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Took the plunge with the Microphone mod [Video added]

So I opened the back of the A500 and looked around abit and switched places with the microphone and the noise canceller. And now at least when I record, peoples voices can be heard pretty decent. Plus I drilled a hole in the 'hole' to open up the space for the sound to come in abit.
So even with the Acer case on you can hear the voices pretty well
Before you couldnt hear anything. But now the whole google voice thing isnt so easy to use since the mic is face the opposite way but I never used it anyways, plus for VOIP calls its much better to use a headphone.
Just sharing
Please feel free to ask any questions.
Cheers!
Edit: From what I saw in the back I believe the microphone could be changed to a better one some day. Just a matter of finding a good replacement.
(01/08/2011)Add: Here is a sample of the sound when you record a person speaking infont of the iconia now with my mod.
Link sample with modded microphone: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/33166156/Test.3gp
This is my son and as you can see you can hear him perfectly well
I think the noise canceller could be adjusted to 'muffle' the screeching sound abit.
Cheers!
Edit: Link was broken, fixed now.

i am really thinking about doing that. Iit easy to open the case?

mnaderi said:
i am really thinking about doing that. Iit easy to open the case?
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Yes its actually very easy, you have to begin at the corner either left or right on the bottom of the A500 (meaning the Dock port area) you take something very thin and sturdy but be careful not scratch it up or bend to hard just make an opening maybe 2,3mm then stick something plasticky (like a protective shield cover slate) but strong and stick in the opening and drag slowly to the right until the entire left side is open (left to the Dock port I mean) and then from there you just gently lift up up until you have the whole bottom open and then you just again you the plastic tool to drag the sides (left and right) and just gently lift with the plastic tool and slowly it will loosen bit by bit once you have left and right and the bottom released then you just hold the whole thing and lift it and with will click off by itself from the upper part.
Here is a video showing pretty much what I described, its very easy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIvbWo_p3KI

That tear down video makes things look easy

UnicornKaz said:
That tear down video makes things look easy
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...there's a tear down vid?

thanks, i opened it up and did some tweaking unfortunately it's only about 30% better, i also made a hole for the case as well. how much did yours improve when you did your mods. i'm guessing the rear mic has to be tweaked as well. thanks

Did you switch places with the mic and the noise canceller?

Pull the Mic out take it to radio shack and get a better set of mic to go in there.I have done this with Michael and internal speakers on notebooks. But I have Bluetooth high def headset. So no need here

this mic problem is seriously killing me.
I often use my tabto record videos but i can never hear any voices cause they are really low. So i am ready to do anything to the tab for a better microphone experience.
As far as drilling holes is concerned, i would want to know where is the mic suitated if there are two. I do noe that one is on the top of the screen in the middle gap between the metal cover n screen glass. Is there another one?
And what can be possibly done to fix or better this issue?
I even tried voip and no1 could hear me, very disappointing pls help sum1.....

i found a kind of solution on youtube...
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Oneplus two speaker problem

So here is what I noticed yesterday. Playing music through phone speakers.
It seems either only one speaker is working or is extremely low on the other.
Please try any song in any app and see for the volume in each speaker at the bottom.
Try to cover one and then the other alternately.
For me it seems more than 80 % comes from right side only.
My phone is only two weeks old. Never had a fall or anything.
Same thing in all apps .
Can someone confirm so I know it is just not me. Could be a software problem.

navendugoyal said:
So here is what I noticed yesterday. Playing music through phone speakers.
It seems either only one speaker is working or is extremely low on the other.
Please try any song in any app and see for the volume in each speaker at the bottom.
Try to cover one and then the other alternately.
For me it seems more than 80 % comes from right side only.
My phone is only two weeks old. Never had a fall or anything.
Same thing in all apps .
Can someone confirm so I know it is just not me. Could be a software problem.
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The oneplus two only got one speaker..

CRHASH said:
The oneplus two only got one speaker..
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That's right!!
OnePlus 2 has the speaker only on the right side. It makes you seem like you have a speaker on the left side but you dont its just a design thing, and that their on the left side is a microphone. lol

navendugoyal said:
So here is what I noticed yesterday. Playing music through phone speakers.
It seems either only one speaker is working or is extremely low on the other.
Please try any song in any app and see for the volume in each speaker at the bottom.
Try to cover one and then the other alternately.
For me it seems more than 80 % comes from right side only.
My phone is only two weeks old. Never had a fall or anything.
Same thing in all apps .
Can someone confirm so I know it is just not me. Could be a software problem.
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It would have been easier for you to google, instead you wasted time creating this thread.

HELP! LG V20 microphone..

I don't know why so sudden my V20 got problem with it's mic.. There is even a bigger problem which is I don't even know what to be replaced now..
There is 2 situation here :
1 - When in call, with normal mode..everything is working fine but whenever i'm trying to put my phone to loudspeaker mode.. The people whose in call with me is claiming that there is a dead silence when i'm in loudspeaker mode..
Same goes when i'm in Whatsapp Videocall as example, i can hear them but they can't even hear me..
2 - When i'm doing recording with HD Voice Recorder app, the left channel won't even got anything recorded.. Only the right channel does the job..
Same goes with video recording, only right channel does the job while the left channel sound records nothing..
I'll be informed that V20 have 3 mic and it is obviously one at top and one at the bottom while another one is inside the phone nearby the earpiece if i'm not mistaken.. so now, i'll need help.. Which mic should i'll replace to get everything working again?
I'll believe my top mic is broken but which one? The one at the left before the earpiece or at the right next to earpiece? HELPPpPpppPpppPp

nevermind, got mine fixed.. just replace the new mic at the top and now i have back my fully functional V20 again..
i'll never know that phone is using a different mic for normal call mode and loudspeaker call mode.. Now i'm feeling like an idiot because everytime i'll do loudspeaker, i do scream at the bottom mic while it is using top mic ATM.. gosh

I just got mine and no one could hear me, i pushed a thumb tack in the bottom mic hole because it looked like a little plug or plastic was blocking it and and now it works fine, mine was a refurb phone

Bottom mic
My phone mics worked in speaker phone calls but not talking through the regular in-call mic. I had a repair man change the bottom mic today. He had to install 4 mics to get it and the one that worked was out if a Samsung phone! Cost me USD$60. Apparently my phone had water damage before I bought it used. That's annoying but I'm back in business!

I am in the same exact situation. Replaced the main loudspeaker, top two earpiece speakers and still my voice won't come through on the other end of a normal headset mode call. Only can speak through loudspeaker. What part must I replace? I'm thinking normal headset mode sound is received through the pinhole area next to the 3.5mm jack. What part do I replace?! It's getting personal now. I will fix this phone!!
Not counting the two earpiece speakers up top on the mainboard, and the large loudspeaker on the bottom what other speakers are there for me to replace?

left and right speaker

Hi, can someone test the left and right speaker of your phone and tell me if the volume of both speakers are the same, in my phone the right speaker Is louder than the left speaker Is this normal?

deadman_owl said:
Hi, can someone test the left and right speaker of your phone and tell me if the volume of both speakers are the same, in my phone the right speaker Is louder than the left speaker Is this normal?
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Same on my Nokia 6. Left speaker is more as supportive one, making the sound depth.
So I think this is normal.

Speakers
Both speakers of device are dead only the speaker at the receiver is working

The bottom (or right as you may say) speaker is the one that makes bass sounds and is primarily the louder one. The top (or left) one is only to produce Stereo effects. It's also a little lesser loud than the bottom one.
In my case, after close to a use of 2 months, my bottom speaker is giving me problems. It's making static sounds, the speaker starts working only after half a second later to the top one. It's like it shuts down itself after every silence amd so needs some time to wake up to work.
Nokia Mobile Care called me and asked me to reset my phone first, and then if the issue stays take it to service centre. I don't think a phone reset will help though.
Nokia 6 TA-1021 India Variant.
No October Update+7.1.2 also.

ear piece problem - replaced it and still low volume

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.