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Clean ear piece grill?

Anyone have any ideas on how I can go about cleaning the ear-piece grill? I see some flakes of string/hair, no sure what it is, or just string particles that is stuck there that I'm having difficulty removing. Should I go with the canned air route? Or do I risk blowing the stuff INSIDE the ear-piece and consequently, the phone?
Any ideas are welcome.

i use a lump of bluetack

samsamuel said:
i use a lump of bluetack
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Interesting. I'll give that a shot. Lawl. I just used tweezers and those seem to work as well, though it couldn't get the tiny non-string particles.
Cheers.

I've usually just been using qtips (lightly dampened, then dry), and just blowing into it with my mouth. I've avoided using canned air just because I'd be worried about damaging the speaker inside. That might not be a valid concern, but I haven't bothered finding out.

sirphunkee said:
I've avoided using canned air just because I'd be worried about damaging the speaker inside.
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yea, same, i'm not keen on blasting away right inside my lovely toy, no matter what they say about how safe it is.

PoisonWolf said:
Interesting. I'll give that a shot. Lawl. I just used tweezers and those seem to work as well, though it couldn't get the tiny non-string particles.
Cheers.
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Be really CAREFUL!!!! with tweezers because they can chip and scratch off the black paint thats on mesh type grill

Cleaning the speaker grill....

Ok I'm sure you all like to keep your HD2's looking as clean and shiny as i do, however I've noticed a bit of fluff and dust collecting in the earpiece speaker grill. I was just womdering if anyone had found a quick and simple way of cleaning it? I've tried cotton buds, sellotape and air dusters but it wont shift!
Before you suggest it I've already considered shrinking myself down to microscopic size (like that 80's movie with Dennis Quaid) and removing it by hand but thats not very practical.
Cheers.

150 psi out of my air compressor works well

Il remember that next time Im putting some air in my tyres. Cheers.

I use one of the girlfriends unused blusher brushes, and I keep it in the case all the time. A thick brush works best, you can grip the tip and give the grill a brisk brush.

Try one of those little usb vaccum cleaners. They're only a few bucks on ebay and should do the trick.

Yes, very annoying with all the crap that collects in the ear piece speaker grill...

Thanks guys...... gonna go and raid the missus' make up bag for a little brush.....
USB vacuum cleaners......lol thats a new one....

usb vacuum cleaners are just a geek collectable (I would know, I have one sitting on my desk anc passively collecting dust since at least 3 years ago as it is useless for any other use )... anyway, @you who suggested pressurized airflow... don't you worry that it will somehow damage the speaker membrane?
I'd rather go for a very delicate brush

ephestione said:
you who suggested pressurized airflow... don't you worry that it will somehow damage the speaker membrane?
I'd rather go for a very delicate brush
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I EXACTLY thought the same thing...

Paintbrush! Little one.

A quick blow job works for me

lakeland said:
A quick blow job works for me
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A 'blowjob' will work for me as well
Im using small paiting brush

Also while I think of it, I use one of those super-duper 'Xlerator' hand dryers at work on occasion to blow some of the dirt out of it.

Dont use a Dyson vaccum cleaner tho I sucked 4 keys off my laptop and what a pain replacing those

Thanks again folks, some strange and ingenious solutions indeed. The small brush is doing the trick but theres still some crap actually lodged in the grill I can't shift. Oh well..... at least I haven't smashed the screen or anything serious ....

This cyber clean gel works well for picking dust out of the ear slot and the USB socket.
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/pc-accessories/cyber-clean/1348285/

Tm5078 said:
150 psi out of my air compressor works well
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I wouldn't use that!
I did this once at work on an old phone, and as you know, water likes to form in the pipes when it's not been used in a while in compressors, also you get tiny bits of dirt in the pipes which you're blasting out and through the grill like a soft sand blaster!
Anyway, didn't even notice the small amount of water blasting out until the phone stopped working and i took it apart again to see the whole board was rusty.
Wondering if it was the air line that did it I fired it at a wall for about 30 seconds and saw it forming on the wall and running down.
A quick empty of the compressors drain valve did the trick to stop the water, but I still wouldn't trust it now.
I use a sort bristled (unused) tooth brush on my HD2 now.

Try good old blu-tack.
That or use something like a pin to dislodge the bits then the brush to clear them.

A soft tooth brush may work.
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Cleaning X10i

Whats the best way of cleaning the phone?
Started getting bits of dust inbetween the cracks, between the screen and the case, aswell as in the earphone speaker bit.
Any reasonable way of cleaning it?

Something gentle like a sand blaster should do it.
On a serious note, i just use that flimsy pos case they include. Mine was stretched to hell inside a week.
Sent from my rooted X10i using Tapatalk.

"Sanitizer" for your phone. xD. Clean, faster, cheap, all in one !
http://www.gizmag.com/violight-uv-cell-phone-sanitizer/15496/

Any advance on this?
Wanting to clean dust etc from the earphone speaker at the top.
Any tips etc?

superleeds27 said:
Any advance on this?
Wanting to clean dust etc from the earphone speaker at the top.
Any tips etc?
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dip into beer
just kidin`

I used to clean it with Colgate toothpaste

i use Cyberclean on mine. just get a toothpick to pick out any gel that gets left out.
http://cyberclean.ch/page.php?lang_id=2

I just use a vacuum cleaner. Set it on low. With a smaller head adapter. vacuum half at a time.
Sent from my X10i using XDA App

sparkymarks said:
i use Cyberclean on mine. just get a toothpick to pick out any gel that gets left out.
http://cyberclean.ch/page.php?lang_id=2
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That's what I use on my X10 and my pc

To get my x10 clean I lightly vacuum the earpeice and buttons, then buff with a little Zymol wax. Perfection

How to clean speaker grille?

What's the an effective way to clean the speaker grille without damaging it?

Krooked22 said:
What's the an effective way to clean the speaker grille without damaging it?
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Washing machine

I hold the phone with the grills facing down, and use a camera lens blower brush.

Soft bristled toothbrush and canned air.

Solutions Etcetera said:
I hold the phone with the grills facing down, and use a camera lens blower brush.
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This! I do the samething...

I have some dried up chocolate milk there so there needs to be a little bit of friction to loosen the grime

android4life92 said:
Washing machine
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Somebody give this man a cookie.

Krooked22 said:
I have some dried up chocolate milk there so there needs to be a little bit of friction to loosen the grime
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LOL. Hold it upside down and use a tissue moistened with warm water.

Lints on the earpiece grill

Anyone notices lints and dusts clogging the earpiece grill?
How do you guys clean it?

infamousvincci said:
Anyone notices lints and dusts clogging the earpiece grill?
How do you guys clean it?
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Air.

How to clean the earpiece grill
infamousvincci said:
Anyone notices lints and dusts clogging the earpiece grill?
How do you guys clean it?
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18 months later … but now I had this problem too. Fairly suddenly I could only hear a very faint voice on the telephone, only minimally understandable.
So I used a sharp needle to carefully lift the grit off the tiny grill slot at the top of the phone as well as I could. Then I applied a vacuum cleaner to suck out as much dust as possible.
It worked, but what I don't know is the risk of damaging the speaker underneath. Any information on what that looks like would be welcome. Has anybody taken the phone apart and looked?

I recommend the Blue Tac adhesive stuff. It's kinda sticky like bubblegum. Anyhow just smoosh that into the opening(s) & pull back out & repeat as needed. The stuff works beautifully!

equi_design said:
I recommend the Blue Tac adhesive stuff. It's kinda sticky like bubblegum. Anyhow just smoosh that into the opening(s) & pull back out & repeat as needed. The stuff works beautifully!
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I might also suggest some clay bar. Any modeling clay would do the trick. If you might be thinking about detailing your car in the near future you could a small piece of the clay to remove any dust/lint from the front speaker grill.