i accidentally dropped down my desire s....and after the fall there are no sound from the loud speakers like ringtones music etc......but everything else is ok....will a speaker replacement work? i dont have warranty also....what to do??:crying:
Send it in for repair?
If you are adventurous then try tearing your phone apart to see whether anything is loose near the speaker. There is a video showing how to do so in here some where.
But try different roms before going down that path. And if you can live without the speaker then let it be.
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Attempting to repair it yourself would not be wise. Everything else is working, right? Then it would be better to send it in for repair. Don't risk trying your luck at repairing it and accidently breaking something important..
owk.....i'll take this to repair shop....just was curious if i could fix it myself
Yes, you can fix it yourself, if you can disassemble your phone. It's likely even not the speaker itself but its contacts, it doesn't sit right, moved because of the fall.
On the other hand, if you don't feel safe taking a special small torx screwdriver and disassembling the phone (or don't have the tools), take it to a store to fix. It shouldn't be an expensive fix.
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Well I seem to have mysteriously let my tf slip from my loving, clutching hands, to the pavement below. Aside from a large scuff in the corner everything seemed fine, but when I plugged in my headphones in the jack - SNAP CRACKLE POP ri--Fried eardrums. I've determined that the left stereo connector is bent/broken/something and that the right one is fine. If I half plug in my headphones I can still get Mono sound, yet I'd like to try and fix it. Is there anything I can do without opening it? If not I've already voided the hell out of the warranty and I'd be willing to give it a shot, if I could get instructions..
Thanks!
Edit: It still gives vague resemblance of sound when I plug in all the way, just poppy crackly and demonic.
Bump, any help?
You're not covered for Accidental damage through Asus, I took out 3rd party for this very reason
You can try and stick with it for the year to keep your manufacture warranty for mechanical breakdowns and use bluetooth headphones for example.
OR you crack the baby open and see whats broken inside and whip out the soldering iron if need be
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You can try and stick with it for the year to keep your manufacture warranty for mechanical breakdowns and use bluetooth headphones for example.
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I'm sorry I don't quite understand what you mean by this xD
I have no accidental damage warranty, and hardware defect warranty was voided by my rooting and romming adventures, so I'll probably have to crack it open.
So nothing video or music or anything will come through the loud speaker. I took the phone apart and it looks like the speaker is ok. Could it be something else. Anyone have some insight I have not really tried fixing phone hardware before.
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Could it be something else.
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Probably not helpful, but my sister once had a similar problem (with an EVO, but still...), she took the phone to Sprint, they took it apart, and it turned out she had chocolate in it. She had apparently kept it in her purse, and some sort of candy melted into it.
On the other hand, could it be a melted wire?
manstang, the Arrives are somewhat known for having a blown loud speaker, maybe yours is beyond the typical fuzzy sounding damage and just eventually quit working.
Sprint replaced one of my speakers toward the beginning of 2012, then in the summer when another one blew they said they quit replacing speakers and just replaced the entire device.
Since yours is completely silent it may be something other than that obviously, but good luck to you nonetheless.
In august, i accidentally poured some tea on my Samsung Wave (S8500). The only one problem is that the phone crashes when a call arrives or when i hit the green bottom to start a call, and i can only remove the battery to restart the system. But, exactelly what is broken on my phone? Modem is ok, because i can send and receive SMS and use internet; microphone is ok, because i can record sounds; speaker has a lower volume, but i can hear music and sounds. Then, what else? Moreover yesterday, when i recived a call, the phone was ok, and i could speak. But on the next call the phone crashed again.. Someone knows which could be the problem? And someone knows how to solve it?
Thanks in advance for your answers!
There's over thousand of components in the S8500, so it's pretty hard to guess. Disassemble your phone, get isopropyl alcohol, and just wash your mainboard in it. Then wait until it dries out (up to few hours) and reassemble it. Remember that you might need to use some glue because isopropyl will dissolve all glued surfaces. Also remember to take off all EMF shields from your mainboard (these metal plating). Aswell consider that it might not help, but get things worse if you don't wash it good enough.
This method is commonly known. If you google for it you might also find recommending of putting whole phone into isopropyl, but I don't recommend that as things like screen are also glued together with digitizer and it can start to tear off after putting into alcohol.
Let us know how did it go.
i agree with Rebellos, but cud this be also due to s/w issue ?
Disassemble the phone is the best thing to do.. But the truth is that the phone is not mine, but my girlfriend's one. Moreover i've never disassembled anything; i don't want create more problems than now. I was thinking to play long time with a complex graphics game, and make the phone overheat. This shold melt residues of tea.. This can work?
@sk8er_boi47 i've tried with 3 different ROMS, then this couldn't be a software issue..
If you think that the only one way is to disassemble it, i'll do that! I will not fear.
Thank you for your answears!!
Apologize for my English....My phone is out of warranty. Got it on release, so I can't send it back to Google now.
I got some water damage when hiking in pouring rain last weekend. After letting it resting in rice for 2 days, it's mostly functioning, except the phone part.
For one thing, I lost LTE completely. I can still live with this, and am partially ok with it.
Screen was damaged, but touch function is still intact and the only thing visible is some pattern behind/on the screen, which I can live with as well.
The part that is not functioning, is the mic. Recording video works fine, since there is audio in the video. Calling other people doesn't work. The call would connect, but either headphone mic or the phone mic would pick up my voice. Phone would not pick my any voice when doing voice search either. I could hear the other party on call/voice just fine via headset, but no sound coming out of the top earpiece. Notification sound works, as well as alarms, but no sound would come out of the speaker playing Youtube video or music.
Is it only a part being damaged, or just get a new phone? Thanks XDA for advice!
Just get a new phone. Water damage is the hardest thing to try and fix on a phone. You have taken the right steps as far as rice and letting it sit for a few days. The only other thing you could try is to disassemble the phone and spray all parts down with an electrical degreaser(basically compressed alchohol). Honestly though the symptoms your describing might just be the tip of the iceberg. Oh, and a little pro tip to use with your next phone. When hiking or doing anything outdoors, always carry a small ziploc bag with you. If it starts raining put the phone and your wallet in it. That has saved me more than once.
I am kinda cheap and want to avoid spending another $200 on this....but seems I have to get a G2 or another Nexus 5.
Thanks for the tips.
Just get a g2.
You'll probably spend more money fixing a water damaged device
Hello, hope everyone is doing well.
So all of the sudden the main microphone on the bottom of the phone stopped working. So I can only talk now using earbuds or on speakerphone, and ran the diagnostics which said contact samsung, who put me in touch with some third party.
Does anyone know if it's something I could repair myself or do I have to take it in to be fixed and about how much would each cost.
The only phones I have repaired before ha a straight class no curve. And no longer have a precise digital hotplate.
Or are there a another things I should be considering here? I have tried to look to see if there is dirt or anything but even using a jewelers loupe I couldn't really see anything.
Thanks in advance!
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Hello, hope everyone is doing well.
So all of the sudden the main microphone on the bottom of the phone stopped working. So I can only talk now using earbuds or on speakerphone, and ran the diagnostics which said contact samsung, who put me in touch with some third party.
Does anyone know if it's something I could repair myself or do I have to take it in to be fixed and about how much would each cost.
The only phones I have repaired before ha a straight class no curve. And no longer have a precise digital hotplate.
Or are there a another things I should be considering here? I have tried to look to see if there is dirt or anything but even using a jewelers loupe I couldn't really see anything.
Thanks in advance!
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What happened before the "all of the sudden"?
If there was dirt in the inlet channel to the microphone, the microphone should pick up muffled sounds during the propagation of a strong acoustic wave.
What produced the message on the screen you attached?
If it's a hardware defect in the phone then you won't fix it yourself cheaper than at a service center, because you don't have spare parts and experience.
Usually immediately before the repair you should be informed of the cost. Calculate if it is cost-effective for you. Sometimes after such repairs there are further problems, because the main cause has not been removed
If it was blown or had a puncture, deformation or dirt then yes there would be some distorted sounds but I have tried recording audio in other apps.
There is a very short like disconnection click when recording out of that mic. Doesn't happen when I record from the other mic. But does make the same click of I start voice recorder but then no voice.
Didn't drop it or get it or get it dirty. Maybe I got a little moisture on it whenever I take a shower, but really not much, and the mic sealed. If it was the pcb board for the mic, that's like 15-20 on eBay, and if it's the actual mic like wiring, or driver I would just need the part number for the mic.
The image on the screen is from when you go through: Device care, then diagnostics. It gives the options to test all the functions that make your phone usable. I did then I reformatted. Did the tests again.
Yes you are right they said they couldn't give a price but maybe around 150.
I just sort of like fixing things yet have never attempted removing curved screen and without precise temp control I would worry about the battery.
I have most the tools and have removed flat screen glass on a 3d printers base hot plate. But because of the curve I wonder if it would need something to hear the edge at the same time.
I'm also on workers comp right now trying to save some money and curious if anyone has had a similar experience or at least had success fixing hardware problems or curved glass phones
Also just figured out that I can use my earbuds with bixby but can not get bixby or google to do voice to text through my Galaxy buds
Oops sorry last night I changed pages to check something and thought my post was deleted