Hi,
My kaiser's having problems with the internal speaker on the back,
the sound quality is very poor, the speaker have to be broken.
If i suck the speaker a little with my mouth, the sound becomes perfect.
Does anyone know any place where i could buy a new speaker or anything?
Could this one fit: http://cnn.cn/shop/atom-speaker-p-691.html ?
Fixed.
Tore the speaker part apart (just one screw near the speaker) and there was lots of metal dust inside the speaker.
Grabbed the metal from the speaker with a STRONG magnet and works perfectly!
just out of curosity ... how did the metal dust get there?
And how did you discover you you could get it to work by sucking it with you mouth?
No clue how it got there... maybe the magnet in the speaker sucked it inside.
I was playing around with it a bit, as you know, when you use your mouth to create a better sound when you cover the speaker with your mouth. Then accidentally sucked it a bit and discovered this.
Did some further investigation and saw the metal dust there and fixed it.
Im having the same problem, speaker sounds ike crap, but does work like normal if you suck in on it (weird, i know). Anyone know where to get a replacement one?
Hi,
Sorry for late reply (i'm using raphael nowadays).
Just take the speaker out, use a strong magnet or weak to medium adhesive tape and carefully take the metal dust away from the speaker cone pulling it towards the magnet of the speaker (that's why it works when you suck it)
There's a little bump on the battery cover over the speaker.
I assume this is so if you lay the phone on a flat surface you don't totally muffle the speaker - good idea.
They should have done this on each side of the camera, to protect the camera lens. Ah well, good reason to guy a case I guess.
- Frank
They should put a speaker on the front too so you can hear clearly what music you are changing thru on the screen, which IS on the front. I've been wondering when I'm going g to see a phone with a speaker on the front also
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I am going to try to make a phone holder that I can strap onto my head so I can record a concert so I don't have to hold it the entire time. Since the another s4 can be used as remote viewfinder, my friend can make sure everything is in focus and in frame. Does anyone have any good ideas how to do this? I bought a s4 armband that I could modify. Where are the mics that are used to record videos? I want to make sure the sound is as good as it can be so I need to cut out some holes. Can anyone else think of any other types of solutions to record an entire concert hands free?
The two little holes at the top and bottom of the phone.
Also if you install faux/ktooz kernel and then buy the faux sound app you can turn down the gain on the microphones
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rlorange said:
The two little holes at the top and bottom of the phone.
Also if you install faux/ktooz kernel and then buy the faux sound app you can turn down the gain on the microphones
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Thanks for the advice. I see two holes at the top, one of them is very tiny and the same size hole as the one at the bottom. I covered up all of those holes with my fingers and recorded a video of me talking loud near my phone and I could still hear the sound. Are you sure that these are the only holes that are used for recording sound for videos? Is the larger hole at the top one of the holes that records sound or only the identical super tiny holes at the top and bottom? Thanks again.
coolpepp said:
Thanks for the advice. I see two holes at the top, one of them is very tiny and the same size hole as the one at the bottom. I covered up all of those holes with my fingers and recorded a video of me talking loud near my phone and I could still hear the sound. Are you sure that these are the only holes that are used for recording sound for videos? Is the larger hole at the top one of the holes that records sound or only the identical super tiny holes at the top and bottom? Thanks again.
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Yes they are definitely the mic holes. The reason you can still hear recorded sound is likely because sound can still get it through the USB port and headphone socket. Or maybe through the case itself.
Did covering the holes muffle the recorded sound?
The reason there are two mics is to do with noise canceling I believe
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Just thought you all would like to take a little look under the cover of the Blackberry Priv. Apologies for image quality and lack of complete disassembly, I didn't want to burn my bridges for the warranty just for opening the back cover. If any of you are braver than I and feel like delving deeper, taking the cover is very easy. Just pry the left and right sides away with your fingernails so it is loose. Remove the SD card and SIM card tray. Then very carefully pry the top of the cover away from the device. Then simply slide the slightly tilted cover off the bottom, away from the speakers. From there you can see all the goods! I was just curious if I could find a discernible difference between the Samsung S series antennas and the Priv, for the sake of future MFT compatibility. It seems as though they both have the same antennas so the hardware difference must be chip-level. Bummer. Also you can see why the right side gets so hot with the battery and antennas sitting there.
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What does the front bottom look like? I'm curious how big the speaker is.
Xaiux said:
What does the front bottom look like? I'm curious
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...Giggedy!!
The front bottom is taken up by the speaker assembly, it's relatively large; it fills the entire bottom lip of the back case.
Do you have a US or EU model?
Thanks. I've been waiting for internal shots.
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Do you have a US or EU model?
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I have the US model from AT&T.
I was thinking about opening the back and filling the empty space that plague the non-wireless charging variants of this phone
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The front bottom is taken up by the speaker assembly, it's relatively large; it fills the entire bottom lip of the back case.
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Can you test the speaker? Reports online, including my own Priv, only the left works(Mono), but in this picture it shows the Priv having both Left and Right speakers. Can you take a picture of the front of the phone where the speakers are?
I'm confused as to why they would include L & R stereo speakers but only the Left works, is the R disabled? or did we all get Priv's that are defective. I had a feeling the whole bottom was a speaker grill, and this confirms it......
The whole bottom is definitely not a speaker. It's only the left third or so.
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Can you test the speaker? Reports online, including my own Priv, only the left works(Mono), but in this picture it shows the Priv having both Left and Right speakers. Can you take a picture of the front of the phone where the speakers are?
I'm confused as to why they would include L & R stereo speakers but only the Left works, is the R disabled? or did we all get Priv's that are defective. I had a feeling the whole bottom was a speaker grill, and this confirms it......
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I also want to know the answer to this. Are units defective? It definitely shows two so why does everyone only hear mono sound from the left?
I don't think there's anything of the sort going on. Based on the pictures, since I'm not confident enough to peel the back off my own Priv, it looks like the thing you see on the right (left in the pic) is the control board for the 3.5mm jack combined with the mic, which presumably exists down there, since there's no other spot at the bottom of the unit where a mic could possibly be. It definitely only has the one speaker, but as far as I'm concerned, it's pretty exceptional for a phone. At least, I have no qualms with the sound from it, certainly much louder than any other phone I've had.
Forgot to add, I'm also confident that there's only one speaker because using Poweramp and toggling the Mono output setting, as well as the balance from Left to Right, everything only sounds like it comes from the one speaker.
Sorry guys, my mistake. I hadn't even tested my speakerphone until today. I based my assumption on the fact there is a baffle material under the span of the case baffle and the "L" and "R" label on the plastic assemblies on the board. I hadn't tried to disassemble it further. There is someone on YouTube that will give a complete teardown in a couple of days so if I don't see it posted I'll crack my phone open again to investigate.
That escalated quickly
gtfo of xda
gof!uckyourself said:
You can all suck my ****, you pricks. Your a bunch of wankers who are living in a basement. Go and get outside into the real world you low life mutant pricks. There's more to life than a spiders cobweb, and your dusty seats, also light exists. Nobody likes basement-dwelling losers who haven't seen a light before, except your screen. Cobwebs sure are nice aren't they? It's what you have for your meals. Now go **** yourselves you nerds, and go and eat some dog ****.
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oh wow you enlightened me! Thanks!
Great!
I just can't believe the OEM cover already scratches the Priv, I can see where are the pressure point of the plastic in just 2 days....
That is why I hate Hard Cases.
TheGeeZus said:
Great!
I just can't believe the OEM cover already scratches the Priv, I can see where are the pressure point of the plastic in just 2 days....
That is why I hate Hard Cases.
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Just remove from the case and pull plastic button inserts out. Take a mini philips screwdriver like for eyeglasses and scrape the little piece of plastic out on both sides. There will be 2 on left and 2 on right then use super glue to adhere the plastic buttons directly to where the little plastic pieces were above and below the buttons. It works for me and no indentions.
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Just remove from the case and pull plastic button inserts out. Take a mini philips screwdriver like for eyeglasses and scrape the little piece of plastic out on both sides. There will be 2 on left and 2 on right then use super glue to adhere the plastic buttons directly to where the little plastic pieces were above and below the buttons. It works for me and no indentions.
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Should have done that before but I am humanly struggling with my "OCD" and trying to forget about it, but will leave it like that as the damage is already done and I really want to save the hassle with an exchange.
Thanks for the tip anyways
TheGeeZus said:
Should have done that before but I am humanly struggling with my "OCD" and trying to forget about it, but will leave it like that as the damage is already done and I really want to save the hassle with an exchange.
Thanks for the tip anyways
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I think they addressed the problem because the rivets on the one I received the other day were flat as heck and did not protrude like photos I've seen. There wasn't anything to cut with an exacto even if I wanted to. It's still a plastic piece of junk though ($40?!) and I decided to just use a pocket pouch...brings me back to the G1 days
BlueEditionE6 said:
oh wow you enlightened me! Thanks!
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What in the name of cobwebs happened here!
Just got mine last week. I notice that sound through left and right speakers are uneven. Sound from the left seems a bit more bassy, liked pass through a chamber while the right is dry and tinny. Do you guys experience the same?