If you care to take the time to read my previous posts you will find that I fully understand that the speakers shutoff when not in use, and the sound only happens when they are active.When nothing is playing? If nothing is playing and you have speaker noise than you have a completely different issue. Most people here are talking about speaker noise while music is playing at various volume levels. If yours just makes noise while nothing is playing I would return it ASAP.
Did you get yours in the mail or via a retail location? If it was the mail... Actually I won't go there right now, been making too many waves as it is so I will go back to the shadows. Speaker noise out of speakers while NOT playing and NOT near max volume can mean several things, a blown speaker is one cause but there are others...
The reason I ask if anybody has no high pitched whine when on max brightness is that when on max brightness the high pitched whine is gone (or inaudible to human hearing) when the speakers are active on my device. My friend who I mentioned previously does in fact keep his Nexus on max brightness, so that is probably why his made less noise when compared to mine. Although, I am beginning to feel that my is in fact operating "normally".
So, as a quick "fix" just turn your screen on max brightness if the noise is bothering you, and if you are in a dark room and the screen is too bright on max settings, you just have to choose the lesser of two evils (or wear headphones).
Furthermore, I do not believe you understand the issue many of us are discussing here. This has nothing to do with blown speakers. The noise that we are all describing can only be heard clearly at low volumes as it is a background noise only present when the speakers turn on. Please, read through the thread thoroughly before posting irrelevant information.
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