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[Q] galaxy s mic problem

hi:
besides the galaxy s I have a nokia 72e and I want to ask if anyone has a problem with microphone (with Galaxy s)? maybe is not something serious but when i`m talking from the e72 the people hear me more clearly than i talk from Galaxy s;they complain that my voice is muffed.
i don`t know what to do .... if i go to warranty and stand in lines and let the phone for almost a week in their custody,and find out after that the phone was alright...?!
i discovered the difference by chance,when I called the same person from both phones shortly.
if anyone knows this kind of problem please let me know......

First of all, this doesn't belong in development.
Secondly, yes there is a known issue with the mic on the SGS, or rather the mic drivers and settings. I don't think there is a community fix for this, and Samsung has not acknowledged it publicly, so I don't think it will be fixed any time soon.

jap, I just finished my mic mod there. I looked the youtube video
how to disassemble the phone and bettered the mic part.
The mic is situated 90 degree and little rubber channel is used
to direct the sound to mic. This tiny rubber channel was incorrectly
pressed in so half of the input was covered. So a I widened the channel input
and also drilled the hole in case little bigger (do not do that! it may ruin the
case chrome). Sounds little bit better.
Now, is this normal, to make a mod to better mic sound for a elite phone ?

yes, there absolutely a known issue. I purchased two of these phones, and both had the exact same thing you describe. It was absolutely horrible!! I received two replacements, and the sound quality is MUCH MUCH better... BUT, it is still no where near where i think it should be. all my previous HTC devices had far superior sound quality than the Samsung GS. The Galaxy picks up voices 100 feet away... and noises from other crap that none of my other phones ever did... I'm hoping that it is in fact a software thing, and once 2.2 is released, it has better canceling technology built in. Will see..

Construction of built-in microphone is not a problem... The problem lies in software. If you connect external mic (fe. headset) sound is still disorted. There's no way 2 microphones will be broken. This is the same headset which is shipped with Samsung Wave and that phone has no problems with build in and headsets microphone.

uberberben said:
Construction of built-in microphone is not a problem... The problem lies in software. If you connect external mic (fe. headset) sound is still disorted. There's no way 2 microphones will be broken. This is the same headset which is shipped with Samsung Wave and that phone has no problems with build in and headsets microphone.
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Good point !
But in my case there was 50% better quality with headset ..
Now that I have some of yours attention - why don't I see more post
of video jerkiness, stuttering problems ?
In my phone After every 1 sec. the video recording stutters slightly.
I saw this we saw this all ready in first galaxy test video.

My main problem with the mic is the distortion... It's so bad you can't even record a clip in the car with the radio on. It already gets distorted, something to be ashamed of samsung.
Nice to have HD recording, too bad the only thing worthwhile is the picture since the audio is utter crap.
(Yes, a bit frustrated )

Is it still this bad with the JPK Froyo firmware?

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Never noticed this before. I hope this is software related. More and more bugs keep on appearing, almost wishing I picked another phone. The Galaxy S has downright amazing hardware, yet Samsung choose to let it down with all the bugs
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I've just bought the Galaxy S for my other half and have noticed exactly the same problem . Went back to the shop and tried the test phone they have in the shop. I only noticed a very marginal improvement (guy in the shop didn't notice any difference).
Anyway I would be interested to know if anyone has swapped the phone since noticing this problem and had an improvement - i.e. is it just a dodgy batch of microphones from Samsung?
Thanks all!

Is there still no fix for the microphon problem? 5 million items sold and each owner of it cannot take a proper video from a concert or on a fair or even on a birthday party, where there are louder surroundings. Annoying.
Please, devolopers, have an eye, ups, ear on that!

I've been complaining about this since July... no response
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ranjib said:
Is there still no fix for the microphon problem? 5 million items sold and each owner of it cannot take a proper video from a concert or on a fair or even on a birthday party, where there are louder surroundings. Annoying.
Please, devolopers, have an eye, ups, ear on that!
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Most smartphone will get crappy sound when using built in microphone on High volume environements. Basically, it's hardware limitation with the built in microphone.
I've done some test (see in the accesorie sections for result with video) and you can use an external microphone with an adapter for theses type of recording.

So, the delivered headset does nothing better than the onboard mic.
It is definitely a matter of the hardware?
Asap I'll give an external mic a try....(using the Nokia-made TV-cable...)

Grashoper said:
yes, there absolutely a known issue. I purchased two of these phones, and both had the exact same thing you describe. It was absolutely horrible!! I received two replacements, and the sound quality is MUCH MUCH better... BUT, it is still no where near where i think it should be. all my previous HTC devices had far superior sound quality than the Samsung GS. The Galaxy picks up voices 100 feet away... and noises from other crap that none of my other phones ever did... I'm hoping that it is in fact a software thing, and once 2.2 is released, it has better canceling technology built in. Will see..
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Pls reply to other forum messages showing that u also have the same problem after replacing the phone (it only solve part of your problem), because I see your msg from another post that u were saying that u have no problem after replacing the phone. And that is not totally correct, u still encounter some problems

My problem is slightly different
Hi,
I got a sgs early 2011 and I quickly noticed that the voice recorder gives a very bad sound when listening back. I started to be afraid I would be as bad when calling someone. The problem I have is a horribly distorted sound with a terrible noise in the background. The recorded sound is simply useless.
later I was very happy when I did the call test as the use of the embedded microphone to call is alright. I even rang a friend beside asking what he thought about the sound qualify and he said it was ok. Then we swapped phones and I too thought the sound was fine.
But we tested again a recorded sound & video with my friend and it was awful.
After finding this thread I decided to try again and to compare with the head set microphone. For me it makes a huge difference ! The noise disappears and the distortion too.
first I thought the problem came from the compression rather than the microphone and now I don't know what to think...
My phone is on Froyo 2.2.1 (thanks to this website).

My problem is slightly different
Hi,
I got a sgs early 2011 and I quickly noticed that the voice recorder gives a very bad sound when listening back. I started to be afraid I would be as bad when calling someone. The problem I have is a horribly distorted sound with a terrible noise in the background. The recorded sound is simply useless.
later I was very happy when I did the call test as the use of the embedded microphone to call is alright. I even rang a friend beside asking what he thought about the sound qualify and he said it was ok. Then we swapped phones and I too thought the sound was fine.
But we tested again a recorded sound & video with my friend and it was awful.
After finding this thread I decided to try again and to compare with the head set microphone. For me it makes a huge difference ! The noise disappears and the distortion too.
first I thought the problem came from the compression rather than the microphone and now I don't know what to think...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLZbz6KXLso
I have the same issue.
Check the comments, there is a guy who says how to fix it, but he is not very precise, so i asked for more info.
We'll see
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Try out Speedmod by Hardcore in the dev section. Includes fixes for the mic and headphone output.
No need for Audio boost or any hacks. Sound is the way it should be now
A lot less background noise on mic now and no more EU regulations degrading the audio quality anymore.
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Lots of crackle on other end when HTC One on speaker

Hey guys,
If during a call I put my HTC on speaker, the person on the other hears a lot more whitenoise / background crackle than normal (I think all sound captured through the HTC mic gets louder for the other side). Does anyone experience this or have I got a faulty unit?

brpqzme said:
Hey guys,
If during a call I put my HTC on speaker, the person on the other hears a lot more whitenoise / background crackle than normal (I think all sound captured through the HTC mic gets louder for the other side). Does anyone experience this or have I got a faulty unit?
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I had a similar problem HTC one, had to RMA it for repair, HTC replace the upper main board which house the microphone.
Do you have problem when taking picture with Zoe and video recording? Mine was not record any sound but crackle and noise. All of these problem relate to a defective microphone.

tandao said:
I had a similar problem HTC one, had to RMA it for repair, HTC replace the upper main board which house the microphone.
Do you have problem when taking picture with Zoe and video recording? Mine was not record any sound but crackle and noise. All of these problem relate to a defective microphone.
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Just tried recording a video for the first time - seems OK, a bit soft but not sure if that's a defect. So in your case, was it that normally the other person could hear you fine, but if you put the One on speaker the other person would suddenly hear more background crackle?

brpqzme said:
Just tried recording a video for the first time - seems OK, a bit soft but not sure if that's a defect. So in your case, was it that normally the other person could hear you fine, but if you put the One on speaker the other person would suddenly hear more background crackle?
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Yes normal phone call was ok. When put on speaker phone the other end only have bad static noise and crackle. Bad static noise and crackle when recording video and taken zoe picture. Seems like you may not have my issues since you can record video with sound ok.

Ah OK Do you still have issues with crackle when on Speaker? I really don't want to do another RMA, done about 7 so far, so if its just a feature of the Ones then I'll just live with it

Recording volume issue :(

I've just noticed that the mic isn't working on my video recorder. I've tested it on memos and it works, but not when video recording. Maybe memos uses a different mic to record sound? I've tried to stick a pin in the mic hole to see if maybe Its dirt, but no change. I'm running the latest firmware and maximus 30.0... Anyone able to help? Thanks.

Could be a hardware problem. But if it had never happened before or from the very first time you have used the video function try flashing a different rom.
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I have a video recording from a couple of days ago and Its working fine. I can only think that rain water has somehow got in and damged it :/. Ill flash a different rom and see what happens, fingers crossed lol

Did you ever figure out a fix for your issue? I've been having the same problem lately. I recorded a video today and the microphone volume was incredibly low and I could barely hear myself talking, even when I put the volume up to the max. It seems to only be an issue when taking a video because I tried a voice call, a speakerphone call, and a skype video call and each time the microphone was loud and clear. I have a video that I recorder about a month ago and it is plenty loud so it seems to be a new issue. I'm out of ideas...any thoughts?
Thanks

jpzsports said:
Did you ever figure out a fix for your issue? I've been having the same problem lately. I recorded a video today and the microphone volume was incredibly low and I could barely hear myself talking, even when I put the volume up to the max. It seems to only be an issue when taking a video because I tried a voice call, a speakerphone call, and a skype video call and each time the microphone was loud and clear. I have a video that I recorder about a month ago and it is plenty loud so it seems to be a new issue. I'm out of ideas...any thoughts?
Thanks
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What ROM are you running? Does it improve after a reboot? Does it come back again later?
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NxNW said:
What ROM are you running? Does it improve after a reboot? Does it come back again later?
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Thanks for the quick response. I'm running stock (not rooted). I tried rebooting and still have the same issue. There's no way to adjust the recording microphone volume in the camera app, correct? I wish I could figure out the issue. I suppose I could try rooting and installing a custom ROM, but I'm happy enough with stock. If you have any other suggestions, I'd very much appreciate it.

jpzsports said:
Thanks for the quick response. I'm running stock (not rooted). I tried rebooting and still have the same issue. There's no way to adjust the recording microphone volume in the camera app, correct? I wish I could figure out the issue. I suppose I could try rooting and installing a custom ROM, but I'm happy enough with stock. If you have any other suggestions, I'd very much appreciate it.
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Hey, take a look at this thread below and see if this describes your problem. It's probably happening because audio is only being recorded from the left channel only. Bug since kitKat update and very annoying.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660313
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gustav30 said:
Hey, take a look at this thread below and see if this describes your problem. It's probably happening because audio is only being recorded from the left channel only. Bug since kitKat update and very annoying.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660313
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Yes! This must be my problem because I checked the video I recorded and I only hear sound on the left channel. Thanks for showing me that thread, I was afraid it was a problem with just my device. This bug needs to be fixed ASAP.

[Q] Huge Microphone Problems

Hi!
Well, since I've flashed CM (had Stock, MIUI and iHackers before), I'm having problems with the sound recorded by the microphone(s). It sounds like there is a very agressive high-pass, along with a noise gate f*cking up the sound. I think it could be related to a miss-configuration noise-canceling mics placed like all around the device.
I checked earlier recorings with the iHackers ROM, they're all crystal clear. I also tried different recording apps and video cameras, manually adjusted the digital gain, but everytime I get unusable recordings, they're quiet, muffled and just overall sh*tty.
Well, I hope I'm not the only one experiencing this, and I really hope someone could help me.
Bye
Julian

Jukpulfer said:
Hi!
Well, since I've flashed CM (had Stock, MIUI and iHackers before), I'm having problems with the sound recorded by the microphone(s). It sounds like there is a very agressive high-pass, along with a noise gate f*cking up the sound. I think it could be related to a miss-configuration noise-canceling mics placed like all around the device.
I checked earlier recorings with the iHackers ROM, they're all crystal clear. I also tried different recording apps and video cameras, manually adjusted the digital gain, but everytime I get unusable recordings, they're quiet, muffled and just overall sh*tty.
Well, I hope I'm not the only one experiencing this, and I really hope someone could help me.
Bye
Julian
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On ihackers... Could you then get an okay recording of.. Let's say a concert. ? I have the same problem, the sound is like being run over by a bulldozer..

HellRoot said:
On ihackers... Could you then get an okay recording of.. Let's say a concert. ? I have the same problem, the sound is like being run over by a bulldozer..
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Yeah, exactly. I didn't record any concerts with it, but filmed at a local music store as we tested out some guitar amps (pretty loud if you know ). Audio was crystal clear, no distoring, no muffeling, just as I talk from the back of the phone it sounds a little weird.

[Q] Nexus 6 Video Recording Hiss

I noticed after recording a couple videos at 1080 and 4k that I'm getting a pretty noticeable hiss in the background. I tried changing roms, kernels, camera apps, nothing has worked in getting rid of the background hiss. Does anyone else experience this or know of a way to get rid of this, or should I take the phone back to T-Mobile? Sample below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmjNW9qKsm8&feature=youtu.be

I also went back to stock, still have the hissing noise in the background.

t1.8matt said:
I also went back to stock, still have the hissing noise in the background.
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I believe the hissing is the Automatic Gain Control, which happens when you record video in a quieter environment. I use an app called FV Cinema 5, where you can disable the AGC when video recording in quiet places.

PaisanNYC said:
I believe the hissing is the Automatic Gain Control, which happens when you record video in a quieter environment. I use an app called FV Cinema 5, where you can disable the AGC when video recording in quiet places.
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Thanks for the suggestion but it did not work. Disabled AGC in that app and still got the hissing, it was actually a little worse.

t1.8matt said:
Thanks for the suggestion but it did not work. Disabled AGC in that app and still got the hissing, it was actually a little worse.
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Sorry bro. hope you can figure it out without the headache of an rma

PaisanNYC said:
Sorry bro. hope you can figure it out without the headache of an rma
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It'll go straight back to T-Mobile if I can't get it fixed. Hopefully the next one won't do it too but it probably will.