Yesterday, I missed several important phone calls. After realizing my phone was not on silent and that I did not become deaf, I noticed no sounds that come out of the speaker on the back of the phone actually work. No ringer, no notifications, no music, no alarm, nothing..... I went to google and found at least 15 other people that had the same problem on other forums all after having their phone for less than a month. They all said it ended up being a hardware issue and that they had to get replacement phones from Verizon. The way to test if this was the same issue I had, they said to press the speaker or just below the speaker on the back of the device when it should be making a sound and it would start to work. I did this and magically it makes sound again, but only when I'm holding my finger in that spot.
However, my concern is that if I'm having this issue and clearly quite a few others are having the same issue, is this a design flaw that will continue to happen in the replacement phones? I don't want to have to go through constant replacements of this phone and getting a new phone set up the way I need it, etc... over and over. So, are others having the same issue? And, if so, has Verizon and Motorola been made aware of the issue to try to find a fix for future devices? Having a phone that actually rings is sort of important.
