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Hi, I have used Xperia S for several months and I found it beautiful and convenient to use.
After updating to 4.0.4, I started testing on all functions of Xperia S and it really improved on ICS!
However, when I tested the video capturing function, the video quality is vivid, sound quality is clear but I noticed that it is mono sound when I listened on my earphone.
I am finding whether there is a setting for me to change the mic from mono to stereo but I can't.
I know that there is a way to modify the quality and sound channels by editing system files but it requires Root.
Does anyone know whether I can have stereo sound in video recordings or will Sony make my dream come true? It's really disappointing to know that a flagship model (at least in 2012 first season) have no stereo sound recording....
If there is only one microphone in the phone, how would you get stereo recording?
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Can you name a phone for me that 'in 2012' can record true stereo? You can create a 'fake' stereo effect with various apps I think, but a true stereo recording device doesn't exist yet....
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avindal said:
If there is only one microphone in the phone, how would you get stereo recording?
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There are two microphones on xperia s, one on the botom and one beneath the speaker.
axlina said:
There are two microphones on xperia s, one on the botom and one beneath the speaker.
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Hehe yes
Btw,try to go in test mode for your mic record "stéréo"
And see if all it ok
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There are two microphones on xperia s, one on the botom and one beneath the speaker.
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Exactly...there are two mics on Xperia s and why Sony enables only one instead of two?
And I think a 2012 flagship model should have 2 channels recording since most 2011 and even 2010 models have it like GS2 N8 etc.
kaosdroid said:
Hehe yes
Btw,try to go in test mode for your mic record "stéréo"
And see if all it ok
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Sorry I can find stereo speaker test but no stereo Mic test :-(
Hi.I. Spotted same problem already! . I recorded video using in the same time Sony Xperia S and Sony Xperia Play then while recording I moving around my another phone with some music played on. Xperia Play sound playback is much much better with very good stereo! I may upload two videos soon if I still have it on my laptop....
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sonic_boom said:
Hi.I. Spotted same problem already! . I recorded video using in the same time Sony Xperia S and Sony Xperia Play then while recording I moving around my another phone with some music played on. Xperia Play sound playback is much much better with very good stereo! I may upload two videos soon if I still have it on my laptop....
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You've proven want I said before and I don't really understand why a dual core, 2012 model have no stereo recording but older models have it.
The quality of Xperia S's mic is good but it is not the same thing and unusable when it is only mono since I want to record my journey to complete my assignment using Xperia S... Stereo and mono are far too different and irreplaceable.
Is this true! damn it! dont want no mono audio! why the Fudge the did this! bastards.
TRY LG camera App, Choose Record in stereo, if its works, it works, if its force closes it is disabled by the ics update.
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Try the LG camera app from Gplay and try stereo setting, if it crashed it aint working as disabled by ICS update.
if it works, u can root phone and manage some files to force it to record in STEREO
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Is this true! damn it! dont want no mono audio! why the Fudge the did this! bastards.
TRY LG camera App, Choose Record in stereo, if its works, it works, if its force closes it is disabled by the ics update.
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Try the LG camera app from Gplay and try stereo setting, if it crashed it aint working as disabled by ICS update.
if it works, u can root phone and manage some files to force it to record in STEREO
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Hey, LG camera rocks and it can record stereo sound
plus its focusing and setting are great and detailed
Thanks for helping!! :good:
Confused?
all my vids i've done come out of two speakers or Stereo as well call in the trade.
The phone has two mikes as one is used to cancel out background sound.
EG: out in the wind, want to call your misses , all she will hear are your wonderful tones and not the howling gale your are ( trying ) to stand in .
SONY XPERIA S NO STEREO proof
here we go. i just finished my video - ENJOY
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here we go. i just finished my video - ENJOY
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The video is really well-made!
And Xperia play have a pair of good mic...
Should we report to Sony to tell them to enable the stereo recording?
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here we go. i just finished my video - ENJOY
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The difference is clear on the sound, and on the video quality too.
also you can here stupid noise in background on 2nd videos, some guy just cleaning all windows etc in our apartments complex using karcher
This is so poor.
I am really disappointed.
Sony has really fcuked up software department.
How the f...c such a company can release GOOD upgrade and than that crappy one!!!
Damn they will be always minor on the market and with so many problems they create
I wish them THE WORSE.
I mean - they work on this upgrade for MONTHS!!!
And still screw it.
Was it stereo before ICS update?
I think so, I'm going to find a video that would be obvious.
Edit: nope, it was never stereo.
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It is because the ics update.
In arc the video recording was stereo until ics update came and the video recording has been turned to mono
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Hi mates ! I know that camera problem has been solved. But Im facing another weird problem since .54 update. Sound seems like cracking I'll try to explain exactly what's wrong. When we unlock phone it makes a little sound and when we click on icons also. This sound changes after a while and seems like cracking. Not easy to notice but I swear it makes me crazy. I can fix it for a while by disabling and re enabling xLoud but the sounds cracks again after some times. Does anyone else have this issue ?
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no one?
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Hi mates ! I know that camera problem has been solved. But Im facing another weird problem since .54 update. Sound seems like cracking I'll try to explain exactly what's wrong. When we unlock phone it makes a little sound and when we click on icons also. This sound changes after a while and seems like cracking. Not easy to notice but I swear it makes me crazy. I can fix it for a while by disabling and re enabling xLoud but the sounds cracks again after some times. Does anyone else have this issue ?
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It is not noticeable always, but at times when I route incoming call audio to speaker, there is some crackling in the voice heard. Also, when I use Pixie Dust notification for messages this crackling can be noticed at the start of the sound. This is with xLoud switched on. When I switched it off, there is no crackling sound.
i dont have that problem. just camera but fixed...
Sound crackling issue... It's a known bug for xperia Sola... Now for P too?
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I'm having trouble listening to music through sbh52. When playing music through any application affected by noise.Does anyone have similar problems? How to solve this problem?
guizz_sf said:
I'm having trouble listening to music through sbh52. When playing music through any application affected by noise.Does anyone have similar problems? How to solve this problem?
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Yep,I found the same problems,and i use SBH50.
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Yep,I found the same problems,and i use SBH50.
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Me, phone: c6802, build number: 14.2.A.0.290
I just got my SBH52 and test on ZU, failed to listen to music and I was thinking about the SBH52 device issue.
then I connected the SBH52 to iphone 5 with iOS7. no problem at all.
I think we need Sony to fix this firmware.
hey guys,
just managed to have it work back. simply uninstall the sbh52 app which u download from google play and it would works. but u will lose function of the sbh52.
freddylao said:
hey guys,
just managed to have it work back. simply uninstall the sbh52 app which u download from google play and it would works. but u will lose function of the sbh52.
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I did not have this problem) The device is connected, the music goes ... But with noise
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Me, phone: c6802, build number: 14.2.A.0.290
I just got my SBH52 and test on ZU, failed to listen to music and I was thinking about the SBH52 device issue.
then I connected the SBH52 to iphone 5 with iOS7. no problem at all.
I think we need Sony to fix this firmware.
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I did not have this problem) The device is connected, the music goes ... But with noise
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well, i did a test just now and confirm the sbh52 app in google play cause my issue.
my issue was, i can make and hear call with sbh52, but when need to play any audio source e.g. youtube, spotify, no sound coming out from the sbh52 at all.
after i uninstall the sbh52 app download from google play, reboot and re-pair, music comes back. no the sound is very clear. but after uninstall the sbh52 app, i cant set any sbh52 setting in the Sony Connect app on ZU.
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I'm having trouble listening to music through sbh52. When playing music through any application affected by noise.Does anyone have similar problems? How to solve this problem?
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I don't see any problem about the sound quality so far . But look like after update the new version of "Smart Connect" on Google Play, the connection between ZU and SBH-52 with full function such as phone log, messages...that access on SBH-52 does not establish. Then I've removed the update version and it back to normal again!.
My ZU and SBH52 has same problem (cannot access clock, call log, message, listen music and call only), i have uninstall update of Smart Connect then my SBH52 connected normally
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I have Sony SBH-50 and two devices Nexus 7 2012 (Android 4.4) and Sony Xperia SP (C5302 Android 4.1)
I have similar sound quality issue with my Nexus 7 device but with Sony Xperia SP I have no issues.
Just in case somebody checked BT sound quality on other devices with Androind 4.3+.
Maybe the issue related to Android's BT enhancmets?
Having similar issues my self there is a crackling when running music tracks and pairing up issues too. This all started after the 4.3 update.
I have unistalled and re installed the app couple times but to no positive results.
for me I hear a very slight hickup about every ten minutes when i stream audio over bluetooth, I did not have this before on 4.1
I did a factory reset when I installed the 4.3 and I dont know why this is happenning when I use my iphone on my car stereo it plays flawless
it seems there are issues with bluetooth in 4.3
aptx
I was on. 290 and didn't had any issue with my sennheiser mm400x which has aptx bluetooth profile. Just to let you know
Alright so guys! Today i updated my z2s android to 4.4.4 and.. Sadly I am shocked to see that they removed xloud option from sound settings and that they've completely changed sound settings here and there, this isn't the problem anyway, my problem is that notifications sounds are quite too low like i barely hear my phone! But whenever i play a song or whatever it's fine, apparently it only happens in notifications and alarm. I remember having the same issue when I bought this phone at first and i simply checked x loud and maxed out the equalizer thingies, in sound settings. But now as there's no xloud option there anymore, i cant do much. I hope someone can help me out! Thx in advance. Oh and my device is unrooted if that's needed to be known.
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Same issue here
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Alright so guys! Today i updated my z2s android to 4.4.4 and.. Sadly I am shocked to see that they removed xloud option from sound settings and that they've completely changed sound settings here and there, this isn't the problem anyway, my problem is that notifications sounds are quite too low like i barely hear my phone! But whenever i play a song or whatever it's fine, apparently it only happens in notifications and alarm. I remember having the same issue when I bought this phone at first and i simply checked x loud and maxed out the equalizer thingies, in sound settings. But now as there's no xloud option there anymore, i cant do much. I hope someone can help me out! Thx in advance. Oh and my device is unrooted if that's needed to be known.
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just as you said bro ....Its RIDICULOUSLY LOWWW!!! WE NEED this to be fixed!!!
Another ridiculous user here..
i am having the same issue, i am feeling like receiving the notification sound only from earpiece.
must be fixed soon.. annoying..
Its not really a 4.4.4 issues. Notifications with 4.4.2 had the same problems.
There might come out a sound mod or something soon. Maybe @olokos ' sound mod would still work on 4.4.4? I don't know...
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Yeah there is Click "here"
I don't really like the idea of using both speakers for notifications and ringers. Sony decided for a reason not to play those on the speaker that might be near your ear.
Just updated my mod!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2758189
ANC headphones are now also boosted!
Hi everyone,
does anyone else also have problems with bluetooth audio? I'm using my z5c with two different audio devices (car stereo and a jbl bluetooth box) and the audio signal is stuttering quite often. I tried using different apps (so far Audible and Deezer) and with both I get the stuttering. When I disable and enable bluetooth again sometimes it works fine for a while and then it turns bad again. Most of the times the stuttering is back immediately after reconnecting. The same happens after restarting the app. When I'm switching to headphones or the internal speaker I don't have any stuttering at all.
Any ideas on how to fix this? If it stays with Android 6.0 I might have to send the phone in.
Same, very rare audio gaps with BT and stock player and spotify
farfetch said:
Same, very rare audio gaps with BT and stock player and spotify
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Had that happen a few times. Stuttering not related to distance or other apparent reasons. Also phone slows down like crszy sometimes. I think stock rom is plain ****.
Happens very often when using Garmin Fenix 2 with HR monitor in the same time. If the watch is to close to phone then sometimes I hear nothing - but I think it's Garmin's fault.
Doesn't happen at all in my case
I have not noticed any stuttering while connected to the Bluetooth in my car (Acura TSX) or my Homewerks Bluetooth speakers in my house.
This is CONSTANT for me while using a variety of bluetooth headphones/speakers. Usually if I pause the music for a moment, it'll stop doing it for a while. But it's driving me insane today. I do usually have the phone paired with a Moto 360 as well, but I haven't noticed a difference whether it's connected or not.
Strange. I use BT audio all the time with 3 different BT devices, and never experience stuttering. I do use a 3rd party player (GoneMAD Music Player), not sure if that is part of it.
I had this issue constantly with my Z Ultra, had no issue with my Z3 Compact, after ~4 months started having it constantly with my S6 Edge, and I noticed it twice with my Z5 Compact.
I think it's something Android related rather than something Sony-specific (and definitely not phone-specific).
I use it with a wireless Sony loudspeaker. My z3 compact never stuttered. My z5 compact (with the same speaker) does stutter a little, especially if i hold it. If it's on a table it is fine.
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I don't experience stuttering at all, but I do however have the problem that the audio is too loud... Even on the lowest setting, audio through bluetooth headphones is almost too loud to listen to
Having connected the Z5 Compact to a Sony SBH-20 Bluetooth headset, I can confirm the stuttering issue. With music coming from Play Music the stutter happens sometimes and will not stop appearing until I stop and start the music. This also happens with navigation voices from Maps app.
Is this a Z5 Compact specific error or Android 5.x? My Motorola Razr i (4.4) never had this issue.
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I use it with a wireless Sony loudspeaker. My z3 compact never stuttered. My z5 compact (with the same speaker) does stutter a little, especially if i hold it. If it's on a table it is fine.
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Not sure if this applies to every case, but the stuttering in my case I found out was due to accidentally touching or holding the phone near the fingerprint sensor.
What this generates is a music playback gap (no phone vibration or other sound, which makes hard to understand what is happening). Tested with bluetooth headphones, Sony AS600BT.
I am having all kind of issues using audio on Bluetooth devices... And I have to do the pairing again every time I want to use one of these devices. It never connects automatically. I don't know if the app Throw or Smart connect have something to do with it.
Is this issue commonplace? I regularly use several pairs of Bluetooth headphones to listen to music with my phones. I've never had an issue with any Android devices stuttering over Bluetooth (Not since the Droid X2, anyways.), so I'm concerned by this. I had a Lumia 950 XL that had the issue, but a replacement seemed to solve that.
Just wondering, as I'm expecting my Z5c to be delivered Monday. Sorry for the necro!
I have the same issue with my Sony Z5 Compact, Audio through Bluetooth was working perfectly fine before Android 6.0 Software update, since the update the audio is very choppy/stuttering quite badly, even if the bluetooth earphones/reciever (Sony SBH20) is sat untop of the phone, I have tried different recievers/earphones, tried turning all apps off, turning wifi off, switching bluetooth on/off etc tried different music apps... tried most things, it happens at home/office and happens outside too, so my guess it's a Sony Bluetooth issue that has been effected by the Android Update.
Stuttering/chopping badly here as well... Using BT to a 2016 Volvo. Especially if the phone is used at the same time, no matter the load.
Had no problem before Marshmallow.
it's interesting... the last 5.x update solved the problem on my phone and the marshmallow update didn't change the fact... have you tried to reflash the firmware?
Found a possible solution which at least works temporarily in my case. Stuttering didn't happen since I performed the following:
dar5ar wrote:
Hi everyone,
I resolved Bluetooth audio stuttering on my Z5 Compact by wiping the cache partition.
This can be done the following way:
1. Go to Home screen
2. Press and hold both keys 5 seconds : Power + Volume Up
3. The smartphone should vibrate 3 times when done, and shutdown
4. Power on
The issue should be fixed.
This works on my Z5 Compact, I hope this can help you too.
From: http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperi...-after-marshmallow-update/td-p/1103796/page/8
Dar5ar
zumi_by said:
Found a possible solution which at least works temporarily in my case. Stuttering didn't happen since I performed the following:
dar5ar wrote:
Hi everyone,
I resolved Bluetooth audio stuttering on my Z5 Compact by wiping the cache partition.
This can be done the following way:
1. Go to Home screen
2. Press and hold both keys 5 seconds : Power + Volume Up
3. The smartphone should vibrate 3 times when done, and shutdown
4. Power on
The issue should be fixed.
This works on my Z5 Compact, I hope this can help you too.
From: http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperi...-after-marshmallow-update/td-p/1103796/page/8
Dar5ar
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I saw this at the Sony support forum as well but said method did not help my bluetooth problems