Hi, everyone,
I purchased my Galaxy s6 edge a few days ago. I loved it when I unboxe it. Everything is perfect and fulfill my expectation.
I was so excited that I become stupid and my brain stopped thinking. I thought the Top right microphone hole was the Sim tray hole. I took the little spire(for sim tray) in the box and put it inside the microphone hole and forced a little. When I saw that nothing happened, I realized I did a big mistake.
I tried to look in the hole through light if I dammaged anything because I really forced a little. But I couldn't see anything. I am pretty sure that the top microphone still works, but I don't know if the surface of the microphone is dammaged or not. I don't like anything dammaged on a brand new phone. Do you think that the microphone is solid enough to hold such a pushing act?
My second question is, I live in France, I purchased this phone from SFR which is the second french telecom society. there is a little annoying thing about the boot animation, the is the samsung logo part and then there is a SFR logo part. I want to know if there is a way to remove the sfr logo boot animation without root of course?(by the way, the phone is unlocked and is not bound to SFR).
thank you in advance everyone!!!!
I'm guessing you're referring to the secondary microphone on top of the S6. The IR Blaster has a plastic cover and you surely didn't knocked that loose. If you can still record audio with the top microphone, then you probably didn't damage it.
Hi thank you for your answer. The microphone still works. But did I deform it or dammage its surface inside the hole? I dont know how does a smartphone look like and how tough it is to resist a sim tray spire push?
Maybe there is a way to look inside the hole?
Thank you for letting me know
Any ideas? Thankyou
To get rid of the boot logo you could flash a stock rom through odin, see forums. As for the mic, you could have it replaced if you are still within your return time, not completely honest but it is a wa, or if it's insured claim on that as it was accidental. But as the previous person said if you can record it should be fine.
Madawcisrich said:
Hi thank you for your answer. The microphone still works. But did I deform it or dammage its surface inside the hole? I dont know how does a smartphone look like and how tough it is to resist a sim tray spire push?
Maybe there is a way to look inside the hole?
Thank you for letting me know
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Typically the microphone is placed perpendicular inside that pinhole so that it is impossible to poke it. You were just poking the plastic chamber which looks like a capital letter L and the mic is off the side. Thus its impossible to touch it unless you poked around a right angle!
I hope thats how this mic is because i clean the mic holes by poking them
Did you find out if anything was damaged, Madawcisrich? I did the same thing and i am just worried i spoilt it.
Madawcisrich said:
Hi, everyone,
I purchased my Galaxy s6 edge a few days ago. I loved it when I unboxe it. Everything is perfect and fulfill my expectation.
I was so excited that I become stupid and my brain stopped thinking. I thought the Top right microphone hole was the Sim tray hole. I took the little spire(for sim tray) in the box and put it inside the microphone hole and forced a little. When I saw that nothing happened, I realized I did a big mistake.
I tried to look in the hole through light if I dammaged anything because I really forced a little. But I couldn't see anything. I am pretty sure that the top microphone still works, but I don't know if the surface of the microphone is dammaged or not. I don't like anything dammaged on a brand new phone. Do you think that the microphone is solid enough to hold such a pushing act?
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Use the built in voice recorder in conversation mode it uses each mic independently and then test it.
Clever
Madawcisrich I have enjoyed following your posts and reading the replies. I do see what you are doing and it's pretty entertaining! Your cleverness is intriguing!
Madawcisrich said:
Hi, everyone,
I purchased my Galaxy s6 edge a few days ago. I loved it when I unboxe it. Everything is perfect and fulfill my expectation.
I was so excited that I become stupid and my brain stopped thinking. I thought the Top right microphone hole was the Sim tray hole. I took the little spire(for sim tray) in the box and put it inside the microphone hole and forced a little. When I saw that nothing happened, I realized I did a big mistake.
I tried to look in the hole through light if I dammaged anything because I really forced a little. But I couldn't see anything. I am pretty sure that the top microphone still works, but I don't know if the surface of the microphone is dammaged or not. I don't like anything dammaged on a brand new phone. Do you think that the microphone is solid enough to hold such a pushing act?
My second question is, I live in France, I purchased this phone from SFR which is the second french telecom society. there is a little annoying thing about the boot animation, the is the samsung logo part and then there is a SFR logo part. I want to know if there is a way to remove the sfr logo boot animation without root of course?(by the way, the phone is unlocked and is not bound to SFR).
thank you in advance everyone!!!!
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So it happened this morning when my alarm went off and it vibrated. I heard a plastic part vibrating also. The sharp loud noise was disgusting. I shut off my alarm thikning it was my cheap SGP case.
Later today I played around trying to find out if the silicone had a hole or something where the plastic frame was touching the SGS2 phone itself. Nope. I took the whole case off. Each time it vibrates it sounds like... ahh what the hell. I will film it for you guys now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GoIrBmMC1U
WTF is that? I took the cover off. I took the SIM card out on another occasion too. It sounds like something on the upper left. If I push my finger down on the panel, it stops. If you notice the few seconds it is sitting on the table flat, it's fine. Just a little weight seems to calm it down. Not sure if its the vibrating motor itself because it is vibrating properly. Sounds like something is loose inside though...
Anyone experienced this before? Should I go for RMA?
Second part of the question:
Obviously being an XDA-er I'm rooted. I will flash back to stock and unroot. I bought this off of Expansys-USA so I should get *some* reasonable attempt by them to send it back. What are the chances that my warranty gets denied? I don't have a USB jig to reset the counter, but I'll of course get rid of the yellow triangle.
*grrrr... I need to dig up my Nexus S now if I have to go through warranty... I'm guessing I'll be phoneless for weeks*
I don't know if it would invalidate the warrenty or not (technically rooting/custom roms is supposed to), but when I had a problem with my stereo jack not working rather than risking it I just replaced the part myself.
The vibration motor, stereo jack and earphone speaker are all on the same part.
(I got it from this guy on ebay for about $7 if you're curious.)
Random6 said:
I don't know if it would invalidate the warrenty or not (technically rooting/custom roms is supposed to), but when I had a problem with my stereo jack not working rather than risking it I just replaced the part myself.
The vibration motor, stereo jack and call speaker are all on the same part.
(I got it from this guy on ebay for about $7 if you're curious.)
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I see. I'm not sure whats broken really. When I shake my SGS2 I hear something rattling inside. I'm just afraid to open the thing up... is it difficult?
Just watched your video. It sort of sounds as if somehow the vibration motor came loose from its proper spot and is now moving around vibrating against the plastic. Its normally held in with some adhesive (basically double sided tape) within a cutout area.
When I had mine apart I actually took a photo, http://i.imgur.com/fgN9F.jpg, if that makes it any more clear.
I actually recorded the process of me reinstalling the new part (excluding the disassembly, there are lots of clips of that from other people on youtube) but havent gotten around to uploading it yet since my internet connection sucks and the file is nearly 2GB.
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No it wasn't really all that difficult to dissassemble, it was actually pretty easy. That said I enjoy taking things apart and trying to fix them. This was the first time I've dissassembled anything as small as a cell phone, but I'm used to taking things apart and trying to fix them when they break. If you don't have any experience taking apart electronics you might want to think twice or just pay someone who fix's cell phones to do it.
If you're thinking about it, heres a video where someone shows taking it apart to get a rough idea of whats involved.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKztg1ra4-0
I decided to try and upload the video I took, once it finishes (in about 2.5 hours) it should be viewable here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ud1upGzLBs
Random6 said:
I decided to try and upload the video I took, once it finishes (in about 2.5 hours) it should be viewable here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ud1upGzLBs
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thank you for your detailed writeup. im going to try this. ive taken apart my macbook pro to install an SSD before, and a few other electronics, but i'm not the very best (i feel clumsy sometimes), but i'm willing to give this a shot.
The only thing I'm worried about is that I could potentially mess up the phone in other ways in disassembly such that my warranty won't be honored if I need to resort to that... We'll see tonight. It looks like you used two screwdrivers? Which ones will I need? I have a #000 that I see will be needed for the back plate at least...
k. opened my phone up.
i just took the screws out and the backplate. i pushd around to make sure things are tight, and they seem to be.
put it together and the vibrate thing happens VERY rarely now..
I shook my phone around and still heard something shaking (please tell me if this happens).
I opened up my phone and the camera module seems to be loose. Is it supposed to be glued down?
Just to let you know, you say you don't have a USB jig so your Flash counter may make your warranty void, but, if you flash to an ice cream sandwich ROM (Cyanogenmod 9) you can install an app called 'Triangle Away' which will basically get rid of the Flash count and yellow triangle - it needs root by the way. (search it up on XDA, it's by chainfire')
Then you can flash stock and send in for warranty.
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k. opened my phone up.
I shook my phone around and still heard something shaking (please tell me if this happens).
I opened up my phone and the camera module seems to be loose. Is it supposed to be glued down?
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I don't remember it being glued down. Its been a few month since I fixed mine but if I recall correctly it just fit snugly in place between some plastic fitted walls.
This is the camera module you mean right?
Edit: I also don't hear anything shaking with mine, did you mabe leave a screw loose inside?
Random6 said:
I don't remember it being glued down. Its been a few month since I fixed mine but if I recall correctly it just fit snugly in place between some plastic fitted walls.
This is the camera module you mean right?
Edit: I also don't hear anything shaking with mine, did you mabe leave a screw loose inside?
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Yeah. Camera module. That's the one. The main 8MP shooter. It's not glued down or anything. It shakes around inside. I definitely did not leave a screw inside because I only opened the back panel and I put all the screws back in.
It's weird because something making noise while shaking the phone has been documented here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1254520
And I noticed that when you activate camera it goes away. Quite strange but as an engineer this makes me wonder HOW that even happens? Shrug.
I'm waiting for my Samsung Focus S phone to come from the Windows Phone challenge and I'm contemplating using that for a month while my i9100 goes out for warranty. Of course I can always use my Nexus S as a backup, but part of me wants to force myself on a new platform for a month and see how that goes... Hahahaha.
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No it wasn't really all that difficult to dissassemble, it was actually pretty easy.
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Hey Random6, did you happen to find that after replacing the vibrator motor with a new one, the intensity is now less than when new? I used double sided tape, but with 1.5mm, I guess the motor won't vibrate AT ALL.
Also I found that if I don't screw the one that seems to be closest to the vibrator motor all the way in, it obviously vibrates harder, but not hard enough.
I also used two very thin copper plates to sandwich the motor between the plastic plates, but once again, that was too much and the vibrations were not transfered to the phone's body, but I could hear it doing its job.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Hello there. I have bought my Samsung Galaxy SIII a few weeks ago ( about 2 weeks if I'm nt mistaken) and I love it very very much. And I've also bought some case to protect it since the 1st day. And currently I'm using the case mate pop for it. However, today when I take a look at my SIII I found out that the the earpiece is slightly slanted to the right and it formed a quite a huge gap. And between those gaps I can see something silver and chrome like inside of it. I think it is the inner parts of the phone related to the earpiece. I have no idea how this happen because I'm using my SIII everyday untill today I noticed this.
I've never dropped my SIII and I take very good care of it. The only thing I did was taking out the case mate pop and I applied slight pressure to it because it was a little hard to take off. I'm wondering is this the reason that causes the slant and gaps? And I wanted to know if others had the exact same problem or am I thinking too much and didn't notice it the 1st day until today? I'll attach some pictures so you guys can take a closer look. I need some advice guys I'm desperate! Thanks in advance.
*EDIT* I also found out that I can slightly move the earpiece. Just a little bit. But still I cant make it to close the gap and that silver thingy. Is it suppose to be a little bit loose?
You have only one advice outside of ignoring it .
Return under warranty .
jje
JJEgan said:
You have only one advice outside of ignoring it .
Return under warranty .
jje
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Thank you for the quick reply. Yes I'm still under warranty. Should I tell them it happened or I made it?
Not sure what u meant by case mate pop... but I wouldn't tell: most repair consultants wouldn't know unless its clear u used a screw driver to move the eat piece.
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Not sure what u meant by case mate pop... but I wouldn't tell: most repair consultants wouldn't know unless its clear u used a screw driver to move the eat piece.
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The case mate pop is a case for the S3 which is made in Taiwan. It's quite popular in youtube alot of people are doing reviews for it. I put the case in it and it was easy. But then when I tried to take it off it was hard. So I have to apply slight pressure on the top of my phone.
Do you think that the pressure is what causes this? And do you have the silver thing on the right corner of your S3? Thanks in advance.
Marcus_SwJ said:
The case mate pop is a case for the S3 which is made in Taiwan. It's quite popular in youtube alot of people are doing reviews for it. I put the case in it and it was easy. But then when I tried to take it off it was hard. So I have to apply slight pressure on the top of my phone.
Do you think that the pressure is what causes this? And do you have the silver thing on the right corner of your S3? Thanks in advance.
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Not sure if I understand this correctly. Can this "silver thing" be seen inside of the 3.5mm jack input, or on the far right corner of the S3? If it's in the headphones port, it could be the connector for the jack-plug you see, which is normal.
Could you by any chance provide a picture of the damaged area?
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Not sure if I understand this correctly. Can this "silver thing" be seen inside of the 3.5mm jack input, or on the far right corner of the S3? If it's in the headphones port, it could be the connector for the jack-plug you see, which is normal.
Could you by any chance provide a picture of the damaged area?
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I've look into the 3.5mm jack input and I can't seem to find anything related to it as the silver thing is on the right corner of the earpiece. Just below it. And what do you mean on the far right corner?
I think everything is normal in the 3.5mm jack input. Yes I've attached some thumbnails in the 1st post. I wanted to know if anybody has this problem or isit only my S3 that has this? Its wierd I don't notice it until I remove my case and it appeared out of no where. It's quite visible too.
I never see it before when I'm not using the case. I tired to push the earpiece and it seemed to move a little but I cant get it to cover that silver thing. If you look closely at my thumbnails, you can see that the earpiece is somehow slanted a little bit which is the reason why the silver thing is visible. It's underneath the earpiece. Thank you.
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I've look into the 3.5mm jack input and I can't seem to find anything related to it as the silver thing is on the right corner of the earpiece. Just below it. And what do you mean on the far right corner?
I think everything is normal in the 3.5mm jack input. Yes I've attached some thumbnails in the 1st post. I wanted to know if anybody has this problem or isit only my S3 that has this? Its wierd I don't notice it until I remove my case and it appeared out of no where. It's quite visible too.
I never see it before when I'm not using the case. I tired to push the earpiece and it seemed to move a little but I cant get it to cover that silver thing. If you look closely at my thumbnails, you can see that the earpiece is somehow slanted a little bit which is the reason why the silver thing is visible. It's underneath the earpiece. Thank you.
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Sorry, I'm for some reason unable to see attached thumbnails.
Hey guys, first time poster but long time reader here. I'm having a problem with my galaxy note 2, my s-pen is not working at all, and using a different spen does not solve the problem. Here's what I did, I had to replace the bezel because i dropped it and it was badly damaged, and prior to that it was working just fine. I took the battery, sd card, sim card and the spen out and then removed and replaced the bezel as carefully as possible, I then replaced all of them and turned on the phone as normal. I did not tamper with the screen itself in any way.
Well, immediately after turning the phone on, I noticed the spen is not working at all. The only response I get from it is when I take it out of the holster and the phone makes a noise and vibrates. I am on a custom rom (alliance), and have switched to another rom just to make sure that it isn't the rom's fault.
I have no idea what to do now, I'm really hoping you guys can help me out. It is still under warranty, so should I just return it to stock and take it to verizon? For anyone with experience, if I do end up taking it to verizon, will they swap out the phone with a new one on the spot or will they send me one of their "pre-owned" devices instead? Thanks for the help.
I took the bezel off to see if anything looked out of the ordinary, and I actually found the problem! In my own stupidity, I let a connector come loose when I was swapping bezels. If you're looking at it from the back of the phone, it is in the top left corner, next to the camera, it's a gold rectangular connector, apparently it goes to the wacom digitizer. I'll see if I can find a picture of it later to post.
So bottom line, if you are having to replace the bezel like I did, make sure to check your connections before putting the screws in, because that connector is easy to knock loose.
Thanks anyway guys, I'm very sorry for wasting your time, but I hope this will help someone else in the same position.
the same problem
i have the same problem. i has replaced the screen and the s-pen do not work any more. can you post a picture showing this connector? because the screen spare part that i buy has only one connector. thanks.
Hi,
my P9000 just arrived today i wanted to try it out. After the update to 20160419 i wanted to make a call but there were no sound. With my headset everything works just fine, but without there is no call possible due to no sound. Is that maybe a software-bug or is the earpiece speaker broken?
I hope i don't have to send it back
Tank you!
pansenkoenig said:
Hi,
my P9000 just arrived today i wanted to try it out. After the update to 20160419 i wanted to make a call but there were no sound. With my headset everything works just fine, but without there is no call possible due to no sound. Is that maybe a software-bug or is the earpiece speaker broken?
I hope i don't have to send it back
Tank you!
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Factory reset, if it doesn't help flash stock ROM again and report
Both did not help unfortunately. Any other advice than sending it in? I heard tomrepair.de here in germany is not quite good (8-10 weeks repair time and no change in the problem). Are there any other repair Centers? Can i do it by my own? Whrer can I buy spare parts?
The same for me... Sometimes it works suddenly
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The same for me... Sometimes it works suddenly
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Well, then it's maybe a loose/cold connection. I would open the phone by myself and take a look at it, but i don't want to loose warranty
I just wait, if i can get a new one.
pansenkoenig said:
Well, then it's maybe a loose/cold connection. I would open the phone by myself and take a look at it, but i don't want to loose warranty
I just wait, if i can get a new one.
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It is soldered to board with wire. Broken my today when trying to removing it Hope they release soon replacement parts like earpiece, camera, screen etc.
http://i.imgur.com/JjF9qGI.jpg
It is definitely software related.
In the end I send the phone back to the reseller and got my money back. Because it is nearly impossible to send a smartphone from Germany to China, i was allowed to remove the battery for the shipping. Now I'm a happy Honor 5x user.
I think the battery is still working (unless i damaged it by removing it, it is really good glued), so if anyone is in need for it, i could sell it.
For anyone that might be still interested and ends up here... I just repaired the (previously broken) earpiece of my Elephone P9000. It is not too difficult to do yourself, but you definitely need patience, precision, a steady hand, good eyes and some tools. Here is wat I did. By the way, I first tried a factory reset, which did not help me. But you never know...
I ordered a replacement earpiece via AliExpress. This cost me less than €8, and the part arrived within 12 days. Not bad.
I watched a P9000 repair video on YouTube to prevent making big mistakes/damage by opening the phone. I my case, the flatcable to the power and volume buttons was glued to the back of the phone, so I used this part as a hinge to open the back like a door.
I unscrewed the plastic cover that covers the motherboard (5 screws). It still has a couple of hooks, but with some prying it will come loose. Caution as the flatcable to the fingerprint sensor is attached to the board, so use this (again) as a hinge and flip the cover over from top to bottom.
There is flatcable that partially covers the earpice (at the top middle, soldere with two mini-leads, black & red). I could easily fold this a bit back. Wit a small screwdriver, I pried out the earpiece. Then with a fine soldering iron, I unsoldered the two leads. Remember where the red lead should be attached (bottom for me).
Solder in the new earpiece and put everything back together again.
Drop me a line if you have questions, I'll gladly help to fix your Elephone earpiece if it's broken.
asd
The small top hole is one of the microphones. There's an identical one on the bottom of the phone. So, you can make stereo recordings.
https://goo.gl/images/VqxsYw
The earpiece actually turns into a 3rd microphone for high decibel environments, like live concerts.
But that top one is one of the two "regular" microphones.
Thanks, I thought so. Is it only for recording, or for noise reduction too? Recording I don't care about. Also, should I plug it with glue?
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On autopilot I was going to put in a SIM card in my brand new phone and pressed where the hole was on my previous phone. Bad mistake, I guess... I probably put it right through something vital. Because I used the small hole at the top of the phone. Not the side. The light wasn't all that good, so I didn't notice that there was no SIM holder there. My guess is that it is a mike of some sorts, but I tried to record sound and had no problems with that. And it seems like there's a mike at the bottom of the thing too. So what did I mess up this time?
Edit: And does this mean that the phone isn't water resistant anymore? Can I stuff a bit of black silicone glue (the type used in bathroooms) in there with the pointy tool to make it water resistant again?
Edit 2: Oh, please drop the idiot jokes. I know it! Googling I have seen that I am far from the only one that has done that, I just would like to know exactly what it is on this phone, and if I should plug the hole to keep i waterproof. That's rather important for me, because I am an avid hobby crawfish and crab fisher and will probably get water splashing over this.
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Aren't there barometer measuring apps for that ?
I read that by checking on pressure you can find out if your phone is still water resistant
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Thanks, I thought so. Is it only for recording, or for noise reduction too? Recording I don't care about. Also, should I plug it with glue?
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How about fixing it?
LG V30 Microphone Replacement
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/LG+V30+Microphone+Replacement/104093
If you don't want to tackle it, cell phone repair shop can.
That top mic is probably used for noise reduction during phone calls (since it's the top mic and you would speak into the bottom one), but used for recording stereo when actually recording? I'm sort of guessing on this.
If someone who is audio has better answer, jump in.
zacharias.maladroit, I have also read that. But I have read that it doesn't work as well, since the holes "breathe", they are mes of goretex or similar material. But I'll try anyway, thanks.
ChazzMatt, Interesting, thanks! Looking at that video at around 4:55 it may seem like the pin must have penetrated to the side of the microphone! I think I see the pinhole to the right of where the actual microphone is. As for fixing it, I am far to clumsy. But using a shop is of course an option, the only thing is that the phone is brand new and I'm guessing I'll loose the warranty for that. But I think I will first of all find out if the microphone isn't damaged, and then I will see what happens when I cover the hole. If it doesn't change the call qualty I will probably choose (at least for now) to glue shut that pinhole. If it is a problem for call quality I can maybe live with that using a silicone case and a piece of electrical tape over the pinhole when I go out to fish.
ChazzMatt said:
How about fixing it?
LG V30 Microphone Replacement
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/LG+V30+Microphone+Replacement/104093
If you don't want to tackle it, cell phone repair shop can.
That top mic is probably used for noise reduction during phone calls (since it's the top mic and you would speak into the bottom one), but used for recording stereo when actually recording? I'm sort of guessing on this.
If someone who is audio has better answer, jump in.
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ChazzMatt, Interesting, thanks! Looking at that video at around 4:55 it may seem like the pin must have penetrated to the side of the microphone!
think I see the pinhole to the right of where the actual microphone is. As for fixing it, I am far to clumsy. But using a shop is of course an option, the only thing is that the phone is brand new and I'm guessing I'll loose the warranty for that. But I think I will first of all find out if the microphone isn't damaged, and then I will see what happens when I cover the hole. If it doesn't change the call qualty I will probably choose (at least for now) to glue shut that pinhole. If it is a problem for call quality I can maybe live with that using a silicone case and a piece of electrical tape over the pinhole when I go out to fish.
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Yeah, 4:55 - 5:30 on that video shows taking out the old mic and putting in the new, for anyone else who needs to do it.
I thought it was the portal through which the Little Green men inVariably came out 30 times each night to hide your car keys, TV remote, and generally turn your life into a living hell?
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