Vibrate mode volume limiter?

[justlaxin13]

So, apparently having the phone on silent mode for notification/ringer limits the max volume of the on phone speakers for media playback.

Anyone else notice this?

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[tx_tuff]

So, apparently having the phone on silent mode for notification/ringer limits the max volume of the on phone speakers for media playback.

Anyone else notice this?

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There are separate settings for both, don't see why one would effect the other?

 

[justlaxin13]

There are separate settings for both, don't see why one would effect the other?

That's what I thought too. But yesterday I was listening to something through the phone speakers. Noticed in the notification pull down that I still has the phone on silent from earlier and clicked it onto "sound" in the quick setting bar. The audio immediately got like 25% louder (rough estimate).

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[Kelvin Teo]

Yes, I experienced that too. When the phone is in vibrate or silent mode, the media volume is attenuated.
I cannot understand why since the media volume has a separate volume setting.
May be a design or sw flaw?

 

[jimmy1351]

Bought a LG G2 a few weeks back and exchanged it for another one because of a low volume media playback issue. The second phone had the exact same issue as well. My phone is always on vibrate and after reading this post... I switched off vibrate to normal and the youtube videos are playing at much higher volume levels now.