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My internal speaker after crackling for a while has given up. I could do without the phone being in the shop 6 weeks and have put a new screen in previous phones - anyone know what my likely issue is and if it's easy to get to/resolve via diy?
Greg.
I also have the same problem! If anybody could help us, that would be great! I took off the battery cover and when I apply pressure to the speaker, it works perfectly fine!
Local repairer £25 - done and working now. It's a pain to do, have to remove the whole mobo/case to ge the screen side to pieces to get to it so opted to let them do it.
Greg.
Hi, greetings from Colombia!
Mi Motorola Milestone (that I buy the last September after my lost Nokia 5800) on this days had one hardware problem, the power button failed (semms broken), so I take it to the warranty (using CyanogenMod 7 for Milestone Android 2.3.5) and the fixed it!! Weee... But...
I just enjoy my fixed phone for just 1 week, because another defect comes up, the digitizer begins to fail, first, become unresponsive from the right side (and the search button), and, after 3 days, all was OK, but in the afternoon the scren become "crazy", and sometimes the right side begins to fail again, so.. this Monday i has to return it to warranty (I'm hoping that they change my phone for a new one).
From my sight, I have a really bad luck, having two of the most commons problems of this Milestone/Droid phones.
Do you know another common failure of this phones?
The "bubbly" keyboard is quite likely to lose a few keys and the paint on the camera button comes off quite frequently.
I have experienced some of those hardwares problems with 2 Milestones. The camera button I guess its the most common.
Hardware problems that I had:
- Digitizer failing. Replaced on warranty, no problems since.
- Camera button paint came off.
- Bad headphone jack.
- Bubbly keyboard on one of the phones, went to RMA, problem persisted.
- Loose battery cover.
Most of the problems you can live with, except for the failing digitizer.
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my digitizer went bad. bought a replacement on ebay. arrived in 9 days. it ain't so straightforward inside the milestone coz of the slider mech but all's good now
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- Digitizer failing. Replaced on warranty, no problems since.
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- Bad headphone jack.
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Second that.
Lots of people report their screens going nuts or becoming unresponsive - due to moisture or general digitizer failure
My headphone jack was a pain at first - but the more often I use it the better it gets
Guys - I am expecting to receive my Milestone (1) on Monday. But I am just now seeing these hardware issues that you had. After how long did the hardware problems - especially the digitizer - show up? I'm wondering how long I will have to go before it starts calling for parts!
My digitizer died after 9 months (December -> August). At the beginning (first week before completely dead) right side of screen stops working. In second week I saw that digitizer is jumping over menus by itself, then screen stops working.
Everything else is working fine. I hope there will be no other problems with other parts of phone
adamz667 said:
My digitizer died after 9 months (December -> August). At the beginning (first week before completely dead) right side of screen stops working. In second week I saw that digitizer is jumping over menus by itself, then screen stops working.
Everything else is working fine. I hope there will be no other problems with other parts of phone
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Same time for me, after 9/10 months my digitalizer started to fail, and the power button problem was 9 months after I got it, btw maybe my power buttons problems was caused by using this buttons to hang out calls (using CM7 settings), so my advice, don't use this function.
And, talking about my phone, the replace it . Now I have a new Milestone, wee...
I bought mine in May 2010 and haven't had any hardware problems.
But a friend of mine bought his' just a month earlier and his keyboard fell apart and the camera button lost its coating.
I guess it's just a matter of luck - and good care of course
The headphone jack has been the only problem I've run into, and it's an issue that apparently can be at least partially fixed by shimming it in one direction or another.
Thanks for the heads up. It seems I have nine months before sh!t starts happening then! Lol. I'm wondering if some of those hardware problems can be fixed or prevented by opening up the phone and giving it a periodic brush out / clean out? For example the headphone jack after becoming loose can probably be re-soldered, etc?
I don't think the solder connections are faulty on the headphone jack.
It just seems to be a little to loose for most 3,5mm plugs.
Some of my headphones give me a lot of trouble - others none at all.
And the more I use it - the less problems I get.
So I'm led to believe that it's more a problem of dust and corrosion that worsens the contact quality.
Talking about headphones, I use a wired BlackBerry headphones, seems ok for me, but sometimes when I move it in the jack, my music is paused (maybe this is related with the different standars of jacks?)
Even if you use a standard 3,5mm stereo connector with not 4th contact at all the phone's gonna interpret a slight loss of contact the same way it does pressing the media button on a media headset.
My Milestone sometimes started playing music when I was watching a movie or whatever.
But if your Phone is rootet you can use the app Autostarts to disable the phone reacting to the media button and therefore problems with loose contacts.
Hi guys as the title states, my phone speaker isn't working. I noticed that it stopped working after it had dropped from my bed. I've tried rebooting even flashing a different ROM altogether.
Thing is my bed is around 30cm or 1 feet from the floor. Could that really have caused this? Replacement is kind of out of the question since i bought this in Australia and I'm now in the Philippines.
Anyone else experience this? and sorry for my first post being a question
I've dropped mine from about 3 feet by accident on my balcony which is stone and mine rebooted properly also continues to work flawlessly, have you pulled your battery for a minute and put it back in?
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I've dropped mine from about 3 feet by accident on my balcony which is stone and mine rebooted properly also continues to work flawlessly, have you pulled your battery for a minute and put it back in?
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Aren't you lucky this is the first time I've dropped it I've tried that too and sad to say still nothing. Ear speaker still has no sound. I think i have no choice but to replace the ear speaker myself.
Has anyone had to replace their ear speaker? I'm not very fond of opening and fiddling with my gadgets.
Hey!
I was a happy owner of SGS+ with BroodROM (or another popular rom from this forum, I don't remember the name) till yesterday, when the internal microphone decided to stop working. Any application (camera, dialer, etc.) just receives a constant regular noise from it and that's all(this makes the phone useless as I can't make a single phone call...). I've already come back to the stock rom(nothing changed) and I'm preparing to go and replace it in the shop (the phone still have 14 months of guarantee, but before I do it, I have a question:
Did anyone have ever got a similar problem and is there a way to repair it without replacing the phone?
Thanks for any help.
I had the same problem with my S3. Just get something thin, stick it in the microphone hole and give it a wiggle. Somtime's dirt and dust can get clogged dude. Worked for me. Don't force it up though otherwise you'll damage your microphone, a little dab'll do ya!
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Tip actually got useless, because the microphone repaired itself... Anyway thanks for it, it may become handy for me in future.
The weirdest thing is that it happened suddenly and with no reason. I didn't do anything to the phone(I tested it everyday and I used it as usually) and today I have tested the microphone with camera recorder and then with dialer and it worked...
So the problem came out of blue and repaired itself (or as you say, there was some dust which fall out, although how would the dust get in the mic over night and block it, so there would be completely no input at all?) out of blue too.
Anyway, phone works again, so it is a great news for me . Thanks for help.
Thought I'd share what I've just done! I (rather stupidly) was listening to music while working on my car - the only headphones I had to hand had a big size (6.35mm) headphone jack, so I had an adapter in there too. Al this meant a rather large lever poking out the side of the phone. I'd obviously bent down to do something and wrenched the socket to one side. The 6.35mm adapter had been bent over and broken... and when I tested the phone I found the socket was broken to - only working in one ear
I went on line and found this guide to dismantle the phone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGD64_g-ssE
Actually nothing to it! Except Even though I do have a very small set of screwdrivers the screws used on the phone are really small!
I bought a new headphone jack from here for £20.08 delivered : http://www.etradesupply.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=lg+p880
And it arrived in the UK in less than a week from the US!
Out of interest the headphone jack can be removed without any of the other circuit board connectors, or the board itself being loosened.
It also houses the proximity and light sensor, I did put it back together and find the proximity sensor was constantly reading 'near' (using the hidden menu 3845#*880# )So I quickly opened it back up again, removed and replaced it one more time. Now it works great, I must have had it badly placed
Well, at least the video was not published in vain
Nice work!
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Thanks for decribing this.
I guess I have to replace my jack, too, since it doesnt hold my headphone strong anymore and sometimes the electric connection of the headset mic gets lost.
I have found the jack for about 5$ incl. shipment at DX:
dx.com/p/replacement-earphone-audio-jack-flex-cable-for-lg-optimus-4x-hd-p880-black-golden-177775
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For me, this seem to fit, but I have seen here, that there is a Version A & B out there !?
w_w_w.etradesupply.com/lg-optimus-4x-hd-p880-earphone-jack-flex-cable-ribbon-headphone-jack-ribbon.html
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best regards
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Thanks for decribing this.
I guess I have to replace my jack, too, since it doesnt hold my headphone strong anymore and sometimes the electric connection of the headset mic gets lost.
I have found the jack for about 5$ incl. shipment at DX:
dx.com/p/replacement-earphone-audio-jack-flex-cable-for-lg-optimus-4x-hd-p880-black-golden-177775
(I'm not allowed to insert links)
For me, this seem to fit, but I have seen here, that there is a Version A & B out there !?
w_w_w.etradesupply.com/lg-optimus-4x-hd-p880-earphone-jack-flex-cable-ribbon-headphone-jack-ribbon.html
(I'm not allowed to insert links)
best regards
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I got the ETrade one. Also I think parts4repair.com sell parts for the p880.
The little arm you can see poking out actually bends and doubles back under the socket part. I found my screen wasn't waking up when I moved the phone away from my face, I just opened my phone back up and padded it out (between the socket and the sensor part) with a little shim (card etc, I actually cut off and used a little piece of a lens cleaning fine cloth) and now the screen wakes perfectly for me! That was my biggest gripe (apart from huuuuge lag when the browser opens!) and i no longer feel I need to ditch the phone!
Don't lose the little square rubber part that the sensor part sits in! And I recommend using a tiny flat-head screwdriver for the phone's screws, the posi-head screws are so tiny I couldn't get a good fit, and it's all too easy to ruin the tiny screw heads.
on/off button doesn't work.
Anybody know how to fix the on/off button. ?
I'm really pissed, I've had the 4x only 6 weeks and don't think I overused it.
button placement and size isn't that great to start with.
I flashed Arararagi vanir 4.3 and it was running great too.
I've never had any problems with the headphone jack, have my phone for about 4 months now
EnricoDNY said:
Anybody know how to fix the on/off button. ?
I'm really pissed, I've had the 4x only 6 weeks and don't think I overused it.
button placement and size isn't that great to start with.
I flashed Arararagi vanir 4.3 and it was running great too.
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The on/off button? buy a broken 4x?
I took mine apart a few months back to clean the inside of the screen.
Had to send it back to LG as had a few issues regarding call quality and the screen not coming back on when you take it away from your face - Just got it back and they replaced a case and a lense? Not sure what lense though.
It also said Software update - They sent it back with ICS
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The on/off button? buy a broken 4x?
I took mine apart a few months back to clean the inside of the screen.
Had to send it back to LG as had a few issues regarding call quality and the screen not coming back on when you take it away from your face - Just got it back and they replaced a case and a lense? Not sure what lense though.
It also said Software update - They sent it back with ICS
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they probably even permanently locked your bootloader, if it was unlocked your "phone not turning on when moving away from ear" problem was sensor miscalibration that you could've fixed easily.
on/off button doesn't work.
Captain Sisko said:
The on/off button? buy a broken 4x?
I took mine apart a few months back to clean the inside of the screen.
Had to send it back to LG as had a few issues regarding call quality and the screen not coming back on when you take it away from your face - Just got it back and they replaced a case and a lense? Not sure what lense though.
It also said Software update - They sent it back with ICS
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No. it was new when I bought it.
Had it for 6 weeks before the power button stoped working.
just used it everyday, rooted it, a few roms, then daily use.
i expect something like this from a cheap chinese knockoff, not an LG 4x. i had a star b92m where the screen became unresponsive.
next time I'll get a SONY XPERIA Z.
The 4x has been in the shop for two weeks already. .
OverVoltage on the headphone jack =(
I believe is overvoltage, I connected a plug from my radio for louder music(as I usually do) but wasn't working, and tried moving the connector on the radio and instead of plug in input from radio, I plugged in the output from the radio, a sound came from the radio and that was it, no more sound signal from my P880, I love this phone, I'm so angry about this.
So I checked with earphones and nothing, just noise, no volume up or down, and the headphone mode is turned on all the time, do you now a site where the earphone jack flex can be delivered to South America, Bolivia? and if you have some other suggestions or solutions specially for taking out of headphone mode, I even can't make calls! thank you in advance
The two parts places I have used are I have used are etradesupply and parts4repair. There's probably lots of others out there. Not sure where they ship to though
RolandoAmir said:
I believe is overvoltage, I connected a plug from my radio for louder music(as I usually do) but wasn't working, and tried moving the connector on the radio and instead of plug in input from radio, I plugged in the output from the radio, a sound came from the radio and that was it, no more sound signal from my P880, I love this phone, I'm so angry about this.
So I checked with earphones and nothing, just noise, no volume up or down, and the headphone mode is turned on all the time, do you now a site where the earphone jack flex can be delivered to South America, Bolivia? and if you have some other suggestions or solutions specially for taking out of headphone mode, I even can't make calls! thank you in advance
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Hi, im also from Bolivia try this
PM if you need any help!
Ben-B said:
Out of interest the headphone jack can be removed without any of the other circuit board connectors, or the board itself being loosened.
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Hi,
Sorry but I don't understanting ... in the video the motherboard is removed. You replace the headphone jack without removing it?
Thanks