this happened randomly couple days ago and i'm hoping you guys can help me out cause this is driving me crazy so here are the symptoms.

whenever i drive theres a constant squel that comes from the front left brakes, it gets louder when the speed increases. the brake pads seem okay, i have not visually inspected them but when i press hard on the brake, i get fast response so yeah, also whenever i brake, the squealing stops. i would take out the tire and check it out but i have no clue what im looking for. thanks!

 

It can still be the brake pads. The wear indicators are on the inner pad, which makes the noise. It is common for the outer pad to be okay, but the inner pad worn down. You can't see the inner pad until you take off the tire, and look through the inspection hole, sometimes you need to remove the caliper bolt, to lift the caliper to see the entire condition of the inner pad.

Probably your brake pads are worn.

 

Make sure the brake hardware is not rubbing on the rotor.