I got some toothpaste stuck in the earpiece grill by trying to clean scratches near it. The paste's dry for sure, tried using a toothbrush, a needle, 3M tape, damp cloth. The sound is still good, but the looks bother me. All of the ideas are appreciated. Thank you.
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idubis said:
I got some toothpaste stuck in the earpiece grill by trying to clean scratches near it. The paste's dry for sure, tried using a toothbrush, a needle, 3M tape, damp cloth. The sound is still good, but the looks bother me. All of the ideas are appreciated. Thank you.
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I'd try a combination of brushing with a toothbrush and canned air. Don't blow the air straight into the earpiece though, keep it at an angle.
I'm tempted to say you 'should' be able to use a little rubbing alcohol, like the 91% kind. Do it with phone off and wait for it to totally dry before turning phone back on.
Alcohol bath is used on internal circuits to dry them when they have been exposed to water (before corrosion could set in) - so that's why I'm guessing a SMALL amount should be okay for your situation.
Q-tip and some rubbing alcohol
DON'T use any kind of alcohol on your screen, because it will ruin your oleophobic coating!
If feel comfortable with opening back cover, just remove mainboard, earpiece AND the little piece of clothing witch covers the space between grill and earpiece itself.. You will see a lot of dust stucked there. Clean with toothbrush and alcohol FREE liquid follow reverse procedure.
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What methods or materials do you use to keep your nexus clean? I've had mine for 4 or 5 months now and it not that dirty, Im just curious as to how and what to use to clean it. For the trackball, I have herd to take a cotton swap and dip it in rubbing alcohol. Then to gently rub the trackball and dry it with a lint free screen cloth. As for the device, I know their are manufactured cleaning liquids specifically for devices that supposedly clean the screen and phone from finger prints and smudges. So out of curiosity, what do you do/use to keep your Nexus One clean?
I will usually just take a regular towel (not microfiber) slightly dampened and wipe down the phone and battery compartment, as well as the battery itself and inside of the battery cover. Then, with the power still off, roll the trackball around the dampened surface for a minute or two.
I had not done the trackball in a few months, and it had been very resistant to rolling under my thumb, so I did the alcohol thing with a towel - again, not microfiber, and again, just slightly dampened with alcohol. Rolled it around for about 5 minutes, then followed the same procedure with a water dampened towel for another 10 minutes or so. My trackball is slightly lighter in color than it was, but it definitely rolls a LOT smoother. Well worth the time I spent. I am going to try the trackball cleaning method again in a few days to see if I can get it to roll again like it was new...
Oh - for regular cleaning of finger smudges - I fog up the screen with my breath and wipe on my pant leg. Works every time...
Damp cloth, wet wipes, pretty much anything i have to hand
I only use water, that's all you need to yet some towels or something. Don't use anything other than water.
Good tips.
RogerPodacter said:
I only use water, that's all you need to yet some towels or something. Don't use anything other than water.
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Interesting, so water alone is enough to clean the phone xD. But what about the trackball? Does it turn to the normal white color when cleaning with water?
I went ahead with a micro fiber cloth and alcohol. I must say. I do not recommend this. Now my trackball is much darker.
I wish I washed it with water. I was no nervious after it was dark that I tried water, saliva, dry cloths to try to turn it bright again.
mikeacela said:
Interesting, so water alone is enough to clean the phone xD. But what about the trackball? Does it turn to the normal white color when cleaning with water?
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Well yeah, anything else is a risk in my mind. Maybe if you could take the track ball out of the phone you could try something else. But look at the post above!
i use a very mild water + soap solution. probably 2% hand soap + 98% filtered water (approx). Point is, very very mild solution. I put it in a small spray bottle, shook it up to get it well mixed, then waited for the bubbles to go away (takes a couple hours). I then spray the solution on a microfiber cloth, only one or two squirts on fine mist, and gently wipe everything down, immediately using another microfiber cloth to dry the phone.
I've used those alcohol based screen wipes with success.
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Any way to get crap out of the speaker grill I'm kinda ocd about it...
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a very light suction tool.
no vaccuum.. maybe a handheld bulb pump, squeeze and allow it to suck the debris out.
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a very light suction tool.
no vaccuum.. maybe a handheld bulb pump, squeeze and allow it to suck the debris out.
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I just used a toothpick with extreme care, because there is no soft grill, worked good.
You should try one of those baby noise cleaners, great suction and they're cheap.
I've had good luck with a dry toothbrush and light, quick strokes.
you run the risk of forcing it deeper into the holes.
i'd only use a fine bristle art brush for the edges.
suction bulb for holes.
or just put your mouth on it and suck dry and fast.
ive been using those hand held blow thingys used for cleaning debris out of dslr's
The best way is with a toothbrush damped
In alcohol.
Soak the toothbrush in alcohol and dry it about 90% with towel(semi wet, not too dry, not too wet) Brush the grills, The remaining alcohol will clean the gunk on the speaker grills.
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Use a magnet
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i forget what it's called, but i like to use the tacky putty material that is meant to be rolled into a ball to hold posters/photos on a wall.
No magnets are bad...
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I've had mine at least 5 days before most people on here, and I haven't seen anything stuck in the grills of my phone. Does anyone have any pictures they can show? I'd be interested to see how big of a problem this is.
Some tips from reading this post and having this issue
I have a three week old HTC One and untill my recent trip abroad i had not noticed anything slipping into the grills of the phone on my return from spainI put it in my bag along with a bottle of Liquer and a My babys left over fomula powder... Then i dropped the BAG!
Needless to say the combination of the powder and some of the Liquer made for a horrible thick mess which covered my Phone including filling the speaker grills.
I used a toothbrush and this actually did a brilliant Job, its not 100% but i know if I do it a few more times over the next few days it will clear it.
The trick is as stated above careful strokes in one direction across the grill to drag the dirt out using a brush with fine bristles.
Do not put a Magnet anywhere near the speakers on your phone this can cause internal damage which may void your warrenty. Also the suggestion for using some form of blue tac to do this could also go very very wrong, If the tack is too warm it will stick itself into the grill and that will be indredibly difficult to get out if not impossible dependent on how hard you press down trying to remove the dirt, this can also just force the dirt futhur into your device.
The alchol based methord is also very good but be careful too much moisture and you could damage your speaker if it seeps in so its best to dry a dry toothbrush at first and only resort to some cleaning based alchols if you have dirt which simply cannot be lifted. (I will say formula when turned to a paste is incredibnly hard to remove but as with most things does dry after a few hours.)
I used a simple baby wipe on the phone afterwards to remove excess dirt from the grill once the toothbrush had done the job.
A magnet isn't going to harm your phone...
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A magnet isn't going to harm your phone...
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A strong moving magnet might.
And I've gotten some... I dunno... stuff stuck in my grill, but it hasn't bothered me, usually, it disappears after a while.
Tape?
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Hi guys,
I've never tested out if my phone was waterproof but a few days ago I dropped my phone into a boiling pot of lamb broth accidentally.
It took me about half a minute to recover it after burning myself. Washed the phone with hot water and soap and stuck it in a bag of rice.
Everything works perfectly, except the speaker. The sound is muffled so I am assuming this may be because the fat in the broth has penetrated the "grill" at the bottom of the phone and clogged it up. I have given the device a couple more baths in very very hot water and grease-busting washing up liquid and the sound has cleared somewhat.
Any advice on what I can do to sort this out? Do I need to replace the speaker? etc etc
Thanks in advance.
are you have try clean grill of bottom speaker with electronic cleaner? **but beware, its will remove speaker grill adhesive
For first try clean grill with toothbrush and washing up liquid.
Leave it all to dry out proper
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Hi, I use my phone under water and in dust, and I might have to clean USB port since charger sometimes do weird disconnected-reconnected feedback.
How do you clean it? Alcool, WD40?
Thanks!
Why not use a case that closes off the USB port and switch to a wireless charger? I wouldn't use wd40 as it will damage the seal over time
Use dry air to blow out dust/dirt.
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Hi, I use my phone under water and in dust, and I might have to clean USB port since charger sometimes do weird disconnected-reconnected feedback.
How do you clean it? Alcool, WD40?
Thanks!
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Definitely no WD40. Can mess up the phone if it gets through the seals.
Compressed air works great for port cleaning. It will get rid of most loose particles.
For stubborn traoped lint etc, fine micro-tweezers do the job well but need to avoid damaging the USB shelf in the centre.
I use isopropyl alcohol and cotton bud
Don't use it underwater unless you really want to destroy the phone. You need a diving case to safely use it under water.
Using compressed air can easily force the water into the phone. Only very low pressure like a blower bulb should ever be used.
Anhydrous isopropyl alcohol is a good drying agent, use in a warm, dry room and it's flammable.
I wash my phones under the tap with some soap. Keeps speakers mics and ports clean. Use a toothbrush and some alcohol of this doesnt work.
cosmin94 said:
I wash my phones under the tap with some soap. Keeps speakers mics and ports clean. Use a toothbrush and some alcohol of this doesnt work.
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I live in a dusty environment, in the desert. The most I've had to do with my N10+ was purged moisture in the C port once with anhydrous isopropyl alcohol. It doesn't collect dust in spite of no cover. Maybe use a blower bulb occasionally.
Other ports, less is better. Qtip and blower bulb every 6 months. The recessed holes in the Bolt case also help keep the junk out surprisingly well.
Once you replace the battery I doubt you will trust deliberately exposing this expensive flagship phone to water. It's one seal, one layer of protection and no guarentee it's 100% sealing the phone. It not an rounded edge seal and less reliable; double sided adhesive. This type of sealing system should not be trusted to be watertight especially under pressure.
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I live in a dusty environment, in the desert. The most I've had to do with my N10+ was purged moisture in the C port once with anhydrous isopropyl alcohol. It doesn't collect dust in spite of no cover. Maybe use a blower bulb occasionally.
Other ports, less is better. Qtip and blower bulb every 6 months. The recessed holes in the Bolt case also help keep the junk out surprisingly well.
Once you replace the battery I doubt you will trust deliberately exposing this expensive flagship phone to water. It's one seal, one layer of protection and no guarentee it's 100% sealing the phone. It not an rounded edge seal and less reliable; double sided adhesive. This type of sealing system should not be trusted to be watertight especially under pressure.
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Since Xperia Z3 I only had IP67/68 phones and all of them got this threatment , soapy shower under the tap. I never had battery replaced phones. Only factory sealed phones. Never had any problems. I also swim with phones in pocket in salty/pool/fresh water.
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Since Xperia Z3 I only had IP67/68 phones and all of them got this threatment , soapy shower under the tap. I never had battery replaced phones. Only factory sealed phones. Never had any problems. I also swim with phones in pocket in salty/pool/fresh water.
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I'm talking about latest generation Samsung phones. I have 2 N10+'s. Some of the ones with removable batteries had better seals.
Salt water is sure death to electronics.
Do what you want but it's not like you didn't know better... at least put the phone in a zip lock bag.
These are not dive rated phones... that includes swimming.
Did you notice that Samsung doesn't do those cute underwater camera shot ads anymore? That's because of all the water damaged phones they caused. Carriers ate a lot of them.
So I discovered this trick a few weeks ago and I have been meaning to share with everyone but only got to it now.
The top speaker on my old S9+ was crackling when playing music and I decided to try and clean it. I put alcohol on an earpick and rubbed it in rounds, up, down, left, right and etc. The sound got better but not enough. Then I noticed the hydrogen peroxide 3% next to the bathroom mirror and used it instead of alcohol. I also decided to play a loud song at the time of cleaning it. As I was at it, I could see little bubbles flying off from the speaker grill and opening up all the tiny holes that were filled up with gunk over the years. This process restored the speaker clarity to 100% as original.
Then, since both mics of the S9 were muffled from all the dust (and likely baby powder from me powdering deez nuts as it helps with comfort ) I decided to fill them up with peroxide as well, instead of alcohol. I took a fat needle and was putting it up and down into the mic holes to push the peroxide out. While it was coming out I could see it bubble which is an indicator that it is dissolving particles. Then I tried it with paper and added some more peroxide and repeated 2 times.
Last, i took a dry earpick and pulled the cotton up while rolling it with my fingers to the point it became like a long fat cotton needle. Slim enough to enter the mic holes as I was turning it and pressing it slowly inwards. Did that part to absorb any peroxide leftovers, instead of waiting for it to dry out by it self.
The result was crystal clear sharp sound that I had thought was long gone and never coming back. I call this a full restoration.
Did the same thing with the s21u on all 3 mics and it worked splendidly. 2 of them had become somewhat muffled after a years use and when talking through the loud speaker people on the other side weren't hearing me clearly.
Note 0: To put peroxide into the mics, I fully soaked an earpick with it and then gently rubbed it on the mic holes until it went in.
Note 1: Putting a needle in the mic holes will not damage the mics as the holes are curved so the needle cannot touch a mic. (Samsung's preventative measure against people putting in the SIM pick in the wrong hole)
Note 2: You can test your MICs clarity through a sound loop by opening your dialer and typing *#0283#
Note 3: DO NOT attempt this on phones which are NOT waterproof. The only reason this works on our phones is because they were designed to withstand water.
Ingenious. As long as the water or oxidizer doesn't damage anything. That's a tough cleaning challenge many times.
If any of it makes it past the mic inside the phone better be ready to pull the rear cover, disconnect the battery, flush anhydrous isopropyl alcohol (min 93%) and completely dry.
I was wondering if there is a technique, when cleaning, to avoid pushing gunk further down into the mic which would clog them even more?
blackhawk said:
Ingenious. As long as the water or oxidizer doesn't damage anything. That's a tough cleaning challenge many times.
If any of it makes it past the mic inside the phone better be ready to pull the rear cover, disconnect the battery, flush anhydrous isopropyl alcohol (min 93%) and completely dry.
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Legit points, thanks god peroxide doesn't really affect anything rubbery or plasticky.. And given that the phones waterproof rating says it can withstand water pressure of about 1 meter's submersion, all should be good as applying little drops of peroxide puts no pressure at all.
But yeah, it is a bit scary for sure, aaand totally worth it once the sound clarity is restored
KingFatty said:
I was wondering if there is a technique, when cleaning, to avoid pushing gunk further down into the mic which would clog them even more?
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Yeah it's tricky. Best to clean it regularly a microfiber cloth before the junk gets pushed in.
A dry climate helps as does not putting the phone to your ear.
After over 2.5 years my N10+ ports are surprisingly spotless. They are partially shielded by the case which is antistatic it seems.
The Bolt case rarely requires much cleaning, another reason I wuv it.
KingFatty said:
I was wondering if there is a technique, when cleaning, to avoid pushing gunk further down into the mic which would clog them even more?
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That's exactly what I had been afraid of when it comes to cleaning with alcohol.
The thing about the peroxide is that it starts bubbling up the gunk and essentially it helps is dissolve and carries it upwards. If the gunk has muffled your mic, it has already piled up at the bottom... No further down to go haha
blackhawk said:
Yeah it's tricky. Best to clean it regularly a microfiber cloth before the junk gets pushed in.
A dry climate helps as does not putting the phone to your ear.
After over 2.5 years my N10+ ports are surprisingly spotless. They are partially shielded by the case which is antistatic it seems.
The Bolt case rarely requires much cleaning, another reason I wuv it.
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Yea I live in the Mediterranean and during the summer the humidity can reach up to 90%+.. And in the winter I have the phone playing music in the bathroom when showering and the air fills with steam from the hot water.. Too many no no's...
babyboy3265 said:
Legit points, thanks god peroxide doesn't really affect anything rubbery or plasticky.. And given that the phones waterproof rating says it can withstand water pressure of about 1 meter's submersion, all should be good as applying little drops of peroxide puts no pressure at all.
But yeah, it is a bit scary for sure, aaand totally worth it once the sound clarity is restored
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Yeah just saying. Never trust that waterproof rating; it's waterproof until it leaks
The ports, mic and speakers are probably safe but the rear cover seal and buttons are suspect so try to avoid getting liquids on those.