Design fault with my screen!!!! - HD2 General

Hi, does anybody else have this problem? on the top right corner (going down) area of the phone, the screen appears to be not level with the shell of the phone, and is lower down. The result of this is that I can see crap is beginning to accumilate in the little indent
EDIT: Infact on closer inspection, its practically on the whole right side of the device

this has been well documented. It's quite common with the HD2. *Search*

here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=590425

Xeon said:
here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=590425
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How did you get round this? just slap on a screen protector?

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How did you get round this? just slap on a screen protector?
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well read here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=608970

I agree with the advice to read the appropriate threads. Bottom line is if you are not happy with it then send it back and get a replacement or buy something else!
Hope you get it sorted.
WB

Related

Story on Engadget about the screen coming loose

Mine apparently is doing it also I didnt notice it until I looked in the dark. Mines mild right now, but its def coming up...
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/htc-evo-suffering-from-glass-separation-issues/
psufan5 said:
Mine apparently is doing it also I didnt notice it until I looked in the dark. Mines mild right now, but its def coming up...
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/htc-evo-suffering-from-glass-separation-issues/
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not a big surprise. probably exactly the same crappy screen adhesion problems that were leading to all the dust under the nexus screens... :/
mine is starting to do it as well, I can feel it slightly raised above the bezel
What problems will manifest due to this problem?
regards
qu1nn
What problems will manifest due to this problem?
regards
qu1nn
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Dust under the screen. And you can see light leaking out of the bottom of the phone
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Wow this is totally sh*tty
I just placed my order for the Evo and should be receiving it sometime this week.
I am wondering if maybe keeping the phone in a tight-fitting silicone case might help to reduce any possible "DISPLACEMENT" of the screen
glad to see this is getting media attention. i'm sick of htc and their crappy quality control. i went through this whole thing with my hero already...
and yes, my screen is coming apart too. it definitely wasn't like that when i got it last week.
redrazr7791 said:
Wow this is totally sh*tty
I just placed my order for the Evo and should be receiving it sometime this week.
I am wondering if maybe keeping the phone in a tight-fitting silicone case might help to reduce any possible "uprising" of the screen
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Yeah can't have the screen gathering up and revolting
mrono said:
Yeah can't have the screen gathering up and revolting
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I couldn't think of another word to use
If HTC continues to mass produce phones that fall apart because of faulty manufacturing...then the customers just might revolt
Dang it!!! mine starting to raise up as well I love this phone and Sprint service but I'm afraid the problem will worsen up as the time passes. I'm not the type to switch devices after every new released and perfer to hang to something until I feel it's not doing what I ask it to (still have HTC Uni, 8525, Treo 750 and Axim x51v).
This and the 30 fps capped is my only main concern about this phone, especially this screen separation (more light leakage or dust problem). The rest of the problem doesn't really bother me much such as the laggy touch input, improperly grounded screen and other problem doesn't apply to my device.
Is it worth the hassel of exchanging it hoping to get one without the screen separation or do they all have this problem? I'm hoping the newer hardware version (version 3) doesn't have this sort of problem, mine is hardware version 2. What you guys think?
I have been noticing more and more light leaking. I thought at first I was maybe just getting paranoid (still possible) but I saw a line about 1.5 cm long along the lower left side last night... That was definitely not there before.
What should I do? Would getting the TEP plan be prudent at this point, to cover this issue if/when it gets worse? Or would be the kind of thing HTC would be more... lenient about replacements?
Think the hairdryer method will work like it did on the Nexus? My nexus had this issue and the hairdryer method fixed it up permanently.
booloobunny said:
Think the hairdryer method will work like it did on the Nexus? My nexus had this issue and the hairdryer method fixed it up permanently.
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Doesn't hurt to try. If it worked on the NX-1, it might work again
redrazr7791 said:
Wow this is totally sh*tty
I just placed my order for the Evo and should be receiving it sometime this week.
I am wondering if maybe keeping the phone in a tight-fitting silicone case might help to reduce any possible "DISPLACEMENT" of the screen
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I know this is off topic but...
How are you getting yours that fast? Where did you order from
booloobunny said:
Think the hairdryer method will work like it did on the Nexus? My nexus had this issue and the hairdryer method fixed it up permanently.
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Yeah I actually just tried this and it worked pretty well only a little of leakage left, I figure I'll seal it up some more when I have the time and Im pretty sure I did not hold it down long enough to let it cool effectively. but the parts that are still down work like a charm. way better than having to go back, lose all your apps, headaches of customer service, etc.
BigBallin said:
Dust under the screen. And you can see light leaking out of the bottom of the phone
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So this is the reason I see light under the buttons when their off and the screen is off, and its dark in the room? because my screen seems to be holding up well, and I have it in my pocket all day, no case or screen protectors. then again, I haven't been messing with it, trying to apply things or mods to it.
Hair dryer, bubble gum, tape and what else?! These are high-end devices (Evo Nexus One, etc) and they should NOT need a MacGyver handbook to keep them together after days of ownership. HTC needs to do right by us from the design stage period!
Dear Babies,
This is a site about hacking phones. Stop *****ing and use your brains for a change. Get some black silicon caulk from Lowes. Rub a small small amount in the crack where the buttons meet the case where the light leaks. Congratulations, your phone can now be left in the desert for 10 years and nothing will get through that seam including light... I swear, you guys can spend all day rooting phones but cant use some damn common sense to fix the hardware itself. I had tons of light leakage when i got the phone. Zero now, and you cant tell i did anything to it.
AshMa said:
HTC needs to do right by us from the design stage period!
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This is very true, but there seems to be a gray area when it comes to (S*** HAPPENS and a bug that can be fixed)... And it seems to get grayer everyday.....
hair dryer seems to have worked fine on my evo

Samsung Galaxy S Screen Problem

Hi, does anyone else has a big C like a water mark on your phones?
The app is wifi Analyzer.
that looks like a burned in
try running a pure white screen
then a pure black screen
see if you can still spot that C
That is a burn in. No doubts, you should run some app that does what Allgamer said, and if possible even with RGB colors as well.
That looks suspiciously like the shape of the coloured print on the protective sheet that a brand new galaxy s was shipped with.
Yeap it's the marked burn of the C from the protective cover... Gonna bring it back...
streakpt said:
Yeap it's the marked burn of the C from the protective cover... Gonna bring it back...
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I have a similar circle like yours in my screen in the right-center of the screen...
I see it only when there is a grey screen or brown screen...
What is this????
I have verified that isn't the protective cover....
Can anyone help me???
Thanks!!!!
stilly1982 said:
I have a similar circle like yours in my screen in the right-center of the screen...
I see it only when there is a grey screen or brown screen...
What is this????
I have verified that isn't the protective cover....
Can anyone help me???
Thanks!!!!
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can you post some screenshot?
Could it be that the phones have been in the sun with the protective film on?
I remember AMOLED screens being sensitive to light, that light being th ereason for wear. but external sunlight MIGHT also have that effect. When it is the sun with that cover for a few weeks...
possible?
cba1986 said:
can you post some screenshot?
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Yeah, here you are...
Sorry for the time....
h**p://img828.imageshack.us/img828/8028/img1524mod.jpg
Did you used Invisible Shield? Because those who watered the phone with Invisible Shield got onwed.
I hope you didn't.
stilly1982 said:
Yeah, here you are...
Sorry for the time....
h**p://img828.imageshack.us/img828/8028/img1524mod.jpg
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Looks like a burn in. But i can't say for sure. Have tried what allgamer said?
Hey dats not at all a problem remove fa dcreen guard dats it....
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I don't why, but this is NOT screenburning.
I have seen two types screen watermark C and L. These screens are little blueish.
Maybe screen type sign, you are not alone.
cba1986 said:
Looks like a burn in. But i can't say for sure. Have tried what allgamer said?
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Yes, have tried but with no results....
I had never used invisible shield or screen protector....
seems that you've got yourself a showmodel, it's the excact location(just checked with one that's still in the box) of the foil with the huge C in the middle, they prolly kept him several weeks in the light/sun?
compuse said:
seems that you've got yourself a showmodel, it's the excact location(just checked with one that's still in the box) of the foil with the huge C in the middle, they prolly kept him several weeks in the light/sun?
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Agreed.
I see three options:
1. Leave your phone in the sun for an extended period of time so that it hopefully evens out the mark. Problem is you would purposely be wearing down the phone so the mark isn't as visible.
2. Use your phone normally and over time it should go away.
3. Return your phone and get a non-defective one. If they give you a hard time (and you aren't past the 14days/30minutes) just say you'll return it and get a new one if they don't give you what you want (reps. can be pricks sometimes).
almaalma74 said:
I don't why, but this is NOT screenburning.
I have seen two types screen watermark C and L. These screens are little blueish.
Maybe screen type sign, you are not alone.
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i have the same problem

[CLOSED/G2] Teardown

Here we go
Well best of luck and I WILL be keeping up with this !!!
Subscribing lol
holy crap, already? Subscribed...
would love it if you could check to see if you see the nand chip (probably a square flat pc, soldered on one of the boards) and if it sez "SEM04G" or "SEM02G" on it
that would resolve the issue on internal memory
also if you can take a shot of what is serving as a spring on the Z hinge -
tks in advance and definitely subscribed
Wow, OK.
Why?
smasraum said:
Why?
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Lols are you really asking why ?
larryccf said:
also if you can take a shot of what is serving as a spring on the Z hinge -
tks in advance and definitely subscribed
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It's hard to take a picture of gravity
AZ2ENVY said:
Lols are you really asking why ?
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In the name of phonecology
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He is taking a huge step noone else will take to find the case of the missing 2GB+
of ROM
Ouch! I will definitely be keeping tabs on this.
May I ask why your taking it apart?
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WTF !?!? ^^^^ Does anyone read the replies ???
JCopernicus said:
It's hard to take a picture of gravity
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not necessarily - in fact I believe there has to be a spring employed - take your phone, hold it so either end is facing straight down (not one of the long edges down) -
then open the screen all the way, start to bring it back like you're closing it, and about 1/3rd of the way from full open, a spring brings it across the center point and nearly to the 1/3rd from fully closed position. No gravity in effect there -
probably isn't much of a spring, but it doesn't need much - a flat strip of plastic that the end of the hinge rubs against and bows out as the screen travels toward the center of it's open/close arc. at the center of that arc would be the max point of bow.
there's another way to do it, but with the limitation in depth, that's how i suspect their doing it - i could be wrong on the 'how' part, but there is a spring capturing energy from the screen as you open it - as the above demo proves
Well, if we can get proof that it's not a 4GB chip like T-Mobile's claiming, they won't be able to refuse returns/exchanges.
Arcadia310 said:
Ouch! I will definitely be keeping tabs on this.
May I ask why your taking it apart?
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Damn, this is interesting!
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not necessarily - in fact I believe there has to be a spring employed - take your phone, hold it so either end is facing straight down (not one of the long edges down) -
then open the screen all the way, start to bring it back like you're closing it, and about 1/3rd of the way from full open, a spring brings it across the center point and nearly to the 1/3rd from fully closed position. No gravity in effect there -
probably isn't much of a spring, but it doesn't need much - a flat strip of plastic that the end of the hinge rubs against and bows out as the screen travels toward the center of it's open/close arc. at the center of that arc would be the max point of bow.
there's another way to do it, but with the limitation in depth, that's how i suspect their doing it - i could be wrong on the 'how' part, but there is a spring capturing energy from the screen as you open it - as the above demo proves
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Pretty sure the design is based on pendulum swing.
Salute for this astonishing attempt
One hinge is easy the other is not. The one up with the copper strip (which must be pealed to reveal another screw) is a *****. The mobo is very thin. Will try again tomorrow after I have fun upgrading vCenter servers at work.
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Pretty sure the design is based on pendulum swing.
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try what i described -

Yellowish mark Appearing on keayboards side.

Ok so I thought this was just my 1st G2 that was showing this. It seems that the rubber tabs beneath the screens are leaving behind a yellowish stain on each side of the keyboard part of the phone. Look at the '@' key now look at the grey part to the left of it and check if you see any yellow stains. Same thing on the grey part to the right of the 'enter' key. On both my 1st G2 and now my 2nd G2 I noticed this.
I tried cleaning it but it doesn't come off. I tried alcohol too and still. Scared to try anything else because I don't want the paint or color to fade.
Now idk if removing the tabs from beneath the screens is a good idea but idk why this mark is happening.
Id take a pic of it but don't have a camera to do it.
Also I don't mean to add to the list of problems of this phone as I absolutely love this phone and wouldn't trade it for anything.
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Nothin on mine, maybe you just have dirty hands...
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its proven that this yellow mark will reduce the phones processor to 400 mhz. really.... its just a "yellowish" mark...
I actually have the same exact thing on mine. I thought it was just something random but I saw this post and I wonder otherwise.
Troll... it has nothing to do with my hands as my hands don't touch this part of the phone you idiot.
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Nothin on mine, maybe you just have dirty hands...
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Posted on my T-mobile G(spot)2 xD
Yeah I know what it is... I'm asking if I'm the only one that is all.
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its proven that this yellow mark will reduce the phones processor to 400 mhz. really.... its just a "yellowish" mark...
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Posted on my T-mobile G(spot)2 xD
It's urine. The type of composite htc used for the g2's main body is susceptible to saturation from organic waste fluids. This is irreversible. Wash your hands more, or stop peeing on them.
That is my scientific diagnosis. Trust me, I'm a doctor.
elracing21 said:
Troll... it has nothing to do with my hands as my hands don't touch this part of the phone you idiot.
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I'm a troll, but your clogging up the boards with usless posts?...I was just stating that maybe your hands were dirty. Nothing to get upset about Mr. Man...
I got the same mark on mine, its only on the left side though... and Im right handed just to stop the trolls.
Outbreak86 said:
I got the same mark on mine, its only on the left side though... and Im right handed just to stop the trolls.
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Interesting that multiple people have the same yellow mark on the phone. I have it too but thought nothing of it. Just that it was most likely gunk from my pocket. Its just odd for a lot of people to have the same mark in the same place. I have failed at trying to clean it off a few times now. Anyone successful clean it off.
Can someone post a picture of this yellowish mark?
You guys DID peel the protective plastic layer off of the keyboard panel, right?
I thoroughly looked over my phone and cant find what you are describing. I'm guessing I dont have this problem.
I think its part of the rubber adhesive under the screen
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I'm a troll, but your clogging up the boards with usless posts?...I was just stating that maybe your hands were dirty. Nothing to get upset about Mr. Man...
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Ok sir... I'm not clogging up anything. This is what the boards are for. I'm clearly posting up a problem I'm experiencing just like other users have. This is not useless as I am asking if anyone has successfully cleaned the marks
xD
QwertyAccess said:
I think its part of the rubber adhesive under the screen
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It is because of the rubber. But I was thinking of covering it with tape. But what good is it if I can't clean what's already there?
xD
keenerb said:
Can someone post a picture of this yellowish mark?
You guys DID peel the protective plastic layer off of the keyboard panel, right?
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Yes I did first day. Same with the 2nd phone. This is happening because of the adhesive rubber on the back of the screen. Its the only thing that touched the keyboard half of the phone. The marks are left on the grey next to the @,.com,alt keys and on the right of the delete, enter, and right alt keys.
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I just noticed the same thing started appearing on my phone. I've had the phone since a few days before the official launch and the yellow spots just started showing up a day or two ago.
I haven't been able to clean them off, but I agree, it looks like it might be from the adhesive from the rubber pads. Alcohol didn't work to clean them off... I am fairly certain acetone or anything stronger will eat the paint off the phone.
keenerb said:
Can someone post a picture of this yellowish mark?
You guys DID peel the protective plastic layer off of the keyboard panel, right?
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Just noticed this,
Here is a pic. Oh and the yellowish stains are appearing in a spot where the plastic layer did not cover...
http://tinypic.com/r/2lstg75/7
The one on the left is hard to see in this lighting, but the one on the right is clearly visible
Edit: I just tried some diluted acetone and the stains did not come out. They are really in there good.
my phone has it too. but the right side stain is much more visible the the left. i hope its not anything coming up from the inside like a chemical leak or idk. it seems to be getting progressively darker
I just realized I have yellow marks on the side of the keyboard also. I just called tmobile, and since I was still in the remorse period, I'm having them send me another one. Great.
xdviper said:
I just realized I have yellow marks on the side of the keyboard also. I just called tmobile, and since I was still in the remorse period, I'm having them send me another one. Great.
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What good is getting a new one? Its going to stain again. They are all like this and whoever says they don't have it is either because they never use the keyboard or they are in denial.
My first g2 had it and my 2nd one has it. Even the test dummy in radioshack had it.
Had anyone figured out how to clean this???
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elracing21 said:
What good is getting a new one? Its going to stain again. They are all like this and whoever says they don't have it is either because they never use the keyboard or they are in denial.
My first g2 had it and my 2nd one has it. Even the test dummy in radioshack had it.
Had anyone figured out how to clean this???
Posted on my T-mobile G(spot)2 xD
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i don't have it but i don't use my keyboard though

Is your screen slightly raised near the power button?

Is anyone's screen slightly raised up a bit near the volume and power buttons? Like maybe a few mm or less? This is my 2nd replacement, which also has this issue. I'm not sure if I should RMA again if others will end up like this. Is it normal, I would like to hear from others who have the 6P? If it won't fall off over time, I think I can live with it lol
Mine is not
staticx57 said:
Mine is not[/QUO
So its 100% flush with the aluminum? Can you please upload a picture so I can compare?
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Not mine, everything is normal.
Dejan92 said:
Not mine, everything is normal.
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This is what mine appears like from the side
oxxshadow said:
http://imgur.com/YoKvgaG
This is what mine appears like from the side
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I still don't see it.
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oxxshadow said:
http://imgur.com/YoKvgaG
This is what mine appears like from the side
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Yes, i can see that at the top of the device glass is flush with metal rim, and on the side i raised 1mm, maybe less. But if you don't like it try to contact google and get new one again...
Dejan92 said:
Yes, i can see that at the top of the device glass is flush with metal rim, and on the side i raised 1mm, maybe less. But if you don't like it try to contact google and get new one again...
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Considering my first unit was like this, I doubt the next one will be much dramatically better. I can live with it, but I am worried that it might get worse over time.
Mine is not.

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