine all his icons and such. I did this for both the frameworks. Basically remixed my custom one with his. Then I re-read his thread and pulled his themed system/apps out and pushed them to my phone as well. I now have his theme mixed with my notification tray. I didnt like his notification tray mods as it blanked the "qlink panel" and "app_background". I prefer how mine are in the first post. :)

Maybe for my next project I am going to go theme hunting and mix/match icons and such. I like Tat's on some things, others I dont. Eitherway his are better than stock!

If you want download my APK's and inject your background. They work beautifully. I updated the original post to reflect Tat's theme. Eitherway happy modding!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Mrpotato00:
Thanks for this tutorial. Learned alot and was able to load new mods, but I was wondering if its possible to load the newly made framework.apk without using sdk? I would to make themes for other people to load but trying to find the simplest way with out PC.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] gangpe:
You are the man. Scratch my last comment - it turns out I had so many friggin notifications that I couldn't see the clear black background. The media change worked like a charm. This is all on Cog 6 btw. Thanks again!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] malfuncion:
Depends on what they have installed. I assume you could move the files to SDCard and then use Root Explorer. Another way would be to make a flashable zip containing your files. Not sure how to do that, but I am sure a little googling or searching the forums on here would get ya going. If you find out before me- place a link here. I found a flashable file I had laying around and opened it up. It appears you could modify the contents of it to match the files you are wantign to flash. However I am sure there is a batch/script out there to do this cause it appears the zip is signed. I'd hate to stear you in a direction that would biff ya up. I'll do soem searching and update my thread should I figure it out.

Haha, yeah I had that problem at one point and know what ya mean. Glad it all worked out for ya!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] newter55:
To add to the above post...i used root explorer and it worked fine to move files

Sent telepathically using vulcan mind meld app.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] boborone:
Nice, thanks for the writeup. Love it that its dyi. I've done nothing but so far. First android, want to know what's going on and how to take it back. Thanks again.

From a phone on an app
[Captivate Themes and Apps] malfuncion:
Incase you are using the Tat theme, I would recommend reading this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8747256#post8747256

It is a 5 signal bar Mod I made for the Tat icons. The stock has only 4 and a 5th is stock.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] revolvingdoorslammer:
thanks for the help malfuncion!! I just injected your files into my .apks and then used used root explorer to put them back on the phone. Ill do some more customizing when I get adobe photoshop because now Im addicted :D

For anyone else wanting to do this, it is very simple to do using root explorer and just modifying the files, but make sure you make copies of the original apk files
[Captivate Themes and Apps] jspidah:
Hm, I'm on the Fascinate and tried to put your files into the .apks. I was using a theme before, so I could see the changes made by your files.

They appeared, but they lack transparency. Think this is a Fascinate thing?

Somebody told me that there might be another .png behind the quick panel and notifications, and I'm inclined to believe that for now.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] malfuncion:
Awesome glad my files worked otu for you! :)

To be honest the files attached are only samples of what you are looking for. Those frameworks are specific to the Captivate and may not carry over to another device. I know they wont work on i9000 roms, but you can edit the frameworks from that device and it works fine. This same method applies to your fascinate only you will need to CP (copy) you frameworks off and then modify them- then reupload them to the device. It's a simple process. Just make sure you do a CP first of the files so you can make a backup. If you have problems attach your framework files to the post and I will take a look at them to let you know what to edit. Once you get the frameworks off your device, rename them to .zip and open it you can easily see what you are working with and what will make changes.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bames:
worked for me using ninjamorph (i only had to change the twframework status background)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] storm68:
It would be nice if this was in a flashable cwm version
[Captivate Themes and Apps] evoic:
What he said. :)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] newter55:
Guys, with ninjamorph you can swap out your background, or other changes, in about three minutes.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Dezdemona:
Well, I thought I was going to be able to figure this one out by myself, but alas....no. I am running cognition 3.04 on my captivate. At first, I struggled with even installing the apk files after I edited them. It came down to read-only privileges and what not...got that figured out with mounting..or also with adding it to a blank update.zip and installing that from recovery.

Here is the new problem. If I alter the files in any way, or even use the examples you provided, I am sent to a boot loop, and must do a recovery to get it out.

Anyone have any thoughts or anything?

Thank you so much,

Dez
[Captivate Themes and Apps] yentlequible:
I have no experience with this (yet), but shouldn't you just be pushing the apk files back onto the phone from where you got them? They weren't meant to be installed, I think.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] nooneelsesperson:
im trying to do this running cyanogenmod 7, but when i try to pull twframework-res.apk, it says it doesn't exist.

help please?
[Shadow General] ninodilercara:
Hello everyone, I am new to this site and I was wondering if there is a way I can install the SMS Threading feature on my HTC Juno Pre-2009 Model. I had installed the original 6.1 update however the ROM didn't come with SMS Threading installed. May anyone guide me through the process of installling SMS Threading? Thank you everyone for your time and concern for my issue maybe more like a request I believe.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gir489:
I just upgraded to 2.2 for the Captivate using the ODIN3, and everything is working great except sound through the headphone jack.

Music, navigation plays through the headset, but phone calls and notifications don't.

How am I supposed to hear them with music blearing over it?

Anyone know of a fix? I checked the settings and I don't see an option for it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphadog00:
Search would have told you that this is a known issue - 2.2 is Beta.

There is no known fix.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Muhamadabdelaall:
You are lucky, mine doesnt let me even hear media or music thru the 3.5 mm!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whipon:
???

I have 2.2 installed and don't have any issue with the headset.

Both music and phone calls work great.

BTW I'm using the stock hands free, the one that came with the phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gir489:
My bluetooth works fine, it's the headphone jack I'm talking about.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B56_I897:
i am having the same issue after upgrading via odin3. I also have to click the home button to clear a read text message or else it reminds me again.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Muhamadabdelaall:
No voice out of the "3.5 mm"?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gir489:
Yeah that was a LOLWUT post. And that's been on the phone since I've had it, it's intentional, I think. Because you have to press the back button to clear the notification, because when you click on messages again, it stays at the same spot and the notification stays in the title bar because you didn't clear it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B56_I897:
i hear sound but i dont hear voicalls or notifications. if im listening to music with my sony headphones and someone calls i dont the ring through the headphones or the voice. i have to use the handset
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B56_I897:
when i was on 2.1, if i clicked a message from the notifiaction bar it would bring to the thread and mark it as read. froyo is not doing that. is there a way to fix it