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Front camera and earpiece not working

Hi all... This is my first post and and just want to say what a great community... Thanks...
Now for my problem. I have spent a lot of time reading posts and trying to solve my problems and haven't found anything that relates to what I am experiencing so hopefully someone might be able to help me out. It's a fairly long story but I'll try to give you the quick version.
I bought a new Softbank X01HT from an ebay seller. The phone arrived and when I tried use it all I would get was a bright white screen. I tried emailing the seller and got no response. (They sell several phones every day so I don't think he deliberately ripped me off, I just got a dud and the seller is too lazy to reply to emails).
I opened up the phone and investigated, my brother has an I-Mate branded version of the hermes so we swapped parts around and decided that the LCD/front ribbon cable was causing my problem. I ordered a new cable from cnn.cn. When it arrived I fitted it and thankfully the phone came to life. I did all the usual mods then, updated the ROM etc etc.
When I got it all back together the front earpiece was working but only very very quietly, I could hardly hear the person on the other end. The speakerphone works fine though. I tried hard reseting and even flashing a different ROM but this didn't help. So I opened the phone up again, thinking that I hadn't seated the earpiece properly. This time when I started it up again I got absolutely nothing from the earpiece. I also found that the front camera just doesn't work. I tried my swapping back the original ribbon cable, although I couldn't see what was going on I was still able to get someone to video call me, answer the call and still found the camera wasn't working, doing this I couldn't test the earpiece though.
I put the camera in my brothers hermes and it works just fine. We have swapped all parts around including main boards and they all interchange fine. I only strike a problem when I am using my camera with my main board. As for the earpiece we couldn't succesfully make it work in my brothers phone, but also couldn't make his earpiece work in my phone.
I have read the posts about the contacts on the earpiece, but trying this hasn't solved my problem. I guess there is a chance that the new ribbon cable I got is also faulty, but to have the same problem from two ribbon cables seems fairly unlikely. The speakerphone works fine and so does my bluetooth headset so I am fairly confident that it is not a software issue. I have used Black Satin ROM and now I have installed Schaps 3.6 (both nice ROMs btw)
Thanks to anyone who has spent the time to read this post, hopefully someone may be able to shed some light on it for me. I got the phone a fortnight ago and still haven't been able to use it properly and it's starting to drive me nuts.....
Thanks
Craig

Qtek 9100 - Mic & speaker dead, for the 2nd time

Hello all!
First, thanks for an awesome forum! It has both helped me tweak my Wizard, and also get help when I have needed it.
Well, I have no choice now but to ask here. Last autumn, my warranty was almost up, and a wierd problem presented itself. The mic and speaker suddenly just stopped working! The sidespeakers still work, I think, because the phone rings when someone calls me. But the caller can't hear me, and I can't hear the caller. And there isn't a hint of sound in it, no static or noise, there simply is nothing.
As there were only a few days before the 2 year warranty was up, I ran to my dealer and turned it in. A few weeks later, the phone returned, working again. But now that I come to think about it, I don't remember if I got a replacement or if they actually repaired it... It looked a little like they handled it rough though, maybe it was another phone... Well, that's not important right now.
The same thing has happened again! Summary:
1. Mic & phonespeaker dead
2. Stereo speakers work under certain conditions
3. Wired headset that came with the phone works, both for calling and media
So it seems like a hardware problem. Please note, although I downgraded the phone to original, official Swedish Qtek 9100 ROM, it has been thoroughly tweaked and upgraded to a number of different WM6 ROMs - but all that has been working beatifully!
Still, what are the odds for the mic&speaker dying twice in a row, on different phones (i think the present one is a replacement)?!?
Question: Does anyone recognize this? Is there a possibility that it is software related, and maybe fixable? I have searched both the web and these forums but haven't really found any information on it.
ANY input would be greatly appreciated!
Additional information:
Qtek 9100 (Swedish), G3 model, WM6 upgrade successful (unlocked)
EDIT: There are no system sounds, which is wierd, because the phone can still ring. I thought the system sounds came from the stereo speakers on the sides of the device?

Hello all!
It is a glorious day to be alive!!! Or to have a fully functional Wizard, at least!
Lol - my topic isn't very old, and i reply to it myself with a solution (?). I Googled after the Wizard service manual, and found it right here on Xda .
In all honesty, i didn't do all that much. I just followed the disassembly instructions of the wizard about half-way through, to the point where you get down to the back of the motherboard. I poked and fiddled enough to locate the mic assembly, only to discover that the mic is soldered to the mainboard of the phone. So, i figured i'd just leave it be, because if the mic is really broken the motherboard needs to be repleaced, or a replacement mic needs to be soldered on there.
After removing A LOT of dust in there (honestly, i think the service center that had my device last time wasn't very careful with anything, even a screw was missing! ), i reassembled it. The flat cable running to the keyboard was also a little skewed, but that may have been me, anyway i corrected it too. Same with the speakers.
Long story short, after successfully reassmbling the phone, i fired it up, called my home phone and voila! I works!
Not much of a fix, as i don't really know what i did exactly, but dust, dirt and some bad connections/soldering may have benn the culprit.
All in all, i'm very pleased with my afternoon here. Thanks for stopping by .

epatnor said:
Hello all!
It is a glorious day to be alive!!! Or to have a fully functional Wizard, at least!
Lol - my topic isn't very old, and i reply to it myself with a solution (?). I Googled after the Wizard service manual, and found it right here on Xda .
In all honesty, i didn't do all that much. I just followed the disassembly instructions of the wizard about half-way through, to the point where you get down to the back of the motherboard. I poked and fiddled enough to locate the mic assembly, only to discover that the mic is soldered to the mainboard of the phone. So, i figured i'd just leave it be, because if the mic is really broken the motherboard needs to be repleaced, or a replacement mic needs to be soldered on there.
After removing A LOT of dust in there (honestly, i think the service center that had my device last time wasn't very careful with anything, even a screw was missing! ), i reassembled it. The flat cable running to the keyboard was also a little skewed, but that may have been me, anyway i corrected it too. Same with the speakers.
Long story short, after successfully reassmbling the phone, i fired it up, called my home phone and voila! I works!
Not much of a fix, as i don't really know what i did exactly, but dust, dirt and some bad connections/soldering may have benn the culprit.
All in all, i'm very pleased with my afternoon here. Thanks for stopping by .
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hi epatnor,
I think the problem with your phone was a stucked microswitch in the 2,5 mm connector for the headset. I read about it here in the forum. Sometimes the switch stays in the closed position and the phone still thinks the headset is connected. Thats why all the sound is sent to the not connected headset and therefor your phone seems to be not working (unless you connect the headset)...
But removing the dust is for sure not a bad thing...
For the next time: I think there was an easier solution for this problem than disassembling your phone...
regards
huibuh_1

Thanks huibuh_1,
Yes this was probably not the smoothest way of "fixing" it. That said, the stucked microswitch theory would actually fit my problem well - I can see now that the exact problem I was having would arise if such a switch was indeed stuck.
However, I think that the problem would be more intermittent since I actually use that port now and then - especially since it's the only way to talk (besides using a bluetooth headset that is). And since I connect the wired headset now and again the switch is used and moved, I suspect that this would result in the speaker/mic coming online again maybe..? Temporarily at least?
All the same, thanks for replying - this might happen again and with your information I'm better prepared for it!

No sound from earpiece during calls - only via speaker

I seem to have a problem with my HTC Touch (ELF)
I recently upgraded to another phone (diamond) and was giving my Touch to my brother.
After leaving it unused for a couple of weeks, I got round to flashing a new rom onto the phone (Blue Elves 5)
I gave the phone to my brother (without testing anything I didn't have time).
He then told me that there is a problem with the sound - nothing is heard at all via the earpiece during calls, however it works fine from the external loudspeaker.
I guessed that it may be that the rom didn't install properly so I talked him through a hard reset - no joy. Still no sound.
I have today installed another ROM - PDAVIET - latest version, and flashed the radio to the latest version. The problem is still there.
My brother insists that he has not dropped / knocked the phone at all, and I don't doubt him. I am however at a complete loss as to why all of a sudden there is no sound from the earpiece. I have used the phone for a year, with various different ROMs and never had any loss of or distorted sound from the earpiece.
Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone have any ideas as to what the problem may be? How can I fix this?
Any help very much appreciated!
(Also - yes - the volume is turned up)

I think you better read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2273492#post2273492
let me no how you get on

thanks but this doesn't help as my warranty and contract are ended. any other ideas welcome.
thanks.

Could this be a problem with the registry? would flashing ROMs fix the registry? Is there a registry setting for disabling the speaker?

I have the exact same problem. Let me know if you find a solution please !

I think you guys need this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SPEAKER-EARPI...39:1|66:2|65:12|240:1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
good luck!!

I have the same problem, but I did prefer to use the speaker anyway. So now I use this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=369399
Works fine on the Elf!
Bernard

Thank you 'thedaddy'.
You were right. I disassembled the phone and found that one of the copper connections of the earpiece speaker had broken. Bought a replacement from eBay which fixed the problem.
Thank you.
Chris.

xxxxchrisxxxx said:
Thank you 'thedaddy'.
You were right. I disassembled the phone and found that one of the copper connections of the earpiece speaker had broken. Bought a replacement from eBay which fixed the problem.
Thank you.
Chris.
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My pleasure mate glad you got ur baby working again,
and its 'thedaddyy'.......

I had the exact same problem
I had to buy an earpeace speaker for my touch on ebay for about US$15.
Look it up on ebay, and they are really easy to replace.
Look for the hong kong guys that ship it with the tools to get the job done.
Good Luck.

To any Shift/SnapVue Experts...selling Shift with no audio...$900

I am currently trying to sell my HTC Shift...
It is a 3g/SimCard model and not an HSPDA....
It is basically mint condition and has never been taken off my computer desk...
It will come with all boxes and manuals and all included accessories...
The only problem with this Shift is I don't know how to fix the audio, I have been trying for months now to no avail...I know for a fact this is a technical problem; but I simply lack the skill to resolve it.
Snapvue remains completely black, even after trying to flash various versions of the firmware...I am likely to be doing it wrong...
I can test anything you would like before you buy it to make sure it is what you want.
I am selling for the low price of $900...I will even include a shoulder bag that fits the shift perfectly...
Thanks,
Please post any questions...
My email is [email protected]
my ebay account is: joejohn799
If you would feel more secure I could post a private auction in ebay for you, otherwise you could send me payment via paypal...I have great feedback and there would be no need to worry...

Problem solving for audio
In my experience, i do have problem with audio, and i solve it NOT by reformat vista nor winmo side
Its because the 3.5mm audio jack wont take it off the connection from earphone to speakerphone,
My solutions, i put the earphone back to audio jack, but this time i push a litlle bit hard to the left and right while i rotate the cable back and forth, and i unplug it, try this method for couple of time untill it works
For winmo side, have you do something with the rom, such as hardspl or cook without hardspl, but when i see your thread that you are not very experience, i asume that you do nothing with the rom, if you do, then the solutions is simple, just try to hard reset the snapvue side
Hope this help

Well,
I would really interested in being able to fix it, but I just can't...
and really, the truth is, that I am normally a pretty technical person and stuff like this usuallly doesnt stump me...but theres really nothing I can do...
when i try to hard reset I get no USB option just a com2 option...
when i try to flash firmware i either get (error:260) or I get a large box filled with a bunch of code or text...
If anyone thinks they can help, for reference here is two threads I posted before:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=410896
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=424735
They include details of my problems and what I have done....

Lowering price to 750, buyer pays for shipping anywhere in the world....
So cheap, please--and I know it can be fixed, and I know it is under warranty--its just the simple issue that I can't lose it for that long as it is my only computer...

Replaced screen and...

Hello Everyone
I have an Acer S200 and I ended up cracking the digitizer and lost the use of the entire display. Not sure how. It was in my pocket.
I purchased a replacement on ebay and replaced it. The screen works just as new. How ever I seem to have done something to the earpiece and mic.
When making a call, the earpiece is silent and the no one can hear me. However if I turn the speaker phone on I can have a complete 2 way conversation.
I originally thought it was my ROM however I have tried a few and finally placed the official one on, no luck.
I have taken the phone apart and put it back together a couple times, making sure that all peices are tight.
I am at a loss
Any suggestions will be appreciated
Thanks

Solved
I was able to solve this issue. It was prevoiusly posted. I did search however I was entering the wrong perameters. Anyways...
The solution is here...
Was not able to post URL...
You can do a search for "Speaker problem"
Regards

Hi i have to change the digitalizer,is it hard?Do i have to unscrew the back screws?Can you give me a little of instruction?I have a good pratice to disassembly phones,but maybe you can give me some tips

ACsurge said:
Hello Everyone
I have an Acer S200 and I ended up cracking the digitizer and lost the use of the entire display. Not sure how. It was in my pocket.
I purchased a replacement on ebay and replaced it. The screen works just as new. How ever I seem to have done something to the earpiece and mic.
When making a call, the earpiece is silent and the no one can hear me. However if I turn the speaker phone on I can have a complete 2 way conversation.
I originally thought it was my ROM however I have tried a few and finally placed the official one on, no luck.
I have taken the phone apart and put it back together a couple times, making sure that all peices are tight.
I am at a loss
Any suggestions will be appreciated
Thanks
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i got my s200's screen leaked by itself without no pound by anythingelse.
in hong kong there's a nickname of acer's phone - the king of cracked mon.
the agent had my phone's mon changed twice, and i really worry the coming of the third becasue the agent will charge me.