[SOLVED] Replace Defy Earpiece

wizard123 · Mar 15, 2011

I would agree Shadow except for people who either have no support for the device or their devices are out of warranty, which is the reason i posted the how to as motorola claimed my device was out of warranty.

scrannel · Mar 15, 2011

I believe there is yet another post (on this forum) where someone repaired their earpiece merely by slipping a couple of pieces of "foil" into the contact area claiming the speaker is not defective at all, but the contact area can be insufficient. Which seems borne out by those who were twisting their phones and temporarily getting their speakers to work. Also, one of the pieces you took out (again, yet another post) should be replaced and not reused.

wizard123 · Mar 15, 2011

scrannel said:
I believe there is yet another post (on this forum) where someone repaired their earpiece merely by slipping a couple of pieces of "foil" into the contact area claiming the speaker is not defective at all, but the contact area can be insufficient. Which seems borne out by those who were twisting their phones and temporarily getting their speakers to work. Also, one of the pieces you took out (again, yet another post) should be replaced and not reused.

Yes as i did say earlier the contact area is very poor, but i did attempt to fix this before replacing the earpiece but it was a no go and found as some others have that if you blow hard into the actual earpiece ( blowing the metal plate inside the earpiece back into contact with itself inside would cause it to work again for a few seconds ) leading me to believe there may actually be 2 issues with these not one single problem.

scrannel said:
Also, one of the pieces you took out (again, yet another post) should be replaced and not reused.

Interested to know what this piece is as i have no issues since repairing the phone.

Cheers

scrannel · Mar 15, 2011

wizard123 said:
Interested to know what this piece is as i have no issues since repairing the phone.

Cheers

Hey Wizard, can't recall where I saw this, maybe have just been the gasket. And you probably don't have to even take that out.

wizard123 · Mar 15, 2011

Ahh yea if your talking about the red rubber gasket around the edge of the casing it stays where it is no need to remove it

scrannel · Mar 16, 2011

wizard123 said:
Ahh yea if your talking about the red rubber gasket around the edge of the casing it stays where it is no need to remove it

As I recall, it is supposed to be replaced if the "seal" is broken (opened). In other words even if not removed. Which is usual precaution for a rubberized gasket. But, that's probably if you take it for a shower often.

SimboXXX · Mar 16, 2011

Thanks for the tutorial. If i can get hold of one of those SE earpieces, I will give it a go, rather than send it off to service.

wizard123 · Mar 16, 2011

SimboXXX Thanks for the tutorial. If i can get hold of one of those SE earpieces, I will give it a go, rather than send it off to service.

No problem hope all goes well for you, like i said the info i supplied is simply an attempt to help others with the same problem as there was nothing else floating around on the net that i could find helpful.

mikkiespi · Mar 17, 2011

Thanks

wizard123 said:
No problem hope all goes well for you, like i said the info i supplied is simply an attempt to help others with the same problem as there was nothing else floating around on the net that i could find helpful.

Thanks wizard123

This is a very usefull information.
Motorola told me, that my defy is out of warranty because i changed the room, so this is my only solution.
I manage to open the defy and try to fix the original earpiece with no luck...so i just order the SE earpiece yesterday...thanks to your info i will try to repair it.

I will let you know if it works after

As i said before, thanks for your usefull info.

Miguel
Spain

SimboXXX · Mar 17, 2011

@wizard123
I found this earpiece locally, it looks different from the one in your pictures. It is also more expensive than the model you used but I can't get that one locally (still only cost a couple of quid). I can't tell from the picture, though, whether it has the springy connectors.

JostVice · Mar 17, 2011

This sounds interesting, because if motorola's new phones keep failing, the only solution can be this, but does it work correctly? any problem?

technome · Mar 18, 2011

A couple of updates:

I'm tracking my Defy through Motorola's repair facility and it's now in final testing with the fault showing as "Audio-earpiece-no". This in spite of a non-standard ROM being loaded. I'll hopefully get back early next week.
I ordered a couple of K850i earpieces just in case and they arrived today. One appears to have a piece glued to it. Pictures below. If it fails again I'll repair it myself!

wizard123 · Mar 20, 2011

SimboXXX said:
@wizard123
I found this earpiece locally, it looks different from the one in your pictures. It is also more expensive than the model you used but I can't get that one locally (still only cost a couple of quid). I can't tell from the picture, though, whether it has the springy connectors.

The connectors on that look ok should be fine to use from my experience

wizard123 · Mar 20, 2011

JostVice said:
This sounds interesting, because if motorola's new phones keep failing, the only solution can be this, but does it work correctly? any problem?

Since i repaired mine myself with the sony ericsson earpiece i can say i have had no issues at all, the quality is crystal clear better than the original imho.

Semseddin · Mar 20, 2011

I've fixed mine but i kept the original earpiece cause it should be wiser to use original part instead using parts from other brands. What i did briefly, putting some solder on top of the speaker connections so the contacts would have no problem.

IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM, NO NEED TO SEND THE PHONE TO MOTOROLA IF YOU'RE OUT OF WARRANTY.

ps : check the resistance of the original speaker first to see if it works. If it doesn't, then find a K850 or whatever earpiece

wizard123 · Mar 20, 2011

Semseddin said:
ps : check the resistance of the original speaker first to see if it works. If it doesn't, then find a K850 or whatever earpiece

Well said, as i stated before i believe there are two issues ( some with contact problems and some with actual faulty earpieces ) although worthy of noting that my earpiece showed up fine on resistance test but still didnt work unless blown into very hard ( seemed as tho the front plate inside the earpiece was loose ) so still needed replacing.

I also kept the original even tho moto says out of warranty

danielck78 · Mar 20, 2011

I have an old Sony Ericsson K800. Do u think the earpiece will work on defy?

wizard123 · Mar 21, 2011

danielck78 said:
I have an old Sony Ericsson K800. Do u think the earpiece will work on defy?

No the K800 earpieces are too chunky and short to fit into the defy.

mikkiespi · Mar 23, 2011

Thanks wizard

wizard123 said:
No the K800 earpieces are too chunky and short to fit into the defy.

I fixed my defy following your tutorial...i bought K850i and i replaced the motorola earpice, it works perfect...i think even sounds better than the motorola earpice.

Thanks again!!

wizard123 · Mar 26, 2011

Exellent, really glad this walk through has help people ( i too found the call quality to be an improvement to the original ) no problem, just a shame a mod has not stickied this thread so it dont get lost for others

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