So, I've been suffering from low call volume during calls and I thought my speaker was just really low, or it was a hardware issue, or something. I was reading a forum on another website, and a user had mentioned using a toothbrush to just scrub the speaker grill, anyways I did it and it worked it was just really dirty now I can hear perfectly fine and the notification is really bright too. I actually had to turn the in call volume down. Just give it a shot, you don't really have anything to lose. Hoped I helped.
Hmm, interesting. I would not think simply cleaning the grill holes would make that much of a difference. I don't have any issue with call volume, but good to know. Here is your first "Thanks"!
I will try when I get home.. I can't even use the speaker for calls, I have to use the speakerphone lol. It is so extremely low. I think mine is a hardware issue. I will let you know though.
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Uh I will be the first to say it worked! Lol. Didn't think it would but I bought a cheap toothbrush and went to town on the front and back speaker grills. I can actually hear both of them now, in ear calls and the back speaker. Thanks a lot! And here I was about to order parts for it to get repaired.
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I can second this. Could barely hear anything in call, but those little holes had lots of debris clogging them. Used a small pin to clear the holes and for once i had to turn the volume down!
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I used to have to do this every so often for my palm pre+, I used compressed air though.
sephiroth2k said:
I used to have to do this every so often for my palm pre+, I used compressed air though.
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Compressed air? I think that might cause some problems, a toothbrush should be sufficient.
Lol... try cleaning your ears aswell .. u might go deaf... cause one x ear phone is loud.. real loud
I think you just saved my One X from the bin with this suggestion. Now I can actually use it as a phone!
Just a warning. I did this last night with a toothbrush and rubbing alcohol. I think it pushed some of the gunk into the power button switch because now it's not picking up every push. If I press the power button hard it will react, but it didn't require much force prior to the cleaning. My LED is much brighter though.
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Thanks!!!
Thanks for posting this fix, this really work i was thinking buy part replacement, now i have to slowdown the volume :good:
Psychoactivee said:
So, I've been suffering from low call volume during calls and I thought my speaker was just really low, or it was a hardware issue, or something. I was reading a forum on another website, and a user had mentioned using a toothbrush to just scrub the speaker grill, anyways I did it and it worked it was just really dirty now I can hear perfectly fine and the notification is really bright too. I actually had to turn the in call volume down. Just give it a shot, you don't really have anything to lose. Hoped I helped.
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I posted this last week sometime...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2187544
but hey.. its still a great fix!
Thank you very much! I just had to ruin my toothbrush just to try this. PERFECTOOO!!
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Just a warning. I did this last night with a toothbrush and rubbing alcohol. I think it pushed some of the gunk into the power button switch because now it's not picking up every push. If I press the power button hard it will react, but it didn't require much force prior to the cleaning. My LED is much brighter though.
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The power button is a attached to a ribbon cable that comes up on the back side of the display and lays at the top edge of the phone. I don't see how you could have reached it by brushing the surface of the phone. Its above the front camera.
I also wanted to add that there is a foam material in front of the actual speaker, I'm sure to absorb moisture and soften sound a bit so I wouldn't worry about pushing anything into the speaker too much with a tooth brush.
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Absolutely TRUE. I don't know how many times I have had the phone apart and I never thought to do this. The LED is SUPER bring and easy to see now and the call volume is better!
OMFG
It Works!!!
Thank you so much for sharing this great tip!! Couldn't hear anything when walking in traffic, but this helped a lot! Plus the LED is so bright now!
amazing!
It worked! I thought it was my ROM but this is incredible! Thank you!
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It worked! I thought it was my ROM but this is incredible! Thank you!
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Yeah, i thought is was my new ROM too because i just changed it, but the toothbrush worked great!
One tip., when the dirt is there for some time(like mine) u REALLY have to pinch trough the little holes to clear them.
Another happy customer..thanks!!!
Also Try This
I posted previously confirming this as a fix. I noticed that I still sometimes suffered from low in call volumes. Here's the fix. While in the call lower your volume all the way and then bring it back up. I am running an AOKP on my galaxy note 2 and I discovered this fix which confirmed my initial belief that it might be my rom or simply the fact that I rooted my device that caused this problem.
Hey check my other reply to this thread
It might help you too!
PleaseRoot said:
I posted previously confirming this as a fix. I noticed that I still sometimes suffered from low in call volumes. Here's the fix. While in the call lower your volume all the way and then bring it back up. I am running an AOKP on my galaxy note 2 and I discovered this fix which confirmed my initial belief that it might be my rom or simply the fact that I rooted my device that caused this problem.
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Nachoman2010 said:
Yeah, i thought is was my new ROM too because i just changed it, but the toothbrush worked great!
One tip., when the dirt is there for some time(like mine) u REALLY have to pinch trough the little holes to clear them.
Another happy customer..thanks!!!
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this has gotten to be a real serious problem for me - hanging up with my face while on a call. i am surprised this isn't talked about more here. any help would be appreciated! is it possible for the dev's to not only remove the end call button but the mute as well?
so far you are the only one that has ever reported anything like that,ya know it could be a hardware defekt
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Nope I'm in the same boat as im sure are many others. I have only ever had it actually impact me I think twice on phone calls out of almost a hundred or so that I have had since I purchased the phone. All the others times though it was extremely annoying to keep hearing the click sounds of the screen turning on and off on and off on and off etc.
I keep hoping for a software update that addresses the sensitivity of the sensor, but still no
I also wonder how much the battery is affected by the screen turning on and off repeatedly while in a phone conversation...
I get the same. More on my right ear than my left, but it will often take a digit that I just typed for an automated system and try to dial it, resulting in an alarm tone in my ear during the conversation.
sorry but i have 3 different bolts,the 1st one was rooted stock had that problem but it also went into the brick loop so it got replaced,rooted that one but never had the prob again,this one has the bamf 2 prev 3 on it and no probs that is why i suggested harware cause my first one had major hardware issues
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i get it too. but i dont call so much. so i dont really care lol
I too had this problem, and did some quick searching on Google. Stumbled upon someone who said to spray it with canned air to clean it out. To my surprise, it worked. There is just enough room between the screen and the body of the phone for dust/crap to get in and it hinders both the light and proximity sensors.
You might be holding the phone in a weird position?
THUNDERBOLT
Damn, you lean something new every day, this thing makes phone calls too!
I've had the issue too recently. But it only started when I returned the last phone to stock. Before that, I had a small issue with it, but it didn't happen often.
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this has gotten to be a real serious problem for me - hanging up with my face while on a call. i am surprised this isn't talked about more here. any help would be appreciated! is it possible for the dev's to not only remove the end call button but the mute as well?
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I have the screen turn on during calls, but I've never had a face hang up. Honestly I think the screen turns on for me, but can't be interacted with.
Scratch that just did a test. I guess I'm lucky. Then again I don't hold the phone flat to my face. So I guess I would never hit it...
i have had hangups, the mute button pressed, and a 3 way call started. i just tried blowing the screen out with some compressed air as someone suggested. it seems better - will give an update after some testing.
No issues with hang ups for me. Had that problem all the time coming from the X.
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I have the same problem and have had it with every Rom I've run and stock. I'm surprised we don't have a way to adjust the proximity sensor yet, that's something I really miss about my Droid X.
After answering a call and putting the tb to my ear, my screen stays on.
Sometimes my ear dials numbers, sometimes the screen stays illuminated but doesn't respond to any touch! I have to toggle the screen on/off with the power button to get the touch response working again.
I have never had an issue. Been on mostly whatever the latest bamf release since rooting.
It happens to me whenever I forget the bluetooth especially after working out or anytime facial area is warmer then normal. I have a screen protector and clean the screen frequently.
I am having the same issue, so I called Verizon yesterday and they are sending me a new phone. I hope it works, because it makes talking on the bolt almost impossible.
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this is the first I am hearing of this. No problems for me.
Have the same problem...its really annoying man....will not get a refurbished unit until they fix the reboots
Phone is brand new, stock ROM, and completely updated.
Issue 1: Thin protective layer (feels like glass or hard plastic) is off-centered on the left side of the screen and creates a rough edge when using the phone. Pic URL: s2.postimg.org/iufhb6d9l/screenshot_41.png (Sorry, I can't post links yet.)
Issue 2: Volume and sound randomly changes when listening to audio with headphones and using the phone. I'll be listening to music on Spotify and when I start switching between apps the music will start to sound worse and lower the volume for a second or two and then return to normal.
Issue one sounds like the factory installed screen protector. I peeleed mine off first day and still have a scratch free phone.
I have not experienced issue two.
I agree with the post above regarding the protective layer, but the 2nd issue sounds weird. I use often headphones, at least once for day, and i never noticed volume going up and down randomly. Later I'll give a try opening various apps while listening to music and I'll let you know.
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Issue one sounds like the factory installed screen protector. I peeleed mine off first day and still have a scratch free phone.
I have not experienced issue two.
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Thanks for the reply! How did you manage to peel it off? It seems stuck on there pretty well.
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I agree with the post above regarding the protective layer, but the 2nd issue sounds weird. I use often headphones, at least once for day, and i never noticed volume going up and down randomly. Later I'll give a try opening various apps while listening to music and I'll let you know.
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Thank you! I would really appreciate that. The volume and audio quality will fluctuate together for a second or two then goes back to normal.
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Thanks for the reply! How did you manage to peel it off? It seems stuck on there pretty well.
Thank you! I would really appreciate that. The volume and audio quality will fluctuate together for a second or two then goes back to normal.
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Mine peeled off fairly easy
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Thank you! I would really appreciate that. The volume and audio quality will fluctuate together for a second or two then goes back to normal.
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Mmmm... Sounds like an app (or more) that you open while using Spotify detain the precedence on audio focus if compared to Spotify, and so the sound of Spotify becomes ducked for the usual amount of time on sound ducking contest, and usually it is just a couple of seconds. If this don't bother, can i ask you the name of the app/s that make Spotify's music function ducked? It could be a game like an other app that uses the speaker, so mind at those who reproduce some sound while using I'll try to help ya since that i didn't noticed volume changes while using headphones (but i premise that i have only a SNES emulator on my phone as game, and when i play with it, i let music off so i couldn't test with modern games like the ones available on Play Store)
Hi. I have problem with very quiet calls. It's really hard to speak with someone when I'm outside because I can't hear them. I think it's not speakers problem, because they play music properly. I'm now on eXistenZ Marshmallow, but I had this problem also on stock Sony Marshmallow. Do anyone know how to repair it?
Did you replaced the screen ? it's common , the speaker become faulty when you change the screen
I'm not sure because I'm second owner of this phone, but I think screen or speaker was changed in Sony service.
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I one had that problem.
It was really annoying and made me nervous ...
I did a lot of searches and tried everything that could solve the problem, no success. I almost gave up.
I finally found a thread here in xda that gave an unexpected solution, it worked like a charm.
The solution was to clean up the speaker using a needle or something similar. I actually found the speaker was almost totally covered with dust turned into a solid paste because of sweat, water droplets, ...
I'm very satisfied by the result. I would like to give credits to the guy who wrote this first but I don't remember the thread where I found this solution. Sorry.
I hope this will help whoever has the same problem.
I have already tried that, no improvement. Maybe there is any app or mod for increasing speaker volume?
szerwony said:
I have already tried that, no improvement. Maybe there is any app or mod for increasing speaker volume?
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I had the same problem and a needle didn't solve the problem. I looked under a Microscope and the needle tip was still too big for the tiny speaker protection matrix. What I did is I used a chewing gum (works also with something other sticky like blue tack) and pressed it in the speaker and when I took it out, loads of dust was sticking to the chewing gum. I repeated the process a few times and the speaker volume was ok again.
Anybody else find that the vibration is incredibly weak?
Even when I have it in my hand and the phone rings I can barely feel it. I can't find a way to adjust the vibration strength in the settings menu.
looks like it's just mine then. I can hear it vibrating but can't feel anything. Guess I will have to send it back.
mine is fairly week as well, but it is not too bad. also if it vibrates on the desk, it is stupidly loud. so if yours is not stupidly loud on the desk, then yours might have a problem (or mine )
ferdzso said:
mine is fairly week as well, but it is not too bad. also if it vibrates on the desk, it is stupidly loud. so if yours is not stupidly loud on the desk, then yours might have a problem (or mine )
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mine is not loud on a desk at all. Can barely hear it.
s4vva said:
mine is not loud on a desk at all. Can barely hear it.
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it might be faulty then :/ I have it in the case that came with the phone, that might be the reason it is loud.
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it might be faulty then :/ I have it in the case that came with the phone, that might be the reason it is loud.
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I also have it in the case that came in the box. Seems faulty to me. Sending it back for a refund since I am still entitled to.
s4vva said:
I also have it in the case that came in the box. Seems faulty to me. Sending it back for a refund since I am still entitled to.
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yep, it is probably safer just to return it. let us know how it goes. hopefully without any issues
So, how was it? The vibration motor is defect or the phone really have a week vibration?
Everything was fine , my phone was running on stock + Magisk and Twrp + stock kernel + April Update .
I used it as my daily driver and i had no issue .
Yesterday i updated to Latest update via TWRP and everything was fine , the call volume seems to be normal , after using it for almost 24 hrs .
But after few hours now i've been facing low in-call volume i wiped data of the phone app
Wiped Dalvik
Restored to factory settings "wiped data"
But i'm still facing this problem .
And it seems i have low volume in every "voip call too" viber + messenger .
What seems to be the problem , i hope it's not a hardware issue or i'll be f*** because in my country i coudn't find a cover for my pixel . So let's not talk about the speakerphone
So after messing around and trying all stock Images , i still got the problem, even with Android P Beta i still got the same issue , i tried cleaning the earpiece , nothing happened .
After losing hope , i was reading about changing something called "hearing aid under accessibility" . I couldn't find it ,
****The solution ****
so i turned "mono speaker on "
And i tested the earpiece and it worked ? the volume is back to normal , then i turned it off again and everything is working fine now .
So turning mono speaker fixed something and returning to stock image didn't ?
So now i'm worried about the IC chip on the motherboard i think there's something wrong with it , and i think i'll be facing this problem soon , i hope not *fingers crossed*
I don't understand, where do you find "mono speaker on?"
I also have had low volume on earpiece for phone calls since about May or so, despite updating to P. Please give more instructions as to what you did.
Also, do you also have the problem that people cannot hear you when using speakerphone?
Mono
The mono setting is found in settings under accessibility.
Might Just Need A Needle
I know this might sound like a stupid/common sense comment, but after failing many different attempts at this, I had an "AH-HAH" moment. This was when i heard a mild distortion, when i pressed my ear firmly against the phone.
So, I took a needle, and started running it across the ear/call speaker. I immediately started noticing some crap getting scraped off (phone is 1.5yo, after all). This, in spite of it looking 100% clean. I did this for a bit, using a dust buster after every few passes. That way, I didn't press anything farther in & suctioned out, what I couldn't access. Do this until nothing seems to come off anymore.
You really don't need to worry about damaging the speaker, as you're only cleaning the protective plastic shield/guard. The holes are extremely small in this plastic cover. Way smaller than the width of a needle. You may want to go after the individual holes, if you don't get enough increased volume.
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Also, in addition to the needle method above, if the benefits aren't significant enough, can bring in the artillery:
Canned Air (with the pressure multiplying straw)
Powerful Carpet Vacuum Hose- And if needed, narrow the suction beam, by placing something over the hose opening. Be it your fingers, or even an old piece of plastic with a hole cut into it.
Remember to use the needle method first, or during above methods. Since, if the crud isn't loosened first, it's not going to be moving anywhere.
I have a brand new 3a. Stupidly low call volume. Speakerphone volume is fine.
Switching to mono did not help.
Not pleased.
Same with my wife's S9. The earpiece volume issue only started about a week ago. We went so far as to take it to a phone repair store because we thought it was a faulty earpiece. Even after the replacement, the volume was still just as low. Will try a factory reset.
Fixed on pixel 3a xl December 2019
Not sure how this fixed it, but I turned on mono speakers in settings > accessibility
And then I made a call. The volume was still too low so I hit the speaker icon, then when I clicked the speaker back off the earpiece volume is now back to normal levels. I even turned the mono speakers back to its original setting and it's still good so.. I have no idea the cause but at least the issue is fixed on my device.
I'm on Android 10 but no system updates within a few days of this starting. Now that I say that, I may have done an "update all" for all the apps on the phone before it began to have low earpiece volume. So one of the app updates may have caused it but I can't be sure.
This TOTALLY WORKED!!!
Thank you, Sleepsy!!!! This problem has been driving me friggin crazy for weeks! It was starting to get embarrassing always asking people to repeat themselves/saying we had a "bad connection". I even convinced myself if I held/positioned the phone *just right* I would get better volume. No-go.
But even before that, naturally I started with the most complicated fixes 1st and burned many hours (too many) ; ) It's xda after all lol. Mono-audio toggle, crazy updates, safe mode BS, uninstalling 3rd party apps, etc... I'm just glad I didn't wipe it!
It was crazy how much gunk came off that tiny ear speaker slit!!! Nasty stuff! And, ya know, I'd like to think I'm not... nasty lol
Maybe because I have long hair and use crazy amounts of conditioner? Eh, who knows?!
Bottom line: Problem fixed.
Sleepsy is a boss!
Thank you!!!!
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Might Just Need A Needle
I know this might sound like a stupid/common sense comment, but after failing many different attempts at this, I had an "AH-HAH" moment. This was when i heard a mild distortion, when i pressed my ear firmly against the phone.
So, I took a needle, and started running it across the ear/call speaker. I immediately started noticing some crap getting scraped off (phone is 1.5yo, after all). This, in spite of it looking 100% clean. I did this for a bit, using a dust buster after every few passes. That way, I didn't press anything farther in & suctioned out, what I couldn't access. Do this until nothing seems to come off anymore.
You really don't need to worry about damaging the speaker, as you're only cleaning the protective plastic shield/guard. The holes are extremely small in this plastic cover. Way smaller than the width of a needle. You may want to go after the individual holes, if you don't get enough increased volume.
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Also, in addition to the needle method above, if the benefits aren't significant enough, can bring in the artillery:
Canned Air (with the pressure multiplying straw)
Powerful Carpet Vacuum Hose- And if needed, narrow the suction beam, by placing something over the hose opening. Be it your fingers, or even an old piece of plastic with a hole cut into it.
Remember to use the needle method first, or during above methods. Since, if the crud isn't loosened first, it's not going to be moving anywhere.
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