Speaker question. - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Okay so I finally installed a new speaker in my evo but they don't sound that loud like the original. Did I do something wrong?
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jacoballen22 said:
Okay so I finally installed a new speaker in my evo but they don't sound that loud like the original. Did I do something wrong?
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Probably.
Why didnt you just take the phone to a sprint store? Your phone has a 1 year warranty for hardware defects like this.

Depends on where you got your speaker from. Was it O.E.M.? I installed one that I purchased and it sounded like ish, so I bought another. I've since replaced it 2 more times and finally got an O.E.M. one from a member here on xda. There really isn't a "wrong" way to put it in.
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There is a wrong way lol when you assume the numbers go right side up you make that mistake. I did that the first time then fixed it. They don't seem as loud but they are clear. I'm still wondering about it though. Bought them from Gc something company. Five of them.
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jacoballen22 said:
There is a wrong way lol when you assume the numbers go right side up you make that mistake. I did that the first time then fixed it. They don't seem as loud but they are clear. I'm still wondering about it though. Bought them from Gc something company. Five of them.
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Well yea, there is that way, lol. As long as the contacts are touching you're good. Not hard though. Pretty straight forward.

The music doesn't sound nice like it did in September. Any solutions or do the speakers just suck?
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jacoballen22 said:
The music doesn't sound nice like it did in September. Any solutions or do the speakers just suck?
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Well its either installed wrong, or the speaker just sucks. The only way to tell is to try a different brand speaker.

jacoballen22 said:
The music doesn't sound nice like it did in September. Any solutions or do the speakers just suck?
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Honestly, I wish I could tell you. This last one I put in was a factory speaker straight from another Evo, O.E.M., and it still doesn't sound right. I know its in right, and the same speaker. It does sound better than the bootleg aftermarket one I bought tho.
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My speakers sound like they are blown any help would be great

Me and my friend we have evos and the speakers sound like crap any fix for this
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New speakers? There are threads with guides to replace them its cheap and easy
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Do you know the link and could you post it thanks
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If you are using a custom kernel try switching back to the stock kernel for awhile and see if it goes away. I've noticed some songs with heavy bass lines will distort when using a kernel with the audio level tweaked.
I almost broke a pair of hundred dollar blue tooth headphones because I thought they were busted only to find out it sounded the same on a pair of regular headphone that I knew were good
If u have insurance on ur phone u can take it to Sprint and they will replace it free. Even if ur rooted. Also if u don't have insurance its 35 bucks
Ignorance is bliss but servitude is its partner
Be careful having your phone around any kind of metal machining/grinding work. The magnet in the speaker will attract any metal dust/particles nearby and the holes in the battery cover and mesh over the speaker opening are too big to stop the smaller stuff. I'm on my third back speaker because of this. Luckily they're easy to change and the place I ordered from sells a minimum quantity of 5 per order.
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New speakers? There are threads with guides to replace them its cheap and easy
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rizzomach said:
Do you know the link and could you post it thanks
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Pretty sure it was a sarcastic joke. If both your phone and your friends phone sound bad, more than likely it isn't a physical problem with the speaker, and if you aren't running the exact same custom kernel, that probably isn't the issue either.
If they speaker never sounded good to you, it is simply that you are just noticing that the 1/2" cell phone speaker sounds like a dog turd, which is sadly to be expected.
The EVO speaker is one of the best phone speakers I have ever heard, most are smaller and even more tinny sounding.
Went to sprint about my speakers and they are giving Me a new one for free......
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Blown speakers...

Uhh speakers got blown lol.. not sure if its vodoo sound or whatever just letting ya know/rant.
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coke32 said:
Uhh speakers got blown lol.. not sure if its vodoo sound or whatever just letting ya know/rant.
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Happens all the time on the Epic. I had to take one back because of it. I see it all the time in our local sprint store.
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Aright chill. Thanks for the heads up man
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coke32 said:
Aright chill. Thanks for the heads up man
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No problem, mine didn't blow all the way. It sounded like a bumblebee in a tin can.
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No problem, mine didn't blow all the way. It sounded like a bumblebee in a tin can.
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haha yea that's about exactly where I'm at
It's not a fun situation... the speaker went in my phone that I had just gotten to replace the previous one when the screen died! I couldn't talk to my gf cause her voice would shriek in my ear in between sounding tinny. It's awesome, I'm on my 3rd Epic, and I have to reset my sensor manually every time i flash with this one... and her original bought the same day as mine works flawlessly :-D. Might want to re-odin to stock before taking it in though... warranty n all.

Random speaker malfunction

Randomly my speaker got grainy with low quality sound. My phone has been no where near water and I haven't dropped it. Do you think this is a random hardware issue and if so is it covered by att warranty?
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Though it won't be much help as I don't remember the thread that I saw it on, but there were a handful of other people that are describing the same issue.
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Damn can't find thread
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Anyone else having cracking noise in their speaker or low quality sound?
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My speaker doesn't sound amazing either and where there should be bass it sounds droned out or something as if you were playing music louder than the speaker can handle.
Yea same with more crackling on lows
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MaStA819 said:
My speaker doesn't sound amazing either and where there should be bass it sounds droned out or something as if you were playing music louder than the speaker can handle.
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Think your speaker blew? I'm guessing that's what's wrong with mine.
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Bodoct said:
Think your speaker blew? I'm guessing that's what's wrong with mine.
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I don't think so unless it came blown out. I don't use my speaker to listen to music ever so unless a ringtone at max volume blew it then that isn't the case. I just don't think the speaker is very good and cannot handle full volume with any song that has any bass.
That happened to me on my Touchpad, when I installed a custom ROM, it "fixed" http itself. Have you tried a reset maybe? Or if you are rooted, flash a new rom?
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Warrior1975 said:
That happened to me on my Touchpad, when I installed a custom ROM, it "fixed" http itself. Have you tried a reset maybe? Or if you are rooted, flash a new rom?
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Do you think it's a rom that's doing it? I mean it didn't sound any louder than normal and then just randomly starting to sound like low quality and the speakers blew. I'll try a new rom or stock soon.
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Not sure, but that's what fixed it for me. I was running the stock ROM, so I doubt it was the ROM. Maybe something that needed to be cleared. Just trying to offer a possible fix, can't hurt to try right?
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I'll try later
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Bodoct said:
Anyone else having cracking noise in their speaker or low quality sound?
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Yes my speaker sounds so bad. I just traded a Nexus 4 for this Note 2 and I like the note 2 more in every way other than the blown speaker. I'd replace it my self if i knew it wouldn't blow again. Let me know if you warranty it.

[WATERPROOFING] - Would you try this with your phone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DZrjXSsfxMQ
They showed an iPhone getting dunked in a bucket of water. Interesting idea. Would anybody ever try this on their phone/tablet/keyboard/laptop?
Now that I took a better look, it's a Sprint iPhone. No better iPhone to dunk in water. Just sayin.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DZrjXSsfxMQ
They showed an iPhone getting dunked in a bucket of water. Interesting idea. Would anybody ever try this on their phone/tablet/keyboard/laptop?
Now that I took a better look, it's a Sprint iPhone. No better iPhone to dunk in water. Just sayin.
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That's really neat technology, but I wouldn't do it to the phone I paid $600 for. To be honest, water damage is the least of my concerns. I'm far more likely to drop it on pavement or gravel.
Kinda like liquipel
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I will buy a ton of those because my little brother eats like a retarded and always drops juice or coca cola on himself lmao.
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Coolest **** ever!
I wasn't this lol.
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uoY_redruM said:
Coolest **** ever!
I wasn't this lol.
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I sure hope you weren't a can of hydrophobic solution!
I remember seeing the first videos for this and thought it seems awesome. Many kinds of possibilities for the stuff. Just wondering how clear of a coating this stuff is, if it'll affect the touch sensitivity much, heat dissipation, and if it'll muffle the speakers and mic.
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My wife works at home depot and she said it's available for like 20 bucks.
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Dude... I am so down for this. I'm gonna try this on my s3 within the next week. No joke. I'll report back when I do.
How much per spray can?
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What about the connectors for battery, sd and sim cards, headphone jack, usb port.....I'm assuming you'd have to scrape the stuff off of where ever there needs to be bare metal for a connection. If anyone does this be extremely careful of the usb/charging port! It can be easily damaged. And this stuff probably won't be easy to get out of a headphone jack if it blocks the connection.
I'm also curious about the effect it has on the sound, but more importantly the mic. Will others be able to hear you as well?
I'm cautiously optimistic with this stuff. It is awesome, but for a smart phone, I don't know. Kinda wonder if they were just using it as an extreme demonstration, like the guy with a screen door in the bottom of the boat. Sure it can be done, but it is never actually recommended you do so.
Not trying to be a downer, just thinking of all the angles to look at before doing a $600 test. Be careful! And good luck! I really do hope it works w/o any issues!
Oh and someone asked about touchscreen sensitivity. They did not apply it to the screen.
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dahunior said:
How much per spray can?
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Homedepot.com sells it for $20 a kit
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I would definitely try it!
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Speakers seem blocked...should I exchange?

Ok so I know there was a thread started on this awhile ago...but I noticed on my one that my speakers seem extremely blocked...would u exchange if u were me? I don't think it's supposed to be like that correct? Also I'm unlocked...does att ever bother checking that stuff if I want to exchange?
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lunercrab said:
Ok so I know there was a thread started on this awhile ago...but I noticed on my one that my speakers seem extremely blocked...would u exchange if u were me? I don't think it's supposed to be like that correct? Also I'm unlocked...does att ever bother checking that stuff if I want to exchange?
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mine was the same a quarter on top and half on bottom took it back to store and got a new phone opened it up and was the same
if you hold the phone to the right you can see there are not blocked
hope that helps a bit
Yeah that's what I was afraid of that it was just a common issue...maybe I'll go by and look at the display for comparison...
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lunercrab said:
Ok so I know there was a thread started on this awhile ago...but I noticed on my one that my speakers seem extremely blocked...would u exchange if u were me? I don't think it's supposed to be like that correct? Also I'm unlocked...does att ever bother checking that stuff if I want to exchange?
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heres mine
lunercrab said:
Ok so I know there was a thread started on this awhile ago...but I noticed on my one that my speakers seem extremely blocked...would u exchange if u were me? I don't think it's supposed to be like that correct? Also I'm unlocked...does att ever bother checking that stuff if I want to exchange?
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Mine is the same. By same, I mean EXACTLY the same, with the exact same holes blocked and unblocked. I'm not concerned though. it still sound fine. Maybe this is normal?
Yeah I never remembered it I've owned 3 M 7 over the past year and never saw that before. I may still exchange it because I notice there's some lag and my bottom buttons aren't very responsive
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The speaker is only under a part of the cover.
Check the ifixit tear down.
The other "unblocked" holes are the mic {on bottom) and notification led (on top}.
chaps said:
Mine is the same. By same, I mean EXACTLY the same, with the exact same holes blocked and unblocked. I'm not concerned though. it still sound fine. Maybe this is normal?
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Well this is because it's NOT a defect, it's made that way, speaker is only under the left side of the grill, on right are other components underneath, so it looks blocked, it's not. :fingers-crossed:
sixstring said:
The speaker is only under a part of the cover.
Check the ifixit tear down.
The other "unblocked" holes are the mic {on bottom) and notification led (on top}.
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For sure. The speakers are only half the length of the grill, if that. Hah nvm pics have been posted
Yeah thanks guys...yeah even on a video review said those holes are just there to make the speaker openings symmetrical looking...
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Thanks for this thread. I had visited my local Verizon store this weekend and asked them about the "blocked" speaker holes and of course they had no clue. But their demo looked just like mine, and just like all the pics posted here. This saved me a call to cust service (which probably would have gone nowhere anyways, lol).

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