I accidentally poke the hole on top of my S23+

[TYH]

I was tired from work and a little blur. I wanted to quickly get my new S23+ set up so that I could go to sleep and have a new phone ready to use tomorrow.

My S10+ sim tray was on top so I automatically stabbed the hole at the top of the S23+ as well a few times, only to realise after a few attempts that it was the wrong hole. I tested with the diagnostic tool and the microphone seems to work just fine but I am unsure whether I might have damaged its water/dust resistance or something else doing this.

I heard the S23 Ultra has in-built protection against user stupidity of this sort, does the S23+ have it as well? I am kinda panicking and my local samsung shop has already closed for the night.

[Glenntech · Accepted solution]

You will be perfectly fine.
The microphone is ofset inside the phone. So there's no way to damage it like this.

[ynneL]

Don't worry as Glenntech has already said the microphone is slightly offset in the device for this exact reason so you wouldn't of damaged anything

[S23Ultra1TB]

This post made me laugh 😃

[AshtabS9Ultra]

I nearly did the same on my s23 ultra but at the bottom as there is like 3 holes luckily I missed it and like the others have said the microphone is right inside. Unless you used a paper clip and rammed it right in you'll be fine

[TYH]

Thank you for the replies, its a genuine relief that my new phone didn't get destroyed on its second day by me 😂. I heard that the S23 Ultra's mic hole was offset as well but I couldn't find any information on the S23+.

Had no idea whether it only applied to the Ultra line up, whether it was only for the bottom side, e.t.c.

[AshtabS9Ultra]

To be honest with the ultra they should have put the hole for the sim tray on the opposite side but hey ho. The s21 was the same

[Members_rr9Aq62]

The almost same thing happened to me just now. I poked into one of the two holes next to the usb-c port at the bottom, one of them is pretty close to the correct hole and I guess I wasn't paying enough attention. The poky thingy was in there pretty tight when I removed it - could this be a problem?

Looks like it shouldn't be a problem: https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/galaxy-s23-series/accidentally-poked-mic-hole-of-s23-ultra/td-p/...

[Steerpike58]

I did exactly the same thing just now!  I had the S10+ also and SIM was on top!  I pressed down pretty ***** hard trying to release the SIM!  Let's hope no damage done. 

[Vlatko]

I was accidentally poke the hole on the top of my s23 ultra as well, and seems working well but when i shake the phone i can hear noise inside that place like something is break. Any suggestion what I've done?