I fixed my defy earpiece problem which was getting dead again and again.
I found that there is a defect in the design of speaker.
Connection point on the speaker is so tiny and is not sufficient to make good and reliable contact with main board.
Solution:----
Dont do this unless you are good confident that you can reassemble the device and ready to take risk.
take a small piece of aluminum masking tape cut it in two tiny pieces and apply those pieces on both the speaker's connection point and you are set.
reassemble your phone and enjoy..
Important :---Defy's speaker is stick on front housing proper care is required while removing it.
Disassembling video of defy MB525
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uSH1UuEOvI
still thinking of getting one...but it scares me knowing the problems..
good video!
the earpiece problemis solved in newer batches of the phone.
its pretty unlikely to buy one that still has the issue.
and even if you get so unlucky, its covered by the warranty.
Motorola did no recall of affected stock and there is still plenty out there with faulty earpiece.
SimboXXX said:
Motorola did no recall of affected stock and there is still plenty out there with faulty earpiece.
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With a possible faulty earpiece.
I've got one of the "old" models and been using it for 3 months now - and the earpiece is still working like a charm.
Also using an "old" defy for three months now - no problems yet.
for the ones using old defy without problem.. one question.. have you used the wired handsfree headset? cause some say that it caused the earpiece connector to fail..
I myself haven't used my wired handsfree. with the consequence of unable to use the fm radio..
arixal said:
for the ones using old defy without problem.. one question.. have you used the wired handsfree headset?
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Like, basically every day, yes.
btw, on our russian disscussion board we found that earpiece is replaceble with sony-erricson's earpieces with lightly moding. phone is still sealed from water earpiece itself could not surviwe after swimming )
@feroz2u
Thank you
@Fedor,
What type of SE earpieces might be compatible with defy after a little modding ?
Mine is also 3 months old and have no problem so far. But I'm really curious as to exactly when they began shipping the re designed stock of defy. I want to know if the earpiece failure is still potential in my defy.
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mute
activating and deacticating the mute button solved the problem on my device. i will report if that holds after a few phone calls in the next days. can somebody else confirm this solution?
i can confirme that this was the first method i used before sending the device to Motorola, it works only a few days this way, the tendence is that the problem will grow up more and more.
mine allso had some problems with the earspeaker after a good wash under the tap. the sound was very low. but after 5 minutes it worked just fine.
some body else had that problem?
Lemark said:
Mine is also 3 months old and have no problem so far. But I'm really curious as to exactly when they began shipping the re designed stock of defy. I want to know if the earpiece failure is still potential in my defy.
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There's a long thread about this on the Motorola support forum for the Defy. The official advice buried in there is:
If you remove the battery you should see a label inside the battery compartment with a bar code and the words "Made in China". If the characters above "Made in China" include "BTxx" or "BFxx" then the phone should not be at risk of suffering the earpiece problem. Alternatively, if there is a blue dot on the label then the phone should also not be at risk.
Note that I say "at risk" - not having "BTxx" or "BFxx" or a blue dot does not mean that your phone is broken. My phone does not have any of those reassuring markings but the earpiece has been fine so far, touch wood.
Bear in mind that there can be other reasons for the earpiece to fail, over and above the known fault which Motorola have acknowleged. So even a phone not in the "at risk" batch can still go wrong for other reasons eg mistreatment, or a one-off manufacturing error.
Semseddin said:
@feroz2u
Thank you
@Fedor,
What type of SE earpieces might be compatible with defy after a little modding ?
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Sony ericsson K550i
feroz2u said:
Sony ericsson K550i
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I got a K850 speaker from ebay and it works better than before
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ovu85 said:
mine allso had some problems with the earspeaker after a good wash under the tap. the sound was very low. but after 5 minutes it worked just fine.
some body else had that problem?
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There was just some water in the earpiece hole blocking the sound. Same can happen with the microphone hole.
my defy was supposedly one of the 'fixed' ones and it was broken brand new out of the box!
rubjonny said:
my defy was supposedly one of the 'fixed' ones and it was broken brand new out of the box!
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As the saying goes: sh!t happens.
That would have been down to a manufacturing fault, and the retailer would have been legally obliged to replace it immediately, or offer a refund (Sale of Goods Act). It wouldn't have been a Motorola warranty issue.
Hi all,
I've recently had a crash - my N1 fell out from my pocket while climbing (stupid, I know..) - cracked screen, all that.. I've managed to replace the digitizer without big problems, but I have a more serious issue: the main (built-in) microphone stopped working and now I have to use the headset for every call
I've sent it to HTC service and they said the motherboard needs replacing and wanted me to pay 300$ for it..
Since it's quite a lot for a microphone, before buying the new one (at least 200$ for tho mobo alone) or sending it again to the HTC guys for repair, I'd like to ask you if there is anybody who had anything to do with those microphones or issues similar to mine.
The microphone itself is a small gold rectangle-shaped thing glued to the motherboard, but I cannot make out any markings on it (there seems to be something written on it, it's just not readable any more). It seems to be exactly the same as the noise-cancelling one near in the upper part of the phone. Of course, before cutting or soldering anything I'd like to know as much as I can..
So.. the questions are:
Has anyone repaired a thing like that or managed to replace a microphone on Nexus One motherboard? How could this be done?
Does anybody know where I could buy a microphone that would match?
I know it's a long shot (and a long post ), but I figured it's worth a try to look for somebody who might have some insight.
Thanks in advance,
Kuba
P.S. Could anyone move this question to Q&A, please?..first post gone wrong..
you could just buy a new one for under 300$ on ebay or a used one for less than 220 for everything new If something like that is messed up its not worth fixing, too much work
hitmanre,
thanks for the reply, but...
As I said, I figured the part on buying another mobo (or a broken N1 for parts) on my own.
I was just curious - from a DYI perspective - what's going on on the board and what's actually broken around the microphone.. If it was only the microphone then it should be easy enough to replace - but if it's a crack somewhere in the inner layers of the board, then bummer..
In fact, I opened my N1 again yesterday and cut the mic out...curious thing is that there seem to be only one connected soldered part between mobo ant the mic.. Could anyone explain how a microphone could work with a single connector? there doesn't seem to be any ground connection anywhere..
If I have some time, I'll post photos - but no sooner than in a week - going on vacation
See you,
Kuba
I have the same problem, and I live outside the service coverage area. I've had my Nexus One since May 2010, so it was more than one year old. It's really sad to quit such a really nice phone just because it can't make phone calls. It seems that nobody here in Lima know how to repair a N1. And I'm so afraid to open it...
I have seen 2 of these phones with the same issue. one mine and second a customers. and I have tried replacing the mic headset jack (headset jack can short out audio) and still nothing. mic works with loudspeaker but not in normal mode with earspeaker.
ok today I was able to get my hands on a working nexus. and swapped the upper flex and that fixed it.
the only thing is that we ordered this part from one of our sources to fix a power button (which is on the same part) and it had this issue. so I had to replace it again
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ok today I was able to get my hands on a working nexus. and swapped the upper flex and that fixed it.
the only thing is that we ordered this part from one of our sources to fix a power button (which is on the same part) and it had this issue. so I had to replace it again
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I also have a problem with the mic suddenly not working and working again suddenly. So it must be a damaged flex since the phone has a dent on the upper left part of it.
First of all, my first post, hi Sorry for my bad english.
So the ear speaker (the one for call) of my htc desire z doesn't work anymore. However the I can still use the loud speaker with low volume to call.
I think (I'm sure) it's a hardware problem, and I want to buy the part (the speaker) to repair the phone.
My question is (very noobish) what is the name of the piece I want? Because I don't want to accidently buy the wrong one for the loud speaker, I just want the one for call.Or it's the same?
And if you have a link for the piece, or a trusted site (because I saw on the forum piece at like 3$ but very cheap (said the op) and I want some good one not very cheap.
Thanks in advandce!
My headphone jack was playing up, so I took it apart and in the process idiotically broke it all together.
I'm just wondering what part the 3.5mm jack is? Can I get a standard motorola one they've used for other models or is this one specific in any way? And more importantly, where to get it from?
Many thanks.
Sid19 said:
My headphone jack was playing up, so I took it apart and in the process idiotically broke it all together.
I'm just wondering what part the 3.5mm jack is? Can I get a standard motorola one they've used for other models or is this one specific in any way? And more importantly, where to get it from?
Many thanks.
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Is the jack soldered to the mainboard?
Just a general question about replacing parts in the One X. Have one phone where i'm replacing the ear speaker, and another i'm replacing the rear camera.
Is there anything that needs to be done to get the phone to "recognize" these new parts, or are they just plug n' play?
I've replaced the ear speaker in the one phone, but it still doesn't work. I'm thinking maybe a defective ear speaker. ??? So, i've ordered another. But thought i'd ask in case i'm missing something.
Thanks!