Is it just me or is it impossible to use the ear piece for a phone call and actually understand the person on the other end? Speaker phone works great, Bluetooth great, but using the ear piece I get what sounds like enormously compressed audio to the point of borderline just noise.
Anyone else or is my device broken? I had the screen replaced but never used the ear piece before that (I typically use Bluetooth). Did the repair mess up my earpiece?
Mine works perfectly as good as my note 10+
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Thanks for the reply. Sounds like mine was either defective or they broke it replacing the screen.
Probably the latter..
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sorry to hear. but your ear piece was probably damaged during the repair.
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My EVO's back speaker sounds distorted. It's very scratchy sounding. My Hero had the same problem and all I did was took it in and they replaced it. Is it an HTC thing or am I the only one?!
Mine has been sounding that way lately too. This sucks, even my ringtones sound like garbage now
Thats an easy way to get a brand new one for free
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slimno19 said:
Thats an easy way to get a brand new one for free
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True story. I went in and Sprint ordered me a new one. Originally they said they were gonna order me a refurb but I raised cane about wanting a new one so the issue wouldn't happen again if it was a hardware issue. Ended up getting a brand new one in the box and a bluetooth headset because it took so long.
Was this within the 30 day policy? My front speaker sounds like crap anyone else have that problem?
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roscoe08 said:
Was this within the 30 day policy? My front speaker sounds like crap anyone else have that problem?
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mine sounds like that whenever i set volume at its highest
The speakers in these phones are little ribbon speakers, they're crap but it's the only thing that will fit in the phone that keeps the thin profile.
My buddy ran into this TWICE now, where it sounded like it was blown. Sprint repair centers will replace these on the spot if they have them for free if you've got the insurance. Basically if any dust or metal or ANYTHING gets near that speaker, it vibrates with the ribbon and makes it sound like crap. My friend uses a grinder in his shop sometimes, and he had the SMALLEST metal particles that got into the speaker housing and damaged it. The earpiece speaker is the same type.
So I just got back from a camping trip and I turned my phone on and the speaker sounds horrible. It sounds like it might be blown or have debris in it. My phone sat in my hot car all weekend so my two questions are
Did the heat mes up my speaker?
How can I clean debris out of the speaker?
I rarely use the speaker to listen to music so it seems pretty weird that it is blown. Any advice would be great!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1176861
the speaker has a mesh over it, its very unlikely they are debris on the driver. it is likely that the sealant used to hold the cone to the coil, or surround melted. theres no way to fix this short of replacing it. if it did indeed melt, things would sound muffled and muddy.
cvbcbcmv said:
replacing it isn't a big deal, read my thread. It's a 10 dollar quick, easy, and 5 minute process. The hardest part is undoing the screws on the back. Easy as pie. Way easier than it sounds, and it sounds easy. Don't worry about it, just replace it.
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Hmm when people say its easy, you sometimes have to worry. It may be easy to you, but maybe he doesn't have the precision hand or nerves of steel it takes if you accidently poke a hole in something while your doing it. I have never taken my dinc apart, but if I did, I would be extremely careful. I followed an online tutorial on how to replace an ipod battery once and I mutilated that case. It never fit right after that... Just be careful, if you decide to do this and take your time, don't force stuff appart!
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.
Yesterday I accidentally stretched my earphones and now one side is not producing any sound. Does the samsungs warranty cover this issue? Can they be fixed or I need to buy new?
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Sounds like you broke the wire inside the casing. Ear buds can be pretty low cost, not cost effective to repair.
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I'm not sure exactly what caused my speaker to get to the point where I can barley hear anyone or anything through it. I have to resort to using the speaker phone to have any sort of conversation. Back a few years ago I always had an issue with the ear speakers on multiple phones attracting tiny metal dust or chips due to my line of work in manufacturing, causing it to become muffled and weak. This always resulted in claiming warranty or an insurance claim. But as phones got more resistant to dust, water etc. I haven't really had an issue. I am not sure if this is what caused my pixels speaker to malfunction but it's becoming unbearable to use on a daily basis. Now I could just go ahead and unroot and lock it back up and try to claim manufacturers warranty or worst case an insurance claim. Instead I figured I'd turn to the community and see about the possibility of increasing the volume via build prop to be able to effectively have a conversation, to help avoid going through the replacement process a little longer. Any ideas to overcome this issue are welcome.
Thanks.
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All I can say is that I have to move the phone around until the volume increases, the sweet spot for that speaker is pretty small
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All I can say is that I have to move the phone around until the volume increases, the sweet spot for that speaker is pretty small
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Same for me. I have a notable hearing deficit and I am constantly positioning the phone for loudness.