The ongoing volume problems

This is what worked for me re same inadequate volume on Treo when IT first came out. It's what I think many of us wish for, barring just plain fixing the problem in an update, re the iPhone right now:
http://www.gotreosoftware.com/products/VolumeCarePro/
We need this for the IPHONE (unless and until Apple addresses in an update).
Before you post here about your suggestions to remedy the already widely discussed ongoing problems many are experiencing with inadequate speakerphone and handset/receiver volume level on the iPhone, check out the posts on the board about it. Those of us with this problem have already tried the making sure no plastic covers speaker, etc., making sure rocker button is set correctly, resetting, and simply always having volume on MAX (which is not the way it should work for normal use) and the myriad of things already mentioned on the board for days to deal with the problem.
If there is an enterprising engineer out there who might be willing to make something like the above described product (see link above, that is) for the iPhone, I, for one, would love to be on your beta test list.
PBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3) 2 gig RAM

Answer: this is a design problem that continues to go unaddressed. Acceptance that the iPhone has the same crappy design re volume as other cheaper "smartphones" is the "answer". Too bad... 'be nice if Apple would actually listen to these complaints by the many users who apparently - from looking at this board - share my problem with volume on the iPhone.

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Listening to youtube videos on this phone is near impossible, they're barely audible. I've had to make another post about this cause the other one isn't easy to find. Also the volume could do with being a bit louder on media files. Would appreciate a fix for this problem.

Hi Syex,
There is a bug tracking the issue of volume on headphones and stereo-out on Firefox OS:
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=822874]
I would also suggest reaching out to the manufacturer directly to get this looked into, in case it's a device-specific issue.
Thanks,
- Ralph

Continuing Speakerphone Volume Problem

After anxiously waiting three months for a firmware/software update that would fix the speakerphone volume problem I updated my two iPhones to v. 1.1.1. Unfortunately, neither of my iphones showed any increase in speakerphone volume.
We spoke to an Apple employee at our nearest Apple store (also the biggest and busiest Apple store in our area), and found out that if we wanted a speakerphone that we could use we should bring the phones in and have the Genius verify the low volume and give us a "part substitution" (which meant an opened iphone).
Instead (for various reasons) we decided to buy another IPhone, figuring "what are the chances that we would get three iPhones with very low speakerphones?" Also figuring that this very busy Apple store would have the latest IPhones available, with the speakerphone volume fixed. Apparently three is not the charm. Our new iPhone's speakerphone volume was just as low as our other two iPhones.
And our newest iPhone had the 1.1.1 update on it from the start. So I guess we will now try option (1).
For those of you who have had problems with the speakerphone volume and brought the IPhone back to the Apple store, were you able to find one with good speakerphone volume? I sure hope so!
Thanks!
Ashley

When people started complaining initially about the speakerphone issue. I brought my phone to my local Apple Store and the guy at the Genius Bar and I compared the speakerphone volume with the display phones. We did notice that mine was quieter than the rest. Because my phone was past the 14 day return period, my phone was sent out.
In all honesty, if there was an improvement, I would say it's very minimal. Long story short, I was able to swap out my phone for a brand new one and the speaker volume is relatively the same. Did the firmware 1.1.1 make it any louder? Not really. What I do notice is that the alert volumes have improved and that volume went up. But the speakerphone volume remained unchanged.
Personally this phone wasn't built for speakerphone use and you'll do better buying a bluetooth headset or a speakerphone instead. It's acceptable in a quiet environment but trying to use the speakerphone in public is out of the question.

Anyone know when Apple will bring out a patch to fix the volume problem you get on mac mini after downloading OS 10.8.5

Anyone know when Apple will bring out a patch to fix the volume problem you get on mac mini after downloading OS 10.8.5?

Only Apple knows the answer to whether or not there is a verified problem and if so when will a fix be released. As is their custom, Apple does not talk about these things and the rules of these communities prohibit speculation about future udates or upgrades. It is probably safe to say if a fix is deemed necessary it will be called OS X 10.8.6.

Who can shed some light on my ongoing connection problem. After upgrading my iPad Air with IOS 7.06, I could no longer connect to the internet. I have 2 MacBooks Air, 1 ipad mini and one iPhone 4S running on the same network, and they are all connected to

Who can shed some light on my ongoing connection problem.
After upgrading my iPad Air with IOS 7.06, I could no longer connect to the internet.
I have 2 MacBooks Air, 1 ipad mini and one iPhone 4S running on the same network, and they are all connected to the net and function well.
So I cleaned up the ipad completely, installed the latest firmware and reinstalled my apps : no connection.
I tried all things of resets and forgets. No result.
I have been fondling with my Airport Extreme 5 , but that did not help much.
This morning I went to a neighbor , hooked my ipad air on his network, typed the password and the thing all worked fine.
I have tried to connect the ipad air as an ethernet client, but that did not work. „Not enough power“ was the statement
Ideas anyone ?

Yes I tried this manyfold. But did not work. Reading on, I took Tesserac's advice. Shut down router and computer.
Start router after 15 minutes and wait another 10 minutes before starting the computer.
Et voila.... everything is back in working order,
Regards form Curacao, Dutch Caribean.
Pete van Linden

Installed iTunes on my laptop Windows 7 64 bit and I now have the following problems 1) iTunes volume won't adjust with the laptop volume control, only within iTunes, 2) playback doesn't work unless I click play twice and 3) the iTunes Store won't open

Installed iTunes on my laptop Windows 7 64 bit and I now have the following problems 1) iTunes volume won't adjust with the laptop volume control, only within iTunes, 2) playback doesn't work unless I click play twice and 3) the iTunes Store won't open

Installed iTunes on my laptop Windows 7 64 bit and I now have the following problems 1) iTunes volume won't adjust with the laptop volume control, only within iTunes, 2) playback doesn't work unless I click play twice and 3) the iTunes Store won't open

Time Machine will not complete a system backup and terminates with "Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume. This follows a problem when Time machne terminated when the volume was almost full.

On 11/1/2011, Time Machine (TM) terminated with an error message I did not record. I noted that the drive was full and decided to do a separate complete bootable system backup using Carbon Copy Clone (CCC), before clearing the TM volume and trying to start it over clean. Part way through the full system backup CCC put up a message that there was a Physical Problem "Library/Application Support/Techtool Protection/McIntosh HD/Directory Backup 2011-11-01-16-28-16". That was about the time that TM malfunctioned, so I assumed they were related. After starting CCC over a couple of times, and getting the same error message, I let it go through to completion of the backup, which took three or four hours. I then ran tests using Disk Utility and verified that there was nothing physically wrong with both the internal hard drive and the TM volume. I also erased and reformatted the TM volume. However, every time I started Time Machine, it would record a few GB and terminate with "Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume". I restarted the computer with no change in results. Note that prior to starting the CCC backup, I "Repaired Permissions", "zapped the PRAM" and "re-set the SMC", hoping to have a clean bootable system on the backup. I ran Techtool and no problems were found.
I'm running this on an Intel iMac under 10.5.8 and recording to a 500GB My Passport drive. My hard drive is only about half full at 246 GB. My assessment is that something happened at 16-28-16 on 11/1/2001 to screwup the Backup Directory in the file at "Library/Application Support/Techtool Protection/McIntosh HD/Directory Backup 2011-11-01-16-28-16". My question is, how do I fix it?
I had just completed writing everything above here, explaining the problems I had been encountering for the past 24 hours. I had the Time Machine window standing open on the desktop where I could see it, having recentlycleared it after the last termination. As I was proofing what I had written, I looked at the window and noted that the clock had started a new run for a full back up, since all prior efforts had failed and the TM volume was empty. As I watched and waited for it to fail again, as it had been doing at about 13 GB, it kept going and going until it just finished a complete backup, about 4.5 hours later, with my having done nothing. Now my question would have to be - what could possiibly have happened to make it perform this way? It will be interesting to see if it continue to operate normally, or if the problem will return, in a later backup run.

jcm21 wrote:
CCC put up a message that there was a Physical Problem "Library/Application Support/Techtool Protection/McIntosh HD/Directory Backup 2011-11-01-16-28-16"
You should not keep those files for long, and probably shouldn't back them up (if you need them at all -- since you do regular backups, I'm doubtful just how worthwhile that feature is).
"Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume".
One of Apple's maddeningly incomplete messages. Most likely, there's a problem with a file (quite possibly the one CCC didn't like). See #C3 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting for details and instructions on finding and fixing it.
If you continue running the Directory Protection app, be sure to exclude your Time Machine drive from it (as it will just take up lots of room, and won't help repair your backups if there's a problem); and exclude the folders it creates from being backed-up by Time Machine (as they'll create large backups, and you probably can't use the backed-up folders anyway), per #10 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions.

Problems with the side volume buttons

I can no longer control the ringer volume with the side buttons. The buttons will work if the headphones are plugged in. Any ideas?

Restart the device. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
Reset the device. (Same article as above.)
Restore from backup. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766 (If you don't have a backup, make one now, then skip to the next step.)
Restore as new device. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4137 For this step, do not re-download ANYTHING, and do not sign into your Apple ID.
Test the issue after each step. If the last one does not resolve the issue, it is likely a hardware problem.

VZW and RIM are treating us like morons re: the Tour Bluetooth volume problems. Fight Back!

VZW is playing dumb with everyone who raises the issue about the Tour BT outgoing volume being so low that nobody can hear us. They must think we are all stupid. Instead, lots of us are looking at alternatives to VZW, as a result of being treated like morons. We could all leave VZW and they will pretend not to know why their market share dropped. Pretty stupid business practice if you ask me. All they really need to do is fess up, acknowledge the very real problem, blame it on RIM, which is where fault belongs, and then pretend to side with their bread and butter customer base. Maybe they missed that day of business ethics class.
I returned my Tour during my 30 days, as did a ton of others. I unwound my 2 year contract committment and I am again a free agent, able to join forces with anyone able to put a working device in my hand.
VZW, its been a long run, but I dispise being treated like a moror any longer.
RIM, I have been using your devices since before they were even phones and I had to buy them directly from you. I expected more from you as well. Shame on you for releasing such garbage and then hiding from it.

Please remain courteous and on topic. Thanks

Problem: backup is too large for the backup volume

I am seeing the following message. Any hints as to what is going on?
The backup is too large for the backup volume. The backup requires 711.1 MB but only 20.2 GB are available.
To select a larger volume, or make the backup smaller by excluding files, open System Preferences and choose Time Machine.

I fixed it. I think.
Recipe:
1. Logged in an an administrator (usually my work accounts are Standard)
2. Ran Onyx utility (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/onyx.html)
3. Noted that under "Scripts", the weekly and monthly scripts had not been run since before the problem began
4. Ran weekly and monthly scripts
5. Restarted Time Machine
6. TM now correctly deleted my old backups, freeing about 30GB. It now correctly reports that my oldest backup is Feb 3 2008, previously it said Dec 27 2007.
7. TM ran perfectly
So it appears that there was some bad juju in the old caches cleared by the scripts. If this pops up again, I will report it here.

My iPod can not play high volume and has crackling a scratchy noise in the background. hardware problem?

my iPod can not play high volume and has crackling a scratchy noise in the background. hardware problem?

It is a hardware issue e.g. bad contact between the earphone jack the earphone plug
Consider setting up a mail-in repair for your iPod http://depot.info.apple.com/ipod/
Or visit your local Apple Retail Store http://www.apple.com/retail/
In case your iPod is no longer covered by the warranty and you want to find a second repairing company, you can try iPodResQ or ifixit at your own risk
http://www.ipodresq.com/index.php
http://www.ifixit.com/

I have mic problem while making video and while on loudspeaker its reduce the mic volume alot.

i have mic problem while making video and while on loudspeaker its reduce the mic volume alot. plz help me out

iPhone User Guide
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf

HT1849 hello i downloaded an album on my iPad yesterday but the sound volume is very low. Can you help me to fix the problem ?

hello i downloaded an album on my iPad yesterday but the sound volume is very low. Can someone help me to fix the problem ?

Hello Kishore1022,
It sounds like you have a new album downloaded and the tracks all have a very low volume. I recommend checking to see if Sound Check is enabled in the Music settings.
iPad User Guide
http://help.apple.com/ipad/7/#/iPad99f37037
Go to Settings > Music to set options for Music, including:
Sound Check (to normalize the volume level of your audio content)
You can also try downloading the purchases onto a computer, with either of these articles depending on your version of the operating system:
iTunes 11 for Windows: Download previous purchases from the iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12491
Or
iTunes 11 for Mac: Download previous purchases from the iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12283
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Sterling
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the best,
Sterling

Problem with the output volume

I installed StartupSound.prefPane
http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/StartupSound/BETA/index.en.html
on my macbook in order to control the startup chime's volume. Next I uninstalled it, because didn't like. Now, the output volume is not working; I cannot modify the level of volume on the Sound preferences (System Preferences). Any idea to solve this problem? Thanks in advance. PS: to uninstall this software, I did double click on the unistaller that software provides.
Sometimes the sound works but then turns intermittent ¿? what should I do? Thanks.
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Hello,
Try deleting this file. com.apple.audio.DeviceSettings.plist
/Users/YourName/Library/Preferences. Drag that file from the Preferences folder to the Trash, empty the Trash and reboot.
If that doesn't make a difference, locate this file. com.apple.audio.SystemSettings.plist
MacintoshHD/Library/Preferences. Same procedure.
Carolyn

Is anyone else having problems with Sound Check playing tracks at the wrong volume in Album view?

I have noticed in the last few weeks that when I play an album on iTunes, some of the tracks are played at a lower volume. I am using sound check, and when I play the tracks individually from the "Songs" view they all play at the correct volume. However, when i choose album view, some of the same tracks are played at a lower volume. I have rang the support line and they couldn't tell me why this is happening. Has anybody else had this happen to them, and does anyone know a way round this?

I have problems with many of the same issues you mention with zoom on iOS8. Its not entirely clear if this is intended functionality or a number of bugs. The setting for full screen view versus window/regional view seems to not apply globally, which is insanely frustrating. Window view pops up without warning, particularly in a keyboard pop-up event.
I don't particularly liek the popup menu either, but now I HAVE to use it to constantly change from the sudden change to window focus to full screen zoom.
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The ongoing volume problems

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