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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!

Z3c teardown video

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but I found this Z3c teardown video. No close-ups so it's hard to see much detail, but at least it gives a good idea of the guts of the phone and how it's assembled. And the back glass didn't crack when it was prized off!
http://youtu.be/i_mjlieeNAw

I may not like the fact that this phone lacks a user-removable battery, however the ease of access to the battery itself is a relief.

I wonder how opening affects the waterproofing. I remember I opened by waterproof watch once to replace the battery and it was never fully waterproof after that.

I wonder how difficult it would be to add wireless charging...

1. Wow that's a big battery... no wonder
2. Teardown videos should really be in 1080p
@jug6ernaut There doesn't seem to be much room to play with, the QI receiver would have to be very slim. The one's I've had in the past had PCB components that would be too thick to fit in there. Anyone know which QI receiver is the slimmest? I love QI charging and plan on playing around with something DIY, but it will probably be something external case-based.
@banjker I too would like to know about the waterproofing. It looks like there's an insulated rubber strip around the edge, you can see it better in the Z3big teardown. They mangled it, but I'd imagine you could do it non-destructively by heating it up first.
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Ok so with all these cases of cracking back glass it looks like it's quite easy to remove the back panel and replace it with a new one your self off eBay or somewhere?

gadgetman04 said:
Ok so with all these cases of cracking back glass it looks like it's quite easy to remove the back panel and replace it with a new one your self off eBay or somewhere?
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Perhaps, but there's no indication of how easy it is to reattach the back and without the right foam/adhesive the phone will no longer be waterproof ( I doubt the existing foam can be saved, even by heating)

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.

Dust under back of frosted glass - Yet another QC error.

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After being happy for a few days with my second Z5 (First one had backlight uneveness, changed out next day), I stumbled upon yet another QC error by Sony. This time around there is dust stuck beneath the frosted glass. Now you might say "Oh it's just a scratch!" I looked at it from multiple angles, under bright light and also with an electronic microscope. There are no indentations to the surface, which leaves me just as baffled as most of you on how this happened . This is a REV4 model, everything else works wonderfully though, barely any camera fringing and no uneven backlight, haven't tested water proofness yet, but that wasn't important to me. Needless to say I'll be exchanging it tomorrow because the shops that have it in stock have closed for the night.
So just a warning on another thing to look out after buying your new Xperia Z5!
Why do you do this to us Sony, we only want your products :crying:.
PS: Here's the unresized images if you want to peep: Image 1, Image 2.

You bought it that way for sure.This ''thing'' can not go almost to the middle of the phone by itself.Just one more thing that we need to look closer before buying.And Sony is not doing this intentionally,bro. ( : Just bad luck.

No disrespect intended but the absolute last thing I am worried about is a piece of dust under the back glass. In my opinion, trivial.

return it. if you're spending $400+ usd on a phone it should be pretty darn near perfect.

augie7107 said:
No disrespect intended but the absolute last thing I am worried about is a piece of dust under the back glass. In my opinion, trivial.
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See I fully agree it is trivial. But the fact that is there will drive me crazy. Considering cheaper phone manufacturers can deliver better QC, I expect cream of the crop from Sony. Call me picky or pedantic, but for a price of the phone there is no excuse.

Phantomskinz Review

First off, I did receive a review sample for their new S9+ full body skin at no cost.
The packaging was nice, it actually impressed me. Typically, when I purchase screen protectors it comes in very minimalist tube/boxes.
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I won't bore you with the screen protector application, it's pretty straight forward for a film screen. It went well, got a few random bubbles, but they should smooth out over time. The film surface is super smooth, almost glass-like, so I appreciate that, no skidding across the surface.
Now to the nitty gritty. I've never used a skin before, so I was apprehensive about my abilities to get it right. Phantomskinz has a good instructional video, so that helped.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvKWR8sptco
I laid things out and took the plunge.
It was a struggle (as a newb) to get the camera hole and charging hole/speaker/headphone jack all lined up. I would say though that this is due to my inexperience and not the product, I'm happy with the end result.
End result
I did have to really work the wrap around corner pieces to line up and adhere without wrinkles, again my lack of experience could be the culprit. Just keep working the sides with a hair dryer and they will bend to your will as needed.
Plus
2 screen protectors included, with a quality feel.
Good instructions.
There is an actual texture to the skin as opposed to others that just look like carbon fiber.
Minus
The skins really want to stick to the surface when lining things up
Skins do not protect the actual camera lens, this is true of all skins however.
At the end of the day, this is a quality product, I would highly recommend. I had purchased a different screen protector, but now it's going to sit in the closet.

It's all good, thanks. Just took a few days (which is normal).
PhantomSkinz Guru said:
Nice job with the installation :good:
If the screen protector bubble hasn't worked itself out, send us a DM and we will help you figure out what went wrong before you use the second screen protector that was included
Thanks for the review!
Guru
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