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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.

speaker and sound problem

hello i used wm 6.1 and suddenly the sound and speaker are not working
when i call some one i don't hear him and i don't hear any music.
i tried to downgrade to wm5 and to change the radio to 2.19.21
nothing....
what do i do?
thank u
Moran

Plz tell me how u even get wm 6 workin on your s200.. it seems impossible 4 me....
Im trieing now for 4 hours but it still doesnt works
Cann u add me on msn?? [email protected]

speaker
think your speaker is broken. can you play other sounds? like a mp3

Your problem isn't a software one, most likely it's a hardware issue.
Check this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=297871&highlight=jack
Read it until the end and you'll understand a little better your audio problems and what is causing it...
Regards,
Keeper

jversloot said:
Plz tell me how u even get wm 6 workin on your s200.. it seems impossible 4 me....
Im trieing now for 4 hours but it still doesnt works
Cann u add me on msn?? [email protected]
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Let me help you I had the same problem it was hardware not software but I fixed by applying pressure to the phone speakers uses a small peace of paper and leave the paper in to apply pressure it will trust me ok

Hi, same happened to me too, flashed a new rom and suddenly no sound, flashed another still nothing. It was the hardware problem described earlier, I cut a small peice of cloth to apply pressure to the speaker now works fine.
The rom flashing and sound stopping must have just been a coincidence.

guys,
the prophets speaker is very thin. whilst applying pressure will work short term (it did for me for a month or so) it will eventually fail.
Whislt it still works, search ebay and for about £5 or $8 you can buy a new one along with tools to remove the casing properly. It took me twenty minutes to do the whole thing... search google for how to remove the casing, you can find it easily.
The only thing you have to take care is when removing the back cover is to use tweezers to unplug the speak cable from the main board oryou may damage the socket.
But dont stress its quite easy and im no brain surgeon

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.

[Q] Problem with microphone

Good day,
I just have bought an Motorola Bravo phone of the ebay and it has one strange issue.
When I call to someone they can't hear me, but if I turn on speaker, they hear me fine.
What could be the cause of the problem ? I have dissasembled the phone and saw that the microphone is not replacable ( it is soldered to the mainboard )
Can you guys help me ? Thanks.
Also the android version is 2.3.4 with non working camera (dunno the rom name)

Did you try a factory reset?
I would not bother flashing stock since doing that would give the seller grounds to deny your refund claim
Just contact the seller and return the phone. I think ebay covers all your purchases including shipping charges.

Too late, I just have flashed stock 2.2.1 rom with RSD Lite and the problem is still there.
But I do not get why there is totally no voice when I speak but when I turn on speaker everything is fine. Is it really hardware fault ?
/update
Tried factory reset, nothing.
Also after reflashing to stock rom I did notice that the kernel version is still the same. Maybe thats the cause of the fault ? before there was strange chinese rom in my bravo, I thouht it messed up microphone and stuff

If you flashed a stock 2.2.1 and it didn't fix it then I think it would have to be a hardware problem... unfortunately it sounds like someone tried to unload a messed up phone on you, hope you didn't pay to much for it.
Sent from my MB520 using XDA App

FanDroid09 said:
If you flashed a stock 2.2.1 and it didn't fix it then I think it would have to be a hardware problem... unfortunately it sounds like someone tried to unload a messed up phone on you, hope you didn't pay to much for it.
Sent from my MB520 using XDA App
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But one thing I do not understand, clearly there is only one microphone in this phone, I have disassembled it, but one sure thing I can not understand, WHY MIC WORKS WHEN THE SPEAKER PHONE FUNCTION IS TURNED ON DURING THE CALL ? It works flawlessly, but if you turn in off, no sound at all at the other end.
What part of the phone software is responsible for hardware ? Is it Kernel ?
Thanks for answers guys.

I agree that its really weird... I honestly am not the best person to advise you on this particular subject I don't know much about the hardware on this phone besides specs... so if you don't get any good help on this forum (we have low dev activity) you could try a more general and active forum.
Sent from my MB520 using XDA App

AgniusLT said:
But one thing I do not understand, clearly there is only one microphone in this phone, I have disassembled it, but one sure thing I can not understand, WHY MIC WORKS WHEN THE SPEAKER PHONE FUNCTION IS TURNED ON DURING THE CALL ? It works flawlessly, but if you turn in off, no sound at all at the other end.
What part of the phone software is responsible for hardware ? Is it Kernel ?
Thanks for answers guys.
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Did you solve your problem?
I have a similar problem, I can be heard good only when I speak over bluetooth.

Hey mate.
Finally I found out that Motorola Bravo has TWO microphones, one for calls, other is on the back near the camera and it is used for video recording/speaker during call.
So I think I have faulty microphone. But not 100% sure. Still dunno which part of software drives hardware, specifically microphones.

Anyways I receive no answers to this problem. So generally I think my front microphone does not work but the rear one works perfectly.
So maybe there is a way to change the usage of the microphone during the call ?
That the rear microphone would be used and not the front one.
Cause some recording apps let me do this like "TapeMachine Recorder"

Help ! Water damage . audio wont work

Hey guys I'm new here. A few weeks ago i happened to not notice that some liquid spilt on my phone while driving and i left it there like that for a while . then When i got a call and answered couldn't hear the other person. Then i noticed water on the fingerprint scanner as i had a spigen case and it had managed to get into my phone. I turned off my phone immediately and disconnected everything. Next morning i happened to removed the board and dry it out as i have done this many times before when i changed the thermal paste. The water damage indicator was red. After ensuring everything had dried out i put it back together and my phone powered back on and it charges well. But when i go to play an audio file. I get an error Sorry, the player does not support this type of audio file. The audio recorder hangs and i camera app also works but when i switch to video it hangs. Phone has been reset to factory. Same issue. Sorry for the long story. Need some Help on what part to replace. Is it the mic and speaker that's busted or some component like the DAC. If so where is the Dac located and how can i go about fixing this. Any part websites you recommend I'm from India.

Any help is nice guys. Please

My first V20 was one I bought on ebay that had sound not working. Also the camera was not working. I though it would be an easy fix, well, hoped actually, but it was not. I didn't pay much for it so I though it was worth the risk. The problem you have sounds exactly the same. Software reset won't fix it.
I did get it to work though temporarily. I put the motherboard in the oven for 10 minutes. It worked for a few days only.
The problem is that the DAC chip is now faulty due to water damage I'd say. You need a new motherboard. I would suggest buying a new v20 and keep the old one for charging your spare battery on quick charge! Or you can buy a new motherboard only on alliexpress for about 50/60 euros.

Thank you. I did consider an industrial oven. Could you please help me with temps you used? Was it the same error you got while trying to play a track?