On or around Dec 5 (the day I install the just-released Pie update G710AWM20c_00_1025) my earpiece speaker stopped working. Or seemed to, until I was in a very quiet room and realized that it could be heard VERY faintly - almost as if coming from the back of the phone near the top (if you put your ear to the back you can hear the caller). The volume control was up of course. It's still not working and here's the checklist of things I've done:
None of these changed the behavior
- Tried multiple apps
- Tried to clear cache, but this phone does have a recovery menu except to reformat - but I did the "smart clean/optimize phone"
- Booted in safe mode
- Restored to factory
- Restored to factory again
- Restored to factory again
- Flashed the rom from before the update
- Replaced the earpiece speaker (!!!)
- Inspected the speaker grill for any blockage - it was completely clear
The problem persists. I'm at my wits end, so any thoughts - snarky or not - will be greatly appreciated!
Can you check with some other sim card? The same thing was happening on my phone but only on the 3g sim card while the 4g volte sim calls were perfectly loud and clea(dual sim variant). Fixed the issue by getting a replacement for the 3g sim card.
Speaker holes may be clogged up with dust. Check it carefully. Had the same issue took a small needle and cleaned the holes and the problem was sorted outside.
thenotonly said:
Speaker holes may be clogged up with dust. Check it carefully. Had the same issue took a small needle and cleaned the holes and the problem was sorted outside.
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Holy ****, that was it. When I looked from the inside (when it was apart) they looked clear, I could see daylight through them. I blew some air through them anyway... With a few pokes of a needle into some invisible dirt, full sound is restored. I feel like an idiot, but at least I can use my phone as a phone!
Thank you!
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I've tried a hard reset, taking the battery out and still I have no sound from my any of my speakers. Profiles and sounds are set as normal and still no sound. Sounds works for like 2 minutes after I reboot my phone but then it goes dead. Any solutions?
EDIT: Notifications work so it's not a hardware issue, just no sound through Windows Media or other apps and no sound through my earpiece via calls, can't even turn on speakerphone for calls.
Frostmoon said:
I've tried a hard reset, taking the battery out and still I have no sound from my any of my speakers. Profiles and sounds are set as normal and still no sound. Sounds works for like 2 minutes after I reboot my phone but then it goes dead. Any solutions?
EDIT: Notifications work so it's not a hardware issue, just no sound through Windows Media or other apps and no sound through my earpiece via calls, can't even turn on speakerphone for calls.
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Flash your stock rom and see if that helps
Mr. Clown said:
Flash your stock rom and see if that helps
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I flashed Ricky's 6.1 and that seems to have taken care of the issue so far, granted it's been three days. That was the weirdest freakin' problem i've had with my HTC Excalibur and i've had it for 4 years.
Good to know that you solved your problem
Okay Problem didn't go away. Sound is muffled like something is covering the speaker. Nothing is covering it on the outside including my fingers. Could something on the inside of the hardware possibly be covering the speaker or a disconnected speaker wire be causing the muffled sound?
Sorry to hear thought you tweaked There is a dismantling guide in the sticky will be worth checking may also be an easy repair if just speaker replacement.
Where would one get a speaker replacement for an Excalibur? I've never seen a part store for cellular devices.
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Where would one get a speaker replacement for an Excalibur? I've never seen a part store for cellular devices.
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Ebay can be an option,
Dismantling + cleaning should work. Remove the speaker off the back cover and get the dust out of the gap between cover and speaker. The housing has no fabric cover at the housing inside and there is plenty of space for dirt to accumulate between speaker and inner side of the cover. The speaker itself if guarded with a fabric on top.
You could also carefully use a vacuum cleaner to suck the dirt off through the grid before go for dismantling...
My captivate's external speaker came loose a few days ago and the sound went dead every time it does. I can temporarily fix it by pressed hard on the back of the speaker and push it back to place however, every time the speaker is so loud (50% or higher) it came loose again. So every time someone call me or the arlam goes off, the sound went dead again.I took my captivate apart hoping I could tighten the loose part but the speaker is just one piece that is all glue together. I'm all for opening the speaker and fix it but Im want to make sure that it is possible. So I just want to know if you can open the speaker and fix this problem, if not is there a place or website that sell replacement for the external speaker? Most of the site I looked only sell stuffs like camera, back covers, and lcd displays.
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.
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Hi everybody, I've been googling and looking into all the posts (here in xda) I could related to my problem.
Currently I'm in Nepal, and bought a second hand One X International version; the unit was barely used with very minor wear signs. A couple of weeks ago I was driving on the road and it started pouring rain, made it home in about 5 mins. Phone did not appear to have gotten very wet, however I took the silicon case of and dried the screen with a piece of cloth. I forgot to turn the phone off and as everything seemed fine, I continued using it for the next couple of days.
Two weeks later I start getting complains from people I was on the phone with stating that they could barely hear me, but oddly enough at times they mic volume went up and all the sudden they could hear me crystal clear.
If I turn the phone into speaker mode then they can hear me, the same happens with headphones.
Tried getting rid of stock Sense (not sure what version I had, I know it was JB 4.1.1 and Sense 4+), flashed IceColdJelly 3.5.1
Also left the phone off in rice for about 2 days (it was too late to do it but tried it anyways)
My phone does not have warranty and I'm reluctant to send it into a Repair Center here as I've heard friends and their terrible experiences with them in here.
So I decided to open my phone to see if the MIC was clogged/dirty or something (plus I have the WiFi signal issue) but everything on the inside seems fine. The phone itself seems to have never been open.
The MIC still sounds muffled (no it is not completely dead), tried the stock android Sound Recorder and barely pics up my voice if I speak directly into it.
Could it be a software issue? If not, how can I test and know which MIC I need to buy???
Any help, tips or thoughts will be much appreciated!!!
P.S. I also tried doing a Factory Reset. Nothing changed
problem apparently solved
so last night I managed to restore the phone into it's original state with a nandroid backup. Haven't been able to fully check the issue properly because I did not put the phone back the bezel yet. But now volume in video recording is normal, and have been told that I can be heard on a call
OK..so here it goes... When I try to make a call all I hear is ridiculous static... This is through the earpiecec, wired headse, BT headset and speakerphone.. This has happened on multiple roms, kernels & radios... What's really weird is that when I use Grove IP it works fine... Ive searched & searched & can't seem to find a solution... I just returned the phone to 100% 4.2 stock (jdq39) & the problem persists... This all leads me to believe its hardware related... I guess my next step is to take it apart... If anyone can point me in the right direction or tell me what I should be looking for when I take it apart it would be GREATLY appreciated!!
I just finished replacing the screen on my GNEX after a bad drop and water damage. Everything worked except for the earpiece and microphone having static during calls. Strangely though, unlike in your case, it's crystal clear on speaker phone and with a head set, in both directions (they can hear me and I can hear them). I have even replaced my earpiece, leading me to believe something on the motherboard is fried.
Thankfully, it's only a backup phone/media player at this point.
cbburtraw said:
I just finished replacing the screen on my GNEX after a bad drop and water damage. Everything worked except for the earpiece and microphone having static during calls. Strangely though, unlike in your case, it's crystal clear on speaker phone and with a head set, in both directions (they can hear me and I can hear them). I have even replaced my earpiece, leading me to believe something on the motherboard is fried.
Thankfully, it's only a backup phone/media player at this point.
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yeah...Im starting to think that maybe my problem is the antenna that recieves signal from verizon... since Voip calls work fine & when I make a call using verizons network I get static through earpiece, speaker & headsets as well... Im trying to do as much research as posible before I go craking the phone open and poking around inside... Im just using it as a media player now like you but I really wanna fix it! Its not a bad phone and dev support is still strong... Thanks for the reply by the way...