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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topdroidapps:
anyone know service that let u save high score of ur game online?

i mean that users can submit there high score from the app and see table of high score of all the users...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stretchwookie:
open feint adds this into MANY games, may have a standalone? thought its worth a shot to tell ya :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topdroidapps:
thanks but they dont have it :(
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shtreber:
Hi all... Nova2 hd from gameloft i got some issues in game, it laggs little, on desire s game runs without laggs, and the same chipset... Is it lack of ram?? I really hate it.. OC'ing will help?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flo95:
Worked smooth for me. I think I used version 1.0.3
[Galaxy S II General] silverbluem:
NOTE: donations will be deposited directly to the DEV that comes up with a proven working Solution.

[OP] will keep the To Be Donator list updated frequently as people pledges their donation.

i think that The Samsung Galaxy S2 is one of the best and current the most powerfull phone at the moment.

With High Quality Camera that can record up to 1080p!

the only problem is the sound!!, crappy sound and high mic gain killing the sound while recording Video in Party,Consert, or a place with a lot of noise.

Iphone 4 Sound Is much much Better and clear!!

few examples: SGS2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y99yRitG9E8

Iphone4: Sound And Vocal are more clear

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150257522687485

This is a bounty thread for developers who are able to provide solution to the sound problem while recording video on Samsung Galaxy S2

I'm gonna start with $20

Total List so far:

Silverbluem - $20

mcreego - $10

v1rtu4l - $20

jj03 - £1.00

raymundka - $30

bamthwok - $10

badkarma58 - $50

Meneldor - $20

Pyranha007 - $50

therealrom - $25

ibinsad - $10

nongrata23 = £10

utoks = 15$

quijote1 - $10

Total Amount:

$304

Please write the amount you are willing to donate in this thread.
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
I'm shocked this still hasn't been addressed. Anyone know if the source code is open that controls audio and gain functions?
[Galaxy S II General] silverbluem:
i only know that this code *#*#197328640#*#

control the handset,hendset,speaker but no Video Recorder mic

and this code *#0002*28346# that work on SGS1 but not on our device

i hope someone will find the right code for us :-\
[Galaxy S II General] mcreego:
Considered me in. 10 dollars for mic gain. I went to a lot of concerts and the audio in the video that I've made it's simply terrible. Hope someone will sort this issue soon.
[Galaxy S II General] v1rtu4l:
count me in, too !

i'd spend 20$ for a permanent fix that would increase the sound quality in difficult (loud) surroundings (like a club for instance)
[Galaxy S II General] jj03:
put me in for £1.00.
[Galaxy S II General] silverbluem:
update list

any op can Stick Post?
[Galaxy S II General] raymundka:
Donation

I'm also suffering from too high mic gain and distortion. Ready to donate 30 USD if someone takes the job.

Supercurio could fix it but he hates the Yamaha DAC which is in the device.

SGS1 had Wolfson DAC.
[Galaxy S II General] bamthwok:
I would contribute USD 10 for a microphone gain fix, too!
[Galaxy S II General] badkarma58:
video recording sound

thanks guys just got my S2 and loving it, but need the voodoo sound...I'd bounty up $50 US dollars:D.....count me in.....really need it:mad:!!! What the he11 is Samsung thinking?
[Galaxy S II General] Razer(x):
Why don't you try LgCamera? You can change audio HZ and bitrate
[Galaxy S II General] Meneldor:
Count me in please! $20
[Galaxy S II General] Pyranha007:
From me 50$ too

From me 50$ too for whom, who makes the S2 perfect to this issue
[Galaxy S II General] fro5tie:
For reference here is a video I recorded at an Iron Maiden concert a few nights ago on my SGS II

http://youtu.be/jHFQWoSsctY
[Galaxy S II General] therealrom:
count me in for 25$ :) i really want this !:)
[Galaxy S II General] ibinsad:
Count me in please! $10

If it possible also to add more external microphones like iphone and make stereo sound registration it will be the best.

I wish add that external mic to make great video in concerts and clubs

TRUE STEREO MINI ELECTRET CONDENSER CARDIOID MICROPHONE

search it in ebay i cannot post the link
[Galaxy S II General] silverbluem:
*update list

btw im getting FC with Lgcamera so no help...

i think it's a problem that we dont have the source code yes from Samsung
[Galaxy S II General] ibinsad:
tried lgcamera which settings you put there ?

I add

video

sharpness 29

1280x720

h.264

3gpp

bitrate 10Mbit (normal is 3Mbit)

encoder audio AAC

samplerate 48Khz

bitrate 320000

quality of video and audio increase a lot i heard any distortion.

I hope it will be in the future a feature to add external stereo mic
[Galaxy S II General] ibinsad:
hope nexus prime will not have those issues i will buy that else wait for better one...

maybe htc with beats by dr. dre
[Galaxy S II General] silverbluem:
hope that more people will join this :-\

this is really annoying
[Galaxy S II General] MamomaN:
sadly i don't have a paypal to donate :(

but please every one .. it's a dream .. make it true

HTC Sensation already had a stereo video recording

who gonna be our hero ? :D
[Galaxy S II General] Liv314:
Any clue with Voodoo Control Plus or Voodoo Control on the Market ? Perhaps it isn't compatible with the S2 ?

Got the same isue on HTC sensation, but the sound is 1000x worst.

The only way to manage, for me was to get Lgcamera, but it's not really stable.

Just saw now, that the app isn't compatible with S2, sorry for disturbance...
[Galaxy S II General] sagi.m:
People are saying that 2.3.5 has audio improvements.

someone knows if they fix the camcorder audio problem?
[Galaxy S II General] lgkahn:
No they don't.. I tried it.... video recording with found being of any volume is still unusable. For me I am back to using the Sgs I.
[Galaxy S II General] steveb22:
Sg2 with LGcamera an ext. mic

try to use the headsetmic with lgcamera, but doesn´t work. it seems that only speech-Apps without any videooptions still work with external mics. does anybody has success while using an external mic with any videocam-tool / app?

i´m still look around solving this for weeks. damned...why are thinking engeneers not at the sound, making a high level camera but can´t connect a high level mic.

somebody needs to tell them, that it could be a "marketing feature" if people do e.g. interviews with a SG2 and while "showing" a high level mic at the interview.

stefan
[Galaxy S II General] MamomaN:
at first we need to know , is it hardware or software issue ??

i mean what makes GSII doesn't record with stereo voice , hardware of software thing ?
[Galaxy S II General] nongrata23:
add me for 10 euro for this fix
[Galaxy S II General] steveb22:
i´m not sure, but for me it is a software issue. Whats the different between a simple voicegrabbing app and a voicegrabbing App that can also record video as same time?! so if you do a video talk with your headset mic, it should work too?

so, what i can´t understand, that this phone is selling so often, but "nobody" seems to look for a solution to make videos with external mics. I´ve read so many forums and ask around, only a few guys have a compareable problem.

hopefully someone ll have an idea.

stefan
[Galaxy S II General] utoks:
I'll donate $15 to whoever comes up with the fix. Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] steveb22:
so i´ve checked out an ordered audio adapter with a sep. input for mic and headphone and used it with skype to verify the combination for video and audio in one app. it works fine. Sound and video were send to the receiver in excellent quality. And sound was recorded by an ext. mic. (i´ve used an PC Headset on this Y-Adapter).

This means for me, that the app must handle the xternal mic support. but now i´m wondered that LGcamera don´t find an external mic if you marked that in the setup?! Is it a problem while grabbing/recording the picture and audio in LGcamera? this is only the difference between both apps.

what a stupid situation. need some help ;D

stefan
[Galaxy S II General] JuniorGG:
The recorded audio is wildly saturated in loud environments.

Just to clarify a little better the issue, this is either because the AGC (automatic gain control) of the mic is not deep enough, or because no AGC at all is implemented. It has nothing to do with audio sampling rate, of course.

It may be a software issue, but it may as well be a hardware issue. In fact, if the hardware mic amp has no capability of being set by software to a sufficiently small gain, then there's nothing that can be done by software.

And in any case, even if the issue can actually be solved by software, I find it hard to believe that Samsung will do anything to solve it, since it won't matter much to them. What's important to Samsung is that they can still say "the Galaxy S2 can record at 1080p 30fps". Who cares HOW WELL (us, of course...)?

Similarly I'm pissed off by the imprecision of the compass, that makes any Augmented Reality app pretty useless. But again I seriously doubt Samsung will pay even the slightest effort in solving this issue because it is too much a "detail" for them to deserve their consideration.
[Galaxy S II General] ibinsad:
so the only solution would require changing the phone constantly under warranty, as it is shown that distorts the sound and the compass does not work well.

Maybe if we did all (we are just few here :-( ) the Samsung move to solve those issues.

So no cyanogenmod , no android 4.0 can solve those issues, is hardware, so for hardware usually there is a firmware to solve those issues.
[Galaxy S II General] bamthwok:
I'm using HI-Q MP3 audio recorder from the market. It has a function to control microphone gain. So I believe there is some hope. If I only knew how to embed this app into the video recorder...
[Galaxy S II General] steveb22:
not sure, cause there are some apps which support ext. Audio and Video. Skype is the perfect example. It grabbs the audio also from a external mic and video is also send. So what makes the difference to an cam-app thats only doing more while record it.

stefan
[Galaxy S II General] ibinsad:
Maybe lgcamera developer can do this for us, i can donate for him if he can do it.

Someone has contacts with him ?
[Galaxy S II General] kelvs:
someone i know recorded this concert video with an Atrix using a ROM with D3 Camera

is it possible to use the D3 camera APK on our phones or something like that ? hope it's a start though
[Galaxy S II General] Gambero81:
It's possible!

Just bought fom ebay!

Inviato dal mio Galaxy S2 tramite Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] MamomaN:
link , price , details please ?

and where / how much cab i get stereo mic ?
[Galaxy S II General] ibinsad:
hello, please tell me if it works, and it record real stereo also in videos.

I asked but they told me external stereo mic is not working with sgs2 but with iphone yes.

if it works, also this may work, but i don't think so.
[Galaxy S II General] MamomaN:
anyone tested that :

Hacked Samsung Galaxy S2 (SII) Camera APK: Higher Bitrate Video & Stereo Audio Quality & Other Tweaks!

??
[Galaxy S II General] ibinsad:
Yes, but lgcamera is better

https://market.android.com/details?id=rubberbigpepper.lgCamera&feature=search_result
[Galaxy S II General] MamomaN:
That app records with a stereo sound ??

oh wait , as long as this app records with a stereo sound

what the point of this topic then ?

sorry but i am rally confused

what else we need , you mean we need it in the default cam ?

so , does this program make the same needed thing in this topic ?

sorry , someone explain please :o
[Galaxy S II General] Raphy511:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yStuC8bOQKs

It sucks... (SGS 2)
[Galaxy S II General] ibinsad:
It record in stereo only if the device support stereo recording.

I think sgs2 don't support stereo recording.

If lgcamera can support an external mic for sgs2 or/and regulate gain like Hi-Q MP3 Rec do will be the best, so if you are in a concert or in a club you lower the gain of the recording..... i don't know if it is possible !
[Galaxy S II General] MamomaN:
Ok .. i tried this app and i got some better sound quality while vid recording

is it mean i am done then ? Or we can get better than that ?

I am a littel confused !
[Galaxy S II General] ibinsad:
Yes you are done.

Unfortunately for now you can not get any better.

We hope someone can find a solution to solve gain issues.

Stereo recording + gain control it will be the best.. wow factor :-)
[Galaxy S II General] vodka666:
Yes i have tested HI-Q MP3 audio recorder today with very loud music and it didn't distort when i lowered the "Gain (experimental) , so there must be a way to do it by software on the SGS2.

Btw changing the sample frequency doesn't lower distortions, only the Bit-rate could give more headroom.
[Galaxy S II General] ibinsad:
Adding Experimental gain setting to make the recording louder or softer to lgcamera software will be fine.

I try to contact the developer.
[Galaxy S II General] vodka666:
would love this for the stock camera i don't like lgcamera. anyway the gain must be dealt prior to the AD. I'm not sure, but the dev of HI-Q MP3 must have found a way to do it like that.
[Galaxy S II General] tremblingwater:
Wondering if we could just simply change the mic levels or have monitoring bars going across the top, etc.
[Galaxy S II General] vodka666:
*#*#197328640#*#*

this is the code for the service menu. but cant see a mic gain related setting.

does anyone know more?
[Galaxy S II General] steveb22:
these guys seems to be one step forward.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1IKZaVzLAE

They shot a video testing an external and the internal mic while recording his gig.

But how does they use the external one?

I would get angry if i see videos and examples using external mics and nobody wrote a line, how they get it work.

Please, if anybody can tell me what to do, that an external mic and the video recording comes together in one application. Thanks a lot.

stefan
[Galaxy S II General] MamomaN:
^^ how it works ? tested but no luck

the video uploader says it works with original samsung headphone

but i tested it and it didn't work , any ideas ?
[Galaxy S II General] MamomaN:
anyone ^^^
[Galaxy S II General] D3_:
If it's anything like mine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...UUCxDx05emZC2WQq_RJWjyJA&v=rrX9Rbh8olU#t=167s) then all I did was have my headphones (with mic) plugged in and it recorded audio through that. You can tell the difference in audio at about 2:45 where I unplug the headphones.
[Galaxy S II General] MamomaN:
I tried it but i can't record from the mic , why ?

my rom is original one without root

help plz
[Galaxy S II General] steveb22:
same here.
[Galaxy S II General] MamomaN:
So ,

can anyone successfully made it explain how ?
[Galaxy S II General] steveb22:
ok, a little success. May i was to stupid or got weird cause i´ve trying to much variation of different cables and oversee, that the original headphone set would record with the standard videotool.

So guys. If you connect the headphone-set an record video, disconnect the cable while recording, you will in fact get a difference. So the micro of the inearset record succesfully with the video tool.

So for me, there is a problem (i think) with the pins of the diverse adapter that split the connection to the 2 different jackets.

So next, i will try to order another headphoneset and cut it and solder it in the right way together.
[Galaxy S II General] steveb22:
so, i´ve got it!!!

like you remember i´ve bought an y-adapter

this one: http://www.adaptare-shop.de/Handy-+...3_u526_zb0007b8f-efbd-4058-abbe-7d169587d208/

(sorry a german distributor but you´ll find it also in ebay around the world)

and i tried every time with a mic that have a mono jack. Than i used a line signal via two chinch to stereo jack adapter and this worked. So what makes the difference? It seems, that the mono jack only triggered the automatic start of the mp3player. So the S2 think that you push the start button on your headphone Inear set, which is delivered with your phone.

So the right way to use an external mic is connecting a stereo mic with a stereo 3,5 mm jack into this adapter. So i used the standard video tool and a cheap hama stereo mic. of course the audiorecord is only mono but it works! Strike!

The Sound is a little low, but it is ok, if you can normalize it on your PC before

you distribute it.

So check out: Buy a Iphone y-adapter it is also working on the S2 (not on the S)

and use a stereomic with a stereo 3,5 mm jack (called miniklinke).

Thats it.

I hope this would help all following users, that went weird like me.

Stefan
[Galaxy S II General] Swi7chblade:
Just posting my own findings as well...

Using my set of speakers and my computer to play a song, I managed to cripple the SGS2's mic.

I plugged in the set of earphones that came with my SGS2, opened the camera app and started to record. Audio recorded beautifully and perfectly. There were no flaws at all.

So, like the person above me said, buy a Y-Adapter and then a small microphone to fit into it. Or, just use the earphone set that came with your phone when recording at a concert\party\somewhere.

I know its inconvinent, but it works!

Might post videos later comparing the two.
[Galaxy S II General] DjJuvan:
I tried connecting original set of ear plugs in to SGS2 and it doesnt work. Only internal microphone is working when recording movie.

Why doesnt it work? I even tried VideoMic microphone, some cheap PC microphone... all the same :\
[Galaxy S II General] 11768:
Did you plug in tightly? Maybe you need to simply turn the jack a little bit.

It works for me. Audio quality is much much better on the headphone mic.
[Galaxy S II General] steveb22:
doublecheck it in this way.

connect your headphoneset into the S2 ans start the videotool and record it. After few seconds remove the headset jack from the phone and record a few seconds longer. Then stop and look to you recording.

So if you didn´t hear any difference or any click-remove Sounds on your video, the set must be defect. May another thing is (i thought about for a few minutes) check your firmware of the phone. I didn´t check it again with the old 2.3.3 and only got success with the new firmware. So may, this could be also a reason. But i´m not sure.
[Galaxy S II General] silverbluem:
possible solution for now...tbh it a little problem when you go to a party or concert to take a cable with you any where you go

[REF&FIX]

Temporary workaround for High Mic Gain while recording video issue!
[Galaxy S II General] steveb22:
hmm, try this short stereo mini mics like sony that built or take a lavalier.
[Galaxy S II General] MamomaN:
Same here

people .. what we are doing wrong ?!!!

my phone on original rom 2.3.3 without root

what is wrong .. tried many times no luck :(
[Galaxy S II General] steveb22:
hmm...at this time i think that updating the firmware was also needed to solve it.

Try out the 2.3.5, this is overall better than the 2.3.3
[Galaxy S II General] 11768:
Weird! I am on 2.3.5 and the headphone mic trick works flawlessly. Then today it just don't anymore.
[Galaxy S II General] ibinsad:
I hope galaxy s3 will not have high mic gain or just can be added supercurio voodoo sound control.

Why have lot of stuff like y adapter + external mic to record videos ?

So if all tests will be done, who really want the most portable solution will be:

TRUE STEREO MINI ELECTRET CONDENSER CARDIOID MICROPHONE

+

Mini Audio Y Adapter

i think i will not adopt, just wait for galaxy s3, give s2 to my mother instead.
[Galaxy S II General] beards69:
What about voodoo it should be supported soon . Worked great for sgs1 ..
[Galaxy S II General] jebiga:
+1 I agree :)
[Galaxy S II General] MamomaN:
Are you sure ?

can any one on 2.3.3 confirm if he tried it and it works ??!

btw . what about the battery on 2.3.5

my main concern now about the battery

i need every longer time on it .. is it better on 2.3.5 ??
[Galaxy S II General] steveb22:
Try this way again. Start videorecording with the internal mic and plug the external while recording. same thing here sometimes. It seems that the phone sometimes don´t get a signal if you plug the external mic at different times.

---------- Post added at 06:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:49 PM ----------

Don´t find any reason to stay on the 2.3.3.

battery-time is a little bit better with 2.3.5.

I´m not sure if the ext. mic would work only with the new firmware. I guess that cause i got no success at any time with the old firmware and the mic issue.

Some people told in the last days, that they got no success with the same workaround i´ve done. So may, it could be a possible reason because they have an old firmware and that seems to be the only difference.

---------- Post added at 06:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:54 PM ----------

For me it is needed, cause i will do Interview podcasts and this is only possible with an external "interview mic".
[Galaxy S II General] ibinsad:
TRUE STEREO MINI ELECTRET CONDENSER CARDIOID MICROPHONE

+

Mini Audio Y Adapter

Just when you need, are really portable.

So good job man.
[Galaxy S II General] 11768:
Damn! I was able to use mic for video recording previous, it just randomly won't work on my device anymore. I am Criskelo v32 with the stock Camera.apk while my friend on KJ3 odex is working fine.

Add-on: I just tried flash to Frankenstein XWKK5 odex (stock) and it work. Now back to Criskelo v32 again, not working btw.
[Galaxy S II General] Blackpt:
I would gladly donate another 10€

Please find a fix for this issue.
[Galaxy S II General] NoZombie:
Might have something

The guitar tuner app "gStrings" has microphone sensitivity control, perhaps get that bit of code from its developers? (cohortor.org)
[Galaxy S II General] feel_it:
Hi guys,

I've found an app called RECFORGE. It has a "Disable AGC" (automatic gain control) option, and I was surprised to find that it actually solves the problem of distorted audio recording in SGS 1 - unlike other audio players, where gain control only made the clip quieter, without getting rid of distortion. I tested it with Voodoo Sound installed but all options turned off and original mic preset.

My question is - can anyone say wheter it works on SGS 2 as well? If it does, then we have a good sound recorder, and there is a chance to copy this to some video recording software.
[Galaxy S II General] GS2Giova:
Please don't leave this thread!!

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] Ticiano:
I'd love to see this mic gain problem solved. What the hell is in the head of Samsung people when they project this thing?

I use to play drums for fun and I just can't record my self or a band presentation with my SGS II. The sound just goes hyper saturated.

I was hoping supercurio to help us with this problem, but I think he's not so into SGS II as he was into SGS.
[Galaxy S II General] dcavni:
This realy looks hopeless... To bad for such a great device that it's not capable of any louder video recording. Shame on you Samsung...
[Galaxy S II General] X-dude:
Well that sucks that noone has figured anything out or created any other ways. I would try to but I have no knowledge at all for that kind of stuff.
[Galaxy S II General] pollardhimself:
Galaxy Nexus has the same problem, hopefully the s2 fix can work on the nexus also
[Galaxy S II General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
ICS brings stereo recording with 128kbs bitrate, so lets hope the audio would be better :)
[Galaxy S II General] silverstorm:
Supercurio has said the Yamaha chip hasn't got the scope for improvement that the i9000's Wolfson DAC is capable of.

I've found that with the S2, if i'm in a loud environment (e.g. concert) I can use my stock Samsung headset (that came in the box) to record the audio during video capture. It ends up less distorted than when recorded via the phone's mic. Others have reported the headset recording this doesn't work on all firmwares - but on KK5 (2.3.6) it does.

Try it on yours and see if it makes a difference.