Originally Posted by phreck

Ok, so here it goes....

First and foremost, i am a huge fan of this phone, and the idea as a whole of the N900, and Maemo5. By giving us a phone that is largely developed by the community and unlocked we have many doors already open that the other platforms struggle to either open, or continue to try to keep open. Nuff said about that.

Now onto my problem, which i have several ideas as to how to fix (but am too nervous to try). over the past few weeks i have noticed that call audio while using the handset will cut out, or volume will decrease severely to where the call is either inaudible, or barely audible. I have found that by pressing the device firmly to my ear in a certain manner, that the audio returns, sometimes to the quality and volume i expect, sometimes to lesser degrees.

Obviously i am having a hardware issue. Some ribbon cable in the slider, or possible the speaker built into the slider itself. Does anyone have any ideas as to how to fix, or has anyone had a similar problem? Im all for getting my hands dirty and tearing this thing down to its naked bits to diagnose, but i figured i would ask the community for advice, tips, and tricks before doing so.... After all thats what the community is here for right =P

Thanks in advance for any help or speculation, and have a great day!

Originally Posted by ABerri

Phreck: You aren't alone. My wife and I both have the same exact problem. Different amounts of pressure yields different results and it's as if there is a loose wire somewhere in the phone. I still don't know what to do but I've gotten used to it to the point where from now on I'm always making sure I press super hard while taking calls. My wife on the other hand has given up and just uses speaker phone from now on.

I don't know if this noise cancellation has anything to do with it. Here is a link where someone else talks a little more in depth about it:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=37590&page=2

Let me know if you find a solution to this. I have yet to reflash my phone but I doubt that will fix the problem as others have said it didn't help them and some have said the problem went away after doing a fresh reflash with the new firmware update.

Originally Posted by davidian

I had the same problem. Took it to a repair center and they changed the speaker. Just got my phone back today, seems to be working. Still haven't made many calls so can't be 100% sure. I had a similar issue with my Nokia 5800 and changing the speaker helped on it.