Balance allows you to configure the amount of audio output from the left and right speakers in a stereo or two-channel sound system. In this case the headphones of a cell phone, although it could also include here devices with double speakers.
This software setting is extremely useful if one hearing aid sounds louder than another or only one earphone is heard . Unless there is total physical damage from the other earbud, you can compensate with more volume to equalize the sound in both ears.
Left right balance of headphones on a Samsung Galaxy
Volume imbalance between a pair of headphones or earphones commonly happens when they are old. Another possibility is that they are partially damaged or have gotten wet. Even in these cases you can perfectly solve this decompensation.
How to balance headphones on Android
Just go to System Settings and enter “balance” in the search box. If you can’t find it, try the route Settings> Accessibility> Hearing. Another possible route is Settings> Sound and vibration> Hearing.
Plug in the headphones to enable balance control and put them on to test the changes by ear. Tilt the control towards the weakest hearing aid until you find the point of balance. You will hear it sound more, while the other weakens.
If the troublesome earpiece doesn’t ring at all by giving you full balance, your internal speaker is surely totally physically damaged or the cable is broken.
Applications with balance
If you can’t find the “Balance” option in the Android Settings as indicated above, there are music players that offer this feature. So at least you can better listen to the music stored on your mobile.
Some of those apps are JetAudio, PlayerPro, N7 Player, PowerAmp or Rocket Player. In your settings look for the menu “Basic”, “Audio”, “Playback” or “Equalizer”. It should be under the name “Balance” or “Balance”, in the form of a horizontal bar or knob.
Audio balance with ROOT
There are applications that do NOT have independent balance adjustment, such as Spotify, Google Play Music, SoundCloud. If your phone does not have this native feature mentioned at the beginning, the alternative is to obtain root permissions on the phone and use the Viper application.
Viper is an installable APK that offers many options to customize Android audio globally and advanced. Among all these options there is one that allows you to configure the sound balance of the Android. You can download Viper for Android on the official website of the developer.