DIY repair vibrating motor - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Anyone handy with the mechanical parts of this phone?
My brother dropped my phone and the vibrating motor is loose so every time it vibrates it makes a clicking sound from hitting the body the motor. Anyone have suggestions to keep the weight in place as it rotates? Just wanna see if anyone has any experience before I go in and tinker with it. TIA

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Dropped G2, Now Speaker sounds weird

Hi everyone.
I accidentally dropped my phone as I was getting out of my car (damn that new coat with all it's pockets!).
Now I noticed that at full volume, the speaker is really hard to understand, and at about 1/3 volume it becomes clearer- but the person becomes harder to hear in terms of loudness.
At full volume it's as though the person on the other side is talking with their lips on the mic and really loudly.
Does anyone know if it's possible to replace the speaker, or what could have caused this? I am familiar with taking the phone apart. I've done it a number of times, but I'm just wondering if it even makes sense to try at this point.
thnx
EDIT: I found this.
http://www.repairsuniverse.com/htc-desire-z-earpiece-speaker-replacement.html
anyone install one of these? requires desoldering, I guess?
I dont think it requires anything really besides opening. I believe that when I swapped my spring the speaker is on the back side of the phone and the entire motherboard is seperate on front side.
thanks scott.
you're correct. no soldering. it has two spring-bent type contacts and it looks like there is a metal bracket around the speaker that has 4 indentations to hold the speaker down over 4 small cavities in the speaker body.
should be easy.
and i found it for 2 bucks to boot!
Yea, replacing the speaker is very easy. First take off the back (4 screws) and then I think there is one more screw to get the speaker loose. But I don't remember exactly. Might be none.

[Q] Where can I buy a vibration module for GNex?

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Can anyone recommend some good places to find one? I've looked at Rounded and Stellatech but I'd like some more alternatives.
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[Q] Vibrate making strange clicking sound?

When pressing keys especially I have recently noticed a weird clicking noise coming from the top of the phone. I am really getting worried about this phone because I pretty much get all OCD when it comes to tech especially mobile phones. This is supposed to be the best phone of 2014 yet both my power and volume rockers are quite loose and this issue with the vibration noise now ... It would be reassuring to know that other people have this same thing and its not just a faulty device... Also just 1 more thing, I have my m8 in a hard protective case and I dropped it onto cement 1m (3ft) below me.. no external damage at all but I'm wondering whether there could be internal damage? Thanks for any replies :good:
Fracco said:
When pressing keys especially I have recently noticed a weird clicking noise coming from the top of the phone. I am really getting worried about this phone because I pretty much get all OCD when it comes to tech especially mobile phones. This is supposed to be the best phone of 2014 yet both my power and volume rockers are quite loose and this issue with the vibration noise now ... It would be reassuring to know that other people have this same thing and its not just a faulty device... Also just 1 more thing, I have my m8 in a hard protective case and I dropped it onto cement 1m (3ft) below me.. no external damage at all but I'm wondering whether there could be internal damage? Thanks for any replies :good:
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sounds like this may be the case, have u insurance? may be worth making a claim?
Fracco said:
When pressing keys especially I have recently noticed a weird clicking noise coming from the top of the phone. I am really getting worried about this phone because I pretty much get all OCD when it comes to tech especially mobile phones. This is supposed to be the best phone of 2014 yet both my power and volume rockers are quite loose and this issue with the vibration noise now ... It would be reassuring to know that other people have this same thing and its not just a faulty device... Also just 1 more thing, I have my m8 in a hard protective case and I dropped it onto cement 1m (3ft) below me.. no external damage at all but I'm wondering whether there could be internal damage? Thanks for any replies :good:
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The vibrator is held in place in the housing with the help of adhesive. The shock must've dislodged the vibrator, causing the clicking sounds.. I'd say get it replaced/repaired asap, before the vibrator hits anything and gets damaged. I might be wrong, but you're gonna have to send it in anyways so
Is it worth return?
Are you sure it's worth returning ? It's nothing major, I can only hear it when there is complete silence in the room. The phone was in a case and it didn't fall far so I don't think that would be the reason but still. If I did want to return it though,how long would that take ? I'm in Australia btw and bought it online.
Sure?
n1234d said:
The vibrator is held in place in the housing with the help of adhesive. The shock must've dislodged the vibrator, causing the clicking sounds.. I'd say get it replaced/repaired asap, before the vibrator hits anything and gets damaged. I might be wrong, but you're gonna have to send it in anyways so
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Are you sure it's worth returning ? It's nothing major, I can only hear it when there is complete silence in the room. The phone was in a case and it didn't fall far so I don't think that would be the reason but still. If I did want to return it though,how long would that take ? I'm in Australia btw and bought it online.
Fracco said:
Are you sure it's worth returning ? It's nothing major, I can only hear it when there is complete silence in the room. The phone was in a case and it didn't fall far so I don't think that would be the reason but still. If I did want to return it though,how long would that take ? I'm in Australia btw and bought it online.
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I'm not sure about your return policy, but why not return it? If you can now, and somewhere down the line, if it gets worse, and if you don't have the option to return then, you'll be kicking yourself..
same here !!
Fracco said:
When pressing keys especially I have recently noticed a weird clicking noise coming from the top of the phone. I am really getting worried about this phone because I pretty much get all OCD when it comes to tech especially mobile phones. This is supposed to be the best phone of 2014 yet both my power and volume rockers are quite loose and this issue with the vibration noise now ... It would be reassuring to know that other people have this same thing and its not just a faulty device... Also just 1 more thing, I have my m8 in a hard protective case and I dropped it onto cement 1m (3ft) below me.. no external damage at all but I'm wondering whether there could be internal damage? Thanks for any replies :good:
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i have the same issue , its as if there is something loose inside the phone body which crackles whenever the phone vibrates :/
It's not broken, it's a feature. Really.
Look in Settings -> Sounds -> System. Untick "Touch Sounds". That should fix it.

Button Rattling

So, as the title says, the buttons on my phone are rattling. They're also very very loose and the power button feels like it could fall out. My brothers M8 doesn't have this, neither any I've seen at stores. Haven't exchanged because i only took the case off past the 14day return/exchange period. Anyone else have any experiences with this? How have they held up? Anyone try to replace it? I'm worried because I;'m rooted/s-off/they might charge me. Anyone have any suggestions as to what I should do? Thanks!
malteasers said:
So, as the title says, the buttons on my phone are rattling. They're also very very loose and the power button feels like it could fall out. My brothers M8 doesn't have this, neither any I've seen at stores. Haven't exchanged because i only took the case off past the 14day return/exchange period. Anyone else have any experiences with this? How have they held up? Anyone try to replace it? I'm worried because I;'m rooted/s-off/they might charge me. Anyone have any suggestions as to what I should do? Thanks!
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My volume rockers rattle a lot and it bothers the hell out of me, but not enough to replace it. They've been like that for at least 3 or 4 months and I haven't had any problems with them besides the annoying rattling
mattprice86 said:
My volume rockers rattle a lot and it bothers the hell out of me, but not enough to replace it. They've been like that for at least 3 or 4 months and I haven't had any problems with them besides the annoying rattling
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Mine moves back and forth, and it's also uneven. The real bother for me is the power button. It's practically sunken in, i can push one side down past the casing, when I press it it feels extremely loose. Right now the power button doesn't seem enough to replace it, but what if a few months later it get worse or fall out?

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Hey- just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this: if I press right above the fingerprint sensor , there is a crackling sound on my Z2 Force. Guys at T-Mobile said it’s normal because you the plastic screen, but it just sounds so cheap? Anyone else noticing this or should I go through the RMA process?
Also hearing a rattle which I assume is the OIS?
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Is your screen still ok or it started to peel? I am asking because I just bought this phone and I am experiencing your same problem.
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That's normal. Plastic is elastic and if you push in the screen you can see and hear that. Have it, too. And that's not the foil. Make the screen on and look while you pushing in the screen. It's going down, the whole screen. Not the foil. That would be shown other and the whole screen wouldn't be moving a little bit down.

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