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Did my iPhone amp open up or is it placebo??

post #1 of 7
8/21/09 at 5:03pm
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Well,

after the OS3.0 upgrade I (just like many) noticed a sound change. But my UE TF10 were suddenly lacking bass. I wondered why this came so, audio nut as I am, I went researching.

Finally I came to a point where I decided to Jailbreak my iPhone and try a volume unlock. It worked! It is as if the internal amp can breathe free now and the sound is much fuller (at least with the TF10's). Lows are present and deep, Highs are more pronounced and clear.

I remembered this was what happened on several older Sony EU capped units.

If somebody likes to try it, please report you findings!!

RGDS
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post #2 of 7
8/21/09 at 5:40pm
Interesting...will try with mine...
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post #3 of 7
8/21/09 at 6:05pm
may i know what is "jailbreaking" in an iphone?
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post #4 of 7
8/21/09 at 6:08pm
Interesting. It's probably placebo or the illusion from slightly higher volume. Without volume matching two of them there's no sure way to tell.
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post #5 of 7
8/21/09 at 7:59pm
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Originally Posted by Punnisher View Post
Interesting. It's probably placebo or the illusion from slightly higher volume. Without volume matching two of them there's no sure way to tell.
This.

Volume matching is the biggest culprit for many supposed 'improvements' that people determine with regards to new firmware, software, IC, etc.
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post #6 of 7
8/22/09 at 4:32pm
Jailbreaking is like.... "hacking" the phone but not really. It allows you to take more of an open source look at the phone and install 3rd party apps and stuff without the iTunes store. THey are apps that people can make and add.

Some are really good and you can install custom themes to the ipod and do little tweaks and stuff. If you get past all of the risks you might be able to find something really useful that you can use.
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post #7 of 7
8/23/09 at 10:25pm
I have been thinking my 32 gig iPhone 3Gs sounds much better in sound quality, openess, air, bass content, than both my 80 gig ipod and G1 4 gig iphone.

In fact, thinking about selling my ipod. Has anyone experienced this?
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