Here is what I did to reduce the buzzing sound of my Pixel 2 xl bottom speaker.
First I know the buzzing sound is caused by the bad adhesion of the grill.
So I downloaded the app "Frequency Generator" (any app that can make the phone play sound in specific frequency will work). The I turn the volume to 100%, and toggle the frequency bar in the app to find out on which frequency the buzzing is most serious. (I found it's around 500Hz to 1000Hz, but it doesn't matter) Then you use a toothpic to gently press on the grill to see if the buzzing sound reduce. (WARNING: This action may make your phone NOT water proof anymore! Do it at your own risk!)
When I found out the location where I apply pressure can reduce the buzzing. I try harder to slide the grill left and right or up and down.(Again! WARNING! You may damage your phone!) Then I use the toothpic to hold the grill in the position where the buzzing is minimal, then apply heat by hair dryer or hot air gun. In order to soften the grill adhesive to relocate the grill to the less buzzing location.
I've tried this process 3 to 4 times and now my phone buzzing sound is not noticeable even in 100% volume. But I still feel some buzzing sound somethime I don't know if it is a feeling only, or it's really happening.
Anyway, I am now satisfy with my speaker.
After fixing this I am not confident to put my phone in water again, cause I dunno if the water proof it done by the grill or the speaker itself, if it done by the grill then the fix I mentioned will really ruined the water proof.
But I guess water proof is done by the speaker itself since water can pass through the grill anyway.
Haha, but I wouldn't put my phone in water deliberately anyway.
So good luck guys, on fixing the buzzing sound.
Just do it gently, don't press too hard on the grill, I think it will be fine.
dennispoon9432 said:
Here is what I did to reduce the buzzing sound of my Pixel 2 xl bottom speaker.
First I know the buzzing sound is caused by the bad adhesion of the grill.
So I downloaded the app "Frequency Generator" (any app that can make the phone play sound in specific frequency will work). The I turn the volume to 100%, and toggle the frequency bar in the app to find out on which frequency the buzzing is most serious. (I found it's around 500Hz to 1000Hz, but it doesn't matter) Then you use a toothpic to gently press on the grill to see if the buzzing sound reduce. (WARNING: This action may make your phone NOT water proof anymore! Do it at your own risk!)
When I found out the location where I apply pressure can reduce the buzzing. I try harder to slide the grill left and right or up and down.(Again! WARNING! You may damage your phone!) Then I use the toothpic to hold the grill in the position where the buzzing is minimal, then apply heat by hair dryer or hot air gun. In order to soften the grill adhesive to relocate the grill to the less buzzing location.
I've tried this process 3 to 4 times and now my phone buzzing sound is not noticeable even in 100% volume. But I still feel some buzzing sound somethime I don't know if it is a feeling only, or it's really happening.
Anyway, I am now satisfy with my speaker.
After fixing this I am not confident to put my phone in water again, cause I dunno if the water proof it done by the grill or the speaker itself, if it done by the grill then the fix I mentioned will really ruined the water proof.
But I guess water proof is done by the speaker itself since water can pass through the grill anyway.
Haha, but I wouldn't put my phone in water deliberately anyway.
So good luck guys, on fixing the buzzing sound.
Just do it gently, don't press too hard on the grill, I think it will be fine.
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Fix worked and its still waterproof
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The screw faintly circled in red holds the speakerphone and camera assembly in place. I noticed that the volume when using the phone normally, not on speaker or with a headset, started to decrease about a month ago and tried every software tweak and fix to no avail. Yesterday I noticed a rattle in the phone. I took it apart and that screw had come loose. It seems that it holds the earpiece speaker in place and pushes it towards the front of the phone ensuring good volume. I tightened the screw and my volume increased immediately. It is a small phillips head. Hope this helps anyone else having the volume issue.
When I'm in calls to people they say I'm really quiet, and when I make a voice recording it's also really quiet.
I can't find any settings about it.
Any Idea how I could sort it out?
when in a call just press the volume up
It's not what I can hear thats quiet, It's what the person on the other end can hear which is quiet, so somehow the microphone is set to low volume.
did you check whether the little hole on the bottom of the phone is plugged with dirt or dust?
On the inside cover there was a little peice of tape with a hole it it. However it was not aligned with the hole on the back cover. Can't beleive I didn't check that earlier. Thanks for the help.
A couple things to point out to everyone before they start to use their phone in the shower, in the pool, in the rain, etc.
When your phone encounters a whole lot of water, or just a little bit in the right places, the following can occur:
1) loudspeaker/earspeaker volume gets cut drastically, but will get loud once again around 30 minutes later.
2) people say they can't hear you well or sound muffled over the phone, just blow into the microphone holes.
3) headphone connection thing popping up, just blow into the headphone jack.
4) water can still breach the inside of the back cover, but will never breach the rubber seal. Always make sure to dry off excess water.
There may be more on this list, but this is all that I have encountered or know can happen. Feel free to post other things you have experienced and I can add them to the list for people to easily see. We don't want people getting their phones wet and thinking it broke just because a speaker cut its volume to protect itself.
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Great post please keep it updated OP if you find out more info.
I can confirm all of that, just a tiny drop off water blocks the speaker but the volume comes right back, the headphone jack issue is a BIG ONE though, that took hours to fix, blowing in the jack and hairdryer did nothing, the big part where this is an issue is that When it thinks that you plugged in headphones it starts playing the mp3 player which killed the battery, I paused the mp3 player but a few seconds later it disconnected the headphones the reconnected them, also I don't know what would happen if you got a phone call
I never use the jack, so I wouldn't mind sticking a rubber stopper in there to keep it waterproof. That's the kind of thing I wish Samsung would have bundled with the phone.
My Nexus 6p just started experiencing a weird speaker issue. My top speaker is now much quieter than the other speaker. I hadn't changed or updated anything on the device when it happened. The speaker is still working, so it's not blown, but it's very quiet. I didn't spill anything on it or get it wet, it hasn't been dropped, and it's always lived in a full body Unicorn Beetle case. I tried all the usual fixes, rebooted the phone, reinstalled the kernel (ElementalX), and tried adjusting the speaker gains. As a point of reference, to get both speakers to put out an equal amount of sound, I had to lower the right speaker volume dramatically by setting the speaker gains in EX Kernel Manager to Left: 20 (which is default), and Right: 5. This kind of makes the phone unusable though as the total sound output is so low. Any ideas what's wrong here? I'm thinking about tearing it apart to replace the top speaker (or earpiece speaker as the part is called), I've already done a battery replacement awhile back so I'm confident I can do it, I'm just not sure if that would fix the problem.
bluegizmo83 said:
My Nexus 6p just started experiencing a weird speaker issue. My top speaker is now much quieter than the other speaker. I hadn't changed or updated anything on the device when it happened. The speaker is still working, so it's not blown, but it's very quiet. I didn't spill anything on it or get it wet, it hasn't been dropped, and it's always lived in a full body Unicorn Beetle case. I tried all the usual fixes, rebooted the phone, reinstalled the kernel (ElementalX), and tried adjusting the speaker gains. As a point of reference, to get both speakers to put out an equal amount of sound, I had to lower the right speaker volume dramatically by setting the speaker gains in EX Kernel Manager to Left: 20 (which is default), and Right: 5. This kind of makes the phone unusable though as the total sound output is so low. Any ideas what's wrong here? I'm thinking about tearing it apart to replace the top speaker (or earpiece speaker as the part is called), I've already done a battery replacement awhile back so I'm confident I can do it, I'm just not sure if that would fix the problem.
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I had the same problem.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/low-left-speaker-volume-t3687640
You can try the suggested solution. However, the problem is most probably due to gunk stuck inside ear piece. You could try canned air first. In my case, I took the phone to a repair shop which disassembled the back and applied some kind of solvent to clear the earpiece. Now back to normal. Good luck.
Ps. Nothing to do with speaker. I replaced mine and it was still the same. If speaker blown, there would be no sound or broken sound, but not soft.
Hi,
Few weeks ago the sound became very low no matter what I did. I thought that the speakers (upper / lower) are faulty and replaced them with new from AliExpress (trusted seller with high rating). After the replacement, the sound is still low on max configuration.
What else can be the problem?
Thanks
Lior84 said:
Hi,
Few weeks ago the sound became very low no matter what I did. I thought that the speakers (upper / lower) are faulty and replaced them with new from AliExpress (trusted seller with high rating). After the replacement, the sound is still low on max configuration.
What else can be the problem?
Thanks
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Hi.... I have the same problem.. Very low volume in earpiece
dfernandopm said:
Hi.... I have the same problem.. Very low volume in earpiece
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Me to.
in my case, the solution was to take the phone apart and after removing the ear speaker I could properly clean the ear speaker grill.
There is a really fine metal mesh net inside with micro holes that is getting completely gunked up (and I keep my phone clean usually but after 4 years of use...)
In the beginning I could not even see trough it when a normal light came from the back.
Initially, placing the display with the grill over another phones flash light I could see it as yellow greenish shining through.
It took me an hour of cleaning. I used a peace of a toothbrush and contact cleaner. I had to brush it from both sides several times.
In between using compressed air and at the and I used alcohol. After the cleaning i could see normal light coming through.
and the result is unbelievable. I thought it must be 100% a hard or software problem. Even after seeing the gunk I could not believe it could have such an influence...
Same goes for the bottom grill. People always complained they could not hear me well during calls.
After cleaning (less extensive) of the bottom grill it got much better.
Check the position of the mic and give it a good clean.