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Slideout Keyboard Getting Loose

Anyone's Slideout keyboard getting pretty loose? I have had my 8125 only about a week and it feels pretty loose ... just wondering if this is how it is? I have had other slider type phones and they usually last a lot longer before it gets this loose.

I have had my 8125 for a little over a month and I have seen it getting loose but not too loose where it wouldn't be usable. I can see it slowly getting to that point though.

me too but only after a week of what I consider normal usage??? Seems like its not made to last if that is the case.

I have had my 8125 about three weeks now. I have noticed that the slide is getting lose. Sometimes, i keep the phone in my pocket and the screen is often slid out. To prevent sliding now i keep it in the case provided when i bought the phone. However i am still conerned of the loose slide. I seen a demo model of the 8125 at a local cingular store and the slide was very loose. I love this phone. This a phone i been dreaming of. I hate to think that this phone is defective but i don't want keep a phone if it will go bad on me. Do any of you guys know if cingular is willing to repair or replace this phone due to this problem. Is there any thing that i can do to prevent the problem. Plz help. I don't want to loose the phone.

i used the mda for three weeks and it wasn't getting loose at all. i mean, if i hold it, i can nudge it maybe .5mm, which is to say that i feel it move, and i can't see it move. i really wouldn't call that a loosening, but again, its only three weeks

Cingular 8125
I have had mine about a month now and mine is fine. Slider is ok.

aquach said:
Anyone's Slideout keyboard getting pretty loose? I have had my 8125 only about a week and it feels pretty loose ... just wondering if this is how it is? I have had other slider type phones and they usually last a lot longer before it gets this loose.
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holy moly, that's my name too! i was like, what the hell is xda-developers displaying my name for!! :lol:

Touch Screen has stopped responding

Well, I woke up this morning with an unpleasant surprise.
I kept touching the screen to unlock my phone and nothing was happening.
Keys all respond fine.
But the touch screen does not.
I've found a few pages of people with the same problem, but no real solutions. I've tried soft resets, I've tried running paper under the edge of the screen..
I haven't done a hard reset yet, because the accounts I have read of this happening all say they get stuck on the align screen.
The phone was working fine when I went to bed last night. This is very bizarre

New LCD
Yeah, the best thing is to order new screen on eBay, you should pay $60 and it's like new again.

Or try refalshing the device. If that doesn't works.. Try Danjus' answer.

'Like New'
A new screen for 60 bucks?
This screen is new. I just bought this phone not even 2 months ago.
This is ridiculous.

Now it is just as mysteriously working again.
How can they sell this garbage?

It's not necessarily garbage just because you have an issue with one. Plenty of people use the same device for months and years without an issue. You never know what happens to a phone in transit from manufacturer to store. If you just bought it two months ago, take it back to the store you bought it and demand a replacement. Tell them that the touch screen is not working.
Also (and please do not take this as an insult but working in IT I see a lot of boneheaded blunders) make sure you did not have the screen locked. It's obvious when it is since it generally has the word UNLOCK on the bottom corner.

Worked when I woke up..
Not working again.
And this problem is obviously pretty common. What's not is a reason or reasonable fix for it.
I had my MDA for 2 years. It had been used so much the plastic was worn clear. I dropped it down stairs onto concrete.. still worked.
This junk hasn't been dropped ocne and it's been nothing but problems.

Clay213 said:
Worked when I woke up..
Not working again.
And this problem is obviously pretty common. What's not is a reason or reasonable fix for it.
I had my MDA for 2 years. It had been used so much the plastic was worn clear. I dropped it down stairs onto concrete.. still worked.
This junk hasn't been dropped ocne and it's been nothing but problems.
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Sounds like you have a defective wing. It could be a loose connection where the touchscreen connects to the board. I would definitely return it though. It doesn't seem to be a common problem though. Oh, and I had a MDA too. Man, that thing was a tank. I even dropped mine in water, dried it, and it still worked!

Xperia broken

Hi all.
My X1 goes on reparation.
In the last 2 weeks touch screen random don't respond to my finger. In the last days problem went too heavy so I went to shop and sent to rep.
I wait for phone coming back repaired.
Does anybody have same problem?

how many hero's have you gone through 'owned'?

on my 5th and last one before my upgrade.

still on the one i got on launch day.

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still on the one i got on launch day.
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lucky you.

I'd be on my first (bought in december), if I hadn't lost the first in a wreck.

i guess ive just had bad luck then with my phones.

I've had mine since the first pre-release day... It's in perfect condition except for the dust under the screen.

I've had mine since Nov. 4th, my wife has had hers since Feb. 15th.
Except for a very few specks of dust under my screen, and the magnetometers in both phones refusing to work (which makes me suspect it's a software issue), no other problems to report.

still on my first one (got it on launch-weekend Friday)...
i seem to be getting luckier with my smartphones, I had 3 Moguls way back when, then just 1 Touch Pro which worked great, and one Hero, but i had the screen and bottom part replaced (screen had dust and the buttons had peeled off)

I'm on my third.
First one the trackball stopped working, then usb port.
Second one they sent me was obviously used. I refused it.
I'm on my third one, no issues so far. I have forgotten the defective ones I received and am now very happy with my phone

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still on the one i got on launch day.
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Same here.

Personally for my own usage..2 since the end of this past April,and that was because I was stupid enough to swap it for the 5 POC Touch Pro 2's I went through before getting my current Hero back. The other 3 I got in April at the same time of my original hero have been going strong.
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Still have my first one. Still a fan. But can't wait to ditch it for the Evo or successor to the Evo.

Still on my first, got it Cyber Monday. Thinking a replacement is needed soon. Dust under the screen, end button worn smooth, battery cover is taped on (tried the cover from another hero, its the phone), usb connector is getting worn out. Should I try to warranty or just file insurance?

I'm still on my first Hero from Oct 09 but I had to get the trackball replaced recently. Still going strong though.

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Still have my first one. Still a fan. But can't wait to ditch it for the Evo or successor to the Evo.
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first hero since early dec
i want a sprint 4g world phone desire z

I got my hero on the second day it came out, it is beat up but still runs just fine, no dust under glass. Having played with an EVO I don't like it, to big, maybe the next uber phone come winter or next year.

I got my Hero sometime in October. No dust under screen but there is a slight scratch on the glass. The Phone/End and the back keys all have the silver film coming off of them.

I am on my second Hero.
Had to replace my "launch day" unit a couple weeks after purchase due to the orignal ROM Leak that was being caused by the Bluetooth connection bug that permanently affected the ability to receive SMS messages. Had almost forgotten about that gem...
Have dust under screen (top right and lower left) but other than that looks the same as the day I opened the box...until you turn it on.

This is my first one since December.

G/f and I got ours in december. Never replaced. Thinking of replacing hers though won't oc past 691. Mine can. Her buttons are fine but I play with mine all day and rom swap too. Almost every day. Mine runs really strong. Wish I got the nexus one. Would have had a blast with it. Next will not be an evo! Waiting for a dual core 1.5ghz then I will change. I LOVE MY HERO. Best phone I have ever had. And I came from having titans and mougels 6700 and 6800 man them phones were junk.
Sent from my FroYoed Hero

I got my Xperia Play back from Sony :)

I sent my Xperia Play off to sony last week on Wednesday. I received it back today so it took 8 days. I thought it would take 2 weeks.
Now my screen works and it feels so good to have a phone again
I recieved it back thinking it was my old one as the casing and buttons are still the same. I took of the back cover though and all of that is new and there are no dents in the plastic near the battery. Only thing is that my unlocked O2 phone is now locked back to O2 again Oh well, at least my phones working again.

Ya I had the samething! But Sony Ericsson tried to **** me over. I had to phone Sony head office to get a new one now I've got 2 plays
Sent from your wifes bedroom

I planning on sending mine in soon.
Will I receive the same one or a different one? My current play has a problem with the R button, and it also had a couple scratches on the pad.
I'd rather get a new one.

I exchanged mine in a US AT&T store when I had some problems. So far, the replacement has worked better but the new one formed scratches on the sliding parts in a couple days while the original was fine after a week and a half.