The speaker on my Razr is no longer working, it had been intermittent for a while (working for a day, then not working for a few) but it hasn't worked at all this week. Occasionally a hard reboot (power button plus volume down) will make it start working again but its also been a while since that has worked.
I've already exchanged one Razr for a speaker not working and Amazon won't exchange the phone again for the same issue. Instead they want to offer me credit towards a different phone. Since I got the Razr during the penny sale, that doesn't help me much.
Has anyone seen or heard of this issue before and are there any fixes? Do you know if its a software or a hardware problem? I love the phone, its just very frustrating that the speaker doesn't work.
I may have the same problem..
Is it only the back speaker which is down ?
Sorry but so far my only (and no-efficient) solution was hard reboot
Yeah, its the rear speaker. Hard booting sometimes works but not always. Seems more like a hardware issue because I can tap the speaker when it stops working and it will sometimes start working again.
Having the same issue, the main speaker sometimes gets turned off (especially when micro usb is inserted, and then pulled out).
What usually helps is to gently press on the silver MOTOROLA logo on the top of the phone (in the middle of the logo).
So looks like when inserting/ pulling out micro usb cable, somehow something gets moved inside, so the contacts are shifted, which is screwing the speaker)????
Looks like will go back to the store :-( if this continues.
The ringtone speaker is glued to the backplane of the phone.
It's connected via two spring loaded connectors. (Dumb solution imo)
I believe some electrical contact cleaner could solve the problem.
Must be one WITHOUT oil! The oil might enter the lens.
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My suggestion for a fix is this:
Step 1:
Remove plastic backing on the camera. Carefully!
You don't need to remove the entire kevlar backing.
(As you can see the backplate was made very ugly by the ifixit crew)
Step 2:
Hold the phone like the picture, and apply a miniscule amount of contact cleaner here, the idea is to make the cleaning solution hit the two springs and contact pads.
Step 3:
Tap and press the area around the speaker carefully, the idea being to rub the connectors slightly while wet.
Let it dry and keep it lying in this direction, you don't want this stuff in the camera!
All images taken from ifixit.
I take no responsibility for any damage, this would be a last resort type of fix if you can't get a warranty claim for it. This obviously voids your warranty completely too.
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I'm just curious if anyone has come up with a "nifty" solution for this problem. Because the speaker in the Aria is on the back of the phone, any time I lay it on my desk (face up), the ringing of an incoming call is all but inaudible in anything short of a very quiet room.
I've looked at a number of different phone cases but none of them do anything to create an air gap for the sound to escape from.
I'm just tired of having to find something to prop the phone up on every time I set it down.
Heh....this was driving me nuts when I first got the Aria. I don't have a "nifty" solution as it were, but once I got a silicone case for the phone that has a bezel around the outside of the screen area, I no longer worried about putting the phone down face-down (as the bezel on the case keeps the screen from coming in contact with whatever surface it is on) so now the speaker is on the "up" side of the phone and I can hear it...
Also go into dsp manager if on cm7 and set the phone speaker setting
Signatures are fancy.
Have a silicon case and I always hear it. Face up or face down. Even in the other room.
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juss buy or use a phone holder. i use an old hair grease container to put my phone in and it does the job well
Thanks for all of the suggestions.
Because I place the phone in a docking station at night and use it that way as an alarm clock, phone cases are a problem because the phone won't fit in the dock with a case on.
I finally solved the problem with 2 very small drops of epoxy, applied with a toothpick. The small rounded drops stick up from the phone cover about the same height as the thickness of a credit card, yet let the speaker sound come through loud and clear.
Now I can set it down, face up, anywhere and not worry about hearing it ring.
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That is an excellent idea, this was a definite oversight when our phones were designed with such a small speaker.
So I broke the glass on my HTC Rezound, I just finished replaceing the glass, and Im putting it all together again, but I found these two metal clips that i didnt notice when I was taking it apart. They are preventing me from putting the back back on the phone.
Here are pictures. (replace xxxx with you know what.)
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This is the underside of the motherboard directly under were they are.
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It would seem like they are supposed to be bent down so they go under the motherboard and make contact with those two metal pad things, but I know metal breaks easily when bent and I want to make sure first.
Thanks.
Bump, Please help. I'm sitting her with a half assymballed phone.
you're bumping a thread after 18 minutes?
patience is a virtue my friend.
before attempting something like this I would of gotten as much info as possible.
plus when taking something apart take as many pictures as possible so you know how to put it back together.
all i can do is offer what ive found
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592773
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqcq2p_how-to-fix-htc-rezound-screen_school
Sorry, I was just trying to get my phone back together.
I should have taken pictures of it before I took it apart. I think I got everything working at this point though.
I just bend them down enough to put the cover back on, I figured that if they were for the lights on the top i could test and see if those were working later, and wouldnt have to risk breaking them by bending them. As of now my phone is working fine I havent tested all the lights yet.
gaate said:
Sorry, I was just trying to get my phone back together.
I should have taken pictures of it before I took it apart. I think I got everything working at this point though.
I just bend them down enough to put the cover back on, I figured that if they were for the lights on the top i could test and see if those were working later, and wouldnt have to risk breaking them by bending them. As of now my phone is working fine I havent tested all the lights yet.
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I think those are for the speaker for the ear. I could be wrong. I am pretty sure the few times I have taken my phone apart though they are supposed to be that way. Bent down that is.
EDIT: Decided to find the thread for you, that someone posted of internal pictures of the Rezound. He has this shot, which shows them bent down.
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This phone never went in water or even close to water but Bell refused to honour the warranty saying humidity wen't in the micro-usb connector...
Maybe it's me who don't understand how water detector works but in my mind, the water detector are all good and would be turned red if there was any water on it???
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Sorry the dropbox image link didn't work. here's the picture of the sensors
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don't know what to say, the connectors may have corrosion on them due to high humidity or something else, it doesn't mean that your phone had to be submerged in water. the good news is that it's relatively easy to change that part yourself i have done it. look on youtube for some tutorials to be sure and you can go ahead and do it
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don't know what to say, the connectors may have corrosion on them due to high humidity or something else, it doesn't mean that your phone had to be submerged in water. the good news is that it's relatively easy to change that part yourself i have done it. look on youtube for some tutorials to be sure and you can go ahead and do it
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seems that there are traces of water damage.
Lift all the connectors, including the black dissipators.
Take an old toothbrush and some gasoline/petrol.
brush the contacts.
Let dry (no hurry..)
cross fingers and start the phone.
Thanks for your comments guys. I've already changed the bottom part (sub-mainboard with the usb connector) as the samsung repair tought that it was the problem but it didn't fix the problem. I'm 100% sure the mainboard just fried. This phone never went to water so it's certainly not water damage and it stopped working while sitting on a couch downloading a torrent on it... So my first guess is that it overheated...
I Just can't figure why they refused to repair it under the assumption it was related to humidity on the usb connector as it never had any... really...
I mean, the water-detector is right under the usb port and isn't red so no water went there....
P.S. on the picture it's not corrosion but dust... I've posted it to make sure I correctly understant how the water-detector works... White with purple x is good.... red isn't... if I'm not mistaking....
Hey there guys today I'm going to show you how to repair your usb cable (top part) if the cable has been broken! If the cable has been suddenly dead and you see that one of your 4 inner cables are partially broken!)
What you need:
A screw driver or something that can tear loose the plastic part on the top of the cable (or something similar) I'm a screw driver)
This is what i used:
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Now be careful we don't want to break anything! we want to be able to use the parts again after you fixed the steps
Once you taken the plastic part of and that damn rubber thingy
You'll see 2 metallic peaces that holds together everything. Be careful when taking these away these are useful!
Once they are removed you should have a cable looking like this
Now the tricky part is to not start to remove the green part and pull the cables out. make sure you remember the order! else it won't charge! (See picture) for correct order!
Picture taken from downside of the usb
Picture taken from upper side of the usb
NOTE The 4 cables needs to have same length so they all get connected properly!
Once you put them in correctly put back the green part and the black part, press so you hear a slightly click!
Once done put the metallic parts back (the one that is inside of the other is bottom part) the metallic that goes above the other one is top part!
Once done put back the plastic on and you're done! :highfive:
I know it looks horrible but at least the cable is working!
Nice Guide
And thank you for taking time to post.
Yes i already knew how to do this BUT for the noobies a handy guide
Over here in uk as we are lazy buggers we pop to the Pound shop and grab another!
Careful with getting another one
Cheap USB cables are 24/24 and can only provide 300-500mA power,
you need a proper quality 24/28 cable that is certified to atleast 1200mA for the Lg G3, and a 2A cable is recommended.
its a bit more expensive
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker®-5-Pa...id=1429352682&sr=8-6&keywords=micro+usb+cable
But when you notice that your phone is charging twice as fast as that PoS you got at poundland you know its worth the money.
Hey guys, long time reader, first time poster here (and it's a long one too).
My OnePlus X is my daily driver and I was planning on using it for some more years if this is fixable
Recently the USB port started to fail, so I decided to replace the part. A little setback was that i also had to replace the GSM antenna cable, which I had damaged during disassembly. So far so good, the phone is now charging again and reception and mobile data are working fine.
However, ever since the repair my Wifi reception has gone to ****, it is now so bad that it's pretty much unusable even when right next to the router. I've come to the conclusion that this is not a problem with the antenna cable replacement, as removing this cable only kills cell reception, wifi is unchanged. You can see the cable i'm talking about running into the long side of the frame in the bottom of this
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, with the golden connector on the lower edge of the motherboard (the other side connects to the USB flex cable, under the metal housing on the right). I believe the Wifi chipset itself is contained within the small housing in the upper middle of the board, with the + sign.
So now on to my question:
Does anyone know where exactly the wifi antenna on this phone is located? I'm assuming that it is being routed into the plastic/metal housing cover that's over the mainboard. I've made sure that none of the pins on the motherboard that connect to the housing cover are missing/bent or corroded. I've angled them up a little bit and cleaned them with alcohol to ensure a good contact.
But still, no wifi. Is it possible that the wifi chip itself got damaged in the repair and is there any way to find out?
Hopefully someone here knows something useful, I would be eternally grateful
Did you ever find a fix? I am having similar problems for one plus 3t
No, zero news on that front. I did some superficial research but was unable to pin-point the fault. I had to replace the phone, sadly.