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Hi there! I’ve been asked to repair an iPad 2 with a broken speaker. Whenever there is any sound played on the device through Music, Ringtones or Youtube etc. the speaker crackles and sounds slightly distorted. Fair enough I thought, I’ll just replace the speaker. I replaced the speaker and tried it, still the same result - crackling and slightly distorted. I thought that maybe it was a faulty part, so I returned the speaker and received a replacement. However, even with the replacement - it is still the same. I’m completely puzzled as to what exactly is causing this :-(. I was wondering if anyone else had came across this problem, hopefully with a solution? Thank you for your help and kind regards. -Bob.
Hi guys, I had the exact same issue with my ipad2. So I decided to do some research and found your input of replacing speakers without succes. I did some more research and found another suggestion from Sweetwater.com which worked a treat for me. So I tried pasting the link but it won’t let me. So… Here are the steps explained and hopefully, it will work for you too. I am extremely grateful to have found a solution that fixed my problem. Good luck and I hope that it works for you too. Thank you so much Sweetwater and to you Fixit for providing a platform where we can share our issues and find solutions as well as saving a lot of money. Thanks to you we are also not throwing things away which will save the environment in return too. So… Here it is: Reset by holding home button and lock button at the same time until the small Apple logo appears on the screen. Reset your device by going to …Setting s> General > Reset > and select Reset all settings. ( I couldn’t find my reset option so I searched in general settings, found it and selected it. ) This does not erase any Data but you will need to reset wi-fi . I hope that this helps. I am a very happy Chappy as I couldn’t afford to take it to Apple as they probably would have told me to get a new one. As mine is maybe too old for them. It now works fine. All the best. Ninjabat.
my ipad2 has only right side speaker, so need to change seetings as below settings –> general –> accessibility –> Hearing section , turn mono audio On and slide the pointer to R from nuetral.
As simple as it may sound sometimes if the holes are blocked where the sound comes out for the speaker it can effect the quality of the sound. If you haven’t tried already use some compressed air in that area and see if that helps.
thanks for your advice Adam Jim , thats why I always go google and find out, apple saying I need to go an apple store, your tricked worked, maybe because of the latest ipad pro with dual speakers. looking to upgrade thanks again.
I’ve tried all that but nothing worked :(
I tried everything! But it still crackles!!
I tried the " accessibility " path and it worked , I moved the slider from neutral to Left. Thanks and regards Sudhindra
I tried all the tricks on the page. None worked.
This trick of resetting all settings I have done. But no luck.
My ipad ask for passcode event i off the
I did this one -— settings –> general –> accessibility –> Hearing section , turn mono audio On and slide the pointer to R from nuetral. so far is working. thanks.
I tried it and didn’t work for my iPad
It’s now December 2022, I tried literary EVERY TRICK suggested on this thread, but NOTHING works! 😔
