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Crinkling Keyboard?

Guys,
My Epic's keyboard seems a bit "crackly" lately... when I type on it, it sounds like there's maybe a layer of plastic or saran rap or something underneath it, like a potato chip bag or something.
When I run my finger lightly over the keys, there's a crinkling noise, as if if I was crinkling a plastic bag between my fingers.
Anyone else experiencing this?

I have not experienced this. Perhaps there are pot smoking pixies hiding in your phone leaving tostido crumbs behind?

Nothing here. Although I never use the physical keyboard. I would really like another Galaxy S variant on Sprint so I could have a lighter phone without a keyboard.

othan1 said:
I have not experienced this. Perhaps there are pot smoking pixies hiding in your phone leaving tostido crumbs behind?
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To funny... :-D
pissinguoff247 said:
Guys,
My Epic's keyboard seems a bit "crackly" lately... when I type on it, it sounds like there's maybe a layer of plastic or saran rap or something underneath it, like a potato chip bag or something.
When I run my finger lightly over the keys, there's a crinkling noise, as if if I was crinkling a plastic bag between my fingers.
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When I slide my fingers lightly I can see where your coming from but not as I type. You might have a problem...
Could be time to clean out the crumbs. Lol! Jk
scriz said:
Nothing here. Although I never use the physical keyboard. I would really like another Galaxy S variant on Sprint so I could have a lighter phone without a keyboard.
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You could get it and clone the numbers. Wait... I didn't just say that. :-!
Lol
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a454nova said:
To funny... :-D
When I slide my fingers lightly I can see where your coming from but not as I type. You might have a problem...
Could be time to clean out the crumbs. Lol! Jk
You could get it and clone the numbers. Wait... I didn't just say that. :-!
Lol
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Could...yes....would? No..lol.

I have the exact same behavior. Surprised that isn't everyone. Maybe it is worth taking the phone in to be looked at.
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haha I thought i was the only one being over paranoid about this fact!
Yes my keyboard 'crinkles' or sounds a bit crunchy sometimes. Its noticable somedays more than others. One of the perks of a all plastic keyboard! :\
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Uh, a little bit higher...

Is it just me, or does anybody else find themselves occasionally holding the phone upside down and firmly pressing the speaker grill? I know it's offset, but still unfortunate positioning!

Jim_R said:
Is it just me, or does anybody else find themselves occasionally holding the phone upside down and firmly pressing the speaker grill? I know it's offset, but still unfortunate positioning!
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My speaker grill has a nice dent
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Mine too!!!! So annoying!!!!
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lol Do it all the time!

I took my TPU case off and put it back on upside down on accident once and was so confused when I couldn't find my power/lock button...

Guilty
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Lol happened a few times

First two weeks I did this, even felt I bent the grill in a little on accident, but now I rarely to never do it since I got so used to where its at now.

mosincredible said:
I took my TPU case off and put it back on upside down on accident once and was so confused when I couldn't find my power/lock button...
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definitely have done that before too, lol

Haaaa.. +1 for me... this is too funny thought I was the only one....

Ive done this too haha! Every since I got my case (otter box, the cheaper one) doesn't happen anymore
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LoL, almost crushed mine out of the case.

LOL, and I thought I am the only one who is always pushing the loudspeaker grill.

sounds nuts but yes, it happens atleast once in a day..

Lol. Yep
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Happens every so often.
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Knock on wood...Haven't happen to me yet (1 week old)

I had that thought, and when I first got the phone, it happened 90% of the time.
Then I bought a 6 dollar case off ebay, a rubbery-like one. And now the unlock part has a raised bump. Now I never do.

This thread has been amusing lol... glad to hear I'm not the only one who did it. My biggest concern was damaging the thing, but it doesn't seem to be too fragile, fortunately. Like others, I got used to positioning/feel of the actual button so I haven't done it in a while.

Guilty as charged. Ive done it about half a dozen times. Lol at this thread!

PERMANENTLY fix your "blown" speaker

First off this could break your speaker, do this at your own risk.
I have tested this on 2 EVO's with completely "blown" speakers, they both now sound absolutely perfect. From what i can tell, it's a lot of built up metal shavings, they weigh the speaker cone down and prevent it from making the true desired frequency.
You will need a earth magnet, or a really strong regular one will do i guess,(I used a earth mag tho)
First issue: you have to take the phone apart, from there, remove speaker,
(has been covered on youtube so go a lookin)
Now.. take the speaker, sweet diagram huh?(its late) and drop it, foam side down, from about 3 or 4 inches onto the magnet. Repeat. You will see the shavings coming off the speaker and sticking to the earth magnet.
Do it for a few minutes or until the metal shavings are all gone.
Re-assemble, click your favorite player and enjoy!!
I will try to get a tutorial on youtube soon..

u might wanna add a disclaimer as some waterhead is gonna do this and toast their evo!
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HTCRALEIGHFAN said:
u might wanna add a disclaimer as some waterhead is gonna do this and toast their evo!
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HA ha
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HTCRALEIGHFAN said:
u might wanna add a disclaimer as some waterhead is gonna do this and toast their evo!
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Done..Thanks and sorry.

Why not since you have it apart and risk damaging the speaker by screwing up the polarity of the speakers magnet just drop in a brand new speaker. They can be picked up for a few bucks.

drtdiver83 said:
Why not since you have it apart and risk damaging the speaker by screwing up the polarity of the speakers magnet just drop in a brand new speaker. They can be picked up for a few bucks.
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Im on my third speaker in a year,and who want's to wait two weeks for the speaker to get from china? Did another friend's this am, zero problems. I can see where you would think this may cause a problem, but it doesn't, Sound is restored to perfect.
Just trying to pass on what has worked 3 times for me. I would prefer fixing rather than replacing, i assume others would too.

I see this all the time at my store, especially those who work outside and around machinery.
Had one guy blow 3 in two weeks before we finally sat him down and explained in detail exactly why it was doing it before he finally wised up.

just take it to sprint they will replace it for free and do it right there

Assuming you have not disassembled it and broke the seal, and you have a warranty, and you live near a store that does service work. But besides that, yeah spot on.
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dabigcheezze said:
Assuming you have not disassembled it and broke the seal, and you have a warranty, and you live near a store that does service work. But besides that, yeah spot on.
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I work on Evos with broken screw seals. For the average customer, it means they've had it worked on before and the sticker wasn't replaced.

Thanks so much. after having the evo over a year and putting it on my work bench. I never thought about the metal shavings from screws getting in. Works as new

i'll give this a try soon.

This is a cool post but I really do see in the near future some idiots ruining their phones trying to open it up and pulling the speaker out
Cyanogenized EVO4g nightly 102

Sunsparc said:
I work on Evos with broken screw seals. For the average customer, it means they've had it worked on before and the sticker wasn't replaced.
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Yeah the clowns at the one service shop where I live tell you to beat it if the seal is broken.
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Hope not. But I don't doubt it.
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Does this work for the earpiece speaker? My earpiece speaker just started buzzing and I can't understand what anyone with a deeper voice is saying at all.

yougivemerash!!! said:
Does this work for the earpiece speaker? My earpiece speaker just started buzzing and I can't understand what anyone with a deeper voice is saying at all.
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I don't see why it wouldn't, obviously the idea is that the earth magnet is WAY stronger than the speakers magnet allowing it to pull away the shavings, give it a shot and report back!

drtdiver83 said:
Why not since you have it apart and risk damaging the speaker by screwing up the polarity of the speakers magnet just drop in a brand new speaker. They can be picked up for a few bucks.
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Just wanted to point out that unless the speaker is part of a matched pair, reversing the polarity of the magnet will not affect the sound...

zilesx said:
Just wanted to point out that unless the speaker is part of a matched pair, reversing the polarity of the magnet will not affect the sound...
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Well it will change the entire dynamics of the intended design... therefore changing frequency, depth, and volume. Speakers are designed to push... not pull. If they pull, it will more or less push the sound into whatever it's housing is.

LancerEVA06 said:
Well it will change the entire dynamics of the intended design... therefore changing frequency, depth, and volume. Speakers are designed to push... not pull. If they pull, it will more or less push the sound into whatever it's housing is.
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NOPE!!!!!!!!!!!

Xperia Play Notification LED + Sanded Sides [little MOD](hardware)

I speak portuguese, but you dont need to understand everything.... the only thig that i says that is important is that the side with the triggers was just done and that after a day it would loses its white marks and became like the other
I have my play for a year now and it is in pretty bad state.... the construction quality is not the best...
and what more I care about is the power button because it is pretty much gone, I'm using apps to lock the screen and the home button to unlock...
found out that some one used a nail file to fix it, so I tried and it was better for the first 3 presses.... I noticed that the light was passing though the part I sanded down, so I did the same on the whole button.
I think It looks pretty cool and all the button lights up and catches more attention..
when its off, it is ice/transparent with the power icon in the middle...
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I'm the kind of guy that has no limits, if I something cool, I keep doing it till it finishes bad... but not this time!! I sanded down the side that has no triggers and it looks like a very dark wood with a lovely texture on it... have to fell it...
Tip. Try to do it all ways in the same direction, along the side so that you have these tiny lines right. Or use a very smooth(?) /for more delicate things sand paper and don't put any pressure on it...
Pics from the update here
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B3UKRg_ISzYKcFJUTXBUN09WOG8/edit
Sorry because I have to accept... can't make it public somehow.... just ask permit ion and I'll give you as fast as I can...
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Wow that looks hardcore. I'm gonna try it cause I have the same issue too

That's so badass, I'm filing mine down right now even though my button works fine. It's looking awesome
I can't imagine why they covered up most of the LED to begin with...

I'm going to do that. I sanded down my other buttons so they're now black. Never thought to do the power button.
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How can filing down the surface of a button make any difference to its responsiveness? surely the problem lies beneath the button with the connector?
I agree with you on the build quality. My power button hasn't gone yet but its probably on its way out. It didn't work at all a couple of days ago until I kept pressing it and luckily went back to normal normal responsiveness after that, can't be a good sign though. That and the R trigger on my device has lost its springiness, it goes down with little to no effort now. Still raises back to the surface so I suppose I should count myself lucky.
Looks cool anyway and might make it so the LED light can actually be seen in normal circumstances.

So if I sand down my power button it will make it do that? GENIUS. I never thought of that. Time to go find a nail filer.

Sweet. Going to try this in a few

I just tried it out, and the power button felt a bit weird so I licked my finger and got it a little wet, but with the case on you don't even feel it. But my god, it looks 100x better. Thank you dude.

Totally awesome. Made my other buttons black b4. Didn't think about power either. Awesome now I can actually see my notification light
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Beautiful!
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LordBattleBeard said:
How can filing down the surface of a button make any difference to its responsiveness? surely the problem lies beneath the button with the connector?
I agree with you on the build quality. My power button hasn't gone yet but its probably on its way out. It didn't work at all a couple of days ago until I kept pressing it and luckily went back to normal normal responsiveness after that, can't be a good sign though. That and the R trigger on my device has lost its springiness, it goes down with little to no effort now. Still raises back to the surface so I suppose I should count myself lucky.
Looks cool anyway and might make it so the LED light can actually be seen in normal circumstances.
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The surface between the back of the button and the back cover...
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Glad you guys liked!
I'll sand the buttons because they re wearing off anyway... didn't think of that...
Have any one though about the sides of the device, make it all black? From like the first mouth the paint/metal effect has came out a little... I'll do that when I get home
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LordBattleBeard said:
How can filing down the surface of a button make any difference to its responsiveness? surely the problem lies beneath the button with the connector?
I agree with you on the build quality. My power button hasn't gone yet but its probably on its way out. It didn't work at all a couple of days ago until I kept pressing it and luckily went back to normal normal responsiveness after that, can't be a good sign though. That and the R trigger on my device has lost its springiness, it goes down with little to no effort now. Still raises back to the surface so I suppose I should count myself lucky.
Looks cool anyway and might make it so the LED light can actually be seen in normal circumstances.
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I think the R button loses its springiness because of the way the phone is held. At least when I hold it its usually being pressed.
To get back on topic, how is the surface of the power button when sanded?
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What do you mean sanded down? I dont understand English much. Will the sleep button work when i mod it?
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MilkyJoePD said:
I think the R button loses its springiness because of the way the phone is held. At least when I hold it its usually being pressed.
To get back on topic, how is the surface of the power button when sanded?
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Not to go off topic again but I had to replace the back cover underneath the battery. As the triggers started to get sticky and not move as they looked liked they were pressed all the way down. So bought a new backing and bang... works like like new. Now.... back to our regular scheduled topic on hand.
I did this last night... so much nicer to finally see the danger led as the whole button rather then what looks like a pin needle
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leetxperia said:
What do you mean sanded down? I dont understand English much. Will the sleep button work when i mod it?
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Use something like this
You can find this on nail cutter or swiss army multipurpose knife. Gently scrub it on your power button. You can use sand paper also which you can find it on any hardware store, but I don't prefer sand paper because the sand will come off and run into your device

360porcento said:
I have my play for a year now and it is in pretty bad state.... the construction quality is not the best...
and what more I care about is the power button because it is pretty much gone, I'm using apps to lock the screen and the home button to unlock...
found out that some one used a nail file to fix it, so I tried and it was better for the first 3 presses.... I noticed that the light was passing though the part I sanded down, so I did the same on the whole button.
I think It looks pretty cool and all the button lights up and catches more attention..
when its off, it is ice/transparent with the power icon in the middle...
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Is that a crack in your back plate by the power button? (White line in first pic)
Just wondering as I have a crack on mine in the exact same place
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Growling Clover said:
Is that a crack in your back plate by the power button? (White line in first pic)
Just wondering as I have a crack on mine in the exact same place
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I had the same crack as well
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Lol that does look cool!
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Growling Clover said:
Is that a crack in your back plate by the power button? (White line in first pic)
Just wondering as I have a crack on mine in the exact same place
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Lol... I haven't noticed it before 0.o yep, its a little crack.... I got I big one on the aperture where you put the your nail to take the back cover... do you have that one too?
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Charging port cover

What's the over/under on this thing coming off??? Seems awfully flimsy to me.

skinnytoo2 said:
What's the over/under on this thing coming off??? Seems awfully flimsy to me.
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here's to hoping a 3rd party makes a replacement? or something better. almost wanting to get the wireless setup just to avoid this being an issue.

Lol...I went back yesterday and asked about wireless charging!!!
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I had an old Samsung flip phone years ago with a similar cover. It stayed in place and never broke.

Yeah and it depends on the user how long the phone will take weather it dont have the cover on it.

I had that Sammy also. It was the flip one with the keyboard. Cool phone!
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skinnytoo2 said:
I had that Sammy also. It was the flip one with the keyboard. Cool phone!
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I have also have had sammy. But it was not flip with my keyboard. I will ask you how it works ?.

skinnytoo2 said:
I had that Sammy also. It was the flip one with the keyboard. Cool phone!
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How much for it?

skinnytoo2 said:
Lol...I went back yesterday and asked about wireless charging!!!
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Gs4 qi recievers work on gs5, im using it now.

darren.wlsn1 said:
Gs4 qi recievers work on gs5, im using it now.
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Do you have a link? Do we need a special battery cover? Thanks!

skinnytoo2 said:
Do you have a link? Do we need a special battery cover? Thanks!
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I work for Ravpower and use there charger and the reciever from gs4 so no bs case involved or battery cover.

darren.wlsn1 said:
I work for Ravpower and use there charger and the reciever from gs4 so no bs case involved or battery cover.
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funny running into you on these forums lol
I cant get the freaking cover off with my nail. especially with my case on. its driving me nuts.

hibby50 said:
funny running into you on these forums lol
I cant get the freaking cover off with my nail. especially with my case on. its driving me nuts.
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Wholly crap hib i didnt see it was you, ya im on a guys gs5 selling him a wireless charger and noticed gs4 reciever works fine. Nice to see ya!!

The cover is really, really annoying. Especially for me, who uses bluetooth through my car speakers for my main music stuff. So each time I get in the car I plug the phone into the 12 volt. And each time, I have to pry open that cover. The worst part is, it doesn't even stay open! I also just got my Incipio dual layer protection case in the mail and now its even harder to get the charging cover off. It's really aggravating. I don't even think it closes correctly either. It always looks like its not snapped down all the way. Just, bleh. Most annoying quirk on the 4 Samsung phones I've owned.

just get the spare battery charge kit so you never have to mess with it. Its also a better means of going from zero to 100 than wireless charger

xgerryx said:
The cover is really, really annoying. Especially for me, who uses bluetooth through my car speakers for my main music stuff. So each time I get in the car I plug the phone into the 12 volt. And each time, I have to pry open that cover. The worst part is, it doesn't even stay open! I also just got my Incipio dual layer protection case in the mail and now its even harder to get the charging cover off. It's really aggravating. I don't even think it closes correctly either. It always looks like its not snapped down all the way. Just, bleh. Most annoying quirk on the 4 Samsung phones I've owned.
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Yeah I'm not really sure what to do here. I have a bunch of 3D models for phone docks / car docks / etc for the gs3 and gs4, the battery cover is a total nuisance on the gs5, especially because it doesn't really stay open after you open it (I'm trying to imagine how to go about designing a dock for this thing).
I do 3D modeling and have a 3D printer, if anyone has an idea for an improvement... holler. I doubt we'll see any kind of other 3rd party replacement otherwise as it's attached to the phone and clearly involved with waterproofing. not sure if it's worth the trade-off!
anywho guess I'll be giving wireless charging a try again...

If you take off the battery cover there is a screw where it holds the USB cover just take it off your not prone to accidents
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I bought a bodyglove just made to charge port cover more of a pain with big hands lol I thought about just removing it just dont want to break it
Galaxy S5

I hate things that dangle in general.

LeKtRiCzzz said:
If you take off the battery cover there is a screw where it holds the USB cover just take it off your not prone to accidents
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Yeah definitely good that it's easy to do that - personally I'm not really upset or frustrated; it's awesome to add waterproofing - I'm just trying to puzzle out the best way to keep the feature while also making the phone easy to slide into a dock (preferably with one hand), you know?