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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saddameu:
Tachikoma_kun nobody likes having with it a mp3 player, a phone, a camera, a portable playstation, a gps when driving his car...etc.That`s why the smartphones were created, to make our life easier, to have a device that has it all.I agree that we can`t expect from a phone the same camera quality as a professional camera but here we are talking about a software bug or call it whatever you want.We are complaining about something that the phone can actually DO but because of a software problem it doesn't.My s2 has a better audio quality while recording so when you buy a new phone you except to have superior or at least the same performances not inferior.As the recording app shows us that the microphone can record much better and is not a software problem and as the US version fixed this problem, we except to have a fix for the international versions too.It`s like having a 8mp camera but because of a software problem it can shot only with 5mp, some ppl would say, this is acceptable but why not having the best results when is possible?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tachikoma_kun:
If the camera was marketed as an 8MP camera and only offered 5MP then I would agree with you, however I did not see the SGS3 advertised as having studio-quality audio recording or anything like that.

And quite a lot of people use dedicated mp3 players, gaming consoles, GPS, cameras, etc as usually they offer a better experience than an all-in-one phone.

I concur that for you and the OP this won't be the best device due to the inferior audio during video recording, but I would bet the vast majority of SGS3 owners would neither notice nor be particularly bothered, purely because they aren't expecting anything particularly special from a phone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arsaw:
+ 1 :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radeonxt:
link for the source please.

tia.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saddameu:
well, as long this can be fixed by a software update, i`m pretty sure that it will make a lot of ppl happy and NOBODY will complain about having a better audio recording.Samsung could get more customers by a simple fix(including me) so I don't see why they wouldn't.

@radeonxt http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Sa..._id3058/page/3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] katamari201:
This problem iS NOT fixed by the US version. It's much better, but still pails in comparison to what it should be, and what many other phones can achieve. It is now probably on par with the One X, instead of being behind it. The walkie-talkie sound is gone, as well as the train sound when cars drive by. However, you can still tell the bass is almost non-existent! It's in some respects worse than the international version, since now you see something coming, or something moving, but there's no bass, and I get that precarious feeling, like watching lightning without thunder, or a wierd drowning out of body sensation when listening to the sound. The international version had enough walkie-talkie distortion to fake some feeling and bass. This one is so clean it lacks it altogether. The voices are much better now, but distort VERY easily by the slightest increase in volume, which I guess wasn't different than the internaional version.

Stop messing with the phone Samsung! Or just give us the option to record everything at all frequencies and all your silly filters turned off, like what normal people do when recording video! Your audio capture still sounds terrible, just less so!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saddameu:
well, it doesn`t sound perfect but I find it much better than the international version and much closer to the reality.I`m really searching every day for a fix for this ****ty sound, at least to be as the US version, the international version sounds horrible.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electricview:
Is it equal to the sound of bass when using the 'voice recorder' app? or does that still beat BOTH versions of the phone when using the video recorder?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reddwarf2300282:
Sound recording in videos is really terrible. When i figured it out, I decided not to buy the device and recommend everybody to do the same. It is really strange that Samsung and HTC do not know how to create mobile phone with proper sound recording. Even cheap Nokia phones can record decend audio. Not only in street but also in concerts. iphone can do the same. Why samsung 600euro phone can not do it is mystery for me.:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
Did anyone read this???? so lets wait for the man to finish his magic;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OXINARF:
He also said:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radeonxt:
to the one who said we ought to have a camcorder then, we say NO!

that's because all of us had a feeling this is a sw issue not hw way back gsmarena's vid test.

if it had been a hw issue w/c no one can't do anything anymore, it's a shame because it takes really great vids and the audio just lets it down.

luckily, it's not. :)

that quoted quote on 2nd quote and supercurio confirms that.

it's just a matter of time that the bass recording will be fixed.

and yes the audio from those u.s. versions sound cleaner and no more walkie-talkie type skeessh thingie sound anymore. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robbiekhan:
Could we not just copy the ICS Galaxy S2 camcorder audio codecs over and replace with the existing ones?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radeonxt:
btw, since i noticed that the voice recorder records audios better than audios in video recorder.

here's my video and audio recording of cars passing by on XXALF6 btw and still not fixed.

this just proves what some have noticed that voice recorder records audios better and cleaner than on the video recorder.

the video you'll notice the sounds are a bit high pitched.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?vrob9ckbk16c4hp
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gadgetz:
Wow, exaggerate much? I haven't seen a single person on this board have such high expectations for the video camera on this phone, you took it to the extreme! This is a $700 device that touts it's HD video recording as one of it's selling points, are we wrong to expect that it works satisfactorily? Matter of fact, don't answer that cause we're all entitled to our own opinion and nobody can tell us if it's right or wrong. So if the video's audio capture is fine by you, great, voice your opinion but don't go patronizing people because they don't share the same opinion as you.

If the phone was just that, and people modded it to record video then your point would be valid. That's kind of like saying don't cry if the a/c doesn't work on your new Mercedes, cry if your car doesn't start up and drive. There may be places in this country where an a/c isn't needed, out here in Sacramento isn't one of those places as it routinely tops triple digits. Just the same, there are people who own this phone who expect the quality of the audio captured when recording video to not sound like it's being recorded in an empty garbage dumpster, who are you to tell them they shouldn't be concerned with that? To you the onboard DAC is of high importance, to me it's not cause I hardly ever listen to music on my phone, but that doesn't make me right and you wrong so I wouldn't call you out and tell you to stop whining if the DAC didn't meet your high standards, nor would I tell you to buy a dedicated media player with the appropriate DAC and stop expecting so much from your phone.

So because that's your opinion, it should be everybody's? Just like it's not wrong to expect our vehicles stereo system to work properly, even though it doesn't effect the main purpose of the car which is to provide transportation, it's not wrong to expect that the features included on the phone work properly and worthy of the lofty price tag attached to it.

Exactly!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neyenlives:
I am confused. I never said anyone else had to do as I do. I said if I wanted quality video I would buy a quality video recorder. If you feel the need to apply my opinion to yourself I am not sure what to say. Ease up. Sheesh.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gadgetz:
You also said "don't blame the phone when it doesn't satisfy your video recording needs, blame the phone when it doesn't perform as a phone." The insinuation is that because you aren't concerned with the performance of the feature and would buy a video camera, nobody else should be concerned with it and if they are, should buy a video camera.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neyenlives:
you're right, I'm wrong, I just want to know what audio hardware is in these things for sure.....thats my current mission :cowboy:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electricview:
You talking about Wolfson in the International version but not being sure if its in the US version? IF so i'm moderly curious about that too..

Back on topic:

In the end it sounds like this Voodoo guy (go easy on me that i dont know him or his mod, i come from a G1) can fix the problem as it is indeed software related (as i've suspected all along) Now if i can just get him to fix my picture text messages receiving as slideshow movies i'd be in the money! :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neyenlives:
obviously want to know what is in the US version

supercurio is his name, google it, from there you will be able to see the rest
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audino:
Yes the audio is terrible but I hope for voodoo.

Does an headset/mic would help?

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Razyre:
Oh dear, from what Supercurio is saying, this isn't an easy fix, if fixable at all.

I don't see why, couldn't a new app be made that uses the audio recording codec and puts it side by side with the standard video recording?

We have some amazing developers on this forum, I think it could be done.

EDIT:

Solved your problem for now guys :D

Try the app IgCamera, you can choose to use the regular microphone to record. Now although you get a mono recording, it should hopefully do the job for the time being! You get decent bass using this microphone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takato23:
i've tryied to do that, before reading you... and it don't work for me. Even in voice recording app, get that ****ty audio
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GamerMYJ:
Hello! I'd like to bring this topic back up again, as I would love to record some videos on my phone, but with nice audio. When i record from the voice/memo recorder, I get some static, and.. sub-par audio, not like what I've seen in some demos/test recordings. The videos are even worse than the voice recorder app. Any help would be lovely! Thanks :)

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 with XDA Premium
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bothfly:
Just wanted to add that I sold my International GS3 and picked up the ATT GS3 and can confirm that there is NO issues with the audio on video recording that I had with my Unlocked GS3.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GamerMYJ:
Weird. I have a sprint version. Is my issue a hardware problem then?

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 with XDA Premium
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bothfly:
So on your Sprint phone you get the weird audio?

On my International GS3, when I uploaded a video to iPhoto on my Mac, I would get a weird feedback sound on most of the videos I played on the computer, it doesn't do it when viewed and played on the GS3, and so far I am not getting the issue on this ATT GS3, in fact the only issue thus far is when I come into the house, the GS3 will not reconnect to my home WiFi without me helping it.

Any fix for this?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Razyre:
Maybe you're not doing the right thing then.

In the app you have to change audio recording to "Microphone". The "Camcorder" audio device is the ****ty one. It gives you stereo, but you sound a mile away and tinny as hell. The "Microphone" which is used for calling sounds absolutely fine. Just like the S2 or in my case, my old Samsung Wave.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dalepa:
Speedy Spectum App and Andro Spectro App clearly shows low frequency audio input from the mic is being filtered somehow.

I'm able to pick up detailed frequencies under 100hz on my lg g2x, but on the S3 these frequencies appear to be filtered out.

I have the same issue with my iPad btw, lower frequencies are filtered out...

Noise reduction? Idk...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] weezul:
this is done to stop the microphones clipping. low frequencies at the same perceived volume carry much more energy. This is there to stop that "fart" sound you get when someone films a concert or something loud, and the bass smothers everything.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hefonthefjords:
That "farting" sound can be avoided by reducing the gain of the microphones.

I regularly record gigs with electret microphones, events peaking at 113 -117 dBA and get no "farting" because i control the amplifier gain to reasonable levels.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daelyn:
What!? ****. Feels like we're having a HW limitation on our hands then.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
I mentioned in an earlier post in this thread that I made a recording using "tape recorder" from google play on the s2 and on the s3.

The results were identical which shows the hardware is not the problem.

Can someone try and port the video recording app from the US to the international version? I'm sure this is just an issue with the settings.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dagrim1:
Ehm, but the SGS2 was also useless for for example recording at concerts and stuff...

And all the people saying 'get a dedicated device if you want to do this or that'. The whole reason for buying a smartphone is to not have to carry a device for each task but having one device that does it all.

The reason for buying a topmodel/highend smartphone is to be able to do all of this in a decent way. The SGS series is seriously lacking in the audio@videorecording department...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OhMarone:
Samsung need to do some serious R&D to catch up to the quality of Nokia's audio/video recording. Especially the new 808 pureview which can record audio upto 145db without distortion. As for the camera nothing on the market comes even close to the standards set by the 808.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8RHQC0eS_k&feature=player_embedded
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
Agreed, but it is better than the S3. Other recording apps are the same as S2 so it's gotta be the camera apk.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wicked1683:
Using a headset, I can also hear little static sound at right side when recording a video.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaystott:
Perhaps because nobody has the name 'Samsung' and can do anything about it? You can install a custom ROM to solve your problem, but in all honesty, just be thankful you have sound.

Sent From My Sexy S3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] member68:
That's like telling a Ferrari driver to be happy that his car has wheels and and not to worry about the fact that they fall off from time to time.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CuBz90:
Am I the only one who thinks the audio quality on recorded videos is brilliant?

Also I recorded a video a couple of days ago of my son and my nephew, while I was recording this video my fiancée was walking around me (to avoid being in the shot) while speaking to me, last night I watched the video with earphones in and it sounded like she was in the room walking round me speaking again, it reminded me of that 3D barber haircut thing lol :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jody2k:
Im wondering is there a software way to reduce the mic gain? Or is it a hardware limit prob?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashmont:
I must admit I was expecting truly awful sound reading these posts so I found the reality not too bad with such low expectations. The main problem is the lack of bass in the sound which is undeniable although I thought someone posted a video which seemed to suggest that one of the US variants had the problem fixed.

my own view is that the lack of bass is very disappointing given the cost of the phone however compared to my previous HTC (windows mobile) phones it sounds, as you say, brilliant. those phones had very distorted sound in addition to no bass. so it's all relative!

Ashley
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmarcus:
Well...What I have to say is simple...I have a rock band and we play a lot at night. I recorded the same gigs with an iphone 4s and my Samsung S2...and I got really disappointed, can't I expect my galaxy to record at least as good as an iphone? I am not talking about any professional video cameras you dopeheads.

So it is plausible to complain and want something reasonable.

Cause this mobile phone is supposed to be way better at anything than an iphone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tachikoma_kun:
God this thread is still going?

Who at Samsung claimed that everything about this phone, including audio recording ability was better than the iPhone?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarrenCarnall:
My only dissapointment isn't that this phone can't 'do it all', but that my old Galaxy S (1!) could record concerts complete with more bass than my HD Flip camcorder... this SGS3 sounds much worse. A real shame as I'm going to the Olympic Closing ceremony soon :/

Ah well, I guess I choose either HD recording on my phone with thin sound, or SD recording on my proper camcorder with full sound.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electricview:
I think the real problem is we all know its NOT a hardware limitation, its a software limitation and it CAN do better.. I'm no less unhappy about the fact that ALL my picture text messages are received as 'slideshows' wtf is that crap? Or the fact that my phone thinks i'm roaming on my own network 100% of the time (didnt do this brand new, only after the first samsung update). Or that I cannot tell the phone to ONLY show me phone calls in the phone log, but instead if defaults every single time to every text, every call, everything in there... These are all STUPID things that should be fixed easily, but yet samsung cannot do this??? I have a right to complain about crappy things if i paid top premium price for a phone. I'm happy with other things about it so its still worth having, but if can be fixed in software fairly easily, why not make our voices heard?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimJ87D:
What? Worse analogy ever...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robbiekhan:
OMG YES!

They've FINALLY updated the camera so the mics pick up proper bass :D

This is the best thing about JB for me now. sod everything else!

[youtube]y-rvnrY8a9M[/youtube]
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radeonxt:
yup the mic gain improvement thus picking up more bass actually started in LH6.

it was so obvious that they were increasing the mic's gain or pick-up as they say since when i started recording at my room even though it's silent, it was picking up white noise low volume hissing sound thingie.

in LH7, they tweaked it and removed that hiss sound. LH8 is all good too.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robbiekhan:
Can't wait to film a V8 rumble past now :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radeonxt:
btw, others may still not know our phone has two mics so be careful when recording your vids so that you're not covering the mic with your hands especially the one at the bottom.

the mic on top is for right, the mic on bottom is for left.

:victory:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SexyIceCream:
really glad to hear that! it's been a problem on my s1(used voodoo sound for that), and finally sammy is doing something about the mic. albeit 2 generations later :p
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LiquidNarwhal:
I know you probably aren't in the mood to do requests, but if possible do you think you could record a concert? or something similarly loud and see if the distortion is any better?

-Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takato23:
yesterday i was testing the new DLH8 firmware (using omega v17) and the recording is great! the bass now is recorded in all it's greatness
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robbiekhan:
My speakers are pretty loud, I'll fire up Michael Jackson in a bit and record a sample for ya
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] werpzy:
how to update s3 audio?

hello there.

Please can somebody explain how to update the S3 to have better sound ?

I do not have automatic updates on. Do I need to visit a specific site to improve the international ( UK) galaxy s3 sound record quality? Perhaps there is an official update or a special hack type of thing that also requires rooting the phone?

btw: the galaxy S1 audio sounded 'far' better than the default international S3.

thank you for your help. : )
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LxMxFxD:
Hello Note forums!

I got my blue N7000 today all shiny and new. As soon as I connected to my home wifi it prompted me to upgrade to ICS, which I did. I then did the rootgalaxynote June 2nd root method and added CWM. Rebooted and everything was peachy and awesome (and I'm a previous S2 owner!)

The only issue I'm really having is the bluetooth. It connects to all 4 of my headsets more or less (some only for phone audio). But it only pairs with my car's head unit. I'll explain.

My n7000 pairs just fine with my Eclipse CD5030. However, I cannot get it to then connect for audio. It just hangs. The head unit is fine - it worked with my 3 previous bluetooth phones withouse issue - HTC Hero, HTC Evo 4g, Samsung Galaxy S2... the only difference is this is the first phone with ICS, the previous phones were all 1.x or 2.x and worked great.

I looked up the details of the CD5030:

BT 2.0

A2DP v1.0

AVRCP v1.0

I would imagine the note is backwards compatible with these relatively old versions. Is there a workaround or is this possibly a bug?

Thanks in advance guys.
[LG Optimus Black] hemo-ali:
Hello guys

I know a lot of threads here but I tried a lot lot lot but on more ram

look to the screen shot

So I have 180 used

170 free

500-170-180 = 150

is the system takes 150 mb ???

how to make it less???

or in other words how can I get more ram??!!!
[LG Optimus Black] supi9:
1) app to sd

2) kill processes

or maybe you have to flash other rom with other kernel ( supprassed v2 or 4,5 )

But I think If there is no lag to leave it. :)
[LG Optimus Black] hemo-ali:
I have now marvel 9

I have 190 free and 190 used so it's good but really is moving apps 2 sd card give me more ram??
[LG Optimus Black] kretos:
No, app2sd just gives you more space on internal memory for applications (not ram). That's different thing.

And yes, system takes the missing ram. Free ram is free, used - applications shown in the screen + inactive (cached) applications. The rest is for system. Get some memory manager (like system panel from GP and check show system processes) and you will get the whole picture. Android only shows active processes and sometimes it's not enough (example when cached application still plays music in background or eats you cpu - you cannot kill it from android built-in task manager).
[LG Optimus Black] hemo-ali:
okay if you looked to my picture above the tsf launcher takes 60 MB

so I want to know what is the pretty simple light launcher ??!!

also I downloaded android keyboard because it takes only 7 mb but lg one takes 23 mb is it good?
[LG Optimus Black] hemo-ali:
Also look to this pic you will see ram status

any advices??!!

thnx in advance