Galaxy Note 3 Mic issues - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3

My galaxy note 3 mic doesn't work when I try to talk on a call or using Google now. It does work when I record a video so I am wondering if there is multiple mics and what mic would I need to replace for talking on my phone.
Thanks!

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Have you contacted Samsung support? If a mic is not working it sounds like a hardware defect.

Same problem - How I resolved it
Sorry for bumping a kind of old post, but anyway...
I had the same problem with the mic not working on my note 3 since the day i bought it, I bought my Note 3 used off Craigslist, and when I got home I realized that the microphone didn't work on calls, but worked just fine on speaker phone. I was somewhat annoyed by this, thinking I got screwed on craigslist again. But instead of throwing a fit about it, I just ordered another charging port / microphone thinking that would solve the problem. I installed it when it arrived, all excited like, only to find out that this didnt fix the problem. I read several posts on this forum and others, many offering what seemed to be viable solutions, disabling noise reduction, cleaning out the mic hole with a pin and so on, none of these worked, the problem still continued.
So tonight I set out on a mission to find the cause of the problem and i did just that... I started by taking my phone apart so that I could clean the mic hole from the inside as well as cleaning the little screen / filter on the inside of the mic hole and stuff like that, I was working in an area that had awkward lighting (my patio), and so I was having to move the phone in different ways so I could see down around the microphone, while doing that I noticed the light glimmering around the area of the mic hole, on the inside, I looked a little closer and I could see that there was definitely something there. I picked at it with my tweezers and what came up, a piece of clear plastic that resembled the plastic you find wrapped around the edges of new electronics, it was about 1/8in wide and 1" long, and it was covering the mic hole.
After removing the plastic, I reassembled my phone and tested it, now the mic works great. it seems that samsung put this thin plastic there to keep things out of the microphone, and it works well, it keeps everything out of the microphone, including the sound of your voice..
Now my Note 3 is what it was supposed to be from the day I bought it, an awesome phone. Prior to tonight its been a regretful purchase and disappointing upgrade to my Note 2, which I had regretted getting rid of, until now...

My note 3 microphone not working
Hi the same problem.as.from.previous comments could.you.please explain how you.cleaned ur microphone out so.I can see if it works I changed the microphone and still no luck kind regards

Picture of the problem area?
wallyb132 said:
Sorry for bumping a kind of old post, but anyway...
I had the same problem with the mic not working on my note 3 since the day i bought it, I bought my Note 3 used off Craigslist, and when I got home I realized that the microphone didn't work on calls, but worked just fine on speaker phone. I was somewhat annoyed by this, thinking I got screwed on craigslist again. But instead of throwing a fit about it, I just ordered another charging port / microphone thinking that would solve the problem. I installed it when it arrived, all excited like, only to find out that this didnt fix the problem. I read several posts on this forum and others, many offering what seemed to be viable solutions, disabling noise reduction, cleaning out the mic hole with a pin and so on, none of these worked, the problem still continued.
So tonight I set out on a mission to find the cause of the problem and i did just that... I started by taking my phone apart so that I could clean the mic hole from the inside as well as cleaning the little screen / filter on the inside of the mic hole and stuff like that, I was working in an area that had awkward lighting (my patio), and so I was having to move the phone in different ways so I could see down around the microphone, while doing that I noticed the light glimmering around the area of the mic hole, on the inside, I looked a little closer and I could see that there was definitely something there. I picked at it with my tweezers and what came up, a piece of clear plastic that resembled the plastic you find wrapped around the edges of new electronics, it was about 1/8in wide and 1" long, and it was covering the mic hole.
After removing the plastic, I reassembled my phone and tested it, now the mic works great. it seems that samsung put this thin plastic there to keep things out of the microphone, and it works well, it keeps everything out of the microphone, including the sound of your voice..
Now my Note 3 is what it was supposed to be from the day I bought it, an awesome phone. Prior to tonight its been a regretful purchase and disappointing upgrade to my Note 2, which I had regretted getting rid of, until now...
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Hi, thanks for great troubleshooting.
I was hoping you have a picture of the problem area, since I have an issue with my speakerphone. People cannot hear me properly when on speakerphone. I may have to fix the microphone as well on my good old Note 3.

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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.

Phone case causes echo

Its been a while since someones posted about this, its not like this is brand new but id like to see if i could get help bringing resolution to this. Ppl who call me or who i call hear themselves echoing like mad, speakerphone seems to stop it, but the only way to make it go away on the handset is to remove the phones case.
Its said the noise reduction feature is the cause, but I found that to not be the case. Its only happened since flashing racings ICS. Has anyone found any work arounds? I've searched and came up empty
so there was no problems with other ROMs?
if not then it's not the phone, i've read up on couple instances that it was the phone's fault.
Have you tried making a fresh wipe? Maybe that will help some things.
Remember when you put it on speakerphone.. the microphone is on the TOP of the phone, so the handset mic and the speakphone mic are completely different. maybe fiddle around with the case on the bottom where the mic is and see if that fixes it.
No one reported any issues to me with any other rom, may have to try wiping a few things. Either that or take an exacto knife to my case
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Ren, now earpiece vibrates / rattles during call?

I had to replace the screen and digitiser on my TP2 after shutting it in the boot of a car (clever huh?). I accomplished the swap surprisingly easily after buying a pre-built screen and digitiser from Hong Kong for about £25. It even came with a spudger to help me take it apart I followed a few guides, including this iFixit one, which greatly helped.
Frustratingly though after putting it all back together and making a test call, the earpiece rattles during calls. Not a lot, but enough to make me want to fix it; applying gentle pressure to a certain top part of the bezel reduces the rattle a little bit but I've taken it apart three times and taped up various sections now to see if stops the problem. Unfortunately, no such luck.
Is the earpiece rattle something to do with inadequate insulation (or the ribbon cable running down the back of the screen)? Everything's sandwiched in pretty tight and I've reapplied electrical tape to what I think are the key areas. I've also padded the top area where the earpiece comes through the metal mesh and I've stuck the mesh down with doublesided tape so it can't move about. The problem persists though...
Everything else works fine, and the speaker also works perfectly with no vibrations or rattles (even though I also took that bit apart to inspect it) so I can't figure out why just the earpiece is rattling. Anybody taken their Touch Pro2 apart, had the same problem and solved it?
I have torn apart probably 3-4 TP2 screens and never had anything rattle. Did you lose a screw in there by chance? That is the only thing that would be small enough to rattle in there I think.
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Where to buy fine mesh dust shield behind speaker grills?

Hi new here. I've had my ONE m7 now for over a year. I work in a machine shop and never had any problems with iron filings on the speakers until after I sent it in to HTC to get the purple/pink tint out of the camera. I sent it in to their Houston facility. Free repair. I was delighted to see it working well in low light upon return. Took it to work with me like I always do and within a few days discovered I could no longer hear anybody on the phone. Not only that but during music playback the top (left) speaker was very low volume with a buzzy sound to it. So I sent it back to HTC . This time to their Memphis facility and was reluctant to pay their usual $90 fee. But paid anyway. Got the phone back and it worked great for about a day. Then the same thing happened: top speaker very low volume on calls and music plus buzzy. Decided I wasted my $90 and wasn't going to do that again so got brave and carefully opened it up. I found the top speaker covered in iron filings but the bottom speaker which still worked great was not. So why is this? Turns out the fine mesh screen that is behind the grills was missing over the top speaker but still intact on the bottom. I cleaned the chips off the top speaker and now it works well again but I do need to replace that fine mesh screen. Where can I get one? I searched eBay, amazon and googled the internet to no avail. Checked suppliers like ETrade supply with no luck. Ebay sure sells a lot of what looks similar for iphone 4 but nothing for the HTC One. Thought about using old panty hose material but don't think that would work as well and rather use the right thing. Help please.

Samsung S9 echo problems after battery replacement

Hi
I just replaced the battery on my Samsung Galaxy S9 phone. After the battery replacement people calling me (regular phone calls) complaints about hearing an echo of their selves. I'm able to fix this by removing the back glass cover (the one that is glued on) but as soon as I put the back glass cover back people calling me hear them selves again. So I'm not sure if I have broken anything on the back cover itself when I replaced the battery or if I have broken anything related to the speaker or mic here? If I put people on speaker there is no echo, and if I use bluetooth headset everything is working fine as well.
I'm guessing this is hardware related so the question is which hardware component I should replace here?
Any suggestions is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
lacasette said:
Hi
I just replaced the battery on my Samsung Galaxy S9 phone. After the battery replacement people calling me (regular phone calls) complaints about hearing an echo of their selves. I'm able to fix this by removing the back glass cover (the one that is glued on) but as soon as I put the back glass cover back people calling me hear them selves again. So I'm not sure if I have broken anything on the back cover itself when I replaced the battery or if I have broken anything related to the speaker or mic here? If I put people on speaker there is no echo, and if I use bluetooth headset everything is working fine as well.
I'm guessing this is hardware related so the question is which hardware component I should replace here?
Any suggestions is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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Seems some kind of crosstalk related to mic or antenna. You shouldn't have reapired by yourself.
So a replacement of the antenna and charging coil module could potentially fix this? If so I think that is a bit odd since both wireless charging and antenna coverage seems to be OK. Also, as I've mentioned there are no echo if I remove the back cover.
ZoiraP said:
Seems some kind of crosstalk related to mic or antenna. You shouldn't have reapired by yourself.
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rather presumptuous of you to say that they shouldnt have repaired it themselves.
lacasette said:
So a replacement of the antenna and charging coil module could potentially fix this? If so I think that is a bit odd since both wireless charging and antenna coverage seems to be OK. Also, as I've mentioned there are no echo if I remove the back cover.
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many of the mics ive seen while doing the many repairs ive done have little rubber footings or adhesive foam rubber isolation material around or on them, did you get all of the stuff put back where its supposed to go?
I took another look at the rubber footing of the mic that you mentioned. I also noticed the little "rubber net thing" on right hand side of the mic seems a bit melted - not sure if this could play any part?
Again, what is really puzzling is that the error occurs only after I've firmly put some pressure on the back cover after mounting it (so that it is glued back on). If I loosely put it on people don't hear the echo of them selves.
Any idea?
ps. I've got some pictures of the inside of the phone but since I'm new to this forum I'm not able to post pictures yet. Please let me know if there are any other methods of sharing the photos and I'll be glad to share.

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