After opening the back cover a few times to get at the battery, the case on the bottom left where the chin starts, if you push on it it now creeks which is very annoying given that is where you hold it with your thumb most of the time - has anyone else come across this? think i may have to wedge some paper in there to stop it.. its like chinese water torture!!
My first Hero was bad for this but this (4th) one doesn't creak at all. An old Sony Ericcson phone I had had the problem too but I solved it using the method you suggest in your opening post. Get the scissors and tape out!
I am having a similar issue. My back cover is creeking just behind the volume rocker on the left side of the phone. (HTC branded Hero - White)
My G1 had a creeking issue also. Went through six of them before I finally got one that didn't creek.
Mine didn't creak initially, after a few days of being in the pocket it now does. Shame really, but not the end of the world.
Easy solution to this.
Take off your back cover and have a look for the little plastic tabs that slot into place when you attach the cover. Get a dab of oil, engine oil or olive oil or something and rub it between your fingers. Then give the plastic tabs a light rub between your fingers; just enough to impart a thin layer of oil to them.
Replace your cover.
Problem solved. If this doesn't work, you may need to just rub around the edge of the cover wherever the noise is coming from.
I did something very similar and used some Krytox grease around the edge of the back cover. Squeak free now.
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I use the k-jam alot. and after taking the pencil out and back in again it has got so loose now that it usually drops out. any one else hade same problem and how did you resolve it?
I had same problem with my BA. I'm not sure the wizard has same retention tab, but if it does, then this works.
-Back up your data.
-Remove the cover you will find a small tab in the stylus channel intended to engage the notch cut into the stylus. Gently push the tab back into the stylus channel so that it will engage the stylus notch once again. Be careful if you push it too far it will break.
-Slide the stylus into the channel to verify that the tab again engages the stylus notch.
-Remove the stylus again.
-Apply a small dab silicone sealant (available at any hardware store) behind the stylus retention tab. This is the "V" shaped area between the tab and the case. Be sure to fill this entire area. When the silicone has cured it will become a spring with much better position memory then the original plastic tab had on its own.
-Allow 24 hours for the silicone to cure before inserting the stylus into the channel.
I believe this is more then a repair, it is an upgrade.
Good Luck,
N2O2
Thanks for the tips.
I was just thinking of what to do when i came acroos some bluetac .
I put some blutac in the hole were the stylus goes and pushed the pen in. and it was a miracle !!! The stylus stayes in with a good hold and it comes out clean with no bluetac on it.
whe the bluetac trys to come out it has no room coz the stylus filles the space so it stays in the edges and grips the stulus pen and keeps it from getting loose. .
problem solved !!
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I put some blutac in the hole were the stylus goes and pushed the pen in.
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Gave the Bluetac method a whirl on my K-Jam after the stylus starting dropping out. Works a treat..
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Nice Catch
I put some blutac in the hole were the stylus goes and pushed the pen in.
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Gave the Bluetac method a whirl on my K-Jam after the stylus starting dropping out. Works a treat..
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Yes it does.
Easy and simple way of not opening or messing about with k-jam to void warranty.
I mean. you will not viod waranty this way, but will if you open the k-jam
one time around the stylus with some tape works great to.
But what happen if the blutac starts to ware off?
But what happen if the blutac starts to ware off?
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Then I'll pop the case :shock: , extract the bluetac and do the silicone mod.
I'd be surprised if it does wear off though. It's superb stuff that's saved me a few quid in the past when in rented accomodation - bluetac and tippex to create the illusion of undamaged walls :wink:
Can you please give me a hint what "bluetac" is or means ?
I have dismantled mine, and I can see why this is breaking - see my post regarding the sylus silo.
when the stylus is getting loose, when you are pushing it in do you "feel" it going further forward than it did before?
It is because the plastic tab is not strong enough to resist the pen, and you are now pushing it further forward than you did before.
This is what causes the stress on the plastic, and then the crack. This black plastic part is molded to the entire back of the phone.
I have fixed this by wedging some folded paper behind the black plastic clip, and it is back to normal. I was lucky - I had not stressed mine enough that the plastic had cracked.
I have taken some photos of how to get the back off, I will post them when I return from my business travel.
Jon
Can you please give me a hint what "bluetac" is or means ?
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Ignoring my [email protected] spelling (should be "Blutac"), it's this stuff: http://www.paperstone.co.uk/BrowseProductDisplay.aspx?ProductId=17307&CategoryId=579-580-594
I'd be interested in seeing the photos on how to dismantle.
It is because the plastic tab is not strong enough to resist the pen, and you are now pushing it further forward than you did before.
This is what causes the stress on the plastic, and then the crack. This black plastic part is molded to the entire back of the phone.
I have fixed this by wedging some folded paper behind the black plastic clip, and it is back to normal. I was lucky - I had not stressed mine enough that the plastic had cracked.
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I have now started collapsing the stylus before inserting it into the hole so it doesn't push against the end and only goes as far as the moulded plastic bit at the top.
just wrap a piece of tape around the stylus and it fits like a glove again.
leploep
This is only a temp fix, did that and after a week or two back to the stylus dropping out. I am waiting for the pics on how to get the back off and do a more permanent solution, you would think Imate would have caught this in their product testing phase before going to production.
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I have now started collapsing the stylus before inserting it into the hole so it doesn't push against the end and only goes as far as the moulded plastic bit at the top.
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I've always done this as it does not seem to fully shink other wise... seems Ok so far.
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leploep
This is only a temp fix, did that and after a week or two back to the stylus dropping out. I am waiting for the pics on how to get the back off and do a more permanent solution, you would think Imate would have caught this in their product testing phase before going to production.
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Personally I think on the bottom of the phone is daft in the first place... or is this just me ?
Terran
the pics are in the upload folder, called wizardpics.zip - the ftp upload attachment does not seem to be working?
to remove the top half I used a flat knife. It is quite resistant. You can see where the tabs are in the pic.
To remove the back completely, you need to remove the void sticker, and under there is a screw. there is also one opposite.
You will also need to remove the 2 screws at the bottom, one in the stylus channel, and the other on the opposite side.
then use a plastic splitting tool if you have one, or a credit card to work round the case.
you can see in the pics where this comes off.
You then want to re-enforce behind the stylus notch. I used a piece of folded card.
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one time around the stylus with some tape works great to.
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where exactly are you putting the tape which end
i did the blutac thing but might have put too much in cos the grey plastic end i use to pull stylus out just broke!
Hi, I’ve just changed my mobile to an XDA Exec, had it for about a week and just noticed today the screen seems a little lose where the twisting joint is. I’ll try and explain this: With the XDA sitting on the desk and the screen open (at 90deg to the keyboard), if you put your fingers on the top of the screen assembly, it will rock noticeable from side to side (left/right), which is then more noticeable when it’s closed up. It almost feels like there is enough play in it to cause some damage if not careful.
What I’m interested to find out is, is this normal? Is it normal ware (given it’s a week or so old) or is this something that isn’t right and needs some attention?
Also is it possible to tighten something up to stop this and are there any disassembly guides available for the screen assembly?
Cheers
Matt
same here!
same problem with my xda exec, it has a slight wiggle but then it really bothers me. is there a way to tighten the joint or a service center that can do the tightening? im from toronto. thanks!
Hi, At least I'm not the only one, driving me mad too every time I pick it up....
Do you remember if it did this when you got it or has it started over time? I'm wondering if I can get it repaired under the warrantee or if this is just a "Feature" of the hardware.......
Alternatively I'm interested in finding out how to take the screen section apart. Has anyone got any pictures of the innards? And if that is actually worth doing, e.g. is there a nut that's come loose and needs tighten?
Cheers
Matt
The common problem I have found is that the screw on the hinge by the screen pivot comes loose. Look at it with the screen 90 degrees out, It's obvious. It has happened on my last 3 Execs. The screens seem to be easy to damage.
Try removing the screw, adding a little super glue or whatever your local glue is and tightening it quickly. Works for me
i little wobble is normal considering you have a relatively huge screen on that end of a lttle metal base plate with one screw holding it on.
if your screw is tight, but you can wiggle the screen back and forth your base plate may be bent.
this happened on my UNI after a dropped it. the plate was noticabley bent convex. when this happens the base plate isn't supported by the plastic of the case. i removed the single metel screw (described above) and detached the screen from the rest of the case. while it was out i bent the base plate into a concave shape. once it was tighted back down the screen was back to it's slightly wobbly self again!
download the service manual and study the pictures.
I've gotten som scratches on the piece under the hardware buttons, I don't know where they have come from. All of sudden they where there..
Anybody know how to polish or remove them...?
I had a similar thing...i am currently using a silicon case which covers that area...so i'm guessing dirt got in. however, what i did to "repair" it (don't laugh, this worked) was to take a TINY amount of my girlfriend's exfoliating facewash (with tiny granules in it) and just rub the area gently for a while. VOILA! (oh, and i'm guessing one shouldn't over do it. as in, don't scrub till your thumb bleeds)
let me know if that works
Is this silver colored piece below the hardware buttons you refer to actually metallic or plastic colored metallic?
It's genuine anoxidized aluminium
Looks like titanium but it's not.
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I had a similar thing...i am currently using a silicon case which covers that area...so i'm guessing dirt got in. however, what i did to "repair" it (don't laugh, this worked) was to take a TINY amount of my girlfriend's exfoliating facewash (with tiny granules in it) and just rub the area gently for a while. VOILA! (oh, and i'm guessing one shouldn't over do it. as in, don't scrub till your thumb bleeds)
let me know if that works
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What if I don't have a girlfriend haha
But thanks a lot for the answers!! I was thinking car polish, but I will try your method..
Good deal, I wondered as it looks like it could be plastic...
In two other threads users have noticed the two small pieces of protective plastic wrap on either side of the keys on the slideout keyboard. They are easily to miss, but easily removabe; with a little tugging they come off in one piece.
However, I'm not sure if anyone has yet noticed the protective plastic wrap on the backside of the LCD. If you slide your keyboard out and turn the phone around, you will notice that the entire backside of the screen surface (where it reads "with Google") is covered in a large sheet of the same plastic. It also removes easily by peeling it back and tugging it out from under the keyboard surface.
Removing all of the plastic from the two articulating surfaces has made the sliding much smother for me.
ah yes, I remember something like this on the original droid... removing it made sliding much easier.
I had the keyboard ones off, didn't even notice the one on the back.
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In two other threads users have noticed the two small pieces of protective plastic wrap on either side of the keys on the slideout keyboard. They are easily to miss, but easily removabe; with a little tugging they come off in one piece.
However, I'm not sure if anyone has yet noticed the protective plastic wrap on the backside of the LCD. If you slide your keyboard out and turn the phone around, you will notice that the entire backside of the screen surface (where it reads "with Google") is covered in a large sheet of the same plastic. It also removes easily by peeling it back and tugging it out from under the keyboard surface.
Removing all of the plastic from the two articulating surfaces has made the sliding much smother for me.
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i didnt notice the one on the back til someone on the forum pointed it out to me...and yes it does make the slider easier but for me its now a little too easy...i kinda wish i never took off that covering i feel the phone open up in my pocket now sometimes its just too smooth....i usually prefer to keep my phone naked but i might have to get a case as i hear some people saying it made their slider a little more stiff
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i didnt notice the one on the back til someone on the forum pointed it out to me...and yes it does make the slider easier but for me its now a little too easy...i kinda wish i never took off that covering i feel the phone open up in my pocket now sometimes its just too smooth....i usually prefer to keep my phone naked but i might have to get a case as i hear some people saying it made their slider a little more stiff
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The case at first made my slider too stiff but after opening and closing it repeatedly it's eased up and is now nice and firm but not too stiff.
ha, I just found it earlier this week. I removed it and the keyboard ones, but my sliding did not seem to change.
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In two other threads users have noticed the two small pieces of protective plastic wrap on either side of the keys on the slideout keyboard. They are easily to miss, but easily removabe; with a little tugging they come off in one piece.
However, I'm not sure if anyone has yet noticed the protective plastic wrap on the backside of the LCD. If you slide your keyboard out and turn the phone around, you will notice that the entire backside of the screen surface (where it reads "with Google") is covered in a large sheet of the same plastic. It also removes easily by peeling it back and tugging it out from under the keyboard surface.
Removing all of the plastic from the two articulating surfaces has made the sliding much smother for me.
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Thanks for the tip.
I thought about removing mine, but I thought it might protect it better if I left them there. But on the other hand, it's so hard to slide open with my case on that I've used the keyboard once, lol.
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I thought about removing mine, but I thought it might protect it better if I left them there. But on the other hand, it's so hard to slide open with my case on that I've used the keyboard once, lol.
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I just took it off on my phone with my case and it has made it easier to slide. You should try it. It's not like it's protecting much. It's the back of the phone that is protected anyways when you don't have it slid open.
The first thing I did when I got my phone was take off this crap.
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I noticed all three bits of plastic strips within a few minutes of playing with the phone. Taking them off definitely made the slider smoother. Especially the big one on the back of the phone screen.
I took them off my wife's phone and now you can hear it scrape when it slides open and closed. I'm going to leave mine on so I don't hear that plastic on plastic sound.
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I took them off my wife's phone and now you can hear it scrape when it slides open and closed. I'm going to leave mine on so I don't hear that plastic on plastic sound.
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Weird cuz mine and my girlfriends literally do not touch the keyboard, so there is no way for that sound to be made.
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I took them off my wife's phone and now you can hear it scrape when it slides open and closed. I'm going to leave mine on so I don't hear that plastic on plastic sound.
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Check and make sure it's not just some gunk in the track or something. The other day when opening and closing my keyboard to loosen up my case it started making this awful grinding noise and I was afraid I'd have to take it back. But after a lot of blowing in the tracks and digging around with a paperclip (Disclaimer: Don't dig around in you phone with a paperclip) whatever it was came out and I was back to smooth, quiet sliding perfection.
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Check and make sure it's not just some gunk in the track or something. The other day when opening and closing my keyboard to loosen up my case it started making this awful grinding noise and I was afraid I'd have to take it back. But after a lot of blowing in the tracks and digging around with a paperclip (Disclaimer: Don't dig around in you phone with a paperclip) whatever it was came out and I was back to smooth, quiet sliding perfection.
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You know I didn't really look at it much until just now after reading this, thanks for making me look. The sound is the case scraping on the inside back. It started when I took that inside back cover off, kind of wish I hadn't.
If anyone is using a case, I suggest leaving that one on to help silence that knob of the case. At least until it wears down a little.
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I've had my phone since the RadioShack early launch day, and those 3 plastic pieces came off about 5 minutes after I left the store.
So fast forward two weeks, and I think the slide out keyboard is too loose. It's been getting worse over time. Flicking through my home screens from left to right causes it to slide out ever so slightly. Very annoying.
I'm wondering if I should have left the plastic on. At least the big one on the back of the screen.
I'm going to order a hard case next week as it looks like a bonus feature is increased resistance on the sliding mechanism.
Never noticed that back plastic but after reading this thread I think I'm going to leave it on. I'm not having an issue with the slide and I would prefer to not have the slide as loose as others are reporting after removing it.
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i left the 'back plastic' on my Mogul all the way until I was through with it about a year ltr...
Really wasn't an issue on the TP or TP2
I intend to do the same with the Shift though... the side plastic pieces on the keyboard will stay until they start peeling off, which will inevitably happen.
I've decided to leave all 3 of them on, more protection .
I removed all 3. It just doesn't feel as good using protection.
Anyone else have a squeaking battery door? On mine its right below the volume rocker on the edge, when I press on it, it goes in a little and squeaks. I feel like it's the shape of the door that doesnt let it sit completely flush. Not a big deal but kind of annoying
Mine also squeaks...but I don't have that problem anymore after I replace it with the flip cover case.
After making sure all the notches are snapped in, my cover is completely solid. It sort of becomes one with the phone, actually.
I have seen that allot with Samsung phones. I have an Infuse and the same thing, creaky flimsy back cover. You press in certain areas and it gives and creaks. Just crap flimsy design IMHO.
Yeah I too have the creaking near the volume keys, even after double-checking back cover snapped on properly. Seems like a unfortunate side effect of not being delicate enough when yanking off the battery cover.
Didn't have this issue with the SGS2, but then again the cover isn't as big, which meant I didn't flex it as much when opening the phone up.
Ordered a OEM replacement back cover from eBay to fix the prob as bit annoyed by the creaking feeling.
Maybe when someone releases a metal backcover we won't have to worry about this ever again (although the phone would be a lot heavier!)
Can't you just put some plastic tapes on the inner back cover where the squeaking happens? I think it's nothing to worry about, it happened to nearly all phones I've ever owned
Although I would want the stylus holder to have a bit more firm snap