Hey guys,
I've a question. After an attack of heavy rain some things stopped working on my one... One of those things is the loudspeaker. Now is my question is how I can check if it is my loudspeaker which is having trouble or has it to do with components in the circuit to the loudspeaker.
I've already opened my one, but unfortunately i damaged my battery with doing that...
Thanks in advance,
badeend1337
Process of elimination, i would try calling device and answer using speaker on dialpad, then try playing music or youtube, loudspeaker is only oneway not used as a mic so i would try diffrent ways to engage it and if none work then safe to assume not working and look at connections for oxidation from moisture, Good luck!!!!
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Haha, since i ruined my battery I can't check that anymore. When my phone still "worked' I was not able to put sound on. However when my phone was wet and i opened my backcover to dry it my one went on and of a lot of times and there came some weird crackling noise from the speakers.... After that I putted it in a bag of rice and the next day a part touchscreen and the speakers didnt work anymore.....
Does anyone know how I can check the speakers by pulling them out of my phone?
thanks!!
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Just yesterday night I found out that I can't get any sound from my phone. Not even notifications sound work, or those ticky sounds what are heard when you turn ringtone volume up or down to hear the level. I have no idea how they are missing now... I dropped my HTC Desire Z in the water weeks ago and some say there can occur problems a long time after water damage, is this true?
I don't remember dropping my phone lately, but I may have dropped it yesterday by accident, but it was not a big drop. There could be a slight possibility tha the speaker died?
When I plug my earphones in, I get sound normally. This indicates to speaker damage indeed. What do you think? Does warranty cover this? I have no idea what causes this. Task killer maybe?
Sorry for the double post, but just bumping and reporting about this issue. Just tested calling from other phone, and the speaker mode won't work. I hear voice normally from internal speaker. I use Automatic Task Killer and there was "Music" -app in kill list, but it adding it to the white list did not affect in anything... besides plus music nothing else with sound works, without plugging in the headphones of course.
I really don't use ringtones that much, but I would like to show some youtube videos to friend with sound sometimes, or speak with speaker on if my hands are not available... this really sucks. ANY thoughts? What should I do?
The unexpected happened!
Haha, this is unbelievable! My 2 year old daughter got my phone for some reason and as soon as I noticed of course I told her "no! give it back" and as soon as she noticed I noticed she's having the phone, she threw it to the wall! (she was standing on the bed and the phone fell down quite a long way). The back cover fell off and I thought the phone is broken for good... since I had already dropped it to the water couple of months ago as you may know.
Well, shouted at my daughter for what she did. Then picked up the phone and put back the back cover. And guess what? The sounds work! Nothing wrong with them, or the phone! Tested out and everything works like charm! Haha I'm laughing my ass of, miracles sure happen!
If YOU have sound problems, don't start to bash your phone please
can u gimme the winning lottery numbers
pimped out g2
Today I went to swimming and dropped while changing to swimwear dropped my pants down while my phone was in the pocket. At home I noticed the sounds are not working again! So I recalled what happened and dropped my pants again in the same way, and the sounds were back again..
So I guess my phone can't stand any more knocks or drop downs... so I try to be really careful in the future. Thank god there is no touch-problems like in bad earbuds when the wire go bad and the sound comes only from the other one, like that I should always keep the phone in right position sounds to work... that would be nightmare.
Just reporting if you out there possibly have similar problems. It can all be symptomps from dislocated speaker like in my case.
Sound is back ...I'm a hard head
I too had lost sound after dropping ...After reading the warning about no trying to bang it back .............well what can I say , I put on the media with music and tapped it on the counter , NO Luck . Being hard headed I then started to slap it into the palm of my hand with a good snap ...Presto magic sound is back . Do not try this at home kids .
First off, I bough this phone used.
I testted out made calls and everything works fine.
But now that I just got home, and now messing with it a little bit more I notice there isn't much/no sound at all from my video recording.
I turn media sound up to max and screamed into the mic and i get a little sound out.
I don't think the mic is broken because people that I call can still hear me fine.
I"ve searched but I couldn't find any answer about this.
I don't know if the phone is rooted or not, first android phone
Here's phone info
Android version
2.2
baseband version
12.28b.60.140eu_26.03.02.26_M
Kernel version
2.6.32.17-g9ab36377
[email protected] #1
build number
1.22.531.8 cl277427 release-keys.
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
joebob23 said:
First off, I bough this phone used.
I testted out made calls and everything works fine.
But now that I just got home, and now messing with it a little bit more I notice there isn't much/no sound at all from my video recording.
I turn media sound up to max and screamed into the mic and i get a little sound out.
I don't think the mic is broken because people that I call can still hear me fine.
I"ve searched but I couldn't find any answer about this.
I don't know if the phone is rooted or not, first android phone
Here's phone info
Android version
2.2
baseband version
12.28b.60.140eu_26.03.02.26_M
Kernel version
2.6.32.17-g9ab36377
[email protected] #1
build number
1.22.531.8 cl277427 release-keys.
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
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Lol at screaming into the mic. I'd try a factory reset (power phone off, hold vol down + power until bootloader comes up, then select factory reset) and see if that fixes it. If not then you could try rooting it if it isn't already (and it's most likely not) and run a custom ROM such as CM7. A simple way to know if it's rooted would be to open up you're app drawer and look for the superuser app. If you have it, then you're rooted. If you are, you can flash the recovery from within ROM Manager (which you can download from the market) and download a custom ROM from the Dev section on XDA and flash it.
There are guides all over the Dev Section on rooting the G2 and flashing custom ROM's. Look them up if you need help!
If that doesn't work, it's probably a hardware error.
Best of luck and welcome to Android!
Update:
We'll seems like the reason why my low volume for video recording maybe because it was water damage, seller never told me and the indicator sticker on the phone was removed...oh craigslist, i feel like a sucker
Oh well lesson learned, Maybe xda should have like a section for each phone to help us know or tell if a phone is water damage.
Like I found out today that inside the g2 have a stick and to the left is also an indicator and the batter itself has an indicator.
Oh well, what weird is that the mic for the phone works fine ie phone calls, so is there another mic for video recording?
thanks.
joebob23 said:
Update:
We'll seems like the reason why my low volume for video recording maybe because it was water damage, seller never told me and the indicator sticker on the phone was removed...oh craigslist, i feel like a sucker
Oh well lesson learned, Maybe xda should have like a section for each phone to help us know or tell if a phone is water damage.
Like I found out today that inside the g2 have a stick and to the left is also an indicator and the batter itself has an indicator.
Oh well, what weird is that the mic for the phone works fine ie phone calls, so is there another mic for video recording?
thanks.
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Oh boy. Gotta love Craigslist, right? Yeah, there's usually a sticker in the battery compartment of most phones and then there's one on the battery itself 'cause you really don't wanna put a water damaged battery in your phone as it could cause it to short. There are even stickers inside the phone's housing. I use to fix phones all the time (replacing screens, housings, digitizers, etc...) and in almost every phone I've opened up, there were multiple stickers inside. There was almost always one on the USB charge port.
As for the mic, i don't think there is another one made just for sound recording, unless someone can prove me wrong.
It might not even be your mics input but rather your speakers output. Did you test out playing music? Try playing a song or a ringtone and seeing if the volume is equally as low. If it is, then your speaker is the culprit. If water was indeed a factor here, then there is most likely corrosion built up on the leads of the motherboard. A cousin of mine dropped her droid incredible into a pool when we went swimming a while ago and I immediately scooped it out, pulled the battery, set it in a bag of dry rice to absorb any excess water, then opened the phone up. There was massive amounts of corrosion built up on the motherboard. After I took the board out of the phone and submerged it in Isopropyl alcohol and gently scrubbed it with a soft bristled tooth brush, I let it air dry and put the phone back together. Worked normally again.
Be very cautious if you decide to try it! (I personally would just let it be, lol)
Dont be hastey!!
I had this problem with mine but it wasn't due to damage of the phone it was because the noise reduction mic was blocked!!!!
At the top of the phone next to the headphone jack theres a tiny hole used for noise reduction, make sure this is 100% clear! I had to stick a little pin down it to clear mine out and sound in videos then worked perfect.
regards
Hey guys! I'm reaching the end of my rope with this... so if anyone has had any experience with this, please let me know!
About a week ago, I dropped my S4 into a toilet! Anyways, everything came out fine besides the loud speaker. Now, the speaker isnt completely dead. It produces a low, constant hum (like some sort of electromagnetic interference). It produces different sounds as I use the touchscreen. It will ring and play music, but the quality is horrible. Ive replaced the Speaker ( it was easy since the housing pops on and off) and the USB Flex Cable. I am still getting the horrible hum and bad sound quality from the speaker. For the time being, I have a small piece of paper in front of the positive and negative of the speaker. If you have any suggestions, please let me know!!!
VillainDivine said:
Hey guys! I'm reaching the end of my rope with this... so if anyone has had any experience with this, please let me know!
About a week ago, I dropped my S4 into a toilet! Anyways, everything came out fine besides the loud speaker. Now, the speaker isnt completely dead. It produces a low, constant hum (like some sort of electromagnetic interference). It produces different sounds as I use the touchscreen. It will ring and play music, but the quality is horrible. Ive replaced the Speaker ( it was easy since the housing pops on and off) and the USB Flex Cable. I am still getting the horrible hum and bad sound quality from the speaker. For the time being, I have a small piece of paper in front of the positive and negative of the speaker. If you have any suggestions, please let me know!!!
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How does the sound from the headphone jack sound?
VillainDivine said:
Hey guys! I'm reaching the end of my rope with this... so if anyone has had any experience with this, please let me know!
About a week ago, I dropped my S4 into a toilet! Anyways, everything came out fine besides the loud speaker. Now, the speaker isnt completely dead. It produces a low, constant hum (like some sort of electromagnetic interference). It produces different sounds as I use the touchscreen. It will ring and play music, but the quality is horrible. Ive replaced the Speaker ( it was easy since the housing pops on and off) and the USB Flex Cable. I am still getting the horrible hum and bad sound quality from the speaker. For the time being, I have a small piece of paper in front of the positive and negative of the speaker. If you have any suggestions, please let me know!!!
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1st of all..why was your phone even near a toilet lol, that's one thing I don't do. Take my 700 dollar phone into the bathroom.
2nd, have you tried cleaning the terminals before replacing the speaker? did you actually buy a new replacement, or just clean off the one that was in there? http://www.etradesupply.com/
HTCMDA said:
1st of all..why was your phone even near a toilet lol, that's one thing I don't do. Take my 700 dollar phone into the bathroom.
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Some of us get bored while pooping (me)
Isnt that what these phones are for?
Shoot i dont know how i took a crap before it.
elesbb said:
How does the sound from the headphone jack sound?
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Works great. Everything works great besides the speaker.
HTCMDA said:
1st of all..why was your phone even near a toilet lol, that's one thing I don't do. Take my 700 dollar phone into the bathroom.
2nd, have you tried cleaning the terminals before replacing the speaker? did you actually buy a new replacement, or just clean off the one that was in there? http://www.etradesupply.com/
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Whats the point of buying a $700 device if you cant do with it what you please? Besides, I was drunk and some dbag walked into the stall I was in while I was taking a piss. The door slammed me in the back and I dropped the phone. Yes, both parts came from a SGH-M919
I took it to a cellphone repair shop and they were stumped too. They tested both parts I bought, as well as the phone itself. The parts worked fine, but they also had the interference with their parts when testing the phone. All they could recommend is some sort of cleaning bath that takes 4 hours. I think I might just do that. Thanks
Hi,
got my M8 (dual-SIM) for a few days, and noticed that someone people can't hear me properly. I was sure it is network coverage related problem.
However, today I have decided to test the microphones using phone diagnostic tools and using sound recorder.
In most cases microphone works. But sometimes instead of my voice I hear noise and NO VOICE at all.
What is the conclusion, is this software or hardware related problem? Don't want to do factory reset for nothing.
Thanks in advance.
Anyone ?
My microphone started acting up about 2 weeks ago on my Att model.
When using headset no one can hear me, switch to speaker and they can. Record a video and I can hear background noise but voices are so low they are nearly inaudible.
Hell, I have to scream at the phone to get OK Google to work.
Wish I had an answer, but like like it's going to be a warranty issue. Till then, I'm using tasker to turn on speaker phone for all calls lol
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SpineSurgery said:
Hi,
got my M8 (dual-SIM) for a few days, and noticed that someone people can't hear me properly. I was sure it is network coverage related problem.
However, today I have decided to test the microphones using phone diagnostic tools and using sound recorder.
In most cases microphone works. But sometimes instead of my voice I hear noise and NO VOICE at all.
What is the conclusion, is this software or hardware related problem? Don't want to do factory reset for nothing.
Thanks in advance.
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It sounds like a hardware problem.
Are you rooted and do you have s-off?
If you are, you could try flashing the newest firmware and/or adsp to see if that fixes stuff.
Are you rooted? What ROM are you using? Have you updated you ROM to 4.4.4 without updating the firmware?
Give a quick list of tweaks you've made. Also, go to adb and enter "fastboot getvar all" (no quotes) and post the read out here. Please remove your IMEI and serial# for your own security.
If it is software related, this is pertinent information.
Hi,
My phone is 4.4.2 official, not rooted and it is S-ON.
I am waiting for official 4.4.4 update for my dual-SIM M8 (it is expected in next few days).
P.s. in last 2 days nobody reported they cant hear me...
Today, problems returned........ 50% of the calls today people can't hear me well, or they can't hear me at all.
However, it seems that turning speakerphone ON and OFF during the call completely solves the issue (for each call separately).
Just a head up, anyone having this microphone issue should try cleaning out the left side of the bottom speaker grill with a toothbrush and some 99% alcohol. About 5 min of scrubbing pulled out allot of crud and now it's back to normal.
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I really dont understand how did you manage to pull anything from the bottom speaker... holes are so tiny. Please try to explain or take some pics.. as my mic is driving me crazy.
SpineSurgery said:
I really dont understand how did you manage to pull anything from the bottom speaker... holes are so tiny. Please try to explain or take some pics.. as my mic is driving me crazy.
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Can't take pics as I only have the one phone but I'll try to explain what worked best for me.
Isolate the front most bristles by using your thumb to sort of bend them away from the rest.
Instead of using a scrubbing motion, lightly place the tips of the bristles against the grille at about a 70° angle. Keeping that angle, move the brush slowly across the grille keeping just enough pressure so the bristles go into the holes. Don't put so much pressure that they flatten out.
Do that going both from left to right and right to left.
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Hi there, I just bought a htc one m8 from t-mobile, and everything is preatty nice, speakers are great with music with some frecuencies it tends to make a buzzing sound.
Basically when im listening to music it is okay most of the times, but when listening to tutorials or commenatires it makes a buzzing (like something loose inside the speaker) sound, but only in the upper speaker.
I tried this test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nklzAUrXSuM and the speaker really shows how bad the buzzing is starting at 500, its really remarkable at 630 and 800.
So i need your help. To anyone who has an m8 (normal, no the harmon kardon), please make the test and tell me if you hear the same buzzing or i have a defective phone, I would really appreciate it.
Thanks.
btw, sorry for my bad english, and greatings from Mexico
Anyone? Please
My speaker started to buzz, then completely blew. Replaced it, worked great, and a month later the same thing happened.
I'm going to replace it again tonight, change roms, then I'll try this test
Visspui said:
My speaker started to buzz, then completely blew. Replaced it, worked great, and a month later the same thing happened.
I'm going to replace it again tonight, change roms, then I'll try this test
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So?
Happened with me after my display needed to be replaced.
When playing music with deep bad, the speaker made something inside the phone vibrate pretty bad
Now the service people solved it by making it way quieter than the bottom speaker and it sucks
Try this - use small ~10mm/5mm/30mm neodymium magnet, to clean speakers. I do so once per month, because of my job and metal powder that stuck in my phone. HTC put strong magnets to the speakers, so they attract more metal dust than other phones.