Hey guys. Just wanted to put this out there since it annoyed me...
The loose volume rocker.... for you guys who don't wear cases... (how could you when this phone is so beautiful?)
Cut a piece of electrical tape about 3/4th the length of the rocker, and about TWICE as wide as the thickness of the rocker.
Fold that piece in half, long side down. Stick it in between the rocker and the body, preferably near the battery side as opposed to the screen. Now shake it the phone to your ear. The rattle should be gone....
Cleaning up.... take a razor blade or something very sharp, and start cutting the tape along the inside of the rocker to clean it up.
I also had a creak when I held my thumb along the bottom on the USB connector and pressed the power button. Did the same thing with the tape and the creak is gone...
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First off, if this has been covered elsewhere I am sorry. I have checked and haven't found this problem. The speaker on the back of the phone is extremely low and can only be heard if you hold it up to your ear. The volume will sometimes jump up (blasting your ears off if you have it up to your ear Have already tried voodoo sound and also tried changing settings in service screen. This problem started and has continued through different Roms. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
The speaker assembly can come loose. take the battery cover off and press firmly on the speaker.
You Might need to fold up a small piece of paper or something and put it on the edge of the speaker so that when you put the Barry cover on there is constant pressure.
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Nice!!! Worked like a charm. Thanks a load for your help!
thank u very much
If I hold the tablet from the side - opposite side to where it squeaks then try to make it replicate the squeaking sound, on my tablet it wont make the squeaking sound at least when I do this from the opposite side, or bottom and top. Only if I press it right at the point where it squeaks against the back, then it will squeak. So if it don't squeak when I hold it on the opposite side then push on the glass this makes me think its because something to do with the back cover that is making this squeaking sound. I tried holding it from a lot of different points on the tab and it wont squeak unless I press it exactly right against the back at the point where it will then make this sound. I tried to listed really close and it also sounds somewhat like its coming from the back, I could be wrong though, it wont be the first time.
I thought that it was that black band right above the battery at first but after turning some of the screws a quarter and a half a turn i no longer hear any squeaks so it's really difficult to say what it really is.
I strongly believe the squeaky sound comes from the back plate, well for my one anyway. Initially my left hand side was squeaky so I opened up the case and realized all my screws were tight (no protruding scree by the way). After closing the back, my left hand side was completely squeaky free, but now my right hand side is! I think it's the quality of the back plate but like what others have said, it really depends on your particular unit.
First of all, try sucking on the mic holes.
Suck the top mic if mic is not working in portrait orientation or suck the right mic if it is not working in landscape.
It seems that the different mic is used when in different orientation. (Portrait => Top mic, Landscape => right mic)
Secondly, it sounds stupid but make sure nothing is obstructing both the mic holes.
If it doesn't work;
1. Pry open the back of the cover. Start from the top left or right corner. Should come off easily with fingernails.
2. Depends on which orientation when the mic doesn't work, pull off the rubber thing so that you can access the inside hole.
3. Take any clean brush and brush the hole thoroughly.
Taking off the back cover doesn't void the warranty but taking off the rubber for the mic might void the warranty.
No problem in recording quality after removing the rubber.
I've spent hours reading the various threads since getting my HU last Novemeber. Absolutely love it, especially with the Malaysk roms on, does everything I could want it to, except make a bloody phone call. If the other end can hear me it's very faint at best.
Mine was supplied by Pumpkin, they have tried to help with a microphone app and various settings, none made the slightest difference.
There were a few posts about adding an external mic by finding the BT card after dissasembly and wiring to the mic+ and Sgnd legs on the card. Last night I eventually bit the bullet and took mine completely to piecese. Unfortunately I couldn't find a BT card, maybe it's built in, or on chip or...... But I gave up looking for it. What I did find on the front panel was the original pathetic little mic, way back from the tiny hole. You can't drill it bigger as it knocks the mic out of place.
My fix, made simpler now I know what I'm doing (it took me a lot longer and many more steps.
Take off main case
Pull tape off DVD drive to extend ribbon cable
Flip up black tab at the back of the ribbon cable connection on the screen and slide out ribbon and put screen aside
Remove two small screws from the side of the faceplate and using a flat blade screwdriver release the faceplate
Flip up tabs on both ribbon connectors and remove ribbons, I found it easier doing the short one first
unscrew all circuit boards screws in the faceplate circuit (7) and remove faceplate
Drill a hole in the rear of the unit above the ISO connector to feed a cable through
Carefully desolder the horrible little mic from the right hand side of the circuit (labelled mic1) and clean the holes
Take a mini jack extension lead and cut off the male end - either a mono one or if stereo you want the wires for the top part and the middle part of the connector stripped and feed through the hole, I also put a very small tie wrap inside with the tag outside so I could hold the wire tight and not strain the solder - tightened after assembly
The positive (top part) goes on the inside connection. I soldered this to the top of the board
The ground goes to the other terminal - these are so close together that I soldered this on the underside to ensure no contact
Reassemble in reverse of above (making sure all faceplate buttons are in place (yes I forgot the eject and screen buttons)
Then connect any unpowered condenser Mic and all of a sudden fantastic vocie clarity, quite a phenomenal difference.
I used this mic from Amazon, https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01F84YMZQ/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Happy for this to get merged into another thread, but I couldn't find one specifically about the mic problem with the single din unit.
Was there no factory fitted connection for an external mic? Mine does have one. Then it would be simple to just disconnect the internal mic right?
ACSlater said:
Was there no factory fitted connection for an external mic? Mine does have one. Then it would be simple to just disconnect the internal mic right?
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No, no external mic connection on the single din units. Confirmed by Pumpkin. Bit of a silly oversight
Speaker and earpiece volume has reduced. How can I clean? Is it possible to fit Rog5 speaker in place of Rog2
for slight cleaning use a toothbrush (medium hardness, preferably get a new one as a "dedicated" electronics brush) and just brush over the grills for few mins per grill. Dont be tempted to "push" the hairs down on grill, will yield opposite effect as it will push gunk further into the speaker area, just brushing should slowly bring it out/loosen it up, after which use a speaker cleaning app (yes, its a thing : d, it emits just bassy tones to "vibrate" gunk out)