Water damaged phone - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, this morning i lost my phone in the sink, and it went underwater for some seconds before i were able to pick it up, the water was turned off but slow drains.. Read on lifehacker sometime a tip about putting the phone in a bowl of rice for 24-48 hours with the battery out, so i did that while at work. Opened the phone when i got home, was some water left, mainly on the vibrator. I turned on the phone, and now neither the sound or the microphone works, but if i place a call and put it on speaker both works great! (Sound coming out of the loudspeaker that is, but doesnt it still use the same microphone?
I tried both games and spotify, i dont get any sound out of it, but if i start spotify during a call on speaker, i get perfect sound from spotify. The sound that plays when you change the volume when not in a call works, but it doesnt become any louder when turning the call volume up high like it should, that sound is pretty low..
So i wonder, any ideas what i should try ordering and change out? Pretty easy to change the parts, so thinking about atleast ordering these 2 parts:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Earpiec...262?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item416813f3a6
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Earpiec...262?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item416813f3a6
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The incall adjustment works, but all of the volumes for notifications and incoming call remains the same no matter what volume i set it to
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Wait it out for another day or two. It usually takes about a day. Pm me if you want anything. I don't have s3 so
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This might be worth a try

My sound came back after i saw there still was some rice left in there last night in the aux port, remowed that, the rice was completely swollen, so it was clear that the rice har done its job
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Speakerphone turns off on its on while on call?

Does this **** happen to anyone else?
It's just started today, at least I've only noticed it today.
I will just be talking like normal on speaker - and it switches itself off and to the head piece only.
It is driving me nuts ... I've restarted the phone a few times and haven't put any new software on today or any updates.
Was your phone face down and not on a sturdy flat surface?
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Go to Menu, settings, sound, and check to see if you have flip for speaker checked.

Flip for Speakerphone Working?

Can't get it to work and it is checked on in settings. Is there a trick to it? I've tried face down and face up and only while on outgoing call that is still ringing, not during a connected call. Is that the problem? That would seem weird to me.
Also, when I first started researching phones, one of the first ones I looked at had a feature that when you got a call if you turned it over it would silence the ringer. I have a feeling it was the Moto Droid though. Anyone know if there's an app to do that on the RZD or if I'm mistaken and it has that feature?
From my understanding, u must be in "normal" sound profile for flip speaker to work. Also the ringer does go silent* when u pick it up.
*maybe not silent, but ringer does get alot lower
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It's in normal.
I haven't noticed that with the ringing but I'm thinking more of a silence the phone and ignore it sort of situation. Like if I'm at work or with a friend and the phone rings I can just turn it over and it will stop.
Mine works. I accidently got it to work actually. Sat the phone down while talking to someone then all of a sudden they got loud. Everytime I have tried it sense it has work.
was one of the first things I discovered on my rezound, and I love it. I use it quite often actually haha. There is a setting in the menu to enable or disable it, as well as the silence if you move the phone while it's ringing.
Settings > Sound settings under incoming calls
I used to have these extra settings checked, but i read somewhere that it drains the battery faster. Maybe the sensors detecting the orientation of the phone causes some battery drain, but im not positive about that.
It works really well on mine. If there's a battery issue, maybe you want to check what power settings you're in. I keep mine in performance, since that also seems to cause less problems with 4G turning off. Also check if your sensors are working, maybe with a tilt game or something similar. I've had it on the whole time and it doesn't seem like I get less battery life than what people report, at least not obviously.
Just tested this out, and it seems like the speaker phone flip and silence ringer flip only work when the phone is on a flat surface. The phone lowers the volume of the ring when you pick it up, but mutes it completely if you flip it face down on a flat surface. The speakerphone works the same way, at least I couldn't get it to activate without putting the phone down.
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BVKnight said:
Just tested this out, and it seems like the speaker phone flip and silence ringer flip only work when the phone is on a flat surface. The phone lowers the volume of the ring when you pick it up, but mutes it completely if you flip it face down on a flat surface. The speakerphone works the same way, at least I couldn't get it to activate without putting the phone down.
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I tested the muting the rings when you turn it over and that worked, then when I answered it my friend hung up! She didn't know the second part of the test. lol. Then our food came and we stuffed our faces. Then we had to go to a stupid 3 hour safety training class that didn't apply to our department AT ALL. Oh well...
I wonder if it needs the sensor covered up as well as being turned over, the one that makes the screen turn off when you hold it to your ear.
Yep, I think that's it. If you turn it over and don't lay it on a table no speakerphone, but if you then just cover that sensor with your hand it goes to speakerphone. Problem with this function is when you turn it back over speakerphone turns off. Guess I'll just turn on speakerphone the old fashioned cumbersome way. Was hoping to just be able to flip it over and back. Oh well.
AtLemacks said:
Mine works. I accidently got it to work actually. Sat the phone down while talking to someone then all of a sudden they got loud. Everytime I have tried it sense it has work.
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lol in a crowded room with your family, talking to your GF bout all the sexytimes that are gonna occur later.......lol

weird sound issue

ok so basically what happen the other day was that i installed some lockscreen app.. after uninstalling it as was not to my taste, I've somehow lost the sound to my device however when my wired headset is in everythings perfectly fine.. anyone have a clue what on earth has happened?
much appreciated
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Well , yeah, same here randomly losing control of my audio device. Launching a video MAY sometimes fix it , but audio loss can be fixed through rebooting only. Wierd issue. On the official asiaretail ICS leak.
It is not software, but hw fault, try to press on the plastic cover by the camera.
At least I have this issue, when I plug in a micro usb, micro hdmi or jack in, sometimes when I pull it out, it somehow moves the external speaker and it stops to play, until I put some pressure on it )). There is a post about it.
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tomoooo said:
It is not software, but hw fault, try to press on the plastic cover by the camera.
At least I have this issue, when I plug in a micro usb, micro hdmi or jack in, sometimes when I pull it out, it somehow moves the external speaker and it stops to play, until I put some pressure on it )). There is a post about it.
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haha awesome that was the problem. had to place pressure on the plastic bit on the opposite side of where the camera is located. just hope it doesn't keep doing it though lol wish i could hammer it in place
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i was having the same issue... when i disassembled my xt910, i saw that the contacts does not have needed pressure, so i soldered them with some wires)) i know thats weird, but... i got my razr from UK, waited 1.5month and i even was not thinking about sending it back to the shop)
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i was having the same issue... when i disassembled my xt910, i saw that the contacts does not have needed pressure, so i soldered them with some wires)) i know thats weird, but... i got my razr from UK, waited 1.5month and i even was not thinking about sending it back to the shop)
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loool don't think i even have the kahonas to do that don't even know how to do it either haha! n ye i wanna avoid sending it for repair cuz i know that can b a long time lol
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Here's a way to manually override it:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.woodslink.android.wiredheadphoneroutingfix
The downside is it won't auto-detect headphones, but the upside is that it'll work perfectly every time. I installed this after my alarm thought I was using headphones when none were plugged in; can't have that sort of failure again.
This happened to me once... I read about the speaker contact issue and tried the "rub like you're sealing an envelope" trick and no joy... I pressed to the point of fearing I would crush the thing and it started working again. It's been about 3 weeks and has been fine, since.
Yeah that is the solution. The problem is it comes again and again. Everytime I set the alarm I am checking if the speaker plays. Wow a 500 euro phone. )))))
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I actually just bought a Maxx of craigslist and it had this problem of tinny or very quiet sound or sometimes none. I took the speaker out of my OG Razr and popped it in. Perfect now.
You can get the replacement speaker for $10 on ebay. Very easy to replace if you have the tools.
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Google Voice Volume Extremely low....

So I decided to give Googlr voice another try just so I could get away from VZWs Visual Voicemail app. I used Voice for my voicemails before right after it first came out but it easnt up to snuff so I switched back to VZW and now that I am wanting to make the change to Google Voice I am having nothing but problems with the volume.
When I first used it I noticed the volume was extremely low on voicemail playback. I used my google-fu but was unable to find a fix for the issue. The volume is so low that I cant make out what is being said most of the time. I get absolutely no sound unless I put it on speakerphone and then I have to hold it up to my ear to even hear anything, and even then it is barely audible.
Is there anything I can do to fix this?
I should probably note that all my volumes are maxed out, but no matter what I change them to it doesnt seem to affect the volume for better or worse.
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Though I can't speak for google voice, you could always try youmail. It is a visual voice mail app that works pretty good. Though I dont use voice dictation, the paid version has it.
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shangrila500 said:
When I first used it I noticed the volume was extremely low on voicemail playback. I used my google-fu but was unable to find a fix for the issue. The volume is so low that I cant make out what is being said most of the time. I get absolutely no sound unless I put it on speakerphone and then I have to hold it up to my ear to even hear anything, and even then it is barely audible.
Is there anything I can do to fix this?
I should probably note that all my volumes are maxed out, but no matter what I change them to it doesnt seem to affect the volume for better or worse.
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Had this problem when I first installed. Seems to happen when Media volume was set to max. Back it off one or two notches and it may work, it did for me.
I will give that a try tomorrow when I can get someone to leave me a message. Sorry I didnt reply sooner, we had a tornado come thru in Alabama. They said it was 70 MPH straight line winds but I actually saw the funnel cloud pass by my house and there was quite a bit of damage, a couple of 7 foot long 2x4's straight thru some chicken house walls and all kinds of other ****. Also I havent had power so I havent been able to chargw my phone....
Anyway, ill test it out and report back tomorrow afternoon, I just wish I could figure out why its acting so wonky. I really really like it niw but that volume issue is so bad that if I cant fix it I will have ti switch to something else.
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I may end up having to switch to that. I really enjoy Google Voice but its ridiculous when I cant even hear the voicemails.....
Thank you for the suggestion
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I just went a borrowed my girlfriends phone to test it out. If I adjust the volume while listening to the message on speakerphone it works, the downside is that I like my volume all the way up and in order to hear the voicemail I have to turn the volume down to the halfway point to hear it.. I really dont understand that but at least I got it working! Thank you so much!
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Fuzzy distorted call quality / defective top speaker... Help

I noticed the other day that when the volume on my phone calls exceeds about 2 thirds up the callers voice gets fuzzy / slightly distorted like a radio turned up to loud. I'm hoping this isn't symptomatic of a blown speaker. Can someone else test this to tell me if this is normal? My other phone is a blackberry z10 and it does not display this symptom so I'm fairly certain it's not a network issue. To test call an automated number I.e. a bank or credit card and turn the volume up incrementally. Again this is not in speaker mode (or less / barely noticeable do to the fact the bottom speaker also turns on and drowns out the top speaker). Just need to know if this is normal or I should exchange for a new one prior to my 2 week exchange window to not receive a refurb. Thanks a lot,
Andrew
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th3h0ff said:
I noticed the other day that when the volume on my phone calls exceeds about 2 thirds up the callers voice gets fuzzy / slightly distorted like a radio turned up to loud. I'm hoping this isn't symptomatic of a blown speaker. Can someone else test this to tell me if this is normal? Just need to know if this is normal or I should exchange for a new one prior to my 2 week exchange window to not receive a refurb. Thanks a lot,
Andrew
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Turned it all the way up and called my work voicemail. No distortion at all. I'd check to make sure that you have a decent signal first. If so, swap it for a new one
Thanks for checking... It seemed to get a little worse today so I'm going to call tmo tomorrow and try and have a replacement shipped out because they have no stock left at my local tmobile.
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