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One of the covers for one of the the holes in my speaker port fell inward. Does anyone know how close the actual speaker is to the holes? I'm worried that water or gunk could possibly ruin the speakers. Anyone else have this happen? I called LG because I'm worried that if they aren't in tact, the speaker will be damaged. They told me that the material in the speakers holes never existed. I'm like "um, I'm looking at it right now". Morons. Unless it's material that was meant to be popped out during manufacturing. I have the Verizon version, btw.
Wutevz, I remembered someone had said that the back easily pops off, so I fixed it myself. Also, the speaker is actually in a good position to the holes on the back cover.

[Q] Galaxy S4 Speaker not working.

A few months ago, my Galaxy s4 was exposed to a small amount of water. I instinctively placed it some rice for two days, but when I removed it, the speaker was making a loud crackling noise. Not knowing what to do at the time, I ignored it, and it eventually went away, but the speaker was not functional.
A few weeks ago, I ordered a new loudspeaker to try and fix it. It did not work, but if I put my ear next to it, it still made a very faint crackling noise. I then bought a new USB board (which the speaker connects to), and the same thing happened. No sound and a very faint crackling noise.
Does anybody have any other ideas of what I could try to fix it? I am out of ideas.

benzajac said:
A few months ago, my Galaxy s4 was exposed to a small amount of water. I instinctively placed it some rice for two days, but when I removed it, the speaker was making a loud crackling noise. Not knowing what to do at the time, I ignored it, and it eventually went away, but the speaker was not functional.
A few weeks ago, I ordered a new loudspeaker to try and fix it. It did not work, but if I put my ear next to it, it still made a very faint crackling noise. I then bought a new USB board (which the speaker connects to), and the same thing happened. No sound and a very faint crackling noise.
Does anybody have any other ideas of what I could try to fix it? I am out of ideas.
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Why did you place it in rice for two days? The right thing to do after water damage is to blow dry it with hair dryer.
I am no 'expert' but it might be the sound processing chip(welded on mother board) damaged by water and the easy way to fix it is to replace the whole board, which could cost hundreds in the us. If you are in a country where labor is cheap, there are people that can help you fix the chip for reasonable cost. But in the us, you probably have to replace the mother board or just buy another phone.
my advise is that check the whole board with magnifying lens to find any rust or water trail. sandpaper the connection part of speaker,make sure the speaker is properly connected. The problem can be as simple as a weakly connected speaker.
God bless you.

Don't try to open your OPX!!

Hey guys,
The detailed problem:
I've worked for 2 months into a factory that had crazy amounts of dust and metal residue in the air. Since then i had 2 problems with my phone, both self inflicted by the workplace:
1. my earpiece got killed (compressed air)
2. my mic got suuuuper quiet, the other party could only hear me (badly) if i spoke really loud, or shouted. Also my speaker got quieter.
So in regards of these 2 problems, i had a buddy of mine (who has a phone repair service) to take a look inside. I bought a earpiece speaker for oneplus 2, but it didnt match. the one that matched was from a nokia lumia 930-925 (something like that). I had a hard time getting out the battery, and when the microphone got cleaned, it shed of a large amount of metal residue, the speaker too had a less amount of residue. The problems came when they needed to put the whole phone back. The back cover is THE WHOLE PHONE is made out of rubbish materials (i still love this phone to pieces , and the money value is superb) and the back cover had some "minor" problems when glued back, the rim (which is made out of thin rubber) that holds the back glass cover , got ****ed up, and the glue didn't do its best job, so in a corner the glass got cracked. Also because of the glue and the rim inside the phone the plastic cover is now standing loose.
tl;dr the phone materials are rubbish, back cover got a little cracked in a corner after repairing microphone and earpiece.
All in all i still love the phone, and its a great value for money, but when it comes to repairing...just dont...try to give it back to oneplus to repair it and dont accept bull**** if it comes back looking bad.

[Solved] Help - Loca (UV) glue in earpiece... How to get it out?

So, I took the plunge after watching several videos on "how to apply a tempered glass screen protector using Loca glue", and tried it myself. I have about 7 small bubbles, but I think I can live with them?? (we'll find out).
I only used about 1.5cc, but that was way too much and it oozed out. I thought I wiped it off of everything before I cured it (with a UV light).....Shortly afterwards, I received a call and couldn't hear anything out of my earpiece? I figured I got glue down in it, so I used alcohol, a toothpick, a Q-tip and a can of air... I eventually got the sound louder, but it's still muffled and distorted. I even tried a sewing needle and poked it in all the holes, but it's too big to go in the fine holes (I pushed too hard on one, and now have a bigger hole in the earpiece - may have just killed my water protection?).
Is there anything else I can do? I'm literally sick to my stomach now.......I've only had this phone 5 weeks and already messed it up
Hopefully someone had some advice on how to fix it/get the glue out of the earpiece?

UPDATE:
Fixed, the best I can do.....
I work in a medical office, with medical supplies. I took a very small needle and poked it through every hole in the grill and it now seems about 99% better. It still doesn't sound as good as before, but that could also be a placebo effect too (because I'm upset with myself)?
I did find out the grill is a very soft metal (aluminium?)... I noticed that I dented/deformed the grill slightly, last night, while trying to clean it (as well as poked a hole in it/busted out two holes into one hole).
As stated above, I'm not sure now how water proof my phone is now??
Oh well, I know now:
1) To put tape over the speaker grill next time (maybe the buttons too?).
2) Use a smaller amount of Loca glue
3) Put the glue on as a fat strip, right in the center, instead of a 4 thinner strips that crossed over each other a few times (this is why I have bubbles)
4) Buy a better screen protector, this one isn't full coverage.

Having the same problem. What gauge needle did you use? Any chance you could look at the packaging at work and let us know?

CWayne121 said:
Having the same problem. What gauge needle did you use? Any chance you could look at the packaging at work and let us know?
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Well.... I actually used the taper needle on the end of a disposable 5/0 suture. The pointed tip was sharp enough to go in the hole, but the shaft was too wide to go any further.
I was using a 29g (insulin syringe) needle at first, and that worked as well, but I bent it too many times and switched to the more sturdy suture needle.

I was also experienced the same issue, while applying the uv screen protector from a localised store, I'm telling them that please ensure may earpiece will damage, they told nothing will happen, after completion of installation process, uv light also used, before leaving out I thought I would like to call, unfortunately my earpiece not working, I mean very less sound.i thought I would have go to OnePlus service center for repairing. however after I went back to home, I just applied some alcohol based sanitizer, and I thoroughly used hard toothbrush and clean it, with in 10 minutes of duration, everything got cleaned. Now it it is working properly .

Glue in top speaker

Hi everyone.
I come to you because I have a big problem with my oneplus 8 pro bought a month ago in France.
I wanted to install a tempered glass screen protector, for curved corners.
I wanted to install one, with glue and UV lamp, like that of whitestone and its domeglass.
In short I protected the top speaker, as shown, but during installation, the tape or the protection of the top speaker was removed a little. Result of the glue is put in the high speaker which is now very hard. It is in the small holes of the speaker, and at my level it is no longer possible to remove deteriorate more the speaker than what I have already done.
The sound is therefore very weak, for the top speaker and especially during calls I hear almost nothing.
So I'm looking for a solution to try to get it fixed even if I have to put my hand in the wallet for the stupidity that I did.
At the warranty level, this being due to deterioration on my part, the warranty will not work.
At oneplus level, do you know the method for a repair or something like that?
Finally if someone has a solution, because I did not take breakage guarantee or other.
I do not see any possibility of reimbursement or other with credit card insurance or other ..
Anyway, I'm really really disgusted. And if someone can try to direct me towards a solution I am interested.
Thank you friends.

Not sure but... If you don't have much to lose at this point anyway... What about you slightly pierce each of the small holes of the top speaker with a hot needle? It might go through the glue and re-create a new hole for the sound. Cannot guarantee it would work as I've never tried anything like that myself...

Surfeur-des-Reves said:
Not sure but... If you don't have much to lose at this point anyway... What about you slightly pierce each of the small holes of the top speaker with a hot needle? It might go through the glue and re-create a new hole for the sound. Cannot guarantee it would work as I've never tried anything like that myself...
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Well iam not sure about if thats smart. You would beed to know exatly how deep to pierce. Too deep will damage speaker. Now only the grill is glued shut

I have been trying to do it but it is so hard that I will have damaged the speaker. I opened a repair request at oneplus .. you think they can carry out this repair, ie change the loudspeaker? do you think this is expensive?

Zayatoshi said:
I have been trying to do it but it is so hard that I will have damaged the speaker. I opened a repair request at oneplus .. you think they can carry out this repair, ie change the loudspeaker? do you think this is expensive?
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Cant tell by memory but they have list of parts and prices..Battery costs that motherboard this etc..Or you can just call them and ask. Not sure if thei have repair center in France though. I live near Helsinki so irs easy to just walk in if some thing is wrong..

Zayatoshi said:
Hi everyone.
I come to you because I have a big problem with my oneplus 8 pro bought a month ago in France.
I wanted to install a tempered glass screen protector, for curved corners.
I wanted to install one, with glue and UV lamp, like that of whitestone and its domeglass.
In short I protected the top speaker, as shown, but during installation, the tape or the protection of the top speaker was removed a little. Result of the glue is put in the high speaker which is now very hard. It is in the small holes of the speaker, and at my level it is no longer possible to remove deteriorate more the speaker than what I have already done.
The sound is therefore very weak, for the top speaker and especially during calls I hear almost nothing.
So I'm looking for a solution to try to get it fixed even if I have to put my hand in the wallet for the stupidity that I did.
At the warranty level, this being due to deterioration on my part, the warranty will not work.
At oneplus level, do you know the method for a repair or something like that?
Finally if someone has a solution, because I did not take breakage guarantee or other.
I do not see any possibility of reimbursement or other with credit card insurance or other ..
Anyway, I'm really really disgusted. And if someone can try to direct me towards a solution I am interested.
Thank you friends.
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Bro forget all the other solutions, get yourself rubbing alcohol or 90% grain alcohol and let it clean up that glue. Don't try too hard to peirce anything.

kevkid said:
Bro forget all the other solutions, get yourself rubbing alcohol or 90% grain alcohol and let it clean up that glue. Don't try too hard to peirce anything.
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it is between the protective grids and difficult to access. I tried a little alcohol. cleaning wipes etc ... but that doesn't matter. I am really disgusted.
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Zayatoshi said:
it is between the protective grids and difficult to access. I tried a little alcohol. cleaning wipes etc ... but that doesn't matter. I am really disgusted.
Envoyé de mon IN2023 en utilisant Tapatalk
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Well I don't know the material that is in the speaker grill but put high percentage alcohol 70+% and let it soak in

kevkid said:
Well I don't know the material that is in the speaker grill but put high percentage alcohol 70+% and let it soak in
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I tried with alcohol at 90 degrees but it does not change .. it is between the grids and I do not loosen the glue. i just hope oneplus can change the top speaker

Zayatoshi said:
I tried with alcohol at 90 degrees but it does not change .. it is between the grids and I do not loosen the glue. i just hope oneplus can change the top speaker
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Damn sorry to hear! Btw I love france! I have good friends there and only have positive things to say about your country. It also has good McDo!

I had same problem lately. Took lots of wiping , peeling etc to get it all off. I also got a small pin to try and get some of the glue out of the holes

Try to use toothbrush with adhesive remover (Goof Off) like one I attached (be careful do not use strong remover for super glue it could cause some damage for plastic part or paint)

I also did this. I used isopropyl alcohol and I cut a bristle off of a wire brush, this was the only thing I found that went through the grill the holes are so small. I managed to poke the UV glue through the grill eventually and the sound became clear again. It's not easy at all to clean because the holes in the grill are so tiny.
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Thank you for your advice. But nothing seems to loosen the glue from the loudspeaker grille from the top. I even tried it with 90% alcohol and a fine needle. Nothing changes. I will not continue because I will end up scratching the oneplus or decorating the screen.
Do you think that Oneplus can by a repair change the grille of the top speaker?
Have you already repaired one of your Oneplus at home?

This is what they charge for out-of-service repairs in the UK. From here the device goes to Poland and comes back with UPS.
I would request the replacement as it's quite inexpensive and while might be doable in home, you could easily puncture the waterproof mesh behind the metal grille and it doesn't worth it.
Once you requested the RMA and it got approved and you have the shipping label, make sure to schedule a pickup on Monday, to get the device back on the same week.
You'll get an email from the service centre about a quote which will likely be around £25-30 worth of euros and you'll need to pay it first.

Hi everyone. So to return to my problem. I stopped all the manipulations to try to make the glue disappear.
I launched a repair request on the oneplus.fr site. I then contacted Oneplus France customer service.
My repair request has been validated, and a UPS transporter comes to collect my oneplus 8 pro tomorrow, to send it to the repair shop in the Netherlands. I should collect my phone within 10 to 12 days.
We will go to the result as we say.
I actually saw the price of the repairs. I tell myself that changing the grille of a speaker should cost less than a mainboard or a screen.