Samsung SCH 3500 Review

Good Points
compact size,large phone book,different ring tones
plus vibration

Bad Points
faulty speaker, factory battery does not last long

General Comments
My Samsung 3500 mobile phone developed a typical problem with earpiece. Samsung wants minimum $75.00 just to look at it only 3 months out of warranty.

Since i have an electronics background i decided to tear it apart and repair it myself. I removed the flip piece looking for broken wires none found. After putting it back together i decided to see if i could remove piece holding speaker in. After careful prying i was able to loosen the glue and remove cover, inside is a quarter size speaker. Hooked up ohm meter and tested phone, phone functioned properly with the exception of the speaker. This is at best a 50 cent part and evidently poor quality control from manufacturer of speaker. This part is easily replaced, the problem is finding a speaker. Evidently samsung does not sell parts for their phones. Even their service centers can't get the parts, they have to send the phone back to samsung for repair.

As i stated earlier $75.00 minimum just for them to look at it. If i have any luck finding replacement speaker or compatible i will repost.

This is a simple repair and if you have a soldering iron you can repair this yourself.

Kilroy