Orange Monte Carlo with broken mic for £40! Is it worth buying?

[Guest ROMZERO]

Hi all,

Ive been offered a Monte Carlo with a broken mic for £40. Does anyone think its worth buying to possiblly fix it myself? Ive read over a couple of posts where some of you have sent your monte carlos back but some have fixed them themselves

thanks

[Guest jtharmor]

No.....you cannot be sure whether its hardware failure or whether its mic displacement which you have read in some posts here....

[Guest ROMZERO]

ok thanks ill probably give it a miss then

[Guest WAWA72]

You can buy it. After buying you send it me. I have Skate Menue Board with Microphone here.

All Blades i repaired with microphone Problems are have all the Same failure. Iam sure the Skate having same Problems.

I want for this Service 15 Euro and postage.

[Guest Badgie]

You could use it as a 3G modem/wifi access point

[Guest ROMZERO]

You could use it as a 3G modem/wifi access point

Thanks although I already have a mifi device and tether from gs2. i might still get it though if i can haggle it down to £20 Would be gd to know if i could definately fix it though Edited June 18, 2012 by ROMZERO

[Guest Mtman1]

If you can get it down to £20,I buy it anyway. You should ask he/she if it is a software flaw or a hardware one.

[Guest ROMZERO]

If you can get it down to £20,I buy it anyway. You should ask he/she if it is a software flaw or a hardware one.

cheers thats what i was thinking,i reckon its hardware as some people have had similiar problems with mic displacement, i would try a custom rom on it after taking it apart and having a look at it because it might be just fluff. still unsure to buy it or not

[Guest Mtman1]

See how low you can haggle it down for :P :)

[Guest ROMZERO]

If you can get it down to £20,I buy it anyway. You should ask he/she if it is a software flaw or a hardware one.

ive just sent them a message to see if they'll accept £20, i love a good haggle,always blagging me! lol Edited June 18, 2012 by ROMZERO

[Guest tillaz]

if its hardware its easily fixed... it will just unplug with one of those little ribbon things, like the camera

[Guest ROMZERO]

Thanks tillaz. Thats good to hear. Uf it did need a new mic anybody got any idea where id buy one online? I had a look on ebay but couldnt see any after typing in monte carlo replacement mic.

[Guest WAWA72]

I wrote you, i have this Part.

[Guest ROMZERO]

I wrote you, i have this Part.

i know you did i was waiting until i cleaned it out.it turns out my phone new phone just needed a clean (mic protector was full of hair n dust yuk lol)thanks anyway i will keep you in mind if i do need the part though although i wouldnt be up for sending my phone anywhere.

[Guest ROMZERO]

thanks to everyones input on this, i got the phone for £25, took it home.opened back, took dust protector off,cleaned around mic area and mic holes, unlocked it,tpt'd it, flashed a custom rom on it. thanks again you's are a helpful bunch of good people, :)

[Guest Mtman1]

So you got the mic working? (You lucky person for getting it for £25! :) )

Edited June 20, 2012 by Mtman1

[Guest ROMZERO]

So you got the mic working? (You lucky person for getting it for £25! )

yep sure did just needed a clean out,theres a good thread on here i followed for cleaning the mic protector with pic illustration followed that and job done! i do feel lucky i got it for £25. got a vivacity at x mas but it was playing up so this is a good replacement i reckon. thanks for your input Mtman1. you really helped pushed me to risk getting it btw. :)

[Guest WAWA72]

Congratulation

[Guest ROMZERO]

Congratulation

thank you kind sir! :)

[Guest oscar-mark]

The mic is bad from the beggining, can't you just use a headset?

I think it's worth it!

Edited June 24, 2012 by oscar-mark