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So I have had my Z for 2 weeks and love it for the most part…faster and a crap load more enjoyable than the X10 it replaced. I am having some hardware issues however and was curious if I am alone on this one or others have had the same issue.
The hinge has become pretty loose now and the phone flops open regardless of what side I hold it from but in reality that is somewhat moot as who holds their phone from just one side lol?
The real issue I am having recently is the 6 little rubber stop pads on the underside of the screen’s left side/edge. Now there are 2 thicker rectangular stop pads on the right side’s corners adhered to the phones main body and the 6 little rubber pads on the left are attached to the screen and are there to compensate for the opposite rectangular pads so that the phone has both a buffer and a balance between sides so it sits flush, quiet, and secure.
Well somehow or for some reason those little 6 in a row rectangular pads have either pushed in too far to their respective channel or they have flattened via not regained their density/thickness as now they are flush with the screen’s underside and as a result leave a gap. So when I push, even lightly, on the center to left of the screen is makes a physical and audible click as it teeters down to touch the keyboard underneath and the right side compensates by lifting up and off the 2 corner rubber pads. Essentially the phones center area has become a fulcrum and I am sure that is not healthy on the hinge.
Has anyone else had this odd but irritating issue with theirs or am I alone here?
Perhaps I can try to find a thicker pad I can cut up to replace the strip of 6
I am alone in this one hey?
Lame...technology and I just don't mix!
Udonitron said:
I am alone in this one hey?
Lame...technology and I just don't mix!
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No sir I'm on with you on this one. I started a thread about the annoying teeter or the screen a few weeks ago, and alot of people have it. I dont think its due to the pads, but more on the face of how the hinge is designed. It makes it so the screen doesn't sit flat enough. I know that they wanted to make the htc vision slim, but it caused some problems.
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Interesting!
Thicker pads would remedy it while closed but once opened the thicker pads would not allow the screen to sit flush at the top of the keyboard
yeah, and honestly it hinders the device greatly because its so annoying. Oh well. Its okay! Still a great Phoenix.
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well there's some guy who came up with a DIY fix on the dev section (I think) requires a lot of disassembly but looks worth it. I'd try it myself if I had all the right screw bits.
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well there's some guy who came up with a DIY fix on the dev section (I think) requires a lot of disassembly but looks worth it. I'd try it myself if I had all the right screw bits.
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I think that's only the hinge, not the screen. But I'd do it to if i had them.
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Bummer...I can see this rocking causing stress on the hinges down the road.
It's only been 1 week and the poor quality, flimsy back cover is showing wear and tear. It won't get into its allocated slot, and by the looks of it, seems that it became a fraction shorter.
It always seems click in better for me if I start at the bottom and work up.
TareX said:
It's only been 1 week and the poor quality, flimsy back cover is showing wear and tear. It won't get into its allocated slot, and by the looks of it, seems that it became a fraction shorter.
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You're not putting it in correctly. Gotta make sure the bottom tabs are before you start snapping the rest. I have more success getting the right tab in first and messing around till the other tab falls in and the bottom of the cover kisses the phone.
My grandma beat me down and took my nexus. Sent from a jitterbug with beats by dre.
SOLVED: Thanks to this guy from androidcentral:
"Originally Posted by DBVille: And, make SURE the hooks aren't bent up. I am betting the hooks have been bent up, at least on one side, from trying to push it closed. (dont ask how I know). Look very closely at the hooks. Put your finger nail under them and pry them up/apart from the back if they are too close to the cover to engage the clips on the phone. When done right, it just snaps on. But, you must get the bottom done first."
The hooks were bent up... fixed them with my nails. Now it snaps back on. Still pretty cheap though.
Or user error?
My grandma beat me down and took my nexus. Sent from a jitterbug with beats by dre.
you're not supposed to snap in the bottom hooks, you lock them in first, then snap in the ones rest...
wonshikee said:
you're not supposed to snap in the bottom hooks, you lock them in first, then snap in the ones rest...
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+1 this is how I do it...common sense...
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Happen to me too the first week. I'm a pro now.
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God, the build quality and camera are a real disappointment on this phone. thanks for the tip on bending up the tabs.. worked for me..
never the OP's fault that he doesnt know how to put the back cover on.. always Samsung's fault for not making it tard proof.
Zepius said:
never the OP's fault he doesnt know how to put the back cover on.. always Samsung's fault for not making tard proof.
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Admittedly the back cover of the GN is one of the more complicated ones to put back onto the phone.
Do not force it on - if you do it right, it will go back on with just a little pressure. Like others said before you have to start at the bottom latches and work your way up from there. Note that the bottom latches are different from the others and do not snap in like the rest.
I'm extremely pleased with the build quality of this phone! A product feels VERY well build when you can't make it flex slightly or make the battery cover creak by squeasing the phone a certain way! Looking at you, HTC! The DInc, Thunderbolt, and Rezound that I've had all suffered from that. (Though I couldn't make the Thunderbolt flex)
And anytime you drop an HTC phone, first the battery door flies in the air, then the battery pops out -.-
Samsung on the other hand, the Nexus is VERY solid, battery door doesn't creak nor does the frame. No creaking sounds at all. I cannot flex the phone. What is it with people dissing Samsung for making plastic phones, what do you want them to do? Engineer a new compound? Geez
As so many have pointed out, the cover doesn't snap at the bottom; you start there by inserting the bottom hooks, then snap the sides and top.
In fact, I've found the easiest, most effective way to do it is laying out face down, insert the bottom hooks, then zip up both sides together with my thumbs, finishing with effortlessly snapping the top in.
As for the build, I couldn't disagree more strongly. The back design is brilliant. The phone overall is rock solid, and has solved the common back pop-off battery pop-out of most phones today.
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I was at a Verizon store last night. Picked up the phone from the display they had it in. The back cover fell off along with the security device. Does the cover have issues staying on? Would a case solve this issue?
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I was at a Verizon store last night. Picked up the phone from the display they had it in. The back cover fell off along with the security device. Does the cover have issues staying on? Would a case solve this issue?
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There is no issue if you put it on correctly.
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Careful because our store model had a broken back cover since day one. Two sided take is holding it together at the moment.
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I was at a Verizon store last night. Picked up the phone from the display they had it in. The back cover fell off along with the security device. Does the cover have issues staying on? Would a case solve this issue?
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Happens at all the stores. Some have ziptied the backcover back on . However, it really is a non issue. In the case of the store phones, the heavy security device that is glued onto the back cover, pulls very hard at the back cover and it creates issues. In reality, given that it is a completely flat piece of plastic that is sitting flush against your phone with no handles, there is no way to exert even remotely the same amount of outward forces on the back cover.
While removing and putting on the backcover doesn't feel great, the cover does a great job, helps keep the phone slim and light, and looks pretty damn good. The store model did put me off due to this same issue with the security device, but I have had absolutely no issues with the backcover, or the phone feeling flimsy (and I came to the GN from the OG!).
LOL the back cover is well built imo. Just because it is thin does not mean it is of poor construction.The people who are having problems just aren't bothering to learn how to put it on. You don't just snap the whole thing on. Put any backcover on incorrectly and you risk damaging it.
I remove my back cover regularly to swap SIMs and although I've had it since release day not only does it look the same as it did when I bought it but it functions perfectly too (stays on nice and tight).
TLDR; If your tabs are bent you're doing it wrong. Don't blame design for your lack of intelligence.
Thank you for the replies. It is reassuring.
I found it funny that the security really didn't work for this device. Since the alarm didn't go off when the back fell off.
Bottom tabs get bent up
I've had my GN for a little over a week. The problem that I have, and I assume the others have, is that the tabs at the bottom get bent up so that they can't hook in.
I bent them down with my fingernail so that they are horizontal again, and it clicked in fine.
My concern is that this is already a problem after a week, and plastic can only take so much bending and fatigue before it totally breaks, which will eventually occur. I would imagine that at least some people who have had their GNs since launch have already experienced this.
Frankly, I think this is a manufacturing issue that Samsung should ultimately address.
Over all I'm happy with the build quality of my GSM GNex, but it has one minor flaw.
The plastic edge around the screen. Top, Bottom and Right side are perfect and rounded smooth (just like my SGS2), but the left edge i kinda rough and not rounded and smooth like the others. It has a rough feel with a slight sharp feel if you slide your finger over it and makes a "small" rough sound.
Do any of you recognize this? Or is your GNex perfectly smooth like the SGS2?
mine feels uniformly smooth on all sides. one thing i don't like though is dust being trapped in between the said edges and screen. other than that it's flawless
I'm very happy with the build quality on my verizon version.
My only gripe about my GN physically is the rear cover. Just below the camera if you put a small amount of pressure on the cover and then release it, you can hear a slight clicking noise as the cover pops back out.
Other than that, flawless.
My problem .... frigging power button on side of the phone!!! I have to be so careful not to do a screen shoot its just unbelievable ...only other way of switching screen on or off is to hold the phone form top instead resting it on your palm
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My Gnex is perfectly solid despite having dropped it on tile twice. Yeah, I'm a klutz. There aren't any creaks in it, no popped-up glass, buttons are smooth, no loose or rough joins anywhere.
As I mentioned in another thread, the "flimsy" back cover of the Gnex has an advantage in that it doesn't fly off and let the battery go as well when the phone is dropped. Every smartphone I've ever owned would, when dropped, fly in three different directions when it hit the ground- phone in one direction, back cover in another, battery in another. The Gnex stays in one piece.
Somehow I've only managed to break two phones in my life despite my constant accidental drop testing. Neither of the broken phones was a Samsung (one was a SE X10 dropped into a sinkful of water, the other a BlackBerry dropped on pavement). Admittedly the Samsungs feel a little flimsy next to a lot of high-end phones, but the fact that they are lightweight and plastic actually makes them more durable, IME.
Mine is fine, outside of one extremely annoying issue. The vibrate motor on my unlocked GSM Nexus makes the phone rattle on the bottom right side (obviously where the motor is housed) if I'm not holding the phone on that side. I am normally a vibrate all the time guy...now I only have it vibrate for phone calls because it annoys me so much. I love how powerful and silent the motor is when I'm holding it...(at least compared to my Droid Incredible 2). My Verizon Nexus didn't do this at all before I returned it. Sad.
Lodion said:
My only gripe about my GN physically is the rear cover. Just below the camera if you put a small amount of pressure on the cover and then release it, you can hear a slight clicking noise as the cover pops back out.
Other than that, flawless.
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Argh, hadn't noticed that before. cannot unhear the clicking noise
put a layer or two of masking tape on the back of the cover until the space has been taken up. problem solved.
My software buttons are uneven. Vertically. Should I sand them down or beat with hammer?
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This shoud fix the battery cover problem http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Metal-ba...858658?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item2a1808d5e2
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My software buttons are uneven. Vertically.
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Mine too. I've exchanged 3 times and they all have the same problem. I think it is because of the curved glass.
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My software buttons are uneven. Vertically.
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I am curious. What are you talking about here? do you mean the virtual buttons on the bottom are not aligned? Could you do a screenshot to show what you mean if that is the case? I have never heard of that one before.
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My software buttons are uneven. Vertically. Should I sand them down or beat with hammer?
Sent from my Nexus in Texas.
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Lol. I had to quote myself. Guess the joke was missed.
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Thanks for all the replies. I ended of returning my GNex as a DOA, so now I'm waiting for a new one.
Anyone been unfortunate enough to drop your One X? Or bring it to endure any other cruel and unusual (or mundane) punishment?
How did it fare?
Things like, what case did you have, and how far did you drop it from? Did it break? Or hold it's own?
i dropped once. no case no guard about chest height probably 1.5m. no damage and screen flicker disappeared dont know what happened but it was magical
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I don't know how I did it, but I somehow managed to launch my phone halfway across the floor and face/screen-down onto laminate floor. No damage, but it went with such a bang that I really expected to see a crack!
Mine slipped out of my hand while I was drunk, hit the ground and then I kicked it and it slid for about 3 metres.
Result was a nasty dent on the lower left corner and a scratched camera lens.
Think the phone escaped much worse damage by some good luck.
Edit: Should also mention that the glass popped out of the body on one side, and had to be clicked back into place.
Dropped mine with no case from a hight of about 3.5 feet. It fell face up onto a linoleum floor, hit on a corner and then slid a few feet.
There was no visible damage anywhere. With all the noise it made and as much as it slid I expected scratch on the polycarbonate or a cracked screen at the corner. Was please to see it was perfectly fine including the camera lens. I think the polycarbonate is pretty sturdy.
The lens and screen are the areas to be concerned about.
Dropped mine from 1.5 meters height with the screen side to the ground on a sidewalk. After it got dropped it made a slide on the sidewalk for about 15 cm.
I really thought it would had scratches on the screen or something, but it didn't. Only a little minor scratch between the screen and the body.
Used for a bit of emergency navigation in the ash-tray of our car (Sensation fit in there perfectly) it slid out on a corner, about 6 inches. Slid over metal or grit because it got 2 scratches on the glass along with a nasty little gouge at the start of one.
I can live with it, I know Gorilla Glass is not magical. Got screen protectors now.
Mine slid out of my hand while I was sitting on the edge of the Mississippi river, faced down across the grass and then onto some rocks. Got some small scratches in the screen I'm gonna wait a couple months then replace it using ensquare
Dropped mine, screen popped out, but since then damn good battery life. Really wierd.
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Dropped mine, screen popped out, but since then damn good battery life. Really wierd.
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screen popped out?
Sckank said:
Dropped mine, screen popped out, but since then damn good battery life. Really wierd.
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i guess the screen pop out from left side.. am i right?
yup most likely left side
Did not fair well atall.. Two massive dents/scratches on the right side
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culac said:
Mine slipped out of my hand while I was drunk, hit the ground and then I kicked it and it slid for about 3 metres.
Result was a nasty dent on the lower left corner and a scratched camera lens.
Think the phone escaped much worse damage by some good luck.
Edit: Should also mention that the glass popped out of the body on one side, and had to be clicked back into place.
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God that sounds horrible. I would of cried if I saw that incident happen to this beautiful phone.
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I was doing cardio at the gym on a treadmill. The phone was resting on the display area so I could watch a TV show while doing my steady-state cardio session. When I finished, I got off the treadmill without taking my headphones out of my ears, I accidentally hit the cord and it yanked the phone off it's resting place, it hit the safety-bar/arm rail thing, and then hit the plastic border of the treadmill, and then landed on the carpeted floor. After I resumed my breathing and my heart started beating again, I picked it up and there was only a tiny smudge on the back which rubbed out with my finger. It didn't even turn off. This was with no case.
Yikes.
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No case/protectors on mine. It slipped out of my hands while sitting & bounced/slid .5 m on a hard tile floor. I expected something, but it came away unscathed!
Still getting both a case & screen protector, just to be safe
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God that sounds horrible. I would of cried if I saw that incident happen to this beautiful phone.
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I wasn't far from it but just thankful the phone still does everything it should. The scratches on the camera were around the metal rim so no effect on picture quality.
I ordered a case for it the next day.
I was walking to the kitchen while replying to an SMS.
Kitchen almost reached, I was at the estabilished goal! Let's put the phone in its pouch.... OH NO!
I've accidentally launched it, dunno how, on the floor with the screen faced down: the whole thing happened in like one second, but it was an hard and LONG second (felt like 30 seconds), with me there with the pouch in my hands and the X falling on the floor.
I walked and took my One X, raised it from the floor carefully.......
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......and it was surprisingly perfect! Not a scratch, but something really not noticeable on the lower right corner of the phone shell.
That was a real horror movie
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culac said:
Mine slipped out of my hand while I was drunk, hit the ground and then I kicked it and it slid for about 3 metres.
Result was a nasty dent on the lower left corner and a scratched camera lens.
Think the phone escaped much worse damage by some good luck.
Edit: Should also mention that the glass popped out of the body on one side, and had to be clicked back into place.
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A dent? Like the plastic is bent inward as metal would be? Or there's like a chunk of plastic missing (rubbed away?)
Anyhow...
I'm glad to hear it fares well in minor skirmishes!
Looks like the choice to spring with a phone with Guerrilla Glass was a good move (Can anyone attest to it being better than other screen materials?)
Also, from the sound of it, the claims that the One X is "flimsy" don't seem quite as sturdy as the phone itself? What do you think?
I've dropped my 3 times so far, well technically I've dropped it twice and thrown it once.
The 2 times I dropped it were both onto carpet so did not damage the phone ( from about 60cm once and 80cm the second time)
The time I threw it was from about 50cm high and about the same distance out onto laminate flooring because I was using it in the bath and had finished with it, was fine on this occasion too.
Got my case today and it's OK, but a couple of gripes. There is zero protection for the hinge. Drop it on edge and no safety net. Given that's kind of the heaviest area when folded seems likely to be what hits the concrete on a drop.
The front cover seems to slide around a bit if you put edge pressure on it.
While wireless charging works with the stand slotted, the pen holder prevents it from getting close enough to charge.
Also a bit too bulky to feel natural in the hip pocket with the pen slotted in, though I expected that. The pen is for travel and meetings so I won't have it attached all the time.
The back of the case shows fingerprints almost as bad as the screens do.
*EDIT* And finally I just noticed - the stand is really only useful when folded and in landscape mode. Otherwise you might as well just lay the phone down it leans back so far.
The gray-green of the case is definitely the color I expected the phone to be, so it's not a match to the phone case gray color, but the phone color is only really visible around the power button.
Sorry for potato photos, the only thing I had handy to shoot with was my Surface Duo 1.0.
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Got my case today and it's OK, but a couple of gripes. There is zero protection for the hinge. Drop it on edge and no safety net. Given that's kind of the heaviest area when folded seems likely to be what hits the concrete on a drop.
The front cover seems to slide around a bit if you put edge pressure on it.
While wireless charging works with the stand slotted, the pen holder prevents it from getting close enough to charge.
Also a bit too bulky to feel natural in the hip pocket with the pen slotted in, though I expected that. The pen is for travel and meetings so I won't have it attached all the time.
The back of the case shows fingerprints almost as bad as the screens do.
*EDIT* And finally I just noticed - the stand is really only useful when folded and in landscape mode. Otherwise you might as well just lay the phone down it leans back so far.
The gray-green of the case is definitely the color I expected the phone to be, so it's not a match to the phone case gray color, but the phone color is only really visible around the power button.
Sorry for potato photos, the only thing I had handy to shoot with was my Surface Duo 1.0.
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So as I understand, the colour of the case (Gray green) does not match the colour of the phone (Gray green)?
my front cover keeps flipping of, me no likey
QPR said:
my front cover keeps flipping of, me no likey
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maybe a 2 sided tape will fix it?
eswar539 said:
maybe a 2 sided tape will fix it?
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that sounds like a good thing to try. cheers
QPR said:
that sounds like a good thing to try. cheers
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Get 2mm one. Fits good
I got black in my free note pack with a grey grey phone are they supposed to give you matching?
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Get 2mm one. Fits good
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I bought some for when I got a replacement fold 3. It's worth it. I could reuse the case.
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I got black in my free note pack with a grey grey phone are they supposed to give you matching?
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I was able to chose the color in the US.
One thing I do like about the pen attachment; when the pen is installed with the phone open and the power and volume buttons ot the top, I can slide the pen out a couple inches and with my left hand I can completely hold the open phone. The pen slides between my middle and pointer fingers and the phone balances while open and is weildable.
Maybe I should add a photo?