[Q] Creaking sound from Note 2 - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
So I noticed a creaking sound coming from my Note 2 when I flex it. I wasn't flexing it hard, just a gentle bend back and forth. So I took the back cover off to see if it was that, however the creaking sound was still there. I played around with it a bit and found that the sound was being made from the bottom left hand side of the phone (when screen is facing down). This is where the S-pen silo is, and it is the plastic around there that is making the noise. I'm wondering if anyone else has this 'issue' and would it be a problem? thanks

Samsung plastic at work. Normal.if it bothers you a lot get a back cover or stop squeezing

Lol. And the normal use of a phone includes flexing it like that. Oh my
Sent from my Samsung Note II.

Thanks guys, I was just wondering if was going to be an issue, because it didn't really sound good :good:
Hahah the reason I found out about this was from taking my case off the phone. I started flexing the device after I noticed the sound to investigate what it was.

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Dropped G2, Now Speaker sounds weird

Hi everyone.
I accidentally dropped my phone as I was getting out of my car (damn that new coat with all it's pockets!).
Now I noticed that at full volume, the speaker is really hard to understand, and at about 1/3 volume it becomes clearer- but the person becomes harder to hear in terms of loudness.
At full volume it's as though the person on the other side is talking with their lips on the mic and really loudly.
Does anyone know if it's possible to replace the speaker, or what could have caused this? I am familiar with taking the phone apart. I've done it a number of times, but I'm just wondering if it even makes sense to try at this point.
thnx
EDIT: I found this.
http://www.repairsuniverse.com/htc-desire-z-earpiece-speaker-replacement.html
anyone install one of these? requires desoldering, I guess?
I dont think it requires anything really besides opening. I believe that when I swapped my spring the speaker is on the back side of the phone and the entire motherboard is seperate on front side.
thanks scott.
you're correct. no soldering. it has two spring-bent type contacts and it looks like there is a metal bracket around the speaker that has 4 indentations to hold the speaker down over 4 small cavities in the speaker body.
should be easy.
and i found it for 2 bucks to boot!
Yea, replacing the speaker is very easy. First take off the back (4 screws) and then I think there is one more screw to get the speaker loose. But I don't remember exactly. Might be none.

Loose Front Cover

Hello everyone
I just bought a Galaxy Nexus last week and I am so far very satisfied with it.
But I do have one problem with the build quality.
At the front top, with the speakerphone and front facing camera, the plastic seems a bit loose, I can push it inward a bit and it will creak.
If I will push it inward with some force it will stay there solidly for a bit, but after a while it while go out again. I'd think it should remain flush with the case in any case. I check the screws under the battery cover already, and everything there seems to be fine, nothing is loose, so I have no other idea what might cause that.
Is this a common issue, or does anyone else here have this problem? Anyone know a possible fix?
I heard about this problem when I bought my GN (it was last year in December). It is the adhesive which is supposed to keep the glass and the LCD beneath together that fails to do its job. I recommend you bringing the phone back to the store from where you bought it for a replacement. That's what I would do.
Do you have any source of that?
I did not read anything like that yet.
And I don't think that is really the problem, the screen and glass seems to be well connected, it's that it separates from the casing.

Question about "loose" speaker grills

Wondering if others have noticed that the speaker grills on the sides of the new note 10.1 are loose- ie if you tip it on the sides can you tap the speaker grills and they kinda move back and forth? Not a big issue, just wondering if it was just my device or if they are all like this? Appreciate the feedback.
94scorp said:
Wondering if others have noticed that the speaker grills on the sides of the new note 10.1 are loose- ie if you tip it on the sides can you tap the speaker grills and they kinda move back and forth? Not a big issue, just wondering if it was just my device or if they are all like this? Appreciate the feedback.
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Mine is like that too, but it doesn't bother me. I didn't notice it until I read it somewhere else on the forums.
Mine do not seem to move at all so its not all of them.
94scorp said:
Wondering if others have noticed that the speaker grills on the sides of the new note 10.1 are loose- ie if you tip it on the sides can you tap the speaker grills and they kinda move back and forth? Not a big issue, just wondering if it was just my device or if they are all like this? Appreciate the feedback.
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Mine is like that too. Not a big issue for me either.
One of my Notes does that, I took a small piece of tape and used it on both edges and they don't move anymore. It helps my ocd lol.
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Mine don't move
mine rattles if I tap it. s I ddon't tap it, lol.
Not having this issue everything is stuck like it supposed to be.
madsquabbles said:
mine rattles if I tap it. s I ddon't tap it, lol.
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yea thats like mine, only moves if i touch it
I have the same issue with one of the speakers, and both the power and volume buttons. There is enough of a loose fit, that any touch results in a metal clanking type noise. Rather disappointed at the build quality. My first Galaxy Tab (two years and running) has never had any of these build quality issues.
ChrisNee1988 said:
yea thats like mine, only moves if i touch it
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I recommend you do something because my speaker is nice and tight when I touch it
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mine only clacks if i tap it. but my tap is louder than the click and i generally don't spend my time tapping my tablet.
My tablet does not have this problem. Well ... it did not have any loose speaker grills last night. However, today the right grill is now loose. I have been treating this thing very carefully as I do not have a case for it yet. So nothing traumatic happened to it that would cause the grill to become loose.
I have two 32 GB tablets and the speakers are not loose.
Mine actually felt I don't know where and I cannot find it.
I wanted to fix that, so I contacted Samsung support. I'll skip the disappointing conversation with the support person, but at the end my best option according to the tech support is to go to samsungparts.com and buy it there.
I put all the info there, but I cannot find the specific one that actually is required. Has anyone replace this part? If so, which part should I buy?
Thanks

[Q] Back cover creak.

Hello there!
I bought my xperia m 10 days ago, and i am pleased so far, except for one thing..
I noticed yesterday that the removable cover has started creaking, especially on the side with no buttons where the usb port is.
Has anyone else noticed that with their device? Is this something that inevitably happens after a while, or should i try to get it replaced because of a defect?
Yes, it started happening a few days after I bought or... If it happens to others too, I'll assume it's inevitable
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Hmm I see..
Well I thought I'd ask because if it is something that is going to happen anyway, i will not bother taking it to the store.
They will have to send the phone to the service center and all that fuss just to replace the back cover, so it is not worth it.
If someone else can also confirm that this is the case with their phone I will be assured.
My phone also makes noises when pushed, most at top right and bottom left corners.
Well I take it there is nothing I can do about it then, so no point in returning it, I will have to live with it...
It is a shame though, because other than that the phone is outstanding in terms of value, I see no reason to spend any more that what I spent on this. It hits the sweet spot for me in the price/performance scale.
Has anyone found any solution to this problem?
I have tried putting little pieces of paper at the hotspots (bottom left and below the usb port in my case) but I had little success...
I am also curious to hear reports from others, maybe a silicon case can lessen the issue...
Cassius Away said:
Has anyone found any solution to this problem?
I have tried putting little pieces of paper at the hotspots (bottom left and below the usb port in my case) but I had little success...
I am also curious to hear reports from others, maybe a silicon case can lessen the issue...
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I have silicone case, it is the same. I am thinking about using thin layer of hotglue. It can be peeled of easily.
After some experimenting I found that putting a small piece of paper (3mm tall and about 3cm long) between the phone and the cover eliminated the major creaks that where in the lower-middle left side of my phone. I just folded a piece of printer paper in two and cut it to the above dimensions. If you try it make sure to put it in a way that does not block the small plastic clips that clip on the phone.

Notes frame coming unglued ??

Just under the volume button is popping out. After about a month or so thinking it was the case - I just put on a Samsung stock case and I believed it was not attached to the phone. Turns out, today I was looking a little deeper and the glass screen is bowing up from the bottom. Another words, you can push with your thumb on the back cover and it will bulge up while the frame stays. Never been dropped or even hardly carried.
Anyone else seen or heard of this?
Nobody had any issues of the glass pushing up in the middle left side of the phone under the volume button. I might as well play the lotto then......or not.
Ok, looks like my battery is a bit swollen and may have caused it??? Anyone else notice anything?
Mines been fine
I have had mine since last November, It has been in an Otterbox for the better part of six months, I have not noticed anything like you are describing.
My phone is awesome. So is it's condition.

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