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Xperia T vibrator noise

Think my Xperia T is having a little problem with the vibrator.
If i'm holding the device head up the vibrator makes a strange noise. Sounds like scratching.
If i'm holding it upside down the noise is gone and everything is fine.
Does someone experience the same problem?
Or someone who's not experiencing it?

Yes, the vibrator is really making some scratchy noise, no matter how I hold the device. Not a big deal, but it's not very nice.

Yup same here but I have to put the phone next to my ear to hear it or it must be veryyyy quiet
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c900712 said:
Yup same here but I have to put the phone next to my ear to hear it or it must be veryyyy quiet
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Hmm, mine doesn't make any noise at all. Sorry to hear you've got noise that's unexpected. You can probably still exchange it at this point no?

Mine vibrates fine but with less intensity compared to my Skate.

charlatan01 said:
Hmm, mine doesn't make any noise at all. Sorry to hear you've got noise that's unexpected. You can probably still exchange it at this point no?
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Since it's a hardware defect it should be no problem to get it replaced.

My T has louder vibrating than my Samsung's but its quieter than an Arc I have here.
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ahh thats why sony releases devices late to fix all of their problems with a device !! i hope when v comes out , no issues p

That's odd. Mine works fine.

Have it too but very subtle. Not a big enough issue for me to bother much though, since I only need it to FEEL the vibration, not hear it

[Q] Rattling sound due to vibration motor?

It seems like the vibration motor on my HTC One is loose, as whenever it vibrates there's a slight rattling sound. I've also noticed that I can hear this sound whenever i tap the screen, or back of the phone, anywhere near the top, which is where I'm guessing the motor is found. This is gradually getting more and more annoying so I'm wondering if I should send it off to get fixed, so has anyone else experienced this problem?

ahemcough said:
It seems like the vibration motor on my HTC One is loose, as whenever it vibrates there's a slight rattling sound. I've also noticed that I can hear this sound whenever i tap the screen, or back of the phone, anywhere near the top, which is where I'm guessing the motor is found. This is gradually getting more and more annoying so I'm wondering if I should send it off to get fixed, so has anyone else experienced this problem?
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its the same for me with two htc one´s

I've noticed the same thing as well.
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Yes well I have noticed it too, but as I have noticed this sound before with other smartphones. I think it has something to do with the camera components. Although it wasnt caused by the motor when I heard that. This motor vibration setting is way to strong. HTC should reduce the strenght when its activated in a next update or so, at least I hope they will.

it's the image stabilisation components for the camera.

compact_bijou said:
it's the image stabilisation components for the camera.
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its not

B-Man2005 said:
its not
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It is.

Same here I turned of the haptic-feedback which I cant stand and I don't really notice it any more.

My dad's One has this issue, it sounds like the vibration motor is causing something glass to move and instead of hearing a smooth motorised vibration it sounds more like glass vibrating. It's really annoying when typing in a quiet location, it sounds like a crappy keyboard typing sound
My One isn't doing this, it feels and sounds normal.
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I have same issue.anyone found a solution or Is this a norm for most out there?
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Anyone please?
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Got my one today, just noticed the rattling, seems it is very very common! Personally I can't stand it, can I learn to live with it?! Or send it back in hope for a rattle free replacement?
Htc could have a very large warranty issue in the coming months!
But by large the rattle seems to be in most.
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mrbrownstoned said:
Got my one today, just noticed the rattling, seems it is very very common! Personally I can't stand it, can I learn to live with it?! Or send it back in hope for a rattle free replacement?
Htc could have a very large warranty issue in the coming months!
But by large the rattle seems to be in most.
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I am not seeing this in ny one. But I am getting worried with all these reports... HTC should have spent a little more time QCing their flagship product....
They will definately have warranty issues in the next couple of months. Tons of reports on dead pixels, blown speakers, gaps in physical build, horizontal lines on LCD and now this....
As much as I love this phone I am very much considering returning it... I'd hate to have something go wrong and be without a phone for a little while, while it's being repaired....
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any have a solution to this?

just want to join the crowd...
My HTC One is also rattling .. it began doing so yesterday, 7 days after i got it
I can't decide weather i should simply disable haptic feedback -- the motor is too strong at the moment, which i hope they fix with firmware/updates
btw. the phone also have slight gaps in top and buttom, but i dont really considder them being a problem...

rocketpaul said:
any have a solution to this?
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turn vibration off

I'm having this problem too. I just turned down haptic feedback intensity for swift key and everything is fine now. I don't know if I should bother exchanging for another HTC one since many people seem to be having this problem..

Same issue here. I upgraded to the HTC One and was impressed by how solid that vibrator was. Dropped it in a toilet and toasted it. Got another and it had this problem. You could shake the phone and hear something faint. Replaced that one and same thing. It's my only hardware gripe with the phone as I enjoy having haptic feedback. It's probably a hardware issue.
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2 of my friends with htc one's have the same issue. don't think it's worth exchanging..just wait for an update that will reduce vibration intensity for now. other than that...LOVE the phone

Im on my second HTC One and both had that rattly sound to the haptic feedback, which is annoying. Weird thing is that you can hear it if you shake the phone.

Top speaker volume low?

Anyone else have this issue? I've tried flashing multiple Roms and that hasn't helped. It doesn't sound blown just a quarter of the volume of the bottom speaker
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Have you tried to flash a mod for audio?
Probably is an hardware issue...

Guich said:
Have you tried to flash a mod for audio?
Probably is an hardware issue...
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I have this issue, and have tried everything with no fix. When snooping around I found a few people on android central, and one another person on here.
Edit for link to My post

hugebulge said:
Anyone else have this issue? I've tried flashing multiple Roms and that hasn't helped. It doesn't sound blown just a quarter of the volume of the bottom speaker
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Same issue here... Did you fix it?

I think this is because there is a difference in frequencies of the sound output from both the speakers. The upper one tends to give more treble while the lower one has better mids, that's why the lower one sounds louder. Hold the speakers to your ear one by one and see the difference.
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yea. went to att and got a new phone

n1234d said:
I think this is because there is a difference in frequencies of the sound output from both the speakers. The upper one tends to give more treble while the lower one has better mids, that's why the lower one sounds louder. Hold the speakers to your ear one by one and see the difference.
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The difference is so huge that I don't have to keep it to my ear to notice it. This is the actual problem that I have. The top one is tooooooo low compared to the bottom one and not just while listening to music/movies but even while having a phone call, the in-call volume is incredible low. It seams like total volume of the top speaker decreased ten times.
Right now I'm an exchange emails process with HTC technical support... I'm curious what is their final verdict going to be.

pirateye said:
The difference is so huge that I don't have to keep it to my ear to notice it. This is the actual problem that I have. The top one is tooooooo low compared to the bottom one and not just while listening to music/movies but even while having a phone call, the in-call volume is incredible low. It seams like total volume of the top speaker decreased ten times.
Right now I'm an exchange emails process with HTC technical support... I'm curious what is their final verdict going to be.
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Somebody tried brushing it with a dry toothbrush and got it working like new. If that doesn't work, you can always send it back to htc.
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n1234d said:
Somebody tried brushing it with a dry toothbrush and got it working like new. If that doesn't work, you can always send it back to htc.
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I know what you mean, but is very clean So I guess I have to send it back...

n1234d said:
Somebody tried brushing it with a dry toothbrush and got it working like new. If that doesn't work, you can always send it back to htc.
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Did he remove the speaker cover and then used the toothbrush or did he used it over the cover?

tasos12 said:
Did he remove the speaker cover and then used the toothbrush or did he used it over the cover?
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With the speaker cover on. Get it done with HTC. I had the same problem, and they changed my top audio daughterboard as well as the top speaker.

n1234d said:
With the speaker cover on. Get it done with HTC. I had the same problem, and they changed my top audio daughterboard as well as the top speaker.
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Thanks for the info but since my problem is not major(top speaker is almost 40% lower volume compared to the bottom speaker) I leave it as is.
Strangely enough during phone calls everything seems to be normal with the top speaker.....

tasos12 said:
Thanks for the info but since my problem is not major(top speaker is almost 40% lower volume compared to the bottom speaker) I leave it as is.
Strangely enough during phone calls everything seems to be normal with the top speaker.....
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I had it the same way, but it got worse with time, and eventually in call audio became extremely soft too, so I had to send it in

n1234d said:
I had it the same way, but it got worse with time, and eventually in call audio became extremely soft too, so I had to send it in
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doesnt seem to get worse and I dont know if it was this way before.
I realised it when I runned the HTC Tools sound check.....
I will see how it goes.
I hope I dont have to send it to service.
Cause I had bad experience with my last ONE X and service.....

tasos12 said:
doesnt seem to get worse and I dont know if it was this way before.
I realised it when I runned the HTC Tools sound check.....
I will see how it goes.
I hope I dont have to send it to service.
Cause I had bad experience with my last ONE X and service.....
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Just try brushing it with a toothbrush (center part of the top grille). Actual service involves disassembly of the phone and then replacement of the speaker. HTC should be able to get it done without any further damage
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Strangely enough the toothbrush solution worked great. Both Speakers are back to normal now!
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Guys...all you have to do is clean the speakers with an air duster. I have this issue often with my phone too. Sometimes even my notification light gets really dim, all I do is clear out the dust from the speaker grills and the sound and lights are back to normal.

I totally agree for the air duster but it's not easy to get your hands on one....
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Just to Clarify about Vibration Motor defect in Nexus 5

I read lot of posts where people is asking himself if the nexus 5 vibration is normal or not (seems like a truck). I'm here to CLARIFY the question. I can do this because fortunately i bought 2 phones (1 for me and 1 for my girlfriend) and i have 1 faulty and 1 not.
To explain better i can 100% says that the sounds i listened into the defect thread is exactly like my phone (the faulty one - 32gb white) and the other one (32 gb - black) is totally DIFFERENT AND NORMAL, so guys i know lot of you are happy to have a vibrator in their hands but trust me and check with someone else you meet : is FAULTY ,the right one is normal, like any other phone (to be honest isn't a good quality vibration like my htc one for example, but it doesn't sound loud as the faulty).
and few words about this:
I know guys that everyone here loves google, me too, but i'm objective. If you sell a phone and for example os is not 100% stable, i can understand, i wait updates and it's ok; if you don't put a 2$ earphones inside, i can accept, but if you sell phones with dead pixels, dust under screen, faulty and crappy vibrator motors, faulty screens, faulty buttons with rattle, here is a question of QUALITY and PLEASE don't say me that the phone is low cost. I PAID 410 EUROS, not 100 and if go to a market and i buy a cheap phone (100euro) i don't have rattle or something like this. We can say that they don't do quality control process properly and that a BIG company like google MUST check this and the data that confirm my ideas is the form that users here have compiled: only 38% of phones are resulted with NO DEFECTS, all others with SAME PROBLEMS, so it's not just a feeling. It's a Real problem...
my suggestion is : DO RMA until it's possible, my MONEY wasn't with dust, or it wasn't rattling...
hope to have done a useful thing
A.C.

You're using ellipsis instead of periods.
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finalhit said:
You're using ellipsis instead of periods.
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lol...

finalhit said:
You're using ellipsis instead of periods.
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it's okay, he's European.

I paused every single time i saw those "...". Damn it lol

Lol...I´d suggest waiting for the 2nd or 3rd charge or just replace the motor yourself (it is glued to the BACKPLATE, so it´s VERY easy ) - at the moment with my personal experience, there are more faulty motors than correct ones..it might just be something like the Power Button rattle, easy to fix. I have had hands on 5 devices (including mine) - ALL of them did that Chirping sound when typing on the keyboard ( all of them were black, if it matters ). So RMA´ing now will most likely not result in a perfect device. You just might get a worse one..
So again: Wait a few months and then RMA -> until then JUST DEACTIVATE the vibration on keypress - this is an easy fix as the chirping noise only occurs on very short vibrations rhythms (e.g typing on the keyboard)
Here a sound example what everybody is talking about:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7q6j7iviigfmxt0/VIBRATION Nexus5.m4a
Greetings and sorry for the bad English grammar - I´m European aswell :S

I'm very confused about what is written in the OP.
What is wrong with the vibration motors? I noticed mine is not as strong as the one in my GS3, but that's about it.

Tony_YYZ said:
I'm very confused about what is written in the OP.
What is wrong with the vibration motors? I noticed mine is not as strong as the one in my GS3, but that's about it.
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Just play the file above to hear how does it sound like. Is yours the same?
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Sn00ky said:
Just play the file above to hear how does it sound like. Is yours the same?
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Mine does not sound anything like that. It's a consistent vibe.

Tony_YYZ said:
Mine does not sound anything like that. It's a consistent vibe.
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It´s not about the consistency...try TYPING with your keyboard...one letter at a time..95% chance it will do that screech sound liek a car choking...

iNaruX said:
It´s not about the consistency...try TYPING with your keyboard...one letter at a time..95% chance it will do that screech sound liek a car choking...
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I just did a bunch of typing on the keyboard while keeping the phone near my ear to hear what it sounded like. I didn't hear/feel anything abnormal.
I tried slow one-letter-at-a-time and rapid typing.

Crap...I was hoping for it to be "normal"...guess I have to RMA then..what a DRAG! Waiting again for a new device and transferring ownership from the previous owner..seriously, why is this so hard, google?

iNaruX said:
Crap...I was hoping for it to be "normal"...guess I have to RMA then..what a DRAG! Waiting again for a new device and transferring ownership from the previous owner..seriously, why is this so hard, google?
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You definitely have a faulty motor.I listened to your sound file and it's terrible; my Moto X doesn't even sound that bad and it has a loose motor. I can barely here the one in my N5 but I can feel its vibes.
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wow...there is LOT of nitpicking going on.
The vibration is fine..... you feel subtle vibration while typing and the "noise".... i only heard when i had the phone's back against my ear....plus it's the same sound i've heard come out of all phones that use a linear oscillator vibration motor.
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You definitely have a faulty motor.I listened to your sound file and it's terrible; my Moto X doesn't even sound that bad and it has a loose motor. I can barely here the one in my N5 but I can feel its vibes.
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Put the back of phone to your ear and then type...you'll hear it. and it's fine if you do cuz it's freaking normal!

n19htmare said:
wow...there is LOT of nitpicking going on.
The vibration is fine..... you feel subtle vibration while typing and the "noise".... i only heard when i had the phone's back against my ear....plus it's the same sound i've heard come out of all phones that use a linear oscillator vibration motor.
Put the back of phone to your ear and then type...you'll hear it. and it's fine if you do cuz it's freaking normal!
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I think you're absolutely right!
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Mine makes no sound what so ever. Only the keyboard click from SwiftKey. Not even up against my ear. In fact when the phone was up against my ear I couldn't even hear the click sound from SwiftKey. No sound whatsoever.
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Mine sounds weird too. Doesn't seem normal.
youtube.com/watch?v=BSntwD7-V5k

Derekwolfee said:
Mine makes no sound what so ever. Only the keyboard click from SwiftKey. Not even up against my ear. In fact when the phone was up against my ear I couldn't even hear the click sound from SwiftKey. No sound whatsoever.
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it's impossible that there is "no sound whatsoever" if your vibration is on for the keyboard. Do you even have haptic feedback on in swiftkey?

n19htmare said:
it's impossible that there is "no sound whatsoever" if your vibration is on for the keyboard. Do you even have haptic feedback on in swiftkey?
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Umm it's not impossible and yes I do have it enabled and actually have the haptic set to 20ms which is longer than default.
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Mine sounds perfectly normal so far. it's actually quieter than my htc one s.

Vibration noise?

Does anyone else have a loud vibration on there nexus 6? Almost like a slight rattle?

Alaris said:
Does anyone else have a loud vibration on there nexus 6? Almost like a slight rattle?
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I have been, I got mine from AT&T, thinking of going in and replacing it. Really annoying on a new phone with the huge price tag.

I'm torn I don't wanna RMA it if it is just a strong vibration. Its louder then what I'm use to but maybe its normal.

If I shake it I don't hear any rattling so it is just the motor.

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If I shake it I don't hear any rattling so it is just the motor.
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Mine's weird, sometimes it rattles bad and the vibration is soft and sometimes it's quiet and vibrates strongly.

gopanthersgo1 said:
I have been, I got mine from AT&T, thinking of going in and replacing it. Really annoying on a new phone with the huge price tag.
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had the same experience with my AT&T version, that i've since returned because i got a T-Mobile 64GB version. vibration on the T-Mobile 64GB version is noticeably quieter. i wouldn't interpret this to mean there's something wrong with the AT&T version; this is just my experience.

I've noticed the noise as well with my AT&T variant, but I'm not going to go back and exchange the device over this, its not like it'll cause anything bad in the future(hopefully not)

I just RMA'd mine today because of this. My cube neighbors at work can hear the clicky vibration when I type at my desk. :/ Hopefully the replacement isn't worse as it sounds like this varies by phone and seems like a QC issue (which I thought we weren't supposed to have with a "no compromises" nexus).

its not a defect. the replacement you receive will have the same "issue". the vibration motor in the nexus 6 is VERY strong...

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its not a defect. the replacement you receive will have the same "issue". the vibration motor in the nexus 6 is VERY strong...
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I beg to differ. I have 3 nexus 6's and only 1 had this issue.

I don't know if I should RMA over this.

My nexus 6 has a loud, rattling vibration only sometimes. I bought from the play store and they said since the phone works they will not do a rma. So im returning it. If it was just a strong motor it wouldnt only happen sometimes

I don't mind loud vibator but the rattling noise is annoying.

Yes mine does it also, but as you stated no rattle if you shake the device... So I turned off vibrate on keyboard and deal with it any other time
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It looks like everyone has the rattle. Who doesn't?

Mine doesn't rattle, but the vibration is louder than I would like for sure.
Billy
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OK maybe its just loud then and doesn't rattle.

My girlfriend complains about mine being really loud and annoying. She tells me to put it on silent. I'm not sure if it rattles though, just very strong vibration.

jtwlbz said:
It looks like everyone has the rattle. Who doesn't?
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I had 3 Nexus 6's and 2 did NOT have the rattle/metallic clicking. It's a defect.

jkc120 said:
I had 3 Nexus 6's and 2 did NOT have the rattle/metallic clicking. It's a defect.
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I can confirm this. Ive two Nexus 6 with me right now. One makes clicking sounds when typing with haptic feedback on while the other is completely silent. Not sure if this is a defect though but it doesnt really bother me too much cause i dislike typing with haptic feedback turned on.