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EU volume cap

  • 22-06-2013 12:40pm
    #1
    Sad Professor
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    Has anyone successfully disabled this on the iPhone without jail breaking? I've heard it's possible by doing a restore while connected to the net with a US VPN. Has anyone tried this?

    With decent in-ear headphones I don't find the cap to be a huge problem, except on old masters of albums that are less heavily compressed than today's music. Even so I'd still like to get rid of it if possible.


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  • #2
    Zcott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    Settings > Music > Volume Limit


  • #3
    Sad Professor
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    Doesn't work.


  • #4
    Zcott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    Weird. And annoying.


  • #5
    HurtLocker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 655 ✭✭✭HurtLocker


    I can turn it on and off in settings.

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  • #6
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭guil


    that setting is only available in ios 7 afaik


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  • #7
    TBi
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    guil wrote: »
    that setting is only available in ios 7 afaik

    I have it in 6.1.4, and it was already off... Weird!


  • #8
    HurtLocker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 655 ✭✭✭HurtLocker


    TBi wrote: »
    I have it in 6.1.4, and it was already off... Weird!
    Same here Im still on IOS 6.1.4 because Im a lazy sod and it was already turned off.


  • #9
    N64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,306 ✭✭✭N64


    Do you not think its there for a reason i.e. to protect your hearing? :rolleyes:


  • #10
    ardmacha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,476 ✭✭✭ardmacha


    Do you not think its there for a reason i.e. to protect your hearing?

    I think your plea will fall on deaf ears.


  • #11
    harney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,215 ✭✭✭harney


    Does anybody know if there is an app to turn it up to 11?


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  • #12
    HurtLocker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 655 ✭✭✭HurtLocker


    N64 wrote: »
    Do you not think its there for a reason i.e. to protect your hearing? :rolleyes:
    Nah its just the EU being intrusive nannies.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


  • #13
    Sad Professor
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    HurtLocker wrote: »
    I can turn it on and off in settings.

    That doesn't work either. If you disable it, the volume is still capped. While if you enable it, it caps the already capped volume. That setting only works properly for non-EU users. It shouldn't actually be visible to us.
    N64 wrote: »
    Do you not think its there for a reason i.e. to protect your hearing? :rolleyes:

    Like I said, it's not a problem with newly mastered music. But try listening to an album mastered in the '80s. They were far less loud back then and you need to put the volume up. Today everything is heavily compressed.


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