Loud Bluetooth headphones - Lowest setting is still too loud

[PaulQ]

I think I have messed up a setting somewhere. It may be the one that directly ties the volume control on the headphone to the volume control. I have no idea where that option went.

The problem... it's impossible to play music softly through my Bluetooth B&W headphones. I can turn it down to a comfortable level but not soft. It's blasting at 50%. Using the volume control on the headphone just moves the volume on the phone so the problem occurs.

Tried unpairing and pairing again... which sets the volume on the phone to 50% so I got a blast when I turned on the music.

Any ideas?

 

[amyf27]

I think I have messed up a setting somewhere. It may be the one that directly ties the volume control on the headphone to the volume control. I have no idea where that option went.

The problem... it's impossible to play music softly through my Bluetooth B&W headphones. I can turn it down to a comfortable level but not soft. It's blasting at 50%. Using the volume control on the headphone just moves the volume on the phone so the problem occurs.

Tried unpairing and pairing again... which sets the volume on the phone to 50% so I got a blast when I turned on the music.

Any ideas?

Did you check volume on the side of the phone, also volume in the phone settings for media

 

[chanchan05]

Download Samsung's SoundAssistant. This gives greater control on the volume. I once made my music too soft with it. It basically gives you 2 volume sliders for each app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.android.soundassistant

 

[PaulQ]

Download Samsung's SoundAssistant. This gives greater control on the volume. I once made my music too soft with it. It basically gives you 2 volume sliders for each app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.android.soundassistant

I already had that installed but you prompted me to go back to it. I activated the "Individual App Volume" for Play Music. Dropped that down to abotu 50% and now i have what I would consider a normal range.

However, now I don't get as much volume on my Bose earbuds. I guess I need to just pick something in between.

I like how you can change the number of steps in the volume with this app too.

 

[balaboost]

I think I have messed up a setting somewhere. It may be the one that directly ties the volume control on the headphone to the volume control. I have no idea where that option went.

The problem... it's impossible to play music softly through my Bluetooth B&W headphones. I can turn it down to a comfortable level but not soft. It's blasting at 50%. Using the volume control on the headphone just moves the volume on the phone so the problem occurs.

Tried unpairing and pairing again... which sets the volume on the phone to 50% so I got a blast when I turned on the music.

Any ideas?

In case anyone is still trying to figure this out, I have the answer (I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S7, FYI).

Go to Settings-->Connections-->Bluetooth-->Overflow Menu (three dots in the top right on my phone)-->Media Volume Sync-->Turn Off.

Hope this helps!

 

[KittyDol]

Thank you for posting this! I've tried so many things to fix the volume on my Bluetooth headphones and this was it.

 

[Balefire1]

I think I have messed up a setting somewhere. It may be the one that directly ties the volume control on the headphone to the volume control. I have no idea where that option went.

The problem... it's impossible to play music softly through my Bluetooth B&W headphones. I can turn it down to a comfortable level but not soft. It's blasting at 50%. Using the volume control on the headphone just moves the volume on the phone so the problem occurs.

Tried unpairing and pairing again... which sets the volume on the phone to 50% so I got a blast when I turned on the music.

Any ideas?

I found a fix for this for my bluetooth speaker that should work with ANY up-to-date android device, without installing third-party software. (I have a Moto Z3, but this option also exists on Samsung S7/S8 and others)

To do this, you first have to enable developer options by going to your phone info under settings, and tapping the build number repeatedly.

Then, in the developer options, there is a switch that says "Disable absolute volume." The description for this option says, "Disables the Bluetooth absolute volume feature in case of volume issues with remote devices such as unacceptably loud volume or lack of control."

I flipped this switch to the "on" position, restarted, and then was able to adjust the volume on my bluetooth speaker and phone separately, and get much finer volume control than before. Without this, the speaker always seemed too loud or too soft. Hopefully this helps someone, as the problem drove me crazy for days before I found this buried in the settings.

 

[Mercius43]

To do this, you first have to enable developer options ... "Disable absolute volume."

Thx very much; this definitly WORKS ! ! !
At last I'm going to enjoy my Earfun Go

 

[EvoX666]

I found a fix for this for my bluetooth speaker that should work with ANY up-to-date android device, without installing third-party software. (I have a Moto Z3, but this option also exists on Samsung S7/S8 and others)

To do this, you first have to enable developer options by going to your phone info under settings, and tapping the build number repeatedly.

Then, in the developer options, there is a switch that says "Disable absolute volume." The description for this option says, "Disables the Bluetooth absolute volume feature in case of volume issues with remote devices such as unacceptably loud volume or lack of control."

I flipped this switch to the "on" position, restarted, and then was able to adjust the volume on my bluetooth speaker and phone separately, and get much finer volume control than before. Without this, the speaker always seemed too loud or too soft. Hopefully this helps someone, as the problem drove me crazy for days before I found this buried in the settings.

Just signed up to say thank you. This fixed my issue with my bluetooth headphones with a separate volume control.

 

[mitulabattyi]

I found a fix for this for my bluetooth speaker that should work with ANY up-to-date android device, without installing third-party software. (I have a Moto Z3, but this option also exists on Samsung S7/S8 and others)

Thank you! Finally a working solution.

 

[Randomuser43]

OK, so this happened to me and the solution I found only works on Samsung phones, so what I did was I went to the galxy store and searched for "sound assistant" (link at the bottom) and in the app there's an option for individual app volumes, and there it lets you costumise the volume, (like lowering it down) this was helpfull to me as I only use my earbuds for two apps, I'm sure they work on any earphone, as they also lower the volume for the phone itself, and you can still raise the volume to the max (my volume bar now goes to 150) I hoped this helps any one who finds it to difficult to actually change their phone to the developer option.

https://apps.samsung.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.samsung.android.soundassistant

 

[mustang7757]

OK, so this happened to me and the solution I found only works on Samsung phones, so what I did was I went to the galxy store and searched for "sound assistant" (link at the bottom) and in the app there's an option for individual app volumes, and there it lets you costumise the volume, (like lowering it down) this was helpfull to me as I only use my earbuds for two apps, I'm sure they work on any earphone, as they also lower the volume for the phone itself, and you can still raise the volume to the max (my volume bar now goes to 150) I hoped this helps any one who finds it to difficult to actually change their phone to the developer option.

https://apps.samsung.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.samsung.android.soundassistant

Hi, welcome to AC!

Im not sure you read over the thread but OP already has that app