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The Hero power button nightmare.

So the paint problem on my power button got worse after i picked at with my finger nail ONCE just curious on the construction like a RETARD.
what followed was a week of pain and humiliation. The paint started coming off slowly leaving my hand looking like i was touching glitter, It was like a flesh eating virus, the glitter continued and button started looking worse and worse so i decided Saturday that i would end this once and for all, i got out nail polish remover, a magic eraser, and a microfiber cloth and the result is a BARE bright RED power button that is visible from 20 feet away and looks absolutely horrible. What i also didn't expect that the nail polish remover also took some of the paint off the area around the button and off the side of the phone.
The end result is that my phone is now an embarrassment, fully functional, the rest of the phone is in perfect shape but no matter how well i keep care of it now it will still have a huge red button visible from 20 feet away.
*sigh*

looks pretty cool

Bust out a silver sharpie and give it a quick paint job.

Note to self: "Keep phone away from nail polish remover." I have a slight bubble developing on my End button. I'm hoping I don't have to scrape everything off. On the other hand you could go ahead and scrape off the paint on the Call button and have a nice Christmasy-looking phone. LOL

is this a good enough excuse to get an EVO the day it comes out?
god i am bummed out

Glod said:
is this a good enough excuse to get an EVO the day it comes out?
god i am bummed out
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Duck tape fixes everything!!
Get small piece and stick it over the button.. Or take phone apart, rap duck tape around it.. In the process, dont break phone so you wont have to duck tape the entire thing together.

mine looks exactly the same dude.. :/
my back button even is starting to peel

I am afraid that if i start experimenting with paint and glue that my hero will end up out my apartment window.
no matter what i do it is always going to look bad, but seriously i need to make this less obvious.
did i mention that when the back light is lit on it, it is bright as hell too.

Glod said:
I am afraid that if i start experimenting with paint and glue that my hero will end up out my apartment window.
no matter what i do it is always going to look bad, but seriously i need to make this less obvious.
did i mention that when the back light is lit on it, it is bright as hell too.
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Take it to sprint and say the paint just wore away. You are a heavy phone user and you dont like how this happened. Ask what you options are and say you would like to get the buttons replaced. They do the work for free if you are insured.

It's a nice pic nonetheless.

it looks like t-1000
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Mine just started peeling off last week. Not a heavy phone user, but regardless, the End Key is now peeling . I have insurance, so I'm debating on whether to take it in or not. If they can just fix the button, great. If not, well, we'll see. That and I'd likely have to RUU before taking it in (unless I just leave it powered off .)

Get some silver nail vanish and reverse the issue

Scratch everything off both the call and end buttons and just pretend it's supposed to be that way. That works for me, but I know it would bug some people.
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jcaliendo said:
Scratch everything off both the call and end buttons and just pretend it's supposed to be that way. That works for me, but I know it would bug some people.
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That's what I did. It really does not bother me. At least I don't have the dust issue. I don't trust a sprint tech taking my phone apart for those two buttons. It really looks alright when both buttons are missing the paint.

my phone end button is peel off too. I guess phone was never meant for moderate to heavey usage for end button imho.

jcaliendo said:
Scratch everything off both the call and end buttons and just pretend it's supposed to be that way. That works for me, but I know it would bug some people.
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At 1st I was horribly upset that I had to carefully scrape the paint off of the button. But it grew on me over time & I can use the phone without graying hairs over paint peel.

on mine is the power button and the return button too sprint said that they can send me another one phone

Same thing here mine looks exactly like urs :/ Anthink i,m goign tto try and mask it off and get some hobby paint..idk what color thou

I completely peeled my power button months ago. It's red, I'm over it.
The "back" button has been doing the same thing. The little back arrow is a blob of naked plastic now. I don't care since I'm getting an EVO.
There are threads at Sprint and other Hero forums where people have been trying to get Sprint or HTC to replace the phone because of this. I think only one person got lucky and was given a new phone.

A Bus Ran Over my X10 - R.I.P (Video Added)

A black lettered day in my life ....
Today in the morning while riding on my motorbike on a croweded indian street ...my phone slipped out of my tracks & fell on to the road. It took me about a ~45 secs to realize that my phone is missing from my pocket
By the time i parked my bike & looked back i saw some people frantically waving & shouting trying to stop an oncomming city bus... & then i heard someone say the phone is under the BUS !!!
I ran towards the bus ( which had now come to a stop ) & peeked underneath & to my horror realized that that bus had actually come to a stop on TOP of my phone !!!!! My heart surely missed a beat ..had to ask the driver to back the bus to dislodge the phone from under the tire
Well here are the pics :
http://s1046.photobucket.com/albums/b462/wonderboyfarhan/A journey cut short/
Video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYAJBVfe9to
The phone surprisingly is still in working condition despite being compeltely shattered .. i can still make calls, touchscreen is working (even in the broken areas)... GPS, compass, camera all seem to be working fine....i guess had it not been in the leather pouch it would have been much worse
PLease tell me this can be reparied/replaced...also could you please give a cost approximate..
Heres wat i think needs replaching
- Touch Panel
- Glass Front Screen
- Plastisc side body

sorry to see that.
You can get the housing from Dealextreme
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.37131
Good luck

I'm really sorry for you mate! But i got to say, totally amazing build quality! I am truly amazed.
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did a flash mob of dancing and singing people appear after the accident?
sorry bud, but its just a phone, a thing.
also it seems to work somehow

phuangk said:
sorry to see that.
You can get the housing from Dealextreme
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.37131
Good luck
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Thanks for the link ..i will also run it thru the SE service center for an estimate ..else will order it online
cikomiko said:
did a flash mob of dancing and singing people appear after the accident?
sorry bud, but its just a phone, a thing.
also it seems to work somehow
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True ..its just hard to see ur hard earned money go down the drain like dat !
I too am amazed that the phone still managed to survie this ...i was expecting it find X10 mash inside the leather cover...!! The battery has deep lines engraved on it by the ribs on the back cover .due to the pressure !!!!!

Can't believe it's still working, anyway i guess you wont think about 2.1 update anymore which is, hmmmm, a good thing

That's too bad for you, it's a really expensive phone.
I don't know if you can get the parts apart around your place, but here are the part numbers:
LCD Display: 1223-6264
Windows + Touchscreen: 1223-6264
and finding the housing shouldn't be too hard.
Perhaps you can try contacting SE, but I doubt they'll send you the parts.
Do you really need the touch panel as it is still working? The LCD and touch panel are different parts, you know.

If I were you, I will contact SE and show them what their phone got!.
May be ask them a replacement as a reward from your unbelievable story.
Your phone might worth making a nice ads for them

Cebees said:
If I were you, I will contact SE and show them what their phone got!.
May be ask them a replacement as a reward from your unbelievable story.
Your phone might worth making a nice ads for them
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Your right lol

or better yet sent it to apple and say
For my love of apple, i have finally use my bike and ran my x10 out of business.
Please give me an iphone 4 for the effort and delication i have given for APPLE.

wrongfeifong said:
or better yet sent it to apple and say
For my love of apple, i have finally use my bike and ran my x10 out of business.
Please give me an iphone 4 for the effort and delication i have given for APPLE.
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And then sell it on eBay to buy 2 X10s
(yes, people will pay that much)

I don't know about SE in India but you should give it a shot for making some ads if you got time. At least you have nothing to loose.
Sorry for your lose.
PS, if you had the white color x10 then the bus driver would have seen it just saying!

Tjotte said:
I'm really sorry for you mate! But i got to say, totally amazing build quality! I am truly amazed.
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+ 1 Thats what i think too! Built like a tank

I cant believe it
Can u pls post the pic link again? The link is dead

Ouch, that looks pretty bad, but besides the screen, battery, and a new case, it seems ok. Does everything still work?
I.e. making phone calls, earpiece, microphone, camera, wi-fi, 3G, etc.?

farhan032 said:
A black lettered day in my life ....
The phone surprisingly is still in working condition despite being compeltely shattered .. i can still make calls, touchscreen is working (even in the broken areas)... GPS, compass, camera all seem to be working fine....i guess had it not been in the leather pouch it would have been much worse
PLease tell me this can be reparied/replaced...also could you please give a cost approximate..
Heres wat i think needs replaching
- Touch Panel
- Glass Front Screen
- Plastisc side body
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I also did manage to break the touch panel of my White X10 accidentally! And it seems it would cost around 33% of the phones price! I can't post the links yet! But i've just few lines of crack on my touch panel and it my phone doesn't respond to touch anymore! It's unbelievable that your works!
Let me know what SE quoted you for the Touch Panel!

Did you thank the bus?
Now you can get a phone with current tech, like multi touch, better battery, better call volume, etc

gunstar3035 said:
Did you thank the bus?
Now you can get a phone with current tech, like multi touch, better battery, better call volume, etc
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You sir are a moron
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NightSidew1nd3r said:
You sir are a moron
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i agree u moron....

wow...this is worse than reading Stephen King's novels. I'm truly sorry about your phone and best of luck with getting your Rachael fixed buddy.

Who else plays with their kickstand. I do.

I was reading another thread and noticed another user flicks the kickstand in and out when they're bored I do the same thing how about you guys? Just trying to make small talk before I ask you all out. My name is Yevo.(fututlrama reference btw not actually looking for a date)
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If I'm not doing anything, I'll mess around with the kickstand. I don't stay still very well you see...

Haha I do, everyone looks because it makes that clicking sound when it goes out then in.

I do the same... When Im on the phone at work I flick it... Or I hold the phone by it and spin it... I Probably shouldn't do that but oh well...

I'll admit, I fidget and mess with the kickstand whenever I'm in a boring meeting or whatever. Wore out the kickstand a bit on my first EVO doing that...

Yea, I flick it open and close all the time

I actually use it to prop my phone up. lol I use my Slingbox A LOT. I'll miss the kickstand, but it won't stop me from upgrading.

I know it is early in the thread, but not one penis joke?

I mess with mine all the time, I foubg that all it takes it a little pressure on the hinge side and it pops right open.

Haha yeah I do the same. I'll be standing somewhere reading on it while flicking the kickstand. It's become a habit of mine

yes i play with mine occasionally.

lol i do too when i am bored...

Only when my wife's out of town.

sultan.of.swing said:
I mess with mine all the time, I foubg that all it takes it a little pressure on the hinge side and it pops right open.
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Exactly! I am constantly popping it up like that and slapping it back down
...giggity
-Just warming up!

yeah it doesnt take much to get my kickstand standing haha i dropped it when i was playing with it once and it fell on the kickstand, now it closes easier, opens quick, but stays locked in whatever position i leave it in

Haha, yeah, I flick it in and out all the time!
I'm actually surprized at how well it's held-up. When I first saw it, I was like well....that's going to break in a month!

Off topic:
When on the forum home, this thread is displayed as "Who else plays with their..."
Let the imagination run wild!

I flick it out, touch the underside, then flip it back in place.

Sometimes I'll stick mine out and chase the girlfriend around the house with it

mekaneck said:
Sometimes I'll stick mine out and chase the girlfriend around the house with it
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Man, that would have been a great marketing ploy: Built-in Kickstand, that also works for warding off needy girlfriends and other unwanted people - flicks in and out with ease!

"oil" under glas in the sun?

Hi guys! I just took my new Tab out for a spin for the first time in direct sunlight. It worked pretty much as expected, totally OK!
But there is this smudgy rainbow-colored, oily-looking thing under the screen. Just like when you press to hard on a display with your finger, you know?
Has anyone else got it? I thought it dissapered but I realised it was the sun that had gone so it's probably still there. I suspect I will have a hard time getting the bestbuy staff to realise what I even mean. I'm just her on vaccation and english isnt my native language. Can you somehow see the effect without the sun? Kinda of cloudy today and I'm leaving on thursday
Should I even bother? Will it get worse? Will it dissappear?

Could that be the liquid crystal layer?

It's in the center of the screen and maybe a cm in diameter, growing and shrinking while you touch (other and that area of) the display. Oily, transluscent. Only visible in direct sunligt.

Last Sunday my wife and I are in the car I went out while she's playing with it.when I came back she's done and I pick it up, I saw this like an oily stuff like what u said.I ask her if she accidentally push it hard she said no.u can see it clear under the sun.I panic and I decided to call bestbuy regarding exchanging my tab. Then my wife took a look on it she hold it using her thumb in the side then suddenly its gone.its like an oil. Just an advice do not bend ur tab side to side ok.
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landrian18 said:
Last Sunday my wife and I are in the car I went out while she's playing with it.when I came back she's done and I pick it up, I saw this like an oily stuff like what u said.I ask her if she accidentally push it hard she said no.u can see it clear under the sun.I panic and I decided to call bestbuy regarding exchanging my tab. Then my wife took a look on it she hold it using her thumb in the side then suddenly its gone.its like an oil. Just an advice do not bend ur tab side to side ok.
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Its probably just the petroleum convertor abstractor leaking a little bit of petroleum from the manifolds. I suggest using Penzoil or Mobile1 on your next tablet fillup.

MrSewerPickle said:
Its probably just the petroleum convertor abstractor leaking a little bit of petroleum from the manifolds. I suggest using Penzoil or Mobile1 on your next tablet fillup.
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Lmao that was pretty good. that is all.

N4 - Sliding Off Surfaces Falling Onto Floor

Ok guys - weird happenings, i use a usb cable from my desktop pc to charge my N4 at times. I had been sitting it on top of the pc tower & it has fallen onto the laminate floor 3 times and came out without injury. So i thought it was vibration from my pc tower, so i have been sitting the phone on my pc desk surface, today i found the phone hanging half way across the edge of the desk. There is no serious vibration to mention from my pc or desk, the phone has not been ringing for the phone vibrate to cause it either. So does anyone else have any paranormal activity with their N4 strangely falling off surfaces??
only thing i notice is the glass bottom surface is very slidey

This has been a problem since day one. Put a rear screen protector on. That'll fix you up.

this is the reason I bought a bumper when I ordered mine

Yeah, that's not paranormal I'm afraid, the back is very slippery, the device can and does slide even with no vibrations at all. Just make sure to place something in the surroundings of the phone when you leave it charging that can block random slides.

cheers guys, this is surely a bad design, im so lucky no serious damage occurred. Ill buy and try the rear screen protector as im not a fan of phone covers etc, Fingers crossed this does the trick. Many thanks guys for the feedback :good::good: :laugh::laugh:

mystic.bertie said:
cheers guys, this is surely a bad design, im so lucky no serious damage occurred. Ill buy and try the rear screen protector as im not a fan of phone covers etc, Fingers crossed this does the trick. Many thanks guys for the feedback :good::good: :laugh::laugh:
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You are charging it with your PC on top of the tower with a cable tugging on it... And you are saying it is bad design? Give me a break.
Try using your charger and maybe put it someplace where the cable will not pull it. This is not rocket science.
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Richieboy67 said:
You are charging it with your PC on top of the tower with a cable tugging on it... And you are saying it is bad design? Give me a break.
Try using your charger and maybe put it someplace where the cable will not pull it. This is not rocket science.
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stop being such a forum ****.
I never said i was charging it on top of the pc tower, i sat it there. When its charging its on a flat desk surface as is the charge cable. I have sat the phone on my desk and sat it on top of my wallet and it falls off. So with this phone i will need to be careful how i place it. Of course its a bad design, i should be able to sit my phone flat on a flat surface and not worry about it falling onto the floor. Nexus aint gonna give me a new one if it were to get broken and no warning came with the phone.
oh and you know what, common manners to fellow humans, that aint rocket science :silly:

Wrong forum for this discussion really
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estallings15 said:
This has been a problem since day one. Put a rear screen protector on. That'll fix you up.
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can you give me a pointer to finding one, all i can find on ebay is front screen covers and gel covers etc , thanks

mystic.bertie said:
can you give me a pointer to finding one, all i can find on ebay is front screen covers and gel covers etc , thanks
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Search for Zagg. Also do not search for screen protector. Try searching "skin" or back protector.

grubbster said:
Search for Zagg. Also do not search for screen protector. Try searching "skin" or back protector.
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ok thanks matey, the zagg ones are very expensive so i bought one of these from germany only £2.55. :good:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360592861179?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

simms22 said:
my n4 has the same problem, its constantly trying to cut its life early. ive considered taking it in for therapy, but i havent found a doctor that specializes in nexuscide. yesterday morning, i woke up to it dangling by a chord besides me, about an inch above my hard ceramic tile floor
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close call mate, i can vouch that it is well made after 3 falls and coming out unscaved.
my daughter found mine yesterday half hanging off the edge of my desk :silly:

grubbster said:
You seem very angry. This is just an internet forum. Not much to get worked up over.
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your right thats why im perfectly calm, im just fed up with idiots spoiling the forums i use. It just puts me off using that particular forum again.

mystic.bertie said:
close call mate, i can vouch that it is well made after 3 falls and coming out unscaved.
my daughter found mine yesterday half hanging off the edge of my desk :silly:
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my n4 has probably fallen/jumped at least 50 times over the past 5 weeks, and its still in perfect condition(no cases or screen guards). luckily, the far majority of falls have been on a carpet, but some have been pretty scary

I can also say that I find mine sliding. It's quite weird actually, from the tests I've done I've noticed that it usually occurs when I have it on my leather couch or my ottoman. Yes, I know it's not a desk but the phone is sitting there rather level. It has also done it on my home desk as well, but not at my work desk (yes, both desks are level). It kind of reminds me of an air hockey table type situation. If you have it on your desk and push it, it doesn't require as much work as lets say an SGS3, Galaxy Nexus, or Blackberry to move. Basically the way it's designed causes it to not create much friction between it and the surface it is on.
Although, none of this bothers me since the phone is a fricken beaut.

crecsky said:
I can also say that I find mine sliding. It's quite weird actually, from the tests I've done I've noticed that it usually occurs when I have it on my leather couch or my ottoman. Yes, I know it's not a desk but the phone is sitting there rather level. It has also done it on my home desk as well, but not at my work desk (yes, both desks are level). It kind of reminds me of an air hockey table type situation. If you have it on your desk and push it, it doesn't require as much work as lets say an SGS3, Galaxy Nexus, or Blackberry to move. Basically the way it's designed causes it to not create much friction between it and the surface it is on.
Although, none of this bothers me since the phone is a fricken beaut.
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man this means no where can be trusted to sit your phone. what puzzles me is it always slides off to danger, not further onto my desk .

minieod said:
everyone is MAKING FUN OF YOU
do you not see that?
wow.
if you have something on top of a flat surface...unless there is something acting upon it...there is no way for it to "slide off" ... how can you perceive that even possible?
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im not making fun of him. and there is something acting on it, its called gravity. it does mean that the surfaces arent perfectly flat, but even the slightest non perceivable slant cause it to slide.

mystic.bertie said:
your right thats why im perfectly calm, im just fed up with idiots spoiling the forums i use. It just puts me off using that particular forum again.
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Better get a thicker skin quicker as you're dealing with a lot of teenagers in these forums. Its like playing WoW, way too many prepubescent teens.

guys, it's not the phone. It's the surfaces you're placing it on. Most tables/desks are nice, smooth and shiny. Combine that with the glass and a NOT SO PERFECTLY FLAT SURFACE and you get falls
Trust me...it's not voodoo or non-Newtonian physics
Just get any cheap gel case and you're set. I actually got a brilliant one for 2 GBP Really nice looking and with really really grippy sides.

Thread clean. It's really not nice to make fun from someone, especially here - on a biggest tech forum in the world
@OP Private messages are meant to be PRIVATE, so please don't post them here.
Now let's back on topic, please.