Database Users

Just got my 3rd replacement Nexus. 2 of the screws are missing! What would you do?

I just unboxed my 4th Nexus 7. Had half a hair's width of screen lift, but no other problems. I figured I would just keep this one. I took off the back cover to see if I could maybe tighten screws or whatever, and to my surprise 2 of the bloody screws are missing! The one second from the top on the left hand side, and second from the bottom.
Now obviously my first thought is that someone has had this unit before me and returned it.... Would you agree with this assumption?
Do I send this back as faulty? I don't want it falling apart due to missing screws. What would you do?
This whole faulty Nexus debacle has almost become entertaining.

Do nothing at all (as long as it works fine of course). The 2 (someone reported 3) missing screws were likely done on ASUS's end to help reduce stress on the screen itself, and/or to fix the screen lift issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1863411

Is it a C8? C8's (and even C7's) are reportedly coming new out of the box missing two screws, I've had one myself that I took back and exchanged. Still being discussed if its QC error or them attempting to solve screen lift (one I had was lifting even with them missing.)

Cheers guys, I missed those threads. It is indeed a C8 which I am surprised at because I'm in New Zealand and I figured we would still only have 6s or 7s here.
Looks like I'm keeping this one after all. :good:

Switchbitch said:
Cheers guys, I missed those threads. It is indeed a C80 which I am surprised at because I'm in New Zealand and I figured we would still only have 60s or 70s here.
Looks like I'm keeping this one after all. :good:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just for future reference, those are actually O's not zeros :good:

NeoMagus said:
Just for future reference, those are actually O's not zeros :good:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Edited! People putting 0s where there should be Os would annoy the hell out of me too if I wasn't one of them.

Would you actually send it back if all was good but 2 missing screws?
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium

shook187 said:
Would you actually send it back if all was good but 2 missing screws?
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It is still a 'damaged' device to me.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

Switchbitch said:
Do I send this back as faulty? I don't want it falling apart due to missing screws. What would you do?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
One of the screws was rattling around in my new 32 GB Nexus 7!
When I opened it up to remove the screw I noticed two screw holes unoccupied.
I decided not to hassle with a return/lengthy RMA process given that my device seems to be working fine and has no discernible screen-lift.
Thankfully, the screw didn't short something out.
This unit is a C9OK model.

The lack of screws has been that way for months now. Its done like that from the factory. I got one back in Aug (C8O) and it was missing two screws. Havent bothered to pop off the back of my new 32gb model because I really dont care at this point lol.

Reportedly this is an attempt at fixing the screen lift by ASUS. If the screen doesn't lift then the problem is solved by removing the two screws.

I don't understand why you think an intentional change by Asus makes your device defective.
Did they promise you 4 screws?
---------- Post added at 09:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:39 AM ----------
Switchbitch said:
Edited! People putting 0s where there should be Os would annoy the hell out of me too if I wasn't one of them.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Annoying people is not the problem. Asus will reject the warrantee registration if you get it wrong.

Back Cover Removal Tips Needed...

Very likely that I'll need to be checking the battery connection in my N7. I've done some research on methods for popping off the back cover. Interestingly, I've yet to find really specific instructions. I don't want to break the tabs, so really detailed how-to's or tips would be appreciated.
Thanks!

I just use my finger nail and stick it in on a corner then just pry slowly have not had any problems with doing it
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

rcarnes911 said:
I just use my finger nail and stick it in on a corner then just pry slowly have not had any problems with doing it
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Really! The tabs don''t break? Very cool.
I've read that the "safest" way is to use a plastic opening tool to push in each tab.
Would be great to hear more experiences.

I have taken off the back 4-5 times and have had no problems at all just use a finger nail and take it slow when you pull it off no special tools needed
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

rcarnes911 said:
I have taken off the back 4-5 times and have had no problems at all just use a finger nail and take it slow when you pull it off no special tools needed
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you start in one of the corners? Down by the USB port? On the side?

Got it!
Just jumped in.
Thanks for the guidance!

Start in any corner just slide your finger nail around the edge it is super easy
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

Done!
For anyone else who needs to pop off the cover, it's virtually identical to popping off the back of a Galaxy Nexus, or any similar type of phone. Very easy, with little/no risk of breaking off tabs.
I was able to check my battery connection - a loose connection/disconnection being a known issue for a number of N7's. I made sure mine was snug (it was) and I added a tiny piece of electrical tape to help ensure that it doesn't come loose in the future.
Thanks again for the help!

Note 2 keychain hole

Idk if this has already been pointed out or not... On the back of the Note 2, the part of the back cover that covers the speaker is brought outward. I'm assuming this was so you could add keychain accessories. I just put a keychain on mine and it doesn't harm the speaker at all. Anyway, just thought it might be an interesting find. Hopefully somebody can get something out of this post! Cheers!
-Ken

That is meant to let the sound out.
Don't put key chain there.
You might break it.
Sent from my GT-N7100

UtkarshGupta said:
That is meant to let the sound out.
Don't put key chain there.
You might break it.
Sent from my GT-N7100
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Agreed. Its there to raise the back from any surface in order to let the sound out.
Lol imagine key chain or strap there and Note 2 back cover is coming of whilst u hold the strap and phone is plummiting to the concrete floor face down OUCH ..
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app

UtkarshGupta said:
That is meant to let the sound out.
Don't put key chain there.
You might break it.
Sent from my GT-N7100
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If I had a case on my phone would it make much of a difference? It seems pretty sturdy with the case on my phone.

I wonder if this guys for real...

UtkarshGupta said:
That is meant to let the sound out.
Don't put key chain there.
You might break it.
Sent from my GT-N7100
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
EmptyArea said:
I wonder if this guys for real...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I just got this phone yesterday... I was really hoping that it was a spot for keychains because I have one that my girlfriend gave me. Yeah, I'm serious. I guess it was just wishful thinking.

I do use it for a wrist strap and have shaken it quite a lot just holding the strap and I do not believe the back will come off due to the weight of the phone as the back stays on very well.

i dont prefer you deal with that hole..... as thats not designed to hold something,
it might pull out the whole back cover and if so, yr battery will drop too

haha
i think it's okay, if its not heavy . and always becareful when taking out your phone from pocket..

If you get the protection+ (search google) cover from Samsung it has on the upper left corner the holes for the accessories you want to attach.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium
---------- Post added 9th March 2013 at 12:30 AM ---------- Previous post was 8th March 2013 at 11:53 PM ----------
If you get the protection+ (search google) cover from Samsung it has on the upper left corner the holes for the accessories you want to attach.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

Note 2 - wrist tether strap
I've been thinking about registering for a couple of months on here just so I could let people know about this very idea. Odd that it turned out to be on the front page on the same day.
As far as those of you are concerned about this ruining the speaker sound quality or breaking the cover or pulling the back off of the phone, so far it hasn't been an issue for me. I have been using it ever since I purchased one of the TrustFire XML C8-T6 5-Mode CREE LED 1000 Lumen Flashlights (or maybe it was the Ultrafire Wf-502b, I can't remember).
The good thing about having the phone tethered to the wrist like this is that I don't have to worry about putting a case on it to keep it safe. Pretty much the only time I have dropped any of my phones has been while actively using it, especially on this phone due to the necessity of stretching my fingers across the screen to hit the upper left hand corner. Now that I have this, it doesn't matter how awkwardly I balance it, I don't have to worry about dropping it. Now I slip the phone in top first into my pocket and then I pull my hand out of the tether as it enters my pocket and then I leave some of the loop hanging out of my pocket so when I try to get at it later, i can slip my fingers through as I pull it out and slide it onto my wrist. Now, whenever it leaves my pocket, it is securely attached to my hand. This makes it faster and easier to get to it in my pocket when I have several other things in there as well. I also have my mother using it and it makes it easy to put the phone in here purse and leave the tail of the band hanging out so that she isn't rummaging through the thousands of things in her clown car of a purse.
I thought about getting one of those fly grips or whatever they are called that you place your middle and ring finder through and secures the phone to your hand. While that is almost assuredly a more efficient and ergonomic grip, I prefer to have my phone without out any extra added weight/thickness unless it makes it vastly superior for certain uses (such as a 6200 mAh battery that would last for international flights etc). Otherwise, I just have a Spigen screen protector and the wrist strap. I don't really care much about scratching the back since the replacements will soon be cheap enough not to matter to most people.
edit: although one can obviously jerk it away hard enough to pull the cover off, I've never had it happen and only while swinging it around and jerking it back to my abruptly to test to see how well it would hold, it only pulled two of the tabs loose and it was still securely attached. As far as breaking the grille itself somehow, as long as you aren't putting a metal ring through it, it should be plenty strong enough for the most demanding everyday usage. I've seen youtube videos bend some previous samsung cases in half without snapping, so I am assuming it would be sufficient for most people. your mileage may vary, especially if your back cover doesn't seem to fit as tightly as other peoples.

Red 64 gig turbo!

my red battery cover showed up today. I love the ballistic nylon, but the fraying was sending my OCD into overdrive lol case anybody was wondering, as most would figure that fits the 64 gig version perfectly. With the black power and volume keys it actually looks better than the factory version I think. I'll post some pics later when I have a second camera available.

Nice! Did the adhesive make it difficult to remove the original back?

Where did you buy it?

I trust you're going to share a pic or two with us... Congrats!

Yes I would like to see some pictures. Was it hard to get the back off? Does it adhere to the back alright? Did it come with led's for the flash?

I don't get threads like this. Why even start the thread if you have no pictures or information to share?! It's like when someone says they got something great to tell you and then says, "hey, I'll call you back". #epicthreadfail.

Take phone into bathroom. Use mirror. Done.

rx2mazda said:
I don't get threads like this. Why even start the thread if you have no pictures or information to share?! It's like when someone says they got something great to tell you and then says, "hey, I'll call you back". #epicthreadfail.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Lol ya. I got over excited. I'll post some tonight with my Wifes phone .
So about the adhesive. No its not to hard. The top corner clips are the hardest part. Its hard to get them to pop loss and I was worried about damaging the frame.
I ordered it from eBay. Google droid turbo battery cover, it should pop up in shopping. Mine was 25 but I saw one for 19 yesterday.
The fit is really tight and clean. I have to admit, I never looked at the mgf models because I wanted 64 gigs. But wow it feels great in the hand. I am so pleased with it! My only concern is how it holds up. The bn is pretty much scratch proof. The mfg model is basically Kevlar with a soft touch clear coat. But that's OK, I ordered another one as a backup. I also ordered a second bn back to experiment with. I want to try and remove the bn and try leather! But that's a another project.

zathus said:
Lol ya. I got over excited. I'll post some tonight with my Wifes phone .
So about the adhesive. No its not to hard. The top corner clips are the hardest part. Its hard to get them to pop loss and I was worried about damaging the frame.
I ordered it from eBay. Google droid turbo battery cover, it should pop up in shopping. Mine was 25 but I saw one for 19 yesterday.
The fit is really tight and clean. I have to admit, I never looked at the mgf models because I wanted 64 gigs. But wow it feels great in the hand. I am so pleased with it! My only concern is how it holds up. The bn is pretty much scratch proof. The mfg model is basically Kevlar with a soft touch clear coat. But that's OK, I ordered another one as a backup. I also ordered a second bn back to experiment with. I want to try and remove the bn and try leather! But that's a another project.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Understandable. ?
I might be interested in this but I'd have to see your pics. I kinda like the black ballistic nylon, but your description sounds cool.

Speaking of battery covers, I never knew there's a blue nylon one.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/blue-Housing...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item3f443be6fb
There's a lot of them for around $22USD on aliexpress.

pics =)

Fun fact! The bn turbo is also made of Kevlar... Interesting...

Looks good but I want to find one without the verizon logo if possible

zathus said:
pics =)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What kind of adhesive did you use to put the charging pad back on?

turk2333 said:
What kind of adhesive did you use to put the charging pad back on?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you talking about that black rubber pad in the teardown video. That's just a guard to protect the charging coil from the battery cover. In the tear down video the guy made it seem like you have to be very careful with that. It's just a piece of rubber. And I actually detact the side of it facing the back plate. So that it only stuck to the phone. I used lint lol
That's actually a good point. So, if you end up doing this. When you take the back plate off, That black piece of rubber that's protecting the coil. You're going to want to make sure that not sticky on the part facing the battery cover. Once you remove the back plate the adhesive strength of it is going to be weaker. So if you don't make it not sticky, when you put the phone back together everytime you touch that spot it could make a noise and be quite irritating. Plus I'm not sure if the curvature between the two battery covers is the exact same.

zed011 said:
Looks good but I want to find one without the verizon logo if possible
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not possible. There is no international red version, so therefore there is no red version without the Verizon logo. I don't know how hard it would be to remove. I think its laser etched. I was actually giving that a thought.. How I can remove it lol

zathus said:
pics =)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Looks good in red.

zathus said:
my red battery cover showed up today. I love the ballistic nylon, but the fraying was sending my OCD into overdrive lol case anybody was wondering, as most would figure that fits the 64 gig version perfectly. With the black power and volume keys it actually looks better than the factory version I think. I'll post some pics later when I have a second camera available.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Your BN was fraying? That's not giving me the warm fuzzies. Maybe I should get the red back instead of the blue BN. Something so I can tell my phone from my wife's.
Sent from my phone via TapaTalk
---------- Post added at 12:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:09 AM ----------
rx2mazda said:
I don't get threads like this. Why even start the thread if you have no pictures or information to share?! It's like when someone says they got something great to tell you and then says, "hey, I'll call you back". #epicthreadfail.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't get posts like this. It's the OEM red Kevlar back. It should look exactly like the red turbo you'd get at Verizon. Pics were nice but not needed.
Sent from my phone via TapaTalk

wingdo said:
Your BN was fraying? That's not giving me the warm fuzzies. Maybe I should get the red back instead of the blue BN. Something so I can tell my phone from my wife's.
Sent from my phone via TapaTalk
---------- Post added at 12:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:09 AM ----------
I don't get posts like this. It's the OEM red Kevlar back. It should look exactly like the red turbo you'd get at Verizon. Pics were nice but not needed.
Sent from my phone via TapaTalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah. In one spot it was fraying. Not super bad. My wife always told me I was seeing things lol so it was that minimal. I'm just really ocd on phones.

zathus said:
Yeah. In one spot it was fraying. Not super bad. My wife always told me I was seeing things lol so it was that minimal. I'm just really ocd on phones.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'd love to go to the red cover so I can use one of the magnetic car mounts. Are there instructions on taking the back off?
Edit: I picked up the red one for $19 on eBay. after I saw the teardown video. Seems stupidly easy to replace. Can't wait to get this so I can install a ProClip car mount for the Turbo. I love the BN back, but the fact very little works with it makes it useless IMO.

QC issue? Top Speaker grill is messed up.

So, I received my MXP yesterday... In all the joy of playing with the software and updating it, I didn't notice this until this morning? The top speaker grill is sticking up on the right side? It's not loose, but still sticking up. Anyone else have this issues or other QC issues?
I felt funny requesting a replacement for something this minor, but Amazon is sending me one .....But it's gonna take 2 weeks to get it I just don't think my OCD can handle this, so glad it's getting replaced.
Sorry for the blurry pic, I only have a cheap pre-paid phone to take the pic with.

Ooh, yeah I couldn't deal with that either. Seem so Ike's or might be the first to post something like this, so hopefully it's not very common. Glad you're getting a replacement though!

On the Nexus 6 and the 2nd gen Moto X, those grills were removable since they were one of the parts that could be customized in Moto Maker. It may have just popped loose. You should be able to snap it back in. Might take a bit of force, but it should go back in.

Both mine are sticking out they don't seem evenly meaning top vs bottom, I wouldn't worry to much they will prob get pushed in just from being in ur pocket or what ever as long sound still works its all good
Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk
---------- Post added at 01:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:28 AM ----------
Here's my fear of replacing minor things, maybe the next device will have something worse lol just a fear
Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk

Omen87 said:
On the Nexus 6 and the 2nd gen Moto X, those grills were removable since they were one of the parts that could be customized in Moto Maker. It may have just popped loose. You should be able to snap it back in. Might take a bit of force, but it should go back in.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well crap!
I tried snapping it back in (didn't push hard at all) and I heard it snap, took my finger off it and the part fell on the floor. I sat it back in there, but it's really loose now and probably will fall out if I bump it or hit it on my pocket when pulling it out.
The replacement can't get here soon enough

Is that piece plastic or metal?

tylerwatt12 said:
Is that piece plastic or metal?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Feels like aluminum?

tele_jas said:
Well crap!
I tried snapping it back in (didn't push hard at all) and I heard it snap, took my finger off it and the part fell on the floor. I sat it back in there, but it's really loose now and probably will fall out if I bump it or hit it on my pocket when pulling it out.
The replacement can't get here soon enough
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wow, that is REALLY jacked up! Good you already requested a replacement.
Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk

Darnell_Chat_TN said:
Wow, that is REALLY jacked up! Good you already requested a replacement.
Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Also good to hear that Moto seems to be OK with replacing stuff like this. Hope mine comes in looking straight, I can't stand build quality issues like that.

In the mean time, I put a REALLY SMALL drop of super glue on it to hold it in so I don't lose it/doesn't fall out....It's still lop-sided though. Hope this doesn't mess up my return when they get it back!?!?!