i dont know if it's just my mobile but i dont like so much my home buton.
When i holding him it can be move left-right-1-2mm.
I's not compact like iphone,altough i dont like apple crap.
This mobile i so perfect,but this home button annoys me.
Also the sound when i click it...
It looks so cheap...what do u folks thing?
I don't like the button and doubt how long it will work properly ! The button should have been made with more solid hardware as it's the only button you have on GSII.
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I don't like the button and doubt how long it will work properly ! The button should have been made with more solid hardware as it's the only button you have on GSII.
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sure i agree with you.IT LOOK'S SO SO CHEAP.
let's hear other opinions?
It's damn cheap. I hate the sound. Sometimes I click it once and it sounds as if I clicked twice. Hate it.
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Maybe there are some quality control issues with the button. Mine is rock solid. It barely wiggles, and makes a satisfying click sound. WAY better than the home button I had on my iPhone 4.
Now I've got rid of Touchwiz, that home button is the only fly in the ointment. The capacitive one on my DHD was so much nicer. Hopefully Samsung won't feel the need to continue copying this pointless feature of the iphone on any future phones.
I miss track ball with colors notification from nexus one... it was awesome!
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Maybe there are some quality control issues with the button. Mine is rock solid. It barely wiggles, and makes a satisfying click sound. WAY better than the home button I had on my iPhone 4.
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Satisfying? I hate this sound. Like its some old mobile. I asked on another forum and they suggest takin to repair center.
Can you do a test?
Put your finger on the button and try it move left right,mine goes 2mm.
Also when you press button is there a click sound?
Why they didnt make like iphone...
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Satisfying? I hate this sound. Like its some old mobile. I asked on another forum and they suggest takin to repair center.
Can you do a test?
Put your finger on the button and try it move left right,mine goes 2mm.
Also when you press button is there a click sound?
Why they didnt make like iphone...
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I tried mine and it moves but nowhere close to 1 or 2 mm.. I checked with my ruler and it only moves .5mm .. For me the clicking sound is not that loud and annoying..
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Mine doesn't move at all. When presses in its makes a faint click and a duller faint click when released.
Mine wiggles too but I don't think it will break easily. Sammy qc is not so bad compared to other companies. should be ok. I hope^^
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Mine wiggles a bit but not like yours. Or maybe you're forcing it to wiggle? If I just press like normal it doesn't move or wiggle.
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Satisfying? I hate this sound. Like its some old mobile. I asked on another forum and they suggest takin to repair center.
Can you do a test?
Put your finger on the button and try it move left right,mine goes 2mm.
Also when you press button is there a click sound?
Why they didnt make like iphone...
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I tried mine and it moves but nowhere close to 1 or 2 mm.. I checked with my ruler and it only moves .5mm .. For me the clicking sound is not that loud and annoying..
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Lol what do you mean 5mm??? I will give mine to service center today...its realy moving and clicking sound enoys me so much...
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Lol what do you mean 5mm??? I will give mine to service center today...its realy moving and clicking sound enoys me so much...
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I clearly typed .5 not 5
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My button's sideways shift is immeasurably small.. I'd guess 0.2 at the very most, only just enough to allow room for not pressing the centre... the click is a nice muted reassurance of interaction.
I didn't know it before... but I love my home button. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
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It's damn cheap. I hate the sound. Sometimes I click it once and it sounds as if I clicked twice. Hate it.
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Mine worked properly for about a month, then started to wiggle and sound as if I press it twice. It almost sounds like pressing a camera shutter, half press to focus and full press to take the shot.
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Mine worked properly for about a month, then started to wiggle and sound as if I press it twice. It almost sounds like pressing a camera shutter, half press to focus and full press to take the shot.
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Ditto! It worked fine but now after 2 months I feel as if I am clicking it twice just like camera button. Man, you're so right.!
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I kind of like the feel and look of it actually. Now I've only had my phone for a week, but it doesn't move or anything like that for me!
I've always preferred hardware buttons too, especially for the home button. Playing around with my friend's Nexus S was horrid because of those buttons, same goes for another friend's Incredible S.
I'm hoping it lasts past this 2 month mark though, you guys are scaring me now.
i rarely used the home button of my gs2 (sometimes not at all)...i installed button savior in replace...Ü
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i rarely used the home button of my gs2 (sometimes not at all)...i installed button savior in replace...Ü
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you install what? can you explain?
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so was trying to load stock back onto my phone to send it back to sprint ( busted mic and speakerphone.... no matter the rom/kernel). had it connected to ODIN and everything looked like it was working. then it just spazzed out and failed. now the phone doesn't have download mode, 3 button dance or even any indication of charging plugged into usb. Any ideas??
Try sticking a needle in the hole under the camera with the back off. Don't know for sure but its worth a shot I read it might be diferent on some phones. Its like a hardware reset button it might bring download mode back
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Try taking the battery and letting it sit for like 5 minutes , then connect to computer without battery being replaced try
Getting into download mode then
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Try taking the battery and letting it sit for like 5 minutes , then connect to computer without battery being replaced try
Getting into download mode then
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+1 u can still get into download mode.
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battery was out for over 2 hours... no dice that way.... but the button to the left and down of the camera worked like a charm!! now lets try this again... lol
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battery was out for over 2 hours... no dice that way.... but the button to the left and down of the camera worked like a charm!! now lets try this again... lol
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Voodoo magic.
absurd... Rip your epic open and share the community with some pics of your infamous button. we are dying too see one on an epic =/
What button are you talking about im dying to see it just in case it happens to me lol
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Actually if you whisper into the magic hole ..."reset'' 3 times the voice recognition picks it up and un-bricks itself. Most people dont know about this trick, but works every time for me.
Actually, I'm pretty certain that this is the real explanation of the magic reset button.
Wow. There IS a button back there! *makes mental note*
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Voodoo magic.
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+1... must be magic, because that button is a myth... its gonna start being sighted with bigfoot and elvis...
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bliving said:
Wow. There IS a button back there! *makes mental note*
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No, but really there is NO button and already has been proved in another thread. I took mine apart and posted pictures, but people still believe...
See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1042746
meh there has to be something.... i tried about 20 times taking the battery out for a while and then trying again.... and all other variations of things. 2 seconds after hitting that button thing.... or whatever it is, was able to put it into download mode. wish i would have read this before i shipped the old phone back... lol maybe when this one bites the big one ill bust it apart and take a look
Let's start the button debate again. I find it ridiculously entertaining.
k0nane said:
Let's start the button debate again. I find it ridiculously entertaining.
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It's very apparent there IS a button. When I hard bricked my first one I tore it apart. Theres a little thin piece of plastic behind the magic cornhole that protects the board when you try and shove pointy objects in it.
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It's very apparent there IS a button. When I hard bricked my first one I tore it apart. Theres a little thin piece of plastic behind the magic cornhole that protects the board when you try and shove pointy objects in it.
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Your right, I just took mine apart and now I see the button!!
Nothing there on th 4 or 5 I've broken down, not even a place on the board for one... but I never had a sasquatch epic...
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Your right, I just took mine apart and now I see the button!!
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lmao....
10char
thank you for this!
Couldn't finds this on a search, so just in case people didn't know, here it is.
Place your thumb on the notification bar, and instead of pulling it down, slide left to make the brightness go down and right to go up.
I found this accidentally. This may be old news to some of you, but I thought it was pretty cool little feature.
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Aight. Cool. This is something new for me. And i like the brightness trick . The screenshot maker is terrible. Volume up and power and home button at the same time. Making screenshots with volume widget in screen. Aarrrg better take a app to do this
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Aight. Cool. This is something new for me. And i like the brightness trick . The screenshot maker is terrible. Volume up and power and home button at the same time. Making screenshots with volume widget in screen. Aarrrg better take a app to do this
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you don't have to press vol up, power and home button is enough.
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Couldn't finds this on a search, so just in case people didn't know, here it is.
Place your thumb on the notification bar, and instead of pulling it down, slide left to make the brightness go down and right to go up.
I found this accidentally. This may be old news to some of you, but I thought it was pretty cool little feature.
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Oh well, that's a cool find. You have to disable the Auto brightness though
MrBadgerMilk said:
Couldn't finds this on a search, so just in case people didn't know, here it is.
Place your thumb on the notification bar, and instead of pulling it down, slide left to make the brightness go down and right to go up.
I found this accidentally. This may be old news to some of you, but I thought it was pretty cool little feature.
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I also found it accidentally. Pretty cool feature for those who change brightness more frequently.
That's been there ever since the galaxy s 1
helikido said:
That's been there ever since the galaxy s 1
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And already posted in a few threads...
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I know A LOT of people know this.. you can slide your finger accross the notification bar to set the screen brightness when auto brightness is turned off.
Well something I found out today.. you don't slide at all.. you can.. but you just got to pick a spot on the notification bar and long press. So you want it at 50%, long press in the middle.
This is a lot better too... more sensitive.
Maniac
I didn't know either of these features so thanks for this post
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Wow magic!!! Lol
You magnificent bastard! The slide was usually hit or miss for me but this works every time.
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Actually I think its touch hold and slide
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Yeah thats how it works u touch and hold it on the left and slide if ur on low l. And on high touch and hold on the right and slide.
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Works for me on PWGB beta 3. This is why I like Android so much, the hidden little tricks and short cuts.
just the old trick. I find this tip potential more than 2 months ago on youtube
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You magnificent bastard! The slide was usually hit or miss for me but this works every time.
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Hahaha lol.... your welcome.
wow! I noticed it before, but i didn't know that it can change depending on where you press. Good to know
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wow! I noticed it before, but i didn't know that it can change depending on where you press. Good to know
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I knew both!
I'm running stock, haven't changed a thing since getting it from Google play.
Need HELP!!
Thank you!
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Are you doing it simultaneously? Give it like a second or two before releasing
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press the power button first and the the volume down button...and then wait for your INSTANT WIN!!
need to press them the same time. its a little tricky at the start but you'll get used to it.
or you can just get an app that will do it for you
like THESE
Sparta507 said:
or you can just get an app that will do it for you
like THESE
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no point in installing useless apps that consume memory when its in the OS natively. its not that difficult to press two buttons at the same time and getting it right. once you do it once or twice, you'd get the hang of it and all is good.
either that or flash a custom rom and u can add the screenshot button on your long press power button menu.
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no point in installing useless apps that consume memory when its in the OS natively. its not that difficult to press two buttons at the same time and getting it right. once you do it once or twice, you'd get the hang of it and all is good.
either that or flash a custom rom and u can add the screenshot button on your long press power button menu.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure its not working for me either
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It works for everyone. All you have to do is push them at the same time. Power + volume down. Hold for like three seconds. If it doesn't work hold for five seconds.
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thanks guys, it is indeed tricky. especially doing it with my diztronic case.
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strobex said:
Yeah I'm pretty sure its not working for me either
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It's very tricky. I said the same thing when I was doing it on my galaxy Nexus but got the hang of it.
Place your hand on the volume down and power button before pressing them and then hold them both at the same time until your phone makes a screen shot animation.
I will give Samsung this though the slide to screen shot is very intuitive on the touch wiz platform.
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thanks guys, it is indeed tricky. especially doing it with my diztronic case.
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Oh so that's why. Since the new diztronics cover the buttons, it's probably not being pressed correctly.
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It works for everyone. All you have to do is push them at the same time. Power + volume down. Hold for like three seconds. If it doesn't work hold for five seconds.
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I was about to start *****in hard ..but got it to work
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It's actually not lol.
cloud1111 said:
It's actually not lol.
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Tell that to the people who had difficulties
It is tricky at the beginning but like I said over again and again, once you know how to do it. It's not tricky and is very easy to do. I understand depending what case they have on it may be trickier because the case covers the buttons that all of us overlooked
Screen shot working on Nexus 4 after trying this!!!!
Press Volume down button and power button until phone get restarted. then you able to take screen shots.
It worked for me.
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PTS_Nexus_4 said:
Press Volume down button and power button until phone get restarted. then you able to take screen shots.
It worked for me.
~~Nexus 4.
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Try first powering off your phone. I had a little issue and i could not get the shutting down menu after several attempts, the phone restarted it self and after it was up, I was able to take screenshots without any difficulties.
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Try first powering off your phone. I had a little issue and i could not get the shutting down menu after several attempts, the phone restarted it self and after it was up, I was able to take screenshots without any difficulties.
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My nexus had the same problem... and yes, I know how to take screenshots...
But by doing this the problem was solved... thanx man!
Hey guys, I just got my Galaxy S4 today. It's an amazing phone but I'm concerned about something.
The first thing I noticed is that the Power Button seems like it's flushed inside de phone and it doesn't provide a good click-feel like the Volume buttons. It's kind of mushy.
Sometimes I don't know if I pressed the button or not. It doesn't feel like clicking, it looks like it got stuck a little inside the phone.
I would like to know if anyone feels the same. If not I'll go as soon as possible to the store and exchange for a new phone.
This is a fault. Take it back ASAP Mine feels perfect, Its slightly elevated from the phone and has a nice click feel when pressing
You do not look for a nice click, just for the responsivnes. Note it works best when pressed in the middle, also give it some time to bake in.
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marcindpol said:
You do not look for a nice click, just for the responsivnes. Note it works best when pressed in the middle, also give it some time to bake in.
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So you are feeling the same thing?
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Yes and I don't bother.
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Yes and I don't bother.
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Alright, I'll give it some time and see if it goes back to "normal" (or at least close to it).
If it doesn't I'll exchange it for a new one.
There was a small piece of black rubber inside the button.
Pressing it multiple times was making it come out. The button now feels right again.
It's pretty wierd though. I'm just glad it wasn't anything permanent.