Camera: grinding/scratching sound when using - Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello XDA
My Note 4 tends to have this grinding sound randomly when using my camera for photos/videos/Snapchat. Its quite audible and I can feel it. I'd presume it also drains battery but maybe that's Lollipop killing me.
Either way, what's going on and what should I do. Might try a factory reset if I can find the time.
Eric

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Desire hd ear piece sounds distorted.

Guys I have my desire hd ear piece speaker sounding distorted when I turn the in call volume to its max. Any idea why It's happening? I have full wipe the custom Rom and re flashed my phone but still the problem is there. So any idea ?
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Guys please help I have tried flashing back to original Rom but the problem is not solved yet.
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puri1 said:
Guys please help I have tried flashing back to original Rom but the problem is not solved yet.
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Hi. try flashing back the stock rom. If still same prob, then and take it back frm where you bought it. They should fix under waranty, or exch it. it may be faulty
btw did the issue started happening after u flashed a custom rom?
I had the same problem...
...searched all over trying to find a solution relating to Desire HD but eventually found my answer in a thread relating to an older HTC phone.
I doubt I'd find it again so I can't give the credit where it's deserved but the poster suggested a couple of possible causes and solutions as I recall;
1. The speaker in the earpiece naturally contains a magnet and could over time pick up bits of metal fragments (swarf) from dust, in your pocket, off tables, etc. He suggested using a stronger magnet to stroke it off perhaps, or even easier (and perhaps safer for other components) just blow!
2. The speaker will have a thin plastic diaphragm that resonates to form the sound. If this becomes malformed somehow it will produce crackling/tinny noise and poor volume. The solution here is to close your mouth over the earpiece and either blow or suck If one doesn't work then try the other and test again.
Sounds comical I know(!), but it worked for me. I can't remember if it was blowing or sucking in my case but I was very glad I had avoided having to go through customer services and being without my phone. Instant fix and it's been fine since.
Like I said, this isn't Desire HD specific advice - it could happen to any cellphone really. I hope you have the same joy as I did ;-)
Funny but it works!
I was just going to unroot and return my Desire Z Vision to stock, and try to get it fixed under warranty. What a hassle!
I'm not sure whether the blowing or the sucking was it, but it fixed the terrible sound distortion coming from the phone earpiece speaker at higher than minimum in-call volumes.
Thanks so much! I love the XDA community!
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Sounds comical I know(!), but it worked for me.
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I have been searching for a replacement earpiece speaker and found your post.
The blowj** did really help me.
regards
Guys thanks for advice but I have got rid of my desire and now a happy camper with inspire 4g
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Hey guys!
I had this issue too, trying the blowing, sucking thing and now I have NO sound at all coming from the earpiece speaker
Any solution?
Thanks in advance
DanteGR said:
Hey guys!
I had this issue too, trying the blowing, sucking thing and now I have NO sound at all coming from the earpiece speaker
Any solution?
Thanks in advance
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To me I have tried blow trick but it messed up the ear piece more. But there is no way you going to loose the sound unless you drop the phone , try the magnet trick or using a vacuum cleaner ( I was once thinking of doing that ) try to re flash your DHD may be it will help and try to go with stock Rom first with mod kernel .
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puri1 said:
To me I have tried blow trick but it messed up the ear piece more. But there is no way you going to loose the sound unless you drop the phone , try the magnet trick or using a vacuum cleaner ( I was once thinking of doing that ) try to re flash your DHD may be it will help and try to go with stock Rom first with mod kernel .
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I just blew on the earpiece mate. Nothing more.. I have never evr dropped the phone not even once in 7 months...
I will try the things you suggest and get back if I have any luck.
Thank you very much for taking the time to reply though
Hi, I am on a t-mobile branded stock DHD which has never been rooted and the in call volume is amazingly low, I can barely hear people when I'm outside and most of the time I have to put it on speaker, I never had this problem with my n95 or bb 9780, can anyone help or offer any suggestions, is there a chance my handset could be faulty. Also does call quality improve in gingerbread as I am still awaiting that update.
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loyal32 said:
Hi, I am on a t-mobile branded stock DHD which has never been rooted and the in call volume is amazingly low, I can barely hear people when I'm outside and most of the time I have to put it on speaker, I never had this problem with my n95 or bb 9780, can anyone help or offer any suggestions, is there a chance my handset could be faulty. Also does call quality improve in gingerbread as I am still awaiting that update.
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What I can tell you my friend is that when I first got the phone for a while (about 2 months) the in-call volume and quality was very decent. I did not have a single problem. That is until the sound distortion started....
DanteGR said:
What I can tell you my friend is that when I first got the phone for a while (about 2 months) the in-call volume and quality was very decent. I did not have a single problem. That is until the sound distortion started....
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Yh I got mine earlier this year but I can't even remember if the in call volume was even any good to begin with
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HTC Desire HD weird sound from earpiece
Hey guys
I am experiencing something really weird. On my desire HD, when I start a call (make/receive) the sound is at max and is fine, after sometime the calls sound is all distorted as if the speaker is burst, once I lower the sound its fine i.e. <50%. If i keep my phone upside down for some time, the sound gets normal on the earpiece but again after sometime it gets distorted again.
What is going on? My speaker (earpiece) sounds okay for a few mins and then gets distorted, and after sometime it gets back to normal and then again distorted.. help me out guys i cant figure out and cant fix it.
I have tried:
1) Magnet in front of earpiece to pull out fragments of small metals on the speaker
2) Left the phone in an air tight jar with a dessicant on the earpiece
What next?
uma1rkhan said:
Hey guys
I am experiencing something really weird. On my desire HD, when I start a call (make/receive) the sound is at max and is fine, after sometime the calls sound is all distorted as if the speaker is burst, once I lower the sound its fine i.e. <50%. If i keep my phone upside down for some time, the sound gets normal on the earpiece but again after sometime it gets distorted again.
What is going on? My speaker (earpiece) sounds okay for a few mins and then gets distorted, and after sometime it gets back to normal and then again distorted.. help me out guys i cant figure out and cant fix it.
I have tried:
1) Magnet in front of earpiece to pull out fragments of small metals on the speaker
2) Left the phone in an air tight jar with a dessicant on the earpiece
What next?
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The earpiece has failed and needs replacing I'm afraid.
iridium21 said:
The earpiece has failed and needs replacing I'm afraid.
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Maybe yes, but its like alright for a few mins, e.g. in a 10 min call, 6 min its fine, then its like something is gradually appearing on the speaker to make it sound bad, slowly and gradually the sound gets from OK to bad as if something is vibrating with the speaker.
What I dont understand is that how does it get okay after a few mins rest?
I live in Pakistan, no Official HTC Support here, everything is either smuggled or people order from abroad... If it fails its a pretty tough situation for me !
Last resort is to blow in the earpiece or to use the professional air spray blower, but none of these trials is curable, this info is from HTC support website, mine requires repair, or I can use it for gaming and chatting, in that way an itoutch is quite enough.
Actually it was a great "phone" but now it's just an itouch or game&watch, or may be elastic baloon according to the technician solution.
Thanks htc ... No more purchases
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same problem
marins116 said:
Last resort is to blow in the earpiece or to use the professional air spray blower, but none of these trials is curable, this info is from HTC support website, mine requires repair, or I can use it for gaming and chatting, in that way an itoutch is quite enough.
Actually it was a great "phone" but now it's just an itouch or game&watch, or may be elastic baloon according to the technician solution.
Thanks htc ... No more purchases
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same problem with me.. it happened suddenly 2 weeks ago after searching/formatting/ changing some tweeks i decided to repair my phone with following available spare parts..
http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Ear-Piece-Ea...ltDomain_0&hash=item3f14a47875#ht_2453wt_1037
if i succeed i will tell you how difficult it was

[Q] Does your phones speaker pop after producing sound?

I want to figure out if my phone is defected, or if all Nexus' are like this.
About 3 seconds after sound comes out of the phone's speaker, do you hear a popping noise? It sounds like the speaker is almost turning off, but extremely late..
Thanks.
I'm sure your nexus is still a Canadian citizen but I think all our phones have this issue... some worse than others. I can barely hear mine. I have to bring the speaker right up to my ears to notice
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Ya I have this issue from time to time.
unity04 said:
I want to figure out if my phone is defected, or if all Nexus' are like this.
About 3 seconds after sound comes out of the phone's speaker, do you hear a popping noise? It sounds like the speaker is almost turning off, but extremely late..
Thanks.
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Yup, same here. It has to be dead silent around me to hear the pop, but its always there. What's weird is that the first nexus I had, which was the titanium one, didn't have the pop sound. The white one I bought does.
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More people mentioned this when nexus first came out. Didn't think much of it at the time. I had it happen a couple times though. Not for quite awhile though. I wouldn't worry about it unless it is frequent.
bow chicka wow wow.
didn't had anything like that with my nexus (white version, produced in february). maybe that was a problem with one of the earlier charges?
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didn't had anything like that with my nexus (white version, produced in february). maybe that was a problem with one of the earlier charges?
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Like I said, I had an earlier titanium version that didn't make the sound but my new white one does.
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I had my phone replaced by my carrier and my 2nd one does this.. very annoying...
Yep, a nexus ain't a nexus without some kinda defect. It's the nexus way
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Yes my nexus does this too. Its been posted already.
Yes, but its so soft i'd have to put my ear right next to the speaker.
Ya, it's a low popping noise, but it's noticeable when you're using the phone in a very quiet environment
Both of my Gnex have the issue. One has a whining noise, the other a hissing for 3 seconds then pop. I'm sure it'll be solved if and when Google releases a software fix for it. It doesn't really bother me and I have very sensitive hearing, you just learn to tune it out. It shouldn't be doing this in the first place, but **** happens eh?
Yeah, this issue happens to me as well... though I was able to make it better. I pulled the battery for ~30 minutes and help power button with no battery to drain all current. After rebooting a few times, the issue seems to have diminished and I can only hear it when I have the speaker right up against my ear unlike before when I could hear it sitting on the desk.
Nope
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Popping Noise

Hi I'm having popping noises with my Galaxy Nexus whenever something with sounds is used. I understand it's a hardware issue, but if I buy a replacement speaker piece for the phone (http://www.parts4repair.com/samsung-galaxy-nexus-earpiece-speaker/), will it help fix the popping noise? (Disabling touch sounds and stuff fixed it, but it still occurs when I do other things with sounds)
I just got this phone "like new" from amazon. Love it so far (came from Nitro HD) but the sound pop slightly irritates me.
Thanks in advance
edit: might be this actually http://www.parts4repair.com/samsung-galaxy-nexus-i9250-ringer-buzzer-loud-speaker/
I have a slight pop sound also.
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What you are hearing (to some degree) is completely normal. You are hearing the audio chip powering down after a sound has played. This is to conserve battery life. Almost all mobile phones employ a similar technique.
It's so loud though Maybe I'm just not used to it yet. thanks for the input
So to be clear, replacing the speaker won't remedy the loudness of the pop, right? I don't wanna waste money ahah

[Q] noisy processor? buzz increase with touching screen please help

Hi! I have my nexus 7 2013 wifi about one week ago, i have some small issues with the keyboard but i can get along with it.
What really worries me is that yesterday i noticed it makes a very small noise, just audible if i put my ear next to the device. It is like the sound of a pc proccesor, that increases when i touch the screen and almost dissapear when the screen is off. It doesnt change when its charging or on the table, and umtil now i didnt notice any battery leaks or jumps.
Any ideas of what this could mean? Electrical issues? Can you please verify if your device is making any kind of sound?
Thank you in advance!!
Greetings from chile!!!
do not worry
Do not worry, this is present in all nexus 7 devices. It is something to do with Asus using a crappy speaker part. If you want the full details, Google it or look on here you slowly get used to it. I got my N7 last weekend and I never really notice it anymore. So do not worry
I don't hear anything....
Any other opinion please?
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I have also noticed the screen issue a tiny bit but it isn't as bad as people make it out to be.....I had a Nexus 4 in the past so I'm used to the crappy screen sensitivity lol but this device is still amazing and a way better device than my old N7 I guess with time updates will iron out all the kinks.

Note 4 gets hot when using camera

Hello
My Note 4 gets pretty hot when using camera (either when camera is just on, taking just low as 3,4 pictures or using viber, Skype or tango). Phone becomes hot in back by camera and screen area itself. Once camera goes off everything it's back to normal in a minute. Does anyone else is experiencing something like this? I asked this on another thread but this way question might get more attention and more answers.
I just realized next: when I turn the camera on and put phone next to my ear there is something like static sound coming from speaker. As aoon I exit camera, that sound is gone... Can someone try this?
Thanks!
Wow... OK. Did anyone at least try to test for this sound and press home button while holding phone by the ear?
Update:
I just got of the phone with Best Buy and they confirmed couple cases of Note 4's overheating as well. Well, at least I am not the only one...
erik077 said:
Hello
My Note 4 gets pretty hot when using camera (either when camera is just on, taking just low as 3,4 pictures or using viber, Skype or tango). Phone becomes hot in back by camera and screen area itself. Once camera goes off everything it's back to normal in a minute. Does anyone else is experiencing something like this? I asked this on another thread but this way question might get more attention and more answers.
I just realized next: when I turn the camera on and put phone next to my ear there is something like static sound coming from speaker. As aoon I exit camera, that sound is gone... Can someone try this?
Thanks!
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Hi there,
I have exactly the same problem. After open the camera and take few pictures the phone back and especially phone screen will be very hot. As soon as shutdown the camera and keep phone not used about 10 minutes the phone returns to normal. I was looking for the advice how to solve this problem but so far could not find any answer. if you have any good solution please post here for reference. Thanks
coming from the htc m7, im not used to my photos being post processed on the fly. i didnt know the first set of photos i took with the note 4 it was processing filter effects on my face which leaves me nice and smooth looking.
so im thinking all that extra cpu power during camera use for on the fly post processing could be heating your phone up.
maybe scrounge around the settings and try to turn all that off??
mine doesnt overheat, the screen does get brighter when using the camera as with most phones ive used which ive always thought was on purpose when using indoors and outside.
kieuminhvn said:
Hi there,
I have exactly the same problem. After open the camera and take few pictures the phone back and especially phone screen will be very hot. As soon as shutdown the camera and keep phone not used about 10 minutes the phone returns to normal. I was looking for the advice how to solve this problem but so far could not find any answer. if you have any good solution please post here for reference. Thanks
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Don't have solution, I returned that Note 4 and got another one.

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