Hi all,
Did a search for Speaker and got back 5-6 pages...nothing similar to what I have here so I'll ask my question!
Over the last few days, I have noticed my ear speaker buzzes at full volume
Catch 22 because we all know the ear speaker is not the best so I put the volume down, buzzing goes, I can barely hear them. Put the volume up, managable volume but it buzzes
Now I actually do phone repairs as a living (though part time!) and come across many phones with the same issue. A speaker replacement is the solution however, phones are new as this tend to go back for a warranty fix.
The issue at hand is that we've never had to send back HTC devices back as I can fix most of them but this one is a little different!
First question is, does anyone have any experience in sending back to HTC for this specific fault?
Second question is, If yes, did it come back fixed and has it lasted to date?
Some phones the problem comes back after a short while - it is just the design because most people have the volume continously pumped up to full - on nokia's this is not needed most of the time, but on the Diamond it is if you want to hear them!
Be interested in your thoughts
I've just started to experience distortion on high volume on internal earpiece speaker. External works OK, but on internal there is such a heavy buzzing that I have to reduce the volume to minimum, but then it is inaudible.
What happened to you - did you send it for repair or did you repaired it by yourself?
Anyone else experiencing this type of problem?
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Couple of days ago I started experiencing a distortion in internal earpiece speaker during a call. The volume can not be set over 40% or else conversation sounds like a Jimmy Hendrix concert I tried hard reset, even reflashed the phone, but the problem persists. The conversation sound is OK when transfered to external speaker or headphones.
I did a thorough search on several forums and it appears that many people are experiencing similar type of problem, usually appearing in first months of use (my phone is 3 months old). Other people are experiencing low volume on internal speaker - when increased via software methods they also have distorted sound.
This is not reported by people on this forum, but on several others. Since I bought my Diamond in UK and I live in other country I am currently thinking about sending it for repair, but there are reports of HTC service either not repairing the device or recurrence of problem after short time.
What do you think about this? How many of you have troubles with Diamond's speaker? Maybe we should warn the HTC about this? This is an excellent device - it would be such a shame to have a design flaw?
EDIT
Managed to solve the problem. I went to my friend who owns phone repair shop. He changed the earpiece speaker with spare one which is actually for Sony Ericsson K850i. What a difference!!! The sound is unbelievably crisp and clear. He told me that earpiece receiver built in Diamond looks very cheap. So if you are willing to void the warranty (I had to since I don't live in country of purchase).
I've had my AT&T banded N1 (with Rogers in Canada) for nearly 2 weeks now and I've been waiting to make sure everything works properly before I potentially give up my warranty by unlocking it. One thing that has been bugging me though is the call quality.
Everyone raves about how clear the call quality is on these things, but based on my phone I don't really agree. When no one is talking the line is dead silent (so silent that I almost think that the call has dropped), but when the other person begins to talk a light static or crackling background noise starts and once they finish talking it goes away and is completely silent again. If the static was there all the time I might not even notice it, but since it stops and starts during pauses in the conversation it really stands out. This happens on both the handset ear piece and with the headphones that came with the phone.
Has anyone else noticed this? If it's normal so be it, but if not then I might as well try and get it fixed before I do anything.
I don't have the at&t version but that does not sound normal.
Crackling is normally a sign of a speaker problem but I wouldn't think the headphones would also produce it.
seems i have the same issue...
i havent noticed any noise like this, but i will go test it and see if i have it too.
It's the speaker, for some reason the Nexus One comes with a slightly-too-loud speaker volume setting built in and you need to turn the incall volume down one notch from max. At least that solved my problem, hope this works for you!
have just called Google Tech Support and the guy suggested me to blow into the earphone couple of times and see if it helps
if not, do a hard reset
if not, call for warranty...
Since I get this noise in both the handset and ear phone speakers at all volumes I have to assume the problem is with my radio.
It's too much of a pain to get warranty work done outside of the US so I'm just going to learn to ignore it.
Hi,
Anyone has encountered crackling in the earpiece ? I am getting it everytime I place a call the moment I press the call button.
Appreciate your thoughts.
Cheers
fy
I was going to make the same question but found your post.
I recently bought two galaxy S and one of them has a problem with the earpiece: when making a phone call there is a crakling sound (like an interference or electric spark). This does not happens all the time and it is very low but when it starts usually it continues into the conversation and sometimes can be quite anyoing.
I realized this because I have two phones at home and becasue I test every bit of hardware of them , in order to exchange the phone asap if I found a hardware problem.
Maybe this is a common fault: take you SGS, make a phone call and listen very carefully to the earpiece before the rigntones start. Do you hear anything? I can hear a soft crakcling or pure silent depending which pnone I use.
As it is now, it is not a big deal but I am worried the crakling sound would increases in the future. Do you think I should try to exchange/fix my phone now that it is on warranty and I have not root, mod, etc..?
I got mine fixed by Samsung service. Replaced motherboard.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
Upon receiving my second HTC one today (I RMA'ed the first one due to quality control issues discussed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwOu5oXpjVQ ) I find that this one have something loose inside of it, somewhere around the area of the upper speaker or the camera (camera works I've checked it). And it makes this Rattling/buzzing noise every single time a put the phone in my left palm (or by lightly tapping the upper part of the phone), quite annoying after awhile... It's not from a loose power button nor the volume keys. I also tried pulling out the simcard tray as well, and the noise persists.
I never noticed this on the first phone. Are you experiencing any of this? This can't be normal, right?
Hey, a simple no answer would be good if you're not.
Thanks.
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No not for me. If anything, its probably the camera for you thats "loose". It happens with a lot of phones
I'm having a buzzing vibration from the top speaker when playing sound through the speakers (music, video, etc. but not during call). Definitely something vibrating under the speaker grill with the sound waves of the speaker, particularly at the frequency of a male voice talking. I'm about to contact HTC for a return. Very frustrating because the rest of my phone works great. Now I'm worried about getting a refurbished unit with other problems...
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I'm having a buzzing vibration from the top speaker when playing sound through the speakers (music, video, etc. but not during call). Definitely something vibrating under the speaker grill with the sound waves of the speaker, particularly at the frequency of a male voice talking. I'm about to contact HTC for a return. Very frustrating because the rest of my phone works great. Now I'm worried about getting a refurbished unit with other problems...
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Got mine RMA'ed, second time now. I haven't received a refurbished unit as of yet.. But I'm not in the US and rma's are handled a little different (we do it through the retailer as long as there is any warranty left). Got a new device last time, and I'm expecting that is what I will be getting this time also.
Hi All,
I have recently purchased this phone and am very pleased with it.
The only issue I have is that in calls when the volume is turned all the way up the earpiece buzzes slightly.
Does anyone else have this issue?
thanks.
Nope, but from what you describe it sounds to me like there's contamination in the earpiece speaker, when the speakers membrane vibrates high enough, the contamination vibrates along and that could be the buzzing sound you hear... unless it's a different kind of buzzing... like continuous buzzing, is it?
The buzzing only occurs when the volume is turned up loud. It is as as if the speaker is loose and is vibrating inside the housing. Also occasionally when i make or answer a call the speaker doesn't work and there is no sound from the other caller.
I plan to return it to the store I bought it and try and get a replacement as surely this is faulty hardware?
It surely isn't a software issue, and unless you have a very poor signal while in call, there should be no reason to have a crappy (or absent) caller sound, other than the possibility I mentioned below, which sounds very likely... Hope they can fix or replace it for you
I contacted both motorola and Three UK (whom I purchased it from) and they both said it was not normal. I returned it to a Three store and got it replaced. The new one has no buzzing so i think its all sorted.
So i have had the replacement for nearly 2 weeks now and the issue has started again. there is a buzzing when in call. it varies with the pitch of the other callers voice but it sounds like there's a bee stuck in the earpiece or the speaker itself is loose and is vibrating.
Im not rough with the phone at all and most of the time it sits on my desk at work.
apparently there is a similar issue with the RAZR M in the U.S
surely I cant be unlucky enough to be the only one in the UK to have this issue and to have it twice....