[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] mangomes:
[ALREADY SOLVED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST]

Hi, I'm new to this and so I'll try not to waste much of your time and patience...

Today I opened up my htc prophet - or QTEK S200, as it's called here - (for now, the phone of my life), to glue the clip that prevents my stylo fom being always falling by itself.

I did everything very carefully (as I've said, this phone is my old fellow, I didn't want to risk it) and managed to fix what I wanted! (so far, so good)

I then turned the device on and was glad to see that everything seemed to be just fine, the antenna was working, wi-fi was just as always... I thought I had it right, at last (since I already had lost my stylo more than a few times)!

THE PROBLEM showed up when I called someone...

I heard the ringing...ok

I heard the other person pick up...ok

I started talking...But soon realised that the person wasn't able to hear me speaking.

My Prophet's microphone is dead!!

I got it to detect some noises by "short-wiring" (or "making a short-circuit"...sorry, I'm not very good with this kind of technical english :/ ), a (very) little black rectangle, placed just left of the internal microphone when you look at your prophet from behind (like as if you were seeing it standing up, with its back towards you).

But it did nothing besides those sibbling noises...I'm afraid it's dead.

I can still make use of the microphone that comes with the headphone, but it's a bit annoying to have the "thing" allways around my neck...

Please help me with this thing

My questions:

1)What do you think happened to it?

2)Does anybody has had a similar experience...(if so, was it solved?)

3)Does anybody have a large picture showing the microphone of the prophet, so I can check if something's missing in the board, please? (I found a picture on the forum but I could see the mic area too well)

Thank you in advance, you are the only ones who might be able to cure this handicapped phone.

NB: If I manage to take a good picture of my internal microphone, I´ll post it right then.

[SOLUTION TO THIS CASE:]

I actually found out that the "short-circuit" I mentioned was in fact what was missing..

If you look carefully, you may find that what I thought to be a "very little black rectangle" were in fact two VERY VERY small black squares with some soldering dots in the middle. I guess that some component is missing here, but I took a chance and found out that if I connected these two dots with some metalic piece (I used my flat screwdriver), the micro got straight back from the underworld and started immediately "hearing".

So, what I did was to place a little chunk of copper wire linking the solderings together and then, to keep it in place, I made a small ball from a bit of cotton and sticked it over the copper with tape so it would keep its position. Just be sure the copper keeps the dots connected and you'll have your mic again, loud and reasonably clear (as it always was...remember that the quality of prophet's micro has never been such a greatness)...perfectly audible, just as before the problem started.

If you want, you can rub the copper in a small drop of white vaseline (the normal vaseline used for hydrating skin and other things), to enhance the contact between the joints...but after some time, this might turn against you as vaseline will dry out at some point and then you'll be forced to repeat the whole thing.

Cheers,

Manuel Gomes