Sep 18, 2012 02:42 PM EDT by David Cogen
Just wish the volume on your Nexus 7 was just a bit louder? How are you supposed to listen to your favorite Pandora station when it sounds like it’s whispering the songs to you? Well, thanks to developers, you can boost the volume of the Nexus 7 by simply adding a quick program and setting it up. Here’s how.
1. Open the Play Store on your Nexus 7.
2. Search the store for Volume+ or Speaker Boost. Volume+’s paid version is better than Speaker Boost but Speaker Boost beats Volume+’s free version. Try both and let us know in the comments which you prefer.
3. Click and install either whichever app you decided to try first and open it. For Volume+, the difference is the paid version allows you to boost the volume a bit higher and also allows you to set equalizer settings and the free version doesn’t.
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4a. For Volume+ users, click on Speaker Settings to adjust the volume of the speakers, Bluetooth Settings to adjust the volume of Bluetooth enabled devices attached to the Nexus 7, or Headset Settings to adjust the volume of plugged in, wired headsets.
4b. For Speaker Boost users, simply slide the blue dot over to wherever you want the volume level to be boosted by and then hit back to save it. Simple, enjoy!
5a. For Volume+ users, once you choose which option you want to adjust, check on Audio Modifications to enable all the options beneath it.
6a. For Volume+ users, select Simple Volume Boost and select whatever level you want it boosted to. I’d suggest 8 (the max) for the free version or, if you bought the paid version, you can set it anywhere from 1 all the way to 20. Enjoy!
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December 4th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
It does not work on android jelly bean, 4.1
December 8th, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Unfortunately none of these seem to work with 4.2.1. They load and run but have no affect.
December 15th, 2012 at 7:50 pm
I am the Speaker Boost developer. I suspect a bug in 4.2.1 or else Google having turned the API off. One user reports that Speaker Boost lowers volume on 4.2.1, which suggests a bug in the OS.
December 23rd, 2012 at 6:45 am
Same for me, it doesnt works
Nexus 7, Jelly Bean 4.2, ClearRom 2.5.
January 3rd, 2013 at 8:18 pm
do you have a fix in the works for this or are your hands tied by jellybean/
phil h.
January 5th, 2013 at 5:15 am
It does not work for jellybean 4.2.1 instead it lowers my volume -.-
January 6th, 2013 at 1:23 am
I can also confirm that this lowers volume on my nexus 7 jellybean 4.2.1
January 7th, 2013 at 2:15 am
This does not work on a Jellybean 4.1 stock rom either. Maybe people reporting that it does are suffering a placebo effect?
January 21st, 2013 at 8:28 pm
Does anyone have any other ideas on how to boost the sound volume if the above don’t?
Quite disappointed in how loud the nexus can go……
January 24th, 2013 at 10:55 am
Also purchased for Jellybean 4.2, lowers volume. Waiting for debug.
January 24th, 2013 at 10:56 am
It does claim not to work with JB, but not till after I purchased it.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:43 pm
It’s just malware.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:17 am
No change. Other ‘boosters’ definitely malware and install various links and search services.
March 19th, 2013 at 11:36 pm
Does not work with my JB either, anything else that can boost the volume a bit?
April 20th, 2013 at 1:32 pm
These do not work on my Nexus 7
I’m terribly disappointed
May 5th, 2013 at 1:36 am
Did the author of this article actually try what he has written?
May 23rd, 2013 at 3:05 pm
Still doesnt work on nexus 7 jellybean 4.2.2. Makes the volume softer, not louder.
Funny, you have a few thousand users, JellyBean has millions, yet you say must be a bug in their system. Interesting.