Like many other people, I am hoping someone will point me in the right direction on how to boost the internal mic. I use my transformer for Skype, and like others, when I do I am barely heard by the person on the other end.
I have read up on Voodoo Sound but that apparently doesn't support mic boost and is only for headphones. I have read up on KAT ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1841851.html ) which may indirectly do what I need if I switch ROMs and get other features from the addon that I really don't need.
I have tried messing with asound.conf I have tried using alsamixer and I'm at a loss for what values should be input. I have looked in just about every config/data/etc/ whatever folder I can think of.
All I want is to be able to boost the gain/sensitivity on the internal mic. What script/config/file/setting do I need to change/add to do this?
And before someone mentions it.. I really don't want to use a headset =P
Thanks for any help you guys can offer. Hopefully this doesn't get overlooked like all the other "help me fix my mic" questions I've seen.
Edit1: OK, I think I've managed to figure out alsa_amixer and which settings are important to me (apparently you need to read the datasheet to figure this out...). That said, when I set the value I want for the input PGAs.. they don't stay set even if I use alsa_ctl store. I think I found a thread mentioning the same issue. I really don't understand why changing the record volume on the mic is such a problem for android devices...
No one has any idea?
Im also trying to boost the mic although skype works quite well programs like soundhound or shazaam pick up nothing even tried an external mic.
I found a program on play/market called alsamixer maybe you could try that see if it sticks.
Could you tell me the PGA setting or settings for the mic it has soo many i dont want to screw things up.
HellsAngel_NL said:
Im also trying to boost the mic although skype works quite well programs like soundhound or shazaam pick up nothing even tried an external mic.
I found a program on play/market called alsamixer maybe you could try that see if it sticks.
Could you tell me the PGA setting or settings for the mic it has soo many i dont want to screw things up.
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I had tried alsamixer but anytime I changed the settings, they would always be reverted back making the process pointless.
I have sense tried using KAT Audio: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1841851
This seems to at least access the mic. I have seen it work somewhat with Skype though the results are sporadic. I have absolutely no idea how to make Skype work reliably with KAT Audio...
You said Skype works well for you. Is this using the internal mic on the Transformer? How are you able to get it to work for you?
Lavath said:
I had tried alsamixer but anytime I changed the settings, they would always be reverted back making the process pointless.
I have sense tried using KAT Audio: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1841851
This seems to at least access the mic. I have seen it work somewhat with Skype though the results are sporadic. I have absolutely no idea how to make Skype work reliably with KAT Audio...
You said Skype works well for you. Is this using the internal mic on the Transformer? How are you able to get it to work for you?
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My skype works well.
Search on google play sound meter and isntall and test the mic again.
I wish u good luck
Yeah skype and the internal mic works very good here only shazam and soundhound pick up nothing.
I dont have a transformer but a slider and tried KAT aswell changing the mic doesnt seem to do anything for me
so could you still tell me the PGA's i need changing? maybe i have better luck with alsa if i know which ones lol.
HellsAngel_NL said:
Yeah skype and the internal mic works very good here only shazam and soundhound pick up nothing.
I dont have a transformer but a slider and tried KAT aswell changing the mic doesnt seem to do anything for me
so could you still tell me the PGA's i need changing? maybe i have better luck with alsa if i know which ones lol.
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I'm pretty sure it's the left and right input PGAs.
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This is concerning the Samsung Moment. It does effect other Samsung models as well.
As I'm sure some of you know, when trying to make calls with GrooveIP or SIP apps, the sound for the person you connect to comes out the rear speaker. Apparently this is a kernal issue. I read that crappykernal fixes this on the intercept, but what about the Moment?
Also, although this is supposedly a kernal issue, Sipdroid 1.3.7 fixes this and routes the sound to the earpiece. This is the only version of Sipdroid that works like this on this phone. I know for a fact it does, because I spent a few days trying to get it to work a few months back. However, I don't like using SIP. I want to use GrooveIP. It's much simpler and sounds better too.
Does anyone know of a kernal, or solution of any kind, that will route the sound to the earpiece correctly? I'm currently using the Ubermoment rom.
I posted this over at SDX, but hoping someone here might know a way to fix this that I haven't come across.
**EDIT**
Found out my current kernal kinda fixes this. I have to mute, then unmute, the speaker. Then audio is routed to the earpiece. It's a workaround, but would like to not have to do that.
No ideas anyone? Would love to be able to fix this issue. I can't believe nobody has figured out how, or tried to.
I have a Sony bluetooth head unit in my car which supports handfree and audio streaming profiles. I can play my music through the head unit just fine via bluetooth. I can also make and receive calls without problem when I am listening to the radio (ie when I am not listening to my own music). However, when I am playing my own tunes and I either make or receive a call, the head unit indicates I am on a call, it mutes the music but I just get silence through the speakers.
I used to have a Galaxy S Advance and it all worked just fine without too much configuration on the phone or head unit; basically just pair them up, make sure the right boxes are ticked in the bluetooth options and thats it.
Any idea what the problem could be? I've tried an upgrade to 4.2.2 but it didn't help...
Hi,
I have a similar problem. I can pair my s2 plus with cm11 from this thread to my car kit (Parrot MKi 9200). Playing music via phone on the car speakers works fine but when I place a call the receiving phone just gets loud static (and my voice very very silent).
I wanted to ask the developer of the cm11 I am using if he sees a way to exchange the bluetooth module (or what androis equivalent is) to the one of e.g. Android 4.1.2 because I know that one works perfectly. I am posting here because I havent reached 10 posts yet.
Of course I am open to other workarounds and ideas.
Thanks,
Kiesel
Bluetooth
Same issue here,
everything (music etc.) is okay, but the phone connection.
I'm connecting to my Ford Sync.
I can connect, but then the quality of the voice is very very bad, I can hardly understand anything...
I thing there's a configuration file in the etc/ folder, maybe that need some upgrade?!?
Hope someone can help, because I really like to keep CM11 on my phone...
Dan
This is a known problem wich has been asked 100 times before
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safariking said:
This is a known problem wich has been asked 100 times before
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How is this message supposed to be of any help? Of course we know that. We have seen a lot of threads. I have read the whole bug report including all the comments on googlegroups, I have browsed dozens of websites and googled my ass of. What I didnt find was an explanation (at this point I dont expect to find a fast solution anymore). After reading the googlegroups bug call I thought it was a problem with the bluetooth stack that apparently is being redeveloped by google. But here cooldevelopment said it isnt a google problem.
I fully understand that it must be annoying for you to see this question a million times but please understand, that it is also annoying (and unsatisfactory) to not know whats going on.
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How is this message supposed to be of any help? Of course we know that. We have seen a lot of threads. I have read the whole bug report including all the comments on googlegroups, I have browsed dozens of websites and googled my ass of. What I didnt find was an explanation (at this point I dont expect to find a fast solution anymore). After reading the googlegroups bug call I thought it was a problem with the bluetooth stack that apparently is being redeveloped by google. But here cooldevelopment said it isnt a google problem.
I fully understand that it must be annoying for you to see this question a million times but please understand, that it is also annoying (and unsatisfactory) to not know whats going on.
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I know what you mean but i think the best method now is to wait until cooldev find a solution to this
As this is a bluetooth problem topic, i just want to ask one question. Can't use the CM 11 and ROM's based on it, because the sound problems with connection in my car. So back to stock ROM. I flashed the cooldev's kernel to get a better battery life, but after flashing, bluetooth makes the same problem as CM. Do you guys have the same issue?
kidmanis said:
As this is a bluetooth problem topic, i just want to ask one question. Can't use the CM 11 and ROM's based on it, because the sound problems with connection in my car. So back to stock ROM. I flashed the cooldev's kernel to get a better battery life, but after flashing, bluetooth makes the same problem as CM. Do you guys have the same issue?
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Hmm, interesting. I will try this out as well. Might probably be a week though, I am leaving for holidays tonight and cant risk making my phone unusable. Maybe somebody else is willing to give it a try?
kidmanis said:
As this is a bluetooth problem topic, i just want to ask one question. Can't use the CM 11 and ROM's based on it, because the sound problems with connection in my car. So back to stock ROM. I flashed the cooldev's kernel to get a better battery life, but after flashing, bluetooth makes the same problem as CM. Do you guys have the same issue?
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Thanks now i know where to search the problem.
Hi,
here is a logcat of a bluetooth connection during a call on stock rom/stock kernel.
What I did:
-start logcat
-start bluetooth
-chose a contact
-call contact-
-talk for a minute
-hang up
-stop logcat
I then wanted to flash the mosh kernel and do the same again but the last time I checked there wasnt this huge plethora of different kernels to choose from. Very impressive work!
Could you tell me which one you would like me to flash and I would then redo everything?
Hi,
I tried installing mosh kernel 1.8 and 1.85 (for stock, init.d enabled) on sazy rom but it didnt boot. It stayed at the very first screen you get when you turn the phone on. I then installed your cm11 build8, connected via bluetooth to my car and had someone call me.
Attached is the logcat.
Do I need the samsung stock rom for mosh kernel? I thought sazy rom was a stock rom?
Hello,
I recently got a One+ plus phone.
Today, my phone's microphone all of a sudden did not work.
If I call someone they aren't able to hear me. But, if I use Speakerphone they CAN hear.
If I use an external headphone cable. They can hear!
Please help me quickly fix.
- Neo
Neo said:
Hello,
I recently got a One+ plus phone.
Today, my phone's microphone all of a sudden did not work.
If I call someone they aren't able to hear me. But, if I use Speakerphone they CAN hear.
If I use an external headphone cable. They can hear!
Please help me quickly fix.
- Neo
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have you test it with an app (for example Elixir 2)?.
Regards!
pakordo said:
have you test it with an app (for example Elixir 2)?.
Regards!
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I did and i'm getting 24DB or something. But it does not work when I make a call
2) Tried recording app. It just records nothing (it just plays some sound but not really my voice)
- R
Did you install something then mic stopped working?
Did you changed any settings then mic stopped working?
Do you try a hard reset?. (Backup data first).
Regards!
Saludos!
I don't have a oneplus one, but I have the same problem on my Nexus 4. And so do many others from googling. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't now. I do have to turn on speakerphone when the mic doesn't work or use a bluetooth device. I bought a replacement mic and waiting for it to see if its a hardware problem since someone else was able to fix it by replacing it, while others don't. Try clearing the Google Search app and trying it. Some users were able to fix there's on the N4 by clearing the data or deleting that app. I noticed mine clearing it gets the mic back working, and I also noticed it messes with my bluetooth device. Playing music on the Music app or Youtube app it will pause, and I will keep pressing play but it'll pause it immediately unless I swipe up for google search and go back to the app and it'l play just fine.
pakordo said:
Do you try a hard reset?. (Backup data first).
Regards!
Saludos!
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Yes. I did do a hard reset. Still the same issue.
Google now/ Recorder = does not work!
SPEAKERPHONE = MIc works!!
But, when I ran the "Color" rom, the recorder works! But not in CM11 or PA. (*Confused*)
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Did you install something then mic stopped working?
Did you changed any settings then mic stopped working?
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Nope. I did nothing!
I was on stock and this happened!
Please help guys!
I have exactly the same problem.
My friends can't understand me anymore when we are talking. They can hear me, but my voice sounds kind of "metallic"... like a robot..
Neo said:
Yes. I did do a hard reset. Still the same issue.
Google now/ Recorder = does not work!
SPEAKERPHONE = MIc works!!
But, when I ran the "Color" rom, the recorder works! But not in CM11 or PA. (*Confused*)
Nope. I did nothing!
I was on stock and this happened!
Please help guys!
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Your main mic might be damaged. Try the mic mod from the OP in this thread and report back
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2967925
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Hello everyone!
What I'm looking to do is really simple, a LOT of people are interested in these feature, however, no one has a clear solution.
There has been a lot of post about this subject but they are most old post and there's nothing help full.
Here is the problem - whenever I'm talking over the phone, I can play any music I like and I can hear it perfectly, but the other side cant hear anything! even if ill let the music play using the phone speaker - the other side is silent (witch is strange cause when the speaker play, the mic should transfer the sound and shouldn't "care" who is making it).
So after a lot of searching for apps and different ways, I found out something interesting.. If I make the call using an VOIP (skype, viber and so on) and Ill play music at the same time - THE OTHER SIDE CAN HEAR IT PERFECTLY!!! witch means the phone is fully capable of doing it.
What is going wrong when I'm using the cellular network instead of VOIP? is there a way around it?
Ive noticed some people don't get WHY would I want to do it.. well, I'm working using my phone (sales) and using the exact same pitch. I would like to be super lazy and play a recorded version of me, and when its done, be able to just keep talking to the person without him being able to notice the difference.
Since I'm doing it for work, I cant use VOIP for regular calling since Ill lose the option to use "Airdroid".
I'm using Nexus 4, Slimkat rom (4.4.4).
ANY help at all will be appreciated
Hello!
I have a major issue during videocalls using google duo, skype where if there are any background noise around me, i can't hear the person i am talking to. The audio cuts off. It has to be silent around me in order for me to hear the person i am talking to. Is there any fix to this problem? I have already reset the phone but the problem is still there.
mic (over) sensitivity? perhaps some will stop by and know the file and file entry to edit.
any of this type setting elsewhere (Settings, the app itself, and sound modification yo have installed, eg Viper, etc... that you can check/get to?
I have no sound modification installed. I checked the settings but there seems to be no part adressing this issue. The same problem happens when i use different apps like skype, google duo and signal. Could it be a hardware problem? The microphone works fine when i record a video or recording audio.
Maybe.
Rooted? If so, and you've done a full, clean install, and sure that the install is working ok, maybe try another custom ROM.
Normal calls work, as I get you it's (just) video calls? Another possibility, I'd consider looking up mic sensitivity and ways to decrease it. On the OnePlus One I am aware there was a configuration file folks could mess with to try and resolve that phone's mics over sampling. That was a common issue for many.
Have you tried turning the volume down and see if that has any effect?
Wish I could offer more ideas, I have used video calls maybe 3 times in 8 years.
The phone is not rooted. This problem occurs only when i use internet based videocalls (skype, google duo). The volyme is not usually high when i call. Thank you for your time, hopefully i will find a solution soon.
Frustrating. Good luck.