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Hi,
just noticed that when auto-focusing the phones camera makes a quiet click. This is more obvious when taking a macro shot. Should I be worried or is this how it should be working? Someone once told me that if a camera makes a noise when focusing you should be worried...
Thanks!
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EDIT: Easily solved, could a few of you friendly chaps take out your phones in a bit quieter environment, listen and take a couple macro shots
i actually told my insurance that my phone did this after a drop ... and got a brand new phone .. however new one does it too and to be honest i think old one always did.
i would like to know if everyone elses does too but it does not stop anything working so its not a giant issue
hope that assists you.
mine has always done this.......
oh dear watch my profile picture
its the lens, at least that's what i always thought it was.
how did you get macro shots?
Hello, mine does the same funny noises... and it`s brand new ) just bought it few days ago. It`s something normal... I guess
I've always read many people telling tales of their phones being ruined by being dropped in water and pretty much either having to do the rice bowl treatment for a week or giving their phone a tear jerking burial/insurance return. Well here's my tale:
While defrosting some zip lock bagged steaks in a kitchen sink full of water my Galaxy S II which was streaming Pandora at the time decided it either didn't want to sit on the counter with the seasoning or decided that it would be nice to go for a swim - actually it was probably the grocery bag being moved that knocked it into the sink - me not paying attention noticed the change in sound of the streaming music from clear to muffled looked for it then in disbelief saw the phone at the bottom of the water filled sink!!!!
I think my heart grew 10 times smaller as I thrust my hand into the sink pulling the phone out from under the depths of the water and zip locked frozen steaks, as I pulled it out from the water the music was still playing but sounded rather tinny so I frantically took a towel and wrapped it around the phone to get the water off of it then pushed the power button to see the screen light up to the lock screen. I then swiped the unlock screen and quickly closed pandora and frantically pressed the power button choosing the shutdown option dreading the worst that the phone was playing it's curtain call song and was about to die any second, then the screen went thru the shut down phase then the screen went blank and all of a sudden it turned back on and I saw the android mascot and some red and yellow text (perhaps I pushed the power button too long or the phone looked like it went into recovery mode?) and started doing "something". I said oh sh*t put the phone on the counter screen down and peeled off the back cover and yanked the battery.
at this moment I started examining the phone, the inside was completely dry sans a droplet of water over by where you pry off the back, no water on around or under the battery, around the camera or flash, the power or volume rocker, or any visible leakage around the screen. I then shook he phone over the towel I had initially dried the submerged phone with and did see a drop come from the speaker slits and then I put my mouth to both the usb and headphone jacks to suck water out of those openings (phone CPR?) and got a tiny drop maybe from the USB but nothing from the headphone jack.
At this point I was still in shock but very surprised that the phone was pretty stone dry sans from the water I wiped off of it and the tiny bit that was in the speaker opening. I gave everything a once over again with the towel just in case I missed some microscopic droplets and shook the phone again put the battery back in put the back back on and pressed the power button and voila, the Samsung Galaxy S II logo popped up and in no time the phone was back on and running like nothing happened - I ran a plethora of tests for the rest of the nigh dreading the worst but everything was golden with the exception that the speaker sounded a little tinnier that it initially was which pretty much cleared up buy the morning and sound as lout as it was out the box, I think that the water on the speaker had to dry.
Call me lucky but I've never never never experienced such amazement with a phone before in my life, it was as if the phone had a waterproof force field around it lol. I had initially though about taking the phone back to wait for the Galaxy Nexus on ATT but after that experience I'm totally on board with the Galaxy S II - I did get a tad paranoid that something might end up going wrong with the phone from the submerging to I took it back to the store last night to exchange it for another stating the speaker sounded tinny which they gladly did and after grueling task of reconfiguring all my settings and installing all my apps the new one is back as my main player and my Captivate is back in it's box (used it during my paranoid night of testing everything after the submerging).
Call me sold, I'll definately be keeping the wonder phone AKA Galaxy S II until the Galaxy S3 comes out , and I'll definitely be keeping it away from water, not gonna try my luck twice!!! Glad to see it's somewhat waterproof but please don't try this at home my heart could barely take it LOL!!!
Wow, I would panic if that happened to my brand new phone! Glad yours is still working
just tried this and it doesn't work
Next time (hopefully never) just leave it in a bag of rice for a while just in case instead of just powering it back on.
Coincidently, I came across this video today of the original Galaxy S:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8puSOR2wWfQ
When I used to work for best buy repairing laptops at their GSC, I had a broken keyboard laptop come in. When I went to replace it, I found corrosion from head to toe all over the motherboard from some sort of spill. But everything on the laptop still worked (sans the KB, but it did after replacing). I tested the hell out of it, took pictures of the water damage, wrote it up for the customer. Some people just get lucky with water damage
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just tried this and it doesn't work
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Lol
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Glad you didn't wreck your phone dude, that would /could have been really horrible.
Cool, I'm gonna give it a try....... NOT!
Years ago (late 90's I believe) I had an Nokia 6130 that I dropped in a inch plus puddle in a parking lot as I ran into the store on a rainy day. I didn't notice it until I was returning to my car later. Had to be at least 10 minutes or more. I let it dry out over night and to my surprise it functioned. I don't remember but I think the battery may have come off when it hit the ground, either way it pretty impressive.
Sheesh.... I don't think I would've waited for it to shut down... I would have been yanking that battery out post-haste.
Congrats, you were a lucky one... I think you should go buy some lottery tickets tonight... Don't wait until tomorrow.
Don
Yeah I had though about the rice bowl treatment before turning it back on but since it was so unbelievably dry and water free I took the chance and turned it right back on, even plugged the sucker in to charge it back to 100% leaving it on the charger all night with no issues at all the next day. I should have kept it as a good luck charm but didn't want to press my luck and have something go awry later so since it was still working with no issues I took it back the following night to exchange for a new one - just in case.
Let's see a metal phone take such abuse LOL, like it or not Samsung knows what they are going making their phones out of lightweight yet solid feeling plastic components, survive drops, scratch resistant screen and now add to the list moderately waterproof - it takes a licking and keeps on ticking! I summarize it down to the plastic, plastic expands as it gets warm which probably made a more watertight seal than when turned off, flimsy back my foot - I doubt a phone like the Inspire would have survived that dunking without catastrophic results.
As Fragile as it seems the Galaxy S II is pretty safe to carry around naked and survive most elements, and that's how I'll continue to carry it - while making sure to avoid water like the plague!!!
phones are weird when it comes to water, I had an iPhone 3G that sat in 3 feet of lake water for a good bit -- it still works to this day -- it had the same tinny sounding speakers for awhile and occasionally an incoming call would have really odd ring sound... when that happened i would have to hang up and call back -- but rarely happened.
Glad to know the SGS2 is potentially [moderately] safe against water exposure
I have lost a few family members to water, but not my phone!
Glad to hear I might have a chance when dropping this bad-boy into my sink.
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I have lost a few family members to water, but not my phone!
Glad to hear I might have a chance when dropping this bad-boy into my sink.
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would probably survive a drop into the toilet or a bath as well, LOL, just some of the experiences I've read on the net but know a lot of people use their phones around these water hazards as well LOL .
So it happened this morning when my alarm went off and it vibrated. I heard a plastic part vibrating also. The sharp loud noise was disgusting. I shut off my alarm thikning it was my cheap SGP case.
Later today I played around trying to find out if the silicone had a hole or something where the plastic frame was touching the SGS2 phone itself. Nope. I took the whole case off. Each time it vibrates it sounds like... ahh what the hell. I will film it for you guys now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GoIrBmMC1U
WTF is that? I took the cover off. I took the SIM card out on another occasion too. It sounds like something on the upper left. If I push my finger down on the panel, it stops. If you notice the few seconds it is sitting on the table flat, it's fine. Just a little weight seems to calm it down. Not sure if its the vibrating motor itself because it is vibrating properly. Sounds like something is loose inside though...
Anyone experienced this before? Should I go for RMA?
Second part of the question:
Obviously being an XDA-er I'm rooted. I will flash back to stock and unroot. I bought this off of Expansys-USA so I should get *some* reasonable attempt by them to send it back. What are the chances that my warranty gets denied? I don't have a USB jig to reset the counter, but I'll of course get rid of the yellow triangle.
*grrrr... I need to dig up my Nexus S now if I have to go through warranty... I'm guessing I'll be phoneless for weeks*
I don't know if it would invalidate the warrenty or not (technically rooting/custom roms is supposed to), but when I had a problem with my stereo jack not working rather than risking it I just replaced the part myself.
The vibration motor, stereo jack and earphone speaker are all on the same part.
(I got it from this guy on ebay for about $7 if you're curious.)
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I don't know if it would invalidate the warrenty or not (technically rooting/custom roms is supposed to), but when I had a problem with my stereo jack not working rather than risking it I just replaced the part myself.
The vibration motor, stereo jack and call speaker are all on the same part.
(I got it from this guy on ebay for about $7 if you're curious.)
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I see. I'm not sure whats broken really. When I shake my SGS2 I hear something rattling inside. I'm just afraid to open the thing up... is it difficult?
Just watched your video. It sort of sounds as if somehow the vibration motor came loose from its proper spot and is now moving around vibrating against the plastic. Its normally held in with some adhesive (basically double sided tape) within a cutout area.
When I had mine apart I actually took a photo, http://i.imgur.com/fgN9F.jpg, if that makes it any more clear.
I actually recorded the process of me reinstalling the new part (excluding the disassembly, there are lots of clips of that from other people on youtube) but havent gotten around to uploading it yet since my internet connection sucks and the file is nearly 2GB.
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No it wasn't really all that difficult to dissassemble, it was actually pretty easy. That said I enjoy taking things apart and trying to fix them. This was the first time I've dissassembled anything as small as a cell phone, but I'm used to taking things apart and trying to fix them when they break. If you don't have any experience taking apart electronics you might want to think twice or just pay someone who fix's cell phones to do it.
If you're thinking about it, heres a video where someone shows taking it apart to get a rough idea of whats involved.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKztg1ra4-0
I decided to try and upload the video I took, once it finishes (in about 2.5 hours) it should be viewable here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ud1upGzLBs
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I decided to try and upload the video I took, once it finishes (in about 2.5 hours) it should be viewable here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ud1upGzLBs
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thank you for your detailed writeup. im going to try this. ive taken apart my macbook pro to install an SSD before, and a few other electronics, but i'm not the very best (i feel clumsy sometimes), but i'm willing to give this a shot.
The only thing I'm worried about is that I could potentially mess up the phone in other ways in disassembly such that my warranty won't be honored if I need to resort to that... We'll see tonight. It looks like you used two screwdrivers? Which ones will I need? I have a #000 that I see will be needed for the back plate at least...
k. opened my phone up.
i just took the screws out and the backplate. i pushd around to make sure things are tight, and they seem to be.
put it together and the vibrate thing happens VERY rarely now..
I shook my phone around and still heard something shaking (please tell me if this happens).
I opened up my phone and the camera module seems to be loose. Is it supposed to be glued down?
Just to let you know, you say you don't have a USB jig so your Flash counter may make your warranty void, but, if you flash to an ice cream sandwich ROM (Cyanogenmod 9) you can install an app called 'Triangle Away' which will basically get rid of the Flash count and yellow triangle - it needs root by the way. (search it up on XDA, it's by chainfire')
Then you can flash stock and send in for warranty.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
dmo580 said:
k. opened my phone up.
I shook my phone around and still heard something shaking (please tell me if this happens).
I opened up my phone and the camera module seems to be loose. Is it supposed to be glued down?
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I don't remember it being glued down. Its been a few month since I fixed mine but if I recall correctly it just fit snugly in place between some plastic fitted walls.
This is the camera module you mean right?
Edit: I also don't hear anything shaking with mine, did you mabe leave a screw loose inside?
Random6 said:
I don't remember it being glued down. Its been a few month since I fixed mine but if I recall correctly it just fit snugly in place between some plastic fitted walls.
This is the camera module you mean right?
Edit: I also don't hear anything shaking with mine, did you mabe leave a screw loose inside?
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Yeah. Camera module. That's the one. The main 8MP shooter. It's not glued down or anything. It shakes around inside. I definitely did not leave a screw inside because I only opened the back panel and I put all the screws back in.
It's weird because something making noise while shaking the phone has been documented here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1254520
And I noticed that when you activate camera it goes away. Quite strange but as an engineer this makes me wonder HOW that even happens? Shrug.
I'm waiting for my Samsung Focus S phone to come from the Windows Phone challenge and I'm contemplating using that for a month while my i9100 goes out for warranty. Of course I can always use my Nexus S as a backup, but part of me wants to force myself on a new platform for a month and see how that goes... Hahahaha.
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No it wasn't really all that difficult to dissassemble, it was actually pretty easy.
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Hey Random6, did you happen to find that after replacing the vibrator motor with a new one, the intensity is now less than when new? I used double sided tape, but with 1.5mm, I guess the motor won't vibrate AT ALL.
Also I found that if I don't screw the one that seems to be closest to the vibrator motor all the way in, it obviously vibrates harder, but not hard enough.
I also used two very thin copper plates to sandwich the motor between the plastic plates, but once again, that was too much and the vibrations were not transfered to the phone's body, but I could hear it doing its job.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Is this a common issue with these phones? I don't use the front camera often, but it's driving me insane to see a mountain of dust between the lens and front glass. How the hell did it even get there? I've had this phone for less than two weeks, bought it brand-new at the store, haven't dropped it, not a single scratch or problem so far, besides all this damned dust.
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dust under front camera
same issue here
You two aren't the only ones.I'm going crazy here especially when it comes to face unlock.I'd really appreciate if someone can come up with a solution as for now I don't see any way around it except opening the phone (risky) or using compressed air.
darth_09 said:
You two aren't the only ones.I'm going crazy here especially when it comes to face unlock.I'd really appreciate if someone can come up with a solution as for now I don't see any way around it except opening the phone (risky) or using compressed air.
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I tried compressed air, didn't work. Only thing it managed to do was make my ear piece speaker sound like it's getting ready to blow up when I turn it up.
I read that it's a design flaw. Oh well. I doubt I'll use face unlock when I go ICS, or video calling. All of my friends Facetime, and I lost my iTouch. Ill just deal with it, I don't want to send this one in (I have insurance with T-Mobile) and have to root again, then end up with more dust.
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Compressed air seems to work after a while, have to take your time.
Idk if anyone else has had this problem, but I dropped my S4 from like 1 foot off the ground, and now when I listen to someone talk on the phone, (not speaker phone), the phone speaker on the top of the device makes a small buzzing noise whenever someone talks. I can understand everyone fine, its just an annoying buzzing vibration sorta thing. So annoying. Is it possible to get it fixed?
I had an S4, dropped it from like 1 foot off the ground once before and the screen was completely ****ed, so I needed an insurance replacement. The replacement broke in my pocket somehow so I got my second and final Asurion replacement, I just can't have this one die on me or I'm ****ed. I am extremely careful with it, I like never drop it (2 drops on S4s in my life total) and just want this one to ****ing last...
cpuxtech said:
Idk if anyone else has had this problem, but I dropped my S4 from like 1 foot off the ground, and now when I listen to someone talk on the phone, (not speaker phone), the phone speaker on the top of the device makes a small buzzing noise whenever someone talks. I can understand everyone fine, its just an annoying buzzing vibration sorta thing. So annoying. Is it possible to get it fixed?
I had an S4, dropped it from like 1 foot off the ground once before and the screen was completely ****ed, so I needed an insurance replacement. The replacement broke in my pocket somehow so I got my second and final Asurion replacement, I just can't have this one die on me or I'm ****ed. I am extremely careful with it, I like never drop it (2 drops on S4s in my life total) and just want this one to ****ing last...
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I would recommend getting a case. I have an 18 month old little girl and likes to throw my phone around like its a toy. Its been dropped upwards of around 20 times, around 4 feet at the highest and havent had a single problem so far (knocks on wood). As for the speaker it probably got jarred loose or the cone is cracked. You could probably get a replacement and fix it yourself or possibly repair the one thats in it.
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I would recommend getting a case. I have an 18 month old little girl and likes to throw my phone around like its a toy. Its been dropped upwards of around 20 times, around 4 feet at the highest and havent had a single problem so far (knocks on wood). As for the speaker it probably got jarred loose or the cone is cracked. You could probably get a replacement and fix it yourself or possibly repair the one thats in it.
Hit thanks if I helped you out. Doing a little bit of reading goes a long way. Sent via tapatalk.
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Yeah I have an Incipio DualProShine...I am sooooo scared of dropping this phone or breaking the LCD. I guess $250 is better than $700 for a new phone but still I am soooo afraid of breaking the screen or anything like that. I had a golf ball hit my phone screen, dead on in the middle from about 8 inches away lol...got scared but nothing happened.
Quick Q for ya, can the LCD or glass or get hit by something, and not break but get weaker, making it easier to break in the future or is it just like it breaks, or it doesn't and 100% strength and integrity is kept. Just wondering...
- A paranoid SGS4 Owner lol