Hey guys,
Just bought the Moto G 2014, and I'm loving it.
I was curious to know about the location of microphone of the phone. I see a hole at the top of the phone, that's the secondary mic, I don't see the primary one. Just out of curiosity, I think this phone possesses two microphones.
tyus2 said:
Hey guys,
Just bought the Moto G 2014, and I'm loving it.
I was curious to know about the location of microphone of the phone. I see a hole at the top of the phone, that's the secondary mic, I don't see the primary one. Just out of curiosity, I think this phone possesses two microphones.
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It's under the bottom speaker grill perfect for where the mouth goes while on the phone.
jay2the1 said:
It's under the bottom speaker grill perfect for where the mouth goes while on the phone.
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Oh, I anticipated that, but wasn't sure. Thanks.
jay2the1 said:
It's under the bottom speaker grill perfect for where the mouth goes while on the phone.
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hello guys. i disassembled my moto g xt1068 cause on my moto g whether the speaker neither the microphone works. i just see 2 speakers. where exactly is the microphone. or is the speaker at the bottom acting at the same time as a microphone? i found a teardown at IFIXIT of a moto g 2014. i cant see anything that looks like a microphone.
hernalser said:
hello guys. i disassembled my moto g xt1068 cause on my moto g whether the speaker neither the microphone works. i just see 2 speakers. where exactly is the microphone. or is the speaker at the bottom acting at the same time as a microphone? i found a teardown at IFIXIT of a moto g 2014. i cant see anything that looks like a microphone.
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Just looked at the iFixit teardown and the microphone is a small silver rectangle, there are two, one at the top and one at the bottom, the microphone is just to the left of the USB port on this picture https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/tEKiSY13HxpZMrF4 and just to the right of the headphone jack in this picture https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/JYApv2XLW6UkJ3nK you can also see a small hole to let the sound in for the bottom microphone in the 2nd picture.
Hope that helps.
jay2the1 said:
Just looked at the iFixit teardown and the microphone is a small silver rectangle, there are two, one at the top and one at the bottom, the microphone is just to the right of the USB port on this picture https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/tEKiSY13HxpZMrF4 and just to the right of the headphone jack in this picture https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/JYApv2XLW6UkJ3nK you can also see a small hole to let the sound in for the bottom microphone in the 2nd picture.
Hope that helps.
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So, microphone is integrated into the main-board?
jhonnyx said:
So, microphone is integrated into the main-board?
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Yeah, you can see both the microphones in the photos in my post above, although I've just noticed I've put right when I meant left so I'll correct that now.
jay2the1 said:
Yeah, you can see both the microphones in the photos in my post above, although I've just noticed I've put right when I meant left so I'll correct that now.
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They're speakers LOL :laugh:
arunwithasmile said:
They're speakers LOL :laugh:
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No they are not, the speakers are in the plastic shell, you can see both speakers in this photo, with one of them being lifted out: https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/lDnRtAS24yNibhK1 the microphones are on the mainboard.
Full teardown: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Motorola+Moto+G+2nd+Generation+Teardown/35956
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Simple enough question. Several sites say it does (see for example this) while several other sites say it doesn't (e.g. this). Why the conflicting information?
Ghengis042 said:
Simple enough question. Several sites say it does (see for example this) while several other sites say it doesn't (e.g. this). Why the conflicting information?
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It has a mono speaker at bottom.
No Stereo.
Regards,
acervenky,
XPT
acervenky said:
It has a mono speaker at bottom.
No Stereo.
Regards,
acervenky,
XPT
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where speaker exactly?
is it a big speaker at bottom !? or two separate speakers at bottom?
i can hear sound from right side of bottom (i checked it when i cover it)
am i right or my phone has problem?
x102x96x said:
where speaker exactly?
is it a big speaker at bottom !? or two separate speakers at bottom?
i can hear sound from right side of bottom (i checked it when i cover it)
am i right or my phone has problem?
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Under the grid at the bottom there is 1 speaker. You hear sound from right side because it's made like that.
x102x96x said:
where speaker exactly?
is it a big speaker at bottom !? or two separate speakers at bottom?
i can hear sound from right side of bottom (i checked it when i cover it)
am i right or my phone has problem?
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I would assume that's to do with the positioning of the microphone. It's like the iPhone 4 and 4s, two 'speakers' at the bottom but one was really a mic.
Kirkymole said:
I would assume that's to do with the positioning of the microphone. It's like the iPhone 4 and 4s, two 'speakers' at the bottom but one was really a mic.
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So you are saying the Z1 have two Speakers?
eclyptos said:
So you are saying the Z1 have two Speakers?
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No not at all, I noticed a while ago that if you cover the left hand side of the speaker it affects the sound, covering the right side doesn't. So it could well be there is a microphone under the mesh, one sides a speaker, one sides a mic.
Or it could be my speaker is buggered like the OP.
http://userguide.sonymobile.com/ref...ria-z1#!Phone-overview---C6902C6903C6906.html
so it seems big grid is for design and also protection of both speaker and mic.
x102x96x said:
so it seems big grid is for design and also protection of both speaker and mic.
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Basically yes
I just bought a second hand HTC one and only the bottom loudspeaker is working. Does it only have one buttom loudspeaker or the top one is also the same as the bottom one?
muzamal said:
I just bought a second hand HTC one and only the bottom loudspeaker is working. Does it only have one buttom loudspeaker or the top one is also the same as the bottom one?
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Both speakers should be working. I would recommend taking it back.
GiftigDegen said:
Both speakers should be working. I would recommend taking it back.
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thanks!
Is there any modification we can make that will allow the top speaker to work with music and videos aswell?
jamespat93 said:
Is there any modification we can make that will allow the top speaker to work with music and videos aswell?
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Doubtful. It's not a loudspeaker. If a simple mod would turn it into one, surely Motorola just would have made it that way from the start.
It's not a speaker. It's just a grille covering the ear piece to give the phone symmetry.
The speaker is really loud anyway, much better than the Nexus 5.
Thanks for the replies guys, the speaker is amazing but just wished that this phone could have stereo sound. I just can't believe that the 2nd gen moto g does and this doesn't. Don't know if it's just me but I can really notice hearing audio more from one ear while watching things or playing games.
gotzaDroid said:
It's not a speaker. It's just a grille covering the ear piece to give the phone symmetry.
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And to keep the screen of touching ground when face down
I just noticed that from the bottom speakers, only the right one fires while the left one seems dead or at least very quiet. Just up to a point, where I am suspicious if the left cut holes are only for the sake of a uniform design with no real speaker behind them.
What is your device like?
Left one is not speaker.
Look
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/7157629?hl=en
ademmer said:
I just noticed that from the bottoms speakers, only the right one fires whole the left one seems dead or at least very quiet. Just up to a point, where I am suspicious if the left cut holes are only for the sake of a uniform design with no real speaker behind them.
What is your device like?
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Yeah no speaker on the left the hole is there just for aesthetics
rames said:
Left one is not speaker.
Look
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/7157629?hl=en
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Thx, I should have figured this out by myself.
jaythenut said:
Yeah no speaker on the left the hole is there just for aesthetics
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It's actually the microphone.
Google's official diagram of the device shows that it is the bottom microphone.
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/7157629?hl=en
Hi,
There are two speaker grills in the bottom of the device. Do they both works or only the right one works and the left one dummy ?
For my device right one is working, is it natural or my device is faulty ?
TR!O said:
Hi,
There are two speaker grills in the bottom of the device. Do they both works or only the right one works and the left one dummy ?
For my device right one is working, is it natural or my device is faulty ?
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One of those "speaker grills" is actually a microphone, not a speaker. So you're good...
Lughnasadh said:
One of those "speaker grills" is actually a microphone, not a speaker. So you're good...
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@Lakino, this is why!
Me and Lakino was discussing this as we were figuring out that no sound was coming out of one...
Also we discussed how great the Pixel 2 XL's speakers were and how much I miss them...
simplepinoi177 said:
@Lakino, this is why!
Me and Lakino was discussing this as we were figuring out that no sound was coming out of one...
Also we discussed how great the Pixel 2 XL's speakers were and how much I miss them...
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That makes sense. Guess we do need a mic somewhere down there.
Ok, next question. @Lughnasadh
There is a tiny pin prick hole on the top left hand side edge -- as you look at the phone. What is that hole for then? I thought that might have been the input mic.
Lakino said:
That makes sense. Guess we do need a mic somewhere down there.
Ok, next question. @Lughnasadh
There is a tiny pin prick hole on the top left hand side edge -- as you look at the phone. What is that hole for then? I thought that might have been the input mic.
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If I'm thinking of the hole you are describing, that's a microphone. There are 3 microphones. A top one, a bottom one and a rear-facing one.
Lughnasadh said:
If I'm thinking of the hole you are describing, that's a microphone. There are 3 microphones. A top one, a bottom one and a rear-facing one.
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The heck? 3 mics? What the heck does the phone need 3 mics for? That's crazy.
Lakino said:
The heck? 3 mics? What the heck does the phone need 3 mics for? That's crazy.
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The one you are describing might have to do with noise cancellation, but I'm not sure. Just a guess. The rear-facing one may have to do with video audio.