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Dust blocking my front speaker.

Hi guys, this phone is a dust magnet. My front speaker grill is blocked by some dust... Any safe way to clean this?
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give this a go
John.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...leaner&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
recklesslife85 said:
Hi guys, this phone is a dust magnet. My front speaker grill is blocked by some dust... Any safe way to clean this?
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Haha nice but sadly its the front grill not the back one
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Gently suck on the speaker don't get spit in it though, is this daft or what!
John.

Front facing camera is a lint magnet.
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Problem solved.. I just used a wetwipe. Unblocked now and the speaker still works luckily..
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recklesslife85 said:
Problem solved.. I just used a wetwipe. Unblocked now and the speaker still works luckily..
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Can you give me more details on this.
My HTC One X front speaker is very silent and everyone is telling me it is from dust.

whats wrong with using a hoover?!
crazy, i know.

Tinderbox (UK) said:
give this a go
John.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...leaner&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
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Fookin hilarious app!!! worked a treat on me back speaker :laugh:

I had exactly the same prob. The simple solution for this is to use a toothbrush. Yes you heard it right !! Just use a toothbrush to clean the front speaker grill. Same goes for the rear grill. And I bet, you will be amazed by the result. You will hear ur opposite as loud as it ment to be......
Hope this would help
Sorry for bad English
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I had this issue with my front facing camera. I just used a que tip.
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mickfitz said:
Front facing camera is a lint magnet.
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This really annoys me. I try to forget and sometimes it works but I feel as though you have just reminded me that I am breathing and now I can't think about anything but.
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recklesslife85 said:
Hi guys, this phone is a dust magnet. My front speaker grill is blocked by some dust... Any safe way to clean this?
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The best method hands down is using canned compressed air. It's usually used by computer hardware enthusiasts to remove dust from PCB's, fans and whatnot.
Other than that I have a really tiny fine bristled brush that came with my beard trimmer they also work.

A bit of blu-tac works a charm for the speaker grill, just push it into the holes and the dust will stick as you peel the blu-tac away
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leonforthewin said:
This really annoys me. I try to forget and sometimes it works but I feel as though you have just reminded me that I am breathing and now I can't think about anything but.
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The best method hands down is using canned compressed air. It's usually used by computer hardware enthusiasts to remove dust from PCB's, fans and whatnot.
Other than that I have a really tiny fine bristled brush that came with my beard trimmer they also work.
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Can also say compressed air is the best method. I used an air line at work and its made calls a lot clearer to hear.
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Surely compressed air will just push the debris into the speaker enclosure, which isn't the best solution as far as I can see.

techtechnique said:
Surely compressed air will just push the debris into the speaker enclosure, which isn't the best solution as far as I can see.
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Any enclosure to a speaker is behind, so no but your point is still valid in the sense that it will dislodge anything stuck in the grills/holes and it will end up inside the casing of the phone. This actually happens naturally in all electronic devices.
It's damn near impossible to remove debris from the holes and not have it go inside the phone.

cjm1979 said:
Can also say compressed air is the best method. I used an air line at work and its made calls a lot clearer to hear.
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You may want to regulate the pressure though, too much will tear the speakers apart.

BenPope said:
You may want to regulate the pressure though, too much will tear the speakers apart.
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Yeah! haha We don't want anyone going to their local fuel station and using the compressed air machines there!

Wet wipe and a toothbrush sorted it out for me! Can actually see led now too, forgot how bright it was initially lol!

kash20 said:
A bit of blu-tac works a charm for the speaker grill, just push it into the holes and the dust will stick as you peel the blu-tac away
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Most definitely the way to go.

slide up

What's a good thing to use on the slide up keyboard mine gets stuck and I don't want to ruin it anyone have any ideas?
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Could you explain a little bit?
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When I slide up my keyboard it gets stuck I was wondering if there is a way to lubricate it so it slides normally again
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Ditto.... please help us out...
Mine slides strange since I sat it on the ground while I played sand volleyball.
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ajt1995 said:
Ditto.... please help us out...
Mine slides strange since I sat it on the ground while I played sand volleyball.
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Tear it down and remove the sand.
I'd recommend while you have it apart that the sliding mechanism get blown out with canned air, wiped clean with an alcohol wipe, dried completely, lubed up with spray silicone lubricant on a Q-Tip, and any/all excess silicone wiped with a dry Q-Tip.
Can't find a teardown video, but if you've taken apart one cell phone, you can apply the same principles to pretty much any other. Get some safety pry's, a really small Torx driver, eyeglass repair kit for the philips screws, and rubber-tipped tweezers for any ribbon-locks. Just take it slow and diagram out the entire process on a couple sheets of paper, noting step-by-step.
L4T

Know what I did? Just hold it firmly, and slide it up and down untill it feels normal again... blow on it a lot too.
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I took compressed air and blew it out and now its normal
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jayjayjoker2 said:
I took compressed air and blew it out and now its normal
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good to hear. i once (more than once...) dropped my droid 1 in a puddle and it ended up with silt or some very fine **** in the slider. it would slide ok but just the feel of it, i knew there was junk in there. i put alcohol on the sliders and opened/closed it a few times, applying the alcohol like once a day for about a week then cleaned it out with compressed air. worked great. also worked well when whiskey ended up in there!

ajt1995 said:
Ditto.... please help us out...
Mine slides strange since I sat it on the ground while I played sand volleyball.
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Actually, I figured out that the sand was coming from my pockets. Lol. I knew I was more responsible with my devices than that
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Keeping it clean

I'm sure that others out there have had this same problem. You love your S4 flip cover but hate how dirty it gets inside. Well I just found the solution. Rubbing alcohol! I know it sounds weird but I just tried it and it worked great. I can't take credit, I wish I could. I found an article on Life Hacker about cleaning microfiber couches with it and thought I'd give it a try. Mine was filthy and now looks way better. Any cleaning (even just water) seams to diminish the color a little, but its much better then dirty. I personally had quit using mine but now its happily back on my phone. Hope this helps someone else.
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Just for those wondering, the smell goes away completely after it dries.
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I use alcohol swabs to clean my phone all the time good stuff most definitely gets grease and crap off the screen too and dries extremely fast. Good call man
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dorkdotcom74 said:
I'm sure that others out there have had this same problem. You love your S4 flip cover but hate how dirty it gets inside. Well I just found the solution. Rubbing alcohol! I know it sounds weird but I just tried it and it worked great. I can't take credit, I wish I could. I found an article on Life Hacker about cleaning microfiber couches with it and thought I'd give it a try. Mine was filthy and now looks way better. Any cleaning (even just water) seams to diminish the color a little, but its much better then dirty. I personally had quit using mine but now its happily back on my phone. Hope this helps someone else.
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rubbing alcohol is usually your best friend when it comes to cleaning any type of electronics.

Using to clean my glass protector ..
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Who would of thought fabric too. Especially something as delicate as microfiber.
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Tragic Accident! My fiance dropped her HTC One

Ok so me and my fiance went on a road trip to visit my family for New Years. She accidentally dropped it when getting out if the car. It hit on the bottom right corner and dented it forcing the bottom plate up. I was gonna try to fix it DIY style like I fix everything but I want a few second opinions... I was gonna use a press or something to press it back down. Lol any other ideas?
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Well...personally I would heat that one up and remove it to be replaced by a new grill. Google the part and also check out a couple teardowns. You might be able to reshape that white plastic once the grill is off too. Good thing she didn't get the glass !
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I would take a look at a teardown guide. See if you can get a busted htc one on ebay to replace the back part or just try and bend the section that is bent.
There are some tear down guides on iFixit and also on youtube. Would post links but I don't think that is allowed.

the same exact thing happened to me. Dropped the phone, dented the upper right hand corner. What i did was buy one of those invisible body shield cases and put it on.

I've taken apart a fair number of phones,etc, but after seeing how almost impossible this thing looks to dismantle? Nope. I'll just pay the deductible.
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mmuzzy said:
I've taken apart a fair number of phones,etc, but after seeing how almost impossible this thing looks to dismantle? Nope. I'll just pay the deductible.
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Yeah it looks like a mess. I even watched a video and I would never even attempt to do that, way too scary.
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I'm pretty sure you can't take a one apart without causing damage to the metal. It requires a special tool that only HTC has as far as I know.
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The one got a 1 out of 10 for fixability on some blog Lol I know not to take it apart since it's mostly glued together.
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It's not glued. Just press fit. It has a series of tension clips on the inside and separating them is near impossible without causing damage.
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tylerlawhon said:
It's not glued. Just press fit. It has a series of tension clips on the inside and separating them is near impossible without causing damage.
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Actually I think it's both. Every teardown guide I've seen mentions having to heat up the phone to soften the adhesive. Here is someone on XDA that braved a teardown before sending the phone back for replacement anyway:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2353895

mmuzzy said:
Actually I think it's both. Every teardown guide I've seen mentions having to heat up the phone to soften the adhesive. Here is someone on XDA that braved a teardown before sending the phone back for replacement anyway:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2353895
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I saw one where the dude pulled it apart without heat, and showed there was no adhesive at all. Someone said something in the comments about how it'd be easier to use heat, and apparently this guy had done it both ways and the only difference is that using heat makes it hot as balls and hard to handle.
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Either way I don't want to dismantle this phone.... Lol glue or tension. U think I found the one downside to this phone...
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johnrevival said:
Either way I don't want to dismantle this phone.... Lol glue or tension. U think I found the one downside to this phone...
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You're right ...weddings off!
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Speakers full of sand

I was very disappointed to take my phone out of the pocket and find out that I had sand in there from the beach that went in the speaker's holes any ideas how to gently clean it without damaging the speakers?
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naouris said:
I was very disappointed to take my phone out of the pocket and find out that I had sand in there from the beach that went in the speaker's holes any ideas how to gently clean it without damaging the speakers?
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A very low powered suction device like a small vacuum, or compressed Air in a can.. Just make sure not to apply at full power and use ever so slightly at a distance to just ease it out.