I've noticed two holes recently:
1. Above the volume controls there is a small hole.
2. Next to the headphone hole on the right.
What are they for?
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Extra mic's for noise cancellation?
You can put a wrist strap in the hole above the volume rocker.
On the Quick Guide, it say the hole on the right of headphone jack, is a "mouthpiece", which "active only when you use the speakerphone feature or record videos."
I figured the hole on the upper left side was for cellphone charms. Those are big in parts of Asia iirc.
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Noise cancel mic and lanyard wrist strap hole.
YAY! I've never had a phone with a lanyard strap. Sometimes, despite deadly EMF, I'd like to hang it around my neck!
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YAY! I've never had a phone with a lanyard strap. Sometimes, despite deadly EMF, I'd like to hang it around my neck!
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And putting it next to your private parts is better? You should check your priorities, dude. =)
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No, I used to sell landlords on having cellsites on their roof. I was reading about the evils of EMF back then (the 90's). I always get it away from my body and turn off all but the 2G radio when it's in my pocket or in sleep mode. Sometimes I want to listen to podcasts etc. on it when I don't have pockets. It would be more convenient and drop proof than sliding it in a waistband.
There's a little bump on the battery cover over the speaker.
I assume this is so if you lay the phone on a flat surface you don't totally muffle the speaker - good idea.
They should have done this on each side of the camera, to protect the camera lens. Ah well, good reason to guy a case I guess.
- Frank
They should put a speaker on the front too so you can hear clearly what music you are changing thru on the screen, which IS on the front. I've been wondering when I'm going g to see a phone with a speaker on the front also
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Was at a party last week and my mother-in-law to be managed to spill a glass of wine in the general direction of my phone. It didn't get soaked but a good few droplets made it onto the front. I turned it off and took it apart best I could to dry it out and it seemed to be working fine.
Now though I have noticed that the volume through the earpiece is greatly reduced - it used to be too loud on maximum phone volume but now I have trouble hearing people on the phone. Is this the sort of thing that could be caused by liquid damage or should I look to other causes? If it is, how expensive/possible is it to repair?
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Kameeeleon said:
Was at a party last week and my mother-in-law to be managed to spill a glass of wine in the general direction of my phone. It didn't get soaked but a good few droplets made it onto the front. I turned it off and took it apart best I could to dry it out and it seemed to be working fine.
Now though I have noticed that the volume through the earpiece is greatly reduced - it used to be too loud on maximum phone volume but now I have trouble hearing people on the phone. Is this the sort of thing that could be caused by liquid damage or should I look to other causes? If it is, how expensive/possible is it to repair?
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It could be that the contacts are dirty because of the dried up residue of the wine. Removing and inserting your headphone plug a couple of times (20 or so) might remove it. Worth a try before sending in for repair. If it is just replacing the headphone jacket then repair should not be too expensive. I assume you tested with another set of earpieces as well to make sure it is the phone ?
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It could be that the contacts are dirty because of the dried up residue of the wine. Removing and inserting your headphone plug a couple of times (20 or so) might remove it. Worth a try before sending in for repair. If it is just replacing the headphone jacket then repair should not be too expensive. I assume you tested with another set of earpieces as well to make sure it is the phone ?
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I mean earpiece as in the small speaker on the top of the phone, not handsfree.
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I recently upgraded from m7 to m8 i owned my m7 for approx 10 months and never got dust in speaker grill ive owned my m8 for approx 1 day and night it hasent even been out the house yet and already ive got dust in grills which i just cant remove , im thinking about swapping it but concerned this will be a ongoing issue which will happen to the next one ... i was curious to how many other people have dust in there speaker grills.
things ive tried to clean speakers :-
compressed air
Vaccum Speakers
wet wipes
sucking speaker with mouth
Blowing Speakers with mouth
Cleaning paint brush
Cleaning tooth brush
blu tack
speaker cleaning app
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I recently upgraded from m7 to m8 i owned my m7 for approx 10 months and never got dust in speaker grill ive owned my m8 for approx 1 day and night it hasent even been out the house yet and already ive got dust in grills which i just cant remove , im thinking about swapping it but concerned this will be a ongoing issue which will happen to the next one ... i was curious to how many other people have dust in there speaker grills.
things ive tried to clean speakers :-
compressed air
wet wipes
sucking speaker with mouth
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man why are you sucking speakers hahaha dont do that... i have that problem, i mean with dust, not sucking hahahahh its a normaln thing :laugh:
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man why are you sucking speakers hahaha dont do that... i have that problem, i mean with dust, not sucking hahahahh its a normaln thing :laugh:
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ahh its so annoying i wouldent mind if i had phone a while but not even 24 hours and grills are clogged , nice phone thou lol
O yaaaaaaaaaaa that what I needed to brighten my morrning. :cyclops::laugh::laugh::crying:
sucking speakers wid mouth .. lol
I found that playing music at 100% volume and blocking the clean parts of the speaker with my finger causes the dust to fly out of the speakers
Wow, sucking speakers with mouth to get dust out. Seriously the OCD king of XDA right here! Literally heard it all about this device now, lol! Play a song with heavy bass to push that dust out, haha! Seriously how do u see dust in the speaker holes? Do u have a 50x magnifying glass u use for this? Maybe there's a bubble case for people who like to live in bubbles to avoid the elements of going outside into the wild of this planet? Oh boy.
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When I was in a phone call, the earpiece suddenly became very fuzzy like there was a hardware issue. I have had the phone 4 days and this suddenly just started, or I just discovered it. During my troubleshooting, I noticed it was the way I was holding the phone. I was holding the phone with my pointer finger near the power button and by just applying light pressure, it caused severe interference with the earpiece speaker. I could actually feel the bass and vibration from the ear piece through the back of the phone.
Sadly, as happy as I am with the phone, this could be a deal breaker of this is a total design flaw. Can anyone else confirm this issue? Basically press with your pointer finger around the power button and see if it causes interference with the ear piece. Feedback would be appreciated.
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Seems to be caused by, or made worse at least, by wireless charging. My initial guess is the magnet in charger is screwing up the earpiece.
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OK, exchanged my phone for another G6 and I'm having the EXACT same issue. When I'm on a call and there is the slightest pressure applied around the power button, the earpiece sound becomes extremely distorted. Having a cheap plastic case on it causes distortion, too.
Can anyone else confirm theirs does this, too? Make a call (voicemail or something) and while listening apply slight to moderate pressure various pressure points around phone.
I highly doubt I received two duds in a row.
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I just noticed this problem today and I will get my phone exchanged Monday because it is driving me nuts...
Btw this started today, I didn't have this problem yesterday
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le0.br4zuc4 said:
I just noticed this problem today and I will get my phone exchanged Monday because it is driving me nuts...
Btw this started today, I didn't have this problem yesterday
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Do you have anything covering the camera? A protector or case?
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skyfox99 said:
Do you have anything covering the camera? A protector or case?
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No case, no screen protector. Nothing different. Just happened on a phone call today... Middle of the call too, not even from the start
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My G6 also started acting up like that also a few days ago. The earpiece while on call was distorted when I press my finger at the back panel. The distortion doesn't happen when I hold the phone by the sides. Did you get to fix yours?
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My G6 also started acting up like that also a few days ago. The earpiece while on call was distorted when I press my finger at the back panel. The distortion doesn't happen when I hold the phone by the sides. Did you get to fix yours?
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Do your have any type if screen protector over the camera area? Or a case?
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skyfox99 said:
Do your have any type if screen protector over the camera area? Or a case?
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I have a camera lens protector from Nillkin. I have a Spigen Thin Fit case. However, I also have a DBrand-like skin at the back. I found the problem. I think the skin added thickness while combined with the case. When I removed the case, the distortion disappeared even if I press the back. So in the end, I just removed the skin. No distortion even with a case.
I still think the back plate of G6 was poorly made. It shouldn't be like that even if the phone is kinda squeezed.
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I have a camera lens protector from Nillkin. I have a Spigen Thin Fit case. However, I also have a DBrand-like skin at the back. I found the problem. I think the skin added thickness while combined with the case. When I removed the case, the distortion disappeared even if I press the back. So in the end, I just removed the skin. No distortion even with a case.
I still think the back plate of G6 was poorly made. It shouldn't be like that even if the phone is kinda squeezed.
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So after experiencing just this, I did a little investigation. It would turn out the plastic causes interference with the speaker. The technology used is interesting, because the "speaker" for the earpiece is not directly behind the screen on the front of the phone. The speaker is actually behind the camera. The phone channels the sound internally towards the earpiece. The plastic causes vibrational echoes which disrupt this "channeling" or redirection of the sound from the speaker to the earpiece. The case is not the culprit, it is the plastic over the area of the camera. The case merely causes enough pressure to initiate the disruption.
Crazy, huh?
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skyfox99 said:
So after experiencing just this, I did a little investigation. It would turn out the plastic causes interference with the speaker. The technology used is interesting, because the "speaker" for the earpiece is not directly behind the screen on the front of the phone. The speaker is actually behind the camera. The phone channels the sound internally towards the earpiece. The plastic causes vibrational echoes which disrupt this "channeling" or redirection of the sound from the speaker to the earpiece. The case is not the culprit, it is the plastic over the area of the camera. The case merely causes enough pressure to initiate the disruption.
Crazy, huh?
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Damn. That's crazy man. But I still have the camera lens protector on. I didn't remove it. The disruption is gone though. Did you have any screen protector for the camera lens? Do you still have the earpiece distortion?
Having the piece over the camera only didn't cause issues, but any piece over the glass back of the phone did.
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I have a case and screen protector and have never had any of these issues.
Have you guys found a fix for this issue?
Yesterday I applied dbrand skin on my phone and noticed the same issue. If the back panel is pressed while on a phone call the ear speaker is crackling.
It doesn't matter if the call volume is high or low and it doesn't matter where I press the back panel. It seems to be in random places, like closer to the bottom of the phone or the power button.
While this is not a big deal, it gets very annoying when you are on the call and place the phone between your ear and shoulder to make both hands free. At that time even a little pressure from your shoulder causes massive sound distortion.
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Certain cases you use on the G6 will make the ear piece speaker sound like a buzzing bee. I can attest to this owning three of these phones. As one of the cases I bought will make which ever phone I move it to would make it sound like a bee. BZZZZZZ.
The one one particular has a soft rubber inside and has a hard shell outside that slips over the inner piece and then squeeze's
the the sides of the phone to hold on. When I switched case or removed buzz went away. So it has something to do with either too much pressure on the back of the phone, or is blocking something else. Not sure but just by sliding back the hard outer shell it went away. Hope this helps. Its probably not the phone. Thought I would re-edit after making some new observations with my G6's The phone earpiece will definately start buzzing if you apply pressure to back of phone just below the power button any where from 1/2 inc down. Let up and it will go away.
ohh thanks daredevil i'm not alone... My speaker start this issue few days ago(After water cleaning)buzzing like heaven fart... My first idea--: water kill but i read this topic not 100 water damage..
I couldn't stand that buzzing bee/crackling sound with my phone, so I sent it on warranty. They replaced earpiece speaker along with inner back cover (the one where wireless charging part is located in US models - mine doesn't have wireless charging). I got the phone, tested and.... damn that crackling sound is still there... So I sent the phone next day back to the service. Got it today and to my surprise the buzzing sound is gone. Even if I put pressure on the various parts of the back panel, including the area underneath the POWER button, there is no crackling sound.
Funny thing is that, engineers in the LG service couldn't reproduce the issue the second time phone landed on their desk.
This means the fix in my case is the mystery.
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lawrrtan said:
Damn. That's crazy man. But I still have the camera lens protector on. I didn't remove it. The disruption is gone though. Did you have any screen protector for the camera lens? Do you still have the earpiece distortion?
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I had one on mine I had cut it out of an old protector. One piece covering camera and lenses. Phone was buzzing on earspeaker.
I cut it in half and left open the part so that the flash is not covered. Works better now.
I had the same problem with my phone. Whenever I had my hands full and I tried to hold my phone with my had and talk the sound would get distorted. I sent mine in for the repair, when I got it back it was partially repaired. I could still hear the distortion, but it wasn't as bad and more pressure was necessary to cause it.