can someone confirm, new speaker for dopod 818pro

[Munyuk81]

OK so as my previous post goes, my dopod 818pro's rear speaker went dead again. the 2nd time, and I've only been using it for 5-6 months now.

I just got back from the service center. and I was bumed when they say, that replacements speakers are out of stock and I had to wait for more or less a month before I can get it fixed. the person I met there didn't deny that there's been lots of problems with the speakers, he does said that the next batch of speakers will be a different one, and supposedly a better build speaker. and the first batch coming in to indo.

Can anyone outside of indo confirm that dopod is putting a new and better speaker.

don't take me wrong, I love my dopod. stable, and has good battery live. except short wi-fi range that I could live with.

And another thing, I use letter recognizer a lot. and it seems that the part of the LCD where I use to type a lot become less and less sensitive overtime. Anyone else having the same problem? or am I the only one?

[mrao]

my speaker went dead too..a few days ago...not that I use it much...only inconvenience for me right now is that I need to keep it in vibrate mode all the time..

[tower5]

.....uhm..
I Had problems with the earphone connector ( 2,5 mm stereo jack) ; in practise after a long use of the external earset , the internal loudspeaker was completely out of work....

I opened my prophet and I discovered thast the loudspeaker was ok but the problem was in a the very little contact inside the connector ; it was not able to close a serial contact . it is a critical point , in my opinion , and only after having opened the 2,5 female connector (!!) I was able to restart correctly the sound ; now everytime a connect the 2,5 male jack I'ma afraid....

[avangi]

My speaker went dead as well. I was suspecting the headphone jack because I had just used it.

However, I opened the phone, and also the black headphone jack socket casing. You are right, it is very vulnerable. But in my case it was working perfectly.

In fact when I closed the phone I realised that the phone was not remaining in headset mode after all...the front speaker (the one to hear conversations) works according to if the headset is plugged in or not.

Conclusion: there must be something wrong with the rear speaker itself. Any ideas where to source a new one?