Boost your Omnia’s default volume settings
via Modaco forum
———————————————————————————–
“A lot of people asking how they can boost their volume of their headsets or when watching a movie through the loud speaker (its very low). Even ringtones are effected by this. So I thought I better finally register and post my findings for other I900 owners.
Its quite simple and does not require a hard rest.
In the phone keypad type: *#0002*28346#
You will then have a screen pop up called audio control util.
How to change the loudspeaker volume for ringtones, movies, mp3s etc
Click menu, normal then handset (the first one, Phones headset/loudspeaker) Here you can change:
Speaker volume: SPK(02) -db is less volume, I have set this to -1.5db (level)
Digital-to-analog: DAC(0C) This effects the overall volume of Mp3s, movies etc -both headset and loud speaker. I have set this to 0db.
Radio Volume: RVOL
How to change the headset / earphones volume.
Click menu, normal then headset (the second one, Headphones) Here you can change:
Headphones volume: HP(02) -db is less volume +db is more volume, I have set this to 0db (level)
Digital-to-analog: DAC(0C) This effects the overall volume of Mp3s, movies etc. I have set this to 0db.
Radio Volume: RVOL
*You must click menu / apply for changes to take effect,
*I recommend play a Mp3 launch the app, then apply the changes and set your prefered max volume.
*Setting high levels could damage the loud speaker or your headphones, not to mention your hearing!.
So there you have it, you can have headphones louder than an iphone or ipod if you wish. I don’t recommend touching other settings unless you know what your doing or have copied the defaults so you can revert back incase you srew something up!
Talwinder said,
September 22, 2008 at 2:44 pm
This is great !!!!
Thanks for sharing this.
fucker said,
January 25, 2011 at 2:31 pm
FUCK U
hiep said,
September 25, 2008 at 1:47 am
this code doesn’t work on my omnia DXHG3
Maks Pain said,
September 25, 2008 at 2:14 pm
i never tried when i was using G3,
but it works on H3 and I1 firmware.
hiep said,
September 25, 2008 at 5:49 pm
well i guess it doesn’t work on the G3 firmware. It gave me a popup said “fail”
KP said,
October 4, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Hi! thanks for sharing all these wonderful tips with us. am slowing perusing each of the contents to familiarise myself with this cool device…
i have however one pressing question regarding volume…tried using earjack (handsfree kit)..but i can’t hear caller. what am i doing wrong?
Maks Pain said,
October 5, 2008 at 4:31 pm
hi KP,
i’m sorry i can’t answer ur question bcoz
until now i never try using handsfree kit,,:)
hiep said,
October 6, 2008 at 2:31 am
hey maks, i can use the code on my phone now. I guess you have to use the original dial when input the code. Because I installed a different dial pad on my phone, therefore it doesn’t work at the time. Anyway, thanks for the code
SLiCKe said,
October 7, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Great stuff man, works like a dream !!
Hets said,
October 15, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Hello, i’m having great trouble with the storage and sound, now my sound is fixed, i was wondering if you could help me with my storage?
I want to put everything on my storage card as it states everything is full (stored to my storage)
i am really rubbish with phones.
if you’d like to email me at: kinghetty@hotmail.co.uk that would be great.
Thanks
KALKAR said,
October 28, 2008 at 9:44 pm
THANKS FOR SHARING, WONDERFUL
Maged said,
November 22, 2008 at 1:20 am
dear friend
i am looking forward to buy a samsung omina, but i am so afraid that the sound volume is low in the earphones, and specially in the crowded areas. would u tell me if ur trick of increasing the sound volume in the earphones will affects the sound quality or not.
Thank You
Maks Pain said,
November 23, 2008 at 1:15 am
Maged,
yeah i think Omnia’s speaker it’s quite soft compare to others phone. This settings will boost ur volume to the reasonable frequency but u need to adjust according to ur need.
If u use earphone, then it should be no problem..
Maged said,
November 25, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Dear Maks Pain
Thx very much. But what i meant is if i am listening to a song in the earphone and i used the trick of increasing the sound frequency, will the music quality be affected or not (i mean does it go bad, or it is boosted and the music quality is the same). And would u please tell me about the games the could be played and that worked on Omnia with no problems (Syberia II, Rayman, wolf 3D…)
Thanks again
optimus prime said,
November 25, 2008 at 6:33 pm
thanks. @0db there should be any distortion (theoreticaly) i tried the suggested settings and everything works perfecty. enough volume to sillence a crouded bus. perfect. no distortion that i could detect(i have pretty decent headphones. sounds great.) now for a graphical equaliser to get the sound just right… any ideas?
Vincent said,
November 26, 2008 at 4:53 am
all being said about increasing the speakers, I want to know how to turn the speaker phone on when on a call.
[reply by MAKS PAIN - sorry for late reply]
simple, when u receive call..
turn on ur screen, press d-pad button..then u can see speaker on button on the screen
Paul said,
December 2, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Excellent, was thinking it was a shame that the volume was low. This is maybe because they are trying to increase battery life, which i think is pretty good anyway.
Will try this out later, when not working, LOL!
Ciscokidinsf said,
December 3, 2008 at 2:52 am
Need some help. I type the code in the keypad… nothing happens. (I did remove the annoying ‘lock’ that locks the buttons after 5 seconds while on a call, is that why I am NOT getting the menu?)
[reply by MAKS PAIN - sorry for late reply]
well, i’m not sure about that..i tried on other ROM so far no issue..
Satriyo said,
December 3, 2008 at 4:27 am
After I press *#0002*28346#,then change the Normal –> Handset setting,, I also change the Talking –>Handset setting. Now,, my voice in the phone when I talk to someone on the phone is terrible.
Please show me the default for Talking –>Handset please.. Including the value for RCV(02), RX(16), MPBST(22), MVOL(0E), M2BST(10), TX(08).
Thanks
[reply by MAKS PAIN - sorry for late reply]
please refer below comment from ChinHau..Thanks ChinHau..:)
cinhau said,
December 7, 2008 at 9:16 am
Default Settings
Menu > Normal > Handset
DAC(0C) -4.5
SPK(02) -3
MPBST(22) +12
RBST(14) +0
RVOL(12) 21
Menu > Normal > Headset
DAC(0C) -1.5
HP(04) -12
MPBST(22) +24
RBST(14) +20
RVOL(12) -1.5
Menu > Normal > Camcoder
DAC(0C) -4.5
SPK(02) -3
MPBST(22) +12
RBST(14) +20
RVOL(12) 15
Menu > Talking > Handset
RCV(02) -3
RX(16) -3
MPBST(22) +12
MVOL(0E) 0
M2BST(10) +0
TX(08) -6
Menu > Talking > Earjack
HP(04) -7.5
RX(16) -6
MPBST(22) +12
MVOL(0E) 0
M2BST(10) 0
TX(08) -6
Menu > Talking > Speakerphone
SPK(02) -1.5
RX(16) 0
MPBST(22) +12
MVOL(0E) -3
M2BST(10) +0
TX(08) -6
Menu > Talking > BTMono
ADCV(12) +4.5
RX(16) -6
V2M(18) -9
TX(06) -9
AC97
Address 00
Value 0000
Mark FFFF
Alireza said,
September 13, 2009 at 11:52 am
Dear cinhau said,
I have i900 and one time I tried to boost volume settings, But now every settings about audio is changed and when I changes the values to default, it not accept and my phone now have no audio in any programs also when it received a call !
Please tell me what can I do ? or how can I reset my device to factory default settings?
dbsimms63 said,
December 20, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Is this code only for Euro versions of the Omnia? I typed in the code, nothing happens. I even hit send, it just dialed the number. Do I need a registry editor installed first? If so, do you know a good one for the Omnia? I had regedit on my HTC Dash(T-Mobile) but not sure if it will work on Omnia, Omnia WSM6.1, Dash WM 6.
Thanks.
p.s. my US version Omnia can’t make a BT PAN between itself and my ASUS laptop, do you know of a fix for this? i need to use the phone as a modem, but don’t want to pay Verizon to tether the phone with a USB. I shouldn’t have to, it has BT which should allow me to pair and connect the two.
Serge said,
December 28, 2008 at 7:00 am
same issue as above. have the I910 (us version).. code does not work on this one
Verizon got this phone locked up pretty good…
kiopaa said,
December 29, 2008 at 11:05 pm
On a Verizon phone look for “SoundTester” in the Windows folder. Use Show All Files so hidden files are visible.
NewbieSamsung said,
January 14, 2009 at 9:39 am
Wonderfull! cheers for sharing!!! really needed to boost the volume, the standard is pathetic!
roy said,
January 24, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Bro i like u to check on this site.
http://www.theunwired.net/?item=videoview-samsung-sgh-i900-omnia-gui-and-software-hands-on
could u do me a favor pls, would u help me to figure out how to change the color of the today screen like whats on the video. Because its all white and the background is black. ill be waiting, thanks!
Piyush Chordia said,
February 8, 2009 at 7:01 am
YOU ROCK ….. I am totally impressed by this blog….
thanks dude …this post was the most important one for me….. 
I was using NOKIA n91 before buying my OMNIA…. & you know what great quality of sound N91 has …. but after listening to omnia …i thot why the hell OMNIA has such poor sound quality….. But thanks this code really works great…. 
THANKS one’s again….
Piyush Chordia said,
February 8, 2009 at 7:04 am
I have one question … my OMNIA shows HP(04) … in the headset setting … I have set this to -6db….default was -12db…. will my headset be affected if i set it to 0db …. what would you suggest ?
Ingrid said,
February 9, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Trying to change the phone settings, followed the instructions for verizon and am in audio control. I am able to change the settings but when finished and select apply and close, the new settings are not saving. I have tried it several times, thinking that I may not have hit apply the first time. Suggestions??
Maks Pain said,
February 10, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Piyush Chordia,
i’m not sure about that, u need to try & test..:)
Maks Pain said,
February 10, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Ingrid,
maybe ur verizon set is not supported..
ur one is i910 right?..i can’t confirm whether this thing can work in i910..
Simon said,
February 16, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Hey guys,
I too have Omnia i910 and the volume is super low. I miss messages and cannot hear the alarm. I sound the “SoundTester” in the Windows folder but when I enter new values and try to Apply, they don’t. Does this work for anyone else?
Please help!
Thank you,
Simon
ABDEL said,
February 23, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Thank you . very good advise. I was so anoyed at the volume especially when i am on the train(Uk trains are very loud
)
Z said,
March 1, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Yeah the same problem with my verizon phone. change the sound settings and click apply. nothing. its quite irritating
Bmtwb said,
March 5, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Thank you very much for sharing this! Helped me alot!
Every time i were sitting on the bus listening to music, I could hear everything happening in the bus in the background, now it’s over
Liz said,
March 6, 2009 at 7:34 am
Hi, can advise how to change the mic volume? The person from the other side complain tat my phone is too soft.
Thanks.
AstaR said,
March 18, 2009 at 3:44 pm
I have the Verizon version and when i try to change the volume controls on the soundtester menu it wont let me apply them. How can i do it so i wont miss a call and wake up ontime for work? ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!
Barb said,
March 18, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Same problem on my Verizon. Can’t save the settings when using Apply on the Soundtester. It shouldn’t be this hard to change the volume.
Barb said,
March 19, 2009 at 6:43 pm
How do you remove the annoying ‘lock’ that locks all the buttons 5 seconds after taking a call?
Mark said,
March 21, 2009 at 6:57 pm
I have the verizon version. Soundtester values don’t visually but seem to change in effect. I have played around with it and now my speaker volume is really loud, mic sensitivity is high and all other playback is normal. be careful when playing with this utility. still trying to get everything back to “normal”
Craig said,
May 31, 2009 at 10:02 am
Mark is right! You can change the values until you’re blue in the face.. they will NOT VISUALLY change on the drop-downs when applied…
HOWEVER, once I exited the “sound tester” (US – Verizon Omnia i910) stopped my audio… and restarted same audio (mp3 in my case) the volume became almost painful when “set” at 30db. RULE #1 when playing this game… Write everything down – the program will always show the same values when restarted, but those are NOT the set values! (Can’t even be defaults because mine were “maxed out” before I even started this process) The settings WILL change when you select and apply but here’s the trick – Write down all the values you select… exit the program… shut down audio… and restart from scratch. Gives a whole new meaning to “tweaking”
Ali said,
April 8, 2009 at 6:32 pm
I need urgent help for my Samsung Omnia i900. My microphone stopped working all of a sudden, and the person on the other side of the line cannot hear me at all. I don’t think this problem has to do with any physical impact on the phone because it just happened. The handsfree kit microphone works fine but the handset microphone doesn’t. Can anyone help me? This is a new phone (only 3 months old, and it wasn’t cheap!!) Eagerly waiting for help.
Adnaan said,
April 19, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Hi I had my Omnia for two months and the volume seems to be too soft , so i saw that you guys got settings for it but what do I do with RVOL. I hope this works because I hate for it to be soft. My workplace is very noisy, so I need it to be loud.
Pat Rogers said,
April 27, 2009 at 5:08 pm
I have device version DXHG4 (singapore, 2008, August and I don’t know what the 4 is for.
I am trying to get the ringtone to be a steady ringtone and not increasing in vol.
I used the setting mentioned on this site, but it seems they are still increasing.. loud but increasing. Can this be changed? I also have SPB3 installed if you need that. Thanks
DR said,
May 16, 2009 at 8:33 am
Thanks guys for providing such wonderful information.
For the past 2 months, I had been trying hard to change volume here and there on my omnia, but it just never worked.
cheers….
Graudalay said,
May 28, 2009 at 2:11 am
Really really thanks for ur sharing,now my phone very nice,thanks a lot
Tony said,
June 11, 2009 at 11:58 am
i did a hard reset on my phone the file (soundtester) was deleted or something i cant find it anywhere.Im trying to increase the volume
Tony said,
June 17, 2009 at 1:46 pm
My Omnia is powered by vodaphone and after i dial the code, alot of audio options options pops out, not like the one you said. I donn’t know how to explain this…but if you do please let me know how i can increase the volume on my phone.
Nick said,
June 21, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Thanks for this great help
justin said,
July 15, 2009 at 6:08 am
~~~~~ read if code not working ~~~~~
for everyone out there that is new to pda’s or pros
every code you type has a program that its linked to all you need to find it the program
for this one it’s called soundtester.exe it’s inside your windows folder on your mobile
cause this file and lots of others are hidden you will need resco explorer or any other explorer (ppcwarez.org has lots of them ) that will show hidden files. if you dont have another explore other then the one that windows mobile comes with get one cause there lots of things u can do with them.
once u can see the hidden files just open up soudtester.exe and play around
enjoy hope this helps
JustinwB
ReKiller said,
July 15, 2009 at 9:34 am
It works great on my Omnia with WM 6.5 !!!!!
dave said,
July 20, 2009 at 5:28 am
I’m not seeing a real breakdown of which variable controls which specific asset of the volume. What is the breakdown. I reset all mine to the listed defaults (which were considerably different than what was on mine). It lost the ability to speak so i did a hard reset and started over.
Shes still too quiet overall though. Just no top end in a headset.
Can someone break down these categories for us?
fawad said,
September 23, 2009 at 2:34 am
thanx dude!! much appreciated..
this is exactly what i was looking for!
Tac said,
September 28, 2009 at 3:11 am
this works wonders with the imported i900s. yay for imported phones!
big damn deal on a important fix. thanks a bunch.
Macky said,
November 24, 2009 at 1:13 pm
i have a problem while receiving call… my frens oways say that tey cant hear me clearly on when toking to me on da fon.. how to solve this problem? any suggestion?
nickro said,
December 19, 2009 at 5:54 pm
thanx dude!! much appreciated..
this is exactly what i was looking for!
piku said,
December 20, 2009 at 10:05 pm
I have the same problem with mic volume. People at the other side tell me that they can hear me. How can change this values to improve mic volume ?
ivy said,
January 11, 2010 at 10:32 am
WOW WOW WOW
Cant blve dis
u are the best
love u mwahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Mark said,
January 21, 2010 at 9:21 am
Thanks dude it worked for my i900 phon and its cool
its much better now 
ur the best thanks cherrrrs mate
stevetango said,
January 25, 2010 at 4:38 pm
thank u very much ! i am enjoyin right now, sounds improve a lot.
thefmgirl said,
March 4, 2010 at 8:49 pm
I also am not able to use this code, I typed it then hit send nothing.
Type it and waited nothing, it says your call cannot not be completed as dialed.
I don know what to do because my volume is so low I cannot hear the ringer or hear nothing no one is saying to me in the phone it is horrible is there no way to get into this from my phone without this code, because my phone is with telus.
I am not sure these codes will work.
abooda said,
March 30, 2010 at 4:19 pm
I have tried to change my sound settings on my i900 but now all of the normal headset and headset settings have changed, and now i cant hear any sound coming out from my phone even when i receive a phone call. i have tried to change the setting back to default but when i apply the changes the settings they wouldn’t change.
does any one have a solution plz reply ASAP
thanks…
Wikiya said,
September 23, 2010 at 12:57 pm
http://wikiya.blogspot.com … cool
Kershney said,
November 30, 2010 at 6:02 am
Hi
I require some assistance, the sound on my omina is not working at all, only works with the headset, can anyone advise as to what the problem is and how i can sort it out without sending it for repairs.
Thanks
kaliil said,
January 16, 2011 at 5:09 pm
thank you so much guys,,,,,,believe me am so happy,,,,,, i was trying to sell it ,,,,,but now its my lovely phone ……
ioan@mastaplast.co.uk said,
January 26, 2011 at 8:09 pm
@ KERSHNEY
Hi just had the same problem but only after changing the volume levels in auto gain, it doesn’t seem that for the lite this works, lost all volume completey. I simply pressed the reset button on the phone and 20 seconds later works as new.
hope it helps
mobile samsung said,
May 2, 2011 at 2:33 am
The samsung omnia volume is so clear.