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[Q] Vibrate Rattle?

Does anyone else hear or feel a rattle when the phone vibrates when they receive a text message or anything? I absolutely love the phone, but this tiny little quirk is driving me bat-**** crazy. If I have it in my pocket it rattles loud enough that I can actually hear it before I feel it. Easily described as a hollow rattle.
I was thinking of calling Expansys (I received it from someone who bought it there.) and seeing what they say, but I would probably have to ship it back to Europe for any type of Samsung warranty issues.
Let me know what you've experienced, if anything.

No one other than me has experienced this?

I hear the vibrate louder than I have on other phones but idk if its a rattle
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Hmm. Anyone else?
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My volume rocker is a little loose and it rattles.
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I get it too, thought it was because id used volume+ app and had it too loud.
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there is no rattle on my phone.

I got the same...and its freakin irritating

Maybe its just an extra loud vibrate then.

Rattle
No Rattle here. I guess you can either:
- Send it back for warranty repair
- Take it apart, find the offending part and tighten things up yourself (risky)
- Live with it.
sorry. For such an expensive device, you'd hope these kind of problems wouldn't happen.

I got it just now after i dropped it not a cratch but this annoying rattle may be enough to bring back to verizon

Mine has slight movement in the volume rocker as well. But its made of plastic and is to be expected from me. Not nearly enough of an issue to irritate me and is a complete nonissue.
*Unless for your phone, when the phone rings and vibrates it goes crazy with the rattle, then i would understand

desert102 said:
Mine has slight movement in the volume rocker as well. But its made of plastic and is to be expected from me. Not nearly enough of an issue to irritate me and is a complete nonissue.
*Unless for your phone, when the phone rings and vibrates it goes crazy with the rattle, then i would understand
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Here's an update guys...i sent mine to the service centre today and a genius very young chinese boy opened my phone and realised the vibrator was the problem and was not secured on the board well....he rectified it and now my phone's perfect again

Happens on the Nexus S and iPhone 4S. Just part of the motor. Maybe try to take it apart yourself and see what's up.
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Yes- my device has just developed this problem after a month of use. I've registered with Samsung and am sending it for a repair tomorrow. I'm really hoping that Samsung don't take issue with the fact that I've rooted my device. I had my nexus one repaird by HTC once and they didn't have an issue with the rooting- so fingers crossed

Just as an update to anyone who is interested- Samsung marked my Galaxy Nexus as 'Repair Complete' and 'Delivery in Progress' on Friday so I'm hoping to receive it tomorrow at my work. Having been updated to this status I can only assume that they did not have a problem with the fact that it was rooted. Quite rightly too as it was a stark hardware issue, but still, it's nice not to have to worry about it!

I bought one GSM Unlocked from Amazon and it rattled like crazy if the phone was at a specific angle. So I returned it and got a new one...which rattles just a bit if I'm not holding it a certain way with my hand over the bottom right side of the phone. So essentially I just switched the vibrate off unless it is for a phone call. I'm over it. Everything else about the phone is perfect so I'm not taking any chances.

Power Button (Sprint 32GB PB)

Anyone here feel that the power button should be a bit less flush with the bezel (like the volume rocker). I'm having a hard time getting accustomed to it as I cannot feel for it as well. I know that once my Slim Case arrives, it should help with this as I'll be able to feel the cutout from it. However, I'm trying to decide whether I should exchange it while I'm in the 14-day window. What do you guys think?
I tried calling Sprint and having it exchanged over the phone, but they're making me go to a local store and have it noted as defective before they do it. I don't want to seem paranoid to the Sprint rep when I bring it in and complain about this. =/

Heck no. The only minor complain I have with my SGS3 is that I occasionally hit the volume rocker or power button by accident when holding the phone. I would prefer if they were recessed a bit or, at best, flush with the surface.

Want to exchange devices then?!

I thought mine had a defect because the power button is hard to press sometimes. lol!
Glad it's not just me.

Ascertion said:
I thought mine had a defect because the power button is hard to press sometimes. lol!
Glad it's not just me.
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Are you exchanging it?
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akarol said:
Are you exchanging it?
Sent from my badass Galaxy SIII.
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Nah, it's minor. lol

Sleestax said:
Heck no. The only minor complain I have with my SGS3 is that I occasionally hit the volume rocker or power button by accident when holding the phone. I would prefer if they were recessed a bit or, at best, flush with the surface.
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Totally agree. Sometimes ill feel my phone vibrate while I'm holding it thinking I have a text or something when in actuality I unknowingly held the volume down. I'm hoping once I get my thin case this won't be an issue.
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Volume Rocker or Power button WOBBLY

I have the white one
My volume rocker is wobbly and whenever my phone vibrates it has that sharp sound vibrating as well
As if theres a piece of plastic that is bouncing around inside the phone
But of course its just the volume rocker that is wobbling like mad whenever the phone vibrates
Anyone have this?
If I hold my finger to the volume rocker it doesnt make that nasty sound
I go into settings and I tap "vibration intensity option" and I tried selecting different vibration levels and I can definitely hear the difference
With the wobbly volume rocker
Anyone else?

The fascinate had this as well. It caused allot of concern when it was first released. They all held up like champs though. I think they are actually designed this way for longevity. I've had many Samsung phones, and never had any problems with their buttons. Try not to worry about it unless it starts to cause problems. Mine feel lose just like how you describe yours.

I would take it back for exchange if you still can. I just bought a tablet with the same problem and I am going to exchange it. For the money, that's not something you should have to deal with. My s3 definitely does not have the same problem.

Weirdly my S2 and S3 both have the sane issue. It has stopped bugging me though.
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My button keeps getin pressed and turning my phone off i wish it was on the top! The casemate tough makes it stick out even more thats the only issue for me.
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1sagain said:
I have the white one
My volume rocker is wobbly and whenever my phone vibrates it has that sharp sound vibrating as well
As if theres a piece of plastic that is bouncing around inside the phone
But of course its just the volume rocker that is wobbling like mad whenever the phone vibrates
Anyone have this?
If I hold my finger to the volume rocker it doesnt make that nasty sound
I go into settings and I tap "vibration intensity option" and I tried selecting different vibration levels and I can definitely hear the difference
With the wobbly volume rocker
Anyone else?
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I have the exact same problem, went back to the store the day after, the rep said it isn't wobbly... and told me to test the demo ones and the demo devices also had the same volume rocker problem.
Now that I have it in a case, the weird sharp plastic moving up and down during vibrate is gone but it still bothers me to know that it's wobbly.
I tried returning it the guy said it's fine so I just lived with it.. my powerbutton isn't like this at all tho, very sturdy.

I've had three Galaxy S IIIs so far...
The power button was very loose/wobbly. AT&T replaced it for me.
The screen was separated from the bezel. They gave me a hard time about replacing this, saying that it's against policy to replace a phone multiple times unless it has a serious issue, but eventually replaced it. The power button was solid on this one.
This one has a looser power button than the first. It does not stick out as far as it did on either of the other two, and does not click when pressed. I also have to press it in just the right spot in order to get it to register. The AT&T store said that the button seemed to be working and they can't keep replacing it for "cosmetic issues."
On the one hand the button does work 90% of the time, it's just a little finicky. On the other hand, I don't expect this poor quality out of a premium device. I'm a little conflicted as to whether I should live with it our escalate to AT&T customer service.

raptir said:
I've had three Galaxy S IIIs so far...
The power button was very loose/wobbly. AT&T replaced it for me.
The screen was separated from the bezel. They gave me a hard time about replacing this, saying that it's against policy to replace a phone multiple times unless it has a serious issue, but eventually replaced it. The power button was solid on this one.
This one has a looser power button than the first. It does not stick out as far as it did on either of the other two, and does not click when pressed. I also have to press it in just the right spot in order to get it to register. The AT&T store said that the button seemed to be working and they can't keep replacing it for "cosmetic issues."
On the one hand the button does work 90% of the time, it's just a little finicky. On the other hand, I don't expect this poor quality out of a premium device. I'm a little conflicted as to whether I should live with it our escalate to AT&T customer service.
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I had a similar issue with Apple recently. My iPad 3's buttons were scratched and looked like someone tried to chew on it (mind you this is a replacement for a faulty iOS iPad 3 I had). Fortunately, Apple replaced it right away for its cosmetic issues.
My power button seems to have a similar issue to yours, in terms of not being as sturdy as the volume rockers, however it's bearable and hardly noticeable.
Given that I've heard so few horror stories about Android phones as opposed to iPhones, a not-so-sturdy power button isn't the end of the world!
However your provider or Samsung at the very least shouldn't be refusing to give out replacements for such issues...

The power button and the home button? Were really wobbly on my first gs3 (white) I exchanged it when the red one came out, this one I might say is perfect from cosmetic issues.
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Jcbzr said:
I had a similar issue with Apple recently. My iPad 3's buttons were scratched and looked like someone tried to chew on it (mind you this is a replacement for a faulty iOS iPad 3 I had). Fortunately, Apple replaced it right away for its cosmetic issues.
My power button seems to have a similar issue to yours, in terms of not being as sturdy as the volume rockers, however it's bearable and hardly noticeable.
Given that I've heard so few horror stories about Android phones as opposed to iPhones, a not-so-sturdy power button isn't the end of the world!
However your provider or Samsung at the very least shouldn't be refusing to give out replacements for such issues...
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Well, the rep at the AT&T store said that her GS3 was like that as well, and even though I showed her that it was not like that on the floor model she insisted it was normal variation. She did offer to waive the restocking fee on a different phone if I was unhappy with it. I considered taking her up on it and going with the One X but the smaller, built-in battery and no removable storage just kills it. I'd say as long as the button keeps working I'm fine with it as-is. It actually makes it harder to accidentally turn on the phone, to be fair.

raptir said:
Well, the rep at the AT&T store said that her GS3 was like that as well, and even though I showed her that it was not like that on the floor model she insisted it was normal variation. She did offer to waive the restocking fee on a different phone if I was unhappy with it. I considered taking her up on it and going with the One X but the smaller, built-in battery and no removable storage just kills it. I'd say as long as the button keeps working I'm fine with it as-is. It actually makes it harder to accidentally turn on the phone, to be fair.
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Return it then buy it from Best buy. I went through 3 models before I found one with no loose buttons. If you do a search you will see that I made the first thread about this.
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yup got the same prob on the i747M

Creaking phone?

So a few days ago I began to notice that the back of my phone is now creaking, I first heard it when i went to pick my phone up the other morning and it sounded like an old hardwood floor creaking sound, it's progressively gotten worse to where now when i hold my phone during a call if i shift my hand at all the person on the other line can hear it. I was wondering if anyone else had this problem. The creaking seems to be isolated to (if you're staring at the back of the phone) the left half of the phone just below the power button and stops creaking above the phone model number beneath the glass.

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So a few days ago I began to notice that the back of my phone is now creaking, I first heard it when i went to pick my phone up the other morning and it sounded like an old hardwood floor creaking sound, it's progressively gotten worse to where now when i hold my phone during a call if i shift my hand at all the person on the other line can hear it. I was wondering if anyone else had this problem. The creaking seems to be isolated to (if you're staring at the back of the phone) the left half of the phone just below the power button and stops creaking above the phone model number beneath the glass.
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Mine is as solid as day 1

Same problem here.
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I've noticed this too but after putting my diztronic case over it, the creaking stopped.

My phone rattles when a tap my fingers next to the lens or put the phone down. No creakng yet.
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Ive noticed mine on the camera. Whenever i try to tap the back of the phone, it seems like its not perfectly fit or something.
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They have a similar thread on the international optimus g page with the same complaint. I wonder if the Nexus owners do to.
Edit: the Nexus has the same issue. Just Google nexus 4 and rattle. Seems pretty wide spread.
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kc_exactly said:
They have a similar thread on the international optimus g page with the same complaint. I wonder if the Nexus owners do to.
Edit: the Nexus has the same issue. Just Google nexus 4 and rattle. Seems pretty wide spread.
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So this makes me curious as to what other defects its going to have, but I'm on to a different issue, phone dropped about 2" and the digitizer broke, so when my new screen comes in i will do a walk through tutorial on how to replace it... starting to wish i had gone with the GS3...

Mine is also doing that. Just started to notice it today. Kinda makes my opinion of the build quality a little less. But still love the phone. Minus the messaging bug. LOL.
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If I use my shoulder to hold the phone to my ear I get a creaking sound too. That's the only time I've heard it though. I imagine it has to do with the glass back.

Here, too. It's the camera side, right below it, that creaks. Fortunately, it's only noticeable when I deliberately squeeze it.
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solid here....this msg bug you guys are talking about, is it when your typing the sceen jumps and your back at the start of the msg?

Hey, so I just noticed that if I flip the phone over and orient it so the camera is on top, then it will creak when I push on the left side. You can also see the casing move in slightly. It's almost as if it's broken somewhere but you can't see any crack.
I thought the people at Best Buy had said the back was glass but it's looking more like cheap plastic at this point. Is it different on AT&T maybe?

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So this makes me curious as to what other defects its going to have, but I'm on to a different issue, phone dropped about 2" and the digitizer broke, so when my new screen comes in i will do a walk through tutorial on how to replace it... starting to wish i had gone with the GS3...
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I dropped mine from chest height and nothing happened to it. That really sucks for you. How much was the replacement screen?

cthedogg said:
I dropped mine from chest height and nothing happened to it. That really sucks for you. How much was the replacement screen?
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The replacement screen was $130 went with 2 day shipping (Digitizer/LCD Assembly). Just the digitizer was only $60 but it's a good thing I went with the whole assembly because when i was trying to pull the glass out of the housing some of the shards came off by themselves, and revealed that LG "fusing" the glass to the lcd is literally glue covering the entire LCD making it damn near impossible to just replace the digitizer and make it look nice.
Also a few warnings to those disassembling their phones:
1) The battery isnt solid, more like cased in an extreemly soft metal so it will dent if not carefully removed (it's glued into the housing)
2) The chrome edge dent's very easily, have a small ding where i got impatient, TAKE YOUR TIME!
3) When removing the back cover don't cross over the volume rocker, power button, or USB port with the spudger. for the top of the back removal gently push the back cover forward dont try to shove your spudger in their, it wont work lol.
I'm going to be doing a full disassembly guide that's a lot easier to follow than the "engrish" version korea put out for us english speaking techs when my new roll of 3m tape comes in. =P

This cracking is caused by a small piece of sticky under the back cover you can either remove the sticky or ad some more this would prevent the cracking...
I posted a service guide here on XDA search my name for it... It will show how you can remove the back cover... just when taking it off remember the back can crack easy and the plastic can ding or dent rather easy and make sure you don't mess up the power button or the volume buttons
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solid here....this msg bug you guys are talking about, is it when your typing the sceen jumps and your back at the start of the msg?
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Volume button

Got my m8 today really liking it. I be just noticed one issue my volume button is very loose, is that normal? I don't think it is but has anyone else noticed?

riz157 said:
Got my m8 today really liking it. I be just noticed one issue my volume button is very loose, is that normal? I don't think it is but has anyone else noticed?
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Mine is very secure. It don't feel loose.

Mine is pretty firm
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Mine wiggles a little, but it's not going anywhere.
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Mine feels a bit loose too. Only very slightly when holding the phone and accidentally touching it, but it's noticeable.

Thanks for replies. I'm thinking it's faulty mine is pretty loose it's probably not going to fall off but just don't like all the wiggling.

riz157 said:
Thanks for replies. I'm thinking it's faulty mine is pretty loose it's probably not going to fall off but just don't like all the wiggling.
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Mine has just the slightest wiggle side to side - but doesn't feel "faulty" per se. I can only even tell it wiggles by looking at it and pushing it to a side, otherwise I'd of never noticed.

mine is very very loose, annoyingly so
looks like it's falling out and makes a rattling noise when touched
receiving a replacement soon hopefully wont have the same fault

Not a fault, as someone mentioned earlier the volume rocker is made of metal like the body and so cannot have such a snug fit as if it were plastic. So learn to live with it guys!

Maximus78 said:
Not a fault, as someone mentioned earlier the volume rocker is made of metal like the body and so cannot have such a snug fit as if it were plastic. So learn to live with it guys!
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Why is that then? metal can be machined to very high tolernces, much tighter than plastic.

kingdeacon said:
Why is that then? metal can be machined to very high tolerances, much tighter than plastic.
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It's for this reason that there is a little play I believe. If I think about other machined parts such as on my Aprilia motorcycle there will be some kind of rubber bushing or shims to prevent play between the two machined parts. But with plastic such as my One X volume rocker, at first there was no play at all but after some time that changed and now it feels just as loose or wobbly as my new M8. I have the gel case on now so don't worry so much about the wobbly volume rocker :good:

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It's for this reason that there is a little play I believe. If I think about other machined parts such as on my Aprilia motorcycle there will be some kind of rubber bushing or shims to prevent play between the two machined parts. But with plastic such as my One X volume rocker, at first there was no play at all but after some time that changed and now it feels just as loose or wobbly as my new M8. I have the gel case on now so don't worry so much about the wobbly volume rocker :good:
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no really, it's a fault
if you tilt my handset it hangs out, it started doing it after using it for a while, feels like a spring came off/broke etc, looks like it's hanging on by a thread
it is not at all normal, there's no way it's meant to be like that

lmw85 said:
no really, it's a fault
if you tilt my handset it hangs out, it started doing it after using it for a while, feels like a spring came off/broke etc, looks like it's hanging on by a thread
it is not at all normal, there's no way it's meant to be like that
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No doubt about it mate, a little play is acceptable but hanging out is definitely a fault. Hope you get it sorted.

new one has been delivered and it's a lot better, still slightly loose but not hanging out

actually now it's gone the same, it's ok with a case but without it feels awful
I'll keep this one but if it stops working I'll send it back
I am paying less than I was before upgrading so I can deal with it but anyone buying this sim free for a large amount of cash, would be disappointed with the quality of the volume rocker

Can someone with a ticket that looks like it's about to fall off, post a picture of it, I'm interested in hire it looks?
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im interested in this as well.
I bought my phone last night. noticed it this morning that the volume rocker is a bit loose. it doesn't hang out or anything but it can move up and down (towards the front screen and back).
most annoying thing is when moving the phone around, you can hear the loose volume rocker.
=(

Confirmed this is definitely an issue.
Bought one today and it was quite loose. Went back to the store and checked the display model and it was the same.
Gent there opened up a new one and it was less loose so I took it for the moment but it seems to be getting more loose as I use it. Probably going to return again, but how many times before I get one that is correct and how do I know it will not develop the looseness...
edit: If you shake with any force it it actually rattles!

I've had the free case on it for most of the day and I haven't noticed the loose rocker
anyone planning to use a case will be fine, without one it would annoy me massively, especially the noise when tilting the phone..I don't think it's going to actually fall out though
my handsets are both from o2, both same issue so I don't see much point in sending it back again, I will contact them and see if they have had many returned
I seriously doubt it's meant to be this loose
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this review actually mentions it rattling around horribly..perhaps this is why they give you a case in the box..would be good to know for sure to save people replacing the phone over and over again
The one sore point in the build quality is with the thin volume rocker, which rattles around horribly. It’s a particular shame seeing as the rocker can also double up as the camera shutter.
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2014/03/htc-one-m8-review-a-one-two-knockout-punch/

[QUOTED=lmw85;51600717]mine is very very loose, annoyingly so
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Did you have to ship back first to get a replacement? Mine is super flimsy, but I'm lazy to have to swap back to a micro sim if I have to ship back first. I can hear the key move when I move the phone, even makes a noise when the phone vibrates.