Trouble with speaker...HELP!

[Rip Syntaxx]

Greetings fellow believers... I have a Dash that I've been working on for my brother. It was bought off of eBay and everything works on it but the in-call speaker. If you place the phone on speakerphone, you can hear the other caller speaking. However, if you place the phone on the normal mode you can't hear anyone talking to you. It's quite the annoyance, seeing as how everything else works except the in-call audio! It used to run the T-Mobile WM6.0 ROM but I changed it to the HTC 1.33 ROM in hopes of correcting the dilemma. No cigar. Then I flashed Kavana's WM6.1 080408 ROM on it and the speaker still won't work. Any suggestions?

P.S. The phone is no longer under warranty, so I can't get a replacement phone. (I checked)

[knytphal]

I know this isn't much of a solution, but what about using a headset?

[Rip Syntaxx]

That's an option... But I know it would begin to be a hassle after a while. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

[se-mochi]

It's hard to say what is the cause of the problem. I'd just say it's a damaged earpiece in the phone and not too much you can do with it unless you can find a cell phone repair shop. Maybe open it up, replace the earpiece with another one.

But like I said, it's hard to pinpoint the problem. Hey, it might even just be firmware issues or something. Why do cell phones gotta be so complicated. xD

[bbyrnes]

I'm having the same exact problem. Just bought the phone off of Ebay and love it other than I can't get the front speaker to work. It's a pain to have it on speakerphone the entire time. I've reset the phone twice and I'm still having the same problem. Will connecting it to the computer help? I don't see how but I'll try it when I have my USB cord.