iPhone Volume Tweak Followup
Nick "Drudge" Penree writes that he took my tip for boosting audio and made an Installer.app package that does all the work. It's called AudioAmp and is available in Tweaks 1.1.2. TUAW readers have reported various levels of success with the package. Some readers are delighted. Others feel it overboosts the volume.
I finally had my chance to test this hack more impersonally. I grabbed my Radio Shack Sound Level meter, installed the tweak and tested levels during playback. I put the sound meter and the iPhone on a table and kept both units in the same positions through all the tests. I made no change to the volume bar (always set at the maximum), or the music (Beach Boy's, "Sloop John B", always starting playback at the beginning). I remotely rebooted the iPhone after each test via ssh so I wouldn't mess up the positioning on the table.
And my results? Identical readings for sound levels, whether Default > Default was set to 0.99, 0.70, 0.45, or 0.30.
Thanks, Tom
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
ken love said 4:19PM on 12-07-2007
This link is being redirected...
http://conceitedsoftware.com/iphone/site/boycotttuaw.html
TUAW NOT WELCOME!
We are sorry, the article you requested is not available to members coming from the TUAW site. TUAW is full of money hungry users and abusers who do nothing but take and take, and we do not want them profiting off our work.
Please access our site directly if you would like to view the content. Thank you.
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Macroy said 4:53PM on 12-07-2007
I would love to hear the story behind this.
Don't get me wrong, I love TUAW--I'm just bored in class today. :(
Victor Agreda Jr said 4:58PM on 12-07-2007
Hi Ken, sorry you feel that way. Not sure what you happen to be referring to, however, but I've tried to contact you via email to straighten this out.
Think Adrian said 4:56PM on 12-07-2007
Is this a report or are you insulting TUAW?
Macroy said 4:59PM on 12-07-2007
The Read link redirects to that TUAW page on the site.
Victor Agreda Jr said 5:44PM on 12-07-2007
my mistake Ken, I've contacted Conceited Software. I'm sure everyone here loves being called "money hungry users and abusers who do nothing but take and take"...
salsa said 5:51PM on 12-07-2007
This thing does not work at all, but hey, I'm just a greedy TUAW freetard. What's the beef with TUAW readers anyway? It's not like we're telling people that a piece of crap was "tested" and is "stable" when it's not....:o
Eric M. said 4:29PM on 12-07-2007
Wow, Conceited is right. I don't know what their problem with TUAW is, but I'm not using anything from them again.
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brian said 4:42PM on 12-07-2007
is it just me, or does anyone else feel that erica uses this as her personal iphone developers blog?
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Chad said 5:30PM on 12-07-2007
You aren't the only one. Why post something on your own private blog when you can post it here and earn at least $5 per post.
Zac Altman said 4:45PM on 12-07-2007
Wait!?
So does that mean it makes the volume louder??
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jimmie said 4:50PM on 12-07-2007
I, and others @ modmyifone have found the same thing Erica claims, the app does nothing.
I tested it with my iPhone using iPod and could not hear any difference in the sound.
http://modmyifone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20149
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Tom said 6:12PM on 12-07-2007
It makes the speakerphone louder! It works, too!
Rick Crow said 11:12AM on 12-10-2007
I'll second Tom's comment ... since installing this app I've noticed a marked increase in volume for the speakerphone function ... nothing else though.
Justin said 4:52PM on 12-07-2007
What happens if the setting is changed to something greater than 0.99? (Like 1.50, for the mathematically disinclined.)
P.S. brian, quiet.
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D. Law said 4:55PM on 12-07-2007
Mayhaps its MaxVol for earpiece and or headphones rather than the speakers?
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Buck Bailey said 5:58PM on 12-07-2007
I only read TUAW for Erica's iPhone dev posts.
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brian said 6:15PM on 12-07-2007
exactly my point.. you would benefit from a blog just for iphones
Josh said 6:15PM on 12-07-2007
This article is poorly written and confusing. Erica, are you saying unit that was manually hacked had the same volume output, at all levels, as the unit that used AudioAmp?
Or are you saying it had the same output as a "stock" unit?
Or are you saying it had the same output, and that all the levels, in actuality, output at the same volume... effectively negating the usefulness of this hack/app, regardless of how it's installed?
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ken love said 6:52PM on 12-07-2007
WOW, I did not mean to start a firestorm...
I in NO WAY was saying anything bad about anyone involved. I was just trying to let everyone know that the link was redirecting. I read TUAW on a regular basis, I find it very useful and informative... AND I am guessing that Conceited Software is named correctly. I have and will continue to make donates for software that I find useful....
Thanks
Ken L.
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