I swear I am hearing my camera randomly focus. You know that click sound it makes when you turn it on? It makes that noise every once in a while. I know they might do that if you tap them or something but this is then im holding it swapping through apps. It seems like it does it a lot when I hold the home button but that could just be me... Anyone else have the same going on??
EDIT: Woot for good spelling on the thread title!
Am I the only one??
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 seems completely noobish to even have to ask the question, but my wife just got this phone after upgrading from an iFail 4. While trying out the phone, we noticed "slide to answer" doesn't seem to work too well. Has anyone else experienced this or know of a solution (something that doesn't involve swapping to a better ROM on a week old phone)?
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This seems completely noobish to even have to ask the question, but my wife just got this phone after upgrading from an iFail 4. While trying out the phone, we noticed "slide to answer" doesn't seem to work too well. Has anyone else experienced this or know of a solution (something that doesn't involve swapping to a better ROM on a week old phone)?
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On the stock firmware, lifting the phone to your ear will answer a call. The proximity sensor takes care of it.
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On the stock firmware, lifting the phone to your ear will answer a call. The proximity sensor takes care of it.
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Thanks. I guess I'll have to do some more experimentation.
Hey guys, I just fixed the mic issue on my phone with this tutorial "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af5DvIZwSss" and it worked great, but now the vibrations for phone phone dont work. Did I do something wrong, possibly mess up something? I did it exactly the way the video shows, didnt touch anything else. Anyone know what could have happened or how I could fix it?
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Hey guys, I just fixed the mic issue on my phone with this tutorial "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af5DvIZwSss" and it worked great, but now the vibrations for phone phone dont work. Did I do something wrong, possibly mess up something? I did it exactly the way the video shows, didnt touch anything else. Anyone know what could have happened or how I could fix it?
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The nexus 5's vibration motor is in the back panel. You might have slightly bent it.Give a gentle push right below the camera flash so the motor's connector can make contact with the circut board.
Guys,
I'm beginning to doubt but there must be something wrong with my phone. When I shake it, I hear something is kind of loose inside. Do you experience the same too? I can't remember that I had this before. Phone is working without any problems though.
Cheers,
Me
Open your camera app and shake it. Now is the noise gone? It's the camera & the image stabilization.
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Guys,
I'm beginning to doubt but there must be something wrong with my phone. When I shake it, I hear something is kind of loose inside. Do you experience the same too? I can't remember that I had this before. Phone is working without any problems though.
Cheers,
Me
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The camera sensor no worries
Still there. Thanks everyone. Finally can sleep in peace knowing what it is.