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In my new Samsung Galaxy s7 edge I put by mistake the pin for the hole of the storage of the SIM card instead of there to the hole of the microphone who is near . Do you believe I have damaged the microphone ? How can I realize it ? Update (05/01/2016) Anybody could commend about the waterproof situation after that action mentioned above ?
You did not damage the microphone. Both the holes for both of the mics face downwards for the actual mics themselves. There is one on the I/O board where the USB is, this one is for when you have the phone up to your ear talking on the phone. The mic at the top is located on the board itself and is for the loudspeaker function such as speakerphone. If you want to test to see if the mic works then simply type in your keypad *#0283# and this will take you to an audio test screen, from there click the second one down from the top, it should say something like “SPK mic” or “2nd mic”, then just speak into it and if you hear yourself then it works. As for the water resistance, I highly doubt that you damaged any water water resistance. Both of these mics have the same setup, under the mic holes is a rubber grommet and literally all but flush with the holes with the mics themselves is the water resistant mesh. That being said, both of meshes are parallel with the phone. They aren’t where the outside hole is, but in the hole and upwards if that makes sense. Just to make sure it does, when you stuck the SIM ejector in, it went in parallel with the mesh rather than into the mesh. So you’re good.
i dont think so, i do the same and mi mic is working perfectly, actually tested both mic with an app (dont remember the name) the mic is not pointed straight to the hole, is oriented as an “L”
I did it with a safety pin.. my bad :( btw the above mentioned Mic test came out positive… happy S7 Edge
What’s the story on this and the S8, S8+, and the Note 8? Ok for sim popper/paperclip to accidentally go through the top Mic port without damage to these phones mics or water resistance or not? I’ve asked Samsung, tech repair of different companies etc. Most that say something really off-the-cuff the hand say either that the mic and/or waterproofing is damaged or that it needs to be sent in for evaluation to ensure that the water resistance still working as the mic test can be performed by the user. However this in the repair people that actually responded that they took apart the phones and inserted pins down the back of them while looking at this frame said that it would be almost impossible to damage the mic or the sick rubber gaskets. There is no mention about mesh. However nobody has provided pictures to prove one way or the other. To me it would be a very stupid and ignorant design on Samsung’s part to put a hole up top that could be damaged by the same pin that could be fit in the other hole next to it, as part of engineering is expecting people to do dumb things, and ensuring that such things do not cause repair problems that could easily have been avoided. Yet one way or the other there is no definitive proof as of yet. Pick your poison.
I did the same thing. Fortunately, mic seems to be pretty fine. But I can’t deny I felt something when poked and damaged something. Shake(or swing) your phone, then you will hear something rolling(rattling) inside your phone. Have no idea what it really is.
On hands free people don’t hear me very well, only just hear, I put a pin in the mic hole to clear any debris but still nothing.
Check to see if it works, it probably does. You have probably obliterated any waterproofing though.
Are all phones and tablet phones mics same structure? I did the same mistake by poking the wrong hole to my new Huawei Mediapad M3 and I felt so bad. So far still no any mic functioning issue yet. Just still have a lot of doubts and worries. Can anyone solve my doubts?
I had this same problem and I have a question, is the top mic suposed to be more quiet than the bottom mic or it could be possible that I just damaged it?
I done my test on my Samsung s10. I used the audio test screen after typing the # then the numbers. I tested on the 2nd one down. I could hear my voice back but it was very quiet and I could hardly make out what it was saying. I only really knew what it was saying sometimes because I’d just spoke into it. Is my mic broken. I’ve got a voice recorder on the phone and its clear and I have no problems with calls. This could mean my bottom mic is good though. I really don’t know. Help anyone?
I have same problem on my galaxy c 5 mic not working on speaker mode but when i do factory reset problem solve temporarily pls give me some
I took my phone into the Samsung store where they have professionals there to do all the checks and fix your phone. I took it in and they told me that they were going to do a full check up and fix everything and to come back in a couple of hours. When I went back they said everything was fixed and the phone was fine now. When I got it home the mic was still not working and all I had done was get my phone wiped clean. Useless. All that messing around by so called professionals and all I got was a phone that was still faulty and I got all my stuff wiped off my phone for nothing. Some professionals! Really disappointed with Samsung.
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