I am loving my OPT and the premium feel but I was wondering if anyone else has a somewhat loose power button that rattles a bit. I never notice it since I have it in a case. But coming from a Nexus 5 and Nexus 6. The power button on those is super solid.
Just curious if i got a bum one or there all like that.
Nope you are not the only one.
There are many check on oneplus forums.
Mine power button is a little bit loose almost ignoreable but the volume rocker is a bit loose.
I can move them with finger.
Op quality checks aren't upto the mark it seems.
Both power button and volume button can move around quite a bit for me, appears loose, but as long as they dont fall...
Mine are solid
Mine are lose too. Checked in OP service center in Mumbai and found there are no spare parts at all. it sucks.
I am in discussion with their customer support for the solution. I want this lose buttons problem resolved anyhow, it wont sustain for long.
My OPT volume button is loose also, it moves up and down by a half millimetre.
Kinda tarnishes the premium feel of it.
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Am I the only one feeling that the volume keys are a little loose? The function fine but make a sound when I shake the phone. If it's just me I'll probably return it.
+1 Same here
Some here, a little loose. My wife's is the same, also. The power button is much tighter.
OK. Seems like replacing the phone won't help. I'll just get use to it I guess.
Mine doesn't make any sound when I shake the phone. If I were you I'd swap it. Rocket had very slight amount of give but I wouldn't classify it as loose.
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Volume and power buttons are all tight and make no sound on mine when I shake the phone.
Hmm, my volume button is loose too. Sounds very cheap/janky... especially when the phone vibrates!
Might try a return.
This bothers me most about the phone. Otherwise, it's an awesome device.
Flak_Munky said:
Volume and power buttons are all tight and make no sound on mine when I shake the phone.
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Same for me too. No problems whatsoever.
My rocker is loose. Power button is very snug. I have the black case from t mobile on so I don't care though.
I just did an exchange on my vibrant.. the volume key on the one he brought out was extremely loose.. I made him get me another from the back and it felt nice and tight. I guess some are like that.
I just exchanged mine in-store too and got a unit with a much more solid volume button.
My power button on my TF has became so recessed, I'm scared I need to RMA it.
Ever since I first got it, it definitely didn't have a "spring" to it, it kinda was always a bit mushy and didn't come back when I pressed it in.
Sadly, now it's to the point that the power button requires a bit more of work to turn it on than usual. Just comparing to my iPod touch, the power button is completely solid always comes right back up, and my Asus EeePad is just so weak.
Anyone else have this issue?
No. Sounds like a faulty unit. I guess you should rma it. Anyways you should had exchanged it while you could've. As you say it was mushy straight out the box
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I do not take responsibility for what you do with your stuff, I just did this to fix mine.
This is not a sleep of death fix.
This is a fix for those of us who got to experience cheap product design and our power buttons become almost useless at turning our TF on.
What I did:
I took off the bezel carefully and slowly using a thin guitar pick (after removing the star screws)
I took a typical 3x5 index card and cut an approximate 1x1 millimeter square off the corner.
Carefully, using tweezers, I glued the piece of index card to the light blue button on the bezel, not the rest of the tablet.
I snapped everything back in place carefully and the power button is responsive again!
Again, I am not responsible for you and your tablet. I just did this at 7am since I couldn't sleep.
If there is enough interest I can post pics of the process.
Edit: It also seems to help to let the index card piece dry on and then pull it off to leave a papery residue, it works a little better by softening the button.
Edit 2: I'd like to point out post 5 for a good picture. It seems to just need to be played around with on the thickness level, mine needed very little, yours may need more.
You gotta love when they use cheap buttons on a $400 item... What good is it if you can't turn it on? My buttons still work, but I have read a lot of reports about button issues. Hopefully, they used better buttons on the prime!
Nice. I have the same problem as you did. Can you tell me if the small black plastic piece was attached to the switch on the board inside? I am not 100% sure there is one but the volume buttons have it and I know my power button doesn't. I am thinking it broke off and is missing somewhere inside my bezel as it won't fit properly anymore either. I'm going to rma my tf for other reasons but it would be nice to fix it myself in the mean time.
Thanks for this post. It gives me hope lol.
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For the love of god man post those pics!!!
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Yeah my button when new was very easy to operate, even my 3 year old could do it.
As time went by it got harder and harder to turn on. I took the button out and extended with a little piece of plastic. I used an old gift card.
Work great now.
No trouble with my button not working yet, and I've had mine since the spring. The big issue I have with the power button is how close it is to the volume-up button! If I had a nickel for every time I accidentally turned the device off when trying to turn it up, I'd be very rich by now. Very annoying.
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Yeah my button when new was very easy to operate, even my 3 year old could do it.
As time went by it got harder and harder to turn on. I took the button out and extended with a little piece of plastic. I used an old gift card.
Work great now.
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Good pic, that's pretty much exactly how my work around looked.
Would you happen to have a pic of the device rather than the button? I'd like to see how your switch is constructed to see what mine is missing. Thanks.
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Would you happen to have a pic of the device rather than the button? I'd like to see how your switch is constructed to see what mine is missing. Thanks.
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Sorry I though I had a picture of the the button on the mother board but I guess it didn't save. The power button should look like the two volume button.
interesting...
I returned my Acer Iconia a500 because I realized how cheaply designed the power button was. The a500 tablet on display at Best Buy had a broken power button, and there was tons of others with the same exact problems/concerns. I don't understand why these manufacturers don't learn. I was under the impression that the Transformer was much better built- then I saw this thread. I have an Asus transformer prime on pre-order, but am afraid I will have to RMA the dam thing after a few months for the same problem. I hate apple, IOS, and Itunes, and just wish there was an equivalent 10 inch android tablet that is built just as solid, and wont break down after 3 months from normal use. Will I be ok with the Prime????
My iPod Touch 3G's home button barely works after a year of use... good my Sensation XE is gonna replace it XD. Had my Transformer for nearly 6 months now, no signs of the power button getting any worse... it's something I'm always worried about after my ipod. At least there si a temporary fix for it, I want to make sure my TF lasts at least 2 years, hopefully close to 3.
tno~~
they had to replace all the boards (motherboard, daughterboards) to fix my power button issue.
Have to wonder what you folks are doing with your tablets. We've got two Transformers, used every day since May and June respectively, and neither has the slightest issue with any of the physical buttons.
Thanks guys, I'm gonna try this. I was using piece of pencil eraser in it before I had to turn it in lol.
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czissis said:
My power and volume buttons have been loose since the second I pulled it out of the box.
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...which makes me wonder if there's a batch problem (although none of the five tablets I've personally bought have had this problem), yours was mistreated while still packaged, or you got a second-hand tablet...
I just got a new TF at Best Buy yesterday, and the power button is loose and hard to press, and the volume button is so sunk in, it's almost impossible to press without trying really hard, and rattles when I type on left side of the screen in landscape. Before I try to exchange it to many times, what should they feel like on a perfect TF? Should they be soft and easy to press, with no looseness?
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I just got a new TF at Best Buy yesterday, and the power button is loose and hard to press, and the volume button is so sunk in, it's almost impossible to press without trying really hard, and rattles when I type on left side of the screen in landscape. Before I try to exchange it to many times, what should they feel like on a perfect TF? Should they be soft and easy to press, with no looseness?
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I dropped my ASUS Transformer on the floor and I had to take the back off (easily done with a thin screwdriver) to bend everything back in place. After putting it back together I had the problem with a loose power button that after while became a stuck button. So I took it apart again, turns out that there is a very very small button on the print board side and the power button has to be adjusted exactly over it and locked in a cavity between the front and back. So if your button is loose it is not properly clicked in the cavity or the cavity has been made to big from the factory
I fixed mine "by accident" when I was prying out the button from the bezel. Under the bezel was another plastic frame that was glued on. When the plastic frame holding the silver button split from the bezel it had more room to move, reaching the pcb button that was just too recessed. Yey
Mine(power button) started to failed on the third day after I purchased it. Then I decided to forget about it and just look for alternatives to power on my transformer without using the power button. so I get the dock, dock seems to be defective, a brand new dock where the touchpad doesn't wake up my transformer(rarely does), this is just one among several issues dock came with. Am I a lucky asus customer or what?
Does anyone else's Nexus 4 have a power button that feels "mushy" and doesn't have a pronounced "click" like the volume buttons? It might be the S-Line case that's amplifying the issue but even with the case off, the power button doesn't feel the same as the volume ones. The click is there but it's just not very strong and it feels like something that could be pushed in and stuck there someday...
my N4 feels okay, i usually have the Google bumper on it anyways so most of the time i feeling on the bumper (and its better than the actual power button itself!)
But if ur worry about it being suck you can always RMA it....or theres always the option of volume wake
Cheers!
My power button feels slightly soft... But I don't feel it much since I have a case on.
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Yeah, one of my (very few) complaints about this phone is how the power button feels to press. Mine does click when pressed, but sometimes if I press on an edge instead of in the center, it'll click but the screen won't turn on. Hoping for a decent volume wake or PGM-style app to come out for the N4
EDIT: I had the official bumper on mine for a while, and it makes all the buttons feel great, so you might consider picking one up if the button feel really bugs you. I decided that the phone felt too sexy without a bumper
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Yeah, one of my (very few) complaints about this phone is how the power button feels to press. Mine does click when pressed, but sometimes if I press on an edge instead of in the center, it'll click but the screen won't turn on. Hoping for a decent volume wake or PGM-style app to come out for the N4
EDIT: I had the official bumper on mine for a while, and it makes all the buttons feel great, so you might consider picking one up if the button feel really bugs you. I decided that the phone felt too sexy without a bumper
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Sexy until an accidental drop occurs
It isn't very shallow coming from a Galaxy Nexus. I thought my power button was shorted out or something when I first got the Nexus 4, because I felt like I wasn't using more force than necessary to turn it on. I got used to it after a while, but I occasionally have to tap the power button multiple times...
damn you @motorola, how can you build in 2015 such a cheap volume button/rocker? it's shaking and, while doing so, it also makes a strange noise. I remember selling my Nexus 5 because of this...
it gives you a strange feeling of poor build quality / broken button every time I touch that area (and touch/hit the button).
the power button is fixed better in its place, but the volume button is just BAD :/
btw, is there a way to fix this?
For me it's the opposite, the volume rocker doesn't rattle much but the power button really does.
In theory, putting something in between the buttons and the internal switches should make the buttons tight.
I'm not one to experiment with hardware mods like that though, so I'll wait until someone else has done it successfully before I try it.
Only part of the build quality that's a disappointment.
I've got the phone yesterday and to be honest I'm waiting for ifixit teardown so I can safely open it and try to fix the volume rocker/power button issue.
Glad I'm not the only one. I'm seriously deciding whether it'll annoy enough to keep it.
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If you look at reviews and comments you'll see that this is a widespread complaint.
At first I wondered if I got unlucky, but no, it's just a minor design flaw affecting all devices.
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After two weeks with this phone, the issue with the buttons is annoying, both power and volume. It gives the feeling of poor quality. I do not understand how is possible Motorola made this design mistake.
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Because it is Motorola trade mark becoming from moto 1st gen buttons flying and for me that i jump from g1 to x play flying buttons is no problem
If you put a case, is there still some rattling?
Thanks !!
I have no issues after putting a case on it.