iPhone Volume Tweak Followup

The volume is still WAY too low. AARRRGGGHH Apple!!!

Ugh, is this 1.0.2 compatible? I've seen no reason to bother upgrading my firmware at this point and am still languishing back there.

This could be the thing that makes me finally upgrade if need be...assuming it actually works, which also seems to be up in the air.

Erica, I forgot to tell you thank you for updating the redlight app, much better without the title bar and I used it the other night for an astronony show I put on for some first graders.

What about call volume levels? Rarely has anyone complained about media playback volume - the audio level that my videos and music can reach over the speaker is a clear indication that the hardware is capable of higher audio levels.

It's call volume and speakerphone volume where the iPhone has lacked. Any audio tests on speaker volume?

While it seems like taking a sound level meter and putting it X distance away from your iPhone and testing the output would be valid, it actually doesn't quite work that way.

In order to get readings that are even remotely meaningful, you need to do it in a controlled environment and with the proper settings on the meter. You also need to have the meter close enough to a source (this becomes critical when dealing with low-output sources like the iPhone, as opposed to speakers) to capture the sound well enough to measure significant differences. (I.e., if you're too far away you won't measure a significant difference.)

I'm happy to help with this if anyone's interested... I did it for PC Magazine for many years.
-Mike K.

Also, what's the 36 at the top Erica? Is that the temperature outside, or something? It's friggin cold.

If you use installer.app and have the extra sources then you have conceited as a source

you can however remove that source from your sources in the new installer.app if you want, but then you'll lose a lot of stuff.

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.

I only read TUAW for Erica's iPhone dev posts.

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?