Boost your Android smartphone or tablet’s audio quality with this Dolby Digital Plus mod
If you regularly use your Android device to listen to music or watch movies, then you may have noticed the sound quality on smartphones and tablets isn’t always the best.
one way of improving your audio is to install Dolby Digital Plus. This is a Software pack that includes Various sound profiles, which all boost your devices audio quality in different ways. For example, the voice profile detects and improves dialogue, which is handy if you’re listening to an audiobook. You can also create your own profiles to suit the specifics of your audio.Thanks to a recent mod, Dolby Digital Plus is now compatible with more android devices than before. In fact, this mod should be compatible with any deodexed Lollipop ROM. If you’re unfamiliar with dodexed and odexed ROMs, stock and manufacturer ROMs are generally odexed, whereas custom ROMs tend to be deodexed. Before attempting this hack, it’s definitely worth checking the XDA Developer thread as it includes a list of devices that Dolby Digital Plus is known to be compatible with (http://goo.gl/82ASo9). This hack does require a rooted device with a custom
reovery installed. Depending on your device, you may also need to flash a particular ROM. Again, the XDA Developer thread has all the details, so before you start be sure to have a good look at this thread and flash a custom ROM if necessary.
Steps to go Dolby Digital Plus:-
- Check available space
To install Dolby Digital Plus successfully, you need at least 25MB of free space. To check how much space you have available, open your device’s Settings and select Storage. If you have less than 25MB, you’ll need to make some room before moving onto the next step.
- Flash Dolby Digital Plus
Download the Dolby Digital Plus ZIP from https://goo.gl/VemEkv. Place this file somewhere accessible on your device, then boot into your custom recovery. Flash the Dolby ZIP, then wipe the cache partition. Open the Advanced menu and select Wipe Dalvik Cache. Reboot.
- Try switching profiles
Open your app drawer and launch the Dolby app. You’ll see a selection of default profiles that you can switch between. Try selecting a new profile. At this point, the app may crash. If it does, there are a number of things you can do to try and get it working, so don’t worry.
- Disable Awesome Player
Go to Settings and open Developer Options. If you don’t see Developer Options in your menu, go to About Phone and tap Build Number until you see a message ‘You are now a developer.’ In Developer Options, find Use AwesomePlayer and make sure the slider is set to Off.
- Nexus 5 users
If you’re using a Nexus 5, you disable direct volume control using the Poweramp app. Head over to Google Play and download Poweramp (£3/$3.99 but there is a free version). Launch Poweramp, tap the menu icon, select Settings>Audio>Advanced Tweaks. Disable Direct Volume Control.
- Download SELinux
If you find that Dolby is still force closing, the problem could be that SELinux is set to Enforcing mode on your device. To switch SELinux to permissive mode, download the SELinuxModeChanger.apk from http://goo.gl/CSywwe. It’s best to use a file explorer to navigate to this APK, and then give it a tap.
- Make the switch
When prompted, tap Install. Open your app drawer and launch the SELinuxModeChanger app. Tap the Permissive button. Relaunch the Dolby Digital Plus app and try switching profiles – it should no longer force close. You can now switch profiles to suit whatever you’re doing on your device.
- Edit Dolby profiles
You can edit the default profiles by double-tapping them. Alternatively, create your own by double-tapping Custom 1 or Custom 2. Whether you’re editing a default profile or creating a new one, you get access to the same three sliders, which you can toggle on or off.
- Levelers and enhancers
Volume Leveler monitors the audio and makes adjustments to keep the volume at a consistent level across different content and applications. Dialogue Enhancer monitors audio for dialogue, and applies processing to improve the intelligibility of the spoken portion.
- Disable Dolby Digital
The final switch, Sound Visualizer, brings a surround sound effect to your device. Once you’re happy with your profiles, return to the main Dolby screen. If you ever want to stop using the Dolby app, you can do so here, by tapping the power button in the upper-left corner.
