Hearing Saver
Hearing Saver is the simple way to avoid accidentally hurting your ears when plugging in or unplugging your Android device's wired or bluetooth headset. Hearing Saver operates in the background to protect your ears automatically. It uses very little resources, and simply waits for the signal that your headset has been unplugged or plugged in.
After initial setup, Hearing Saver should work without further input from you. To setup the app, open it. You will be presented with the Setup screen. It contains a number of controls, and they each interact to allow you to customize Hearing Saver's operation. From top to bottom:
- Media/Ringer Selector Buttons
- These allow you to select what the two sliders, described below, control. If you have not enabled Ringer volume control, the Ringer radio button will be disabled.
- Plugged/Unplugged Sliders
- These control the volume that will be set when the headset is plugged in or unplugged, respectively. The volume that these refer to is indicated by the Radio buttons at the top.
- Enable Ringer Volume Control Checkbox
- This enabled/disables Hearing Saver's ability to set your device's Ringer/Notification volume. It is off by default so you don't miss a call!
- Save Last Unplugged Volume Checkbox
- If this is checked, the bottom slider will be disabled and Hearing Saver will remember the last volume you manually set while the headset was unplugged, and reset to that volume when the headset is unplugged again.
- Bluetooth Detection
- Enabled by default, this tells Hearing Saver to set your volume when a Bluetooth audio device is connected/disconnected.
This app is licensed under the Apache License. More information available at http://github.com/jakebasile/hearing-saver
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- Known Issues --
- Bluetooth Disconnect happens after a long delay. This is beyond my control, as it is a delay in my code receiving the broadcast.
- Only works on Unplug on the HTC Incredible. This is because HTC broke the standard method that I hook into in order to change the volume.
- Sometimes doesn't upgrade very well. If you are having problems, please try uninstalling and reinstalling.
Category : Tools
Reviews (30)
Installed the program opened it up and made my desired setting. I then clicked on the enable button and a popup informed me that hearing saver is now running. I plugged in my headphones and the high volume warning immediately popped up.
Very nice app! Thanks to the developer for fixing my issue, I always use audio cord in my car and it always has the volume lowered so i have to go into my phone and turn it up.
Seems to work great on my xiaomi mi9t pro, although the old Android api pop up was shown, it worked on the first try. I'm surprised it got to such a low rating
It just works!!!!!! Set both volume controls to max and you defeat the auto reduction in volume for audio jack plug in!!!!!!
I am using the app to prevent blasts of loud speech or music when i put my earphones in. Working perfectly on Samsung phone with Android 10.
Stops the 'high volume warning' popping up every few hours on my Huawei P20 lite, that was driving me mad, as it automatically reduces the volume even though I was not using it on earphones but with an FM transmitter.
Thank you my friend. Saved my ear from high volume many times. I hope you come back again for more updates, although it's working for me flawlessly.
Does not remove annoying Volume Warning. complete waste of time and research. Going to try Xposed instead.
Just what I'm looking for to protect my ear from blowing apart everytime someone calls when earphones are plugged in..😍🤩🤗
works perfect on my s10. After I nearly blew out my speakers and ear drums this app is great to have
Doesn't work. Still getting the annoying notification.
Doesn't work on J7 Prime. As soon as I open app and touch it it disappears back to main screen.
Saved my ears multiple times. Would rate higher than 5 if it was possible.
the volume level set for earphone plugged in doesn't work at all.
Doesn't work on Android 9.
This app saves my ears from much pain.
This App doesn't always work. Do not download this
Many many thanks for this app. you saved my ears ❤️
Fixes high volume limiter
totally satisfied, with this free treat
Best app for mia1. You are a lifesaver for stock android.
The only method I know of for getting rid of volume warning. I use my phone through my car stereo through Bluetooth so it needs to be at the highest level (I adjust via car stereo knob). I hated having to hit ok every time I want to raise it. This app finally solved the problem after trying several fixes from the forums.
Installed the app. Set it up to the desired volume levels. Rebooted the phone. Plugged my headphones in and started playing some music. No warning of VOLUME TOO HIGH blah blah blah. And the volume was at the set level. So that worked good. But the second I touched the volume control to raise or lower the volume, that annoying pop up VOLUME TOO HIGH came up. So it didn't completely eliminate the annoying pop up, just kind of masked it temporarily.
I used this on my Galaxy Note 3 because Samsung's good intentions meant always having to reset my volume. Now I'm on a GalaxyJ7(2017) and the app comes up, but no changes can be made to the settings and it doesn't work. 3 stars since it worked for the last 4 years amazingly.
This app is typical of Samsung and Android RUBBISH. I was so excited when I bought my Galaxy Note 2, 18 months ago, and joined the Android community. I thought great, but after a few months I thought what a bloody waste of time and money. Android OS and Android apps are RUBBISH. Especially apps that are available on iTunes and Play Store, on Android they're always CRAP. THIS APP HAS NO AFFECT ON MY GALAXY NOTE 2 WHAT SO EVER, uninstalled.
I love that this app keeps my volume set how I like it in spite of the "nanny" settings built into phones these days. I'm half deaf - I don't need a company turning my music down so I can't hear it just because someone decided that they weren't responsible enough to control their own volume...
Works great on my Samsung Galaxy S6 - with the usual Android app Gotcha: Android kills the app after some time. So, the app is very useful if you use it all the time. It is close to useless, if you just use it once in a while: It needs to be restarted each time you want to use it, and that takes longer than pressing Android's warning button.
This app has been installed on every phone I've had since it was decided that we can't make our own decisions regarding our listening volumes. It doesn't work on my att LG G4 or GS6 active though. I'd love to rate it 5 stars as soon as it works again.
I keep my spare phone in my car connected to the sound system, but every so often the volume would automatically adjust to low with the message "Listening to music at high volume for extended periods of time will damage your hearing". I am loving this app as my volume stays at the level I want it at. Thank you so much for this app! Awesome!
This app keeps my hair in my head instead of pulled out. I hate HATE having my music interrupted for anything less than a phone call. This helps with that. Lately, it's been switching the ringer off and on every minute or two causing my phone to lag. I also use LLAMA, but it isn't set to change any media or ringer volumes right meow. Not sure why it's doing this when it didn't 6 months ago.