Samsung Galaxy s i9000 Mic sensitivity recording

Eindbaaz · Jul 8, 2010

This is my first samsung. And I think i'm a bit spoiled as a nokia n900 user. But the recorded sound on my samsung galaxy is just horrible in comparison to my n900.

Last night I went to a show of cypress hill here in the Netherlands. And started recording. The video quality is super. Only the noise makes it almost impossible to distinguish any of the songs etc. I mean really horrible.

After some research i found out that users with the samsung omnia had this same issue, and they found a solution wich was adjusting some settings in the hidden menu of the phone.

Is it also possible to adjust these settings in the galaxy s i9000?

Below are the settings for the omnia hd reducing

with phonepad digit *#0002*28346#
then 3) Record
then 04) CamcordARM_AMR (this is volume gain in video record)
Go to
TxMicAmp : 24
digit 18#
and then when you go back will see
TxMicAmp : 25
Then go to
Tx Channel: 18
digit 18#
and then when you go back will see
Tx Channel: 18
To save all changes go back back
6)Backup and will show "Backup OK"

heygrl · Jul 8, 2010

Yeah I noticed the heavy clipping (sounds like static, noise, distortion) in all of the Galaxy S recordings. I haven't really seen anyone else mention it.

However the Omina HD runs Windows Mobile does it not? Totally different OS there..

izmenar · Jul 8, 2010

this should show that menu *#197238640#

shupiuiuma · Jul 18, 2010

Any luck with this? I have opened the service menu, but no idea what to do after that.

BackfireNL · Jul 18, 2010

i also would like a fix for this!

dsjr2006 · Jul 21, 2010

izmenar said:
this should show that menu *#197238640#

Doesn't do anything for me.

coretheory · Jul 21, 2010

still no idea to fix it?

shupiuiuma · Jul 22, 2010

dsjr2006 said:
Doesn't do anything for me.

Try this instead *#*#197328640#*#*

hiko36 · Jul 25, 2010

Any idea what to change these settings to?

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itlab · Jul 28, 2010

I got the same problem when I try to run VOIP application. The noise is so terrible. I can enter "service mode", but I don't know how to setup them either.

dagrim1 · Aug 2, 2010

Same here, video recording is quite useless like this... Went to a concert last evening and video is great but sound is ultimate crap! As in one big pile of noise.

But also when recording a video in the car, with just the radio on, is stretching it... It is at least possible to distinguish different sounds but already distorted.

Such a shame! Any fix for this would be great (and couldn't find much in the servicemode settings unfortunately).

rafaelpinaf · Aug 2, 2010

I'm using the JM2 firmware and the sound of recorded videos is poor.

I wish we found the solution, as I had found on i8910

dagrim1 · Aug 3, 2010

Meh, contacted samsung helpdesk (mail) and got a standard response

'We are currently developing a firmware update, please keep an eye out for it on the samsung website'. (translated from dutch

).

My guess is the firmware update won't fix a thing since it's still present in JM2 but we'll see.

matty___ · Aug 3, 2010

dagrim1 said:
Meh, contacted samsung helpdesk (mail) and got a standard response

'We are currently developing a firmware update, please keep an eye out for it on the samsung website'. (translated from dutch ).

My guess is the firmware update won't fix a thing since it's still present in JM2 but we'll see.

In other words: keep waiting. Saying it will be fixed in next release is the best way to keep customers happy without doing anything
But on the other side maybe with 2. 2 it will be fixed.

Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

dagrim1 · Aug 3, 2010

matty___ said:
In other words: keep waiting. Saying it will be fixed in next release is the best way to keep customers happy without doing anything
But on the other side maybe with 2. 2 it will be fixed.

Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Yup, I know... But what can you do. They prolly also don't know much about the technical stuff.

At least there's a new firmware coming up, I think I'll give JP3 another shot and see if things have improved there.

GwynBleidd · Aug 16, 2010

Hey guys,

anyone tried playing with *#*#197328640#*#* => audio => handset => diamond solution => voice booster? or acoustic shock free? sounds like something related to me, gonna try.

AllGamer · Aug 16, 2010

Eindbaaz said:
with phonepad digit *#0002*28346#
then 3) Record
then 04) CamcordARM_AMR (this is volume gain in video record)
Go to
TxMicAmp : 24
digit 18#
and then when you go back will see
TxMicAmp : 25
Then go to
Tx Channel: 18
digit 18#
and then when you go back will see
Tx Channel: 18
To save all changes go back back
6)Backup and will show "Backup OK"

that's a good tip

can more people confirm if this optimization works well?

if so, then we can put this as a sticky / FAQ / wiki

GwynBleidd · Aug 16, 2010

Disregard my post about Diamond solution, it's for headphones. I'm pretty sure some parts of the service menu => audio => handset could be tweaked to make audio recording better, just need someone who knows what means what.

Bhonka · Aug 17, 2010

There is a way to alter the recording volume during the recording however it requires adb shell and it only lasts for the duration of the remainder of the recording.

GwynBleidd · Aug 17, 2010

nsgtr34 said:
There is a way to alter the recording volume during the recording however it requires adb shell and it only lasts for the duration of the remainder of the recording.

That's something at least, wanna share that?

Also I found a quick and dirty workaround if you wanna record some music before some kind of fix appears - just put your finger on the mic hole while recording ^^

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