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[Galaxy S II General] Swi7chblade:
Okay so first off some background on the issue.

We all know that the GSII records absolutely fantastic footage at 1080p. Recently, I went to a concert and recorded a few clips. When I watched them at home on my 52" TV, the video was crystal clear but the audio was absolute and utter crap. So after lots of searching and googling, I came across this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1172048

One user in partciular, made a comment and posted a video that showed the GSII recording loud audio, but without any of the distortion. He also posted a fix to the issue, but it wasn't properly worded (At least to me it wasn't). I want to get the fix out there, so I've made this thread.

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

You can tell, for the first part of the video the audio is normal. The person then unplugs his headphones from the phone and the audio returns to distorted crap.

After running a few tests of my own, I can confirm that this does fix the issue. To a certain extent.

I had the earphones plugged into my phone, played some music really loud and recorded it in 1080p with the phone. The result was crystal clear audio, but due to the quality of the microphone, it didnt have a lot of audacity to it. It sounds like the audio is very dull. When I took the earphones out and recorded some footage, the sound was distorted and crap.

Internal Mic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBXer23YkN8

External Mic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps_gJxUI2Es

So, to fix the issue this is what you can do.

Use your headphone mic and deal with the dullness of the audio.

Buy a Y-Adapter from eBay, and a microphone to go with it (Should not cost you more then a few dollars). Attach to your phone, and you're good to go with a nice mic for good sound quality.

If theres anything else to futher add to this, please reply in the thread and I'll add it.

EDIT: I've just purchased a nice Stereo Mic and a Y-Splitter for my phone. I will report my findings when I get them.
[Galaxy S II General] silverbluem:
if im not mistaken you now recorded in MONO right?

maybe this is the solution for now??? maybe someone can edit the APK camera file to add option to record in mono mode?
[Galaxy S II General] Meneldor:
I just ordered an external microphone which seems to utilize the same recording scheme as described: shop.brando.com/flexible-mini-capsule-microphone-for-iphone-3g-s_p03552c0202d033.html - the page claims it supports Galaxy S II, so I will report later.
[Galaxy S II General] steveb22:
you mean to record in stereo ;D !?

---------- Post added at 10:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:41 PM ----------

Sorry, can´t edit my post so i need to make a new Posting:

Regarding the fist Post in this thread and my solution which was refered, you´ll have to take a stereo mic, plugin into the adapter i´ve used. A monomic doesn´t work. This is important for the external solution.

Stefan
[Galaxy S II General] steveb22:
Another thing is, that it could possible you need to have an updated Firmware to 2.3.5. My results seems to work only on this version. I remember some problems with the 2.3.3, that i can´t use the orginal headset with the recordings.

but this is not proof! I can´t verify it. May the threadowner could write a word to his version or other user will do that.

So i will have a look on that and post it, if i have a safe answere.

Stefan
[Galaxy S II General] steveb22:
Suggestion: can someone fits this thread with the inventor-Thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1172048&page=7

same issue and doubleposting or answering in both threads is "costly".

thanks

Stefan
[Galaxy S II General] kinglozzer:
Have you received your stereo mic yet?

EDIT: I can't seem to get my Camera app to record using a mic plugged in? The voice recorder app will, but not the Camera. Does the 'hacked' camera.apk fix this?

Somehow missed this post when reading the thread, I'm on Lite'ning (which is 2.3.4 I believe), so I'll try a 2.3.5 ROM and post back.

SECOND EDIT: Upgraded to CheckROM, now works fine, so it appears that to use an external mic with the stock camera.apk you need to be running 2.3.5 or higher. Might be worth updating your original post to mention that.
[Galaxy S II General] Swi7chblade:
I recieved my Mic and Y-Adapter today... However I cant seem to get it working at all... Any tips?
[Galaxy S II General] steveb22:
Do you use 2.3.5 and a stereo mic. Starts the MP3 player if you connect the Adapter? Important for success is that both are used.
[Galaxy S II General] ipsy13:
Have you received it yet?
[Galaxy S II General] shanipaqman:
Does this work with a custom rom installed on a rooted device or are only stock rom?
[Galaxy S II General] 11768:
It doesn't seems to work on custom ROM (deodexed, never tested a odex ROM though), but it work on stock ROM (odex). Do not know what's the reason though. I sacrificed custom ROM because of this.
[Galaxy S II General] Tofeemint:
Issue still in 2.3.6?
[Galaxy S II General] 11768:
Can someone who actually use before external mic on our device give me some feedback and link? I am interested in a good external mic as well.
[Galaxy S II General] menkromsen:
Why don't you try out one of the MicW I models?

http://www.mic-w.com/showpro.asp?id=55&lb=13

- This is the microphone I am going to buy soon. It records audio down to 100hz, so I hope that this will get rid of the horrible distortion we have with our inbuilt mic's. I am planning to make videos of different electronica events, so this model seems good as it is not that super sensitiv.
[Galaxy S II General] 11768:
Wooww! That's some high-end microphone there. $100+

Not really willing to spend that much on it.

Thanks anyway.

Btw, anyone bought this http://shop.brando.com/flexible-mini-capsule-microphone-for-iphone-3g-s_p03552c0202d033.html before? How is it?
[Galaxy S II General] 11768:
Tested several other custom ROM and none of it can record with our headphone mic. Only work for stock ROM.

Anyone can do otherwise? Please state the ROM name. Wondering whether is it some files needed is deleted or some other reason. :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] ipsy13:
Has anyone tried the Brando Mini Capsule Microphone (or any other mini microphone) on their SII?
[LG Thrill 4G] Urabewe:
Doom Kernel V0.3

Apparently on the Xperia forums DooMLord has a kernel out called DooMKernel as well. This is in no way affiliated with that. I may change mine to Doom Boot or Doomed Kernel but for now he asked me to make a note like this so here it is.

First, I would like to give a big THANKS to Echts for helping me with repacking the boot.img and get this thing bootable...

Second, THANKS to tekahuna for the OC modules

This kernel contains OC and non OC versions. Speed tweaks, memory tweaks and network tweaks have been included after V0.1. All the non OC versions include all the tweaks.

V0.3 Now increases SDcard read write cache from 128kb to 4096kb

I appreciate any feedback I can get from this. It will work with ANY FROYO rom this is NOT a GB kernel.

How to install:

1) Download

2) Flash in CWM

3) Enjoy your OC kernel

Doom Kernel V0.3 http://www.multiupload.com/ZK4A77GW6D

No OC V0.3 http://www.multiupload.com/DFHEJI7H2I

Doom Kernel V0.2: http://www.multiupload.com/GXIC7IOXH6

No OC V0.2: www.multiupload.com/ZQ6501RZMX

Doom Kernel V0.1: http://www.multiupload.com/MI9ZF4YOU0

Stock Kernel: http://www.multiupload.com/DM2PKFCNSV

CHANGELOG

V0.3 Added SDcard Read/Write speed increase

V0.2 Added lowmemorykiller settings

Added ADJ tweaks

Added Network tweaks

Tweaked Wifi supplicant scan settings in kernel itself

No more lags when installing apps from market.

V0.1 Stock Kernel with OC at 1.18GHz
[LG Thrill 4G] bedwa:
I tip my hat to you sir. Looking forward to tinkering with kernel code and working on optimizations along the way. ;)
[LG Thrill 4G] itskapil:
What's the maximum overclock rate? 1.5GHz?
[LG Thrill 4G] Cthater:
Will thus also work on Thriller rom?
[LG Thrill 4G] JKshowman:
Nooooo as of right now, testing tekahuna's modules, 1.23Ghz was as far as I could push without reboots and FC's.
[LG Thrill 4G] Urabewe:
Sorry forgot to mention that. Right now it is at what tekahuna calls the sweet spot of 1188MHz or 1.18GHz. That is the max as this is just a test speeds will increase slowly. Other tweaks and features will be added slowly.
[LG Thrill 4G] Urabewe:
Yes it will work with any of the thrill roms should work with O3D roms as well AS LONG AS IT IS FROYO this will not work on GB it is a froyo only kernel. Any rom in the Thrill development section will be fine.
[LG Thrill 4G] bzlmnop:
How did you manage to get the boot.img repacked? I started trying to use mkimage instead of mkbootimg but to no avail. I have tinkered with all the different settings. Basically I'm just curious what you put for -a , -e , -d , and -C , because I can't get mine to repack. Also, how did you order the various inputs. Because, I just keep getting a usage output. And when I don't get that and it seems to run, still no new boot.img is created.

Thanks.
[LG Thrill 4G] Urabewe:
I will be writing up a nice tutorial here soon. You have to edit unpack-bootimg.pl and like you said the mkimage command has to be just right. Once you get it down the unpacking and repacking is a snap takes no time. It's the adjusting things and what not that becomes the most work.

Beta version 0.2 now contains OC at same clock speed (will release different clock speeds once testing phase is done) also has adjustments to lowmemorykiller, adj, network speeds. Slowly but surely moving along don't want to do too much at once just tweaking a bit then test, tweak a bit more then test. Safest route.
[LG Thrill 4G] bzlmnop:
Thank you!

Word. A good how to is definitely needed for working with the Thrill Boot.img. I figured that it couldn't be too difficult. I just feel like i have tried every possible combination for the repacking. But im sure i am just missing something simple. Im assuming the Unpack edit is to change the initial data stripping from 2048 to 76? For now im gonna just include your boot.img that you posted here in my rom im working on (as long as that is cool with you...).

Props to you though for figuring it out...

And thanks to Echts and others for their assistance...

Thanks dude!

So glad that the thrill development scene is finally starting to take off!
[LG Thrill 4G] Urabewe:
Please do, anything I release is free and open to use. That's why we are here right?

And I didn't figure the repack out, it was armcee (sp?) Ricardo that figured it out, he just merely passed the info down the line it finally made it to me lol :P I actually gave credit to Echts over on O3D forum because he passed the info on to me.

I have to say, the V0.2 kernel definitely speeds things up. Apps run faster, load faster, it's nice... very nice. This is what I have been waiting for, kernel tweaking.
[LG Thrill 4G] ueshada:
How is the battery useage with the kernel?
[LG Thrill 4G] fn1046:
Great, im so happy to see some dev for this phone. A big thank you to everyone! I just flashed the kernel, so far so good.
[LG Thrill 4G] Urabewe:
Its kind of hard for me to tell because I have been flashing a lot of things. For what I am doing it seems to last a while. Try it out if you don't like it flash back to stock.
[LG Thrill 4G] CoryMac913:
Testing the new Kernel, so far i love it, running SetCPU to keep tabs on CPU... Excellent job @Urabewe

cant wait to see if we can get more frequencies to test the OMAP4 processor... make this phone FLY!!!
[LG Thrill 4G] ueshada:
nice kernel man but Battery drain seems a little high. well it is a no brainer when OC it take more battery power
[LG Thrill 4G] Urabewe:
Yes it's still a work in progress I did notice a bit of extra drain, I am going to release another kernel that's is not OC but contains the speed boosts. I'm hoping that will cure a bit of the battery problem while still keeping the what I think is incredible speed boost.

Also, can anyone else confirm that the delay/lag while installing apps from the market is basically gone with governor on hotplug max at 1188? I have installed about 5 apps and was trying to see how bad the lag was and didn't really experience any.
[LG Thrill 4G] Urabewe:
Well it's official I am calling it a feature... no more lags when installing from market. Phone remains nice and smooth. This kernel combined with Doomed Froyo Slim (which btw includes this kernel in the rom) has no lags and if you can find any lags in any programs or with the launcher let me know.

...fighting ninjas at night, talkin' about this and that.
[LG Thrill 4G] nic85:
Is this kernel working with optimus 3D 2.3.5?
[LG Thrill 4G] Urabewe:
No Froyo only

No froyo only.

Not being rude at all but please read through at the very least the 1st post before asking questions. 2.3.5 is GB this only works with 2.2.2 I will be releasing a 2.3.5 GB kernel soon that one you will be able to use.

...fighting ninjas at night, talkin' about this and that.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quinny899:
My touchscreen has suddenly stopped working! The only thing that could have been the reason is holding down home by mistake as it turned off. I've tried reflashing and new kernels, I'm running RCMix3D 4.0
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quinny899:
I flashed back to stock and now it vibrates once after the usual 'after power button' and it still has no touchscreen. Any ideas guys?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quinny899:
Anyone?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uros0104:
Well it's probably a hardware fault, flash everything to stock, and send it for warranty...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quinny899:
That's what I'm doing :(
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drpsyko:
Got no response even flashing the RUU? If so, hardware problem.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quinny899:
No response :(

Taking it back to Orange at the weekend, with it un-rooted and S-ON
[G2 and Desire Z General] Frostie123:
Let me first say that we all know that the Desire Z is an amazing phone and still is. It's got a great camera, speed, screen, features, keyboard, sound, unlocked bootloader, etc. However at the current moment there isn't really a great successor to it in my opinion. And by successor I don't mean a true successor of course. Let's take a look at some QWERTY phones on the market:

MyTouch 4G Slide

http://www.gsmarena.com/t_mobile_mytouch_4g_slide-4018.php

It's basically a G2 with slightly better specs and a better camera. Not much of an upgrade.

Droid 3

http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_droid_3-4036.php

Last time I heard it had a locked bootloader so it has very limited software support. Definitely not friendly in that department. Specs are better than the 4G Slide.

Captivate Glide

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i927_captivate_glide-4071.php

I had high hopes for this one. It has a lot of improvements such as a AMOLED screen, slightly bigger screen, and similar specs to the Galaxy S2. However, it is somewhat of a downgraded Galaxy S2 considering that it came out just recently as it lacks LTE support and it does not have a higher resolution than the G2. However Samsung is friendly to the open source community. Oh also no LED notification (Ahh!).

So if I had to pick now it would be the Captivate Glide but I am not going to. I am hoping that HTC will make the G3 and put all their top tier specs onto the QWERTY phone like they did with the G2, including a bigger and higher resolution screen, LTE support, quad core CPU, etc.

Long live the G2/Desire Z!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Frostie123:
Oh and yes the Droid 4 is coming out. From the looks of it, it will be a Droid RAZR but in QWERTY.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Whippler:
Droid 4 sure looks interesting but will it make it to Europe ah probably will, under the name Milestone. I like the way the 4 basic android buttons are still present, hope ICS wont kill them in the future phones.

Not going to change my phone for a while tough DZ works great, had it for about a year now. And i suppose it depends also if these phones will get MIUI rom :P. But i'm interested to see HTC make G3, not just yet tough, next summer maybe. within a year i hope.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Flash05:
i was caught by this statement "However Samsung is friendly to the open source community. Oh also no LED notification (Ahh!)."

is HTC not dev friendly? me? yeah. sucks. they left Desire series. that includes our Z.

anyway going back to the topic. i prefer the Glide.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tvdang7:
No offense but the g2's camera sucks. Video recording is like 20fps in areas slightly less than ideal lighting conditions and stills require a steady hand and ideal lighting.
[G2 and Desire Z General] redpoint73:
The Captivate Glide sounded interesting at first. But the more I read, the more I'm disappointed.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/20/review-samsung-captivate-glide-att/

http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/samsung-captivate-glide-at/4505-6452_7-35033579.html?tag=mncol;rvwBody#reviewPage1

Sounds like crappy exterior build quality, and bad keyboard. And as the OP mentioned, no LTE. Really not much of an upgrade from the G2/DZ, IMO.

And the 1 GHz CPU on the Captivate Glide seems obsolete out of the box, as the high end smartphones are going to 1.2 GHz and higher nowadays.
[G2 and Desire Z General] add119:
Like everyone here mention Droid 4 is awesome I dont like sammy software as i myself had epic 4g it was buggy on input that physical keyboard wasnt even optimize for the software like on full touch screen galaxy line. As im more in love with stock aka pure google or vanilla phones. I would wait for htc to release the G3 before deciding to get another plus all the apps i want i can get. Their no point upgrading if android market is supporting our phones. I love droid when it was the first one because of vanilla experience unless moto change their way i wont get the droid 4. Droid 3 is awesome but i dislike both Motoblur and Sense ui referring to htc phone on that. I rather have touchwiz before both. But it your pick on what phone your getting.
[G2 and Desire Z General] skinnyveganboy:
i wouldn't go as far as to say the DZ has a great screen. it actually kinda sucks. so I think the next best thing will be ANY phone with a keyboard, better screen, better camera, will probably be HTC (or moto now that google is running things there) and at the very least just as fast (but faster probably and probably dual core). so..... the MT4GS? lol
[G2 and Desire Z General] add119:
Look like g1 got android 4.0 os lol wow not even the first iphone got 4.0 os apple is for losers .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19649295

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym4A82ft5pw&feature=player_embedded#!
[G2 and Desire Z General] mputtr:
Dell Hancock. Nuffsaid.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Stargazer418:
It's better than the Super AMOLED-Pentile window screens they put on the Galaxy S phones.
[G2 and Desire Z General] leobg:
That one seems like vapourware. Wasn't it rumored like 1 year ago?
[G2 and Desire Z General] TrueYears:
did you even watch the video?

ICS runs like **** in it

iOS 4 and 5 would like run like **** on the iPhone 1 Gen

You honestly want to talk about android fragmentation?
[G2 and Desire Z General] jrkr:
Sure looks like we are in for a long wait until the next Scandinavian QWERTY Android is here. My DZ is still great though.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Whippler:
Yeah DZ rocks as long. Before i buy anything i probably wait for it to get MIUI. I don't like sense, not sure about motoblur/touchwiz, never used them. So i might even enjoy them.

Anyway i get the hardware i like and root it to get the firmware the way i like. I'd like to see G3 popping up in 9 months.
[G2 and Desire Z General] add119:
I honestly dont think the Htc g3 will appears for a while until t-mobile feel like making g2 users jump the wagon. Because mytouch slide 4g was the same screen size i didnt like that it had sense ui to be honest/.

Specs the mytouch 4g slide is better but i dont like sense ui, to me that not better in my opinion,if im going to root a phone i dont want to root it for Stock ui .

i want to have stock already just overclock it and use root explorer to delete the apps i dont like.

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Dude this is in alpha it show that iphone that say android cant run higher then 1.6 to 2.1 is wrong?

Im just saying i had g1 when it was 1.0 and update 1.1 in march 2009, update 1.5 in late may to june 2009. update/upgrade 1.6 os in early october 2009.

Google g1 was best phone that run all version of all time.

I dont think the nexus one will past beyond Ice cream sandwich and if it do android 4.5 os or 5.0 jelly bean will be it last update.

Same with phone from late 2010 Either Ice cream sandwich or Jelly bean will be it last updates also.
[G2 and Desire Z General] costipl:
If you don't like Sense, why buy HTC?
[G2 and Desire Z General] mputtr:
the roadmap was leaked a year ago. the hancock was slated for Q4 2011, but no news of it

http://www.infosyncworld.com/review...d-hancock-bet-on-android-ice-cream/11801.html

p.s vaporware was duke nukem forever. You need several years of broken promises to be considered vaporware. in duke's case, something like a decade.

because you can root the phone and put in CM/MIUI/insertROMhere? Most people simply like the build and spec that HTC offers.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Roolio:
Sorry for this gravedig, but are there any new possible successors? I don't think so right?
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
I'm wondering the same thing, as one of my kids might be in the market for a new phone, and they like h/w keyboards.

Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Mandrew:
I haven't heard of anything. And all the keyboard phones that have come out recently have been mid-range at best.
[G2 and Desire Z General] crestofawave:
It seems that one is planned. Nothing is in the make yet but it is considered over at HTC Taiwan.

Source is some fellow XDA user who e-mailed HTC regarding this.

It's nothing definite, but let's hope for the best.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] benyben123:
Hi

I am a total noob here, so forgive me for that.

I want to have MIUI

at the same time, i am not sure how it will work (is it as fast as stock? stable? battery life? GPS? and so on).

Therefore, I wanted to know if there is a way to return to a new-like situation if I change my mind.

Sorry Im sure this was asked before, but couldn't fine it :(

Also, as I understand MIUI is not officially supported (?), but is PORTED to our G2x. What does that mean???

Thanks a million
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
Its plenty fast it has way more convenient features. It looks like iOS or like android if you use a 3rd party launcher. The battery life always did me well but others say other wise. GPS served me well when I was on it. The things that keep me away from it are no wifi calling and mms pictures are sent and received in low resolution like a thumbnail, not sure why though. Speed is weird it is as fast but with slow animations lol. Yes, if you don't like it you can easily wipe your system, data, caches, and then flash a different rom. Of course at your own risk.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] benyben123:
THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!!

Do you happen to know if it is it based on Gingerbread?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dinuvali:
Well, i tried the new ICS AOSP builds and since the kernel is still 2.xx i'm still getting dropped calls, which i almost never get on MIUI. Has any1 been experiencing this?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stkiswr:
I'm not sure if ics is to blame but lately i blame sprint. My wife's ota epic 4g did it twice yesterday. Each call was over 10 mins. My nexus has. My evo rarely did. Maybe Samsung?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qtwrk:
this is not official ics, may still unstable
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dinuvali:
I know my phone has this issue; every time i tried to use an AOSP ROM i would get the dropped call issue and the Hold/Un-Hold -to be able to hear the person calling - issue. None of these showed up on any MIUI i tried (so i stuck with it).