I got this problem most of the time when holding the S8+ with my left hand. Due to the weight / size of the phone, I always use my little finger to balance the phone at the bottom, and accidentally cover the microphone (sometimes the speaker).
That will then block ALL sound recording / input for eg: google assistant (bixby voice in the future) and talking on the phone and give me this bad experience of the S8+
After reading the new HTC U11 review, it seems to have 4 microphones, I then wonder does s8+ got multiple as well.
There seems to be another mic on the top of the phone, how come it does not record the sound at all?
To prevent covering the mic, How do you people hold your phone?
uccoffee.forum said:
I got this problem most of the time when holding the S8+ with my left hand. Due to the weight / size of the phone, I always use my little finger to balance the phone at the bottom, and accidentally cover the microphone (sometimes the speaker).
That will then block ALL sound recording / input for eg: google assistant (bixby voice in the future) and talking on the phone and give me this bad experience of the S8+
After reading the new HTC U11 review, it seems to have 4 microphones, I then wonder does s8+ got multiple as well.
There seems to be another mic on the top of the phone, how come it does not record the sound at all?
To prevent covering the mic, How do you people hold your phone?
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I use my pinky right at the usb port. Never had a problem otherwise. I do it with all my devices not just the larger size devices.
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uccoffee.forum said:
I got this problem most of the time when holding the S8+ with my left hand. Due to the weight / size of the phone, I always use my little finger to balance the phone at the bottom, and accidentally cover the microphone (sometimes the speaker).
That will then block ALL sound recording / input for eg: google assistant (bixby voice in the future) and talking on the phone and give me this bad experience of the S8+
After reading the new HTC U11 review, it seems to have 4 microphones, I then wonder does s8+ got multiple as well.
There seems to be another mic on the top of the phone, how come it does not record the sound at all?
To prevent covering the mic, How do you people hold your phone?
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The microphone at the top (during calls) is used for noise cancelling. Whatever that microphone records will be REMOVED from the audio the bottom microphone picks up to eliminate background noise from other people.
Do not cover the bottom microphone.
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I got some moisture in my A500 while putting a screen cover on it and the unit was misbehaving. I have that cleared up now (hopefully), but noticed something about the microphone. It was partially covered by a tag from one of the wiring looms! I don't know if moving this tag out of the way will improve the microphone, but it sure as heck aint going to hurt it! Since the microphone points away from you as you hold the tablet, I'm not sure it's ever going to pick up your voice properly.
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Rob
update: I put my a500 back together, but forgot I had the sd card still in there. The end result was that I cracked the sd card which renders it useless. I'll have to buy another one now. The microphone recording volume is still quite low, no improvement there. I think it's a design oversight and any tablet should probably have front and rear facing microphones. Only use the one facing away for video recording, othewise use the one facing the user.
Did you try turning the mic over? Maybe they made two mistakes. Putting the mic in wrong and then covering it with the tag
The A500 has a 2 microphones array, for noise canceling effect.
The microphone you put the tag label away from is the noise canceling one, the main microphone is just at the left of that one and its facing front. As you put away that tag you may have an improvement on the noise canceling effect, if you try to turn over the mic it will not harm the device but I'm pretty sure it will not help noise canceling.
Holding the A500 landscape and dock port down, the gap of the front facing mic is between the screen glass and the upper frame, is just right in the middle, it is hard to see but can be seen from certain angles and light conditions.
Also you provided the proof that I'm not writing nonsenses, in the first picture attached, there are those two alike connectors, both have plugged microphones, and they have the same tag flap with the same codes and digits imprinted. If you look closely you can see the edge of the front facing mic, it's at the left of the back facing mic and it's almost covered by the circuit board where both microphones connectors are.
I as well had taken my tablet apart due tons issue with video cable loose.and noticed exactly where the mice are at. Thinking about going tobeadeo shak or order from black box better mic to out in.I have done this on laptop before
silverball.slayer said:
update: I put my a500 back together, but forgot I had the sd card still in there. The end result was that I cracked the sd card which renders it useless. I'll have to buy another one now. The microphone recording volume is still quite low, no improvement there. I think it's a design oversight and any tablet should probably have front and rear facing microphones. Only use the one facing away for video recording, othewise use the one facing the user.
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I did a few recordings to test the noise canceling array, and be able to notice the noise canceling effect when recording video with front facing camera, when recording with back facing camera, I notice no noise canceling, the recording level is a little low, but was ok, I'm not sure if this feature is binded to which camera the user is using during record, also I have no professional equipment or applications to make sure that the noise canceling effect/feature was working or not.
I agree that this kind of double microphone array should be a lot more user friendly, letting a user decide to use both microphones, or using only one and which one, or turn on or off noise canceling, or any other feature as the recording level, will not harm anyone. And having the device defaults to record using front facing camera with front mic and noise canceling, and when using back facing camera with back mic, without noise canceling, will work as most users wanted it to work.
The microphone on my third A500 is working great so far. I returned the second one today because the microphone audio was very low. It's still running 3.01 stock because the 3.01 OTA update isn't available yet for my unit.
Rob
I moved from an iPad to the N7. When I first got it I accidentally and absent-mindedly pushed the SIM opener into the rather stupidly-placed rear mic hole (which is the same size as the tray opener hole) because I'm used to the removal hole being at the side of the tray and was rushing to get it up and running
I can't seem to get it to record anything, so can I assume that I've bust it or does it only kick in under certain conditions or in certain apps? I've tried downloading different voice recording apps but even the ones that allow you to switch mics don't seem to actually switch on the N7 - they just seem to use the mic on the top-right of the device.
Can someone on here test their mics and let me know if it records on both? I know that if I push my finger over the main mic I just get some ambient muffled sound (probably just being picked up by the covered mic).
I don't know how resistant the mic is to having a SIM opening tool pushed quite hard into it, stupid as I feel, I'm sure I'm not the only person to have made this mistake!
Thanks
leoni1980 said:
I moved from an iPad to the N7. When I first got it I accidentally and absent-mindedly pushed the SIM opener into the rather stupidly-placed rear mic hole (which is the same size as the tray opener hole) because I'm used to the removal hole being at the side of the tray and was rushing to get it up and running
I can't seem to get it to record anything, so can I assume that I've bust it or does it only kick in under certain conditions or in certain apps? I've tried downloading different voice recording apps but even the ones that allow you to switch mics don't seem to actually switch on the N7 - they just seem to use the mic on the top-right of the device.
Can someone on here test their mics and let me know if it records on both? I know that if I push my finger over the main mic I just get some ambient muffled sound (probably just being picked up by the covered mic).
I don't know how resistant the mic is to having a SIM opening tool pushed quite hard into it, stupid as I feel, I'm sure I'm not the only person to have made this mistake!
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I have not made the same mistake as you but my mic is not working either. Is working only the mic that is in the power button, but not the one on the Sim card tray...
Can any confirm that is a real mic and it´s working?
Thanks!
Mine too... not that loud compared to the main mic in power button.
Confirmed that the microphone is working only when the Nexus is on landscape mode.
I sent an RMA to Google thinking that the unit was faulty and then I came with the solution by myself. What a lack of knowledge of their own product!!
Hey guys just got my S5 and I am told that the mic volume is quote low by people I speak to. Is this normal or I have a faulty device on my hands
Very unlikely to be a hardware problem. Usually it's a user error e.g. not holding the phone close enough to your mouth or using the phone in very loud environments.
Try using the phone normally i.e. not in speaker phone mode where performance is worse and you annoy everyone within earshot. You can also try disabling noise reduction in the settings menu. Infrequently you may have water, dirt or your finger (when you hold the phone) obscuring the microphone hole on the bottom of the phone.
It's also possible to tweak the mic volume in the service menu /audio submenu. A forum search will explain the details if you wish to try that.
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fffft said:
Very unlikely to be a hardware problem. Usually it's a user error e.g. not holding the phone close enough to your mouth or using the phone in very loud environments.
Try using the phone normally i.e. not in speaker phone mode where performance is worse and you annoy everyone within earshot. You can also try disabling noise reduction in the settings menu. Infrequently you may have water, dirt or your finger (when you hold the phone) obscuring the microphone hole on the bottom of the phone.
It's also possible to tweak the mic volume in the service menu /audio submenu. A forum search will explain the details if you wish to try that.
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HI, thanks for the info.. i have seen almost the same in the forum and outside like here http://droidtricks.blogspot.ae/2011/09/how-to-increase-or-boost-low-microphone.html
Is this still valid ?
Same issue with me
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Hey guys just got my S5 and I am told that the mic volume is quote low by people I speak to. Is this normal or I have a faulty device on my hands
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I have the same problem on the same device - but from all the googling I did - It turns out it a common problem with the S5 (single or dual SIM).
So far I did not find any solution to the problem...
Please share if you had any luck?
I am even considering widening the hole of the microphone (it is about 30% narrower then the S4), I do not care that much of the water protection...
Solved!
Happy to report I solved my low mic. problem!
Unfortunately it compromises the waterproofing, but I gladly sacrificed it!
I did poke in the microphone hole with a tin wire about 3-4 mm into the hole. I did not feel any resistance, but apparently I broke the waterproofing membrane on the microphone hole.
Now people can hear me even when I am whispering! I am so happy with my phone! (at one point I was thinking of replacing it because of the muffled mic.!)
The membrane I am talking about can be seen on the middle frame over the mic. hole on the attached picture.
Please if you do what I did - be careful, it might damage the microphone...
armsel said:
Happy to report I solved my low mic. problem!
Unfortunately it compromises the waterproofing, but I gladly sacrificed it!
I did poke in the microphone hole with a tin wire about 3-4 mm into the hole. I did not feel any resistance, but apparently I broke the waterproofing membrane on the microphone hole.
Now people can hear me even when I am whispering! I am so happy with my phone! (at one point I was thinking of replacing it because of the muffled mic.!)
The membrane I am talking about can be seen on the middle frame over the mic. hole on the attached picture.
Please if you do what I did - be careful, it might damage the microphone...
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Hi armsel,
Good Spot!!! thanks for sharing the trick. I am having the same problem with my and I wish to follow your procedure in my phone.
Please provide more information with detailed steps and screen shots because I'm little confused in figured out microphone hole why because found two holes in bottom and top of the phone. I knew its my own risk and don't consider about waterproof.
Thanks in advance...
Tvm G said:
Hi armsel,
Good Spot!!! thanks for sharing the trick. I am having the same problem with my and I wish to follow your procedure in my phone.
Please provide more information with detailed steps and screen shots because I'm little confused in figured out microphone hole why because found two holes in bottom and top of the phone. I knew its my own risk and don't consider about waterproof.
Thanks in advance...
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Your primary microphone is the one on the bottom - next to the USB port (the top microphone is used for noise cancellation and you can leave as it is). You only need to poke the bottom one. Be gentle - if you feel resistance - don't push (I did not feel any resistance as far as I can remember). Test afterwords and see if there is an improvement - if not, try to penetrate little bit further (I believe I went something like 3, maybe even 5 mm in).
Best way to test - if you have another phone and call it on Viber (I did that with my wife galaxy S4 mini). And leave your next to a radio set with talk show on.
Good luck! :good:
Solved!!!
armsel said:
Your primary microphone is the one on the bottom - next to the USB port (the top microphone is used for noise cancellation and you can leave as it is). You only need to poke the bottom one. Be gentle - if you feel resistance - don't push (I did not feel any resistance as far as I can remember). Test afterwords and see if there is an improvement - if not, try to penetrate little bit further (I believe I went something like 3, maybe even 5 mm in).
Best way to test - if you have another phone and call it on Viber (I did that with my wife galaxy S4 mini). And leave your next to a radio set with talk show on.
Good luck! :good:
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Hi armsel,
Problem is solved now !!! Microphone is working fine now my voice is audible.
Poked with small needle at least 3mm to 4mm and test my voice with voice call and some messenger apps works fine :good:
I am wondering how you got this trick bcos searched whole web but could not get a right solution.
Great help and Thanks Man...
Been noticing that I say ok Google at the top of the phone and nothing happens then say it at the bottom and it works. Tested with the phone in safe mode and it still happened. If i block the bottom microphone it can't pick up anything. Anyone else can test this to see if they have the same issue or if it's just me that got a defective device.
Thanks in advance
I think the top microphone is for noise cancelation. So I think it's normal.
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It was my understanding that they both pick up sound and noise cancel between them. That's the way it's been on other phones I have had.
Tried mine, and it is the same as yours.
I also tested it by using the voice recorder app, speaking into the top microphone while covering the bottom mic and then playing back to see if it is picking up sound. The playback was very quite. However it works normal when using the bottom mic.
Additional info, the phone user guide indicates that the voice recorder app has two modes of operation - standard and interview. In interview mode both top and bottom mics are in operation. I put the voice recorder app into interview mode and run the same test ( covering the bottom mic and speaking into the top mic) , this time the playback was loud and clear.
So it might be that in normal operation the top mic operates in noise cancellation mode as suggested above.
The bottom mic is designed to take your voice input. The top mic is designed to hear ambient noise, and subtract that information from the signal the bottom mic sends to the phone, reducing the amount of noise on your call or recording. That's the way all my phones with a noise cancelling mic work.
It works with the voice recorder
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Been noticing that I say ok Google at the top of the phone and nothing happens then say it at the bottom and it works. Tested with the phone in safe mode and it still happened. If i block the bottom microphone it can't pick up anything. Anyone else can test this to see if they have the same issue or if it's just me that got a defective device.
Thanks in advance
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Hello, the top mic works with voice recorder when you choose the "interview" mode from the 3 options on top.
I know for sure that both mic works on mine. I don't know whether some apps will use the top mic only for noise cancelation, as others have mentioned.
I used an app called "Easy Voice Recorder Pro" and enabled Stereo recording in the settings in this app. The top mic works as left, and the bottom one works as right. You can try gently rubbing your fingers over the mic area to see if it picks up the sound and play it back wearing a headphone.
As others are saying.
The top moc is use for phone calls.
You can use the top mic for interview mode.
This is all normal
I'm using several devices, (mostly Note 3 and iPhone), and now being a proud owner of the S7 Edge there's just one thing annoying me. If I record a video, or a spoken note (stock voicerecorder), and I play this back, in my opinion the volume is too low. I tested this with the three devices next to each other, put the volume on all three devices at the same level (from hearing point of view), and recorded a video and a audio note. If I play this back, the playback volume of the S7 Edge is way lower than the volume on the other two devices, (and as mentioned, the hearing volume on all three devices is on the same level). Does anyone recognize this issue with their S7 Edge?
There must be some setting available in the "Setting Option" from main menu. Did you check it?
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There must be some setting available in the "Setting Option" from main menu. Did you check it?
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The Settings are more for the playback volumes, and that's fine. If I play a youtube video, game, or a video I recorded with my previous phone, or just an mp3, the sound is fine. The Volume levels have almost the same output on the S7 Edge as my Note 3. It's just when I record with this device, and than play that back.
If I open the voicerecorder on the S7 Edge, and talk directly (very close) to the Mic, you see the 'spikes' on the equalizer just reaching half of the maximum. From this close I would expect this to give a maximal spike. And of course, also this sounds very poor, much less compared to the other devices.
Can you find such a setting, for the Mic only?
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I'm using several devices, (mostly Note 3 and iPhone), and now being a proud owner of the S7 Edge there's just one thing annoying me. If I record a video, or a spoken note (stock voicerecorder), and I play this back, in my opinion the volume is too low. I tested this with the three devices next to each other, put the volume on all three devices at the same level (from hearing point of view), and recorded a video and a audio note. If I play this back, the playback volume of the S7 Edge is way lower than the volume on the other two devices, (and as mentioned, the hearing volume on all three devices is on the same level). Does anyone recognize this issue with their S7 Edge?
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I returned my last phone cause the microphone was so low.... We have 3 in the house hold 1 gold one that records super loud and a black and silver that are almost identical...... The way I test it is to set them in front of a tv/radio and use the voice recorder... The gold one picks up alot of sound but the other two not as much.... I'm guessing their are a couple faulty devices but could also be a water proofing issue.....
Edit* also noticed voice recorder volume might record higher then video volume... Or the way I hold the phone... Does the microphone record from the top hole or the bottom hole?or both..... How is call volume? Can people hear you loud enough?
Galaxy S7 edge
Kjc99 said:
I returned my last phone cause the microphone was so low.... We have 3 in the house hold 1 gold one that records super loud and a black and silver that are almost identical...... The way I test it is to set them in front of a tv/radio and use the voice recorder... The gold one picks up alot of sound but the other two not as much.... I'm guessing their are a couple faulty devices but could also be a water proofing issue.....
Edit* also noticed voice recorder volume might record higher then video volume... Or the way I hold the phone... Does the microphone record from the top hole or the bottom hole?or both..... How is call volume? Can people hear you loud enough?
Galaxy S7 edge
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According to the user manual the voice recorder app will record using both top and bottom mics when it is set to interview mode- see following extract
Changing the recording mode
On the Apps screen, tap Samsung → Voice Recorder.
Select a mode from the top of the voice recorder screen.
• STANDARD: This is the normal recording mode.
• INTERVIEW: The microphone is sensitive to sounds from two directions. In this mode,
both the top and the bottom of the device pick up equal amounts of sound.
I know and expected the volume to be somewhat lower than my note 1 and note 3 which I just upgraded from 2 days ago, due to the phone being waterproof they must have something over the speaker to avoid damage from water but mine seems to be pretty decent. I have the silver SD820 from att. I would think the mic has some kind of water protection also, maybe there's some issue with some of them.
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How is call volume? Can people hear you loud enough?
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That is the strangest part. I made some testcalls with my Note 3 and the S7 Edge, and according to my wife (who I callled ), the volume somewhat the same from both devices. I did not speak loud, just normal.
The problem occurs with stock Voicerecorder and when I record a video with the stock Camera app. Here I hear a big difference on my Note 3 + iPhone, which have the almost the same output volume, (and off course used 'their' stock apps) and the S7 Edge which clearly has a much lower volume output.
I also tested the Interview mode, and the output volume is even lower...
Maybe it's time to go to Samsung support!
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That is the strangest part. I made some testcalls with my Note 3 and the S7 Edge, and according to my wife (who I callled ), the volume somewhat the same from both devices. I did not speak loud, just normal.
The problem occurs with stock Voicerecorder and when I record a video with the stock Camera app. Here I hear a big difference on my Note 3 + iPhone, which have the almost the same output volume, (and off course used 'their' stock apps) and the S7 Edge which clearly has a much lower volume output.
I also tested the Interview mode, and the output volume is even lower...
Maybe it's time to go to Samsung support!
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According to Samsung Support it's normal that the S7 Edge has a lower volume since it's made waterproof. So all the S7's must have this. I can imagine that there is a little loss, but in my case it's a lot of lower compared with my other devices. The only advice was to use a 3rd party app to control the microphone volume.
Any advices?
I also have call volume problem too. My girlfriend always told me, she can't hear enough. Very low call volume compare with Note2 (my old smartphone).