Anyone else having issues with the back cover snapping flush on the right (when looking at the back) of the headphone jack? Also have a small gap on the bottom on the same side?
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Anyone else having issues with the back cover snapping flush on the right (when looking at the back) of the headphone jack? Also have a small gap on the bottom on the same side?
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Had that on my Note 3...got it exchanged. Mine is flush tho...on the Note 4.
Try installing the cover from bottom first than moving up by pressing the sides and finally the top.
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I have same problem. However you try, just couldn't get it on flush. I eventually managed it, but now daren't take the cover off.
iznee said:
Try installing the cover from bottom first than moving up by pressing the sides and finally the top.
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i actually saw that gap this morning...this is exactly what i did to make everything fit perfectly...guess you really need to start from the bottom
I believe the way you can fit the cover perfectly is by going clockwise or anticlockwise. I tried fixing back cover on a couple of them and had the same issue but was resolved by going clockwise.
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Try installing the cover from bottom first than moving up by pressing the sides and finally the top.
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Try installing the cover from top first than moving up by pressing the sides and finally the bottom.
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Why can't they just make really nice back covers that slide into place and lock (kind of like my old A555 Devour)?
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Anyone else having creaking coming from the bottom of the phone? The plastic "back chin" on the phone? When I use the hardware keyboard, I'm getting some mad creaking when typing. Anyone else?
(Tried to embed the YouTube video and it's not working.. here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4G_EN4pprQ)
Very little.
Nothing major here either.
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Exchange phone?
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Exchange phone?
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Best Buy will think I'm crazy and nitpicking.. which I guess I am nitpicking a little bit but it's seriously annoying me. I had this same issue on my Palm Pre for a while - and they never wanted to take it back. Or even swap me the battery cover. Right now, I've put double sided tape on the area above the speaker to try and use it as a workaround. I'm going to go to Best Buy tomorrow to see what they say. Hmmm..
Or maybe I should just go to Sprint to see if they have an extra battery cover.
Seriously... if you exchange a whole phone for this... don't be a jerk.
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Mine does that too on the lower right area.
The cover creaks because of the way it attaches to the phone. (Set of small clips that you have to pry open to remove the cover).
Wish they made the back a sliding lock cover instead of the pry to remove cover....
After removing my back cover on several occasions I have managed to create a really loud creaking sound every time I put slight pressure on the back, down the right hand side whilst holding it in portrait mode.
Has anyone got any tips on how to reduce the creaking?
It seems to get slightly worse every time I remove it and put it back on.
Thankyou.
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simacca said:
After removing my back cover on several occasions I have managed to create a really loud creaking sound every time I put slight pressure on the back, down the right hand side whilst holding it in portrait mode.
Has anyone got any tips on how to reduce the creaking?
It seems to get slightly worse every time I remove it and put it back on.
Thankyou.
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I had the same thing. A small area of creak near the top of the battery on the back right. All I did is take some paper, folded a few times over, about the width of my thumb tall and the width of the battery wide and taped it in just the right spot.
It took a lot of trial and error to find the right width and the right thickness for the paper as well as the right spot. A TON. But eventually I got it just right and the case is now 100% solid. It sounds like the EXACT same area of creak as mine so I would try about the same dimensions and location as I suggested above.
Good luck.
ALSO: Then again you may have broken the long clip in the middle on the right side, and if that's the case then I'm not sure what you can do about that...
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You have to re clip the back cover from where you got the clicking sound.
Metallice said:
I had the same thing. A small area of creak near the top of the battery on the back right. All I did is take some paper, folded a few times over, about the width of my thumb tall and the width of the battery wide and taped it in just the right spot.
It took a lot of trial and error to find the right width and the right thickness for the paper as well as the right spot. A TON. But eventually I got it just right and the case is now 100% solid. It sounds like the EXACT same area of creak as mine so I would try about the same dimensions and location as I suggested above.
Good luck.
ALSO: Then again you may have broken the long clip in the middle on the right side, and if that's the case then I'm not sure what you can do about that...
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Thankyou. I will give it a go and see how I get on.
I can't see anything broken so hopefully the paper trick should work.
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I have the same issue - creaky sound on right side under the volume rocker. No lift or any other issues. I applied four layers of masking tape cut to a 5 x 50 mm strip to the area between the metal frame and the edge of the tablet - ie. over the area where the screws are located. That took care of it completely.
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Just wondering whether I'm the only one with this problem. That back strip pops out one one corner (outside corner, not where the buttons are). I can press it back in but it doesn't stick.
Anyone else have this?
I think I'll contact google and ask them to send me a new strip.....
Thx
They will most likely tell you to rma it. They don't send out spare parts to customers.
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ewok666 said:
That back strip pops out one one corner (outside corner, not where the buttons are). I can press it back in but it doesn't stick.
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It sounds like the little plastic clip in that corner on the back strip could be crushed inwards. You can try to gently pry it back with your fingernail or a small blade and then see if it stays.
Yikes. Mines stays flush all around. Did yours come this way or did you try and pry it open at one point (ie. pry open and pop it off)?
By strip do you mean the plastic piece on back where the nfc plates are under? Perhaps some clips broke?
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Hey just a warning for you guys the s pen plastic is cheap as we all can tell so today was showing the phone to some friends forgot the s pen on the couch stupid mistake started playing ps3 anyway after i pulled my phone back out i relized the pen wasnt in there turns out some on ended up sittin on it and it cracked right at the bottom of the button still works but bent and very close to breaking in half if i dont get some crazy glue also phone is new so gonna be hard to get just the s pen for at least a month but thats my stupid mistake be careful with your s pens guys
Good luck finding any plastic which can stand up to your mates arse when it's moulded so thin. ?
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I don't think anyone would expect the spen to survive someone squatting on it. But thanks for the warning. Ha.
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Well i made my problem a whole lot worse the rest of the pen casing cracked while it was in the phone i pulled it out pen is still fine but top half of the plastic casing is locked in there any one have any idea how to get it out. Theres a samsung repair center in my area but i dont want go there if i dont need too i can open the cover up and take it out but im afarid of voidinh the warrenty
It wasn't clever putting it back in like that. The pen is held with a small sprung clip which locates a tiny grove on the pen about 12mm from the tip, that will hold the tip in the phone fairly well.
Your choices are very limited, if it was me I would take the back cover off, look at the pattern in the plastic where the pen goes & drill a tiny hole about 3mm from the end .. ( this will be between the tip of the pen & the clip) use a thick sewing needle or tooth pick innthat hole to push the broken end past the clip & it will slide out on its own.
When done a spot of black glue on the hole if you want.
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Pat. said:
It wasn't clever putting it back in like that. The pen is held with a small sprung clip which locates a tiny grove on the pen about 12mm from the tip, that will hold the tip in the phone fairly well.
Your choices are very limited, if it was me I would take the back cover off, look at the pattern in the plastic where the pen goes & drill a tiny hole about 3mm from the end .. ( this will be between the tip of the pen & the clip) use a thick sewing needle or tooth pick innthat hole to push the broken end past the clip & it will slide out on its own.
When done a spot of black glue on the hole if you want.
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Interesting while right now i have the pen the tip everything when i pull it out but the top plastic covering on the pen is the part that cracked off and is stuck so i might be able to find some kind of long thin needle and push the clip but im just gonna get samsung to do it cause its still under warrenty of course its a hassle to find the time to go in but its good to have a samsung store in the area
I can't see any way they would remove it
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Pat. said:
I can't see any way they would remove it
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I dont think you understand the part the broke heres a pic of the pen
Yes I do. All my posts have been on the understanding that part of the casing at the tip is left in your phone. The small hole I am suggesting is up the top end (near the the on/off switch).
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Pat. said:
Yes I do. All my posts have been on the understanding that part of the casing at the tip is left in your phone. The small hole I am suggesting is up the top end (near the the on/off switch).
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Oh ok so you mean drill a hole in the casing put in a needle pull out right ? Also wondering if I take off just the back plate there's no void stickers on there right ?
Small hole to put something in to PUSH the part past the little clip & it will slide the rest of the way on its own & out of the phone.
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Only remove battery cover same as when inserting sim or sd. . No void doing that but small hole might void if you don't fill after with black glue
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There is a void sticker just past the tip of the pen chamber. You need to remove the screw under it to get the back plate off.
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Only remove battery cover same as when inserting sim or sd. . No void doing that but small hole might void if you don't fill after with black glue
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Advicing a guy that sits on the spen until it cracks and then puts it back in the slot to drill a note 3 ain't very wise imo!
what I would do is this: get a long and thin needle , bend it 2 mm with a precision plier at the tip, and fish the missing part from the slot.
it will work easy .
good luck
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Well i made my problem a whole lot worse the rest of the pen casing cracked while it was in the phone i pulled it out pen is still fine but top half of the plastic casing is locked in there any one have any idea how to get it out. Theres a samsung repair center in my area but i dont want go there if i dont need too i can open the cover up and take it out but im afarid of voidinh the warrenty
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You must know this already by now and maybe this won't help your situation but just before you said what I quoted I was thinking: "man now he will need to leave it out." Next I read what fallowed... I hope in future similar situation you will be more "aware".
Good luck mate
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heavylift said:
Advicing a guy that sits on the spen until it cracks and then puts it back in the slot to drill a note 3 ain't very wise imo!
what I would do is this: get a long and thin needle , bend it 2 mm with a precision plier at the tip, and fish the missing part from the slot.
it will work easy .
good luck
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The small hole is what I would do & it is low risk.
I would not poke things up there as it could damage the retaining clip. "Pen removed" sensor.
In fact some phones that had stylus put a small hole there to allow to blow dust out.
I really don't know why I made the stupid mistake of putting it back in but yeah I have the n900w8 canadain version there's no sticker on any of the back plate screws I'm asking about under it ?
If you can do it without removing void stickers or making a hole it's better but be very careful if you start taking the phone apart. Some screws can have a "paint seal".
Its all good now I opened up the back cover while I was popping it up the piece fell out sensor still works at least for detecting that its out and that I'm away from it so that's good now all I need is some crazy glue To glue it back together and then I'm gonna order a new s pen
PSA!!! Cars are cheap, i crashed my car into the pole while i was playing farmville on my Note 3 and driving at the same time and my bumper split in 2 and broke my radiator and a few other engine parts, but it's not my fault, the car is cheap:good:
Ok, this might be nitpicking and may cause some to roll their eyes. But regardless, something that's a little annoying to me and wondering if some/most/all S4s are like this as well. When the phone is laying on a flat surface like a table, the phone is tilted such that the right side is higher than the left. When I press the left menu button, the phone is flush with the table and there is no movement, but when I press the right back button, there is space between the phone and table and the phone wobbles as a result. Ideally, the phone should have a tiny bit of play when pressing buttons on either side, not no play on the left and a big gap on the right side.
I then removed the back cover to take that out of the equation and it does the same thing. So then I removed the battery. Now, the phone has a tiny amount of equal play when pressing buttons on either side as it should be. When looking at the battery cavity, the cutout is positioned a little towards the menu button side of the phone and as a result, puts a little more weight toward that side. Since the phone is relatively light and the camera protrusion acts like a pivoting support when the phone is laying on a flat surface, I'm guessing the weight of the battery is causing the phone to sit crooked.
Anyone can confirm? Thanks!
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Ok, this might be nitpicking and may cause some to roll their eyes. But regardless, something that's a little annoying to me and wondering if some/most/all S4s are like this as well. When the phone is laying on a flat surface like a table, the phone is tilted such that the right side is higher than the left. When I press the left menu button, the phone is flush with the table and there is no movement, but when I press the right back button, there is space between the phone and table and the phone wobbles as a result. Ideally, the phone should have a tiny bit of play when pressing buttons on either side, not no play on the left and a big gap on the right side.
I then removed the back cover to take that out of the equation and it does the same thing. So then I removed the battery. Now, the phone has a tiny amount of equal play when pressing buttons on either side as it should be. When looking at the battery cavity, the cutout is positioned a little towards the menu button side of the phone and as a result, puts a little more weight toward that side. Since the phone is relatively light and the camera protrusion acts like a pivoting support when the phone is laying on a flat surface, I'm guessing the weight of the battery is causing the phone to sit crooked.
Anyone can confirm? Thanks!
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can confirm mine is the same but don't take that as a definite seeing as i dropped a 26 kilo weight onto mine so might just be that:laugh:
carloss2013 said:
can confirm mine is the same but don't take that as a definite seeing as i dropped a 26 kilo weight onto mine so might just be that:laugh:
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Yea it's getting to be a little annoying when I use the phone on a table. Whenever I hit the right side of the phone, it makes a *clack clack* sound hitting the table. My old S2 GT-I9100 seemed to have better build quality.
Did you know there is a plastic bridge that sticks out across the rear speaker mesh that is designed to stop the phone sitting down on the table surface so as to prevent the speaker being blocked?
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ranger4740 said:
Did you know there is a plastic bridge that sticks out across the rear speaker mesh that is designed to stop the phone sitting down on the table surface so as to prevent the speaker being blocked?
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Yea I noticed that, but in my case, taking off the back cover pretty much does the same thing. So I take it you have this same "problem" with the phone not sitting flat and wobbles when you press the right side of the screen?
No because I use a dual skin Case ie phone is not naked.
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Its the speaker hole in the backplate.
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The camera seems to be causing it on mine! But the bridge is too. I never noticed that before, thanks for heads up!
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RossFixxed said:
The camera seems to be causing it on mine! But the bridge is too. I never noticed that before, thanks for heads up!
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Heh sorry for making you realize a problem that you wouldn't have noticed had I not mentioned it. Yea it's as if the body is slightly tweaked or the camera assembly wasn't perfectly soldered to lie flat or something. Don't think it's completely the speaker hole bulge because it does the same thing with the back cover off too. With the battery out, it's better.