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Loss of sound due to lint

Today I plugged my epic into the car jack to listen to music on my way home. When I unplugged everything seemed fine, but the first call I got had no sound. I called my wifes phone to test and same thing, and she couldn't hear me either. I also noticed I lost all screen tap sounds, but my ringtones still made noise. So I tried to reflash the ROM I was on and it didn't help. So I odin'd to DI18, and it didn't work. So I went to sprint, bone stock and let them try to fix it, only to watch them fail as well. So I walked out of Sprint wth a new Epic on order, ad noticed that the sound screen taps would work and then just stop again. I got home and looked in the 3.5 mm hole and found smashed down lint was stuck inside. I used a small needle to remove the lint and what do you know, I am an idiot. Hope this helps someone out there.
Sent from anxiously awaiting new Epic.
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Had that issue repeatedly with all 3 palm pre's I had. I really wish they would start putting those little rubber doors over that port like they use to.
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I was suprised sprint didnt catch it while I was there. The assumed it was a software issue related to bad EC05 update. Whatever, I got a couple of dings on this one, i'll take a clean for free.
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Luckily the epic hardware is a lot less flaky than the pre. The first replacement pre developed a crack in the side panel after about 3 days of light use. Make sure to give your replacement a good look over before you leave the store, if you catch any problems there you will likely be able to get a new in box phone.
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Call volume, others can't hear me very well

I have absolutely no gripes about the Samsung Galaxy S2, best phone I have ever tried....... Okay, just one gripe!
It pertains to the outgoing voice call volume. People I talk to often comment that it's often hard to hear my voice well. This has never been a problem with other mobile phones I have owned in the past. Does there exist a way to boost the outgoing voice volume on this otherwise excellent phone?
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I have the same problem i have have discovered its something to do with the noise cancellation. If u disable it people will be able to hear u more clearly. U can disable it while by pressing the menu key while ur in a call
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Sorry guys...no solution for that.I try everything..some woodoo **** etc..but no..
I sold my old g2 and buy new one..now my g2 rocks...
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I had a galaxy s2 that the first call I was hard to hear and also the wifi signal was rubbish in comparison to my galaxy s. This was a hardware fault with the sgs2 so I would suggest taking back to get changed under warranty.

Many people have reported poor call quality / echo etc. For many just removing the case helps.
I can't believe that by using a case, call quality is affected but its true. It happens to me. When people complain I remove the case and call quality is fine.
I now have one of those perforated cases (the mesh looking ones) and this doesn't happen any more.
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That's a good point, if the microphone for speaking on the bottom or the microphone on the top for noise cancelling is covered then, definitely, call quality will be terrible.
Try drilling a hole in the case if it does cover either hole...

I had the issue too - turned out it's the builtin noise cancellation that was the culprit.
If you're using stock rom, press menu button during a call, select more and turn off noise cancellation (or whatever it's called). Should give instant results. Unfortunately it seems like it's a per call setting change (ie. it's not remembered and you have to turn it off whenever the issue appears).
I'm using VillainRom 3.0 and installed VRTweaks - from there you can disable it permanently. I don't know if other rooms have that feature.
Hope it helps.
/Martin
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Considering it doesnt happen with stock roms, i would suggest posting directly to the appropriate custom rom thread or contact the developer directly.
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My experience has been that it's the other way around. When I was on stock rom, people couldn't hear me. The good custom roms have a tonne of built-in code; included is the increase in mic volume to 100% to remove the stock issue. You can do it manually on stock if you want but I think it resets if you reboot.

I have tried upping the mic volume via the factory settings, but it didn't really help much.
However, I do have a little intriguing update..
I thought I could see some debris inside the tiny microphone hole, so I decided to be a bit adventurous and got hold of a very thin needle and started prying it around inside the hole, trying to both expand the hole and as such and also remove any potentially blocking debris.
Result? It has been very promising, I've had two long lasting phone calls since then, and I asked the persons to whom I was speaking, if they could hear me better than usually, and the answer in both cases was a resounding 'yes'!
(I did the same needle trick on the top microphone aswell)
So far so good, it seems to have had a very positive effect indeed.
Word of warning though; you should do this with the phone turned off. I learned that the hard way. Apparently prying around with a needle can mess with some of the electronics ;-) in my case it caused my phone to semi-reboot and reset all my app folder organization, so I had to place all my apps in folders again, argh!
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sniiidk said:
I have tried upping the mic volume via the factory settings, but it didn't really help much.
However, I do have a little intriguing update..
I thought I could see some debris inside the tiny microphone hole, so I decided to be a bit adventurous and got hold of a very thin needle and started prying it around inside the hole, trying to both expand the hole and as such and also remove any potentially blocking debris.
Result? It has been very promising, I've had two long lasting phone calls since then, and I asked the persons to whom I was speaking, if they could hear me better than usually, and the answer in both cases was a resounding 'yes'!
(I did the same needle trick on the top microphone aswell)
So far so good, it seems to have had a very positive effect indeed.
Word of warning though; you should do this with the phone turned off. I learned that the hard way. Apparently prying around with a needle can mess with some of the electronics ;-) in my case it caused my phone to semi-reboot and reset all my app folder organization, so I had to place all my apps in folders again, argh!
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Very interesting! I wanted to try that some time ago but I did not dare.
Anyway, in my case, the top microphone works perfectly, because if someone can't hear me, I activate de speaker. And when I do this, the phone activates the top microphone instead of the bottom microphone.

Speakers cracking

I've had my nexus for about a month now.
The speakers were fine until today, the just started a cracking sound on certain sounds.
It's really annoying and it only happens when the volume is higher then 50%.
With headphones the sound is just normal.
Is there something I can do about it? I'm not really a fan of sending my nexus back to Asus.

I had my left speaker crackling from day one. I opened the back cover and took off the net that covered the speaker. That solved my problem. You may also try that.
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Took the backcover of and discovered it was my right speaker, removing the net had no effect.
Are the speakers sold apart? And are they hard to replace?

Go back to stock using Wug's toolkit. My sound was broken and not playing, I thought it was a hardware problem but I flashed back to stock. I did that and It worked. It wouldn't hurt to try it. Make sure you backup your apps using "My Backup" or "Titanium backup (root)"

Wiisper said:
Took the backcover of and discovered it was my right speaker, removing the net had no effect.
Are the speakers sold apart? And are they hard to replace?
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They are ridiculously easy to replace. There's an ifixit guide. Haven't seen anyone selling any though.
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Wiisper said:
Took the backcover of and discovered it was my right speaker, removing the net had no effect.
Are the speakers sold apart? And are they hard to replace?
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I had the same problem and researched it. I even unrooted and went back to stock thinking it may have been a software problem. But to no avail. It turns out to have been a blown speaker. I couldn't locate a replacement for it. Luckily I purchased it a Staples and was able to exchange it.

Wiisper said:
Took the backcover of and discovered it was my right speaker, removing the net had no effect.
Are the speakers sold apart? And are they hard to replace?
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Same here right speaker. I figured out that mine has a tendency to "pop" out or something and if I just push it back in I hear a click and no more crackling.
I finally worked out a solution using tape under the mesh to keep the speaker from popping out like this again and no more crackling so far.
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Ryan35310 said:
Go back to stock using Wug's toolkit. My sound was broken and not playing, I thought it was a hardware problem but I flashed back to stock. I did that and It worked. It wouldn't hurt to try it. Make sure you backup your apps using "My Backup" or "Titanium backup (root)"
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My nexus is still 100% stock, I didn't even root it.

Metallice said:
Same here right speaker. I figured out that mine has a tendency to "pop" out or something and if I just push it back in I hear a click and no more crackling.
I finally worked out a solution using tape under the mesh to keep the speaker from popping out like this again and no more crackling so far.
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Tried that, no effect.
I guess the only thing I can do is to sent it back to Asus.
Very poor, cause it has a perfect screen without any flaws.

I used the use the app – Volume+ which kicked out awful crackle/hiss.
Deleted now, no problem.
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My Nexus was crackling and the headphone volume was really low and distant while running AOKP on it. Back to stock now and unrooted and sound is great.
Maybe a problem with the binaries? I'm gonna reroot tonight and do some testing with sound.

lennonfan said:
I used the use the app – Volume+ which kicked out awful crackle/hiss.
Deleted now, no problem.
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volume+ is known that it don't works on jellybean anymore...here what the dev sad in volume+'s market page
---->PLEASE DON'T RATE BADLY BECAUSE OF JELLY BEAN INCOMPATIBILITY! THIS IS GOOGLE'S DOING, NOT MINE, I'M TRYING MY BEST TO GET IT WORKING BUT HAVE HAD NO LUCK SO FAR. PLEASE TRY AND BE A BIT MORE PATIENT.<-------

Wiisper said:
Tried that, no effect.
I guess the only thing I can do is to sent it back to Asus.
Very poor, cause it has a perfect screen without any flaws.
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Well if it really is perfect otherwise it might be worth it to just tape something over the broken speaker to muffle it or disconnect that speaker it until someone starts selling the speaker assembly.
Temporarily having mono sound won't be the worst thing in the world. Do you really need stereo audio? Especially when the two speakers are right next to each other on the same side lol?
That's personally what I would do in your shoes. Someone will eventually start selling N7 parts on ebay or wherever. Heh I may have to if my speaker blows out again and I can't just "pop" it back in like last time.
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Metallice said:
Well if it really is perfect otherwise it might be worth it to just tape something over the broken speaker to muffle it or disconnect that speaker it until someone starts selling the speaker assembly.
Temporarily having mono sound won't be the worst thing in the world. Do you really need stereo audio? Especially when the two speakers are right next to each other on the same side lol?
That's personally what I would do in your shoes. Someone will eventually start selling N7 parts on ebay or wherever. Heh I may have to if my speaker blows out again and I can't just "pop" it back in like last time.
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I can wait it out, but I can also sent it back tot Asus while it's still under warrenty.
Sending my nexus back looks like a safer choice.
Thanks for all the info!

Metallice said:
They are ridiculously easy to replace. There's an ifixit guide. Haven't seen anyone selling any though.
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my speakers blew out the other day. not sure if its one or both but its unbearable to listen to. i saw the guide on ifixit. seemed easy enough so next i did a quick search and found a place they sell them. its called powerbookmedic they go outta stock real quick when they get them in so sign up for there auto email restock notification thing and as soon as they send u a email run to a comp with ur debit card. i got mine coming in a day. i plan on putting these new ones in and then getting some external speakers to use just to save from having to do this again.

Metal Headphone ring

the metal ring that goes around the headphone jack fell out is this a bad thing???? does it do anything or is it just for show?
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Same. And my.WiFi has been acting up
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My WiFi is fine
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ifrankie10 said:
the metal ring that goes around the headphone jack fell out is this a bad thing???? does it do anything or is it just for show?
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I have had two RAZR M XT905, and it happened a few times on the current one (only a few months old), but luckily, the earlier ones happened when the headphones were plugged in, so I didn't loose it. However, the last time it happened it fell off somewhere and I have lost it. So, I called Motorola (live chat) and they said that it was an aesthetic issue, and therefore not covered by their warranty. As I was on the chat, I looked at the socket, and noticed that one of the contacts for the headphone is now visible and therefore would be easy for a short or static discharge to occur, thereby possibly damaging the sensitive electronics inside (as I told them). They then took it a little more serious. However, since I did not want to send my phone off for a few weeks for this minor issue, I asked if they could simply send me a replacement ring, and they said they should be able to organise this.
Tonight, it occurred to me I had my previous phone (which I broke the screen off and hence the 2nd one), so I thought I could simply take the ring off of that one and put on my current one. No surprise, the ring was missing on that one as well, that I hadn't noticed in the few days I had owned it.

Blown top speaker

When i got my One initially i thought the speakers sounded distorted but didn't pay much attention. Almost a month now, my top speaker def sounds blown. Called HTC to let them know the phone was defective and they wanted me to do a restore, so i hung up. How the hell does doing a restore can fix a blown speaker? I think im gonna have to go back to stock and follow with their crap so i can get this one replaced.

fanaticny said:
When i got my One initially i thought the speakers sounded distorted but didn't pay much attention. Almost a month now, my top speaker def sounds blown. Called HTC to let them know the phone was defective and they wanted me to do a restore, so i hung up. How the hell does doing a restore can fix a blown speaker? I think im gonna have to go back to stock and follow with their crap so i can get this one replaced.
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Just tell them you did. Tell them you have done a full factory reset. HTC's new backup program works well and restores app data just a FYI.

Yes, you will have to follow their crap. Hanging up on the person who you need to help you is, I guess, not what you need to do.

Just tell them you have, even if you haven't. they play their games, we play ours
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Well if you have installed any sound enhancements during ROM flashing that might be a reason. I don't think it is that unreasonable request that you try to go back to stock to test the speaker again.....? For sure if you take it in to an HTC dealer they are going to say the same thing before repairing it.

angusc said:
Well if you have installed any sound enhancements during ROM flashing that might be a reason. I don't think it is that unreasonable request that you try to go back to stock to test the speaker again.....? For sure if you take it in to an HTC dealer they are going to say the same thing before repairing it.
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As of right now, i will return the phone but also go back to stock and test. I dont recall installing audio enhancements, im running ARHD 9.0. As i said before from day one i noticed a little distortion and progressively it got worst. If i indeed had install a sound mod, wouldnt the bottom speaker be affected too?, i mean thats my logic, i might be wrong.
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Hanging up on someone is something a girl would do with shes fighting with her boyfriend.
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I don't see why this is HTCs fault? It's standard procedure. All you need to say is that you have wiped it and they will help generate a repair case.
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ste1164 said:
I don't see why this is HTCs fault? It's standard procedure. All you need to say is that you have wiped it and they will help generate a repair case.
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Neither do I , if I feel it's faulty then the very first thing to do is factory reset. That at least would clarify no software setting involved.

ste1164 said:
I don't see why this is HTCs fault? It's standard procedure. All you need to say is that you have wiped it and they will help generate a repair case.
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I didn't say it was their fault, i hung up bc i didn't want to proceed with doing a restore at least not at that moment. The other thing is I shouldve called letstalk and not HTC, that was my fault.

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Just tell them you did. Tell them you have done a full factory reset. HTC's new backup program works well and restores app data just a FYI.
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I just used it to swap from one One to another and it did NOT save data or even all my apps.
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shabazz18 said:
I just used it to swap from one One to another and it did NOT save data or even all my apps.
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it did mostly for me. I think not for 1 game.
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shabazz18 said:
I just used it to swap from one One to another and it did NOT save data or even all my apps.
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Sorry about that. On the new phone go into settings and backup and reset and make sure it's making backups. If it didn't restore anything then it doesn't sound like it was set up or that it was set up but didn't make a backup.

I'm starting to suspect a blown speaker too. Problem is that both work, but the bottom speaker is clearly louder than the top one.
So either it's by design or not, it's annoying. Not gonna get it changed for now as I don't really use the speakers everyday (hopefully). And it works just fine when calling someone. So I even started it was by design, so I wouldn't become deaf even on lower volume

Bottom speaker is louder than top speaker FYI. Pretty sure this is normal. It would be nice if we had access to the balance.

dexmix said:
Bottom speaker is louder than top speaker FYI. Pretty sure this is normal. It would be nice if we had access to the balance.
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+1, I am pretty sure thats normal too

dexmix said:
Bottom speaker is louder than top speaker FYI. Pretty sure this is normal. It would be nice if we had access to the balance.
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mr2kqql said:
+1, I am pretty sure thats normal too
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Yes you guys are correct. I verified with a sound meter in close proximity to each one. The bottom speaker is approximately 2 dB louder. Not a huge difference but 2 dB difference is within the range of human hearing and when you hold the phone up to your face you can tell one speaker is a bit louder. Running 1.29.401.16R with stock kernel and no sound enhancement mods.

henrybravo said:
Yes you guys are correct. I verified with a sound meter in close proximity to each one. The bottom speaker is approximately 2 dB louder. Not a huge difference but 2 dB difference is within the range of human hearing and when you hold the phone up to your face you can tell one speaker is a bit louder. Running 1.29.401.16R with stock kernel and no sound enhancement mods.
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I had a blown top speaker as well. Bottom speaker sounded great but top speaker sounded horrible at any volume much above 25%. I got my original phone replaced under warranty and the bottom speaker is louder than the top one on both of them.

I dunno, all i did was root mine and there are times I think the speaker is crackly. There was actually one time I had to change a song because it sounded distorted. I'm honestly just waiting for some major flop before I send mine back. I gotta ask on this note, would it be best to go through AT&T or HTC?

dexmix said:
Bottom speaker is louder than top speaker FYI. Pretty sure this is normal. It would be nice if we had access to the balance.
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mr2kqql said:
+1, I am pretty sure thats normal too
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henrybravo said:
The bottom speaker is approximately 2 dB louder. Not a huge difference but 2 dB difference is within the range of human hearing and when you hold the phone up to your face you can tell one speaker is a bit louder.
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JustLiveIt said:
Ithe bottom speaker is louder than the top one on both of them.
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Ah thanks guys ! So it's by design ! I can now say my One is perfect :laugh::good: