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2010-05-30
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I have always had a problem with the call volume on my N900. Usually I would have to switch to speakerphone because I wouldn't be able to hear through the normal speaker.
I noticed that applying pressure just to the left of the speaker hole with my finger would fix the problem. But when I removed my finger, the sound would go bad again. A number of people on this forum have reported similar problems.
After disassembly I discovered that the speaker isn't behind the speaker hole. Rather, the speaker is to the left of the speaker hole, *exactly* where I had to apply pressure to hear sound.
The electrical connection to the speaker isn't a wire. The speaker has two gold spring arms that extend up and make contact with two gold pads on the other half of the phone when assembled. (see pic).
I bent the arms up at a sharper angle to hopefully increase the contact force between the arms and the opposing pads. The result is that I no longer have any trouble hearing people during a call.
DO NOT DISASSEMBLE YOUR N900 UNLESS YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING
It is very easy to break a lot of things in there.
This is, IMHO, a build-quality issue.
EDIT: other posts concerning this same issue:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=46581
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=42227
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=41646
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=37590
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6063
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2010-05-30
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ever heard about warranty? three guys out of 100000+ doesn't seem to be alarming.
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2010-05-30
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Thanks for sharing this! I am having the exact same problem as well. 2 Questions if I may :
1. Did you follow any guide on how to disassemble etc? ( I am taken my N73 and N95 apart many times, but the N900 will be a 1st)
2. Did you throw away to screws and used new ones?
Thanks!
Edit : I have no warranty so I got nothing to lose.
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