- I can't for the life of me get my volume past 50% when listening to my music(using Google Play Music), with my headphones!
I used to get the message about high levels, but now the message doesn't even pop up and I can't get the volume past 50.
Normally wouldn't matter, but I was running a lawnmower for an hour yesterday and it would have been great it I could have actually heard the music I was playing.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Posted via CB10 for my sexy Priv08-28-16 10:04 AMLike 0 - There's a recent post how to fix this. Keep searching and you'll find the step by step.
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android08-28-16 11:04 AMLike 0 - CAUTION. Increasing the volume to overcome loud background noise can definitely cause hearing loss. I remember having a bicycle wind trainer that was very noisy. I would sit in front of the tv and use it. When I stopped training I would find the tv volume impossibly and painfully loud. It is not good for hearing.
Sorry that I don't keep attribution info but here's what I captured:
"Headphone volume
Okay, I have no idea what has caused this but found a solution. Over the last couple of days, a couple apps had given me the screen overlay message. So that prompted me to look in this area. What worked for me:
1) Go to settings, Apps
2) Click the settings wheel in the top right corner
3) At the next screen, click Draw Over Other Apps
4) Click the three dots in the top right corner and click Show System
5) Then scroll down the app list and find SystemUi and toggle to Yes
This fixed it for me as when my headphones are plugged in and I increase the volume, the warning prompt comes up and I can turn it up louder."
I could not find this on my Priv!SnOw_Ox and anon(5248846) like this.08-28-16 11:10 AMLike 2 - UziRetired ModeratorCAUTION. Increasing the volume to overcome loud background noise can definitely cause hearing loss. I remember having a bicycle wind trainer that was very noisy. I would sit in front of the tv and use it. When I stopped training I would find the tv volume impossibly and painfully loud. It is not good for hearing.
Sorry that I don't keep attribution info but here's what I captured:
"Headphone volume
Okay, I have no idea what has caused this but found a solution. Over the last couple of days, a couple apps had given me the screen overlay message. So that prompted me to look in this area. What worked for me:
1) Go to settings, Apps
2) Click the settings wheel in the top right corner
3) At the next screen, click Draw Over Other Apps
4) Click the three dots in the top right corner and click Show System
5) Then scroll down the app list and find SystemUi and toggle to Yes
This fixed it for me as when my headphones are plugged in and I increase the volume, the warning prompt comes up and I can turn it up louder."
I could not find this on my Priv!FF22 likes this.08-28-16 11:17 AMLike 1 - CAUTION. Increasing the volume to overcome loud background noise can definitely cause hearing loss. I remember having a bicycle wind trainer that was very noisy. I would sit in front of the tv and use it. When I stopped training I would find the tv volume impossibly and painfully loud. It is not good for hearing.
Sorry that I don't keep attribution info but here's what I captured:
"Headphone volume
Okay, I have no idea what has caused this but found a solution. Over the last couple of days, a couple apps had given me the screen overlay message. So that prompted me to look in this area. What worked for me:
1) Go to settings, Apps
2) Click the settings wheel in the top right corner
3) At the next screen, click Draw Over Other Apps
4) Click the three dots in the top right corner and click Show System
5) Then scroll down the app list and find SystemUi and toggle to Yes
This fixed it for me as when my headphones are plugged in and I increase the volume, the warning prompt comes up and I can turn it up louder."
I could not find this on my Priv!
**Update: it worked!! The setting was def in system ui/overlay. It had been turned off for some reason**
Posted via CB10 for my sexy PrivLast edited by jmo712; 08-28-16 at 11:59 AM.
FF22 likes this.08-28-16 11:38 AMLike 1 - That's the idea behind not allowing the volume to go higher. Trying to overcome the lawn mower noise, you would turn up the music volume too high and easily reach permanent hearing loss volume. The human ear is not intended to be subjected to volumes high enough to overcome certain background sounds. You need noise cancelling headphones and even then you can only do so much when a jet engine is blasting away.12-13-16 08:54 PMLike 0
- That's the idea behind not allowing the volume to go higher. Trying to overcome the lawn mower noise, you would turn up the music volume too high and easily reach permanent hearing loss volume. The human ear is not intended to be subjected to volumes high enough to overcome certain background sounds. You need noise cancelling headphones and even then you can only do so much when a jet engine is blasting away.FF22 likes this.12-14-16 01:07 AMLike 1
- I have, well, had a Greenworks Blower. Uses the same batteries as their twin-blade lawnmower and their chain saw. Both of which I also have. The blower is in possession of the beneficent neighbor who took care of my leaves this season. I will need it back for the batteries, if not the blower. Unless she proposes to be the permanent guardian of leaves.
But the Hearing Issue is a serious one. So many people max out the volume of the headphones to overcome noise that is already way too loud. They are doing permanent damage to one sensitive sense.
"Continual exposure to any sound above 85 decibels can cause hearing loss. If you have to raise your voice to be heard by somebody else, the surrounding sound totals more than 85 decibels.
Eight hours of exposure to 90 decibels or more can cause damage, and any exposure to sounds over 140 decibels cause immediate damage.
At 90 decibels, a hair dryer and lawn mower can cause damage after just 2 hours-which is non-threatening for most of us (unless you have a big lawn or Rapunzel-esque hair). But it's very threatening for hairdressers and landscapers who are exposed to those noises all the time. And the louder it gets, the less time it takes to inflict damage. A rock concert, at 110 decibels, can cause permanent hearing loss in 45 minutes (but 3 minutes is considered the safe maximum for continuous 100-decibel noise)." https://www.sharecare.com/health/hea...s-hearing-loss
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=volume+cau...&t=ffab&ia=webmisterabrasive likes this.12-14-16 08:43 AMLike 1 - I have, well, had a Greenworks Blower. Uses the same batteries as their twin-blade lawnmower and their chain saw. Both of which I also have. The blower is in possession of the beneficent neighbor who took care of my leaves this season. I will need it back for the batteries, if not the blower. Unless she proposes to be the permanent guardian of leaves.
But the Hearing Issue is a serious one. So many people max out the volume of the headphones to overcome noise that is already way too loud. They are doing permanent damage to one sensitive sense.
"Continual exposure to any sound above 85 decibels can cause hearing loss. If you have to raise your voice to be heard by somebody else, the surrounding sound totals more than 85 decibels.
Eight hours of exposure to 90 decibels or more can cause damage, and any exposure to sounds over 140 decibels cause immediate damage.
At 90 decibels, a hair dryer and lawn mower can cause damage after just 2 hours-which is non-threatening for most of us (unless you have a big lawn or Rapunzel-esque hair). But it's very threatening for hairdressers and landscapers who are exposed to those noises all the time. And the louder it gets, the less time it takes to inflict damage. A rock concert, at 110 decibels, can cause permanent hearing loss in 45 minutes (but 3 minutes is considered the safe maximum for continuous 100-decibel noise)." https://www.sharecare.com/health/hea...s-hearing-loss
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=volume+cau...&t=ffab&ia=web12-14-16 09:34 AMLike 0 - You have officially made this topic a snooze fest lol. Anyone that wants to turn the volume up past 50, or anyone that wants to put a stereo system in their car and crank it up, has obviously weighed their hearing options. To each's own.. I'm not saying jack it up to 100, but at least 60% is my preference when doing yard work.12-14-16 09:52 AMLike 2
- And they'll either be upset when they have to pay for their hearing aids (and batteries!) or will expect everyone else (aka taxpayers) to pay for them.12-16-16 10:19 PMLike 0
- And they'll either be upset when they have to pay for their hearing aids (and batteries!) or will expect everyone else (aka taxpayers) to pay for them.12-16-16 10:19 PMLike 0
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- I still cannot get the volume past 50% even with the draw over app turned on for System UI.
I play music with the Spotify app but also find every other app limited to 50% colume as soon as I plug headphones im. It is very annoying to not be able to increase the volume when for example riding the Bus and therefore having a fair amount of noise around me. Someone any help?
Aside that I enjoy the Priv. It would be very sad having to change phones just because of something so little but so important.
Regards
JörnLast edited by 8Federaljoe; 04-21-17 at 02:38 AM. Reason: Wrong wording drive=draw
skome likes this.04-20-17 03:27 AMLike 1 - That sounds like a problem to contact your carrier about. But do you have a case on your phone? If so, try taking it off. It may be the culprit.04-20-17 08:31 AMLike 0
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- Carrier is what network you are on. Did you purchase thru them or a third party seller? If you purchased thru shopblackberry, then contact them.04-20-17 10:10 AMLike 0
- I still cannot get the volume past 50% even with the drive over app turned on for System UI.
I play music with the Spotify app but also find every other app limited to 50% colume as soon as I plug headphones im. It is very annoying to not be able to increase the volume when for example riding the Bus and therefore having a fair amount of noise around me. Someone any help?
Aside that I enjoy the Priv. It would be very sad having to change phones just because of something so little but so important.
Regards
Jörn04-20-17 12:53 PMLike 0 - I still cannot get the volume past 50% even with the drive over app turned on for System UI.
I play music with the Spotify app but also find every other app limited to 50% colume as soon as I plug headphones im. It is very annoying to not be able to increase the volume when for example riding the Bus and therefore having a fair amount of noise around me. Someone any help?
Aside that I enjoy the Priv. It would be very sad having to change phones just because of something so little but so important.
Regards
Jörn
This fixed it for me.FF22 and bluesqueen23 like this.04-20-17 09:09 PMLike 2 - Tried it, still capped at 50%. This is such a strange problem to have. And very confusing that there are so many different fixes with individual success? I am quite out of options.04-21-17 02:37 AMLike 0
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- Okay, here is what fixed it for me. My profile on the BlackBerry was secondary to the previous owners profile. Logging into that, the message about accepting raising the volume in potentially harmful ranges was popping up. It did not do that on my secondary profile. So accepting that I now could raise the volume in ky profile too.
So I just found a piece to the puzzle and am happy now. Thank you for your help and attention people.FF22 likes this.04-21-17 02:47 AMLike 1 -
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