hi guys, recently my Inc S starts to play songs on the left side of the headset only, ive tried several headsets but still it only plays on the left ear only. I tried pushing the headset forward towards the screen and the right ear will play..do you have any suggestions for me to do, btw my phone is 1yr and 3mo old so i cant use my warranty anymore. thanks in advance
shaer_nahyar said:
hi guys, recently my Inc S starts to play songs on the left side of the headset only, ive tried several headsets but still it only plays on the left ear only. I tried pushing the headset forward towards the screen and the right ear will play..do you have any suggestions for me to do, btw my phone is 1yr and 3mo old so i cant use my warranty anymore. thanks in advance
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Might be broken, bent, dusty or dirty contact. Shine a torch inside and look if you can see anything. You could try cleaning it with a cotton tip with most of the wool taken off so it will fit inside. Put a little bit of alcohol on it and give it a couple of spins.
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Might be broken, bent, dusty or dirty contact. Shine a torch inside and look if you can see anything. You could try cleaning it with a cotton tip with most of the wool taken off so it will fit inside. Put a little bit of alcohol on it and give it a couple of spins.
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thanks i guess my problem is the hole became too loose cause when i put pressure on bending the headset jack towards the screen produces sound on the right ear. dont know what to do anymore. it pisses me off to be clueless like this
shaer_nahyar said:
thanks i guess my problem is the hole became too loose cause when i put pressure on bending the headset jack towards the screen produces sound on the right ear. dont know what to do anymore. it pisses me off to be clueless like this
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Time to get some Bluetooth headphones!!
shaer_nahyar said:
hi guys, recently my Inc S starts to play songs on the left side of the headset only, ive tried several headsets but still it only plays on the left ear only. I tried pushing the headset forward towards the screen and the right ear will play..do you have any suggestions for me to do, btw my phone is 1yr and 3mo old so i cant use my warranty anymore. thanks in advance
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i had the exact same problem u had .. the problem was with the main board so i unrooted my phone and gave back fr servicing this was abt 6 months back wen i still had warranty
Hello everyone. A few days ago I started having a problem with my cappy, and I can't put my finger on the cause.
My speaker stopped working. Partially. When I'm on the phone with someone, I can't hear anything from them. If I turn the loudspeaker on, I can hear them just fine. Phone rings and notifies me of smses but I can't hear anything else. I don't hear music or video playing on the phone or the alarm clock.
In short, Working: In-call loud speaker, sms and calls.
Not working: everything else - music, alarm clock, in-call sound.
In summery, I can't decide if it's a software or a hardware problem.
I'm running CM 10.1 M2 with devil 4.2.
I should also note that I disassembled my phone to try and apply the
"loosen the screw" fix on the speaker assembly with no luck, nothing changed.
I think both. Earpiece and speakers are different devices.
Hardware - earpiece, software - speakerphone alarms, music etc.
One simple idea: take a piece of something thin, like needle and clean 3.5mm port.
I had almost-same issue 1 year ago. just dust formed wool and began shorting contacts inside port.
Yuna said:
I think both. Earpiece and speakers are different devices.
Hardware - earpiece, software - speakerphone alarms, music etc.
One simple idea: take a piece of something thin, like needle and clean 3.5mm port.
I had almost-same issue 1 year ago. just dust formed wool and began shorting contacts inside port.
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Thank you for the reply. Let me get this straight, you suggest I clean the 3.5mm port even though earphones work fine? (I haven't mentioned this but with earphones, everything works properly).
earphones = headphones = ear plugs? no, not this.
> My speaker stopped working. Partially. When I'm on the phone with someone, I can't hear anything from them. If I turn the loudspeaker on, I can hear them just fine. Phone rings and notifies me of smses but I can't hear anything else. I don't hear music or video playing on the phone or the alarm clock.
Your phone has 2 speakers - front, and back.
As i understand, your front speaker (for usual calls) is malfunctioning.
And if you turn SpeakerPhone in call, then you can hear oponent?
Try to clear port, this wont hurt. But might fix issue. You don't need to disassemble phone, wooden match will do too for cleaning.
Just nothing wet, and don't do rough movements inside port.
It's a bit fragile.
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Hello everyone. A few days ago I started having a problem with my cappy, and I can't put my finger on the cause.
My speaker stopped working. Partially. When I'm on the phone with someone, I can't hear anything from them. If I turn the loudspeaker on, I can hear them just fine. Phone rings and notifies me of smses but I can't hear anything else. I don't hear music or video playing on the phone or the alarm clock.
In short, Working: In-call loud speaker, sms and calls.
Not working: everything else - music, alarm clock, in-call sound.
In summery, I can't decide if it's a software or a hardware problem.
I'm running CM 10.1 M2 with devil 4.2.
I should also note that I disassembled my phone to try and apply the
"loosen the screw" fix on the speaker assembly with no luck, nothing changed.
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When it happened to me I had to re-seat the ribbon going from the speaker to the sim board. it is very sensitive and I had to do it twice before I got connection back....i just banged the phone around too much and the ribbon lost contact....After the ribbon is seated correctly then just don't tighten that screw too much as it will unseat the ribbon again.
So, gosha.
Anything fixed?
I did as you suggested Yuna, I tried cleaning the 3.5mm port but I'm afraid it had no effect.
Then I disassembled the phone again and as Rmntruexjr suggested, I tried re-seating the ribbon connecting the speaker module to the circuit board several times while the phone is turned on and I'm trying to play music throughout the ordeal. That didn't help either. As previously, ringers work and the loud speaker works but alarm clock, music and the front speaker for calls do not.
Does anyone know if the music and alarm clock are being played by the front or back speaker?
If they are played by the front speaker then the problem is obviously a malfunction in the front speaker and I should just get a new one. Otherwise, there is something weird going on and the back speaker only plays some of the sound and then I can't explain it.
music is played from back speaker.
stupid q: did you checked volume levels?
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music is played from back speaker.
stupid q: did you checked volume levels?
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Yup. Just to make sure, we are talking about System Settings -> Sound -> Volumes?
However, your question has just made me recheck all the settings and apparently the alarm clock does work!
The current situation is music and front speaker in-call sound doesn't work, but back speaker in call sound works and so do all of the ringers, notifications and alarms.
So, if you play music - no go? Try volume buttons in-playing.
There are 4 different volumes, and 1 hidden.
Front speaker might be broken. Try stock rom, if not helping - service.
And also in call try to adjust volume.
Try kernel with/without voodoo sound. Install/uninstall voodoo sound.
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So, if you play music - no go? Try volume buttons in-playing.
There are 4 different volumes, and 1 hidden.
Front speaker might be broken. Try stock rom, if not helping - service.
And also in call try to adjust volume.
Try kernel with/without voodoo sound. Install/uninstall voodoo sound.
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No go on the music, same with the volume buttons in call.
As for the kernel, I don't think there is a voodoo and cmc version for the 4.2 Devil kernel (for whatever reason), I only found one version of it - set me straight if i'm wrong.
I'll try rolling back and flashing CM 10.0, i'll see if it helps and report back.
Servicing the phone here is probably out of the question since i897's don't exist in my country, only i9000's so if it comes down to hardware, i'll just order a new speaker module from ebay and install it myself.
But to order, you must be sure its speaker itself.
Sounds like software issue now...
Crazyness...
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I'm actually surprised the ribbon trick didn't work. I know your issue sounds messed up, but what you describe is detail for detail what I was seeing. It made no sense what so ever to me how for instance no front speaker in call but still speaker phone worked, but then no music, yet alarm works....(i think the ribbon can lose contact on just the right side so you only get some things working).
Sorry it didn't work for you, but it might be worth it to try again if you exhaust all other possibilities. If you do, keep the phone off while trying to seat the ribbon(and make sure the little black fastener is all the way open(up) when inserting the ribbon). Then to test without putting it all back together I used an elastic to hold the battery and tested that way........
If it really does turn out to be the front speaker/jack/sensor unit, I found one last month on ebay for around $2 for a cappy with a bad Jack and it was fairly easy to replace.
For what it's worth, mine stopped working the other day for no reason. Hit it, and now it works. Just something to try (not too hard of course, just a light tap on the hand )
x0ne215 said:
For what it's worth, mine stopped working the other day for no reason. Hit it, and now it works. Just something to try (not too hard of course, just a light tap on the hand )
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Same issue....That is how mine started...I dropped it one day then I went to play music and the sound would just cut out for no reason it seemed...I could shake or tap on the phone and it would come back on for a while, then nothing again....for me, it was the speaker ribbon.
Ahh that's kinda crappy (no pun intended). As soon as I hit mine, it worked the whole time the phone wasn't bricked .
PS I keep getting outbid on these alltechwholesale auctions by the same guy -_-"
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Ahh that's kinda crappy (no pun intended). As soon as I hit mine, it worked the whole time the phone wasn't bricked .
PS I keep getting outbid on these alltechwholesale auctions by the same guy -_-"
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lol, it's not me I swear....:angel:
You suck lol, thought I'd have an easy fix one with just a bad speaker which I happen to have a working spare for! Damn lol.
Anyway, OP, if you continue to have a speaker problem, did you try swapping it out for a spare one?
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But to order, you must be sure its speaker itself.
Sounds like software issue now...
Crazyness...
Рус?
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So, I rolled back to CM 10.0 and no change, which means that it's probably a hardware issue, albeit, a very weird one.
And no, Israel.
rmntruexjr said:
I'm actually surprised the ribbon trick didn't work. I know your issue sounds messed up, but what you describe is detail for detail what I was seeing. It made no sense what so ever to me how for instance no front speaker in call but still speaker phone worked, but then no music, yet alarm works....(i think the ribbon can lose contact on just the right side so you only get some things working).
Sorry it didn't work for you, but it might be worth it to try again if you exhaust all other possibilities. If you do, keep the phone off while trying to seat the ribbon(and make sure the little black fastener is all the way open(up) when inserting the ribbon). Then to test without putting it all back together I used an elastic to hold the battery and tested that way........
If it really does turn out to be the front speaker/jack/sensor unit, I found one last month on ebay for around $2 for a cappy with a bad Jack and it was fairly easy to replace.
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I didn't realize earlier that you had the EXACT same problem so I'll give it another go. It's a good idea with the rubber band, I had to hold the battery throughout the ordeal last time. Even if I order one of these units on ebay now, it'll take about a month to arrive.
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You suck lol, thought I'd have an easy fix one with just a bad speaker which I happen to have a working spare for! Damn lol.
Anyway, OP, if you continue to have a speaker problem, did you try swapping it out for a spare one?
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I'm afraid I tried everything I could which relates to the common Cappy speaker malfunction, that's not it i'm afraid.
I spent 10 days in the desert prior to this malfunction so it's very possible sand caused something (there is sand inside the phone ) or I may have dropped it or something. I didn't want to mention this earlier so I don't throw you guys off straight into a hardware issue.
Well imo hardware is usually an easy fix, so long as it's not the main board (at that point it'd make more sense to just buy a new phone). Open the phone up (don't be scared, there's a tear-down guide on this section w/ pictures), take a can of compressed air, and lightly go over all of the parts inside the phone. Take care not to knock anything out of place. You may also want to re-connect all of the ribbon cables, just in case one came loose (very VERY high possibility). If you need any extra help you can pm me here or shoot me an email (I work in IT and do hardware repairs all the time ).
Hello,
- I realized after putting the phone into the water and then the speaker sounds really soft and as if there's water in side of the speaker hole, but it gets back to normal after an hour of so. Does it happen to everyone ?
- The mic seems stopped working after using the earphone that comes with the handset. For example, 5 mins ago I was listening music with the earphone, then there's a call came in, I answered with hands free, then next min I unplugged the earphone, then people on the other side of the call can not hear my voice, I then had to restart my phone get the mic on the phone to work... Does it happen to anyone else? (I was on the stamia mode)
Please take your time to try them out, and let me know. Would be really appreciated if someone came up with a solution.
Thank you
Yes..after putting in water the speaker becomes normal and then after some times its normal...and about the mic problem I would say that when the mic doesnt works during the call just mute it and then again unmute it..
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I've had this issue a few times. I haven't had it in water and I haven't used headphones. When I've had an issue with the caller not being able to hear me they can ring back and it's the same but then I can get another call off another person 5 mins later and it's fine...Gonna try switching stamina mode off and will try that as well Ame123 thanks
xperia z sound issue
m1keyb said:
I've had this issue a few times. I haven't had it in water and I haven't used headphones. When I've had an issue with the caller not being able to hear me they can ring back and it's the same but then I can get another call off another person 5 mins later and it's fine...Gonna try switching stamina mode off and will try that as well Ame123 thanks
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yeah me too..i got scared when my xperia z sound was horrible after water test within 10 second..i thought the phone was wreck..
gratefully i'm not the only one here..is it true the speaker volume turn to normal after a few hours??
anyone can answer me...plz
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it happen on my xperia z too..once i enter my phone into the water..then after i take it out..the speaker volume is like damn soft..
hmm... what i do is .first i take a soft cloth , dry the external speaker..then i use my mouth and suck out the water from the external speaker ..
although is disgusting ..but i really work for me ..
have a try guys !!
let me know if this work !!
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jjnpower said:
Hello,
- I realized after putting the phone into the water and then the speaker sounds really soft and as if there's water in side of the speaker hole, but it gets back to normal after an hour of so. Does it happen to everyone ?
- The mic seems stopped working after using the earphone that comes with the handset. For example, 5 mins ago I was listening music with the earphone, then there's a call came in, I answered with hands free, then next min I unplugged the earphone, then people on the other side of the call can not hear my voice, I then had to restart my phone get the mic on the phone to work... Does it happen to anyone else? (I was on the stamia mode)
Please take your time to try them out, and let me know. Would be really appreciated if someone came up with a solution.
Thank you
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it happen on my xperia z too..once i enter my phone into the water..then after i take it out..the speaker volume is like damn soft..
hmm... what i do is .first i take a soft cloth , dry the external speaker..then i use my mouth and suck out the water from the external speaker ..
although is disgusting ..but i really work for me ..
have a try guys !!
let me know if this work !!
jiahuiliou_97 said:
it happen on my xperia z too..once i enter my phone into the water..then after i take it out..the speaker volume is like damn soft..
hmm... what i do is .first i take a soft cloth , dry the external speaker..then i use my mouth and suck out the water from the external speaker ..
although is disgusting ..but i really work for me ..
have a try guys !!
let me know if this work !!
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it happen on my xperia z too..once i enter my phone into the water..then after i take it out..the speaker volume is like damn soft..
hmm... what i do is .first i take a soft cloth , dry the external speaker..then i use my mouth and suck out the water from the external speaker ..
although is disgusting ..but i really work for me ..
have a try guys !!
let me know if this work !!
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Yeah, I did the same LOL. I sucked out the water from the speaker, and the sound comes back in couple mins, apparently I heard from Sony, that is just part of the protection for the speaker, once the water drys out from the speaker, the sound comes back~ lol, and after few days of research, I've finally found out the reason behind the Mic issue, it's in the call setting, once you cancel the Microphone noise suppression, everything went back to normal , I guess it's just the software minor bugs.
I had the same problem, after 30 min, back to normal!
Is there any problem if you use the hairdryer ??? pls help me
ani99 said:
Is there any problem if you use the hairdryer ??? pls help me
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I tried mine. Just dont place dryer too close and not with maximum power like 2, use '1' around 5-10 minutes is enough
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Dear
Don't put your phone in water , Sony will not provide any warranty if your phone got damaged .
ravi jain said:
Dear
Don't put your phone in water , Sony will not provide any warranty if your phone got damaged .
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I think 90% of the Xperia Z owners tried the water test
The speakers become horrible after the test, but without any action taken it takes a few hours to have them up and running. I'll try the suck out method next time.
Hi, guys!
If the sound is very quiet even after a long time, then you should dip your phone’s speaker part into the alcohol (medical)! Also you can use syringe without niddle to make pressure. It is because of condensate, which damaged the waterproof material of external speaker, so the sound doesnt have output!
I think it will help you!
Cya!
Hey everyone!
Well, my sister's phone met the beer glass for a couple of minutes maybe, so the phone wasn't working at all, so I proceeded to clean it with Isopropyl alcohol, gave it a bit of organic flux with a lot of care, and the phone started to charge the battery as soon as I tried it, the battery is giving good charges, everything seemed fine, but the Microphone on the phone is not working, in any app, not from camera, sound recorder, any app I've tried, So I guessed it was time to replace the Mic...
Bought a new Mic and proceeded to replace it (I asked a friend for a Weller heatgun), the mic seems firmly soldered, but can't record any sound, you can only listen some crackling from the phone, hands free seems to work.
Is there anything else to do to make it work again? Maybe the Mic was defective?
Any help will be appreciated.
Hello Guys yesterday by mistake i accidentally droped my z3 plus in sink . i know its water resistance so i left the phone for around 2 hrs i think.. later i watched a video that my frnd sent.. i started to notice some cracking sound from top speaker.. bottom one is good... i think the speaker dead but it can be used for calls cuz for call not much sound produces na..? but the sad part is the sound cracks when i start playing music nd videos.
i did everything i searched a lot on google i did everything but no use ..
so guys is there any way to put that stereo speakers to mono... means for for music and videos bottom speaker is enough for me... plz help guys the phone is out for warranty nd i dont have money to get it replaced ... thanks
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Hello Guys yesterday by mistake i accidentally droped my z3 plus in sink . i know its water resistance so i left the phone for around 2 hrs i think.. later i watched a video that my frnd sent.. i started to notice some cracking sound from top speaker.. bottom one is good... i think the speaker dead but it can be used for calls cuz for call not much sound produces na..? but the sad part is the sound cracks when i start playing music nd videos.
i did everything i searched a lot on google i did everything but no use ..
so guys is there any way to put that stereo speakers to mono... means for for music and videos bottom speaker is enough for me... plz help guys the phone is out for warranty nd i dont have money to get it replaced ... thanks
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Sorry to hear that!! Wipe speaker mesh with a toothbrush or paintbrush..this wil clear any clogged dirt on mesh.. report back If the problem still persists
Relax just replace it with a new speaker one, its not that ecpensive as you think, just search for the parts you need. Bad & worst things, that you loose the water resistant features since you should open the back battery cover of your phone.