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[HTC EVO 3D] DevalB:
I was leaning towards the GB stock keyboard, just need to find a modified apk for one with the smilie key. I miss that from my rooted EVO.

I'll probably give into Swift, just was curious what everyone else uses.
[HTC EVO 3D] phatmanxxl:
Check out hackers keyboard. Its pretty cool.
[HTC EVO 3D] DevalB:
Thanks!

I downloaded the Swift Beta from the marketplace, seems pretty good, no issues so far with double letters.
[HTC EVO 3D] felacio:
I really dig thumb keyboard 4.

The ability to split the keyboard while in landscape so Tue keys are closer to the sides has actually made me want to type in landscape.
[HTC EVO 3D] vWvSTATICvWv:
I really really miss the GB keyboard. I tried the apk I had from the Evo as well as the one from the market, both not sized for our screens(too small). I'm surprised no update either :(
[HTC EVO 3D] phatmanxxl:
Hackers has an ass load of options. I like you can change the overall size it takes up on the screen.
[HTC EVO 3D] rlaw:
Though I have the full version of SwiftKey, I find the SwiftKey x beta works best for me.
[HTC EVO 3D] TweetyBear:
I'm loving flex t9. it's way better than swype imo. plus I got it free from Amazon app a day. I would have bought otherwise. you can trace, write, or voice command it.
[HTC EVO 3D] daneurysm:
the more it learns the better it works.....make sure to let it learn periodically....or make it....also only pick the language modules you need...trust me....I thought I'd shot for flexibility....pfft....more like shooting for randomization--the same applies for swype, lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] :
+1 I use it on my tablet and phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] bso44:
another +1 for Thumb keyboard

Like the fact that you can choose between multiple layouts.
[HTC EVO 3D] lrosenman:
Another one for flext9
[HTC EVO 3D] Khayos:
Using better keyboard 8
[HTC EVO 3D] Smac7:
+1 for flext9 best all around keyboard in my opinion.
[HTC EVO 3D] psabo05:
I second SwiftKey x
[HTC EVO 3D] kilik64:
great thread, thanks for everyone who chimed in with keyboard suggestions.

just got swiftkey x beta, gonna give it a try. anything will be better than the crappy stock keyboard.
[HTC EVO 3D] jsayedahmad:
I have access to wifi and 3g at my work and was wondering whether or not turning off 3g and using wifi. I have full 3g signal so i get about 2.2mbps down on 3g which is more than enough for me...any ideas??
[HTC EVO 3D] AyyRayy:
I have great battery with WiFi and is very fast

Can s-off come out and play? You run but you can't hide
[HTC EVO 3D] :
To my knowledge, WiFi consumes less battery whereas 3G consumes a tad bit more. It seems you have excellent connection though so I don't know if it would be the same. I am sure that WiFi will be easier on your battery though. May someone chime in to confirm?
[HTC EVO 3D] pnewgaard:
Confirming! I do tests of this and I get HOURS more battery when I am in Wifi areas (my house / work) than using 3G. I'm getting anywhere from 15-18 hours on 3G and 19-24 hours using Wifi.
[HTC EVO 3D] :
Well here is your answer OP, WiFi! Thanks for the confirmation also sir! :)
[HD7 General] JosepHenry:
So the town I work in just got 3G and I noticed that it ate through my battery life like no other. Why is that? Ive only experience the Edge data connection on HD7. On Edge my battery will last pretty much all day. Today was the first time ever that my HD7 experience 3G.
[HD7 General] Snake.:
Because it is, it´s normal.
[HD7 General] JosepHenry:
Well, I was hoping for a better explanation but that will do I guess. =/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bananaz:
hi,

i came from an iphone4, and the only thing im missing on SGS2 is quality of sound captured on live concerts. Iphone 4 does a pretty good job on this area.

Can we improve the capture of sound, cause records with a lot of distortion. Put him like an iphone4?

tks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knightnz:
Get the "TapeMachine" app and experiment with the 2 different microphones and the gain.

Beyond that, it's mostly a hardware limitation.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kotaro_14:
Your not supposed to tape live concerts.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Towle:
I think you can tape them just not distribute it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peterkoarl:
agreed :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipsy13:
It looks like TapeMachine only increases gain and doesn't decrease it
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bananaz:
well, tks for the answers.

but im talking about the sound captured with the camera, small clips on video, but if is hardware limitation there's nothing we can do.

EDIT:

i saw that

Anyone tested this on live shows?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hamst0r:
Have you tried the Hx Camera Mod? The sound after replacing the camera.apk is much better! But you need root!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhiwltya:
Go to the android development forum for gt-i9100.there u gonna find a.post by potatoman for replacing the stock camera app.aftr replacing u get to record videos i at 192 kbps frm d stock 64 kbps and the audio quality of videos is highly increased.though u need root for it.

PS-Am taking it that u wanna increase the sound quality of videos coz who records conerts in audio only format :-D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bananaz:
Yes. Is for video hehe.

I will root the phone and test this weekend on a live show :p

Question if i root the phone i loose any data from phone?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wetti:
ok let us know the outcome as I am interested too
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipsy13:
I'm having the same problem, while filming. The audio is over saturated on loud volumes as the audio input seems way too loud. I wish there was a way to decrease gain.

I wonder if a better audio quality encoding is going to help if the recorded sound is already distorted... it might even make things worse.

Anyway, please let us know.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chalger:
Virtual Recorder does a quite good job whilst I record my band's rehearsing. We play freaking loud but VR has got a preamp control so it may work well on live gigs as well.

in the market search for VirtualRecorder

Hope this helps.

chalger
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Potatoman:
Whilst my mod does improve audio recording quality, it doesnt really do it with this situation in mind. The gain is left stock, just the encoder settings changed. This means all you'll get in concerts is a higher quality recording, but still distorted because of the gain.

All I can suggest is to try some of the recording apps on the store (I Like VirtualRecorder and Tape Machine, VR has a control but I havent tested at a concert yet) , you are correct when you thought gain control would fix it. The mic on the SGS2 is very small and sensitive, so it distorts lots when recording extreme volumes. Turning the gain down would therefore help.

Good luck with your search, I hope you like and continue to use my cameramod anyway :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bananaz:
Hey Potatoman, im using your mode now, and is awsome. Good Work. Lets see on live show this weekend. I will post some videos on youtube after.

Can you tweak the mod with an option to reduce the gain? Or do it automatic like the iphone? Just a though to an update.

Tks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Potatoman:
Regrettably the section I modded didnt have anything for gain, and even if it did it would mean when you try to film normal settings with the video camera it would be too quiet. Plus, it's not really feasible to swap out the APK every time you want a different gain, so I dont think my mod method would be suitable even if it was possible.

Who knows though, maybe the distortion was just low quality files, in which case yay I fixed it without trying ^_^'
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bananaz:
I go to Dream Theater concert on Sunday, and make a few recordings to test qith the your mod Potatoman.

I will post here the videos after.

Tks for the reply
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipsy13:
Thank you Chalger and Potatoman. TapeMachine only increases gain (from 0.3dB to 20dB). VirtualRecorder has an auto gain mode - a preamp auto gain mode - but actually nothing to decrease gain.

Anyway, like Bananaz, I am trying to find a way to get less distortion when using the camera. I am looking forward to hearing about Bananaz' concert... I do hope Potatoman's great cameramod will make things better.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbpf77:
Why don't you try just watching the concert instead of making low quality shaky recordings of it that nobody but yourself wants to see. I can guarantee you that 95%+ of the people standing behind you at the concert while you're recording want to take your glowing, distracting, irritating square of light and ram it firmly into one of the holes on your body.

Just a suggestion.

Edit: in fact that's a great idea for a camera mod. A button that allows you to turn off the screen but still record video. I've seen a couple of occasions where someone has grabbed a camera being held up in their face by the inconsiderate idiot in front of them, and then thrown it across the venue, accompanied by cheers from the rest of the crowd. A mod might save someone losing their phone...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mightbme:
That's your assumption...how do you know it's not a friend who asked them to record for them?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipsy13:
You don't have to film a concert to get a crap distorted sound when the outside audio level is rather high. A bit frustrating to get a high-definition video but the audio is clipped - while there's no problem with another kind of smartphone..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Potatoman:
Or alternatively people could stop being assholes and show some respect for other peoples possessions. If he threw my SGS2 across the venue he would have found himself thrown after it. What a douchey thing to do. He could have just asked the guy to put it down.

Sorry for off topic, but the notion of someone doing that just made me angry.

As for putting the camera down, it's his choice how he wants to enjoy his concerts. Personally I just buy the live DVD or look on youtube for other recordings if I want to get nostalgic, but someone has to have filmed it in the first place for that to work. the thread is more for discussing improving the audio quality of such recordings rather than debating whether he should/should not be recording it anyway.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipsy13:
+1

And again, this over saturated sound problem - though obvious at a concert - occurs when the camera of the SG2 is used in a loud environment as well.

It looks like the Samsung Omnia has the same problem (which can be fixed by modifying some “hidden settings”).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bananaz:
Is just for make a few minutes of recording for memories and show to friends, not to tape the entire show. I as a musician personally enjoy to see small clips on youtube to remember that night (if was a good show ofc).

And how ive said back, i came from an iphone4 and the iphone records sound with little distortion in this cases, does a pretty good job on this topic. Just a though to improve the galaxy s2 on this area.

Its like ipsy13 said, is a bit frustrating take HD videos and the sound is crap, where you cant understand it.

I know i cant take pictures or video on live shows, but who doesnt?!?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhiwltya:
Hey potatoman..thanks a lot for the mod buddy...i cant thank you on your thread.n yes d mod is sexy n works great.

I play in a band and do a lot of composing and audio tweaks on my boss gt -10 ,so i have sum knowledge of audio and i can definately say that audio recording by your or hx's mod does make a lot of difference in recording the concerts.As i record a lot of the live stuff.the treble is a bit high but neways its awesome.

And for the banana guy...no by rooting you doesnt loose ne data.just flash an insecure kernel and root \m/

And as for d jbp guy....get the hell out of here u ass..if u cnt help the discussion..dun waste d energy on useless suggestions
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bananaz:
Ye, ive done it. tks anyway ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipsy13:
Very good news... :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhiwltya:
Yeah and in my view,what will really sex up the quality of audio recording -concert or otherwise if potatoman or hx develops a mod with stereo recording,making use of the 2nd microphone of sgs2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bananaz:
Ok, guys video recorded with the mod.

Link

check it
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipsy13:
Thank you Bananaz. It doesn't sound too bad - according to the very high volume at the concert. Do you think it sounds better than than the videos you made with the stock camera mod?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] su6oxone:
Easy. Get a pair of these first...

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/475162-REG/Schoeps_CCM_4_LG_CCM4_LG_Cardioid_Compact.html
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark wild:
YEahH.

Yeah, that is what I am getting to. And sorry, but this is terrible. The gain is WAY TO HIGH... so if this is the only camera mod right now, than the only thing we can do is wait for a DEV to look into this.

...

And, yeah, I'm just a simple user, so I can't ask for anything, but the iPhone4 really beats the SGSII in loud environments audio recording in a captured video.

...

I DON'T WANT TO BE A APPLE *****. :( PLEASE DEVS, HELP, I WANT THAT THE GREATEST PHONE IN THE WORLD BEATS THE iPHONE in this area to.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bananaz:
Well sounds better than the stock camera. But is bad. Maybe devs in near future can look at this. That the only thing im missing from my old iphone4.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maormark:
in my post, you can see the different between iphone 4 and galaxy s2,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1130860&highlight=camera+sound

"

HI,

I want to see if the problem is only with me. Right now I'm really disappointed from Samsung. here shows comparison of camera quality:

iphone 4:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKm-7rzfS2g&feature=player_embedded#at=124

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGAteITuZVo&feature=player_embedded#at=59

s2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TFm93qvGnU&feature=player_embedded#at=65

Quality absolutely awful compared to the iPhone 4, there are quite strong background noise (Even I was recording in a completely quiet room I can hear background noise)...:(:(

* I will note that the Hacked Camera.APK mod of Potatoman still did not help

Is my cell phone is broken or simply Samsung had blown it???

"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark wild:
:))

This is a matter, i hope, someone will look into. DEV's... We HOPE you can HELP... If you can, PLEASE HELP.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] natzy85:
so we are now in 2012. Is there anybody that knows a way to improve the live recording of a concert/party now that ICS is out and we have stereo recording?

I know that Voodoo sound is not supported in i9100 due to the Yamaha chipset but isn't there a way to lower the gain? Thank you! I have also posted in several other threads and didn't find any solution but this I think it's the best place to figure this out. I don't want to get SGS3 to be able to record in a live show. Thank you!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wsjunior:
Terrible sound quality on live recording..

Same problem here with original SGS2 ICS 4.0.3, any solution avaliable?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] echardcore:
I have been in search of a way to record live concerts from my phone for some time now for my own listening enjoyment. I purchased the Edituge EIM-004 which is meant for live loud concert recording rather than voice recording in quiet settings. I waited FOREVER to get the thing.

I was just at a loud rock concert n NYC this weekend and finally got my chance to test my rig out. It came out okay but not great. The problem was that the sound was a little echoed and sounded tinny and not full and rich. There was also a tiny little bit of skipping which I think can be resolved with buffer settings. The quality might have been better in a different venue. I don't think the acoustics weren't that great at Brooklyn Bowl. I mean, it's inside a bowling alley with active bowling taking place during the show. It was better than it would have been without the mic and I'm wondering if I had the app settings set optimally.

Used Airplane Mode

I used the paid Tape Machine app

- recorded to WAV @ 44100Hz (should have tried 48000Hz)

Edituge EIM-004 (http://www.edutige.de/agb/edutige-microphones-en/)

ESL-001 (Lavalier clip for stealth [clipped to the brim of my baseball cap] and headphone splitter for easy post-recording monitoring)

- Settings > Advanced > Disable AGC (Try and disable hardware gain control) [UNCHECKED]

* I had this on at first and the gain was way too high

- Auto Gain was turned on. I wonder if I had this set to a constant low level if it would have turned out better or if I wouldn't have heard some of the show. I did notice that this caused the gain to be auto-adjusted quite often.

- Recorded WAV at 44100Hz. (I looked at some details for some bootlegs available on the Internet and it seems that most people record in WAV. The app has a FLAC and OGG option too.

I will try to post some sound clips from the show for reference. I am still hopeful for a better result with the right venue.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] echardcore:
I have attached a short MP3 from the show. It contains a period of just over driven guitar alone that transitions into the full band. This helps demonstrate the Auto Gain decreasing to minimum when the full band comes in. I was only able to tell after using headphones. I think the concert would have come out much better if auto gain was off and turned up 1/4 to 1/2 the way.

So I'm saying there's sill a chance....

sheesh...I just bought a house and dont think I will be going out to any concerts soon : (
[HTC Sensation] ChaoticEko:
Ok, so I get a new text message.

I turn on the phone, notice in the lockscreen someone texted, and see an excerpt of the text. I say, ok, lets slide that messaging icon into the ring and read that message. Well, that message is not there. No message at all from that person. If its someone ive been talking to, it usually shows what i said last only, and their reply is no where to be found, although i just saw it in the lockscreen or the top bar.

I have also tried the handcent sms app to see if it could help me. same thing occurs there too.

ANY idea what could be causing this? It seems to be doing it all the time now. My only way around it is to use google voice only. ugh.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[HTC Sensation] aNYthing24:
What's the limit you have set for deleting texts after a certain period? Might have something to do with that.
[HTC Sensation] xnifex:
I have this bookmarked from the xda portal. It may be relevant

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12765846
[HTC Sensation] ChaoticEko:
yeah, ive been using it, but its still a hassle. My txts were coming through just fine the day i got it, then it got wierd afer 48hrs of use.

Thanks for the help, Ill keep looking as well for an answer.
[HTC Sensation] Elchemist:
I am a very similar issue, at first I thought I was missing text messages as well.

I got a few keywords from my friend who sent the missing text and when I did a search, the text was there, but they had the wrong time stamp.

For instance missing text was sent at 17:44, when I search I found the text stamped and threaded in as if it was received at 12:40.

The wrong time is variable, I have found other texts that was stamped received the previous day.

Unfortunately I don't have a solution, and quite frankly am getting really frustrated with this problem.
[EVO Shift 4G General] stormchaser404:
is there any way to set it so the phone wakes up when a new text is received? I frequently drive with the stereo WAY up and don't hear notifications and my car is highly modified, so it's not smooth enough that I'd feel it on vibrate. My previous phone used to wake up, which was PERFECT, I never missed a message.
[EVO Shift 4G General] DaWeav:
I use SMS Popup. It turns on the screen when a SMS is received, and I also can setup different SMS notifications for contact. It's really nice to have different SMS audio alerts per contact.
[EVO Shift 4G General] Caiaphas:
The messaging app "GOSMS Pro" has that and its free!
[EVO Shift 4G General] Stuke00:
Handcent does it as well
[EVO Shift 4G General] StringerE:
OR...

If you're riding around in your highly modified car with the music turned WAY up... Maybe you shouldn't be reading new text messages?

Yes, I'm probably old to you. Maybe I've accumulated a bit more wisdom, too? :D
[EVO Shift 4G General] thronnos:
+1 on handcent. This app is a life saver! Lol. It'll make ur phone platinum and chrome

Sent from my HTC EVO shift 4G running the latest and greatest cyanogen using the XDA app.
[EVO Shift 4G General] Stuke00:
Handcent can read your text messages out loud and you can talk to it to message back if needed.

:)
[EVO Shift 4G General] HTCotta:
This isn't nearly as direct as the other solutions but MIUI has an option for this built in. If you haven't tried it I recommend giving it a go!
[Galaxy S II General] smbh9099:
New Official Firmware update for Hong Kong Taiwan 【TGY】

PDA:I9100ZSKG2

PHONE:I9100XXKG1

CSC:I9100OZSKG2

But it’s 2.3.3
[Galaxy S II General] armanderli:
Man!People arr trying to sleep here...
[Galaxy S II General] kelvinhon:
Thx!

Could you provide a link for this firmware?

I can't use Kies to upgrade my I9100 after rooted.
[Galaxy S II General] razorpixel:
Link pls ??
[Galaxy S II General] AestiNeko:
An official 2.3.4 release!?! Given that KG1 is 2.3.4 :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Nah. Just Samsung's funky naming convention. The KG2 Arabic ROM came out before this and is still 2.3.3.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1163325
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Firmware thread in dev forum
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ykphuah:
I am with a carrier (U) that supports 3g in limited areas, outside the coverage, I will be switched to another carrier (C), but only with EDGE connectivity.

I am living in the 3g coverage area, but somehow the car park is not covered, so everytime I go to my office car park, it switches to C, and when I am back in the ground floor and up, I noticed that sometimes its very slow in switching back to the carrier U.

I have called U up and they asked me to use the "Select Network Automatically" settings, but that doesn't seems to help much as sometimes even after 30 minutes it didn't switch back, until I go into the network settings.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maximilian Mary:
I have noticed this too.

I an on Sprint. If my phone switches to 1x cdma (slow), it may not switch back to 3G if I am actively using data. I have to uncheck and recheck "data enabled" to bump it back. It seems to switch back ok if data is idle.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ykphuah:
hmm, wonder if I could do something with tasker about this.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whitetiger2429:
Please can someone help me, im stuck in the bootloader cant use recovery or anything. Dont have adb , lost it i guess. My phone is stuck. Is it bricked, if so can someone at least tell me
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krohnjw:
Grab the stock update (Full ~90mb) or full stock ROM from the dev forum for your specific device. Extract it and use fastboot to flash the .img files

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img