Poking a few holes in the speaker

Can poking a few holes in the speaker to make it louder hurt the phone…I have seen on the discussion boards that is a remedy…

Short answer is yes, it can.
Long answer is that the speaker is a piece of foam that moves air to make sound. By poking the holes in it you give it the ability to flex more, thus move more air. However, this also adds to the instability of the speaker increasing the chances of it damaging itself during the flex. If you poke holes that are too large or are too frequent the speaker will literally tear itself apart during the flex.

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After the 10.9.4 update, ssh no longer worked until I poked a firewall hole for sshd-keygen-wrapper

I upgraded two of my Macs, a Mac Mini, A, and a MacBook Air, B, to OS X 10.9.4, using Software Update. After that, I could no longer ssh from A to B, but ssh from B to A worked fine. After some poking around for differences, I then noticed that in Mac B, I had made an exception for /usr/libexec/sshd-keygen-wrapper in System Preferences: Security & Privacy: Firewall: Firewall Options. When I deleted and re-added that, ssh from A to B worked again.
But on A, I have no such "hole" in the firewall, yet ssh from B to A works fine. What is going on?
I no longer recall whether I had myself initially added that sshd-keygen-wrapper setting on B... and why exactly I had got the (perhaps incorrect) idea that it is needed. (But if it is, why would one have to add it manually, and wht does ssh from B to A work fine without it?)

Let me add that Mac A is the machine I am physically logged in on, and I did the check sshing from B to A in a Remote Desktop session, so the situation is not entirely symmetrical.

Plug in the Speaker Jack to headphone hole

hey , i wanna know about Can it be harmful my macbook pro which i will connect the speaker 200W real 3.5mm jack into the headphone hole of my macbook pro? if its harm full how can i connect my speaker to my macbook in safe connection without any harmfull and risky way.

You can do that without any harm.

Dust in the speaker holes

Has anyone else noticed a lot of dust in the speaker holes in the new macbook pros? I found an example on the internet to show what it looks like:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2008/10/2008-macbookpro-review-2.ars/3

If you live in a dusty environment then you will find your computer gets dusty, W M R.
If this occurs you will find cleaning it is helpful.
That isn't a new Mac that you linked to the picture of, by the way (more than a year old), rather than a "new macbook pro".
I see that it seems to be surrounded by food for some reason. An apparently open packet of crisps straddling the older Apple keyboard on side and a jar of pickles or somesuch on the other! Clearly the reviewer was a bit of a food freak. Perhaps what the picture depicts is the residue of some now eaten Turkish Delight or some sort of foodstuff coated with a sugary substance? Some sort of white powder, anyway!
You don't say whether you are suffering from this problem yourself, or whether you are just curious. Regardless, I think we can assume that the computer in the photo was in the possession of someone who was a tad careless when it came to the possibilities of contamination of one kind or another.
I should also add that, despite visiting this forum pretty much daily for quite some time I am not aware of a single other query about the issue of dusty speaker grills on MBPs! I think we can assume that it is not a serious issue for the majority of owners, and that the photo you have selected comes from an untidy atypical user who likes to chuck his or her food around a bit more than is desirable in close proximity to any computer!
Cheers
Rod

The speaker is used when im using my phone in speaker phone mode or listen to music.This speaker is only the right side hole and the left one is mic

The speaker is used when iam using my phone in speaker phone mode or listen to music.This speaker is only the right side hole and the left one is micophone?

Correct. As indicated in response to your duplicate post.
Stedman

TS1574 I have a MacBook in which the in speaker mutes automatically for few seconds and the sound comes back. even when I am not playing any kind of video or audio the speaker icon on the on the dock shows the speaker muting and coming back. how can I res

the speaker of my macbook mutes all at a sudden for few seconds automatically and comes back even the speaker icon which is on top right side of the computer also shows mute at this point. and when the volume of the speaker is pressed at this moment it shows locked symbol of the speaker. Kindly help how to resolve this. I am not sure but recently I did install leopard to upgrade my computer does this effect the problem with my speaker.

This is all most unfortunate...from what I read in your post you have covered everything that can be done at your end....something is damaged on the Logic Board it sounds like...as to how much it would cost only the people that end repairing will know after it is diagnosed....take it in...tell them what you have found and tried so far...maybe that will help narrow down the problem...
Good Luck....

I sound like I'm in a tunnel when speaking on iPhone? I've had my phone a few months. The problem started suddenly.

I soundl like I'm in a tunnel when speaking on iphone people say. I've had my Verizon iphone 4s since February and problem started 2d ago. I synced, turned off bluetooth, restarted, recharged. Any suggestions?

Have you by any chance covered the little hole at the top of the phone or is there any dirt in it?

Faulty/stuck power button again! Who was the genius that located the ear-jack hole with the "Liquid Contact Indicator" at the top of the iPhone, so perspiration can accumulate and void the warranty

My Power button is stuck again...... like many, many other owners....like two of my previous iPhones. According to the Genius at the Genius Bar in Reno, Nv., my warranty is void because the LCI which is located in the ear-jack hole on the top, has come in contact with moisture/humidity/sweat. My iPhone has never been dropped or wet. My iPhone4s is in pristine conditon and is in great working order except for the "stuck" power button, but because of a poor quality and location of the ear-jack hole, my warranty has been voided. Everything I have is Apple. The Rep/Genius in Reno while fullly aware on the chronic power button problems, tried to put the stuck button on an exposure to moisture. He said, "It doesn't matter if mositure didn't cause the button to stick or not. Your warranty voided because of the Liquid Contact Indicated turned color. Of course, the "power/sync" hole LCI is perfect. Thank you Apple! I think I'll refuse my iPhone5 delivery on Friday and go buy a "Droid" phone.
Hey, who out there wants to buy my new iPhone5 when it gets to me on Friday???

Thanks for your reply. I too would not rule out moisture damaging the power button, but ...
I guess was being too subtle. My points are:
1. "Stuck" power buttons is a known issue/problem and Apple has been dealing with it since the first iPhone. This is quality problem. The evidence is with other users all around us and all over the web.
2. The "sweat" issue is a design problem and should've been addressed long before the release of the iPhone5 in a few days. Yes, they moved iPhone5's headphone-jack to the bottom/underneath of the iPhone. To say that the "sweat" issue is the users' fault is like saying, Apple iPhones should only be sold to swine or other mammals without sweat glands. We're talking about as little as one drop from someone's temple running down the headphone-jack opening while one is engadged with a phone call. That's all it takes to change the color of the LCI.
3. Also I wanted to make my complaint public on this forum and not Facebook, hoping to both, not only catch the eye of an Apple lurker, but let others know of the danger of speaking on their iPhones while out in the sun, high humidity or driving a car with the top down....... my point being, even the free AT&T Go Phones have protection against the slightest elements.
4. I paid close to $700 for this iPhone4s 64G less than a year ago. I don't like being dismissed with a cut and dry, cookie-cutter answer from a 20yr old without reasonable explanation and then be shoo'd out the door. "Next?"
5. I love Apple products and I'm glad the new release has addressed the jack/perspiration problem although I know there were other factors involved in the decisions to not move/move it.

My ipod touch 4g is turning up or down by itself, and the speaker icon wont go away

Okay this first started yesterdy morning, when my ipod touch4g was acting funny it wouldnt turn off, so i thought if i plugged it in it would fix itself, so i thought restoring would help it,made it worse it started turning off and on apple logo came on a few times, now i got it where i can turn it off and on okay but now i cant seem to controle the volume, and the speaker icon is showing and wont go away, and when i try turning it down when i play a song or a video, it will turn back up by itself, or it will turn down by itself,
what would be the best way to fix this without taking it in? the nearest apple store is dallas and i dont wanna spend all the money in gas to go up there, and then see what arm and leg i gotta cut off to get them to fix it.
should i restore and resync it one more time or should i start saving for a new ipod along with the new computer im needing?

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

HT4623 My Iphone 5 is experiencing terrible speaker issues - the speakers are busted I do believe. I had a software update on Saturday May 11 - which said it was for the speaker phone, but to no avail... I still cannot use my speaker phone.

I am so disgusted with the new Iphone 5 and the speaker quality. I was using the speaker phone a few days ago, and it started to sound like I had poor signal and poor reception. I later discovered, it was the speaker itself. It has apparently burst.
I then got a notice of a software update specifically for the speaker phone - on Saturday, May 11, 2013. I downloaded the update, and it is still terrible. I cannot use the speaker phone nor use the speakers in any capacity.
To have paid this much for such a wonderfully technical piece of equipment - to find it cannot perform the simplest task of delivering quality speaker tones. It is inaudible.
I am not going to purchase another Iphone. Sadly, I have been an avid IPhone user since they first came out, and have always purchased the newest version. The Iphone 5 will be my last IPhone.
My daughter has the Galaxy 4S, and I am very impressed.
Sorry Apple, you have dropped the ball. A phone this advanced should be able to have the simplest of features work properly... any cell phone has good speaker phone capabilities...except for the Iphone 5.
Signed, a very disappointed Iphone 5 customer.

This is a user to user help forum only so doubtful if anyone here is going to lose any sleep.
If you think android devices never have a hardware problem or failure, you are delusional.
Be sure to purchase an run antivirus on those android devices since you will need it. Android is the mobile equivalent of Windows in regards to security or severe lack thereof.

Accessing the "speaker phone" during a call.

Once I am in a call, how do I activate the speaker phone? While on the call, the "keypad" shows, but there seems to be no way to turn on the speaker phone. The only time I can put my call on the speaker is before I connect with the party I am calling. Many a time in the past few days, especially while "on hold" it would have been easier to lay the phone down and turn the speaker on. I can't do that once in the call.

Phil:
You show two screens. Let's call them the "black" screen and the "white" screen.
When I go into "contacts" and I select a person I want to call in my contact list, and I use the little phone icon in the contact list to initiate the call, then the black screen shows up and stays active, and I can go to "speaker phone" by touching the speaker icon during the call if I want.
However, if I make a call for a person or business I want to call, using the phone number I found on their business card or their website, (they are not in my contact list) and I use the large green phone icon of the phone app to start the call, I get the white screen, and then,if I want to switch to the speaker phone, I can't get there. There seems to be no way to get back to the black screens once a phone call is started.
Also, thank you all others for responding to my issue.

Should my iPhone 1 (iOS 3.1.3) with Bluetooth 2.0 (Handset HSP?) work with wireless earbuds with BT 4.0 and the Headset (and Handsfree, A2DP, AVRCP) protocol? They pair and connect; status bar looks good. But audio always comes out the speaker. Thx.

Should my iPhone 1 (iOS 3.1.3) with Bluetooth 2.0 (Handset HSP?) work with wireless earbuds with BT 4.0 and the Headset (and Handsfree, A2DP, AVRCP) protocol? They pair and connect as expected (with a PIN); status bar looks good and shows Bluetooth active, and I even see the iPhone displays the battery levels of the wireless earbuds. But audio always comes out the speaker. (If I plug in wired headphones into the headphone jack then audio comes into the wired headphones, as expected.) I have rebooted the iPhone; I have had it forget about the wireless earbuds, and repaired and reconnected; I have reset all network settings. Thx in advance.
PS: I understand that more recent versions of iOS have a way to choose where audio output goes (speaker, headphone jack, Bluetooth device). Does this older version of iOS? I could not find an option or setting.

I've noticed this lately as well, with my iPhone 4. I couldn't confidently pin it directly on any particular iOS update, but my iPhone used to automatically connect up via Bluetooth with my Prius's handsfree feature, and now it doesn't. I work with a CE-based device at my job, with Bluetooth capability, and I used to test out that feature by having it discover my iPhone. This no longer works either.
What I have found (not really a solution, but it does work and may be a clue for Apple) is that if I simply go to the Settings app then the General -> Bluetooth screen and let it sit there, it will pair right up with my car within a few seconds. Bluetooth is always on, and always says "Now Discoverable" at the bottom of the settings screen.

What is the new hole on the face of the iPhone 4S for?

Above the screen of an iPhone 4 you find a long horizontal hole used as a speaker to place next to your ear. The iPhone 4S has an additional horizontal hole above the "ear speaker". What is this new hole for?
Wild guess.. A second microphone for noise cancellation (so Siri or the person you are speaking to can hear better in a noisy place)?
In any case.. (a pun) you might want to avoid buying an iPhone screen film cover that doesn't have the new cutout for the new hole

I don't see a "hole" on the black iPhone 4s images on the Apple web site. Best guess is that this is not a hole but a sensor of some kind (proximity, light level, whatever). I don't expect a screen shield to significantly impact it's functionality.

IPhone 5 left side of the speaker blew out

Just recently, my iPhone 5 speakers sounds a bit distorted or something. It sounds like only one side is playing and not the other. it sounds like the speaker was blown out. anyone know any solutions? nothing silly, i know iPhone 5 only has one speaker, but only one side of the speaker is working? the other side is not playing music at all. Does this Have to Do with Hardware or the Software? Please help!!

Does it play normally with headphones connected (can you hear both the left & right channels)? If so, try connecting/disconnecting the heaphones from the device a few times. Also try rotating the headphone plug back and forth a few times. Sometimes, dust/lint will get lodged in the headphone jack and prevent the contacts inside from working properly. When the headphones are removed from the jack, contacts inside the jack enable the speaker. This could be where the problem lies.

IPod plays music through the speaker on the back

Hi,
My new iPod nano 5th generation seems to play music through the back speaker for the camera and voiceover options. When i plug in my headphones, it will play through those, as well as the speaker, but even when I unplug the headphones, it plays through it still. This is annoying to the people around me to hear. Does anyone know how to fix it, i've gone through the settings on my iPod but I can't seem to figure how to turn it off and only have the music play through my headphones. Anybody have the same problem? How do I fix it?
Thanks so much for your help.

Is the speaker really on the back? I had been trying to figure out where the sound was coming out, and thought I had narrowed it down to the hole where the earplugs plug in. I tend to lay my iPod down on its back, and it doesn't seem to muffle the sound.
Cutie962, I don't know about sound in general through non-iPod earphones, but in order to use the radio, you need the right earphones, because the antenna is in the cord. I can't use the delivered ones, because either I just don't know how to use them or my ears are the wrong shape - they just fall out immediately. I was trying to figure out which ones Apple sells also have the antenna for the radio, but they don't seem to list that information. I kind of like the pink ones that hook over the ear, but it would be a waste if they won't work.

Poking a few holes in the speaker

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