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Loose Volume Rocker

Does anybody else have an incredibly loose volume rocker? Mine is extremely loose and shakes whenever I move the phone. Its is annoying to say the least.
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michaelearth said:
Does anybody else have an incredibly loose volume rocker? Mine is extremely loose and shakes whenever I move the phone. Its is annoying to say the least.
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Mine is insanely solid. Idk how.
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Mine was loose and made noise until it went through a day of use. Now is solid as if it wasn't snapped into place all the way.
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Mines loose. I can tap on it and hear it buzz a little. Power button is the same way. Once my finger grim builds up, this should go away. Its not loose loose, but not super tight. Could be tighter.
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-Asus Transformer

Mine is loose and it rattles around when I type. I am going to try and get a replacement handset for a line in my screen and I hope I get a more solid rocker.
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If it is rattling by just moving the phone and not physically touching the buttons then the unit is definitely defective.
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Solid as a rock
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I've heard that the LTE ones seem to have the loose rockers, while the GSM ones are solid. Has anyone else's broken outside that correlation?
Mine's loose. If I shake the phone I can hear it rattling, which is mildly annoying. I'm not sure if Verizon would accept that as a reason to exchange it (I've already had one return for a buzzing earpiece speaker). It's just one of those things that I'm not sure if I'll learn to ignore or let drive me insane.

King Speedy said:
I've heard that the LTE ones seem to have the loose rockers, while the GSM ones are solid. Has anyone else's broken outside that correlation?
Mine's loose. If I shake the phone I can hear it rattling, which is mildly annoying. I'm not sure if Verizon would accept that as a reason to exchange it (I've already had one return for a buzzing earpiece speaker). It's just one of those things that I'm not sure if I'll learn to ignore or let drive me insane.
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I've got the GN LTE and got the loose volume rocker. Maybe you're on to something regarding it being a LTE specific issue. I'm doing an exchange through LetsTalk (may take a couple weeks since they are backordered) so I'm hoping the second batch of Nexi will not have this issue.
If not, an alternative solution is just to get a case (like the Diztronic TPU case) that completely covers the volume rocker.

i got the LTE nexus, volume rocker is loose. Drives me ****ing bonkers. i slapped on a case thinking it would help.. NOPE

I have the LTE and my volume rocker is loose as well.
I was concerned, so I went into the Verizon store to attempt a replacement. The salesperson returned with four brand new boxes, we took them all out, and they all had the same problem.
It annoys me as well. I almost considered changing to the Rezound because of these shockingly poor made buttons

I'm starting to consider taking the phone apart, ruining my warranty, and supergluing the damned thing down. It's maddening.

mine were really easy to push but now they seem a lot more solid like the power button. maybe breaking them in does help? i don't know. mine is gsm version.

I just got mine today (CDMA version) and the buttons are not loose on mine. My Bionic had loose buttons but the buttons on my Nexus are solid.

Went to my local verizon store to see if I could make an exchange, and I didn't even get passed the sign-in rep. As soon as I mentioned the rattling noise, another rep came over and said that all of the phones are doing it. He claimed that a tech told him it was the SIM card holder, but I corrected him and said it was the volume rocker. He shook my phone and then the display model and agreed, but wouldn't do an exchange. I'm gonna give a different store a try tomorrow and see if my luck's any better.

my 2nd galaxy s had loose volume rocker and my galaxy s2 also has loose volume rocker...My 1st galaxy s had a nice stiff no rattle rocker.
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The rocker on my LTE nexus is rock solid. I highly recommend you take it back and get the phone replaced.
It can get worse with time. My Droid X developed a broken button after six months. I figure if you replace the phone now, your chance of getting a refurb is pretty low.

Damn that's a bummer. My GSM nexus has super solid volume rocker. Must be related to the increased thickness and some assembly defect perhaps?

100% Solid buttons on my Maguro.

I wish I could lock the volume so it won't turn up or down, I hit that mofo so much turning the phone off and on.
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[Q] Volume rocker loose and makes noise, anyone else?

Hey everyone, I'm unfortunately outside my 14 day return/exchange window with best buy...But I've noticed that I can wiggle the volume rocker up and down just a little bit. I'm not as concerned with that as I am with the fact that if I hold the phone up to my ear and shake it back and forth a bit, I can hear the volume rocker shaking. Its barely audible, but its there. Sounds like plastic hitting plastic, just very faint. There's no usability issues, but I am worried that like in 6 months I won't be able to use the volume rocker because something internal broke off. My previous phone, S3, I could only use the volume down button. Volume up was non responsive and it was just a hassle.
Would something like this be covered under factory warranty? Should I be concerned and does anyone else have a small clicking noise when they shake their phone when its near your ear?

is it all carriers?

FlattFoxJohnson said:
Hey everyone, I'm unfortunately outside my 14 day return/exchange window with best buy...But I've noticed that I can wiggle the volume rocker up and down just a little bit. I'm not as concerned with that as I am with the fact that if I hold the phone up to my ear and shake it back and forth a bit, I can hear the volume rocker shaking. Its barely audible, but its there. Sounds like plastic hitting plastic, just very faint. There's no usability issues, but I am worried that like in 6 months I won't be able to use the volume rocker because something internal broke off. My previous phone, S3, I could only use the volume down button. Volume up was non responsive and it was just a hassle.
Would something like this be covered under factory warranty? Should I be concerned and does anyone else have a small clicking noise when they shake their phone when its near your ear?
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Mine is slightly loose too as you've described. My previous Galaxy Nexus also had this issue, but I took that phone in I was told by those at the Verizon store that this is common in most phones and showed me the same thing on the display phones in the store as well as a new phone recently taken out of the box. I'd say unless the actual function of the rocker is affected you'd have a hard time getting a replacement or fix, unfortunately. That was just my experience. Maybe you'd have better luck.

FlattFoxJohnson said:
Hey everyone, I'm unfortunately outside my 14 day return/exchange window with best buy...But I've noticed that I can wiggle the volume rocker up and down just a little bit. I'm not as concerned with that as I am with the fact that if I hold the phone up to my ear and shake it back and forth a bit, I can hear the volume rocker shaking. Its barely audible, but its there. Sounds like plastic hitting plastic, just very faint. There's no usability issues, but I am worried that like in 6 months I won't be able to use the volume rocker because something internal broke off. My previous phone, S3, I could only use the volume down button. Volume up was non responsive and it was just a hassle.
Would something like this be covered under factory warranty? Should I be concerned and does anyone else have a small clicking noise when they shake their phone when its near your ear?
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I was having issues with my volume up button it wasn't clicky I think the spring broke...noticed it the day after I got the phone I went in to a local Verizon store they replaced my device no questions asked. I hope this won't be an issue in the future
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Mine is loose, if it ever causes functionality issues you can do a warranty exchange.

Mine is loose too. I'm not worried about it.
Note 4

When shaking the G4, do you hear anything?

I noticed today when shaking the G4, it's making a sound like something is loose, does your G4 do the same thing?

Almighty1 said:
I noticed today when shaking the G4, it's making a sound like something is loose, does your G4 do the same thing?
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No. Mine is firm as a mountain.

Yeah, I can hear the same thing when shaking my phone. The sound comes from somewhere in the upper part of the phone, maybe near the camera. Oh well, this is not a big deal but...A few stuck pixels, some black thingy under the glass that protects the screen, clicking sounds in recorded videos...What's next?

jatzul said:
Yeah, I can hear the same thing when shaking my phone. The sound comes from somewhere in the upper part of the phone, maybe near the camera. Oh well, this is not a big deal but...A few stuck pixels, some black thingy under the glass that protects the screen, clicking sounds in recorded videos...What's next?
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Clicking sounds in recorded videos is because of wifi/ bluetooth being turned ON while using camcorder.Turn OFF bluetooth/wifi and use camcorder and check , you wont find clicking sounds.

It's the volume buttons that make the sound. Nothing to worry about really. Try it. Wiggle the volume button a bit and you'll hear and see it.

In my case it's the power button. It's actually so flimsy that I'm concerned if it should be this way.

Yes, mine rattles near the ear piece. That being said, my in ear sound quantity recently degraded at volumes greater that half. This is my second g4 to have this issue. The audio sounds distorted... Like the speaker is loose?
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It's not the volume/power buttons. It's the OIS.
All phones with OIS rattle when being shaked.
Solution: don't shake phone near ear.

Mine rattles slightly when side to side which is normal as the above poster explained with OIS camera phones.

N-7100 loolipop

Nice, actually someone posted already, it's the OIS system. I think this kind of thread is bought up in every OIS Camera phone thread

Pfeffernuss said:
It's not the volume/power buttons. It's the OIS.
All phones with OIS rattle when being shaked.
Solution: don't shake phone near ear.
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What do you mean it's not the buttons, I can achieve the same rattling by simply repeatedly sliding my finger sideways on the power button

Koostis said:
What do you mean it's not the buttons, I can achieve the same rattling by simply repeatedly sliding my finger sideways on the power button
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Hold power button down firmly.
Hold volume buttons down firmly.
Put phone next to ear.
Shake like a madman.
Hear rattling.
Ergo: it's not the buttons. It's the parts that make up the OIS :good:

Ah, so the source of the rattling depends on the level of shakiness

Koostis said:
Ah, so the source of the rattling depends on the level of shakiness
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Power button here is rock solid.
Exchange phone.
New one will still rattle though. Not the button, the OIS, like it's supposed to :good:

Pfeffernuss said:
Power button here is rock solid.
Exchange phone.
New one will still rattle though. Not the button, the OIS, like it's supposed to :good:
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You mean no wiggle in the power/volume buttons at all? Gonna check some G4s at the shop tommorow.

Koostis said:
You mean no wiggle in the power/volume buttons at all? Gonna check some G4s at the shop tommorow.
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Zero.

On mines, it's the volume buttons, not OIS or power button as if I place my finger on top of the volume buttons by just resting it on top without pressing down, the sound is gone when shaking.

Almighty1 said:
On mines, it's the volume buttons, not OIS or power button as if I place my finger on top of the volume buttons by just resting it on top without pressing down, the sound is gone when shaking.
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Try shaking harder, that did it for me.

Koostis said:
Try shaking harder, that did it for me.
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or the OIS is faulty in this case

Woobly / Rattling Power and Volume Buttons

As the title said,
Anybody experience the same thing? My buttons quite woobly / rattling when I move it around, is this common? If not, should I return it?
Thank you.

Xtrader said:
As the title said,
Anybody experience the same thing? My buttons quite woobly / rattling when I move it around, is this common? If not, should I return it?
Thank you.
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My volume rocker is a bit loose but is very tactile. My power button is tight and tactile too.

Only my power button interesting enough. My volume rocket doesn't wiggle at all.

Since everyone got different problems does this mean it's a faulty unit? Or it is by design?
Desptite the woobly, my buttons seems to work normally, just rattle when you moved it arround quick enough and I can hear the rattling sound even when the phone covered in a case.

My volume rocker is loose. Not as loose as it was on my m8. Kind of annoying but most likely common. Power button isn't loose at all.

Mine is loose too just like it was on the m8. No biggie; the screen polarization is what gets me...

got my pixel xl (please read)

Volume rocker is loose. Rattles around. Works good though. Anyone else with a brand new pixel xl experiencing this?
Regards

Nope. Mine is solid.

fremont85 said:
Nope. Mine is solid.
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Well if more people say the same I'm gonna return it. I would see they'll just give me a refund. I'm really not a massive fan of the device as it turns out. Which surprises me. Maybe the smaller one I'd like better idk

nope, mine is solid

I really like mine. I'm glad I got it.

So seriously guys. You're telling me that if you wave your pixel xl in like a fanning motion sort of rapidly you dont hear any rattle AT ALL.

No rattles here

Dammit. Last thing I want to deal with right now. Why couldn't it have just been solid like yours? All the anticipation and ugh. Not to go all emo but it makes me disappointed big time.

I guess in the am with my coffee I'll fire up this support feature and see how it goes. Subscribe to the thread as I'll be updating it late. Feel free to chime in with your experience. Need to know if anyone else has this issue.
Thank you all.

No rattle here.

No rattle here either
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I just received mine, I have 2 devices, a regular and an XL. If i shake them very fast in a top to bottom direction I get a tiny bit of rattling out of both of them from the buttons. Minor issue but solid would be nice.

So, at first I thought I had the same issue as you-- but the rattling persists even while holding the volume rocker and power button.
Are you 100% positive yours is the volume rocker?

michikuda said:
So, at first I thought I had the same issue as you-- but the rattling persists even while holding the volume rocker and power button.
Are you 100% positive yours is the volume rocker?
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Since you mention it...yes. Power button loose too. Both of them in fact.
I already had a support chat and they insisted on sending me a new device. Now we'll see how long it takes to get here.
The device is great otherwise. I would've held onto it for a while because it's def not a deal breaker. I really just wanted to reach out to support and the issue documented on their end at the very least.

I have the same issue with my Pixel XL volume rocker, its quite loose and rattles when shaking phone.
But also can hear something is loose inside the phone, just tapping with finger on the upper side of the screen while holding the vol rocker clearly can hear rattling from inside.
Also the power button press click is quite loud same with vol rocker.
Also screen tapping feels wired a bit, like theres empty space under it (like tapping the empty box)

Frostbite79 said:
I have the same issue with my Pixel XL volume rocker, its quite loose and rattles when shaking phone.
But also can hear something is loose inside the phone, just tapping with finger on the upper side of the screen while holding the vol rocker clearly can hear rattling from inside.
Also the power button press click is quite loud same with vol rocker.
Also screen tapping feels wired a bit, like theres empty space under it (like tapping the empty box)
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I know there is already a dedicated thread for issues and I post it in their. But also stay right here that I had a major freeze and had to reboot the phone this morning. That's a little frustrating.
Apparently the rmas are going out overnight so I should have a replacement device soon. Dying to see if my replacement has the same problem. Pretty interesting you have all these people waiting weeks for shipping but I could be on my second device by the weekend already.

ryanbmw51 said:
I know there is already a dedicated thread for issues and I post it in their. But also stay right here that I had a major freeze and had to reboot the phone this morning. That's a little frustrating.
Apparently the rmas are going out overnight so I should have a replacement device soon. Dying to see if my replacement has the same problem. Pretty interesting you have all these people waiting weeks for shipping but I could be on my second device by the weekend already.
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Then wish you luck with the new one, I have to jump on support chat to rma mine.

tigercranestyle said:
no rattle here.
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Thanks for chiming in. I must be out of my mind. I went to Verizon store that had a pixel XL in stock. Checked it out and it's the same as mine. Volume button loose. Rattles when I shake the phone ever-so-slightly. What are the odds that there was another device like that?

ryanbmw51 said:
So seriously guys. You're telling me that if you wave your pixel xl in like a fanning motion sort of rapidly you dont hear any rattle AT ALL.
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Didn't notice a rattle or looseness, but if I take my Pixel XL and do a jerky fanning motion it does sound like the power button or volume buttons are rattling. In normal use I do not hear any rattling and they don't feel overly loose. This was not the case on my N5. Those buttons rattled with just normal use (gently turning the phone over). They did address the problem on the N5 on later builds ( http://www.droid-life.com/2013/12/13/slight-hardware-tweaks-already-being-made-to-the-nexus-5/ )

I have two Pixel XL's, the buttons are very slightly loose in an an up and down motion parallel to the phone's screen. Nothing of major concern. If I shake the phone vigorously, I hear a bit of a rattle. But I'm really shaking it. Not something you would hear on a day-to-day basis.
The buttons feel very steady and clicky when pressing.