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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.

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.
-Galaxy Nexus
-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.

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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.
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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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Camera

Does anybody know if this is normal. The camera if you touch or shake your phone that the camera rattles /shakes seems loose
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Yeah that's the auto focus most phones any kind do it
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My friend's Optimus G makes a rattling noise as well, but don't know if it's this way on all units. Maybe set up a poll

I remember seeing another thread about this somewhere. Some say its the camera, others say its the volume buttons. Yeah, mine rattles just a little bit.
Not too worried about it. (Calmer than you are)
-Walter
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I rattle too

every phone that I have had in the past 4 years had this noise. I think that its the camera

No rattles on/in mine Had to take it out of my case to see...then remembered how beautiful my little OG is...then promptly put it back in it's Commuter case lol.

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No rattles on/in mine Had to take it out of my case to see...then remembered how beautiful my little OG is...then promptly put it back in it's Commuter case lol.
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Just wondering, did you shake it or did you tap it around the camera?
With my friend's Optimus, it seems that it only makes the rattling noise if it's tapped. (that, or knocked against your knuckle) When it's shaken, there's pretty much no sound.

chronostorm said:
Just wondering, did you shake it or did you tap it around the camera?
With my friend's Optimus, it seems that it only makes the rattling noise if it's tapped. (that, or knocked against your knuckle) When it's shaken, there's pretty much no sound.
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It sounds like it is coming from the earpiece area. However, this could be that it's merely the only passage for the sound to travel through. Either way, mine rattles with a shake, tap, and knock.
I guess I better open it up and see what's going on. Wish me luck. :fingers-crossed:
Edit: Confirmed, it is the camera. It is not seated firmly in the housing. Since it is connected via a ribbon, applying pressure will not fix it. Aside from applying adhesive underneath, I'm not sure there is really anything that can be done about it. However, it does not affect functionality, so the real question is whether anything SHOULD be done about it. It's just annoying.

I was wondering if I should return it or start a thread asking about it.
Ditto. If I tap the back of the phone by the camera, I hear the same thing.

chronostorm said:
Just wondering, did you shake it or did you tap it around the camera?
With my friend's Optimus, it seems that it only makes the rattling noise if it's tapped. (that, or knocked against your knuckle) When it's shaken, there's pretty much no sound.
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Actually I did both and all kinds of movement and it was tight...Update though now as of the 3rd of December I noticed I now too have the faint little rattle from the camera lens area. I noticed when I cleaned it with my cloth sometimes it goes away for a while like maybe something shifted but it still looks fine and it still seems to take good pics and focuses...I don't know just thought I would throw in an update.

"rattle" when the phone taps something...

Let me pre qualify this by stating that I have never dropped or hit my phone on anything hard. I'm meticulously careful with it.
When I gently tap the phone, I hear a "rattle" inside, near the top/camera area where...if I shake it, I swear it sounds like something is loose inside.
Everything works perfectly, camera works fine, no issues to report on this amazing phone.
Anyone have this same behavior? Any ideas?
Thanks!

Mine has a slight rattle. So did my lgog. I believe what you are hearing is the volume buttons.
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mws1986 said:
Mine has a slight rattle. So did my lgog. I believe what you are hearing is the volume buttons.
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I have had that rattle too. I just did a very scientific test after you mentioned the volume buttons: I took it out of my tpu case, and shook it so I could hear the rattle. Then, I place a finger on each of the buttons and noticed the rattle went away after touching the power button. So, I think in my case, the power button was the culprit.
Thanks for the suggestion of the volume buttons! I, like the OP, had thought something was loose inside the camera housing or something, but if it's just the button, I'm not too concerned.

I took mine out my case and I don't have a rattle if I shake it..I even made sure not to be touching the volume buttons and still no rattle.

Guys it's the Volume buttons. It happens on all new phones that use plastic housing for the volume buttons. Goes all the way back to the Samsung Infuse, GS2, GS3, LGOG and LGOG Pro. If you can find hard-rubber ones it will go away and never come back.

No rattle here ? ?
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mws1986 said:
Mine has a slight rattle. So did my lgog. I believe what you are hearing is the volume buttons.
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Wow, just saved me from returning my unit to ATT. I held the buttons then did my "shake test" again. No more rattle!
thanks for the heads up

Finger print scanner rattling

So after dropping my Nexus 5x on a case i started noticing that there was a slight rattle on the back of the phone so after paying close attention it's coming from the fingerprint scanner. So is it possible that there was adhesive that's broke lose or do they come like that can someone confirm if they have rattling without dropping the phone

Mine has a slight rattle, but it's only noticeable when I put the phone up to my ear and shake it.
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Don't worry, I have a rattle also and I haven't dropped this thing yet. My guess is that it's the weight on the vibration motor.

Well at least I know now that it wasn't because I dropped it which was my main concern and thanks for the replies guys

Ive smacked my phone against my car seat a few times while getting out and I feel a springy vibration feeling in it when that happens. Figured it was the vibration motor

Both of mine rattle a little, seems like it's normal.

It has been confirmed by google customer support as well as many threads on reddit and here that the rattle is the spring mechanism in the SIM tray. Push the SIM removal tool into the hole and hold it in with your finger while you shake the phone... you probably won't hear it anymore. Its just something you have to ignore with the peace of mind that nothings actually broken