Microphone issue - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I dropped my phone about 3 days ago and now it seems my microphone has problems. The sound in calls is very low, barely hearable, and if i shout it becomes slightly understandable.
I tried increasing the microphone sensitivity to the max (31) using stweaks, it improved it a little but still its very low.
Has anyone experienced such an issue and any help tips or advice on how to fix this 
Thanks for your time.
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oae08 said:
I dropped my phone about 3 days ago and now it seems my microphone has problems. The sound in calls is very low, barely hearable, and if i shout it becomes slightly understandable.
I tried increasing the microphone sensitivity to the max (31) using stweaks, it improved it a little but still its very low.
Has anyone experienced such an issue and any help tips or advice on how to fix this 
Thanks for your time.
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Seems to me your options are to either get an earpeice with a built in mic
or take your phone to a repair shop

As above but first step factory reset.

Thanks will try to fix it if it is cheap, the thing is im waiting for the s5 in march and don't want to spend more money on this :silly:
But thanks for the earpiece suggestion, i guess it can be a temporary solution

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Interferences in earbud

I have a pretty annoying problem because from the earbud (under the wrtitten SONY) comes interfecences while i'm speaking with someone using the mobile line.
The interference is like that of the speaker near a mobile phone but from the earbud.
someone has the same problem or mine is a isolated case?
Roman91 said:
I have a pretty annoying problem because from the earbud (under the wrtitten SONY) comes interfecences while i'm speaking with someone using the mobile line.
The interference is like that of the speaker near a mobile phone but from the earbud.
someone has the same problem or mine is a isolated case?
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I think you mean earpiece...not earbud.
If you hold the phone near your ear you can hear a very high pitched hiss sound while you are talking? The sound has a pattern to it. If so, then I have tried 2 of these phones and they both do it. I don't now if they all do it, but it seems to be common. Some people who don't have such good high-pitched hearing will not hear it at all. You will never hear it if you are outdoors...only if you are at home in a quiet room.
jonstatt said:
I think you mean earpiece...not earbud.
If you hold the phone near your ear you can hear a very high pitched hiss sound while you are talking? The sound has a pattern to it. If so, then I have tried 2 of these phones and they both do it. I don't now if they all do it, but it seems to be common. Some people who don't have such good high-pitched hearing will not hear it at all. You will never hear it if you are outdoors...only if you are at home in a quiet room.
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I hear it too. It's the usual GSM "cellphone interference" sound.
Hi i have the same i hear that xd
But what i have noticed this is only in GSM mode ...at WDCMA its ok..i cant hear this .
I have the same problem. Got my first phone replaced and the new one came today with the same problem.
Try only with WDCMA (3G) and See if that help.
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Now I did some tests,
I tried only GSM mode and there's no problem, only WCDMA -> the same thing
Good also WCDMA/GSM..
sometimes the problem seems to disappear
Yeah I too have the same issue.
Its not everytime but sometimes,
Its like a electronics interference noise.
Don't know what's this all about ://
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huntedsoul12 said:
Yeah I too have the same issue.
Its not everytime but sometimes,
Its like a electronics interference noise.
Don't know what's this all about ://
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I think it's for the bad isolation of earpiece, but someone think the problem come out when the XS switchs GMS/WSDMA
Roman91 said:
I think it's for the bad isolation of earpiece, but someone think the problem come out when the XS switchs GMS/WSDMA
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Hmm thankx for the reply. I'll try switching to only one mode and check it.
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i can hear that hissing too, i ve searched about it, and it looks like latest smartphones have that kind of problem, the only solution i could find is not to place your ear directly on the earpiece, fortunately this phone has a great in-call volume...
earpiece hissing, crackling, buzzing - problem solved
well amigos, the problem finally has been solved for me, reading this forum https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3414732?start=0&tstart=0
so i turned off my phone, i removed the sim card, i cleaned it using a soft cloth, and then i inserted it back, making sure the sim card was placed correctly in the tray, i tested it several times and guess what, there was no more hissing anymore, so the problem is the micro sim-card, those sim-cards must be placed correctly otherwise it will make that hisssing sound
i hope this works for you too
greetings from colombia...
Had my first two calls today, same problem. Interestingly, it gets louder/more noticeable when I'm actively speaking, not when the other party says something.
Sim-Card is fresh from the envelope, so there shouldn't be scratches, dust or fingerprints on it, but I'll try cleaning it up tomorrow. Got the phone set on GSM only, since I've got bad 3G/UMTS signal at home and I'm pretty sure constant "channel-hopping" would drain the battery.
Hi,
got xperia S yesterday. Great phone... only problem is GSM interference in the earpiece. It is there every time when phone is set to 2G. 3G is free of this issue. As I can hear at every call it's a bit irritating.
I don't know what should I do: sent it back to the store (bought from amazon), try to repair in the service centre or learn to live with it?
Can any of xperia S owners make a siple test: put the phone in "only GSM" mode and make one or two calls. Put earpiece close to the ear and listen to it. I wonder if it's design flaw and every xperis S have this issue, or only some of them....
Anyone who got his phone replaced and the new one came WITHOUT the same problem ???
tia
Piotr
Piotrze, im having same issue and till now i thought its a problem only of mine phone.And till now ive wanted to send it back to service but if everyone has the same issue it might not be accepted at service, idk.
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Thank for reply. Anyone who had this problem and managed to get rid of if by repairing / replacing phone ?

Ear-speaker suddenly stopped working!

Hi!.
I have a big problem with my Xperia!, in the past days without being dropped or even slight shock, i've been experimenting a problem with the internal speaker, it doesn't work during a outgoing and incoming call, only if i use the Loud Speaker or headphones i can hear the other person. i already tried to find any Software updates from SE, uninstall recent suspected apps and even several soft Reset but the problem persist. anyone have the same problem? or do you know how to fix this?
I have latest stock Android 2.3 Rom for Xperia X10
Thanks for your time.
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Did you by any chance dropped water on top of your phone or anything similar like that?
I had a similar problem once, my nephew was chewing the top of the phone
I used tissue and pushed it into the speaker gap using a toothpick.
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Even i'm having the same issue
can anyone help us out please
Replace your speaker n shoulder it... It ll solve your problem
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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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Earpiece doesn't work sometimes

Sometimes in a call the earpiece will work other times I have to use speaker phone any ideas? Bad speaker possibly??
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I have the same problem :S My phone is LG P970
I spent hours on google... I already tryed factory reset, re-flash using LG's recovery software and rerouting sound using app SoundAbout.
Can't get rid of the problem. Ear speaker sometimes works perfectly fine, sometimes it doesn't.
Speakerphone works with no problem.
ANYONE with solution ? Phone is out of warranty for a while now, does anybody have idea how much it would cost to fix it if it's a hardware problem ?
Thanks in advance

Mic not working properly?

Hi everyone. I have a z2 and for the past week and a bit people have been complaining that they can't hear me properly. Either I sound like I'm under water or I'm breaking out or I sound low. I'm not sure what's going on. I've tried using a soft brush to clean out the mic but still the same issue. Can anyone advise?
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rkanwar said:
Hi everyone. I have a z2 and for the past week and a bit people have been complaining that they can't hear me properly. Either I sound like I'm under water or I'm breaking out or I sound low. I'm not sure what's going on. I've tried using a soft brush to clean out the mic but still the same issue. Can anyone advise?
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Check in Settings>Sound>Audio Settings>Mic sensitivity that you are on Auto Mode. That fixed it for me at least.
If that doesn't fix it check that you aren't covering the microphone holes at the bottom while calling!
This is not a new problem with the z2,iv had the problem earlier,thanks to some generous xda members i found a way around it. The following threads should put you through.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58263064&postcount=7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...m-existenz-ultimate-1-0-5-light-dark-t2835196
In summary,flash the custom rom ExistenZ v4.5,that should solve your problems:good:
I have the mic problem with my phone backcase on it, solved by removing the backcase.

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