thanks so far guys. i found the problem. same problem as listed here:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...andset+speaker

so i attempted to fix it as per the diagram... and truly screwed the phone. The casing was much harder to get off, so part of the plastic broke. Two of the screws were extremely tight, they ended up stripped. So I had to drill them out. Reassemble, and the touch screen wont work. The screen works, but doesnt respond to touch. Also cracked the glass in front of the screen somehow.

New phone time