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.
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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
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.
This started recently, only actually noticed it as my phone last night. I was watching a YouTube video and the audio just quit. I checked other audio and it wasn't working either. I smacked the back of my phone and it started working, like the jack was initialized while empty. I have been using a stereo on a moped with my phone in the seat, and it had been cutting out a lot, assuming from this issue and minor bouncing about in the seat. Given the way this phone is designed, j didn't think a little vibration and bouncing would hurt anything. Unless steam from having my phone in the shower (not directly in water, just in the shower) caused the damage. Also have YouTube pause framing while audio plays but I think that's software.
Mine is working fine, never had issues... and though I can't offer a fix... I can sadly assure you that repetitive vibrations to electronic devices can cause mechanical connection failures.
Watch a video of a tear down of an s7 (or really any other smart phone) and look at how small the tacks of solder are on the headphone jack to wire connection.
It is quite possible that the connection is starting to crack inside loose.
As a side note, when on a motorcycle or scooter it's better to have the phone held in a pocket or backpack then directly against the bike... there is a vibration absorption that happens through you from the bike... having it directly on the bike means the item is more directly vibrated continually.... and thus more likely to be damaged from vibrations.
Got the phone today and the jack doesnt work, unless i hold the plug in by hand.
Good thing i ran in to this thread or i wouldnt have checked it for a week.
Update:
Turns out that the jack is very stiff and i have to force the phone plug every single time in to the jack. It works fine, just very stiff.
I have had a problem with distorted audio from both speakers for a long time now. It sounds like the speakers might be cracked but it seems dubious that both the bottom and top one should crack at the same time. At first I thought it was a software issue as it started to appear around the time I rooted the phone and put a ROM on it (LeeDroid). However, when I restored it to stock now via a RUU-zip and subsequently updated it to Nougat, the problem is still there. The distorted audio is present in all kinds of audio playback – music, alarms, ringtones etc. I've run some tests and it seems to start at about -10db of max volume.
I did swap the USB charging port/headphone jack daughterboard a while ago but the problem was present even before that. The swap didn't make it better either.
I've tried to clean the grills with a soft toothbrush and carefully blown with some some pressurized air but with to no avail..
Should I bother to replace the speakers or could it still be software related in anyway?
Try a magnet(not too strong), rubbing it over the speaker grills in case there are iron filings weighing the speaker down, this usually just makes the speakers quiet though.
Thanks! I'll give it a try...
jamieunit said:
Try a magnet(not too strong), rubbing it over the speaker grills in case there are iron filings weighing the speaker down, this usually just makes the speakers quiet though.
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