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The best thing to do is hold the phone with your fingers around the speaker creating a loudspeaker type focal point for the sound. You can use other makeshift accessories like using a glass instead.
 
I have my EQ on acoustic and changing it to late night makes it no louder, slightly quieter if anything.
 
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