Anyone else notice that the rear speaker under the back plate of the note 4 is substantially bigger than the hole in the back plate?
Anyone try to enlarge the hole to see if it improved the quality or loudness of the rear speaker?
You can try just testing with the cover off. I can't tell any difference, but my ears are more than a little out of warranty.
That was made for designing purpose and should not affect the sound quality.
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Hi,
I have metal noise from my top speaker, when I talking with someone.
Something similar to the vibration of the metal. Maybe it is grill.
Have someone similar problem? Device DVP 8Gb.
I've the same problem, DVP 16gb.
I hear the voice of my speaker with metal noise.
termitor said:
Hi,
I have metal noise from my top speaker, when I talking with someone.
Something similar to the vibration of the metal. Maybe it is grill.
Have someone similar problem? Device DVP 8Gb.
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My ear piece speaker died and I took it open to replace it. I don't remember it having a significant enough of a metal grill in front of it (to cause vibrations?). I actually just remember a thin fabric covering the speaker (glued to the front glass). If your speaker is toasted though, it's not hard to replace that sucka. The generic speaker itself is only like a dollar off the bay. Here's an image of the speaker:
http://gsmserver.com/nfs/product/81...0-N96-N97-X3-00-5250-C3-00-C3-01-X3-02-E7.jpg
I actually notice the speaker volume and clarity improving after the replacement but that could be just me...
One way to improve the horrible camera performance on this device is to remove the plastic lens embedded in the battery cover. I thought it might be hampering the camera sensor so I tested my camera with the battery cover on and off and it definitely improves the camera without the cheap plastic lens. To remove it, take off the battery cover, flip it over, peel off the black sticker around the lens on the cover, then use an exacto knife or small screwdriver and gently work around the edges of the square plastic piece until it pops out. The only downside is that the little chrome ring is held in by the plastic lens so you won't have that nice metal accent anymore.
Any risk of damaging the lense without the cover?
So, dropped my Note 3. Visual inspection it looked fine, but the lens is definitely broken on the camera itself (Not on the body of the phone) and the photos look like there is a spider on the phone.
I looked up the camera for the phone, doesnt seem overly expensive. How hard to replace is this? How likely am I to destroy the phone while trying to fix this?
It is a relatively easy fix. I had the same issue with my camera an a $12 replacement and disassembling/replace/reassembling of the phone did the trick.
Good luck!
Cheers,
B.D.
The_Joe said:
So, dropped my Note 3. Visual inspection it looked fine, but the lens is definitely broken on the camera itself (Not on the body of the phone) and the photos look like there is a spider on the phone.
I looked up the camera for the phone, doesnt seem overly expensive. How hard to replace is this? How likely am I to destroy the phone while trying to fix this?
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Do you mean the rear facing camera or front? The front facing camera would require a new screen glass which is NOT an easy fix. The rear facing camera would be much easier. You need to remove all the back cover screws then pry up lightly with the S-Pen to pop the cover up. There is one place by the power button that needs to be pried up with something like a guitar pick. once the cover is off you will need to bend the retaining tabs of the lens and it comes right off. When you say "inner lens" I'm not sure what you mean. I doubt you actually cracked the lens of the camera either front or rear but once the back cover is off, both of these are easily removed. A replacement of either on can be found on eBay for cheap.
rear outer lens
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BLK-Rear-Ca...377573?hash=item43c99de725:g:MbIAAOxy2CZTcOjI
rear camera
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rear-Back-C...207467?hash=item33b3e11fab:g:ThwAAOSwDNdV1qYX
front camera
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Front-Facin...026767?hash=item35ee76c10f:g:sCAAAOSwHnFVtWF3
The picture below shows the tabs which need to be bent up to replace the rear facing camera lens. the tabs are under the green tape
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2MEAAOSwDNdVssKn/s-l1600.jpg
I've had my phone for about a week now and I noticed that the right side of my camera was collecting a lot of dust. After removing it, I noticed that there is a gap between the rear glass and the camera where it looks like some adhesive is exposed.
Gap on the right side: http://imgur.com/a/ifWFFSC
Left side showing no gap: http://imgur.com/a/FlJTECh
Aside from it bothering me somewhat from an aesthetic standpoint, I'm more concerned about dust and water ingress into the phone and under the lens.
Does anyone else have this issue? Should I exchange the phone before the 15 days are up? Aside from this, I'm impressed with the build quality.
I may have the slightest of gaps but barely noticeable. The glass has to be a wee smaller than the frame so it's not a press fit which would cause stress and ultimately a fracture of the glass.
If it does not bother you too much keep the phone. It won't impede waterproofing and camera quality.
This may be of very limited use but I believe I'm far from the only one still using this device and the torn speaker membrane is very common.
Prerequisites:
Moto G3 with torn speaker membrane, preferably in need of replacement screen
Donor Moto G3
Standard tools for disassembly (see iFixit etc. for reaching the point where you have the screen removed)
As this requires removing the LCD it's hardly worth doing unless you have a cracked screen that needs replacing. In my case I had a device with various issues, bought another device with a broken screen but otherwise functioning, and simply swapped screens. You can get spares & repairs Moto G3s for very little (<£15/$15).
Ideally your donor screen doesn't have a torn membrane. If it does, as in my case, you can do the following to repair it:
The entire grille/ membrane is stuck to the glass from the inside.
Carefully run a sharp knife underneath the hard silver plastic and lever it out.
The plastic membrane is actually 2 sheets. Use a knife, fingernail, tweezers etc. starting at the edge to peel the first layer away: it is a thin tranparent plastic sheet surrounding the hole. You don't need to worry about removing cleanly, you won't need these any more.
Then do the same on the grey membrane, which is thicker and held on more securely, requiring more force to remove.
Now remove the entire bottom main speaker grille part from the your broken screen (i.e. whichever screen you'll no longer be using)
This simply has some sort of material mesh-like grille which can be peeled off carefully.
Once removed, align the edge of the material with your earpiece speaker piece and stick on. The mesh is longer so you have to trim the end off with scissors.
You now have a new earpiece speaker grille, with a cloth-like membrane like the main speaker grille, rather than the original plastic membrane.
This can now be replaced as the glue should still hold.
Hope this helps somebody despite being a rather convoluted process. Waterproofing not tested yet! And note the battery light is not diffused as before so appears brighter.
Great write up and thanks for taking the time to post
Nice one even I tore but no issues facing on speaker
Do u have any image or video on doing this !!
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Do u have any image or video on doing this !!
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I could add some pics of the parts if that would help? Didn't think to take pics during the process unfortunately