Simple cell phone low muffled sound fix !!

[quillcom]

Whew!

That was close. I almost went out to buy another phone when my sound went bad. Using google maps in the loud truck I had no problems hearing the directions until lately.

Using speaker phone was always loud and clear until lately. Even my ring tones were noticeably much harder to hear.

So I thought, ohh no the sound is going out, I must of dropped or banged it or got it wet one too many times. Welp, time for a new phone (I have a Moto Z3 'bout two years old).

The fix: Just take a toothbrush and brush over the speaker area and the a/c port and headphone jack area and this will in many cases do the trick.

It worked for me. My phone sound now seems louder than it ever did. Yahoo....

Toothbrush section starts around 1:20 in the vid. There are many other fixes in the vid if that did not help you.



They mention iphones, but this works on Androids too as my phone is an Android.

hth

 

[Sinister]

A guy I know using Google maps to get to a customer ended up stuck trying to turn around in someone's front yard after being on not one but TWO 8 ton roads.

Somehow he still works here. I bet the voice was rhe least of his problems.

Not sure why anyone would use Google maps in a truck for actual navigation.

I use Earth sometimes but that's just to check direction of entrances and exits and stuff.

 

[Duck]

The fix: Just take a toothbrush and brush over the speaker area and the a/c port and headphone jack area and this will in many cases do the trick.

Every once in a while the charger port on my phone gets pocket lint packed in all the way down, pushed to the back by the charger.

It makes it so the charger won't plug in all the way.

I turn the phone off, dig the lint out with a torch tip cleaner, then blast it out with the air compressor and a blow gun.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Every once in a while the charger port on my phone gets pocket lint packed in all the way down, pushed to the back by the charger.

It makes it so the charger won't plug in all the way.

I turn the phone off, dig the lint out with a torch tip cleaner, then blast it out with the air compressor and a blow gun.

Dear lord how filthy is your life?

 

[Duck]

Dear lord how filthy is your life?

Seeing as how you apparently never get lint in your pockets, I can only conclude that you wear pants that aren't made of cloth.

Spandex? Perhaps nylon track suits?

 

[quillcom]

I turn the phone off, dig the lint out with a torch tip cleaner, then blast it out with the air compressor and a blow gun.

Tried the air compressor over the speaker, no luck.

Tried restarting as some suggested no luck.

They even said resetting the apps might work. Didn't!

So I was skeptical when I saw the toothbrush solution. But when I kept seeing others hailing it, I gave it a go.

 

[quillcom]

Not sure why anyone would use Google maps in a truck for actual navigation.

Please.

We've discussed this on this forum how we will use GM for some runs and a dedicated truck gps on others.

 

[Duck]

Tried the air compressor over the speaker, no luck.

Tried restarting as some suggested no luck.

They even said resetting the apps might work. Didn't!

So I was skeptical when I saw the toothbrush solution. But when I kept seeing others hailing it, I gave it a go.

One thing I wouldn't recommend is blowing compressed air on a speaker.

Good thing it didn't blow out the woofer cone.

My compressor turns on at 120 psi & off at 155.

There's a little knob on the blow gun to turn it down but I only use it for delicate things, like when I get sawdust in my eyes.

 

[quillcom]

My compressor turns on at 120 psi & off at 155

Lol

I was sure you were talking about air in a can not a portable tank compressor.

 

[Duck]

Lol

I was sure you were talking about air in a can not a portable tank compressor.

Why buy a can of it when I have this machine in my shop that makes it?

 

[Electric Chicken]

Why buy a can of it when I have this machine in my shop that makes it?

Because a can isn't 150PSI with water in the bottom.

 

[Duck]

Because a can isn't 150PSI with water in the bottom.

Don't use air within a few minutes after the compressor has been running, and it'll be dry.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Don't use air within a few minutes after the compressor has been running, and it'll be dry.

That's not always true.

 

[quillcom]

Don't use air within a few minutes after the compressor has been running, and it'll be dry

You know that water problem is present in the cans too.

It will turn into frost right on your electronics if your not careful.

 

[quillcom]

Why buy a can of it when I have this machine in my shop that makes it?

Keep that redneck stuff out of here.

 

[Duck]

You know that water problem is present in the cans too.

It will turn into frost right on your electronics if your not careful.

That's condensation on the outside of the can.

Whenever you release a compressed gas from pressure, it's container gets cold. That's the basic principle used in air conditioning.

Likewise, compressing a gas into a container makes the gas hot. That's how a diesel engine works without spark plugs.

The frost on the outside of the can is from moisture in the air around it.

 

[389 Hood]

I only question anyone using a compressor without a moisture filter on it. You must hate your tools and anything that the compressed air is utilized by.

For those of us that supplement our income with the use of compressed air, we drain them daily, especially in a high humidity environment.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I only question anyone using a compressor without a moisture filter on it. You must hate your tools and anything that the compressed air is utilized by.

For those of us that supplement our income with the use of compressed air, we drain them daily, especially in a high humidity environment.

Nobody said anything about being unfiltered, but I agree.

We're talking in the context of blowing it into a cell phone speaker. I don't trust my drained and filtered compressor to be absolutely bone dry (or free from debris). You won't see me out there blowing my laptop clean with it either. An air tool is nowhere near that fragile.

Then again I also don't use canned air on sensitive things. I have an electric blower that stays in the house.

 

[389 Hood]

I use my compressor to blow the laptop clean all the time. It gets rid of the crumbs from me eating while perusing the sites, like I am now. I don't stick the nozzle into the MB or try to spin the fans faster than designed. I just clean out the heat sink, the screens and the keyboard.

In 9 years, it's still humming along just fine.

Oh shit, I hope I didn't jinx myself.

 

[Duck]

I only question anyone using a compressor without a moisture filter on it. You must hate your tools and anything that the compressed air is utilized by.

For those of us that supplement our income with the use of compressed air, we drain them daily, especially in a high humidity environment.

I've seen water vapor shooting out of blow guns when using brand new moisture traps. My opinion is they don't work, so why bother?