Air out of my ear hole.

paulm64 · 10/16/2011, 08:38 AM

Does the Touchpad have a fan in it? Sometimes I swear I feel air coming out of the earphone hole.

davidtm · 10/16/2011, 08:44 AM

nah, that's just the ocean breeze . . .

Cantaffordit · 10/16/2011, 08:49 AM

nope, probably from the movement of the speakers. Or imagination.

mtiberio · 10/16/2011, 09:36 AM

I just put my hand there while playing music and felt it...

Touchpaddle · 10/16/2011, 12:25 PM

perhaps it's caused by the heat generated by the battery and screen on the inside of the
Touchpad? Hot air has to escape somewhere, right?

WyreNut · 10/16/2011, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Touchpaddle

perhaps it's caused by the heat generated by the battery and screen on the inside of the
Touchpad? Hot air has to escape somewhere, right?

I was afraid the OP might have had a perforated eardrum after reading the title of the thread!

Oh, he means the headphone jack! Silly me... :P

WyreNut

Steep · 10/16/2011, 02:58 PM

Actually he means headphone socket

dzee206 · 10/16/2011, 03:06 PM

this is too funny

Jonnie · 10/16/2011, 03:39 PM

Oh yeah, the jack hole.

atg284 · 10/16/2011, 03:52 PM

I blame the mysterious cracks!

next_milenium · 10/16/2011, 04:01 PM

Come on folks, this is simple. TP has BEATS audio and it's got massive subwoofers and MOVE air. LOL

woosh · 10/16/2011, 05:17 PM

It's the 'personal fan' feature that was never fully implemented. It's supposed to measure ambient finger temperature, and if you have sweaty fingers, blows cool air over them.Sorta like the sd memory slot that was never utilized. I think someone's working on a patch for it that restores functionality.
have you checked the other port holes ? I think you're in for a nice surprise! :-)

Rockbeast · 10/16/2011, 05:26 PM

some people say they can see light when they look into one of my earholes...

shanpalm61 · 10/16/2011, 05:54 PM

I thought I heard that last night. I was watching Voyager on Amazon Prime and I did have a slow wifi connection. I didn't feel air flow tho.

Thorsmash · 10/16/2011, 06:17 PM

Gremlin farts?

Fan like motion from Hp waffling back and forth on key corporate decisions?

Preware patched the wrong hole?

Webos's soul slowing escaping?

smokiedabong · 10/16/2011, 06:24 PM

Mine has that too , but only when I blow air into the other speaker . Weird !
When that happens there's also an heavy electronics smell coming out

pseudoswede · 10/16/2011, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steep

Actually he means headphone socket

I remember the days of flying back in the 80's when planes had those pneumatic headphone ports.

You could find a 5-seat row on a 747 to yourself and fall sleep with your head next to the armrest (and headphone port). You just cranked up the volume to listen to the movie.

Twosted · 10/16/2011, 07:33 PM

Sounds like a lot of people have air coming out of their ear holes.

paulm64 · 10/17/2011, 02:32 AM

I'm telling you. I sometimes feel air coming out of the earphone jack. Especially when playing games. It doesn't seem to be vibrating like a speaker would push air, but a steady flow like a fan when the unit is under load/playing games, etc. Maybe it's just warm air escaping. I dunno. And if for some reason the tp is using the earphone jack for ventilation, what's gonna happen if I plug earphones in? Is it gonna trap the hot air in???

RedMist · 10/17/2011, 07:11 AM

Quite a lot of air comes out of my ear-hole. I've just attached a balloon to it, and managed to blow it up!!

EDIT: Sorry "ear-hole"? I meant mouth-hole.

10/16/2011, 08:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
paulm64 Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 38 Likes Received: 9 Thanks: 12 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Air out of my ear hole. Does the Touchpad have a fan in it? Sometimes I swear I feel air coming out of the earphone hole.
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10/16/2011, 08:44 AM	#2 (permalink)
davidtm Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 483 Likes Received: 11 Thanks: 142 Thanked 67 Times in 55 Posts	nah, that's just the ocean breeze . . . __________________ "The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away" - Tom Waits
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10/16/2011, 08:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
Cantaffordit Moderator Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 15,149 Likes Received: 958 Thanks: 3,804 Thanked 3,910 Times in 2,776 Posts	nope, probably from the movement of the speakers. Or imagination.
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10/16/2011, 09:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
mtiberio Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 154 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I just put my hand there while playing music and felt it...
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Touchpaddle Banned Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 422 Likes Received: 81 Thanks: 5 Thanked 16 Times in 15 Posts	perhaps it's caused by the heat generated by the battery and screen on the inside of the Touchpad? Hot air has to escape somewhere, right?
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10/16/2011, 02:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
Steep Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 162 Likes Received: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts	Actually he means headphone socket
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10/16/2011, 03:06 PM	#8 (permalink)
dzee206 Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: 420 heaven Posts: 140 Likes Received: 2 Thanks: 27 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	this is too funny __________________ If you dont want voice dial, do this in terminal novacom -t open tty:// mount -o remount,rw / ipkg remove pmvoicecommand rm -r /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.sysapp.voicedial/ mount -o remount,ro / reboot
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10/16/2011, 03:39 PM	#9 (permalink)
Jonnie Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 55 Likes Received: 6 Thanks: 24 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Oh yeah, the jack hole.
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10/16/2011, 03:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
atg284 Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 56 Likes Received: 5 Thanks: 17 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I blame the mysterious cracks!
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10/16/2011, 04:01 PM	#11 (permalink)
next_milenium Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 333 Likes Received: 29 Thanks: 14 Thanked 27 Times in 19 Posts	Come on folks, this is simple. TP has BEATS audio and it's got massive subwoofers and MOVE air. LOL
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10/16/2011, 05:17 PM	#12 (permalink)
woosh Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: mountains of PA Posts: 211 Likes Received: 29 Thanks: 37 Thanked 19 Times in 18 Posts	It's the 'personal fan' feature that was never fully implemented. It's supposed to measure ambient finger temperature, and if you have sweaty fingers, blows cool air over them.Sorta like the sd memory slot that was never utilized. I think someone's working on a patch for it that restores functionality. have you checked the other port holes ? I think you're in for a nice surprise! :-) __________________ You plug your phone in?
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10/16/2011, 05:26 PM	#13 (permalink)
Rockbeast Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Knoxville, TN, USA Posts: 933 Likes Received: 85 Thanks: 186 Thanked 81 Times in 63 Posts	some people say they can see light when they look into one of my earholes...
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10/16/2011, 05:54 PM	#14 (permalink)
shanpalm61 Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: North Idaho Posts: 91 Likes Received: 15 Thanks: 60 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	I thought I heard that last night. I was watching Voyager on Amazon Prime and I did have a slow wifi connection. I didn't feel air flow tho.
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Thorsmash Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 39 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Gremlin farts? Fan like motion from Hp waffling back and forth on key corporate decisions? Preware patched the wrong hole? Webos's soul slowing escaping?
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10/16/2011, 06:24 PM	#16 (permalink)
smokiedabong Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 7 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Mine has that too , but only when I blow air into the other speaker . Weird ! When that happens there's also an heavy electronics smell coming out
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10/16/2011, 07:33 PM	#18 (permalink)
Twosted Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 159 Likes Received: 4 Thanks: 7 Thanked 43 Times in 33 Posts	Sounds like a lot of people have air coming out of their ear holes.
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10/17/2011, 02:32 AM	#19 (permalink)
paulm64 Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 38 Likes Received: 9 Thanks: 12 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm telling you. I sometimes feel air coming out of the earphone jack. Especially when playing games. It doesn't seem to be vibrating like a speaker would push air, but a steady flow like a fan when the unit is under load/playing games, etc. Maybe it's just warm air escaping. I dunno. And if for some reason the tp is using the earphone jack for ventilation, what's gonna happen if I plug earphones in? Is it gonna trap the hot air in???
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10/17/2011, 07:11 AM	#20 (permalink)
RedMist Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Swansea, UK Posts: 674 Likes Received: 193 Thanks: 24 Thanked 204 Times in 79 Posts	Quite a lot of air comes out of my ear-hole. I've just attached a balloon to it, and managed to blow it up!! EDIT: Sorry "ear-hole"? I meant mouth-hole. __________________ Pilot 5000 > Pre > Pre2 > Pre3 > Galaxy Nexus TouchPad > Galaxy Tab 8.9
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