[UNOFFICIAL BUILD] Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge (zeroltexx)

I did not at all intend to imply that you were not thankful, apologies if it was perceived as such ! Communication by text sometimes makes it hard to convey what we feel precisely.

Also, giving feedback as you did is exactly what is needed to improve things, so cheers mate :smiley:

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I hope I have also made my absolute respect for @itsclarence and yourself for the work required to bring Android 10 to an abandoned handset? If not, that’s just a mark of my communication failure :wink:
As for the volume issue, I don’t make or receive a lot of calls so this is not a huge problem but It would be better if it could be fixed.
The fix you mention for the echo in call issue I didn’t tackle because I have no echo…isn’t technology fickle? :roll_eyes:
If the mixer_paths_0.xml file does turn out to be the root of the problem then, of course, I will be getting my sleeves rolled up and the phone rooted to have a go I am thus inspired by your efforts :grinning:
So, keep at it, know you are appreciated and envied for your skills.
All the very best from the Highlands of Scotland
And have the best festive you can manage under whatever restrictions you will no doubt be under.
James x

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Hi all,
Today I rooted my phone and applied the fix you mentioned here.
The outcome is that the call volume problem has changed but, I wouldn’t call it fixed as such.
The call volume is now reasonable in a quiet room but, I’m not sure whether I would hear the caller if there were a lot of background noise, in other words, I have no control over the call volume although it is now much quieter.
So, I suppose what we need to identify is which setting in the file relates directly to the earpiece volume and perhaps raise that a little but, more importantly, find out why there is no apparent control?
The call volume indicator moves up and down correctly when the volume keys are operated but it has no actual effect on the volume.
Baby steps :smiley:

James

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As a P.S. the volume controls work as expected for the music playback pathway so this is targeted at the call volume only.
J

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Indeed this is my experience as well @jpirie. I also applied the fix offered by @Bryophytae, but the echoes continued for me. :slightly_frowning_face:

Now, with that said, there is NO echo when I use Signal or Telegram for voice calls, only calls through the “normal” dialer app- so that’s what I use. :sunglasses:

I have been using this /e/ [UNOFFICIAL BUILD] on my S6 now for about a month and it is excellent- it is snappy and responsive, even more so than the Official /e/ Q build loaded on my S9, believe it or not! Perhaps that is related to SELinux not currently being enforced, I don’t know.

I have applauded and thanked @itsclarence privately for his skill and work in making this build a reality, here’s one more to him! :beers:

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For the Galaxy S6 (zerofltexx) I made this here:

Ah yes, @SuzieQ, you are correct! I posted in the wrong thread LOL! This should’ve gone there.

Need more coffee apparently… :slight_smile:

Good work may be praised at any point!

@mcmd talk about no echo with « silence » and « telegram »,
Is one of you has tried the « simple dialer » app on the s6 instead of default dialer

I have not, but that’s an excellent idea @piero, I will try it tomorrow- THANKS!

Simple Dialer by simplemobiletools and also the other apps, especially the PRO versions, I use instead of the preinstalled apps.

Hi mcmd,

Thanks for responding with your experiences and for adding thanks to the developers of this miraculous ROM :slight_smile:

Could I just make it clear though that my problem is not with echo in a call but that I had too much volume in a call, basically full volume and had to hold the phone away from my ear! I now have a vastly reduced call volume, perhaps too low but time will tell.

I will also try simple dialler as I have used it in the past and liked it but it had a basic flaw in the call log which I reported at the time. It only reports the day the call took place and not the time and duration which I need. Perhaps it’s been fixed :slight_smile:

James

Another interesting, though surely unrelated, development.
Today I had cause to leave my house (Imagine the excitement?) Anyway, I realised quite early on that my phone had no signal, showing emergency calls only and a cross under the signal strength meter depicting no data.
I was in an area with a strong 4G signal so this is odd. My crew partner had a full EE 4G signal so I am now very confused?
I restarted the phone and still the same. About half way home, presumably at the transition point between two cell masts, I received a message on Signal but, when I stopped to see what had changed I was back to ‘Emergency calls only’
At home the phone works perfectly with data and phone calls BUT, and this is the difference, at home I use an E.E. Femtocell box so not an actual cell mast.
I’m sure this must be somewhat different, if only from a range point of view? I had considered that perhaps something has gone wrong with the antenna system?
Anyway, just in case, by some miracle, this has happened as a result of my tinkering s yesterday, I changed the name of the file I altered and put back the original so now I am back to very loud call volume and I shall report back about the cell reception when I next get an opportunity to test it.
This is quite bad news because, there are many things one can overlook when using a good Custom ROM but no network connection out of the house is not one of them unfortunately :frowning:
If anyone has any ideas please shout but, since no one else is experiencing this issue, I suspect this may be isloated to my handset and might be nothing to do with the ROM.

James

Okay, so the echo fix seems to only work on the S6 Edge then. At least we know now. I think we’re all clearly out of our depth here :laughing:

The xda member who commented in the xda thread and edited the xml file that I used is named Johannesdavidsen. He seems to know what he is doing.

Maybe you could try contacting him so that he explains which lines to edit precisely to fix both echo and volume issues.

Now about the network connection, I encountered no problem with my S6 Edge, no idea why that would happen.

I also have an S6 Edge though? But I had no echo problem.

I suspect that the network issue is unrelated however. I remember when
I put a new battery in this handset that I initially forgot to remove
the SIM tray and may have damaged something internally that I am not
aware of :frowning:

It does, occasionally, report “No SIM” when I have just changed the SIM
so this would support my theory.

I’m definitely in over my head but I feel it’s been a valuable learning
experience. I can always go out and buy a second hand S6 (or better)
that has e support and start again :slight_smile:

I’ll give that contact a shout and see what comes of the conversation,
thanks.

James

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Oh yeah right, S6 Edge, I got mixed up from another thread about the S6. This is even more confusing if it is the same device. I also opened mine to change the micro-usb port, so maybe our tinkering had an impact, who knows ?

So, I went to the link you gave me and I found that Johannes has already addressed this issue with another user. I feel kind of bad bugging him again when he assumes he has already dealt with it :confused:
I found this though and wondered if you might be able to figure out what needs to be done do I just open the existing file in an editor and search for the relevant part and substitute them?
I can always put the old one back in I suppose? It’s just, there are so many duplicate entries that it’s difficult to know which “volume” is the one I need :confused:
I would appreciate your input after reading this post and, if it’s the same place you copied your file from then we are back where we started :wink:
Thanks for anything you can offer :slight_smile:

Yes, that’s exactly the reply I copied the xml file from, which allows to fix the echo issue. What I was suggesting is that you ask him which lines to edit for your loud call volume issue. In this post, I explain how to find which lines were edited for the echo issue, which yielded a file that lists the original and edited lines in order to compare them.

I suspect the loud call volume can be fixed by editing one of those lines in the xml file, but I don’t know which one. I will gladly try to help you with this in a few days when I have more time, but for now I have exams to revise.

Cheers :grin:

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Ok, understood, you have to get your priorities right :slight_smile:

The post does open with this line though:
"Hi you can fix high volume problem or say echo by editing: /system/vendor/etc/mixer_paths_0.xml
I’ve used MTmanager app after rooted with magisk "
So I suspect he is aware that my problem exists :slight_smile:

No rush, as I say, I don’t get too many phone calls anyway. My more immediate concern is why the network fails outside of my home.
I currently have a full signal marked “H” and am transferring data with WiFi switched off so the hardware clearly works! It’s very odd indeed.

Happy studying
J

I updated this build with a lot of changes.

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