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Battery cover clicks, cracks, pisses me off

Hi guys,
I'm having this problem and I would like to know if it's happening to someone else. There are certain parts of the battery cover that will click and crack when pressed. They're basically the phone's "temples" (the top part of the phone's sides) and the area around the headphone jack, as shown on this pic:
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It's pretty irritating, since that's basically the area I use to grab the phone and get it out of its case. Do you get it too?

I don't have this problem. But I expect people will get the same problem if they open the battery cover too many times. You can try calling HTC to see if you can buy a battery cover from them.

mine does it. Didn't at first, now it does. No big deal.

Thanks for your replies guys, glad to know that at least one more person has this problem too
Rvinny, have you ever dropped your phone? I have, and fear both things might be related.

I've dropped it like four times now and mine doesn't creak. I am probably the pickiest person in the world too, but I have to say... the build quality on this phone is pretty solid... its just too bad they used the worst speakers ive ever heard in a mobile phone before. Bet the speakers on the desire will be good though ... bastards...

mine clicks in the same spots.
i've been thinking about getting a replacement battery cover.

easy fix - put a miniscule amount of electrical tape right under each of the corner tabs on the battery cover to use as a padding/buffer. result - solid feeling phone, no more flex.

denimjunkie82 said:
easy fix - put a miniscule amount of electrical tape right under each of the corner tabs on the battery cover to use as a padding/buffer. result - solid feeling phone, no more flex.
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Dude, it worked! you saved my phone!

[Q] Broken NFC Spring Pin

So I accidentally broke the NFC pin the other day and decided not to solder it back as I might get the device into an even worse state(and I don't use NFC).
The question is, is it safe not to put it back? Do I get any side effects for not putting it back?
Thanks.
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There is 1 obvious side effect. Nfc won't work lol, you might have settings force close or a kernel error as well, with the hardware missing. That's just speculation on my part as i don't know for sure.
That soldering job looks doable, albeit a bit precise. I say try it without abs if you have issues, calm down get you hands steady and attempt the repair with tons of patience.
Btw... Wtf were you doing in the first place to break it off?

studacris said:
There is 1 obvious side effect. Nfc won't work lol, you might have settings force close or a kernel error as well, with the hardware missing. That's just speculation on my part as i don't know for sure.
That soldering job looks doable, albeit a bit precise. I say try it without abs if you have issues, calm down get you hands steady and attempt the repair with tons of patience.
Btw... Wtf were you doing in the first place to break it off?
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Well, i was repairing the screen lift issue that i was having. Then when i was about to check the screen, something (maybe a string of cloth) tangled and broke it. I know i am clumsy at those times and have learned my lesson..
I am not really using NFC at all( the Philippines is behind when it comes to NFC implementation) so i am considering leaving it that way since i am not having any FC (for now)

Yeah it's still pretty much a gimmick here in the states. I say if isn't causing any issues then it should be ok with out it.
I would still keep it in an anti static bag in a safe place in case of either future issues or desire for Nfc.

studacris said:
Yeah it's still pretty much a gimmick here in the states. I say if isn't causing any issues then it should be ok with out it.
I would still keep it in an anti static bag in a safe place in case of either future issues or desire for Nfc.
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Thanks for the input studacris. I'm keeping my fingrers crossed for this broken NFC thing.

It's just a connection to the NFC antenna, no other side effects other than NFC not working.
Beamed from my Grouper.

[FIX] Lines near the edge appear curved when draw near the edge of the screen

While searching for a fix from samsung FAQ due to charging hissing, I saw this FAQ from Samsung site. This guide don't appear on some of the country's Samsung FAQ, but it shows up in International Samsung FAQ.
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I tested it, and it works!
P.S., I went to my local Samsung Service Centre, they replaced my hissing charger with a new one instantly without asking any question. I'm sure they knew about this. The most interesting part is the the charger is heavier compared to the my previous one.
Do let me know if this thread is already created.
Thanks in advance,
From MelvinChng

Tried this, and it doesn't work for me. When set to Right Handed, there's a minor deviation. When set to left handed, there's a far more severe deviation.

FloatingFatMan said:
Tried this, and it doesn't work for me. When set to Right Handed, there's a minor deviation. When set to left handed, there's a far more severe deviation.
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Depends on which Hand you write with
Accidentally sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 2

Nope, and the phone can't tell which hand you're using anyway. I tried both settings. Left handed has a more pronounced deviation, but there's still a deviation for both hands. And I tried that with both hands too.

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Nope, and the phone can't tell which hand you're using anyway. I tried both settings. Left handed has a more pronounced deviation, but there's still a deviation for both hands. And I tried that with both hands too.
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Just try to draw with this two angle, and you will know the difference.
Accidentally sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 2

I know how to draw lines. It deviates on both settings, it's just significantly worse when set to left handed. The position of the pen itself is irrelevant.
Yours is deviating on both too, though not as much as mine is.

What are the little white dots on the edge of the Note 4?

I've noticed 8 white or translucent squares on the top and bottom on both the back and the front of the chamfered edge of the Note 4?
Does anybody know what these are, I'm very curious!
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Hi,
They are gaps in the aluminium for the antenna to get a signal through.
I hope this answers your question
Sam

Thanks for that, I just realised now that we are not supposed to ask questions here in this forum.
I thought general meant 'anything' but clearly not.

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They are gaps in the aluminium for the antenna to get a signal through.
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Nope. Here's where the antennas are located. There's plenty of signal access through the front and back of the phone; and those puny dimples wouldn't really help. What you described is typically used on metal-backed phones (EG: iP6, HTC One M7) and are a lot bigger.
I'm wondering what they're for too. If I had to guess I'd say to allow for expansion/contraction from temperature or to allow some flex either for real-world bending or to facilitate production and assembly.

Ha. I didn't even notice till you pointed this out. I think it looks kinda neat myself.

Maybe it's something to do with the VR capabilities.. maybe?

Also if you look right up close on the black part of frame there are slightly raised bumps in line with the white dots, curious, aesthetics or something else?

It looks better than the back of iphone 6
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Also if you look right up close on the black part of frame there are slightly raised bumps in line with the white dots, curious, aesthetics or something else?
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that is to cover that the cut goes all through! some sort of sticker which is then also coated...
reason for these cuts could be either manufacturing or radio performance!

I'm also thinking it might simply be structural.

My hand broke before my M8 did

Well, I fell snowboarding the other day with my phone in a chest pocket. I caught an edge and sandwiched my hand between my body and some ice. Needless to say I broke my hand and completely bent my phone but miraculously my screen didn't break, so at least I have that going for me which is nice.
Kind of sucks because HTCS 6 month manufacturing warranty only covers cracked screens, fml
Here are some pictures, I figured somewhere here might enjoy this.
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Hope you have a speedy recovery!

Htc One wave (tm)
On a serious note that should be easily fixed just by replacing the case. That is if everything works fine inside

I got pain on the chest by looking at those pictures.
Hope you can fix it soon.

Yeah, ordering a new backside should be the cheapest way. Replacing it is not hard - all you need is a bit of patience and a source of heat. Order the top and bottom of the front aswell, those are bastards to remove and replace properly - other then that it sounds more dramatic then it is.
remove tops and bottom, heat and remove back side (there is guides on youtube/interwebz). The internals and screen is the expensive parts and those should still be allright for you.

Yea I've thought about replacing the case., I was able to bend it slightly back into place which makes it at least fit in the case again.
Everything works, for now. The only problem I've noticed is two bright spots in the center of the screen most likely from something pushing on the backlight. It's only noticable when looking at dark content which I can lI've with.
I must say HTC did a pretty damn good job engineering this phone :good:

if HTC-LG have a baby...this is the HTC G-flex

@popwarfour At least you managed to answer the question. "HTC One M8 - Does it bend?"
Hope your hand recovers okay.

I actually bent mine as well somehow and I sent it into htc for repair, they fixed it and didn't charge me anything for it. I can't even tell it was even bent. Mine was not as severe as that though.