{"id":1153,"date":"2015-03-13T20:43:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T20:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerdorturd.com\/webdevelopments\/nerdorturd\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2017-02-17T20:33:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T20:33:44","slug":"solved-samsung-galaxy-s4-microphone-faultynot-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nerdorturd.com\/webdevelopments\/nerdorturd\/solved-samsung-galaxy-s4-microphone-faultynot-working\/","title":{"rendered":"[SOLVED] – Samsung Galaxy S4 Microphone Faulty\/Not Working"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy S4 with a broken microphone which I was hoping to fix. When I made phone calls I had to put the loudspeaker on every time so the other person could hear me as the other microphone used without the loudspeaker was not functioning. I purchased a new ribbon cable with a microphone and charging port and replaced it. I then tried to charge the phone and got the following message on the phone:<\/p>\n

Info: Charging paused. Battery temperature too low.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The device would not charge at all due to this error. So I then put the original ribbon cable with the old microphone and charging port back in the device and re-tested. The phone would charge as normal. The microphone was still faulty.<\/p>\n

I did try cleaning the mic port with a small pin\/needle and this did clear some dirt away but this still did not solve the problem<\/p>\n

I then tried a full factory reset on the phone doing this by pressing the<\/p>\n

power button + home button + Volume up button (whilst the phone is off.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can the do a full factory reset – I believe this is different from the one in the “settings” on the phone as I tried that and the microphone still would not work.<\/p>\n

I found that when a full factory reset was done by holding the above buttons down and completing the factory reset and making a phone call the microphone started to work again.<\/p>\n

So my beliefs so far is that the microphone issue is actually a software problem with Android OS or possibly an application conflicting with the microphone.<\/p>\n

So from doing this the microphone is fully working again and the problem is solved.<\/p>\n

I hope this helps someone else with the same issues.<\/p>\n

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Some extra photos that you may find useful:<\/p>\n

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