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Question [Q] Stereo Speakers

Has anyone worked out how to pump the sound out of the front stereo speakers instead of the back one yet?

I've been fiddling with the recently re-appeared Sound Enhancer yet I still cant get any sound coming from the front!
 
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According to the comment on this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5W-aAspPA8
they are not actually speakers, just part of the design.

Surely it would be a bit strange to have stereo speakers on the front as well as a speaker on the back?
 
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Funny you should say that now, I just checked the HTC website and found nothing on the specs about it, but I've been reading everywhere else that there are front mounted stereo speakers in pretty much every review, which kind of makes sense for the design....

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A final note is also merited regarding the HD7's front-mounted stereo speakers.

- Engadget
And that's just one example. TechRadar, PocketNow and others are all saying the same thing. Ahhhh!
 
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Yeah I have read the same thing.
I dont have the phone ,so cant check it out.
Surely though if they were indeed stereo speakers there would be no need for trickery to get them to work.
I will admit thought the link I posted above is the only place I have read that they are NOT speakers.
 
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Hehe. Fair enough.

Mind you saying about trickery, half of the HTC apps havent been working up until today and even today some of them won't start up. So I'm hoping I've just missed something because the stereo speakers definitely would be a nice touch.
 
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Hi, speakers have magnets, check with something metal...for egz. needle, it's ligth, check first with back speaker if it works and then on the front...
 
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top front grill can lift a pin, bottom front grill the pin stays on my desk,

I cant decide if the pin is sticking to the top grill due to the strength of the magnet in the rear speaker, or if its due to a second speaker in the grill for when the phone is held to the users ear
 
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The needle test is not a good one. We know there is speaker at the top front for normal conversations yet my needle does not stick there at all.
 
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So it has speaker on the back for sure. Do you guys really believe that HTC mounted 3 loud speakers on that device?
 
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I would say there's only the one on the rear and the one for the earpeice.

So far I've noticed the grills tend to collect dust/dirt which is VERY annoying!!!


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