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Battery Cover Not Fitting (Quick "Fix")

I've had issues with the battery cover not being flush and having lips on both sides. Now you may think I'm crazy for posting this, but hell...I didn't think the solution I found would actually work.
Basically, I just took a post-it and folded it twice (maybe three, I forget) and placed it under the cover...perfectly flush now!
I figured it would just push the cover and create more lip, but instead I tried it and it make it fit perfect! All seriousness, I was considering using rubber cement to hold it...I'm glad I didn't.

Strange
Worked for me too! Who would have thought... Thanks for the advice.

Where did you place the post it? Dead center?

donatom3 said:
Where did you place the post it? Dead center?
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Dead center over the battery.
I also cut it in half, it was pushing the cover a bit too far out near the camera.

wow! i didn't even realize this bothered me until you pointed it out. super simple fix. you sir, are a genius. well done!

woah cool
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This bothered the hell out of me as well... for some reason it's only the right side (when the phone is facing down) that doesn't sit flush on the edges. The left side is perfectly fine.
Unfortunately your fix doesn't do much to help my situation but I'll play around with it a little more. Great idea though

I noticed this also but when I put the ext battery that i bought for the Hero in it went away.. You can always put a Innocase II on it and that takes care of the problem too

MrDSL said:
I noticed this also but when I put the ext battery that i bought for the Hero in it went away.. You can always put a Innocase II on it and that takes care of the problem too
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the ext battery fits with out a different cover?!?!?!? u lie!! show us some pics

xtkxhom3r said:
the ext battery fits with out a different cover?!?!?!? u lie!! show us some pics
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sorry i should be more clear..its just a 2000 ext hero battery that is the same size as original..its was $10 on ebay so i went ahead and just got it for kicks.

oh ok... yea those batterys are the same thing as the 1500....

Mine is also lipped on the right side if the phone is facing down. I'm trying all kinds of things right now to fix this.

xtkxhom3r said:
oh ok... yea those batterys are the same thing as the 1500....
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you say that but i have one of those batterys too...and you know what, i did get longer run time...

Dude you are a genious! Such a simple solution LOL Works great my cover is perfectly flush now. Will have to find something of similiar thickness to permanently stick to the backside of the battery cover.

Thanks
Works for me, greatly appreciated! Seriously bugged the hell out of me. It's not perfect but it's so much better

The post-it mod rocks! That did kind of annoy me before.

Works almost perfectly for me, what pisses me off about it is that my cover was flush until I removed it to change out my sd card.

wtf made you think of this?
fixed one little annoyance i had with the phone. thanks!

Just be careful that you don't add too much insulation and keep the heat from escaping the battery...

I had to do this with both of my EVOs. Pretty terrible that HTC can't even make a battery cover fit properly on a 'flagship' phone.

HELP: Battery stuck in DHD and won't slide out!

Man is this the stupidest problem ever...
The good news: I finally got my DHD yesterday...
The bad news: The battery cover is as bad as I've been hearing. For some reason I couldn't put it back on. So I pushed the Battery as far in as I could in order to put the cover on. The phone works great, but now the battery is stuck inside and won't slide out by itself and I don't know how to take it out
Please Help...

Put your fingers flat on the table, same width as the battery door.
Rest the DHD on your fingers (so that the battery door is facing the table.
Raise the DHD an inch or two and bring it down on your fingers (not so hard that it hurts).
Keep doing this, the battery will work its way free and drop onto the table.
I'll add a pic in a sec...

Thanks James, this definitely sounds very doable; I'm giving it a try now!

The battery has moved about half an inch now!! This is working *jumping up and down with joy*
I got the battery out!! Why does everyone else's battery just seem to slide out by itself? I thought it was because I pushed it too far in, but even when the battery is half way out, I still have to pull it out with some effort...
Maybe my phone just has a lot of "friction"? When I watch those YouTube videos, everyone seems to glide their fingers smoothly across the screen, but when I do it, it feels very fricative...do you guys put on hand lotion or something...

Do not press the screen too much, only a slightest touch is needed. Also if you have moist hands, it makes swiping the screen harder.

nubicurio said:
The battery has moved about half an inch now!! This is working *jumping up and down with joy*
I got the battery out!! Why does everyone else's battery just seem to slide out by itself? I thought it was because I pushed it too far in, but even when the battery is half way out, I still have to pull it out with some effort...
Maybe my phone just has a lot of "friction"? When I watch those YouTube videos, everyone seems to glide their fingers smoothly across the screen, but when I do it, it feels very fricative...do you guys put on hand lotion or something...
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Probably because its a new phone. You have to play with it a little bit until the oil from your skin lubes up the screen. Then its all slidey slides.

I had a similar problem with my first DHD... part of the the plastic wrapper around the battery had folded back on itself along the forward edge of the battery. That caused the battery to get wedged inside. A little trimming of the plastic wrapper with a craft knife fixed it... YMMV
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you sure you didnt put it back in upside down or something?

rossysaurus said:
you sure you didnt put it back in upside down or something?
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I'm pretty I didn't because the phone was working but seriously I could totally go without the cover; the battery really gets stuck in there when it's inside!

nubicurio said:
I'm pretty I didn't because the phone was working but seriously I could totally go without the cover; the battery really gets stuck in there when it's inside!
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No you can't - the WiFi/BT antenna is in that cover .

would've given you some extra grip tho
Now seriously, if when u look at ur battery there's no visible flaws that u can safely and/or easily remove and if your screen keeps giving you the finger in my opinion you should return it for a replacement. There's been enough faulty hardware cases, the folks at HTC know the drill by now. If that's not an option, sell it on ebay ( or your local online market ) and grab a new one;]

tkolev said:
No you can't - the WiFi/BT antenna is in that cover .
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And I was wondering the whole time why that piece of plastic would cost 19 Euros!
bahkata said:
would've given you some extra grip tho
Now seriously, if when u look at ur battery there's no visible flaws that u can safely and/or easily remove and if your screen keeps giving you the finger in my opinion you should return it for a replacement. There's been enough faulty hardware cases, the folks at HTC know the drill by now. If that's not an option, sell it on ebay ( or your local online market ) and grab a new one;]
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AWWW it's just my stupid, clumsy fingers are still trying to learn how to swipe across the screen...think I'm getting a hang of it now ...luckily no major flaws with my DHD so far *knock on wood*

Join the club and stay in

I got an aftermarket battery stuck in my DHD and had basically given up on getting it out until I found this thread. Nice work! Worked a treat after tapping it for what seemed like a couple of minutes.
Slow and steady wins the race!
Cheers guys

Nexus S 4g breakdown

for those interested out of boredom me and a co-worker decided to take apart his nexus s
so without further adu here is a step by step photo tutorial breakdown

break down continued
series two of the break down

Reserved for OP
all pieces broken down

I'm scared to take mines apart, haha. But it does look fun and interesting to find out what's inside.
Haha. Cool.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G

newalker91 said:
As a Sprint Technician, this is by far my favorite thing to do. Even if it isn't necessary, I always dismantle phones and rebuild them just for the hell of it. Many times it'll often fix a lot of small glitches due to faulty assembly in the factory. (i.e.- touch screen bugs, dead keys on physical keyboard, speaker static, etc)
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I wouldn't mind learning on how to do that kinda things. I'm a full on techy person, but I don't have the experience on doing that. But I do learn quick though. I would be happy to be a sprint technician. Ha.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G

I love how open this phone is. Standard #00 phillips screws, and no warranty sticker!

newalker91 said:
All Samsung phones are like that. Very easy to dismantle them and interchange parts. HTC phones are next in line for ease of modding, although it requires the star tip screwdriver which can be tricky to get your hands on. They do although use tamper dots on one screw to know if you opened it, but you can order those online and put it on a screw head to trick it. Sanyo use the triangle tip and quite frankly are made of **** parts so half the time something falls apart when opening it delicately. Motorola is kinda finicky. Blackberry and Palm you aren't even able to open without destroying something, they don't play nice.
Tip to keep your phone running well: open it every few months, use a stiff paintbrush and gently clean all exposed copper with rubbing alcohol and then use compressed air to dry it completely. This helps keep electricity flowing smoothly without interruption by corrosion. It can also prevent shorts and lower heat. Just don't turn it on with any alcohol still on it or you'll fry the phone and don't brush too hard and knock anything off.
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I work at an industrial supply company. We're the ones who ship the screws and tools to the manufacturers.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA Premium App

shoot send me some tools heck It would make it alot easier to dismantle certain devices for break downs

HEY! How'd you get my mousepad??
Thanks for the pics though!

cybertang said:
shoot send me some tools heck It would make it alot easier to dismantle certain devices for break downs
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Let me know what you need, ill put in an order for 'em. 10% over cost.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA Premium App

Story of my day everyday. As a corporate Sprint tech I take apart around 50+ phones a day.
It's become next to nothing to open any small electronic now...and a few big ones haha.
Sometimes I feel like I'm doing a tear down for liquid damage in my sleep.
I've done it for 7 years now and have been such a good harvester that I've kept my exchange rate down to 18% constant due to my efforts.

so.... did you see why people are having issues with signal?? is there a crappy antenna? etc.

tearing apart a sprint phone is easier than building lego's if you actually feel like doing it.
just don't tear the ribbon.

TheNexxuvas said:
Story of my day everyday. As a corporate Sprint tech I take apart around 50+ phones a day.
It's become next to nothing to open any small electronic now...and a few big ones haha.
Sometimes I feel like I'm doing a tear down for liquid damage in my sleep.
I've done it for 7 years now and have been such a good harvester that I've kept my exchange rate down to 18% constant due to my efforts.
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thats whats up! going 2 years strong here. 3rd party 50+ phone a day aswell down to 23% taking phones apart is like cake now too and it got me thinking i need to touchstone my nexus like i did my epic
now if only slate was more useful..

newalker91 said:
Antenna is fine, just software bugs. Miscalculation of available signal causing the phone to think it doesn't have signal when it really does. There's a fix in the works already.
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do you know when it will hit the streets?
thanks!
ck

newalker91 said:
I do everything within my power to harvest parts and build up a stock of pieces I need, but we can't do any micro-soldering and the damn Evo charging port effs up my exchange rate consistently. Can't harvest motherboards so bleh. A lot of the powercycling problems and such as well are caused by faulty circuits and once again cannot be fixed. Do you have any tips?
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None anymore, there was the old Palm circuit board switcharoo, but the newer models don't offer that. I harvest like a mad man though, even Pre sliders, pre earpieces on the top board/screen and things that many are too afraid to harvest (Blackberry tour/bold screens).
Soldering kits are being pulled from the stores too, since we've been scaled back to only soldering old pin charger ports (I still solder wires for earpieces and vibe motors) and those are now defunct.
If blackberry and htc hadn't screwed us over by taking away our soldering efforts with their models, we'd still be doing them today, but, thems the breaks. Hurts both techs and customers but maybe down the line they will rethink it and go with the soldering machines that are used at the warehouse to put new ports on. I'd dance a bit of a jig that day. And I absolutely hate the new standard mirco usb ports, absolutely too small and too fragile and they are on every phone now. Need to go back to mini usb, which was much sturdier. I haven't charged a phone on a cable in years. Cadex or Wall dock chargers for me.
Gives me better battery life, and since I always run 2 batteries I go to work everyday with a fully charged one. Can't beat it.

Well, is it possible to replace the wifi radio in my Nexus S 4G?? The low range and disconnects are killing me! I dont mind voiding my warranty.

d94 said:
thats whats up! going 2 years strong here. 3rd party 50+ phone a day aswell down to 23% taking phones apart is like cake now too and it got me thinking i need to touchstone my nexus like i did my epic
now if only slate was more useful..
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Ha! Slate my friend is garbage!!!! Lol
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA App

ddpacino said:
Well, is it possible to replace the wifi radio in my Nexus S 4G?? The low range and disconnects are killing me! I dont mind voiding my warranty.
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Radios and chipsets are embedded into the circuit boards now, they aren't on a socket like CPU's on a computer motherboard, so no, sorry, that's not a removable/replaceable part.

Help
newalker91 said:
All Samsung phones are like that. Very easy to dismantle them and interchange parts. HTC phones are next in line for ease of modding, although it requires the star tip screwdriver which can be tricky to get your hands on. They do although use tamper dots on one screw to know if you opened it, but you can order those online and put it on a screw head to trick it. Sanyo use the triangle tip and quite frankly are made of **** parts so half the time something falls apart when opening it delicately. Motorola is kinda finicky. Blackberry and Palm you aren't even able to open without destroying something, they don't play nice.
Tip to keep your phone running well: open it every few months, use a stiff paintbrush and gently clean all exposed copper with rubbing alcohol and then use compressed air to dry it completely. This helps keep electricity flowing smoothly without interruption by corrosion. It can also prevent shorts and lower heat. Just don't turn it on with any alcohol still on it or you'll fry the phone and don't brush too hard and knock anything off.
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Seeing that you are a repairs technician for sprint, I was wondering if you would be able to help me with a micro USB problem on my nexus s 4g?

My X10 is dying

I fear a sad day will come soon when my x10 will be unusable. The main current problems are broken in-ear speaker, meaning i have to use speakerphone or bluetooth for calls, and charging the phone has become a pain after while being plugged in to my laptop and falling off the side it has to be maneuvered to one direction to stay on. Luckily i have an upgrade due soon but i dont want use it until the right phone comes out, and especially with gingerbread coming soon.
I dont drop it often and im sure an iphone wouldve perished under the same conditions which is why i hope to keep it alive as long as possible, has anyone ever fixed any of these problems by any chance?

have you tried CPR?
jk..
if its hardware related try to bring it to your service center. maybe your warranty will cover it.
here's the x10 disassembly guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6368979
here's the video
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=989196
maybe a lose connection to your earpice

can i have your stuff?

-PiLoT- said:
can i have your stuff?
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Let us pray now..
Perhaps book it into a hospital such as "shudder" the SE service centre.

Here you are maybe you could do this...

smartgardens said:
Here you are maybe you could do this...
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HA HA HA!!!
No offense to OP the thread just turned out funny.
The truth is smartphones should not be dropped.

not to sound like a heatless bastard, but if it does die, would you be willing to sell me the USB board? if you are, PM me

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not to sound like a heatless bastard, but if it does die, would you be willing to sell me the USB board? if you are, PM me
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The usb is soldered to the main PCB.

there's a separate PCB board with the USB connected to it http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tGMqxM4Nj...MDCZo/s1600/Droidangel_XperiaX10_Charging.jpg

lansingone said:
there's a separate PCB board with the USB connected to it http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tGMqxM4Nj...MDCZo/s1600/Droidangel_XperiaX10_Charging.jpg
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Check again.

warranty is a no go as a very brief splash coloured the water damage area, im not sounding like i look after it very well but i have had it 18 months now, il get back to any of you if it does give up eventually. I did laugh at those pics though, no offence taken.

woke up today to 3 blinks if the red led, thought it was over but after a little stint in the wall charger, it started to charge again, whew, close call, ironically today is the first day i can upgrade.

Why don't you upgrade then ? Do you like the Arc or other phones ? If you are fond of the phone, I'm sure you can find a shop that can fix the issues cheap if you care to wait a day or so, maybe even faster.
Anyway, just to be sure, make a backup of your contacts and photos while you still can.

i actually have upgraded now, wanted to wait and see what the duo was like but even when i managed to get the battery to 100% it was flat in 6 hours, most of the time in my pocket (i can usually get a full day out of it) Went with the arc, love the design and hopefully it will be updated better than the x10 was.

Inaccurate battery percentage...

I have a 910T3 that I slow charge (AC) most of the time. When I see the green light go on, I unplug and see 100%, but after I reboot into TWRP recovery it is usually like 93%. Which one is accurate? I'd prefer the green light to go on when it's really 100%. Thank you.
Also, the stock battery is about 20 months old, and I can use it to about 0%-1% before it shuts off.

You could try reinitializing your battery. However seeing as your battery is that old. You would be better off getting a new one.

What is reinitializing the battery? I really wanted to avoid buying a new battery unless I really had to. I've read people's battery dying at like 25% left, that's when I'd buy a new one.

burntrat said:
What is reinitializing the battery? I really wanted to avoid buying a new battery unless I really had to. I've read people's battery dying at like 25% left, that's when I'd buy a new one.
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Above post is correct as your battery is quite old it is probably time for a new one. My old note 4 was very similar to this before the emmc failed in it it would always show different percentages on battery,the phone died before i got to replace battery though

TheMadScientist said:
Above post is correct as your battery is quite old it is probably time for a new one. My old note 4 was very similar to this before the emmc failed in it it would always show different percentages on battery,the phone died before i got to replace battery though
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Man I was hoping it wasn't time for a new battery just yet. Also, sorry to hear about your n4. Looks like eventually all of them will die like that soon. I swear this was planned cause the n5 wasn't that great, trying to thin out the n4 herd.

burntrat said:
Man I was hoping it wasn't time for a new battery just yet. Also, sorry to hear about your n4. Looks like eventually all of them will die like that soon. I swear this was planned cause the n5 wasn't that great, trying to thin out the n4 herd.
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I loved my note 5. Battery killed in it too twice i haad a note 7 edge rom on it

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I loved my note 5. Battery killed in it too twice i haad a note 7 edge rom on it
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I tried the no5 for a bit, but wasn't really impressed with it. It had it's pros and cons, but I felt the no4 was better overall for my uses. I read others saying pretty much the same thing with sticking with the no4 rather than moving on the no5 cause of no battery or microsd card support etc.
How did you deal with dead batteries out of warranty or did you have both battery issues in the first year?

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I tried the no5 for a bit, but wasn't really impressed with it. It had it's pros and cons, but I felt the no4 was better overall for my uses. I read others saying pretty much the same thing with sticking with the no4 rather than moving on the no5 cause of no battery or microsd card support etc.
How did you deal with dead batteries out of warranty or did you have both battery issues in the first year?
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Lol i bought 3 note 5s and pieced them together with one one good screen and a bad usb port on said screen i swapped the batteries myself I heated the baqck and didnt bust it just scratched it. so i ordered a new back and use small dabs of rubber cement to put it back on.
I do all my own repairs no warranty. i had a verizon tmobile and sprint mother boards luckily I rooted before the usb went out completly and used wifi file transfer and wireless charge for that issue. So much as I now despise Usb ports and no wireless charge on devices.

TheMadScientist said:
Lol i bought 3 note 5s and pieced them together with one one good screen and a bad usb port on said screen i swapped the batteries myself I heated the baqck and didnt bust it just scratched it. so i ordered a new back and use small dabs of rubber cement to put it back on.
I do all my own repairs no warranty. i had a verizon tmobile and sprint mother boards luckily I rooted before the usb went out completly and used wifi file transfer and wireless charge for that issue. So much as I now despise Usb ports and no wireless charge on devices.
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Wow, I wish I had the skills and patience to do that. I know I'd make things worse and end up paying more in the long run for parts and fixing it. I think that is a huge reason why many won't move onto these newer phones without replaceable batteries.
I swapped out an older, but less used oem no4 battery and will see if it's any better.

So I'm using the older battery and lights up green at 100% (same level as TWRP rec).
But today, my phone just shut off at around 35-39% while in the middle of streaming a short video clip. Only way to turn it back on was to remove then reinsert the battery. Is this normal of dying batteries around the last 1/3 or could this possibly be an unstable kernel issue.