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

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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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.

Home button durability

Im a bit disappointed by the condition of my home button on my i9000, i barely touch/use/wipe the home button and now is full of scratches.... Samsung should have gone with all capacitive touch buttons or at least made it several times more durable..
How about you folk how is your home button doing so far?
i've had my phone for a month now and can't really see any scratches on the home button as of yet but ive got a feeling that if anything is to go wrong with the phone first it will either be the home button or the power button.
It just doesn't feel as durable as other phones.
Paul from Modaco had this issue too..
Mine still seems fine, however, I wouldn't be too fussed about how scratched it is anyway personally.
My home button is pretty scratched as well. Doesn't bother me much though.
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mine has some serious scratches as well while the rest of the phone looks like new. I'd prefer one of the US models with capacity buttons over my international
I wouldnt be bothered of the entire plastic is black but as the pictures with modaco his scratches are quite deep and its showing white scratches into the plastic
I've had mine for a couple of months now; home button is perfectly scratchless, only 2 marks on the back cover.. Then again I don't put it in my pocket with anything else so I don't expect there to be much of a chance in getting scratched.
Mine is also fully used from 4 months and scratchless.
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XlAfbk said:
mine has some serious scratches as well while the rest of the phone looks like new. I'd prefer one of the US models with capacity buttons over my international
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No you wouldn't, trust me, since all the capacitive only devices are four button devices, which makes operating them a lot more, um, touchy, than a 3 button layout.
Try to cut a custom piece of an invisible shield and cover it
cicer0 said:
Try to cut a custom piece of an invisible shield and cover it
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took that right out of my keyboard
EarlZ said:
Samsung should have gone with all capacitive touch buttons
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Agreed but mainly because a hole in the glass (to make room for three home button) has seriously created a weak point. Most cracks originate from there even those that suffered minor his/drops.
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It might be a bad serie of home buttons because only some people complain about.
I've my SGS since release date in july and all the phone plastics are like new even after making it fall severals times on my wooden floor (because of the charging cable )
I use a eyeglass pouch with my SGS and dont put it together with other stuff on my pocket and I barely use the home button as well.
Mine is perfect, my phone is around 6 months.
You guys should really clip your nails every once in a while..
EarlZ said:
Im a bit disappointed by the condition of my home button on my i9000, i barely touch/use/wipe the home button and now is full of scratches.... Samsung should have gone with all capacitive touch buttons or at least made it several times more durable..
How about you folk how is your home button doing so far?
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By the time your home button gets ruined samsung will roll out a new phone with like 2ghz dual core and cheesecake android OS, that you will buy
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chk230 said:
By the time your home button gets ruined samsung will roll out a new phone with like 2ghz dual core and cheesecake android OS, that you will buy
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Yeah, Im thinking the SGS wont be at the top for more than 12 months since release.
Schmich said:
Agreed but mainly because a hole in the glass (to make room for three home button) has seriously created a weak point. Most cracks originate from there even those that suffered minor his/drops.
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By button is perfect, but i agree about weak point. My gorilla glass broke from there :-(
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on a side note, anyone know an app that can unlock the phone from a shake or some sort? so i can use my power button/home button less
chk230 said:
By the time your home button gets ruined samsung will roll out a new phone with like 2ghz dual core and cheesecake android OS, that you will buy
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Cheesecake?
They already used the letter C...

power button beginning to peel?

if you guys/gals could humor me and take a super close look at your power button and tell me what you see, i would appreciate it.
maybe, just maybe, im being anal, paranoid, whatever. this wouldnt be unusual for me as im super sensitive about my expensive electronics.....
but i swear one corner of my power button is starting to peel. one corner (botton right) looks like its starting to peel up. maybe im trippin'. im bout ready to bust out a magnifying glass and look at this thing (as soon as i can find one)
I can't see anything, but I have the feeling that my power button gets worn out from pressing. I don't know if I just became used to press the button or if it becomes easier to press, means I need less pressure almost like the spring is wearing out.
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mgymnop said:
I can't see anything, but I have the feeling that my power button gets worn out from pressing. I don't know if I just became used to press the button or if it becomes easier to press, means I need less pressure almost like the spring is wearing out.
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Same feeling here, but I'm certain that I'm just used to it now. When I let friends play with my phone they struggle like I used to. Wimps
Man_of_Leisure said:
Same feeling here, but I'm certain that I'm just used to it now. When I let friends play with my phone they struggle like I used to. Wimps
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lol! yeah thats my favorite. "how the hell do you turn it on?!! oh" "how the hell do you unlock it??!!! oh" --- MY phone *****!
But to the OP, yeah I notice my top left corner has a slight gap but isn't pealing.
To the above two posts, yes, the button on my atrix and my room mates have broken in since we got them a week ago. At first we were both pissed off because we couldn't turn the **** on. Now its almost tolerable although I would still appreciate an extra 1/2mm of button.
Also, my finger print reader area already looks 'worn.' We'll see how well it holds up. Always have that 1 year warranty and if it does break from normal use, you can always talk to ATT and have them give you a different phone...

Xperia Play buttons wearing out.

Does anyone else have this issue? Primarily my umm.. My Home and Back button are really worn, like they're losing their gloss/silver finish and are now turning black, I am not sure if this has ever been addressed, but is there a way to buy replacement buttons or re-apply some silver marker ink on this to fix this? I know it's fairly trivial but still. It bothers me, like.. when a sticker starts to peel in just it's corner and kinda curl, it makes me want to rip the whole thing off, OCD maybe!? :silly:
You are not alone
I will be having my Xperia PLAY for a one year at the end of August, during this time I was always caring about it, placing it only on its back, never on its front/touchscreen. But about 3 months ago I noticed that the bottom of back key (about 1 milimeter wide, 2mm long) started to wear out. Also the bottom left corner of search key is worn out, the same thing with bottom left corner of the menu button. But these spots are only mili/micro ones. I don't really care about it.
I think its somehow "normal" if I can name it in that way.
Also I think it's possible to buy new keys but IMHO it's waste of money. I suggest you to deal with it as I did
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I was thinking about trying to sand off the rest of the silver bits so they're black. I think that would look better.
I tried taking a screenshot to show what mine are like but it never works...
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I've had mine since December and I'm noticing this
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MilkyJoePD said:
I was thinking about trying to sand off the rest of the silver bits so they're black. I think that would look better.
I tried taking a screenshot to show what mine are like but it never works...
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I was thinking of doing the same, would be interesting, and yeah it would fit the phone's color scheme (at least mine) if it was all black.
I only had play for five months and it's already happening, my back button is wearing out.
This is probably the worst build quality phone I ever had. I love it so much, I wish the build quality and materials were better
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Little black specs appearing on 4 hardware buttons on the front panel ... slightly annoying but no big deal as long as the buttons themselves don't wear out and stop working.
If possible though, I'd like to either replace them or have them totally black.
oh good, I thought it was just me
someone has to sell a replacement part for those keys right? has anyone checked ebay?
MilkyJoePD said:
I was thinking about trying to sand off the rest of the silver bits so they're black. I think that would look better.
I tried taking a screenshot to show what mine are like but it never works...
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Yeah, my screenshots dont show my buttons either
As soon as i seen it tearing i got a new case, its a gel case, cost me about £4 from amazon, it covers the buttons, & everything apart from the screen, holes are cut out wear the ALS & Front camera are, i will go through my item history, ill post a link when i can
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Link to case - http://www.amazon.co.uk/impexo-Ericsson-Xperia-Cover-Unbreakable/dp/B0055IHCDA
They dont have any in stock, but try googling the name
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Mine are still good. Not shown any signs of wear & tear and i've had my Xperia PLAY for about 8 months.
I'm lovin it
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AwaisKhan said:
As soon as i seen it tearing i got a new case, its a gel case, cost me about £4 from amazon, it covers the buttons, & everything apart from the screen, holes are cut out wear the ALS & Front camera are, i will go through my item history, ill post a link when i can
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Link to case - http://www.amazon.co.uk/impexo-Ericsson-Xperia-Cover-Unbreakable/dp/B0055IHCDA
They dont have any in stock, but try googling the name
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Is that case sturdy enough? I've owned some really horrible phone covers so far, one of which being Otterbox. They're not entirely bad, but the Xperia Play's versions are absolutely horrible, if you press the R or L button, it would slide off entirely. Trident cases are nice though, but they don't cover as much.
Mine are worn very well ...
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maybe removing the chrome definitely getting the black buttons
My back button has gone loose though. Its kinda wobbly.
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Had my play for 1 and half years nearly and all is still perfect on mine.
Ive only had mine a couple months but the search button is all mooshy (not clicky anymore) lol. But Sony phones are built like bricks.
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Anyone had any success on getting the silver part off? If you have how did you do it?
baari21 said:
Anyone had any success on getting the silver part off? If you have how did you do it?
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Tried just scraping it off, looked ugly cause I can't get the chrome around the buttons.
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Tried just scraping it off, looked ugly cause I can't get the chrome around the buttons.
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i am starting to think that maybe some sort of resilient silver paint would be better, but here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3n5ZfkqhzE
here's a video on how to disassemble the Xperia Play, maybe you can get to the buttons from there and actually customize them like that?
Post back results if anyone does this.

Power button too recessed

I might be in the minority as couldn't find much info on this...
Not only the power btn is placed on top thus less easy to get to while using one hand, but is simply too recessed on my device. I got it 3 days ago, it is almost perfect quality build wise, but it'll take me much more to get used to this feature.
I have to press really hard, and even then has to be perfectly centered, I find it easier keeping the phone in my right hand or else have to use both hands for this.
Trust me really bad choice having placed this button this way. Hope they will change it next iteration.
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Flash custom ROM, volume or HTC logo to wake, problem solved.
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That might be the way..
I hope the HTC logo hack will be made available for unlocked stock though.
In the meantime I am adjusting to it I guess, set up higher inactivity timeout, when done with it just let the timeout expire, etc.
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Why give a free pass for QC issues? Return it and get another.
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Flash custom ROM, volume or HTC logo to wake, problem solved.
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Which ROM hás the ability to use HTC logo?
That's awesome. But wouldn't that make the phone turn on every time you have it in your pocket?
My button is slightly recessed or only raised a bit above the phone, but I find it very easy to press and I can press anywhere on the button. If I were op, I would definitely exchange it or just simply return it, you only bought it a few days ago right?
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htc logo? how?
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Which ROM hás the ability to use HTC logo?
That's awesome. But wouldn't that make the phone turn on every time you have it in your pocket?
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htc logo? how?
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tbalden's kernel -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2244620
Replace it! I just received my new device and the difference is staggering. I can actually hear the clickity clack of the button now. Also other defects are gone (overhang)
Thanks for your replies.
I was trying to get a pic of this but giving up.. Really tricky.
I will go to some stores holding the demo, see how it compares. Until then, I got a better idea how to explain this: holding my phone while typing this, I swipe my fingernail fro right to left over the power btn, no resistance, flush with body. Doing the same thing, the other way round, I meet a very slight resistance, ie the left corner is slightly raised, maybe 1mm. Is this normal?
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millicent said:
Thanks for your replies.
I was trying to get a pic of this but giving up.. Really tricky.
I will go to some stores holding the demo, see how it compares. Until then, I got a better idea how to explain this: holding my phone while typing this, I swipe my fingernail fro right to left over the power btn, no resistance, flush with body. Doing the same thing, the other way round, I meet a very slight resistance, ie the left corner is slightly raised, maybe 1mm. Is this normal?
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Mine seems to be slightly raised on the left side also, but I don't have as much trouble as you are having. I cant press it very well from the right side though. Maybe the IR blaster is in the right and the actual button is on the left? Needs more info I guess.
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Mine seems to be slightly raised on the left side also, but I don't have as much trouble as you are having. I cant press it very well from the right side though. Maybe the IR blaster is in the right and the actual button is on the left? Needs more info I guess.
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Mine is slightly raised but it has a clicky noise to it.. normal? I wish the button was more raised.
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Another reason to root. You can install a number of different kernels that allow you the ability to wake and put the device to sleep without using the power button.
Reviews have complained about the button being recessed its downright horrible thing from HTC to not think through such an important thing even when they seem to care so much about the little details of the phone. And no using some custom ROM/kernel is not the right solution at all.
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Exactly same here less than 1 mm extended and left is slite up and right side is sink in dip or exactly flush or levelled with surface this is my 3rd HTC one 1st 3rd got exactly same button only 2nd one has acceptable but not perfect
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Mine is exactly the same. Power button is flush to the device with no resistance if i wipe my finger across, and the left side of the button is less than a mm higher than the phone. I bought a case it its near impossible to power on the device without really digging in. I went in store for them to have a look at it but they practically laughed and smirked at one another and said they aren't going to fix it as the button still works. They wouldn't even get another handset out to compare the two buttons. Looks like i'll have to put up with it. Either that or go out my way to visit another store.
Is there anybodyr report better buttton after replacement?
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Seen 3 demo models in as many stores today. Two of them were unfortunately showing similar recessed buttons. Only one had a slightly, maybe 1mm, raised button, however it felt much better, much easier to press.
For this reason only I guess I am going to ask for a replacement next week.
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As an aside, all the dummies on display had 'normal' raised power buttons, maybe even 3 mm or more.
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onlinejobwork said:
Is there anybodyr report better buttton after replacement?
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Mine is perfect after my first replacement. I'm on Sprint btw and complained specifically about the button. The overhang was gone as well but the second device still has a bit of a gap. Nothing major.

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