Hi guys,
I've be rattling my brains and trawling the web for quite some time now trying to find a solution to my problem to no avail. It's a bit of a long shot but I'm out of options
The problem I'm faced with is that the microphone used for video calling, voice recording, Google assistant etc. Was very poor. Occasionally it would pick up the first 10 seconds or so of a call or recording but now it just doesn't do anything. Voice calls and video recording on the other hand are great. I've replaced the mic/charging jack thinking it might be a hardware issue but this didn't solve it. This is the case for the latest OOS as well as it's stock original, lineage, liquid remix etc. I'm currently running RR.
I've located the mixer_paths.xml and from my months of research can determine its possible to change the channel of the mic used in video calling to that of the mic used for video recording, however, I'm not as tech savvy as I like to think I am.
I'm hoping a generous person amongst you good looking lot can maybe help me determine which lines need to be changed in order for me to do this? :angel:
Thanks in advance
Related
Hello Guys,
im owning my Gnex for a couple of months now,
last week it suddenly stopped recording/transmitting my voice with speaker on.
So everytime i choose my speaker for calling the other one doesn't hear me.
I tried to disable/enable mic, everything i could try.. no luck or success.
I also noticed the video camera is no longer recording voice.
Tried different roms, kernels, radios... all the same effect.
Also took out the battery for hours.
It seems the microphone itself is okay, but i dont know whats happening there.
Logcat showed NO issues.. :| someone got an idea?
Greetings
I know this may seem like an asinine suggestion, but did you check your sound settings? I was worried myself when my camera was not recording voice nor making any shutter sounds, but then I noticed that my multimedia volume in the sound/volume submenu was muted.
i triple checked all of my settings, did wipes, restores...all the magic i got.
no way out of this ****... just asked amazon for a rma now.
Not what you'll want to hear, but I've returned a gn once due to a inop camcorder mic.
Download a sound recorder that allows for you choose your mic input source and you'll find out pretty quickly if you have a hardware problem.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
Just realized my mic is not working when trying to do voice to text or record.
So here is the problem. I have tried talking to Google Support and also LG Support. Not under warranty anymore. I have heard several different people mention problems with their mics in calls, be it incoming or outgoing. I have done several things to try to fix this problem; flashing stock firmware and upgrading thru OTA's, clearing cache, rebooting every day, flashing custom roms, modifying the build.prop, opening the device and checking for physical damage. To my knowledge this phone has 3 microphones that are used for actual speaking and background noise reduction. When I opened the device everything looked ok on what I assumed were the mics (the tiny square bits soldered to the logic board at the top and the bottom). I assume these were just going bad and finally gave out on me. Has anyone had any experience getting these fixed or repaired? Is there any software based approach I can look into? I am really tired of using my speakerphone in every call. I assume I am not the only person with this problem.
If anyone can shed some light on this or help in anyway I would appreciate it
Thanks!
I would start by describing the mic issue you are experiencing during voice calls.
Haven't had any myself.
No one can hear me using the microphone, as soon as I switch to speakerphone the other party is able to hear me.
I've read mics can stop functioning if you try and clean the phone with compressed air. As far as fixing or replacing a mic I am unable to provide assistance.
Well rats. Hopefully someone can shed some light on getting this fixed. I do have some soldering experience but I don't even know how this translates via the logic board. Anyone that has more information the help would be awesome. Thank you for your time though previous posters.
statikrage said:
No one can hear me using the microphone, as soon as I switch to speakerphone the other party is able to hear me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have this problem as well, but also all media volume can't be heard through the speakers. I've personally cleaned and replaced the unit and nothing works, I just have to choose speaker and start talking, else use a headset or a bluetooth mic
Same problem, no solution yet.
Think that is a software/driver/app combination bug.
When Iam in call hardly can anyone​ hear me, if I cover top mic - then im heard again (proof that bottom mic is working).
Top mic is used to cancel background noise, phone interpret your voice as background noise and volume it down. That way nobody can hear you.
When I cover top mic - no background noise detected and my voice is heard again.
Question is why top mic detect legit voice as background noise?
Same problem here. Can't use microphone normally on any sort of voice call. I have to change to speaker for people to be able to hear me. I'm not sure if I still have warranty so if it's a software problem I might be able to fix it by myself.
Hello,
Recently I have my Nexus 5x antenna repaired. But the guy messed up some other things during the process. I sorted out other problems but one still remains. The mic used during handsfree talk broken I guess. It works without problem as a handset. But when I open speaker other party can't hear me. It wasn't working with whatsapp calls neither. At the moment my N5x runs DP4. After some search I found a solution: forcing phone to use other mics by editing mixer_paths.xml. this way I was able to get it work on other apps. now I can record videos with sound, can speak handsfree mod on video and voice calls in whatsapp. But normal phone still doesn't work. What I did was to change the default value "dmic3" of "speaker-mic" with "dmic1" of "handset-mic" this way I think it uses the mic that which is used in handset use. But I couldn't figure out how to achieve the same result with normal voice calls. Anyone familiar enough with mixer_paths.xml to indicate me correct paths to edit?
Thanks in advance.
Noone?
Hi there,
So i bought redmi note 5 global version which seems to be identical to note 5 pro. Problem is during skype calls and even phone calls the recipient can not hear me clearly most of the time. Sound becomes muffled and incomprehensible, person can hear me but can't make out what i am saying. It does not happen constantly, issue comes and goes. I am on 9.6.4 MIUI version.
Does anyone experience the same issue? Could it be firmware issue or charging pcb microphone issue. I don't feel like dealing with warranty since i have sensitive data on my phone, i spent ages setting everything up and it would probably take long time to get it back. I was thinking to replace microphone pcb myself since they can be purchased for 10 buckaroos and replacement it is easy and straightforward.
Does anyone have some insight into the problem or has dealt with it themselves.
Cheers
miui 10 is out
please upgrade and try
So i upgraded to MIUI 10 and issue persists, doing some reading it seems during voice call apps like skype top noise canceling mic goes bananas and messes up sound for recipient.
I feel changing bottom mic pcb won't do anything. There were posts about disabling noise canceling but for some reason those posts are taken down.
Does anyone know a fix other than throwing my phone against the wall. I need to use skype a lot, i've gotten used to my lil redmi, would be shame to buy smth else.
Dzessi said:
Does anyone know a fix other than throwing my phone against the wall. I need to use skype a lot, i've gotten used to my lil redmi, would be shame to buy smth else.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you tried this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/re...gisk-fix-bad-camcorder-audio-quality-t3828711
It fixes the static background noise in recorded videos,but it might work in skype too
I have the same issues like Dzessi.
Mic is an garbage, unusable. Allmost all the time is not working properly, expecially in games or apps (voice chat) is low, high, diatorcions, radio white sharping noise, echo. I ve tryd everything on YouTube an papa Google, nothing solve it. I receive it in September as my bd gift, and I can't enjoy it, so frustrating I never write so many mesages on apps since I ve got an Java phone, nobody wants to voice chat anymore, (my brother recorded me and send me the voice message on whatsapp) well, I didn't voice chat whit me allsow in that horrible noise. If someone can help me solve this I ll be so happ. thanks in advance
I also have the same problem. Some say that some of you talk nice we do not hear you. Does anyone know the way to overcome it?
please help! I have some issues with my phone
First one is that when calling the sound around me is louder than my voice for the people on the other phone (I tried to cover all the holes of the phone to find out which Speakers are used but can't find out where the speakers are located)
Second when making a video call with whatsapp or facebook messenger the people can't hear me. It's only when making a video call, when making a call without video it's working fine)
Does anyone have the same issues?
I think it's rom based because it worked fine before.
Please let m know if you have the same issues..
I'm on xiaomi.eu latest rom 9.4.12
Thank you