I-Mate speaker blown

[zilla1126]

The speaker on my I-mate appears to have "blown". Sound still comes out of it but it is a bit distorted and the volume is low. When using a plug in heatset the sound is fine; so I do not feel there is an electronic or software problem.

So.... How can I get this fixed? Are there replacement parts available?

Thanks for any help.

btw, I am in the U.S.

[Rayan]

Hi,

I experimented sort of the same problem.

It turned out that it was the speaker connectors because they where not making solid contact with the motherboard. As you can see on the walthrough, the speaker is not soldered to the motherboard, instead HTC used a spring mechanism that conntects the speaker to the motherboard when assembled. Over time, some devices tend to loose this solid contact so the speaker starts to loose it's power and eventually fail. However, there is a way to fix it yourself if you already ran out of warranty and if you like to take things apart... :)

Here's my walkthrough: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=8525&highlight=

Good luck!
Rayan

[Persephone]

This is great Rayan !! I _will_ try it and let you know.

My speaker stopped working full stop a week ago. At least the vibrating mode is fully operational but, of course, this has nothing to do with the speaker's functionality.

A colleague suggested getting a bluetooth headset for operating the phone through it, in case there is no solution to the speaker problem.
I do not know whether anyone tried this alternative but if they have, I would like to know if it worked (just to get a feeling of whether there is a workaround solution too).

Thank you Rayan.
K.

[Persephone]

I did it ! Success