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Bros, I need help: my left earbud is almost inaudible. Right bud is working fine, both were working fine two days ago.
I cleaned out my Samsung Galaxy Buds FE *case* (note: just the case, not the buds themselves. There was earwax built up at the bottom, so I got some q-tips and dipped them in isopropyl alchohol and scrubbed the bottoms of the plastic case clean, taking care to avoid the gold contacts up a ways from the bottom of the cavity where the bud sits. I did not touch the buds whatsoever. Then, I left the case open for a day and a half to dry out completely (again, note that I did not seat the earbuds back in the case yet)
But now there's virtually no sound coming out of the left bud. If I crank the volume all the way to the max, I can hear it ever so faintly, and I can hear it increase and decrease as I change the l/r balance in the galaxy wearables app. I can also reliably use the tap controls on the left bud (e.g. play, pause, turn on/off ambient.)
What the fuck is wrong with this thing? How could this happen? Isn't isopropyl safe for electronics? How could it even get into the thing through the plastic? What does the case have to do with the sound of the buds anyway? Isn't it just for charging? I would've stuck with wired but the 3.5mm dongle scraped the shit out of my usb-c port and it cuts out all the time.
I cleaned out my Samsung Galaxy Buds FE *case* (note: just the case, not the buds themselves. There was earwax built up at the bottom, so I got some q-tips and dipped them in isopropyl alchohol and scrubbed the bottoms of the plastic case clean, taking care to avoid the gold contacts up a ways from the bottom of the cavity where the bud sits. I did not touch the buds whatsoever. Then, I left the case open for a day and a half to dry out completely (again, note that I did not seat the earbuds back in the case yet)
But now there's virtually no sound coming out of the left bud. If I crank the volume all the way to the max, I can hear it ever so faintly, and I can hear it increase and decrease as I change the l/r balance in the galaxy wearables app. I can also reliably use the tap controls on the left bud (e.g. play, pause, turn on/off ambient.)
What the fuck is wrong with this thing? How could this happen? Isn't isopropyl safe for electronics? How could it even get into the thing through the plastic? What does the case have to do with the sound of the buds anyway? Isn't it just for charging? I would've stuck with wired but the 3.5mm dongle scraped the shit out of my usb-c port and it cuts out all the time.
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