General X-axis linear motor sound problem - Xiaomi Poco F3 / Xiaomi Mi 11X / Redmi K40

NOTE: The popping/crackling noise is made by the motor, not a microphone/recording bug.

Kom_zo said:
NOTE: The popping/crackling noise is made by the motor, not a microphone/recording bug.
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Hi, the closest problem i have found on the net is this https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/513240/Why+does+my+phone+rattle+when+it+vibrates it could be some screws to tighten a bit, hopefully it could be fixed like this, but i don't know how accessible is the motor.

I am also getting this noise on my F3, is this normal?

Bonondo said:
I am also getting this noise on my F3, is this normal?
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Even the crackling and popping sounds? How is your vibration for notifications? Weak or fine?

Nevermind I thought the gear grinding sound was also the problem, unless it is. I didn't get any crackling or pooping sounds.

Bonondo said:
Nevermind I thought the gear grinding sound was also the problem, unless it is. I didn't get any crackling or pooping sounds.
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When you say gear grinding, what sound do you mean exactly? I don't quite understand what you mean

Kom_zo said:
When you say gear grinding, what sound do you mean exactly? I don't quite understand what you mean
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The sound it makes when you slide the slider, without the loud noises from your video.

Bonondo said:
The sound it makes when you slide the slider, without the loud noises from your video.
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I think that is normal yes

Mine sounds like this when moving the slider. I like the (quite faint) sound actually

@Kom_zo
Hi again, got mine today.
Checked the haptic and same issue. I noticed it only happens on fast movement of the slider and imo it's software related.
The motor doesn't hick-up but the sound generated/related to the slider speed. In one way or another it can't reproduce the sound as quick as the movement.
Hope this get fixed with a sw update. Otherwise it's not that ok
https://www.sendspace.com/file/tjmcme

Kom_zo said:
NOTE: The popping/crackling noise is made by the motor, not a microphone/recording bug.
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Hi there, also getting the same damn thing, it's so frustrating to buy a brand new phone a getting this half-cooked hardware.... here you can appreciate the crunching sound in my terminal...

Quality control issues, this what happens when Xiaomi tries to sell such good hardware for such a good price during the pandemic.
I'm not sure if I'd personally ship it back if mine has the same issue, shipping fees to China/Europe is costly from Canada.
If the shipping fees and turnaround times is not that bad for you and the seller has a replacement policy then return it for a replacement.

Mine has the same problem, i think it's software related

I think it is software related too. That sound is almost gone when you change the haptic feedback in the gboard settings.

I could replicate this problem with two identic Poco F3 Smartphones (8/256gb), (left one crunching, right one normal , how it should be)

Ahyperion said:
I could replicate this problem with two identic Poco F3 Smartphones (8/256gb), (left one crunching, right one normal , how it should be)
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Thank you for this! So it is definitely a design flaw of the F3. I wonder what portion of devices shipped with a crunching sound to the vibration motor..

crunching sound this unnormal ?

oh, come on guys, grow up.
when, in the real life, will you go to the settings and slide up and down on the haptic feedback intensity bar like mad?
if there is no issues whilst operating phone in normal working environment then why would you care about it?

It has to be software, when you do the vibration test it goes well and nothing sounds, does someone with xiaomi.eu have the bug?

fixed in 12.0.4

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[Issue] Speaker pop

i'll do somthing in the UI to make a sound .. like a touch tone.. then in a few seconds i'll hear a pop from the rear speaker
anyone else have this issue?
Anyone having this issue?
basically.. does your rear speaker pop when the amp cuts power to the speaker ?
cant say i have this happening on mine
Exactly have the same problem. I didn't notice the hiss though, but definitely heard the pops. But yes when I listen closely I with my ear to speaker I hear exactly what you described: a hiss ending in a pop.
appelflap said:
Exactly have the same problem. I didn't notice the hiss though, but definitely heard the pops. But yes when I listen closely I with my ear to speaker I hear exactly what you described: a hiss ending in a pop.
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On my other phone (samsung epic 4g touch), it does the hiss/pop/silence thing too, but the pop is much much quieter that I can only hear it if I put my ear right next to the speaker.
However on this galaxy nexus it is loud enough that I can hear it from 1-3 feet-ish. Its especially noticeable in quiet areas.
I'm considering return it because of this
Pitnefor said:
On my other phone (samsung epic 4g touch), it does the hiss/pop/silence thing too, but the pop is much much quieter that I can only hear it if I put my ear right next to the speaker.
However on this galaxy nexus it is loud enough that I can hear it from 1-3 feet-ish. Its especially noticeable in quiet areas.
I'm considering return it because of this
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For me it's not a big problem. I notice it but it is not annoying me. I hear it only when I'm concentrating on it. BTW just applied the new update and that didn't fix this issue.
appelflap said:
For me it's not a big problem. I notice it but it is not annoying me. I hear it only when I'm concentrating on it. BTW just applied the new update and that didn't fix this issue.
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oh good to know... cause I'm actually kinda wondering if this affects all devices or just a few. If it affects mostly all, i wont bother getting a replacement
Pitnefor said:
oh good to know... cause I'm actually kinda wondering if this affects all devices or just a few. If it affects mostly all, i wont bother getting a replacement
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Yeah, I've got it too - Doesn't fuss me though - only notice at night when i'm using it in bed
minooch said:
Yeah, I've got it too - Doesn't fuss me though - only notice at night when i'm using it in bed
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wow me too!
it's not so bad i guess
least i know the amp is turning off saving battery
I am having this issue also i have noticed it today i was in a quiete area. Is it an option that you can disable? I am afraid this will drain the battery
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I'm pretty sure this happens on all devices. I have this on all my phones, navigation units, clock radios...
Me, too, I just checked all electronical devices I have and they all have it. Though, it's so quiet, that I have to get closer to the speaker than I normally ever woult.
Is that different for the GN? Is it louder than "normal"?
Atreus said:
Me, too, I just checked all electronical devices I have and they all have it. Though, it's so quiet, that I have to get closer to the speaker than I normally ever woult.
Is that different for the GN? Is it louder than "normal"?
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my GN is defiantly louder than normal. I can hear it easily from almost any normal usage distance. It almost sounds exactly like the normal touch sounds so that I get confused and think I clicked on something
pretty sure it's the amp cutting off power to the speaker a few seconds after it makes a noise
Mine does it too. Simplest solution I've found is to turn off touch sounds. That way the speaker doesn't keep turning on and off so often. I would normally turn those sounds off anyway because they are annoying, so it's no biggie for me.
Only time I have noticed a speaker pop is going into recovery
Mine does this too.
Glad its not just mine!
yeah, i thought i was going crazy last night too, but i definitely have the same popping problem
its not very loud , but its there - i heard it when i was in my room cause it was dead silent. Whenever i played any type of sound file, you'd hear the little pop afterwards from the speaker =/
it kinda sucks with touch tones for the dialer cause it happens everytime you push a number
i wonder if google/samsung knows about this and if it can somehow be fixed through a SW patch just like the volume bug haha - cause this LOOKS like a HW issue again
Yes, I certainly also get this, my hearing is very sensitive, so something like this is very noticeable for me.
Even "turn off touch sounds" doesn't seem to stop it.
Bakedbread said:
i wonder if google/samsung knows about this and if it can somehow be fixed through a SW patch just like the volume bug haha - cause this LOOKS like a HW issue again
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I would guess it's just something as simple as properly muting the output to the speaker before turning it off. This should prevent the voltage spike from affecting the speaker.
Its not unique to the Nexus - it can potentially happen to anything with a speaker that isn't muted before turning off the amp.

Weird sound (everyone should report).Google page to report the issue

Hi guys,
If anyone can check for me.Please go to settings>sound>system>and enable touch sounds. Then just hit the back button.You can hear the "click" sound from the speaker or the headphones.After milliseconds you can hear and a "clack" sound from speaker or the headphones?Please do the test for me because i think i have defective device.
edit: page with the issue
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22307
Thanks a lot
Are you sure you are just not hearing the phone vibrate first? That what it sounds like to me.
El Daddy said:
Are you sure you are just not hearing the phone vibrate first? That what it sounds like to me.
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Go somewhere very silent.Its not the vibration.I can "hear" the vibration and lets say at the same time the "click" and after milliseconds the "clack"
I just hear the vibration and then the sound.
El Daddy said:
I just hear the vibration and then the sound.
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OK thanks a lot.So looks problem with the speaker of the device
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I bought two galaxy nexus units from unlocked-mobiles. They both do the clack sound, one just much louder than the other .
I can only hear it if I put my ear right beside the speaker with one unit but with the other unit, it's quite loud. I can clearly hear it from arm's length with this second unit.
If I plug in my headphones, I can barely hear the clack sound from both units. Therefore I think the clack sound is either part of "click" sound file or it's just the speaker terminating the "click" sound file. If you can hear it loudly, you either have a defective speaker or low quality headphones. Either way, it's annoying to hear on the one unit whose external speaker "clacks" loudly.
Samsung's quality control is pretty disappointing. The unit that "clacks" loudly has already suffered from the "sleep of death" twice, and I've only had these phones for 24 hours! I'm all the way in Canada and so it's a pain to mail the defective unit back to the UK.
mdh007 said:
I bought two galaxy nexus units from unlocked-mobiles. They both do the clack sound, one just much louder than the other .
I can only hear it if I put my ear right beside the speaker with one unit but with the other unit, it's quite loud. I can clearly hear it from arm's length with this second unit.
If I plug in my headphones, I can barely hear the clack sound from both units. Therefore I think the clack sound is either part of "click" sound file or it's just the speaker terminating the "click" sound file. If you can hear it loudly, you either have a defective speaker or low quality headphones. Either way, it's annoying to hear on the one unit whose external speaker "clacks" loudly.
Samsung's quality control is pretty disappointing. The unit that "clacks" loudly has already suffered from the "sleep of death" twice, and I've only had these phones for 24 hours! I'm all the way in Canada and so it's a pain to mail the defective unit back to the UK.
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Thanks a lot for the feedback.Both doing the same clack ****??So its not only me.By the way earphones are apple earphones,so its not low quality.I think that we may have more devices with click-clack!!!Guys check your devices.I ll call today, the reseller (expansys France) and I ll ask replacement because I have the device for just 6 days.
I ll post feedback later
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Ι hear that sound too but its barely noticeable...come on guys give us more feedback
DJTaurus said:
Ι hear that sound too but its barely noticeable...come on guys give us more feedback
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Expansys opened a case for replacement or service.I also called samsung and waiting their feedback during the day
Update:
Result. EVERYONE has this sound "clack". Just spoke with Samsung and this is how speaker works.No reason to worry.
Case closed
afilopou said:
Expansys opened a case for replacement or service.I also called samsung and waiting their feedback during the day
Update:
Result. EVERYONE has this sound "clack". Just spoke with Samsung and this is how speaker works.No reason to worry.
Case closed
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I definitely have it.. any fix mentioned?
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ChongoDroid said:
I definitely have it.. any fix mentioned?
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They mentioned no fix.They said this is how speaker works BUT i asked supercurio for this issue (he doesnt have the device, he just read the thread) and here the answer
"Looks like pop-in and pop-out.
Means through hardware design or sound driver design are not very good for this codec."
I wouldn't say case closed.
With one of my devices, it's hardly noticeable (which is the way it supposed to be) so I don't mind at all. With the other I can clearly hear it from arm's length so it's a problem.
mdh007 said:
I wouldn't say case closed.
With one of my devices, it's hardly noticeable (which is the way it supposed to be) so I don't mind at all. With the other I can clearly hear it from arm's length so it's a problem.
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Obviously.Case closed goes for my case .Its not so loud.But in your case you must ask for replacement. The think is that everybody has it (other lower and other louder) and google/samsung must look at it.Maybe the solution is "simple" as supercurio quote (codec) or harder (bad hardware).If the problem (yes its a problem, i had sgs1,htc desire hd,nexus s, sgs2 and none of them has this issue and believe me from day one i check for pixels, speaker quality etc etc) is hardware then google/samsung you have a problem
Hello guys this is also my fault if we want to call it, but on a page of code.google there is a page to know the problem at the big G.
Who has this problem can visit this page and present it.
Bye
lordarus said:
Hello guys this is also my fault if we want to call it, but on a page of code.google there is a page to know the problem at the big G.
Who has this problem can visit this page and present it.
Bye
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You have this issue?
Also in which page can report it?I am a daily user but i can report it
Regards
afilopou said:
You have this issue?
Also in which page can report it?I am a daily user but i can report it
Regards
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here is the case:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22307
Yes i have this issue, thanks for the page wollyka i forgot it for posting.
All I hear is the sound it's supposed to make, nothing after. I turned off vibration and held it right to my hear and tried loads of times... all I hear is the single touch sound!
They're called Touch Sounds, its a feature, and you disable them under the sound settings.
Settings>Sound> uncheck Touch sounds.
This isn't a new feature either...
Either:
a) I'm just lucky because I don't have it; or
b) You guys are incredibly stupid and don't realise that the first sound you can hear is the vibrate and the second is the touch sound which you turned on

Strange sound on vibration

Anyone has some weird noise on vibration? On my LG G3 the phone only vibrates, making a small noise, on the G4 it has a louder noise... Anyone can confirm?
slip666knot said:
Anyone has some weird noise on vibration? On my LG G3 the phone only vibrates, making a small noise, on the G4 it has a louder noise... Anyone can confirm?
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Yeap, i also noticed that but i dont think thats a defect or anything, just different noise and compared to the other issues users are facing thats nothing to be worried about.
samkle said:
Yeap, i also noticed that but i dont think thats a defect or anything, just different noise and compared to the other issues users are facing thats nothing to be worried about.
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It's defect... i've returned mine and got a new one with no strange sound on vibration!
slip666knot said:
It's defect... i've returned mine and got a new one with no strange sound on vibration!
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I guess your noise most have been very bad, I can on hear it when I put the phone on my ear or when it's dead quiet outside, just a slight kind of whistling noise
samkle said:
I guess your noise most have been very bad, I can on hear it when I put the phone on my ear or when it's dead quiet outside, just a slight kind of whistling noise
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I work with phones.. selling and repair, and mine was the vibrator slightly loose or anything plastic loose on the phone

Noisy vibration motor

Received my OP3 yesterday and immediately i noticed the vibration motor is kind of weak / noisy.
It makes some kind of rattling noise. Im not sure if this is normal or a defective unit so i was wondering if more people having the same issue.
Thanks :good:
Yeah, same here. It may have to do with the vibration intensity which may be set a bit high in OOS 3.1.2. But it's just my guess. You could try a ROM with a modifiable vibration intensity and see what the results are then.
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DonJuan89 said:
Yeah, same here. It may have to do with the vibration intensity which may be set a bit high in OOS 3.1.2. But it's just my guess. You could try a ROM with a modifiable vibration intensity and see what the results are then.
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Just seen the android authority review they state it as " Sub-par vibration motor ". I agree.
Somewhat agree, feel's very much like the same motor used in the opo. I don't actually mind it to be honest, phone may be silenced but instill can just about hear it when a notification comes in..
Yeah its not that much of a big deal, but im used to strong vibration motors i think i just have to get used to it
But it feels a little bit cheap on such a high end build
My S7E haptic feedback motor is strong but very muted/quiet. When I got my OP3 I immediately thought it was broken. It really disturbs me at the moment amd I hope I get used to it or find info about some units being defective so I can send it back for fixing.
Same here. But I had the side affect of knowing this behavior from my opo.
On my note 4 it was Better in terms of vibration intensity. The opo 3 is louder but generates less vibration. It feels and sounds cheap. Although I have to admit that for me it's not that big of a deal since I have my phone on the desk all the time and vibration for me is just a quieter way of informing me rather than having the sound on...
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zat0x said:
Received my OP3 yesterday and immediately i noticed the vibration motor is kind of weak / noisy.
It makes some kind of rattling noise. Im not sure if this is normal or a defective unit so i was wondering if more people having the same issue.
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I have the same issue. In fact it wasn't like this before. I like to set a very light vibration when I type and I've just noticed a hiss noise each time I press a button/key. I use OP 3 for a week and it definitely wasn't like this before this moment. It may be related to recent update I've got yesterday (but this seems unlikely), or the engine isn't so good than I thought. Anyway that's a bit disappointing. Is your vibration hissing too? I can hear it even at the lowest settings when the vibration barely noticeable but the noise is still present. Sounds very cheap, even my $100 Jiayu sounded better.
Mine feels the same, too rattly.
Do you think there are a few defective unites around or is it the same on all OP3's and a bunch of us are more sensitive to it than the rest?
I did take mine to the service center where they said that if the vibration motor was defective in any way, it would just not work at all and mine apparently has no issues.
mines noisy and kinda weak as well but i arranged with it just fine
I have the same issue too. The phone makes a rattling noise while vibrating and it is annoying!!
Ask for a replacement!!
I have this vibration issue too, but it occured after some weeks, not at day 1.
I did a service request, described the issue and sent it in.
After some days my OP3 came back, protocol said "no service needed, all test went fine".
Funny thing, the vibration issue was gone.
The next morning it was back again and now I'm in forum right now, looking for a solution...
Oh man, they used the same cheap and rattly vibration motor they used on the One, not the good one from 2. I just realized.

problem with vibration on pixel xl

Hi guys. I just started to using it today and came across very odd issue. The vibration seems to be broken. I can barely hear it working and cannot find an option to increase its intensity. Is anyone facing the same? It sound just ridiculous for a phone that expensive.
My vibrator seems to be working fine. Only had the phone for a day so far tho.
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Not sure how quiet it is for you, but I think they are all pretty quiet. If I had it sitting on a table I wouldn't hear it. If you root and use a elementalX kernel you can increase the intensity, makes a huge difference.
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gonzo237 said:
Not sure how quiet it is for you, but I think they are all pretty quiet. If I had it sitting on a table I wouldn't hear it. If you root and use a elementalX kernel you can increase the intensity, makes a huge difference.
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I am thinking about rooting it, and I regret I didn't do it first thing. After restarting the device the system message pops up a with "vibration intensity set to 70"...
boober78 said:
Hi guys. I just started to using it today and came across very odd issue. The vibration seems to be broken. I can barely hear it working and cannot find an option to increase its intensity. Is anyone facing the same? It sound just ridiculous for a phone that expensive.
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With me occurred the opposite.
I'm so disappointed about that issue.
I simply loved the phone, but on the second day of use the strange vibration noise started.
For sure, in my case, is a manufacturing defect.
The vibration motor seems to be broken. The vibration mode is so intense, that it seems to make a "scratchy" sound at the end of each vibration. It's almost like the vibration motor is loose or something inside the phone is loose and the vibration noise gets worse.
And the worst of all is that I imported the phone to Brazil, and now I don't have any idea how can I receive support to my phone.

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