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Hi,
I picked up a Note 10.1 from Amazon yesterday. When it arrived, like the other thread has mentioned. It came with the seal broken. However I wasn't too worried.
Today I was using it in a quiet room and without putting too much pressure on the tablet while holding it. I could easily produce creaking sounds by gently holding the Note 10.1 in landscape by the sides.
I love this tablet in all aspects. But it really bothers me as this is a sign of poor production quality control.
I am willing to give it another chance, but I want to know if yours make the creaking sound as well.
Thanks for your help.
no creaking sounds on my tablet and I had broken seals also from bestbuy... just return it for a new one... WD40 is good for creaks but dont recommend them on tablets.
Mine does a little and being all plastic I assumed it would before I purchased it.It's not a big deal to me.
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Maybe once,
but it's produced by Samsung,so you konw...
Mine has never creaked in the least. Who knows. Could just be a quality control issue on a few units. There have been a number of units with light bleed as well while most are just fine.
Consider getting a nice sturdy case for it. Not a bad idea anyway
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My First one had Creak so I returned it. The new one is solid no creaks at all.
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no creaking sound, sounds like a defect, send it back to samsung
No sound on mine
Absolutely no sounds on my tab regardless of how I hold it.
This is not normal, return it.
I bought mine on BB few days after release.
Yes, mine creaks extensively. My only complaint. I have grey 16GB and on the right side it creaks anytime i touch it. I have it in case too. I was curious if the white one doesnt creak but my creak doesn't seem like its a small amount. I considered returning it but its such a perfect tablet i was cautious i might get one that isnt perfect (sorry i used to be a Prime and Infinity user and it left a bad taste in my mouth) or one whose speaker doesnt work. But...its not a subtle creak at all, which is why i considered it in the first place. Biggest creaks for me are on the right side under the speaker (just touching my finger on the edge of the panel creaks, i dont need to press) and on the bottom left side of the screen to the left of the down arrow). I will consider returning it now after reading some of these comments... just worried because everything else is perfect including screen (again, ex-Prime user got me paranoid about returning a near perfect tablet). I know this is a ridiculous thing to complain about but the creak is quite loud, as i notice it in meetings and during a class. Also of course at night. If it didn't make a sound, and instead just had flexibility, i wouldn't complain as much. I know it's ridiculous but the tablet cost quite a lot...
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Yes, mine creaks extensively. My only complaint. I have grey 16GB and on the right side it creaks anytime i touch it. I have it in case too. I was curious if the white was doesnt but it does seem like its a small amount. I considered returning it but its such a perfect tablet i was cautious i might get one that isnt perfect (sorry i used to be a Prime and Infinity user and it left a bad taste in my mouth) or one whose speaker doesnt work. But...its not a subtle creak at all, which is why i considered it in the first place. Biggest creaks for me are on the right side under the speaker (just touching my finger on the edge of the panel creaks, i dont need to press) and on the bottom left side of the screen to the left of the down arrow). I will consider returning it now after reading some of these comments... just worried because everything else is perfect including screen (again, ex-Prime user got me paranoid about returning a near perfect tablet).
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Our tablet creak at the exact same spot. right.side under the speakers. i have a 32gb gray. to the owners that dont have the creaking, what color is yours and where is it made from?
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No. But, I haven't tried to bend it (like those reviewers I've read about) or put a lot of pressure on it. I just hold it. Lightly touch and swipe the screen. I just use enough force to get a response.
16GB Grey, creaks every time I pick it up, so annoying. Oh well.
I originally thought mine was creaking. It ended up being my finger squeaking on the plastic when I picked it up.
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Yes, mine creaks extensively. My only complaint. I have grey 16GB and on the right side it creaks anytime i touch it. I have it in case too. I was curious if the white was doesnt but it does seem like its a small amount. I considered returning it but its such a perfect tablet i was cautious i might get one that isnt perfect (sorry i used to be a Prime and Infinity user and it left a bad taste in my mouth) or one whose speaker doesnt work. But...its not a subtle creak at all, which is why i considered it in the first place. Biggest creaks for me are on the right side under the speaker (just touching my finger on the edge of the panel creaks, i dont need to press) and on the bottom left side of the screen to the left of the down arrow). I will consider returning it now after reading some of these comments... just worried because everything else is perfect including screen (again, ex-Prime user got me paranoid about returning a near perfect tablet).
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I am testing a white 16 GB unit, it creaks at the same spot, but it is not as severe. Still, not something I would expect in this price range. Maybe there is connection with a pen space, it creaks only in that area :S
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That's what I thought exactly. It has to do with the S Pen's slot. I also just realized I had mine for a month, it definitely passed my "lets see if I want to keep this or return it" period. I love it.
No creaking.
No creaking here, a white 16gb retail unit from John Lewis, seals intact.
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No creaking, White from Best Buy
No creaks on mine. I hold my Note with one hand on the corner and not a peep.
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I dropped mine in a creek and now it won't work. Does that count?
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Just got my Nexus 4 through the door and I am really impressed about everything, it looks and feels really nice, and the screen is much better than that of the Galaxy Nexus, all in my opinion.
The only thing I have noticed though is that the volume rocker is quite wobbly, just touching it without pressing down the up/down button moves it.. The power button is fine though, and feels solid/firmly in place without wobbling at all.
Do any other Nexus 4 owners have this? What is your volume rocker like? Is it worth getting a replacement just for this, will it get worse?
Bump in case anyone had missed it.
Yeah same here, people in another thread worried about rattle being caused by dodgy accelerometers and camera autofocus..
Feels like a solid enough device to me
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Doesn't feel any more wobbley than my previous phones, I think.
volume doesn't feel wobbly to me...i thought i noticed a rattle, but then grabbed my GNex and placed it the same way and it has the same sound *shrugs*
Power button is wobbly for me. Kinda worrisome.
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Yeah if you shake it, the buttons rattle. My gnex doesn't do that. Oh well, I could care less.
no issue here 8gig model
Wobbly / rattling volume rockers
I guess I am not the only one who found it pretty annoying. Even with a slight phone shake the volume rocker makes rattling noise. I don't think it should do this. Seems to be a bad part fitting. It is definitely the volume rocker - if you hold it and shake the phone, the rattling stops.
Debating with myself If I should submit a warranty claim. If not all the phones do it then it may be a defect in some specific devices.
I came to this site looking for an answer to this too. Received mine yesterday (16GB UK) and the volume button is very loose. It rattles too.
Do you send it back? or is this just what you expect with a cheap phone from LG ?
I'm considering sending mine back because of this I'm not to sure if it's really worth it, or if I'm just being overly picky.
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My sgs2 had this too so I'm used to it
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Yup, totally wobbly.
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So I guess this is an issue on all N4s?
It seems very odd as the power button and build of the phone is tight and solid. Even the headphone jack is good and tight... The volume button however is crap.
It has a very slight gap around it. Either the hole was cut to big or the buttons are too small.
Mine is not wobbly at all.
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Ugh, mine's the exact opposite. 8gb wobbly power but volume rocker is solid.
RMA it or accept?
Depends if you're happy with it or not.
No problem with mine... so far!
Does this problem warrant a good reason for return??
Is this a production fault?
I have noticed the case creaks above the volume button if pressed in the plastic surround.
I knew LG couldn't be trusted regarding build quality.
My volume rocker is slightly "wobbly", too. Don't really think this little inconvenience warrants a return, though... Hopefully, I'm not proven wrong three months from now.
Hi all,
I was just wondering: how are you buttons? And with this I in particular mean how much they move/shake if you shake your phone. Since my good old Galaxy Ace had some very tough buttons, I'm wondering what the "standard" of our phones is. Mine do shake, both the power button and volume rocker, slightly when I shake my phone and I can also hear them, but I don't think they will break quickly.
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Remcotjuuh said:
Hi all,
I was just wondering: how are you buttons? And with this I in particular mean how much they move/shake if you shake your phone. Since my good old Galaxy Ace had some very tough buttons, I'm wondering what the "standard" of our phones is. Mine do shake, both the power button and volume rocker, slightly when I shake my phone and I can also hear them, but I don't think they will break quickly.
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Why are you shaking your phone?
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The Galaxy Ace was the lowest of the low end. Most cheap phones are built extremely rigidly as they have nothing else going for them.
My power and volume button squeak.
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my power buttons are a bit squeaky, but I don't think they will break soon.
Volume button was squeaky. Not that much anymore.
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My volumes down button got stuck in but came back recently
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For me, the loose-fitting volume rocker is one of the most annoying things about this phone. I know, first-world problems, right? It sort of clicks around in its housing and gives the entire phone a cheaper feel to it. But, on the whole, there's not enough that would make me dissatisfied with the phone.
Ah, thanks for your reactions. Seems like they aren't as sturdy as they were on my older phone, but they'll survive, (hopefully)
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I hate this. When you buy such a costly phone and there's something not right about it. Even this little. Why didn't they make rigid buttons like Samsung's nexus? :S
Find it very annoying too; as said before: it makes the phone feel a lot cheaper and less sturdy
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The best thing about the nexus bumper is it makes the buttons feel alot better
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Hate to say this but my phones buttons are just perfect. LG has some serious quality consistency problems.
Mine aren't perfect for sure, but it's not so that the quality is bad; they're just a little loose just like with most phones here.
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blackdivines said:
I hate this. When you buy such a costly phone and there's something not right about it. Even this little. Why didn't they make rigid buttons like Samsung's nexus? :S
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Costly? the Nexus 4 price is super low compared with the galaxy s3 or the gayphone 5... What do you want for that price, I cant complain the Nexus 4 is awesome
Also the Galaxy s3 is made of cheap plastic, the screen can be easily broken and is way more expensive
nothing wrong with my buttons here. They don't squeak or make any sort of noise.
I have the Note 2 (international N7100) and the AT&T Note 3...
I can say that if you don't have an upgrade available it definitely IS NOT worth paying full retail price for the phone to go from a Note 2 to a Note 3.
I signed a new 2 year agreement to get it for $288.88 and I can turn around and sell my Note 2 for $350-400, easily making my money back...
The pros with the Note 3 are that the screen is absolutely beautiful! Besides the S4 this is the most amazing screen I have ever seen with my own eyes. Next, comes the software. There's a lot of new small changes that make things easier to use, however most of these things will be coming to a Note 2 via an update. If you're into aesthetics then this device looks more "premium" over a Note 2 and I almost don't want to cover it with a case.
As far as performance goes, you can notice it slightly. Apps open slighty faster, but it is nothing drastic. TouchWiz eats up over 1 gig of ram leaving a little more than 1 gig free for user apps. On my note 2 with my custom rom I would use about 600mb of ram leaving a little more than 1 gig free also. Not really any improvements here.
Some buggy things I've noticed so far are that my text vibration is very weak compared to others such as gmail. Also every app gives me a vibration alert even if I turned it off. Probably just app issues with 4.3.
There's a lot of bloat on here even for a carrier phone. Most of it is from Samsung it seems and can not be disabled or removed.
Besides the few "pros" I see with the Note 3, I would not recommend anyone to purchase it over a Note 2 unless you have an upgrade you can use. Especially an AT&T one with a locked bootloader, which forces you to keep all these useless apps running on your phone. However if you are coming from another device such as the S3, or any earlier phones it is a huge upgrade. I don't know if I would go from an S4 to the Note 3 though unless you just wanted a bigger screen and more battery life. They're basically the same phone just without the S-Pen.
I went from the S4 to the note 3. I think 4.3 is just the big difference to me.
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I have all 4 devices you mentioned, and the note 3 is starting to grow on me a little bit. I still prefer my note 2 as far as aesthetics go, but if root it is not achieved soon, I will return this thing
Raiderman said:
I have all 4 devices you mentioned, and the note 3 is starting to grow on me a little bit. I still prefer my note 2 as far as aesthetics go, but if root it is not achieved soon, I will return this thing
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You can already root the note 3.
GamingSV said:
You can already root the note 3.
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Note the AT&T version. The bootloader is locked just like on the S4
Ahhh, missed that and the forum im in.
mazdamiata210 said:
I signed a new 2 year agreement to get it for $288.88 and I can turn around and sell my Note 2 for $350-400, easily making my money back...
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Just wondering how you got it for that price?
ukic said:
Just wondering how you got it for that price?
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Had an upgrade and Sam's Club and Walmart are selling it for that price.
Interesting.
I also upgraded from the n7100 (Note 1 before that) which I've had since it's release, but I feel the Note 3 to be a pretty decent improvement all the way around, enough to be worth the expense. That's just me though. My only complaint is the amount of bloat (a fair amount of which can be disabled thankfully), but knock on wood we'll have root at some point...though to be honest, I'd still like it even if that fails to appear.
Came from an S4 also which was my first Android phone. That thing ran warm and battery drained quickly but not in a problematic way.
Really like the Note 3 just wish there wasn't a tiny gap between bezel and glass around the top near the earpiece. I'm nit picking now. ...
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Limeybastard said:
Came from an S4 also which was my first Android phone. That thing ran warm and battery drained quickly but not in a problematic way.
Really like the Note 3 just wish there wasn't a tiny gap between bezel and glass around the top near the earpiece. I'm nit picking now. ...
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No gap here. You might want to swap it out.
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He said tiny and definitely meant tiny. It's truly tiny and I hope dust doesn't find its way in.
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No gap here. You might want to swap it out.
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Gap is so tiny not worth swapping out. Only reason I say it was because I was putting a screen protector on and being an old fart I needed a powerful table lamp and magnifying glasses.
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Limeybastard said:
Gap is so tiny not worth swapping out. Only reason I say it was because I was putting a screen protector on and being an old fart I needed a powerful table lamp and magnifying glasses.
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Your phone is not unique. Every N3 has the gap.
farrenicus said:
Your phone is not unique. Every N3 has the gap.
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My Note 2 had a gap that you could push on the bezel and feel it moving, on my Note 3 I certainly don't see or feel that.
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Your phone is not unique. Every N3 has the gap.
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I was hoping to call it character
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I'm coming from an S4 to the Note 3 and I can definitely notice the differences other than the screen.
The N3 has 3GB ram whereas the S4 has 2GB. I've had 16 applications open (Gmail, E-mail, Chrome with 3 windows, a few games, etc) on the N3 and was able to switch between them with no lag whatsoever. The N3 dwarfs the S4 side-by-side yet only weighs about an ounce more (each with a case). The S-Pen is a lot more useful than I thought, I've used it to jot down notes, writing to text, written mms, captions, and just seems to make navigation on desktop-size webpages much easier. The S-Pen also works in most of the games I've play, which allows for more precise movements/selections.
The battery life on the S4 was good, and I averaged around 4 hours of screen time. My N3 is at 7% right now with 7 hours and 17 minutes of screen time (auto brightness on both). I don't find one-handed operation difficult, even without using the special features to resize windows. I have a lot of cases for my S4, and as soon as I can verify AT&T gave me the proper unlock code, hope to get over $400 for it. I've enjoyed the Galaxy series of phones, but I have to admit the N3 is the most enjoyable phone I've had since I first discovered Android years ago.
I tend to switch phones within a year, and I have the luxury of having 2 lines in which I swap upgrades, but the N3 is the first phone that I can see myself keeping longer than a year. The Note series is definitely love at first sight.
Note 8.0
I have Note 3, I like its all features. Now I just seen review about Galaxy note 8.0 in LuLu Good Life website,it is so awesome.
mazdamiata210 said:
My Note 2 had a gap that you could push on the bezel and feel it moving, on my Note 3 I certainly don't see or feel that.
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It's certainly extraordinarily minor in comparison. I can't feel it with my nail but can see it at an angle. It may actually be a bit of transparent epoxy just the length of the receiver speaker (the rest being black).
I think manufacturers.call them within tolerance levels.
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Hi there, i'm loving the Note 4 but I've noticed the volume rocker is slight loose. It doesn't rattle when the phone is shaken but there's a definite looseness too it!
Is this the same for anyone else out there?
I checked my g/f Note 3 and there's no looseness to it so i was wondering if this is just the Note 4 or should i take it back for a replacement?
Thanks in advance!
Mine is a bit loose too, but I had it on my old S3 as well, so i don't mind too much.
Thanks for the reply JimRex, that's good to hear, i thought i might have a dodgy one!
Loving the phone otherwise!
Any other Note 4 users experiencing the loose volume rocker?
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Any other Note 4 users experiencing the loose volume rocker?
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Yes,me too.
Thanks Batfink33, im assuming it's the design, just wish it had been a little tighter as when im paying so much for a premium product you want it to be perfect!
I can live with it though seeing as it's otherwise awesome.
It's definitely there but luckily it's not a defect lol. I'm really loving what they've done so far with metal meeting the soft plastic is a match made in heaven. Hope they make it fit tighter next time.
Mine too a bit loose. On my note 2 its worse
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In which way are all your loose? Mine has a very very small amount of movement when touched but is definitely not loose.
Thanks for the replies everyone!
homer285, it's loose but not to the point where it rattles if shaken. I guess it depends what you class as a small bit of movement really, i was just concerned as i thought there would be no movement whatsoever, nice and tight. It seems though that it's the norm for there to be some movement.
There's even some movement in the power button too.
I'm grateful for the metal surround though, it makes the phone feel so much more premium than previous models!