Question Is it possible to get sound out of the top speaker, when speaker phone is activated? - Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

When speaker phone is activated sound only comes out of the bottom speaker. Is possible to cconfigureit some how so it comes out the top?
I am hard of hearing so it makes it challenging when it is only the bottom speaker. I previously had a OnePlus 7 and the sound came out of the top and bottom.
Any ideas?
Thank you!

To prevent auditory shock and hearing damage, the upper speaker is disabled for speakerphone calls if the Proximity sensor is blocked. If you are not holding the phone to your ear, remove anything that may be blocking the sensors at the top of the phone.

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Mic doesn't work on speaker

When the phone first arrived I was able to make calls either with the top speaker or the back (loud) speaker. I have the phone now for a few weeks and suddenly the microphone doesn't work when I'm in speaker mode!
I can hear and talk when I'm not on speaker, but when I switch to the speaker mode I can hear the person on the other side of the line but he can't hear me (and I checked, the phone is not on mute).
What can be the cause of this problem?
Exactly the same situation. But in my case the reason was my own stupidity. Ones my atrix stuck due to some youtube app issues and the only way to restart it was to remove battery (there was no any reaction to buttons). I noticed little hole on rear side near fingerprint censor. I decided it was hole for unlocking rear panel. It was really stupid as it actually was mic which was used when you turn on speaker. So, I damaged it by pushing needle in the hole thinking that I was unlocking the rear panel.
I think in you case it is some hardware problem too and most likely you need to replace the rear mic.

Call and Microphone Issues

Has anyone had the issue when they call or receive a call and the person on the other end says that it sounds like your very far away. Does anyone know how to solve this, which mic is used when using the phone, is it the lower or upper mic?
A|ex said:
Has anyone had the issue when they call or receive a call and the person on the other end says that it sounds like your very far away. Does anyone know how to solve this, which mic is used when using the phone, is it the lower or upper mic?
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Regular calls use the lower mic, speakerphone uses upper mic.
This sounds like the rubber housing on the lower mic isn't seated properly, and may be actually partially blocking the mic. You can try opening up the phone yourself and re-seating the housing... or if you are squeamish about these things, take it to a service center and have a tech do it for you.
Thanks i think it might be something with my lower mic, the case does have space around the mic its a NGP Ultra capsule. Tempted to make it a little larger or it might be i have clocked my phone too low when in call. speaker phone is perfect
A|ex said:
Thanks i think it might be something with my lower mic, the case does have space around the mic its a NGP Ultra capsule. Tempted to make it a little larger or it might be i have clocked my phone too low when in call. speaker phone is perfect
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I was talking about a rubber housing on the mic that is internal to the phone. Meaning to check this out, you would have to actually unscrew the housing and open the phone.
But since you have a case on, it is worth testing without the case to see if the mic quality on regular calls improves. If so, maybe the case is partially blocking the lower mic. But if you can already see the entire lower mic hole with the case ON, then this is unlikely to be your problem, and you may need to have the phone opened up to re-seat the internal mic housing.
I am going to test NR off if that does not resolve it i will take the case to bits and try the card trick

[Q] Switch phone call speaker?

So I fell into water with my new HTC one a few weeks ago and I was able to dry everything out and get the phone working. It was actually almost perfect except for there being some static through the speaker when on phone calls. There is however no static in speaker phone. Well just now the speaker became worse and now I can barely hear people on the phone. I was wondering if there is anyway the speaker can be switch to the other speaker that uses speaker phone while on calls?
cloakinghalk said:
So I fell into water with my new HTC one a few weeks ago and I was able to dry everything out and get the phone working. It was actually almost perfect except for there being some static through the speaker when on phone calls. There is however no static in speaker phone. Well just now the speaker became worse and now I can barely hear people on the phone. I was wondering if there is anyway the speaker can be switch to the other speaker that uses speaker phone while on calls?
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So if I am understanding this clearly, the speaker you put up next to your ear has static, but the dual speakers for the loud speakers work well?
xartic12 said:
So if I am understanding this clearly, the speaker you put up next to your ear has static, but the dual speakers for the loud speakers work well?
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Yeah. I used to be able to still make out what people say when I put it up to my ear even with the static but it has gotten worse now to the point that I cant understand them. The dual speaker works perfect.
The two speakers that you speak of I believe are separate from the headset speaker that is used for when the phone is placed to your head. I was looking at some tear down pictures from ifixit but couldn't really make out anything.
It must be very cumbersome, but at least the phone works after being in the water.
Edit: This may sound weird, but back when I had a 4th gen iPod with a touch wheel, most people including me had problems where the headphones sounded like they were blown out and producing static. Not sure where I heard to do this, but putting the inside of the headphone barely on your lips and blowing in and sucking would make the speaker push in and out. Weirdly enough, this fixed the problem we had with the headphones.
Not saying that you should try this, but I wonder if the speaker needs to be flexed and pushed around a bit.
Yeah it sucks that I can't talk to anyone without having the phone on speakerphone. I attempted the blowing in technique but didn't seem to do anything. Thanks for the idea. What I was really hoping for was that there was a software way to porting the incoming calls to the other speakers (speaker phone speakers) on low volume. I am not sure if this is possible though.

Microphone and Earpiece

I recently change my lcd screen without frame. Then I notice a membrane that leads to the microphone and at the top for the earpiece. On my point of view this is for waterproofing the phone. Since I open the phone and now have no intention to use the phone in water or any other liquid (rain). Will it be okay if I will remove this membrane on the earpiece and microphone at the bottom to improve the quality? Your thoughts?
Btw I am also checking if I can remove the membrane at the bottom speaker to improve its speaker.

Only one speaker at the bottom?

I noticed the Sound is only coming from the right speaker holes at the bottom. It makes no difference when holding my fingers over the left one or not.
This is usual on low budget phones
The right one is the speaker, the left one the microphone.

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