yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
I will take a look at it this evening some time, I don't use a headset so I am glad you brought this to my attention ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
[MENTION=4699854]j1gga84[/MENTION] update is on OP, I have dropped the headset mic volume down, increased all other values by 1 point and left the speaker volume at 83 as its seems a good level :good:
[Galaxy S 5 General] ervin444:
thejester123

Thanks for the update, great job
[Galaxy S 5 General] mdpalm2:
Hi, what do I have do if I want to rise the mic volume during a voice call?
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
Open mixer_paths.XML and find voice call scenario, then look for voice call main mic and adjust the volume value
[Galaxy S 5 General] mdpalm2:
Thanks... I will try it.

Can you please tell me how much can I increase this value without damaging the mic? Check the file attached?
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
You can safely increase by 10 so that would take it to 106 ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Pjerisimo:
Whats the difference between using this mod and gain settings in voice recording apps?
[Galaxy S 5 General] dyval:
this MOD increases system wide sound (loudness) apps like gain for voice recording only increases that specific loudness of sound.
[Galaxy S 5 General] fmaher:
[MENTION=3974390]thejester123[/MENTION] your job is awesome man, just a question, with settings you have applied on v8.6 I am experiencing audio distortion when i play music via phone speakers, have to mention that Viper4Android is active. Can you please advise which parameters should be modified and what is best values?
[Galaxy S 5 General] j1gga84:
Have you tried to lower the speaker volume in viper4android?

I also use V4A and have no problems. Yes, output volume of speakers get louder. Before applying v8.6 and the versions before I had to put volume on maximum when listening to voice messages, now maybe half of the volume is just fine, everything above cause distortions which is normal of course if you modify the gain ;)

Regards

Sent from my SM-G900F using german Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S 5 General] fmaher:
Hi guys, quick question, I have a recorded 2-way call. My recorded voice volume is lower than other side recorded volume, how can I amplify microphone in mixer_paths.xml?
[Galaxy S 5 General] j1gga84:
[MENTION=3974390]thejester123[/MENTION]

are you comfortable with the latest build of your mod? ;)

I don't know but sometimes it seems that it is a bit too loud, what do you think?

Maybe I will try to reduce the values a bit.

When you do this, do you lower all marked values in the opener the same?

regards
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
Are we talking about playback or recording?
[Galaxy S 5 General] j1gga84:
I'm talking about recording, playback is fine :)

Regards

Sent from my SM-G900F using german Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
I'll take a look tomorrow my friend ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] j1gga84:
I think v8.4 or 8.5 had a good recording volume, not sure what was the difference between 8.6 and 8.5/8.4.

What I know is that gain was raised from 8.4 over 8.5 to 8.6

regards
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
I have the new ones ready to upload when I am home from work ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] j1gga84:
That would be very nice :)

I think the gain from v8.4 was good, from 8.4 to 8.5 you raised it by 1, from 8.5 to 8.6 by 2 I guess.

But I will check update, at the moment I am back on 8.5 and think these setting -1 would be good.

regards
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
The update will be posted later today, I apologise for it being late. I have had a busy week with work and RL issues. :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
Update on OP ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] ervin444:
thejester123

Thank you for the update
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
You are very welcome
[Galaxy S 5 General] dyval:
Will this MOD work on Marshmallow my friend? Thanks :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] j1gga84:
If the file still is in the same location then I guess yes :good:

I would suggest you to backup the current file, give it a try and report back ;)

regards
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
I am currently using cm13 and the mod works 100% but as [MENTION=4699854]j1gga84[/MENTION] said, backup your original file first
[Galaxy S 5 General] dyval:
Works well with CM13 :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] j1gga84:
[MENTION=3974390]thejester123[/MENTION]

hi mate,

how about latest settings, are you comfortable with them or did you change anything in the meantime?

For me they are okay, although voice is a bit lower than others BUT if we raise the volume/Gain it gets distorted..

Blame google that they do not release the drivers :(

Okay, everything is good but I hear popping sounds of my breathe.. do you know what I mean and do you have an idea what I can do? I think this is something that cannot be adjusted through mixer_paths.xml

regards
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
I will look in to it today, as it could be a couple of things causing it. :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] j1gga84:
Many thanks mate,

Looking forward to it :)

I think audio could be at least +1 louder again, I don't know what you changed from 8.6 to 8.7 but I think it was a bit too much lowered (if it was - 2 or - 3 from 8.6 to 8.7 I think we can go +1 again). And if it would be possible to lower the "popping sound" - for example when laughing or saying some words - this would be perfect :)

Wish you a good start into 2016.

Regards

Sent from my SM-G900F using german Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
I will be uploading tomorrow evening as I'm out for NYE, got the popping reduced so almost gone and already upped it by 1. Hope you all had a good Xmas and hope everyone has a happy or drunken New Year :D
[Galaxy S 5 General] j1gga84:
Looking forward to the update :)

I also think, that WhatsApp maybe changes voice quality from time to time so that it is necessary to adjust microphone quality from time to time :)

Regards

Sent from my SM-G900F using german Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
Sorry about the delay in the update, been working silly hours lol. New update in OP.

Enjoy and hope everyone had a good christmas and new year :D
[Galaxy S 5 General] xtmzone:
Thanks for the update ! I will test now :)

Any changelog ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] ervin444:
Thank you for the update!
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
Change log

Increased mic gain by +1

Reduced some playback levels to decrease popping sounds

Optimized XML file to reduce size and increase speed of access
[Galaxy S 5 General] ervin444:
Great job, pure sound. Super :good::)
[Galaxy S 5 General] j1gga84:
Many thanks for the update :)

I don't know if it is a problem on my side but compared to some others (galaxy S6, S6 Edge and iPhone 6s users as I know) my volume is still lower and sounds a bit muffled compared to them, their voice is clearer but I know that it was also that quality before but I don't know which version of your modification was this..

But if all the others are ok with newest version it is maybe a problem on my side. I am using latest WhatsApp 2.12.391

Edit:

okay I checked it again, it is not muffled but still a bit lower, maybe we can at least go +1 and stay there, what do the other users think?

Regards

Sent from my SM-G900F using german Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S 5 General] htb2050:
[MENTION=4903942]byte9[/MENTION] does the current bacth of bliss 6 include this patch by default?
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
You will need to flash this separately as it is not included in the ROM ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] byte9:
Yeah, it's not included because it has to be added on every compile and was a pain. Manual process. But it's easy. So :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] htb2050:
Okay. Thanks. On 5.1 I didn't notice is as bliss was my daily driver but now on cm13 a lot of people have said that I speak too low on phone so I was worried what is going on with my voice ????

????
[Galaxy S 5 General] j1gga84:
[MENTION=3974390]thejester123[/MENTION]

I think we could at last go +1 and then it should be good because you reduced the popping now.

The distortions in loud environments are still present when gain is low, this is something we cannot influence I think because Samsung did not release the sources/driver documentation for the microphone..

Regards

Sent from my SM-G900F using german Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S 5 General] byte9:
It's never going to ever be as good as a TW ROM. We don't have full hardware control. mixer_path is a life saver because on LP roms it was a joke to use any apps that needed proper gain.
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
Will update this weekend as I have a very busy work schedule ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
Used version 8.8 and it totally distorts the phone speaker until I adjust the output level in mixer_path back to closet to stock. Hopefully the other adjustments help the mic and speakerphone etc
[Galaxy S 5 General] j1gga84:
anything new? :)

Hmm very strange, with latest 8.8 it sounds very low and a bit muffled for me :confused:

I will flash 8.8 again but I did no updates of my ROM in the past, maybe Whatsapp changed something :confused:

regards
[Galaxy S 5 General] boind:
I would also be very thankful for an update. Right now on the newest CM13 Nightly flashing your zip makes it worth for me.. 10 days ago it worked like a charm!

*Edit*

I just made the change, mentioned in your first post by hand after flashing todays nightly. The microphone volume does not change at all for me when recording via WhatsApp. :(
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
Update In OP, Sorry for the delays but I have been flashing all MM ROMs and testing my changes to make sure they work.

Change log:

Increased Mic Gain By 1

Increased High Gain By 0.5

Lowered Playback Gain By 0.5

Increased VoIP Mic Gain By 1

Optimized XML file to reduce size and increase speed of access
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
I always thought the 8.8 mod was the newest one, but 7.9.1 actually is the one to use on MM right?
[Galaxy S 5 General] rbgCODE:
What I see here is fantastic, I was just curious, have you considered making an application that allows you to change it with root permissions within android then refresh the system so they take effect immediately? Then you could even have several options like extremely loud recording, and apply surround sound patch button.

Just a thought, if you would like to let me know, I will write the application if you are ok with that.
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
8.8 is the same as 7.9.1 apart from the added surround sound mod and both are fully compatible with the latest nightlis :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
But 8.8 has been there for a long time and you just updated 7.9.1 didn't you?
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
Oops my bad I forgot to change it to 8.9 lol, sorry I updated both just forgot to change version number
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
Cool thanks, I just flash your mod then adjust speaker output to 80 in mixer_paths and run with that otherwise my setup distorts for notifications. My speakerphone still seems to be ****ed so I've just given up and crank my voice calls to max as a lame workaround.
[Galaxy S 5 General] nalgrim:
It won't let me download it. Dropbox says I don't have access to the link
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
All links are working right now :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
Are you talking about the speaker for calls? if so I haven't had a need to adjust the gain for this but don't mind doing it if it's required ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Wheemer:
Links are not working
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
I will post mirrors when I'm back home...
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
I'm running AICP based off of CM13 and it seems to be a CM based issue for the S5 that the speakerphone for phone calls is really echoey and the other person can hear themselves to the point that it's pretty much unusable.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ismirko:
Hello guys,

I have problem with samsung galays s5 ..problem is microphone, calls is okej but application with recording like messenger,whatsapp and record audio so bad..so quite and low mic.. i didnt understand aswell about this mode so im asking does this mod can help me * thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] j1gga84:
Hi,

yes, this modification is specially for recording like messenger, whatsapp and so on and does not affect the microphone gain for calls.

Just give it a try with latest build that you can find in the opener, simply flash via recovery, your S5 must be rooted to apply this modification. :good:

regards
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ismirko:
thx i tryed both versions and its same i think,i cant find differents.

in whatsapp mic in quitly room have big noise when im talk.

i dont know correctly what to change in mixer path,myb you can help
[Galaxy S 5 General] j1gga84:
Hmm, I don't have that noise you mentioned when talking, what excactly do you mean?

I also do not know what to change, maybe [MENTION=3974390]thejester123[/MENTION] could have a look :)

I have also a small issue: When pressing the record button for voice messages in whatsapp I have a short "pop sound" everytime I start a voice message. I did not have this in older versions, what could be the reason for that?

regards
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
I'm taking my wife out for dinner tonight so I will take a look at it tomorrow at some point, I don't know what's causing the abnormal noise mentioned before but I know how to get rid of that pop [MENTION=4699854]j1gga84[/MENTION] . :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ismirko:
Hey! Thanks for quick answer. I can show you on whatsapp send me your number with country code,and i will show you v7.1 and v8.9 when i'm talking that noises and pop sound yap :3
[Galaxy S 5 General] j1gga84:
sorry but I don't share my number ;)

but you could send a voice message with "test 123" or something like that to somebody and upload that file here so [MENTION=3974390]thejester123[/MENTION] could also have a look at.

Do you have these noises also with stock values/without the modification?

Edit:

I would also say, that voice scratches a bit in the peaks, loudness is okay, but readability gets a bit scratched when talking louder ;)

regards
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ismirko:
okej i will upload later ,thanks!

edit: yes only with modification!
[Galaxy S 5 General] oetzi83:
The values from the first post in the thread did not solve my issue, but I found a solution (at least for my S5+).

Maybe it helps others too.

I used the mixer_paths.xml modification but not with the values described in the first post but with ones I got from another Mod (Dokdo) running on my device without the mic problems. These values are quite different compared to the ones in the XDA forum but worked fine for me.

However, I give no guarantee that it works for every other phone too.

Here are the values I used:

I only changed the "DECx Volume" and "ADCx Volume" values.

<!-- ================================================================ -->

<!-- Recording Scenario -->

<path name="rec-main-mic">

<path name="main-mic" />

<ctl name="DEC2 Volume" value="108" />

</path>

<path name="rec-sub-mic">

<path name="sub-mic" />

<ctl name="DEC4 Volume" value="106" />

</path>

<path name="rec-headset-mic">

<path name="ear-mic" />

<ctl name="ADC2 Volume" value="130" />

<ctl name="DEC5 Volume" value="150" />

</path>

<path name="rec-headset-mic-jam">

<path name="ear-mic" />

<ctl name="ADC2 Volume" value="19" />

<ctl name="DEC5 Volume" value="84" />

</path>

<path name="rec-stereo-mic">

<ctl name="Main Mic Delay" value="4" />

<path name="sub-main-mic" />

<ctl name="DEC2 Volume" value="170" />

<ctl name="DEC4 Volume" value="170" />

</path>

<path name="rec-high-gain-main-mic">

<path name="main-mic" />

<ctl name="DEC2 Volume" value="99" />

</path>

<path name="rec-high-gain-sub-mic">

<path name="sub-mic" />

<ctl name="DEC4 Volume" value="99" />

</path>

<path name="rec-high-gain-headset-mic">

<path name="ear-mic" />

<ctl name="ADC2 Volume" value="29" />

<ctl name="DEC5 Volume" value="99" />

</path>

<path name="rec-high-gain-stereo-mic">

<path name="sub-3rd-mic" />

<ctl name="DEC2 Volume" value="170" />

<ctl name="DEC4 Volume" value="170" />

</path>

<path name="rec-NS-mic-interview">

<ctl name="ES705 TX2 Enable" value="1" />

<path name="main-sub-mic" />

<ctl name="DEC2 Volume" value="90" />

<ctl name="DEC4 Volume" value="90" />

<ctl name="ES705-AP Tx Channels" value="One" />

<ctl name="Internal Route Config" value="7" />

</path>

<path name="rec-NS-mic-conversation">

<ctl name="ES705 TX2 Enable" value="1" />

<path name="main-sub-mic" />

<ctl name="DEC2 Volume" value="90" />

<ctl name="DEC4 Volume" value="90" />

<ctl name="ES705-AP Tx Channels" value="One" />

<ctl name="Internal Route Config" value="8" />

</path>

<path name="rec-NS-mic-conference">

<path name="main-sub-mic" />

<ctl name="DEC2 Volume" value="99" />

<ctl name="DEC4 Volume" value="99" />

</path>

<!-- end of Recording Scenario -->
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
Are you running a touchwiz based rom or CM13 based rom? If CM, does your speakerphone work properly?
[Galaxy S 5 General] oetzi83:
CM12.1 and speakerphone works fine. Just tested it.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
Can you upload your mixer_paths.xml please?
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
Here you go, all modified http://d-h.st/NH0L
[Galaxy S 5 General] j1gga84:
Will you also upload a new version? Also with that nasty popping sound eliminated at the beginning of a voice message? :)

Regards

Sent from my SM-G900F using german Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
THANK YOU to both of you! I was actually able to use speakerphone tonight! I had given up hope!

So should I still flash the mod first before manually copying over the mixer_paths.xml?
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
Just copy the file over until I update the flashable zips :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
update in OP,

Change Log: 15/02/16

Added values provided by [MENTION=5400276]oetzi83[/MENTION]

Tweaked the new values

Almost 100% eliminated the awful popping

Complete new version numbers

Database optimizations

Lowered playback gain value
[Galaxy S 5 General] xtmzone:
Hello , i hard to make an app witch can control this values ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] ervin444:
thejester123

Thanks for the excellent work :):good:
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
There is a member working on an app already :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] xtmzone:
Realy ? :eek: Good news ! Thx for your answer ! :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Atento:
Is the surround sound the only difference between v10 and v11 in op?

Thank you for lowering the playback sound.
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
Yes that's the only difference
[Galaxy S 5 General] pc boy:
The title says "All S5 Variants" but it does not work on the dous version g900fd:(

No sound while calling, from both sides.
[Galaxy S 5 General] jt1998:
Your mod made such a big difference on my recording/screencasts. Thanks for your hard work!!
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
If you supply me with you original mixer_paths.XML I will be happy to modify it for you and I'll take a look at my mods :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] alexdonwarez:
Does this mod work g900h variant. Im in xtremelite 2.4 rom.
[Galaxy S 5 General] pc boy:
I assume you were talking about my post? first of all many many thanks for your gracious attitude, totally appreciate that??

I attached the files and hope you can make it work.

Thanks for the great work:)
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
Here You Go ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
Everyone else please re download and re flash the mod, had to do a bit of maintenance. File names and versions are still the same :D
[Galaxy S 5 General] XDAMaxe:
thanks a bunch for your perfect work on this mod.

btw: I just compared the renewed v11 but cannot find any changes ? could you please post what has changed or have I done something wrong ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] jt1998:
Can't get the Dropbox link to work. Says you don't have access.
[Galaxy S 5 General] thejester123:
I have attached them to the OP ;) thanks for letting me know
[Galaxy S 5 General] pc boy:
Thanks a milion? works fine.

I suggest you to add the zip file with description to the OP?
[Galaxy S 5 General] j1gga84:
[MENTION=3974390]thejester123[/MENTION]

I have attached 4 test sound files that I sent to a group and that I recorded directly in whatsapp.

As you can hear I was driving while recording 2 of them, 2 of the voice messages were recorded in quiet environment but I also namend every sound file appropriately ;)

As you can hear: the general sound volume is very good and the quality/readability of the voice is also perfect, compared to stock, but I think the gain is still a bit too high (it sounds very sharp/insinuating or "poisonous" as we say here in germany ;) especially in louder environments or when talking a bit louder you can hear it in the peaks)

I don't know if it is possible to separate between gain and loudness or if it is only possible to raise the loudness and thereby the gain also rises :confused:

I hope you understand what I want to say ;)

It would be much easier if samsung would release the sources for the microphone, my good old S2 sounded so brilliant, even in loud environments but on my S2 it was different, there was no mixer_paths.xml file to modify, I don't know how it worked there but I think it was possible to modify the driver directly ;)

regards
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apurva.giri:
I know this is the section for international Edge+, however, I think this is is the best place to put my question since everybody, including other carriers, also follow this section (apart from their carrier specific forum). I've bough AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ 64 Gig variant. I was aware of the fact that to compensate for the SD Card (I know its not really a substitute, but still better than nothing), Samsung collaborated with Microsoft to offer 100 GB of One Drive storage for 2 Years. When I registered for One Drive yesterday, I just got 30 GB, which is common for all smartphones when you enable auto backup. Ofcourse my phone didn't come with pre-loaded One Drive app, so I'm assuming AT&T must have removed the feature (for some reason :rolleyes:). I have heard that I can just hit any BestBuy store to login with my One Drive account in their international version demo handset and I would be able to get that 100 GB, but I'm interested in knowing this :

Did all other carriers removed this 100 GB of storage or is it just AT&T ?
[Android Apps and Games] Parasol.cool:
Any feedback?

Please let me know if you have any problem or comment. Thx~
[Android Apps and Games] Parasol.cool:
Prepare for Q&A
[Android Apps and Games] Asiier:
Looks interesting

Could this app have some kind of problem with CM PrivacyGuard?
[Android Apps and Games] Parasol.cool:
Did u run this app on your phone? Do u like it? say something about it plz;););)

What do you mean "some kind of problem"? I think Parasol is fine with CM Security because it's safe and useful~What do you think?:D
[Android Apps and Games] Asiier:
Not CM Security, Cyanogen Mod Privacy Guard, that essentially does the same as your app so I was wondering If might could cause a conflict between them

And I did not have the time for try it yet but as soon as I try I'll some feedback ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Parasol.cool:
come on, do not be stingy with your comments on Parasol:cowboy:
[Android Apps and Games] Parasol.cool:
Thanks so much for your tip. I will test it on the CyanogenMod ROM and give you a feedback later.

Also looking forward to your feedback of Parasol.
[Android Apps and Games] Parasol.cool:
Hi Asiier,

I have tested Parasol on CM ROM and confirmed that there is no conflict between Parasol and CM Privacy.

Also I would like to talk about how Parasol is differ from CM Privacy:

a. Parasol provides visible tags for each permission, which means it tells users more clearly the purpose of each app getting the specific permission.

b. Furthermore, Parasol has a huge and unique database to support Parasol on permission recommendation -- allow or deny the permission request. It's more intelligent, right?

c. Shortcoming: now Parasol can only provide modify permission setting under Android M. So if it is running on 5.x CM Privacy, users will have a good experience of reading all the permission tags without modifying setting.