inner earpiece speaker replacement

[kqlnut]

I have successfully replaced the earpiece speaker. The two metal contact 'prongs' were thinner and not angled up as much so I bent them up slightly with a screwdriver.

I do get audio out of the earpiece but with the audio testing left and right speaker the volume is very low, definitely less than the original speaker. I thought the impedance / resistance would be the same and hence volume, too. It would be nice if Pine64 actually specified the exact compatible replacement part.

Anyone know what I can use with Manjaro Phosh to boost audio output beyond 100%? They don't use pulseaudio so pavucontrol doesn't work.

I'm don't know much about Pipewire (maybe try with pactl?), but have you checked if it might be a physical problem? Maybe the metal prongs don't make good contact or the speaker grill (if there is one) is dirty.