I used a needle (which is why one should only use sim removal tools) in this hole by mistake. It felt like I needle eventually went through something. Almost felt like it went through rubber. Any idea what this is?
It is the speaker
Hmm. That would explain why the phone rattles more than I remembered at high volume (I had one previously)? One would think this would affect the water resistance as well.
Most of the information I found online suggested the larger hole in the middle was the speaker.
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i think it's a second microphone to be used in 'interview' mode with voice recorder app and probably noise canceling too. My old Galaxy s8 had it too.
its a microphone, not a speaker. the speak is next to the sim tray
Either way I'm sure you've compromised the water resistance of the device. Maybe not bad. But I wouldn't push my luck on this expensive device
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Kind of an odd question, but if its available I would love a case like this.
Is there a case that covers up the speaker, but leaves a small gap between the speaker and the case, so that the case ends up 'aiming' the speaker at the front of the phone?
Hopefully you undestand what i just described.
I have this thing for my iPad called the Sound Jaw which is just a little plastic doohickey that aims the speaker towards the front, does wonders for the sound. I can't use my iPad without it.
That said, I know exactly what you mean and why you want it, but I haven't seen anything like it.
With the way the camera protrudes this effect is done normally. I have a case on my phone, and when I put it on a table it sounds louder.
Or you can always just get a regular case and put the phone face down when using the speaker. Or cuff your hand around the back of the phone above the speaker to amplify the sound.
vicbeezy said:
Or you can always just get a regular case and put the phone face down when using the speaker. Or cuff your hand around the back of the phone above the speaker to amplify the sound.
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another solution is just to attach a piece of paper\plastic on the inside of the cover (between the phone and the cover), just above the speaker grill. and that's it
So I picked up a MT4GS off eBay to replace a MT3GS. The phone had a busted digitizer, which I was able to replace easily. But now I'm also finding that the earpiece speaker doesn't work either.
Has anyone had a speaker fail? How hard was it to fix?
I haven't had a speaker fail, but if it is like most phone speakers it's pretty easy to replace... (well as long as you have the phone already taken apart...). They usually aren't even soldered onto the phone they are just a speaker with 2 gold springs or plates that make contact with 2 solder pads on the motherboard. So if it actually is a blown speaker than you should just be able to buy one and switch it out. But you may just want to clean the pads. I haven't taken apart a MT4GS so I'm not completely sure if that is how the speaker is set up but it's like that on most phones...
In the last 6 months i had very low volume during calls, I was sure it was a Rom-related issue but even when moving from a AOSP-based rom to a sense one it didn't help.
I've tried the method with cleaning the earpiece with tooth brush - didnt help. so I've took a needle and just entered a few milimeters into the holes of the earpiece, while making a circular movement inside of it.
And now the volume is so strong that i need to put the volume lower it to the middle!!!
Just wanted to let you know in case it's your case too.
FYI: IM NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU INSERTED THE NEEDLE IN A WRONG WAY AND DESTROYED YOUR SPEAKER, ACT WITH CAUTION!
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In the last 6 months i had very low volume during calls, I was sure it was a Rom-related issue but even when moving from a AOSP-based rom to a sense one it didn't help.
I've tried the method with cleaning the earpiece with tooth brush - didnt help. so I've took a needle and just entered a few milimeters into the holes of the earpiece, while making a circular movement inside of it.
And now the volume is so strong that i need to put the volume lower it to the middle!!!
Just wanted to let you know in case it's your case too.
FYI: IM NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU INSERTED THE NEEDLE IN A WRONG WAY AND DESTROYED YOUR SPEAKER, ACT WITH CAUTION!
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Can you take a picture of the earphone holes you poked? I replaced my earspeaker while I replaced my cracked screen but the replacement speaker was worse so I swapped back to the OEM one.
I have an idea how the speakers look underneath but would love to know which holes you worked on to enhance the sound experience.
Nothing to photograph here, its not a mods just cleaned the holes of the housing.
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I droped my one month oneplus one, and broke the screen.
Changed it myself, no big trouble, other than now, the ear speaker won't emit any sound when calling.
Any chance that I missed something when putting it back together?
Thanks guys.
An ubberly frustrated oneplus owner.
HI, did You solved it? I have the same problem, but when I push on speaker during a call it works.
If you take your phone apart again (I know, not ideal, but it should be simple) and get to the speaker, there should be little copper colored prongs the are bent out. These are the contacts for where it touches the motherboard, so make sure that nothing is blocking them. You may want to try bending them up a tiny bit in order to help them make contact/
I recently decided to fix a cracked screen myself for the first time. It went pretty flawlessly, love how easy it was. Only one problem. I didn't check every part to make sure it was functioning (because it went so easily!), and I found out a couple days after that the earpiece wasn't working. Speaker and earphone jack work fine but not the earpiece. After Googling, I found that a lot of people had this problem, that it was apaprently because there is a small plastic piece that goes behind the earpiece that does something like raises it up and holds it into place against the contacts on the circuit board. Wellllll, I don't have that piece anymore. I contacted LG and according to them that's not a piece they have to sell. Anyone else have this problem and able to fix it without that piece? I'm thinking of just stuffing something in there beneath the earpiece to raise it up, but wanted to see if anyone else had done it and what worked best if so.
Thanks!