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[Q] Verizon G2 Rattles When Shaken: Problem?

My G2 makes a rattling sound when shaken, but only in certain situations. When holding my phone normally, with the screen facing me, and shake the device away from and towards myself, I don't hear anything. However if shaken up-down or side-side, I hear a plastic, rattling noise that seems to come from around the camera. Is this normal, or do I have something to be concerned about? I keep pressure on all buttons, and even the SIM card tray, and still hear it.

Broken or loose IOS?
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Thats what I was afraid of. Is there any way to verify whether or not that's the issue?

Ive noticed this as well. I've also noticed a vibration from the earpiece area while talking on the phone. The top of the phone resonates if I thump it. :-/

fhblake04 said:
Ive noticed this as well. I've also noticed a vibration from the earpiece area while talking on the phone. The top of the phone resonates if I thump it. :-/
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Did u RMA the phone? Have u resolved or found what he issue is? I'm asking as I have he same problem...while on he phone it ratles.

BigJermZ said:
Did u RMA the phone? Have u resolved or found what he issue is? I'm asking as I have he same problem...while on he phone it ratles.
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No, I've just learned to live with it, I would like to RMA it, but I certainly don't want to PAY to RMA it, which I'm guessing would be the end result. I'm fairly sure it has to do with the OIS, because my camera seems MUCH more sensitive to movement when taking pics now. I wish I had another G2 available to take some comparison photos with to try and verify it

Mine does it. (D802, not Verizon)
Looked in the mirror, was the camera shaking (not much)
Guess it's because it's loose when not in use. It can move afterall since this phone has physical camera stabilization.
Even my expensive Nikon says this rattling noise. Tbh I see no problem.

Camera recording clicking noise

Just noticed my camera while recording and focusing makes a click or distortion noise which is very minimal but I also noticed that it gets picked up in the video recordings. Anyone else having this issue? My device has no other issue besides this and really don't want to roll the dice and get a bad RMA.

So no one is having this issue?
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nothing here.

Yeah only a few cases are popping up. I'm probably going to return it an wait and see if these issues get worked out.
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I have this issue. Switched to Snap Cam camera app. There you can choose another mic when filming. Works great.

Alaris said:
Yeah only a few cases are popping up. I'm probably going to return it an wait and see if these issues get worked out.
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I just noticed this issue. Did the replacement get better?

I just got a replacement and it is a little better. I still get the slight buzzing from the laser focus. At this point I believe it's the design and how close the mic is.
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Alaris said:
I just got a replacement and it is a little better. I still get the slight buzzing from the laser focus. At this point I believe it's the design and how close the mic is.
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Actually, i found a work around. If you turn off wifi and do the recording, the clicking noise is gone. It's either the mic is placed too near the wifi receptor or it could be fixed by software else..... i hope it's the latter.

godlyitem said:
Actually, i found a work around. If you turn off wifi and do the recording, the clicking noise is gone. It's either the mic is placed too near the wifi receptor or it could be fixed by software else..... i hope it's the latter.
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Good to know, my first one was picking up another noise almost as if the camera focusing was making a noise. This on is less noticeable and I can only hear it when I am shooting something in complete silence.
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Shake your s7

If you shake your s7 is something rattling?

No

Yeah, it's the home button. If you shake while applying just a bit of pressure to it, the rattle goes away. Totally normal.
EDIT: I take that back. I don't think it's the button, but I do hear a very slight rattle. I'm still not concerned though.

I hear..... nothing
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I don't have mine yet but my s6 does that...its probably the components of the ois in the camera. Try turning the camera on and give it a shake and see if the sound goes away.

Nothing shaking here.

I hear my head rattling not the phone ?

My S5 (the phone I'm on right now while I wait for my S7 edge) has always had a rattle that sounds like it is coming from the camera. It's never seemed to present any other issues but I suppose it could be camera related.

retsen said:
I don't have mine yet but my s6 does that...its probably the components of the ois in the camera. Try turning the camera on and give it a shake and see if the sound goes away.
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Correct.

Yea the ois is rattling

pnda said:
Yea the ois is rattling
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Pnda is correct. The OIS is rattling. Which is normal

Same here, is ois!!! I was scared the first day i got the phone, so i went to samsung store and shake all the live demo units to be sure it´s normal, so don't worry.

OIS. This also causes the camera lens to be off center most of the time.

It's the loose motherboard
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I would agree with most people here saying it's the ois, but it sounds exactly like the rattle my work issued pedometer makes when I used to shake it to fake steps... I've had the note 2, s4, s5, s6 edge, and now awaiting my s7 edge. I've noticed that from the s5 on these phones had that rattle.

Note 4 hear does exactly the same the i open the camera app and gone. Never noticed it before lol. My wife just sat there looking at me funny tho.
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*Nevermind*

To be sure it's OIS, just turn on your camera and then shake your phone. You should not hear any noise.
Cheers.

Guys i was in a concert last night and all my videos are shaky. The music was making the stupid s7 edge camera shake! What should i do?

I hear something loose inside the phone? Anyone else?

So I've just put the phone down on my desk(I use a giant 4ftx2ft desktop mouse pad) and heard an odd sound. I didn't just throw the phone on the desk but probably dropped it onto the desk from an inch away. Anyway, upon further investigation, it sounds like there' something loose inside the phone, possibly in the upper half near the camera. I took my phone and shook it up and down near my ear. Wondering if this is normal and does anyone else hear the same thing?

Could be the camera. OIS means there's actually moving parts in the mechanism. Typically if you shake phones with OIS you here a slight ticking.

tgtoys said:
Could be the camera. OIS means there's actually moving parts in the mechanism. Typically if you shake phones with OIS you here a slight ticking.
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That's true. But, it just bugs me a bit because I didn't hear anything like this on my old Note 7. Or any other phone.

mrdiggz said:
That's true. But, it just bugs me a bit because I didn't hear anything like this on my old Note 7. Or any other phone.
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Ok, I just shook my phone and I can hear the rattling too. My OCD senses are now tingling!
I'm not going to worry about it too much though. I haven't dropped my phone or anything, and it's working fine. I'm sure there will be times though when I've forgotten about it, then suddenly hear it if I shake my phone. Will probably be surprised, but will then remember what it is. Lol
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I shake my phone and i hear nothing. . Hmmm, you guys could try by opening it and see whether you can find the issue. It is very easy to open it and close it again. And i doubt any carrier will notice it. or... If you guys are in the 14 days period to return the phone (if tmobile, im not sure about other carriers) then you might replace it

spexwood said:
Ok, I just shook my phone and I can hear the rattling too. My OCD senses are now tingling!
I'm not going to worry about it too much though. I haven't dropped my phone or anything, and it's working fine. I'm sure there will be times though when I've forgotten about it, then suddenly hear it if I shake my phone. Will probably be surprised, but will then remember what it is. Lol
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Hahaha ok, cool! Now I feel better knowing it's not just me :laugh: And yes, my phone is working perfectly so I'm not worried about it. (but lets be honest here and say that it would've been nice if there was no rattle!)

mrdiggz said:
Hahaha ok, cool! Now I feel better knowing it's not just me :laugh: And yes, my phone is working perfectly so I'm not worried about it. (but lets be honest here and say that it would've been nice if there was no rattle!)
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Oh yeah, for sure! I mean, a rattling noise normally means that something is broken! LG should probably have put a notice on the manual or something mentioning this. You know, for all of us who care for our phones.

If it is the ois it will stop if you have the camera app open. Mine also has the rattle but I believe it is likely the vibration feedback motor or weight causing it. I had two lg v10 loaner phones. One made noise one didn't.
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I hear it, I hear it... Lol
Could it be that rotating vibration mechanism?
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DLovo313 said:
I hear it, I hear it... Lol
Could it be that rotating vibration mechanism?
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I can confirm that it is the camera module. I opened up my device and poked around inside. The camera module furthest from the led flash floats.
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Broken OIS?

Since yesterday my camera makes clinking noises and cannot properly focus anymore. I suspect the OIS mechanism somehow got broken which sounds like I would have to do an RMA, right? Did anyone ever experience something similar?

my fathers samsung s6 camera sometimes has problems with ois. sometimes while video recording the ois goes nuts and the pictures shakes and the camera makes a rattling noise. after a few moments its ok. as it is a mechanical moving part, maybe something gets broken or some kinda dirt gets in the wrong place.
maybe you can slap the device against the palm of your hand a few times, maybe the ois will get loose and can work again as it should.. other then that, yeah, i would go for a rma.

nupi said:
Since yesterday my camera makes clinking noises and cannot properly focus anymore. I suspect the OIS mechanism somehow got broken which sounds like I would have to do an RMA, right? Did anyone ever experience something similar?
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It's a laughably common problem... Do you have an A2017U? It's not like I did research but all of the devices with broken OIS that I've seen are A2017U's. Maybe they source from a different place, I dunno
The only solution seems to be RMA

No this is a G series. Just tried again, seems to work for now. Will make sure to observe in any case...

nupi said:
Since yesterday my camera makes clinking noises and cannot properly focus anymore. I suspect the OIS mechanism somehow got broken which sounds like I would have to do an RMA, right? Did anyone ever experience something similar?
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It's the latest B25 update. A factory reset fixed the problem for me. Seems the stacked up previous "dirty flash" updates caused problems over time with the OIS. I thought it was a Hardware Problem too.
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I didn't flash B25 or b04 but it did start after trying resurrection remix (after factory reset). Now back to lineage, Maybe I need to wipe data instead of just doing a factory reset?

Like this?
https://goo.gl/photos/yHVB3vtbu52f9oTV7
Does it tend to happen when the device is warm? RMA RMA RMAAAA. Zte was great with my rma experience. I had a similar issue.
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It seems to be happening again, so unless there is a way to simply turn of OIS I think an RMA will be needed which is annoying mainly because I don't have a spare phone to use

Yeah I'm currently dealing with this issue to. It happens just enough to be annoying. This will be the second RMA I've had on this device but I ain't mad at it. The first was was a headphone jack issue and this is something separate. My first experience with the RMA process was pretty painless.

I have it too, A2017U. When it happens, the camera literally vibrates and doesn't focus at all. The fix is to close and re-open the camera, though sometimes it takes about 5 times to get it back to normal.
Thankfully, it only happens maybe 1 out of 10 times I use the camera in the first place.

DxTcmix said:
It's the latest B25 update. A factory reset fixed the problem for me. Seems the stacked up previous "dirty flash" updates caused problems over time with the OIS. I thought it was a Hardware Problem too.
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Did this issue return for you? It's interesting that I'm having the same issue, but I'm using a custom rom. Maybe the bootstacks need to be wiped and refreshed.

nolimit78 said:
Did this issue return for you? It's interesting that I'm having the same issue, but I'm using a custom rom. Maybe the bootstacks need to be wiped and refreshed.
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I am on lineage too, on a A2017G so no B25 anywhere but still wonder if flashing stock might help. Then again would have to do some for an RMA anyway

nupi said:
I am on lineage too, on a A2017G so no B25 anywhere but still wonder if flashing stock might help. Then again would have to do some for an RMA anyway
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I flashed and returned /everything/ to stock, first time booting up the camera, it jittered like usual. If you have this problem, just set it up for RMA.

I had same issue on RR, LINEAGE and same on CARBON rom/last build/ so I tried STOCK-MB04 for my A2017G and it looks good, mean camera works correctly. Propably it is SW problem.

Also experiencing this issue... but I think it has something to do with heat. This seems to be mostly happening, when I'm out in the sun on hot days. Is this the same for anyone else? I'm running LineageOS.

Definitely not correlated to heat in my case. Will try stock again

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Definitely not correlated to heat in my case. Will try stock again
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Alright would be happy to hear your results

Happens even after flashing B04, perhaps less often but definitely still there.
Well I had to flash b04 in prep for RMA anyhow.
I might even go and buy a new phone but it seems there are only bad options out there...

The only phone that has caught my attention is the Pixel 2. Front facing speakers are a hard thing to get rid of. I'm using an LG G6 and the lack of dual facing speakers is noticeable. I can't wait to see how much the Pixel 2 will premier at so I can laugh at it and continue using the A7.

How does the G6 compare to the axon? I like the flat display but I am less convinced I want to deal with LG software and bootloop risk
Looking at xperia xz which can now be had for little over 300eur but loathe to go to 5.2"...
Thankfully speakers are the least important to me. But I want sane software, decent camera (here the axon is less than optimal even without broken OIS), headphone out and no bent screen crap.