Dead speaker and no support (shocking) heh, not really - Gen9, Gen10 General

"Started the RMA procedure for my ARCHOS G9 internet tablet for the internets. The screen calibration has been wonky since day one. Today the internal speaker died." -Venn Stone G+
I posted the above five days ago when I started the RMA; the ear piercing audio (from Flash freezing under HC) finally took it's toll on my G9 internal speaker. I can live with calibrating the screen on boot a few time per week but the dead speaker sucks a bit of "entertainment" my "way" :/
When my G8 10.1 died I used it as an excuse to get the G9 and I never voided the warranty. Aaand here we are.
Sorry, just venting.

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Speaker goes hot and sounds weird

Hi ! I have an I-Mate PDA2K with WM6. A couple of months ago I've changed the case (with a black one from O2) and the touchscreen (chinese one, don't know the brand but bought from e2shop) which I bought from ebay. After 2 weeks my speaker was going crazy and sounded weird (when I want to talk and playing music). When I say weird means that it sounded like a TV/Radio ... when a nearby mobile phone starts ringing and I bearly could hear the other person ... you know the sound ... and above all it gets really hot if I play music for 4-5 minutes or if I talk a little more (I would like to mention that for the first 2-3 seconds everything is ok and after that the sound is becoming strange). The same problem was also in WM2003SE (default OS), and the problem disapears when I plug in my headphones. When I send it to Qtek Romania they said that the "Audio Driver" or the "Audio Chip" is faulty and that they don't have the possibility to replace it because it't too old. Does anyone had/has this problem and if yes what can I do to fix it, or what should I buy from ebay, where the chip is located (on the mainbord?). Thanks and I hop I'll receive an answer.
P.S. Forgot to say that changing the speaker won't fix the problem.
SkyBurner said:
Hi ! I have an I-Mate PDA2K with WM6. A couple of months ago I've changed the case (with a black one from O2) and the touchscreen (chinese one, don't know the brand but bought from e2shop) which I bought from ebay. After 2 weeks my speaker was going crazy and sounded weird (when I want to talk and playing music). When I say weird means that it sounded like a TV/Radio ... when a nearby mobile phone starts ringing and I bearly could hear the other person ... you know the sound ... and above all it gets really hot if I play music for 4-5 minutes or if I talk a little more (I would like to mention that for the first 2-3 seconds everything is ok and after that the sound is becoming strange). The same problem was also in WM2003SE (default OS), and the problem disapears when I plug in my headphones. When I send it to Qtek Romania they said that the "Audio Driver" or the "Audio Chip" is faulty and that they don't have the possibility to replace it because it't too old. Does anyone had/has this problem and if yes what can I do to fix it, or what should I buy from ebay, where the chip is located (on the mainbord?). Thanks and I hop I'll receive an answer.
P.S. Forgot to say that changing the speaker won't fix the problem.
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I've the same problem

Don't leave your DEFY in a hot place. (broken speaker in a new defy)

Hi all
I've got my DEFY in january, an Italian one, "BT33" series known to be loudspeaker defect free.
Today I left it in my car, under the sun, for an hour, and with the high temperatures we have here (30-35 °C) when I got back it was pretty hot. It was not in sunlight, but into a tray, but it still got hot.
Just a few minutes ago I tried calling, and no voice from the loudspeaker.
Rebooted, pulled battery, no way. Applying pressure in the loudspeaker area, a trick I read early on the forums, causes no effect.
Plugged in earphone, and it is working. Also in speakerphone mode it works.
So you got it. It can still happen. A broken defy of the new series.
Will go into repair tomorrow.
(Warning: The "hot in car" hypothesis is my best logical explanation for this thing, since I never dropped it, dipped in water, or otherwise mishandled it.)

"Somebody Get Me a DOCTOR...." The GNex Gone Bad Experience Thread !!!

Has your nexus gone bad? Suffered from a damaged speaker, fried CPU, broken screen or similar? Here's the thread to share your exprerience.
Personally I bought my Nexus, brand new on September/October 2012. Sometime on August 2013 a got caught up in an endless bootloop, even odin or similar tricks couldn't save the day so took it to the repair centre (Smartec Greece) and had it back after 4-5 hours with a new motherboard. Pretty fast- problem solved, didn't have to pay something, even though I never got to know which part actually gone bad.
That's about it. I also have replaced stock battery with a new one as the old one was draining faster than the speed of light, no matter what rom I was on.
So let me hear ya!!!!
The goddamn USB port issue, couldn't charge my phone, until I poked that little bugger in there to rise it up a little, created such a hassle
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adellon92 said:
The goddamn USB port issue, couldn't charge my phone, until I poked that little bugger in there to rise it up a little, created such a hassle
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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You were lucky, after a year and a half of use my USB finally took a sh*t completely. Luckily the insurance I use has no deductable so I had to fire up my old Incredible 2 for a few days while I waited for a replacement. I'm so glad we have nandroid. All I had to do is unlock the bootloader on my new device, put TWRP back on and restore my nandroid. No hassle really.
WOW!
itasoulas said:
Has your nexus gone bad? Suffered from a damaged speaker, fried CPU, broken screen or similar? Here's the thread to share your exprerience.
Personally I bought my Nexus, brand new on September/October 2012. Sometime on August 2013 a got caught up in an endless bootloop, even odin or similar tricks couldn't save the day so took it to the repair centre (Smartec Greece) and had it back after 4-5 hours with a new motherboard. Pretty fast- problem solved, didn't have to pay something, even though I never got to know which part actually gone bad.
That's about it. I also have replaced stock battery with a new one as the old one was draining faster than the speed of light, no matter what rom I was on.
So let me hear ya!!!!
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The same happened to me but I let the battery drain and then charge it for a bit to eneter recovery mode to restore from a back up. Why didnt you do that? I think your problem wasnt just a bootloop problem.
Powerbutton becoming faulty.
Sometimes worked sometimes didnt
Trashed my charge port one morning getting out of bed with a bad hangover..Forgot my phone was plugged and snapped the port right off :crying: I just bought a new charge port flex from ebay for $10 and replaced it myself in about 20 mins
itasoulas said:
Has your nexus gone bad? Suffered from a damaged speaker, fried CPU, broken screen or similar? Here's the thread to share your exprerience.
Personally I bought my Nexus, brand new on September/October 2012. Sometime on August 2013 a got caught up in an endless bootloop, even odin or similar tricks couldn't save the day so took it to the repair centre (Smartec Greece) and had it back after 4-5 hours with a new motherboard. Pretty fast- problem solved, didn't have to pay something, even though I never got to know which part actually gone bad.
That's about it. I also have replaced stock battery with a new one as the old one was draining faster than the speed of light, no matter what rom I was on.
So let me hear ya!!!!
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Last year my Nexus dropped into the sea, but luckily survived
My Nexus's battery was damaged so from phone service I got a new one in 2012.
Then My Galaxy Nexus got a screen burn-in ("ghost image") and in the phone service they changed a screen, but my Nexus got that screen burn-in again..
Everything have worked so fine and I never used any other kernels on my Nexus, than the stock ones by Google and CM's kernel and ofc. my modified CM kernel., I have tried some custom kernels, but I never liked any custom kernel. My Nexus has scratches on its cases but screen has always been clean and good. :3
I'm really happy, that my Nexus looks like a new one, but only that screen burn in is annoying
I am on handset number five; one blown earpiece, two cracked screens and the last one had the interface between the digitizer and the motherboard come loose. I was able to wedge some paper between the battery door and phone body to make it work until the replacement came in. Thankfully I got the phone when beat buy had them for free and ponied up for the service plan.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
Have mine for 2 years... only problem is an oled burn where the notification bar clock is... the green and red oleds have less brightens on lower brightenes levels... apart from that everything ok.
Sent from Asus MemoPad FHD ME302C
I'm past the 1.5 year mark with my gnex and the only issue I have so far happened when it fell from my recliner while connected to the charger. The micro-usb metal piece on the cable got bent from the impact and since then I get a weird buzz/rattle when the phone vibrates. Had to reduce the vibrator strength on fancy kernel to get rid of that specific annoyance.
This has been the case for about 8 months now and the phone is still charging fine. Why I don't know is if this is a symptom that will eventually lead to the dreaded no-charging issue that some have shared here.
Had to change whole charging strip. Gnex was showing frequent charging/discharging and battery would drain within an hour!
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1.5 year old phone. Volume-up button doesn't work, and hasn't for some time. To increase volume, I have to press volume down and then move the slider up on-screen. No big deal. Also had the USB port break a couple of months ago and had to get it changed. Otherwise it runs fine. Still on stock 4.2 ROM, I keep the GPS switched off most the time, and also have all the lower-level Google sync stuff disabled (screw Google), and battery typically lasts a day and a half of average usage.
Had the Galaxy Nexus since release day and it served me well. It was fast and I only went through a few. Last October I got my Note 3 so I retired my G'Nex, but now I'm going to be using it as a MP3 Player that I can just leave in my car vs using my Phone all the time. Just looking for a Rom that turns it into the Android version of an IPOD touch.

Speaker Problem

Recently I have been experiencing weird sounds from my speaker on my new g4. The sound comes through, but it sounds exactly like one of those severe weather interruptions on the television or the radio. It's loud, lots of static, and tinny. But it plays the sound from the video, so I can still hear what someone is saying.. just with this added 'effect'. It always happens on snapchat or Instagram and when I go to YouTube or spotify it sounds fine (it might happen on other apps but this is where I noticed it so far). At first I thought maybe I screwed up my speaker somehow like water damage. But if I did that wouldn't the sound be weird in any app? Is this some sort of known bug or software issue? Is anyone else experiencing this problem, and if so is there any way to fix it? I'm using the Verizon model VS98610B
If your speaker was bad, you would get bad audio with every app. I'm guessing Snapchat and Instagram have low quality audio compared to You Tube and Spotify.
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earpiece sparked issues
I'm on my third LG g4. The first G4 I got, I set up and then checked my voicemail following morning to find the earpiece speaker making a tinny crackleing unrecognizable sound. I promptly return the phone to the store where I purchased it to get a g4. I got that one home and set it up on the speaker workeds great! In just a few days I realized that the second phone had the screen glitch that so many others are talking about so within seven days I returned it. I'm now on my third LG g4. I'm probably just beyond three weeks of having this phone and just now my speaker has gone out. Or at least its doing the same thing that it was doing. I can use speaker phone just fine and YouTube and all the other apps work great but the earpiece speaker has twice failed me. This phone has been in a case under a glass screen protector since day one and has never been dropped or damaged in any way. I noticed about 2 days ago that people haven't been able to hear me when I've been on the phone with it. I've been using LG phone for the last 15 years and really haven't had any complaints. I expected the best from this phone and aside from these issues I have gotten what I expected. I got the same phone for my wife at the same time. She is still on her very first g4 with no problems at all. I'm a bit taken aback by this whole thing. I'll be calling today to see what the dealers will do for me and if not I'll be getting a hold of LG to get it under warranty.
Another user and I had similar issues, in another thread:
[Problem] In-Ear Volume Cuts Off?
In my case, rebooting would at least temporarily fix the issue. Does that help with your phone?

Anyone who has sent their phone out for warranty work: what was the turn around time?

Looking for feedback from people that have had to mail out their Razer phone for warranty work. How long did it take to get it back?
I'm thinking about mailing mine off vs trying to fix it myself.
The issue I'm having is my speakers are crackling, even post "audio update" that reduced volume by around 30%. I can't get above 3\4 volume without having the speakers start crackling. What's strange is the crackle seems to be worse when orienting the phone to the side vs upright.
Both of them are doing it. Not sure if they are just dirty or they are blown, but when I first got my phone I would play most things at full volume often. I thought about pulling the speaker grills off since I read that sometimes the adheasive loosens and things vibrate but I wasn't sure how I was going to re stick them back down. Can't find replacement grills anywhere. Or replacement speakers for that matter. So I was going to send it in.
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11 days round trip to Germany from UK ended up with factory replacement
The first time i sent my phone there it took 4 days to come back but the second time it took around 10 days. I asked why and they said "limited supplies" now i had sent 2 phones and both had speaker problems. The first was a heavily cracking bottom speaker after 3 weeks of use. The second one was both speakers weakening but not cracking and the third one has the same problem which is weird given that they advertized the speakers as good. Hopefully they fix this because i wanna buy razer phone 2

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