A small issue thats bugging me is that the top speaker grill gets easily clogged up when using the phone. as they are so small to even clean correctly and already mines looking horrible and dirty but no way to get into the grills to pick it clean or blow it out.
a fine needed however slow and sometimes painful as the needle needs to be so small you end up hurting your thumb.
tape over the grill doesnt seem to be collecting it
ive read compressed air may not work if it cant blow it up due to the size.
The only thing i can think of would be something like cyber clean putty so has anyone got some and does it work?
iStasis said:
A small issue thats bugging me is that the top speaker grill gets easily clogged up when using the phone. as they are so small to even clean correctly and already mines looking horrible and dirty but no way to get into the grills to pick it clean or blow it out.
a fine needed however slow and sometimes painful as the needle needs to be so small you end up hurting your thumb.
tape over the grill doesnt seem to be collecting it
ive read compressed air may not work if it cant blow it up due to the size.
The only thing i can think of would be something like cyber clean putty so has anyone got some and does it work?
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Worth trying a Dyson vacuum or the likes
I have a normal Dyson but and tried it but doesnt seem strong enough to get it out the gril. hair products probally didnt help the grill
I have an Axon 7 and I heard using a clean toothbrush to clean the speakers helps. Maybe the same can be done on the Razer phone
I have used a strong magnet to get metal and a kneaded eraser to get some of the rest. I would not use compressed air, blowing into the speakers may ruin it.
Flicking the holes with a needle a few times and then a very soft tooth brush has worked good enough nice to have a pair of awesome speakers again
Try getting a small bristles paint brush guys, I've had front firing speakers on phones since the HTC One M7 and it works so well
Covlinuxguy said:
Try getting a small bristles paint brush guys, I've had front firing speakers on phones since the HTC One M7 and it works so well
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Thanks for the tip, got it looking a lot cleaner now with a normal tooth brush but had to apply a little more pressure and cover screen just to prevent any damage
Another method i found useful is using those sticky gel to pick up the dirt, works for me, call Gulu cleaner gel, pick them up from amazon real cheapie
How do you prevent it from happening in the first place
How do you prevent it from happening in the first place
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Hi everyone.
I accidentally dropped my phone as I was getting out of my car (damn that new coat with all it's pockets!).
Now I noticed that at full volume, the speaker is really hard to understand, and at about 1/3 volume it becomes clearer- but the person becomes harder to hear in terms of loudness.
At full volume it's as though the person on the other side is talking with their lips on the mic and really loudly.
Does anyone know if it's possible to replace the speaker, or what could have caused this? I am familiar with taking the phone apart. I've done it a number of times, but I'm just wondering if it even makes sense to try at this point.
thnx
EDIT: I found this.
http://www.repairsuniverse.com/htc-desire-z-earpiece-speaker-replacement.html
anyone install one of these? requires desoldering, I guess?
I dont think it requires anything really besides opening. I believe that when I swapped my spring the speaker is on the back side of the phone and the entire motherboard is seperate on front side.
thanks scott.
you're correct. no soldering. it has two spring-bent type contacts and it looks like there is a metal bracket around the speaker that has 4 indentations to hold the speaker down over 4 small cavities in the speaker body.
should be easy.
and i found it for 2 bucks to boot!
Yea, replacing the speaker is very easy. First take off the back (4 screws) and then I think there is one more screw to get the speaker loose. But I don't remember exactly. Might be none.
my phone started entering car mode randomly the past two days i have deleted the app very long time ago i did a fresh install with no change, i do work at an iron pipe making factory so my guess is tiny iron powder particles in the usb port. any one can help thx
I've been having similar problems with the s2 and it seems common here. They advise to give the USB port a good clean with some alcohol and if it still gives problems it will most probably need a new port.
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but the usb port is so small do i need to use only a tooth peak or what?
Yes, compressed air works a treat too, I think you can buy small tins of it from stationary shops, they use it to clean keyboards etc........... in fact don't you have any compressed air systems at your work?
Give it a quick blast if you do to get the dust out, if that doesn't work its most likely broken, replacements are cheap off eBay if you fit it yourself but if you take it to a shop they may charge a lot more up to £50 at some of the rip off shops round my way. If that's the case you may as well save the cash to put towards an upgrade unless you can get it done real cheap.
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i can use compressd air but my only concern is to not blow the particles too dip in, and one other thing any suggestion on cleaning both speakers they got stuff in to them a swell, only thing is to not take the phone apart ;]
darkstep said:
i can use compressd air but my only concern is to not blow the particles too dip in, and one other thing any suggestion on cleaning both speakers they got stuff in to them a swell, only thing is to not take the phone apart ;]
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Strong magnet for built up metal dust removal. Beware though when using for loud speaker as speakers are magnetic and if done for excessive amount of time may damage the speaker.
Cotton buds
Damp rolled up tissue/toilet roll (rolled between fingers )
Forum fishing.... Who's biting!
the phone also got the loudspeker call bug (usb short fo shure), today i used a magnet and vacum cleaner to clean it there were alote of iron particles in there and now it seems to work fine thx to both of u ;]
edit: started doing it again ;[ will send it for rep i gues
Hey all. I've been having an issue with dirt and grime getting inside my "Ear/Front Facing" speaker and I can barely hear anyone anymore in noisy environments. It can get pretty dirty where I work (around oil) and even though it's in my pocket It probably isn't good for the phone. Any way to clean it out safely? I tried rubbing alcohol on a Q-Tip but that didn't really work.
Thanks for any help.
I feel like a toothpick or (carefully) a thin needle could be used to get the solid stuff out. Or at least loosen everything up so that you might be able to blow it out with some compressed air? Just ideas
I'm looking for suggestions on how to best clean out dust and lint from my speaker grills. My last 2 XL had things that got under the grill and I don't want to repeat that.
I've used a datavac for years on all the phones my wife and I have had with no issues. That thing is amazing for so many things
twiz0r said:
I've used a datavac for years on all the phones my wife and I have had with no issues. That thing is amazing for so many things
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And that doesn't blow it deeper into the grill?
psone said:
And that doesn't blow it deeper into the grill?
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I do it frequently so it isn't too bad. I make sure I go horizontal and not into the speakers
I use a soft bristle toothbrush to clean the grills and the slight gap between the screen and the body.
I use a wet wipe and gently clean the grill and then use an air duster on an angle, seems to do the job perfectly
Cyberclean.
I use a makeup brush that works great, soft and sweeps all dust off and away from speaker grilles
Use a small squeeze camera air brush...
I too have used a soft toothbrush gently and somewhat often.
I normally just play a video really loud lol. You just see all the dust blow out of the grill.
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I normally just play a video really loud lol. You just see all the dust blow out of the grill.
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:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: I just found this. a A year later. #DEAD. :laugh::laugh::laugh:
Slowly, day by day, incall volume decreased.
I compared mi mi6 with a newer one, a friend's MI6, and I found out that my top speaker grid is completely clogged with dust and dirt... I tried to clean that with a needle and a vacoon, it worked, but after some hours the volume decreased another time...
How about you? Are you facing a similar problem? How you solved? Or how would you solve?
P.s.: Top speaker also have very little holes, is pretty difficult to clean.
use old toothbrush to clean the grill
face the grill downside so that the dust come out
wahaj0892 said:
use old toothbrush to clean the grill
face the grill downside so that the dust come out
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That happened to you too? I'm going to try
Mi6 is almost water resistang BUT NOT THE USB PORT
So basically you can clean it with water or alcohol. Be careful with pointy objects.
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Mi6 is almost water resistang BUT NOT THE USB PORT
So basically you can clean it with water or alcohol. Be careful with pointy objects.
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I don't really suggest any liquids other than ones made specifically for electronics. Alcohol is a good one or some water with its charge removed (forgot the name). The Mi 6 has no water resistance rating. They just say it has some sealing against water so take the advice with a pinch of salt. Sony made all their phones "water resistant" and later recalled the claims :/
I cleaned some small fibers from my ear speaker using bluetac gently pressed against it. GENTLY!!!
You can clean the bottom speaker with a pin gently around the very outer part.
Don't put the pin actually inside or it will get damaged. Just the outside parts.
Its not too bad to clean luckily. Not ideal that there are places for dirt to build up but many phones have this issue
Hello friends:
In the same way, over time the volume was decreasing until reaching the point of not listening to anything!
the problem is the blessed speaker, it seems to be clogged with dirt or I really do not know what happens.
I cleaned it with a contact cleaner for electric circuits and then with a suction vacuum for the outside ... and I really improved a lot, but I do not stay 100% as when I was new, a pity I am disappointed by this Mi6, apparently they are equipment with failures factory.
regards,
JC
Hi, with a toothbrush and contact cleaner (electronic) on the speaker call, with circular movements I cleaned it and now if it sounds much better, I can say 100%, I noticed when I cleaned the speaker, there were some white particles, I guess that had saturated, obstructed in its entirety the output of the sound, even until the stereo mode is better heard in that front speaker .. greetings and luck!
JC