How To Boost Galaxy Note 4 Sound – Surround Sound Mod

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is a real beast when it comes to performance. It is the best phone you can find in market today. But we can say that it is still the best when it comes to sound. If you ever have listened a song or watch a video on your Galaxy Note 4 then probably will be agree with us that the sound is so slow and muffled. But this is nothing to worry. If you would like to mess up with your device then probably you will like this guide below to boost the sound on Galaxy Note 4.

This mod will activate the front earpiece speaker in conjunction with the rear main speaker any time. Speaker Mode is used for different things like playing music, watching movies or You Tube videos and so on, it will create a surround sound type of effect. The procedure has to do with flashing zip files. There are three zip files to flash and they are as follows.

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• Stock volume values approximately 84 with activated surround sound effect.
• Very loud volume values approximately 90 with activated surround sound type effect.
• Revert back to stock sound volume values and stock speaker functions and effect.

This will modify the mixer_path.xml in your system/etc folder. This .xml file is different in different devices and carriers. This mod is tested only in T-Mobile.xml file. It is not tested in any other devices but the developer says that chances to work are higher. So if you decide to try it in your Note 4 we suggest doing a ROM backup in case of a boot loop. Also before flashing the zip files or extract and push the .xml file to your system, rename the original mixer_paths.xml to mixer_paths.xml.bak so you the original file easily accessible.

Prerequisties

• A rooted Galaxy Note 4. If you haven’t rooted your device yet, check our guide How to root Galaxy Note 4
• A Custom Recovery installed. If you don’t have one, check our guide How to install a Custom Recovery on Galaxy Note 4.

Note: I am not responsible for anything good or bad that happens to your phone due to modifications using the surrounds sounds zip files. You decided to mess up by yourself with your phone so it’s only your responsibility.

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How To Boost Galaxy Note 4 Sound – Surround Sound Mod

Download the sound mod zip file you are interested and also download the Revert to stock zip. Copy these file to the external SDcard so they will be safe whatever it happens. Then boot your Note 4 into Recovery. Turn off your phone and the turn it on again using Home + Volume Up + Power button simultaneously. Then you will see your phone booting into Recovery.

Then navigate to flash zip files and choose the Sound Mod zip you downloaded and flash it. It is not necessary to wipe cache but we suggest doing it. So using recovery wipe cache. If you have rooted your phone using CF Root, you may experience some issues mounting the cache partitions.

There are two ways to fix this and they both works. The first mode is very simple and all you have to do is to Wipe Dalvik Cache Only. Wipe both Dalvik Cache and Cache. If this works for you, you will be able to wipe caches without mounting errors.

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The Second mode begin from sratch and re-root your phone but not using CF Root tool created by Chainfire. Using ODIN flash TWRP Custom Recovery. Once Recovery is installed boot into it and flash a SuperSU 2.16. When booted you will be prompted to updated the SuperSU.

Downloads

• Download Mod zip files here