I was listening to some music while using the NC and I happen to notice something. Whenever I would press the home button the music would get louder. Presses on both sides of the button, same thing. Maybe a manufacturing defect? Jt seemsvtbe speaker isnt fully attached to the case.
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I wonder who will upgrade the speaker first? The stock speaker is extreme suckage.. Come to think of it..... I would buy a case that has some speakers built in... There is a product that is called Imaingo who has some thumpin mini speakers, but would require extreme hackage to house the battery and bass ports without chunking up the NC thin appearance... hmmmmm
Does any one else have an issue with the sound out of the ear piece crackling. It is sometimes worse than others. I have rooted so the warranty is out of the question. Any thoughts or solutions?
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This is for my wife's phone. Don't be fooled by my signature. I'm in the right forum.
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I thought there was a topic on this form already about this issue. I have went through four d4's so far... some do this some don't I'm guessing...
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use android speaker cleaner while in call and it will clean the earpeice
No more crackling speaker!
myfishbear said:
use android speaker cleaner while in call and it will clean the earpeice
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I had the same problem with my speaker & I thought it was the speaker going out! I installed Speaker Cleaner by Nine Six Apps and just clicked "Activate" after opening the app. A tone was emitted and the phone vibrated for a few seconds and my crackling speaker issue was 100% resolved. I was skeptical and figured it was BS, but I can verify that it works! Thanks again myfishbear!
That's for the speaker, anything for the ear piece?
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Tried that with no luck...
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Even in call...
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Like I said this did not work for me either just send it in... this one has lasted twice as long as the other 3... with no sign of anything going wrong yet...knock on wood
I was rooted for all three
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Yes mine crackles from time to time
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Android speaker cleaner, blowing it out, no luck..
Mine has crackled off and on since I bought it. Sometimes it was just a little bit, sometimes not at all. I contemplated using insurance but I don't actually call with it enough to risk the dreaded "refurbish lottery." Unfortunately, shortly after the ICS update the speaker went from cracking now and then to crackling constantly. It's very harsh clipping sound and I hate it. I have the full insurance and I'd consider having it replaced at this point, but the "root watermark" they added with ICS will probably cause my phone to be rejected from warranty qualification... even though this is a wide spread mechanical design flaw that's unrelated to rooting. Maybe I can hope the phone gets stolen. :angel:
inobla said:
Mine has crackled off and on since I bought it. Sometimes it was just a little bit, sometimes not at all. I contemplated using insurance but I don't actually call with it enough to risk the dreaded "refurbish lottery." Unfortunately, shortly after the ICS update the speaker went from cracking now and then to crackling constantly. It's very harsh clipping sound and I hate it. I have the full insurance and I'd consider having it replaced at this point, but the "root watermark" they added with ICS will probably cause my phone to be rejected from warranty qualification... even though this is a wide spread mechanical design flaw that's unrelated to rooting. Maybe I can hope the phone gets stolen. :angel:
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I had to warranty a phone for loss of microphone and loss of eventual earpiece.
What I found (in looking at dis assembly videos) is that the earpiece (and possibly speaker/mic) are not hardwired but actually have pressure contacts to flex circuits that can get iffy.
I found that cleaning my speaker/microphone/earpiece with a strong neodymium magnet drew out all sorts of ferromagnetic materials and solved a lot of the crackling issues.
I haven't had an issue since. I clean it about once a month however I'm in a high steel dust environment from time to time.
Cheers,
Hope I dont experience this issue
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myfishbear said:
use android speaker cleaner while in call and it will clean the earpeice
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Great! Seems to works on GN!
looks like design flaw
Brandon314159 said:
I had to warranty a phone for loss of microphone and loss of eventual earpiece.
What I found (in looking at dis assembly videos) is that the earpiece (and possibly speaker/mic) are not hardwired but actually have pressure contacts to flex circuits that can get iffy.
I found that cleaning my speaker/microphone/earpiece with a strong neodymium magnet drew out all sorts of ferromagnetic materials and solved a lot of the crackling issues.
I haven't had an issue since. I clean it about once a month however I'm in a high steel dust environment from time to time.
Cheers,
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im experiencing the same issue with the ear piece.had mine apart last night replacing the digitizer and noticed that the ear speaker, ring speaker and light sensor all connect with pins to ribbons. my wife also had to do the insurance b.s. because hers did the same thing. has anyone tried high pressure nitrogen , duster, or co2 to blow it out? i was gonna order a new one but may wait now.
Sitting on my 6th d4 which sucks cuz as of ics I'm scared to root and what not cuz of this...
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So When I play music I can cover up the right half (display facing up) of the speaker grille on the bottom and the sound is muffled, as expected. But when I cover up the left half of the grille, there is no change in sound which means the left half is not emitting any sound at all. Is this a hardware fault or is the grill just for show to house the mic as wellr?
its normal
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So When I play music I can cover up the right half (display facing up) of the speaker grille on the bottom and the sound is muffled, as expected. But when I cover up the left half of the grille, there is no change in sound which means the left half is not emitting any sound at all. Is this a hardware fault or is the grill just for show to house the mic as wellr?
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The second half is for mic
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Oh ok thanks. I was a little worried for a second
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I thought of the same thing with my Z Ultra. I thought it was like the HTC one speakers but unfortunately it's not. It's just a microphone and headphone.
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Hello .. when I call people can't hear me talking.. all they hear is some static with noise.. But when I turn it into speaker .. they can hear me perfectly. ..
I think my mic is broken ... is there any way I can enable the speaker mic to be the main mic??
Sorry for the bad English I hope you get my point..
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First thing to try is to clean the bottom microphone. The opening is very small and sometimes gets plugged with dirt and debris. Use a toothbrush and gently clean it with circle motions while holding the phone very close to the vacuum cleaner hose. Don't push the dirt inside. Test again and see if the microphone is working.
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First thing to try is to clean the bottom microphone. The opening is very small and sometimes gets plugged with dirt and debris. Use a toothbrush and gently clean it with circle motions while holding the phone very close to the vacuum cleaner hose. Don't push the dirt inside. Test again and see if the microphone is working.
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Tried it .. did not work!
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Any ideas
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The HTC one microphones are known to stop working properly mine has stopped on two different handsets something to do with noise cancelling Mic on back if you cover it up when talking it can help. Try recording something with voice recorder app and cover mics at different Times to see if ones broke.
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Hi
Just got my Pixel 4 XL in the UK and it sounds like the bottom right speaker seems to be more louder then the bottom left.
Would be curious if anyone else feels the same.
It's still day one and it could be the song or tones I am playing, will see how it goes after a week.
There's no speaker on the buttom left side.
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It's a dual speaker setup like a lot of other phone with the ear piece for one and only one of the bottom holes. The other is the mic.
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EeZeEpEe said:
It's a dual speaker setup like a lot of other phone with the ear piece for one and only one of the bottom holes. The other is the mic.
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Ah.. I Thought both the bottom holes were speakers as the cutouts were similar.
My last Google phone was the Nexus 5 since then been dabbling with Windows phones and Samsung