So the problem is that no matter what custom ROM I use the mic volume is incredibly low. Talking on the phone I cannot be heard at all, if I put it on loudspeaker I can be heard faintly. Same problem for any app that uses the microphone, like sound recorder, recording a video, it barely picks up any sound.
But what's strange is that everything works perfectly on on Stock. I've installed custom ROMs on this before and last used cm10 before I upgraded way back. But now the problem also exists on that CM10 ROM. Any ideas how to fix it?
Additionally I've tried disabling the google now search listening (which fixed the same problem on my OPO) but does not work here. I've tried the following ROMs: CM10, CM11, CM12 all official nightlies and Crdroid 5.1.1.
Very frustrating as otherwise CM12 works perfectly and I intend to give this phone to someone!
So testing it further I found out that it works fine using google now and search. So either the internal microphone is disabled or maybe noise cancelling is messed up.
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Hey guys, need some help here
I'm with CM7 and the latest nightly. This is a great rom and it worked just fine for weeks.
Yesterday I opened the FM radio app and tried to listen for some music (i didn't use the app before). I connected the samsung's earphones and then I pushed on the speaker icon to test if I can hear radio from the galaxy's speaker. The only thing I heared was a white noise just like on a real radio when there is no FM signal. so I disconnected the earphones and pushed on the volume up button and heard a wierd sound.
Then tried to play some music but the sound was terrible.
Then tried to reset, but still the sound was so damn awful.
After that I tried different CM7 kernel but still no good. at some point the speaker has stopped working. Tried to swich to froyo, but still no speaker. tried to reinstall CM7, MIUI, original JVQ (with voodoo sound) but nothing helped...
I think my speaker is doomed
please help!
any idea?
btw, the earphone is working ok and the internal phone speaker is ok as well so i can make calls...
anyone?
maybe someone with similar problem?
I'm having issues with headphones with a built in microphone and button. I don't know if this is a rom issue or my headphone jack died on me. It's still able to play music. It worked fine a few weeks ago until I updated to a newer build, the headset icon stopped appearing and the headset microphone and button stopped working as well. I've tried a few different headsets and they all don't work any more. I've searched the forums and haven't found a solution to my problem.
I've been using this rom without issue for a while, but after the recent update, headset mic and buttons do not work. I looked through the thread and nobody seems to be having this issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2063057
I decided to switch to a different rom and did a full wipe before flashing. The issue persists.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2204963
Thanks for your help.
edit: looks to me like it was a kernel issue, cm7 still looks to be the have the most stable code so I downgraded. Hopefully the issues will be ironed out.
Hello XDA
Long-time lurker, first-time poster. Forgive me in advance if I lack XDA etiquette or am posting in the wrong area.
Many of you CM users are familiar with [and have suffered through] the headphones call audio bug that plagued 10.1/10.2 nightlies for some time back in August, which have been allegedly fixed. The bug involved broken headphone microphone ability; one can hear call/non-call audio coming from the headphones when plugged in, and the headphone microphone will work with out-of-call applications (i.e. sound recorder, etc.), though when in-call the microphone is rendered useless and does not work. The actual phone microphone fortunately remains working, so the caller can just barely hear you to say, "Hey, can you put your phone up to your face? You sound muffled." This results in me having to hold the actual phone close to my mouth in order to use headphones, which defeats the purpose of headphones entirely.
The problem seems to be fixed on CM 10.2 nightlies when I was running them, though for stability purposes I prefer to revert to CM 10.1.3 RC with ktoonsez AT&T kernel. I always flash clean, wipe the cache/davlik appropriately, etc. Everything else with this current setup is phenomenal, save this damned headphone microphone issue. I do a lot of multitasking when on the phone and this is a crippling defect.
I've searched long and hard for an answer to this issue but have ended empty-handed and am going crazy. It seems most people are no longer experiencing this issue. Am I the only one left? Does anyone else have the same issue?
Any help would be infinitely appreciated!
I have a similar problem. If my headphones aren't already plugged into the phone when a call comes in and I then plug them in, the other person cannot hear me at all. I usually have to restart the phone with the headphones plugged in to get them to work on calls.
Sgs4 mic issue with cm10.1
Yes I have the same problem and couldn't find any solution either.
M on 10.1.3 RC2 same as you and this problem bothered me ever since I installed cm10.1 nightly back in August.
I will do a clean wipe (including nand erase) and install latest Samsung stock os, and see if this solve few of issues (I have problem with my gas as well).
People lately tell me, that my voice sounds distorted/echo/metallic when talking on Whatsapp or via the regular call app. That behavior ceases, when I press hands free button for a second for external speaker and press again, to use regular phone speaker.
So it seems, it's a software problem not hardware.
I checked in Dorimanx Kernel, there was a mic gain of 30 enabled. I switched that to 1. Also used Faux instead of Dorimanx Sound controls. Applied, rebooted, but no change.
Does anybody know, what else is could be? Or with what settings I could fiddle? Thanks guys!
Do you have the problem with stock kernel and/or rom?
I use this rom/kernel combination for ages... Didn't flash anything in over a year or so... But the sound distortion only seem to have started recently...
Hi, I tried the kernel 3.4 on my nexus 7, but after I installed it my speaker starts to play audio really bad, now is noisy ,scratchy and pretty low. So I tought was rom/kernel related, and back to 3.0 kernel, but no way to get it working good again. So I changed the speaker with a new one, and the audio isn't anymore scratchy, but is really low when compared to his previous stage, I cannot use in a room with peaple simply talking for example, forcing me to use a bluetooth speaker, or headphone. What happened to my nexus 7? I changed many roms, but doesn't seem to be fixable by sw, what can I do? now I'm on slimkat + parrot mod, which works flawlessy.
thank you