think u

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think you i have fix the sound on the phone grate work

Did the trick for a while, but eventually bad again. Upon closer look, I noticed the vibramotor was attached next to the speaker on the same mold. I always set vibration to max intensity, so I lowered intensity by half and it worked I tested it out on max and medium vibration and it went bad again using max vibration continuously. So it may be a good idea to lower intensity when you have issues.

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Thank you SO MUCH! Speaker is working like normal now after loosening the screw a bit

Great solution I knew it was mandatory to get your hands dirty but didn't think it was THAT easy.

Somehow the phone seems much more attractive now, I guess everyone (including myself) just got used to living with the sound coming and going.

Thanks a bunch!

PS: Used both methods, thanks both.

Worked this morning.. By the afternoon speaker was failing again, I have to push down the speaker to have sound again.. Cappy's speaker sucks


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Fixed mine! haha

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My phone's speaker keeps on dropping whenever I play music. In the beginning, it sounds as it is then after a short period it went gone but I can still hear it if I'll place the speaker close to my ear. It's like a cycle and I hate it because I wont be able to hear if there's a new message or if there's someone calling. If I compare the time period between the DEAD SOUND and the NORMAL SOUD, I'd say that the dead sound is 20 times longer!
Then I stumbled upon this thread but I dont have any tool to open the phone and I'm afraid that I might break it so I brought it to a technician and told him that this forum suggests to loosen up the speaker screw at the back. However, he recommended to reinsert the FLEX that connects the speaker and the board...then BOOM the speaker is awesome since then!

didnt work for me had to buy a replacement part

only thing Broke

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I dropped mine from the second story onto the parking lot and the only thing that went out was the loudspeaker, which I never use! that was a couple years ago, now the power button is acting up, if anyone has fixes for that Im listening!


love the Cappy!

Originally Posted by snoboarder071

I know there are thousands of people looking all over the web for a solution to their captivate's rear speaker cutting out and I am happy to report I have a solution for you! I searched all over these forums, all over google, and by the grace of God I somehow found this suggestion in a comment on a pointless YouTube video with around only a thousand views. But whatever! Here it is...

• Take off the back casing of your phone (it's not too difficult; here are the instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740022)
  
• Once you have the back all opened up you should see one lone screw remaining just to the left of the speaker
  
• Loosen the screw

That's it!!!!!!!! The guys' comment on YouTube said he noticed the screw was in so tight that that it was bending the circuit board and messing up the connection. Which makes sense to me because earlier I noticed that pushing down on the right side of the speaker (on the opposite side of the screw) seemed to help better than pushing anywhere else.

So stop listening to all the threads that say "just push on the speaker" or "get it repaired" or "just deal with it." I had jammed stuff in behind my back cover that was so thick it started to bend the metal, but it was always just a temporary fix. No pressure was ever enough pressure to get the speaker consistently working. Who knew the answer would be less pressure? Or that it would be so simple...

Now go fix your phone and enjoy!




UPDATE: If you are still having problems, try mithileshpatel007's fix from page two of this thread. Sounds like people have had luck with his method too. He suggests repositioning the speaker ribbon. The ribbon is located on the far right and can be seen going from the bottom of the speaker housing to a small terminal that may be covered by a piece of blue tape. Everything is so tiny that it sort of all looks like one piece but what you can do is...

• flip up a tiny black latch (bottom of the terminal)
  
• reposition or remove + replace the ribbon (enters at the top of the terminal). There isn't much slack, but try to get it as far in there as possible

PLEASE BE CAREFUL! The ribbon is tiny and pretty stiff and some people have reported problems just getting their phone open, much less playing around. Remember this is a tiny device made to do big things so it's not as durable as your GameBoy Color! Handle with care.

Now came across this fix. Amazing too seeing it been here for a long time. and i've been on the forum for two years now (just used to read as guest) I'm going to try this to see what happens. Hope it works

Awesome thread! Had a friend with a cappy mention this problem the other night. Will give it a shot.

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