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my evo is a lil over a month old and the speaker is blown...the loud speaker in the back of the phone...when i have the volume up it sounds terrible...like a blown house/car speaker...is it hard to change? or should i unroot the phone and take it to sprint?
Yeah that's what I would do. When I had my front earpiece blown I took it to the sprint store and they replaced it while I waited. I would bring a book, because it took over an hour.
so i do have to have it unrooted to get it fixed?
92bubble said:
my evo is a lil over a month old and the speaker is blown...the loud speaker in the back of the phone...when i have the volume up it sounds terrible...like a blown house/car speaker...is it hard to change? or should i unroot the phone and take it to sprint?
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Its not hard to change but the rear speakers seem to be of cheap quality. If you reallly want a good sound output try looking up the x mini 2 portable speaker. As for the rear speaker all you need is a t5 torx driver bit to open the screws on the back.
In my store we don't even look into whether it's rooted or not unless it's a software issue. I wouldn't worry about unrooting it. And as far as repair time, it takes me about 5 minutes to do it...so I don't know why it would take someone an hour. you just unscrew the back housing, pull the old one out, pop the new one in, screw it back together, and you're on your way.
I'd still unroot it just in case they look, couldn't hurt and it would suck if they flagged your account because of it.
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Mine is blown as well, it's really annoying with HTC. My hero, about 2-3 months and the speaker blew out.. I used pandora on it over that speaker a lot tho so once I bought my EVO I decided not to play music or anything on the speaker at all... just the ringtones and things like that... and it still effin blew in about 2 months and has been since.
I'm not really wanting to unroot and go through all the hassle but I would really like it fixed =\
**edit** After a quick google search, replacing the speaker looks really easy.. I might just give it a go myself. Where is a good place to get a few tools like the t5 driver? And do you guys know a good place to get a replacement speaker?
Rippley05 said:
Mine is blown as well, it's really annoying with HTC. My hero, about 2-3 months and the speaker blew out.. I used pandora on it over that speaker a lot tho so once I bought my EVO I decided not to play music or anything on the speaker at all... just the ringtones and things like that... and it still effin blew in about 2 months and has been since.
I'm not really wanting to unroot and go through all the hassle but I would really like it fixed =\
**edit** After a quick google search, replacing the speaker looks really easy.. I might just give it a go myself. Where is a good place to get a few tools like the t5 driver? And do you guys know a good place to get a replacement speaker?
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You can get the screwdriver at Sears and probably a Lowes/home depot
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Lowes has a kobalt precison screwdriver set by the screwdrivers on the wall for about $7. Set comes with t4,t5,t6,t7,t8,t9,10 and t15. You can get the speaker off ebay. Same speaker thats in most htc devices. 5 minutes to install very easy if you dont want to unroot and dont have the repair plan.
You can get a replacement speaker form this guy for about $12.00. Or you can order a 5 pack of them for about $50.00 from globaldirect.com.
I'm not calling u a lier but he does have a point... I had a moment b4 and I took it to sprint to get an update and when I got there it took two hrs... and they bricked it on top of that and had to replace it.
Skaufma0 said:
In my store we don't even look into whether it's rooted or not unless it's a software issue. I wouldn't worry about unrooting it. And as far as repair time, it takes me about 5 minutes to do it...so I don't know why it would take someone an hour. you just unscrew the back housing, pull the old one out, pop the new one in, screw it back together, and you're on your way.
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How can you tell if your ear piece speaker is blown?
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wfrandy said:
You can get a replacement speaker form this guy for about $12.00. Or you can order a 5 pack of them for about $50.00 from globaldirect.com.
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Thank you! Just trying to be safe here as I don't use paypal over a dispute. I feel funny giving out my card info, so this site is legit right? You have experience with it?
ok this is getting wierd now.... im thinking maybe its the power amp app that im using...if i get a phone call the ringtone is very loud and its clear....it doesnt sound blown....but soon as i go to the media players i cant turn it all the way up because itll be fizzy like its blown...
92bubble said:
ok this is getting wierd now.... im thinking maybe its the power amp app that im using...if i get a phone call the ringtone is very loud and its clear....it doesnt sound blown....but soon as i go to the media players i cant turn it all the way up because itll be fizzy like its blown...
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PowerAMP has audio controls that could cause clipping of the sound (the distortion you hear). I'd try adjusting the EQ settings.
Rippley05 said:
Thank you! Just trying to be safe here as I don't use paypal over a dispute. I feel funny giving out my card info, so this site is legit right? You have experience with it?
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I haven't used this guy yet, but as my speaker is getting worse by the day I will shortly. I did a bunch of research on the net though, and a quite a few folks have ordered from him with good results. He orders the speakers from global direct (they have a 5 speaker minimum order), then he marks them up a little and resells them one at a time.
wfrandy said:
I haven't used this guy yet, but as my speaker is getting worse by the day I will shortly. I did a bunch of research on the net though, and a quite a few folks have ordered from him with good results. He orders the speakers from global direct (they have a 5 speaker minimum order), then he marks them up a little and resells them one at a time.
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**edit** Nevermind, I see what you were saying. I just ordered one from him.. didn't like using paypal because I have a payment dispute currently not settled with them. They better not try to jack my credit card info, even tho I used the "don't have an account" option..
I'm having the same problem with both the rear speaker and the main speaker. I called Sprint and told me I would have to take it in. The closest repair facility is about 30 minutes away and with my current work schedule I wouldn't be able to get over there for a while. Called back and got a very knowledgeable tech who is having a replacement unit sent out.
Hope this doesn't happen again. I rarely have my phone at full volume, never play music over the rear speaker.
Rippley05 said:
Mine is blown as well, it's really annoying with HTC. My hero, about 2-3 months and the speaker blew out.. I used pandora on it over that speaker a lot tho so once I bought my EVO I decided not to play music or anything on the speaker at all... just the ringtones and things like that... and it still effin blew in about 2 months and has been since.
I'm not really wanting to unroot and go through all the hassle but I would really like it fixed =\
**edit** After a quick google search, replacing the speaker looks really easy.. I might just give it a go myself. Where is a good place to get a few tools like the t5 driver? And do you guys know a good place to get a replacement speaker?
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This happened to my Evo...and I ended up taking the speaker out of my Hero (they're the same)....10 minutes later, I had my Evo rockin
I had my front and back speaker repaired 3 times before I called sprint demanding a replacement.. IM on my second replacement. . From hardware version 3 to a 2 and back to a 3 .. its been two months with the current phone. . Looks like the speaker issue is over.. hopefully if not epic i go
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ok first of all my n7 had a speaker problem, the left speaker sounded terrible with sounds coming out of it. so i took of the back and tried a method that was on here which was to slightly press around the defected speaker until it pop in or something like that. any way i tried what is said and it pop in back and now no sound what so ever is coming out of the left speaker. but im quite satisfied with the one speaker. it isn't as load as both together but its close to it. so should i still get a replacement? thats was the only problem i had with me n7.
thanks for your time
tkelly0727 said:
ok first of all my n7 had a speaker problem, the left speaker sounded terrible with sounds coming out of it. so i took of the back and tried a method that was on here which was to slightly press around the defected speaker until it pop in or something like that. any way i tried what is said and it pop in back and now no sound what so ever is coming out of the left speaker. but im quite satisfied with the one speaker. it isn't as load as both together but its close to it. so should i still get a replacement? thats was the only problem i had with me n7.
thanks for your time
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If it's defective then deff worth exchanging for a new one. Who knows that defective speaker could come back later to bite u in the ass lol.
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ok first of all my n7 had a speaker problem, the left speaker sounded terrible with sounds coming out of it. so i took of the back and tried a method that was on here which was to slightly press around the defected speaker until it pop in or something like that. any way i tried what is said and it pop in back and now no sound what so ever is coming out of the left speaker. but im quite satisfied with the one speaker. it isn't as load as both together but its close to it. so should i still get a replacement? thats was the only problem i had with me n7.<br />
thanks for your time
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Well, it's completely up to you. But I would personally RMA or return while you still can. Might as well get a perfect (or almost perfect) N7 if you can.
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I would definitely exchange it bro while u still can
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ok then im going to rma it
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My 9 mo. old son slobbered all over my phone today, his spit/saliva went through every hole possible, immediately i tested every function and only the earpiece stopped working, by earpiece i mean I can not hear anyone when on the phone, unless of course i plug in head phones OR put it on Loud Speaker.
I've seen a ear piece sell for $20 on ebay
not sure if this is the right part though
maybe someone who's replaced this can chime in?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-LG-GOOG...NT-EARPIECE-SPEAKER-INNER-FRAME-/130899403797
thanks!
613BulletProof said:
My 9 mo. old son slobbered all over my phone today, his spit/saliva went through every hole possible, immediately i tested every function and only the earpiece stopped working, by earpiece i mean I can not hear anyone when on the phone, unless of course i plug in head phones OR put it on Loud Speaker.
I've seen a ear piece sell for $20 on ebay
not sure if this is the right part though
maybe someone who's replaced this can chime in?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-LG-GOOG...NT-EARPIECE-SPEAKER-INNER-FRAME-/130899403797
thanks!
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Looking to repair this and resell it
replaced it with a HTC One
anyone?
That is the correct earpiece for the N4. I can confirm this because I have two spare earpieces somewhere in my closet. Just in case you didn't know you will need a T5 torque screwdriver and small Philip screwdriver to open the device.
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scream4cheese said:
That is the correct earpiece for the N4. I can confirm this because I have two spare earpieces somewhere in my closet. Just in case you didn't know you will need a T5 torque screwdriver and small Philip screwdriver to open the device.
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Lucky, want to sell one? Curious as to why you would have 2 N4 earpieces laying around
Yes i already have it opened up, took the shield off and try airing it out with a air can hoping to dry up the moisture or something.
my vibration also stopped working
613BulletProof said:
Lucky, want to sell one? Curious as to why you would have 2 N4 earpieces laying around
Yes i already have it opened up, took the shield off and try airing it out with a air can hoping to dry up the moisture or something.
my vibration also stopped working
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Long story. Lol. I thought my earpiece was broken but I found out I was not on the right baseband. and so I bought a pair on eBay for nothing..
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Hi all,
I've got myself N7 II and I love it... Only issue I have is an horrible sound coming from my top/left speaker and it gets worse as I ramp up the volume. It sounds just like speaker is loose and/or it has some thin foil covering it.
I've been able to find some fixes for the problem but only for 1st gen N7 devices so I really have no idea how to fix this and I don't really want to return it to the seller...
Can any help?
Tnx in advance
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AdoSA said:
Hi all,
I've got myself N7 II and I love it... Only issue I have is an horrible sound coming from my top/left speaker and it gets worse as I ramp up the volume. It sounds just like speaker is loose and/or it has some thin foil covering it.
I've been able to find some fixes for the problem but only for 1st gen N7 devices so I really have no idea how to fix this and I don't really want to return it to the seller...
Can any help?
Tnx in advance
Sent from subspace
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If you just purchased it, I would return it, Never had any speaker cracking sound.
userdelroot said:
If you just purchased it, I would return it, Never had any speaker cracking sound.
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All nexus 7s have this issue... I don't fully understand why, but I believe it is the speaker codec or something, you don't hear it after a while, it drove me nuts to begin with! So I would advise you to stick with your n7 =)
I never had that issue with mine...
I've gave my N7 to service since it's under warranty... Let the support worry about it...
Tnx guys
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Me too it happens when watching videos or listening to music
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I read this somewhere and yesterday my audio jack failed for my Z5 premium. Docomo japan was nice enough to offer me a loan device... it takes up to 2 weeks to fix (hopefully faster as I miss my camera and speed.. my old GS4 feels so slow right now)..
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Mine has also broken a month ago. But I did not send it to the Sony repair service yet. I don't want they screw up my phone just because of the jack
francisamarsingh said:
I read this somewhere and yesterday my audio jack failed for my Z5 premium. Docomo japan was nice enough to offer me a loan device... it takes up to 2 weeks to fix (hopefully faster as I miss my camera and speed.. my old GS4 feels so slow right now)..
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Did yours connect and disconnect randomly when plugging in your earphones? Mine did the same if so. Docomo repaired free of charge. The hardware has been disappointing sometimes with this phone. Developing a love/hate relationship with it.
Robobob1221 said:
Did yours connect and disconnect randomly when plugging in your earphones? Mine did the same if so. Docomo repaired free of charge. The hardware has been disappointing sometimes with this phone. Developing a love/hate relationship with it.
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I love the camera... as my last phone was lumia 1020 this is a good replacement... the audio jack is not working at all when I plug in the earphone jack the audio is playing from the device speaker... I am missing it as it's Sakura season and my phone is under repair... there was a sheep running around on my screen after Docomo service staff did a factory reset on my device... I also hope the stamina battery app will reinstate as after the MM 6.0 update stamina app just vanished...
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francisamarsingh said:
I love the camera... as my last phone was lumia 1020 this is a good replacement... the audio jack is not working at all when I plug in the earphone jack the audio is playing from the device speaker... I am missing it as it's Sakura season and my phone is under repair... there was a sheep running around on my screen after Docomo service staff did a factory reset on my device... I also hope the stamina battery app will reinstate as after the MM 6.0 update stamina app just vanished...
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Yeah, I like the camera, just wish I could focus on close up images easily without having to use the zoom.
Sounds a little different to the problem I had. But there does seem to be a weakness with the headphone jack.
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Robobob1221 said:
Did yours connect and disconnect randomly when plugging in your earphones? Mine did the same if so. Docomo repaired free of charge. The hardware has been disappointing sometimes with this phone. Developing a love/hate relationship with it.
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Yes mine did the same thing, before just stopping completely. Any steps anyone has done to potentially fix it?
Ataku said:
Yes mine did the same thing, before just stopping completely. Any steps anyone has done to potentially fix it?
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I suspect the audio jack is not as secured as it should be... mine was moving... and yes the closeup focus is screwed up... some of my Sakura pic looks great but when zoom in all the center flowers are out of focus... I did not have this issue with my lumia 1020...
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Robobob1221 said:
Did yours connect and disconnect randomly when plugging in your earphones? Mine did the same if so. Docomo repaired free of charge. The hardware has been disappointing sometimes with this phone. Developing a love/hate relationship with it.
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I got also the same problem, they fix it for free under warranty but want to reset my phone if i send to them.. :I
dutchman1993 said:
I got also the same problem, they fix it for free under warranty but want to reset my phone if i send to them.. :I
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Yeah, had to do that in the shop. Wasn't that bad really, all my important stuff was backed up to google. And other stuff was on my sd card. Only really annoying thing was that the f/w was downgraded back to 5.1 when I got it back so had to upgrade it again.
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Im still on 5.1 so that is not a point haha
Mine headphone jack stopped working as well & not keen on phone being wiped and have to set everything up from scratch. Helium is a great app to backup your apps & data though as an alternative to Titanium Backup that requires root.
Searching google shows that the headphone jack failing is a common problem with Sony phones. Seem to be a poor connection/soldering as stopped working whilst I was walking and phone was in my pocket.
Not a big deal though as I have bluetooth headphones I can use for now.Will send it off for repair shortly.
It's not a good thing to be happening to your 'Premium' phone brand though. I thought I was getting the best. However....
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I broke my headphone jack, now it's moving and it connects and disconnects.
I opened the phone and it moved out from its place despite the plastic piece that holds it.
The flat is now damaged (reconnected, doesn't work) and the jack itself doesn't stay in place, looks like it's locked only by the sticker.
I ordered one new on Ebay, waiting for the repair job.
There is defintly a problem with the headphone jack on this phone, mine like others have reported "moved" slightly... I bought a new jack off eBay and replaced it myself after sony told me that they won't fix an international phone (in Canada).
Mine has failed as well. Sound is intermittent. It's under warranty from the carrier I bought it from so they have it in their repair shop. Very annoying, but at least I was able to get a loaner phone in the meantime.
I put the new jack socket in the phone but it's still moving and disconnecting.
Looks like the spoiled part is in the frame, but swapping the entire phone on a new frame is a nightmare...
I'm very disappointed because I'm a heavy FM radio user and I can't use bluetooth headphones.
I'm thinking about selling it with a discount and buy a new one (I don't like new Xperia XZ and it doesn't have FM radio and microSD slot on Dual version))
Hi,
So it looks like it's possible to repair this ourself either form hardware or software ?
In the meantime, I'm using SoudnAbout to do a manual switch and it's working fine. It's now just not automatic.
Hi,
I have the same problem here. The jack has stopped working for no reason. I think it's a Hardware Problem rather than a Software problem. I performed a Software repair via Pc Companion with no results. The only solution that i found is using SoundAbout application too. I think that the problem is that the phone can't DETECT headphones, earphones, etc. The jack is working, but there is no detection.
I really do not want to send my Z5P to be opened for a jack issue ....
Leonidas92i said:
Hi,
I have the same problem here. The jack has stopped working for no reason. I think it's a Hardware Problem rather than a Software problem. I performed a Software repair via Pc Companion with no results. The only solution that i found is using SoundAbout application too. I think that the problem is that the phone can't DETECT headphones, earphones, etc. The jack is working, but there is no detection.
I really do not want to send my Z5P to be opened for a jack issue ....
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idem but work perfectly with my sony mdr-nc31e helmet
Mine failed as well, but it seems only the detection part of the hardware failed, I installed an app called "Soundabout" from Play store and forced media through the headphone socket and it works fine. This workaround should work for some.