My M919 GS4 was fully submerged under water for about 20 minutes. I took it apart and cleaned everything with a toothbrush. I replaced the battery.
The phone now turns on and everything seems to work except I have no 4G and the earpeice and loudspeaker do not work. I ordered a new loud speaker and a new ear speaker. I also ordered a new charger peice where the antenna cable connects and a new blackplate.
Should I order anything else?
Thanks for any help!
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Hello All,
The loud speaker and headphone jack wont work on my T-989 after taking a dip in a lake. Besides those two things the phone completely works after drying it out. After finding out that the headphones and speaker were not working I tried to clean out the circuit board with isopropyl alcohol. Didn't help or hurt anything. I then tried replacing the speaker with a working one from another phone without any luck.
I was thinking that the sound board might have gone out the the dip into the lake but you can still hear voice during calls. Anyone have any ideas what should be done. Is it time for a new motherboard? or is there something else I can do first?
Thanks All.
I've had cell phones for over 20 years and have never broken one... till now. I left my GS3 (i747) in my pants pocket and my wife washed them. I took it apart, dried it out, then cleaned it (I was amazed at the amount of corrosion). After putting it back together, everything worked except for the microphones. All the person on the other end could hear was static and crackling, and that was all I get when using Voice Recorder. It works fine with a headset for calls, however. I replaced the microphones but still have the same issue. I also have the same issue if I disconnect the connector for the headset jack so I assume the problem is in the logic board. I also tried it with the new microphones removed just in case I might have messed them up.
Anyone have any idea what the problem could be? How about what the highlighted device on the attached pic of the logic board is that looks kinda like a microphone, i.e. metal can with a small hole in it?
Thanks
Hello all
I'm hoping for some thoughts/ advice. I managed to put my phone in the wash with my clothes, great - pulled it out after a few minutes so it didn't do the whole cycle . That was a month ago. Its been in the rice, its completely dry and it works perfectly amazingly APART from sound. There is no speaker and no microphone either and the earphones don't work either. I do get a crackle from the main speaker when it starts but its very short. The vibrate works, screen, charging, screen, sim - everything.
I've pulled it apart several times and removed what looked like some corrosion residue from the charger area and the camera. Ear speaker looks fine. The main speaker looks fine. My question is, is it worth me buying a new speaker, earphone jack and ear speaker or does it sound like its pretty much screwed?
thanks for your time
It's probably not the speaker but the electronics that run it. Amp / preamp ect.
HI there
I replaced the usb/ microphone flex in my i9195 and the microphone still fails to work.
The phone was drowned in a dogs bowl by the kids for some time it was pulled apart and dried fully for a few days.
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fter it was dried out it worked all but the mic so I replaced the flex but it still fails to work.
Is there something else I should look for or should I get a new motherboard and swap it ?
it works with the top microphone when using the speaker.
cheers Jono
Hey everyone. I bought a Verizon Note 4 on Facebook. I met the person and he showed me the phone, everything seemed to be fine. It sat on my desk for about 3 days while I waited on a new screen protector and case. A few minutes after turning it on I realized there was no sound from the external speaker. I factory reset and spent the night googling with no results. I contacted the person and they said it worked fine when they had it. So dead end there.
So here's what I've tried: factory reset twice, replaced the speaker, bent the speaker contacts out, blew out the headphone jack, plugged in out a headphone plug, and installed an app that lets you switch between headphones and speaker. The earpiece and Bluetooth audio work fine
Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance
So I guess that's a no...
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My situation with my AT&T Note 4 is a little different, but really recent, so I'll add it to this thread. I got a broken phone and refurb'ed it by putting on a new screen.
Two weeks later I was listening to a podcast through the speaker. After a while suddenly the sound went mute. Also, no OS sounds would play. Rebooting the phone fixed it.
A week later, same activity, listening to a podcast. The speaker stopped playing again and several reboots did not fix it. After disassembling the phone and adjusting the spring clips that touch the speaker, and tightening the screws, it still wouldn't play.
I ordered just a replacement speaker part from eBay and put that in, and the sound was tinny but it played. The speaker is bonded into the housing, so the replacement process involved taking it out with a razor blade and destroying it. I used Go2Glue silicone glue to put the new speaker in and I was left with a tinny speaker that sounded blown.
I ordered a new housing that had the speaker bonded in there from the factory, to do the refurb "the right way" which was a tad more expensive. New speaker, still tinny like the last one. So, I'm not sure what is the deal with the initial speaker sounding fine, but dying on me. Then I get two in a row which sound terrible.
One guess is that the audio chip could have gone bad. Another is that my two new speakers are not genuine Samsung. I found this YouTube video a while back (neat if you have 30 minutes to spare) which shows a Chinese Note 4 clone, which apparently has poorer speakers than the real Note 4.