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xdaeire
30th August 2003, 06:57 PM
can anyone help with the following.....my mic will not work with any apps., ie...notes, fonix etc....but using the phone it works perfectly......so i assume that its not a hardware issue...i was using ser 1.2 when it occured, so i then flashed with a cooked rom from jeffs kitchen....but to no avail.....please..please help....its doing my head in!
Peter Poelman
31st August 2003, 11:06 AM
I'm sorry to say that it may well be a hardware issue after all: from what we know the microphone and speaker connect to both the phone and the PDA part seperately. If you flashed a whole new ROM and still have the problem, this would tend to indicate that the unit is broken.
xdaeire
31st August 2003, 11:10 AM
is it possible that the fault lies with the mic jack......?
xdaeire
31st August 2003, 11:12 AM
i should also mentiom that this occured several days after getting a car kit.....and i read in a post that the connector is not to robust......
Peter Poelman
31st August 2003, 11:18 AM
is it possible that the fault lies with the mic jack......?

Nothing is impossible, but I would think that would cause the mic to fail for both PDA and phone. But you can try fiddling with the connectors. Try to see if there's any metallic dust at the large connector, and try gently inserting and pulling the headphone a few times.

It could also be that a surge from the carkit blew the mic-amplifier to the PDA.

Sucks...
xdaeire
31st August 2003, 11:28 AM
i also noticed that in the car kit...the remote mic can be used by all apps...ie..i can record a voice note using the car kit.....so how does the car kit mic replace the local mic......
Peter Poelman
31st August 2003, 11:28 AM
so how does the car kit mic replace the local mic......

http://xda-developers.com/connectors
xdaeire
31st August 2003, 11:39 AM
it would appear that the xda mic is permanently in car kit mode...ie there is a problem with pin 1 on the connector........if this is the case......how easy...is it to repair....if at all....whats involved....[i know this is a dificult question to answer]...and is there a way to defanitely confirm this....eg...if i try using the mic on the supplied earpiece, and it works with all apps?