is your power button do the same thing? shaky and loose!
Nothing like that here. Perfectly nice power button.
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is your power button do the same thing? shaky and loose!
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Now that you mention it...my power button wiggles side to side loosely too. Hmmm.
My RAZR buttons are more stable than my HTC Desire Z and my iPhones.
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Now that you mention it...my power button wiggles side to side loosely too. Hmmm.
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Ditto. Wiggles side to side.
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Ditto. Wiggles side to side.
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Man..these phone manufacturers should just hire a few people from XDA for field testing..every..single..niggle..wow. We'd have perfect phones - literally. Not even a "wiggly" power button to complain about..haha.
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Man..these phone manufacturers should just hire a few people from XDA for field testing..every..single..niggle..wow. We'd have perfect phones - literally. Not even a "wiggly" power button to complain about..haha.
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Did I complain? I just said mine wiggles. There no reason to start problems.
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mine wiggles too. I think it's supposed to..
Actually, a button with a slight wiggle and or movement adds to the tactile feel. A button that is very firm, ridged etc is difficult to find and operate when one needs to operate it without looking.
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My RAZR buttons are more stable than my HTC Desire Z and my iPhones.
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So you mean same tightness with the volume buttons?
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So you mean same tightness with the volume buttons?
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The volume buttons and the power button are the same, exactly the same. They have zero movement lengthwise or side to side but have slight movement up and down.
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Did I complain? I just said mine wiggles. There no reason to start problems.
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I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was starting a problem here. I honestly felt it was rather funny that we have a thread about a wiggly power button.
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I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was starting a problem here. I honestly felt it was rather funny that we have a thread about a wiggly power button.
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I'm not rushing to the store to exchange it, however the wife's Droid razr doesn't wiggle like this. Maybe in time.
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This is my 3rd razr over the button issue. The others were loose, hard to press, one even stuck inside the phone and wouldn't come out. A couple of them were flush with the side and had no travel.
This (3rd) unit has a loose power button that is flush on it's top but sticks out on the bottom at an angle.
But seriously - other than the non-replaceable battery and some screen issues, these razrs seem so much better than the Infuse or the S2
Went to verizon and they replaced it. No hassle or whatever. The guy told me its a factory defect. He makes sure the new unit is tight and good.
Very happy with the customer service
Pleased to say that I have a solid power button
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The power button in my RAZR was firm and solid out of the box.
After five weeks, it has become loose and shaky. Still 100% usable and I would not say it's broken but loose.
Searching the web, I`ve found similar posts related to Droids and Defys handsets.
Is this behaviour a Motorola feature?
its not really an issue untill it stops working :/ my defy and xt720 all had this but they were ok
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The power button in my RAZR was firm and solid out of the box.
After five weeks, it has become loose and shaky. Still 100% usable and I would not say it's broken but loose.
Searching the web, I`ve found similar posts related to Droids and Defys handsets.
Is this behaviour a Motorola feature?
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Yes, I think so... but dont worry, it will not be a problem.....
My power button does the same thing, it can be moved up and down without any force..
..anyway I think that isn't a casual thing, i.e. not a defect.
It's normal with buttons that aren't exactly plain with the shell to have this behavior as they feel better to touch and they're more comfortable to press.
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This will save your power button. This app uses motion detected by your proximity sensor to turn your phone on.
Just installed it and it works awesome. Works so good you can just hold your phone and wiggle your thumb in front of the sensor and it turns on. All with the same hand
Here is the link to it in the market. Enjoy
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.maicas.android.wsleep
Hit up my THANKS if you liked it.
Hmm... I'm giving this a try now. I'm worried how it will function in my pocket. Also, I'm more comfortable using my phone in my right hand.and reaching the sensor with the right hand isn't totally comfortable. But, I'll play with it and see how I like it. Cool app anyways. So thanks!
How much extra battery does it use ?
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How much extra battery does it use ?
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Don't know. Only had it installed for a couple of hours.
Been testing this for a while now. Doesn't use any battery so that's awesome.
I had to use this on my O.G. Evo because i had worn out the power button from flashing too much. Seems like it worked ok but at times it would lock up where I couldnt get it to turn the phone on to save my life. Ofcurse I'm sure they've gone thru plenty of updates since then.
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I prefer screen off and lock
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I prefer screen off and lock
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That's what I use but it doesn't have the option to turn the screen on by tapping the sensor. I might have to check this other one out.
Why do I need to "save" my power button? That doesn't make sense, lol. As long as you're not bashing the power button to turn it on you're fine..
Tried out all ways to reliably trigger the prox sensor with one hand.
Finally fingered it out Holding the phone in my left hand, I can use my forefinger to double tap the edge of the phone just over the prox switch.
I don't have any real use for this....but it is pretty cool!
A pretty slick maneuver I found was to quick draw from my holster,then hold the phone towards the bottom, then do a quick double swipe over your sleeve then your unlocking thumb is in the right place!
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Why do I need to "save" my power button? That doesn't make sense, lol. As long as you're not bashing the power button to turn it on you're fine..
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This is for people who'd rather rub the paint off the area around their prox sensor than wear out the power button. Nice to have choices, I must admit!
Mike
This would be helpful for the seidio extended battery since the power button doesn't really work
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This is for people who'd rather rub the paint off the area around their prox sensor than wear out the power button. Nice to have choices, I must admit!
Mike
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Wouldn't the difference be that you have to just lightly tap the proximity sensor while you have to actually press down on the power button? I don't foresee any paint rubbing off around the sensor.
clankfu said:
Wouldn't the difference be that you have to just lightly tap the proximity sensor while you have to actually press down on the power button? I don't foresee any paint rubbing off around the sensor.
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It works about half an inch from the phone also so no need to touch
Cool.
But shouldn't this be in the EVO 3D Themes and Apps forum?
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This will save your power button.
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Save the Power button but totally drain your power. Battery power.
No way I'm running an app that will force my sensors to be on at all times.
I've been using this for a few hours now and it doesn't seem to be draining the battery.
Cool app, testing now.
Edit: Im on a G2, and it works sweeeeet. Still testing.
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Save the Power button but totally drain your power. Battery power.
No way I'm running an app that will force my sensors to be on at all times.
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Suit yourself, doesn't drain whatsoever.
I mean honestly why couldn't they have left the volume button off and put another port or speaker or something! Honestly they could have integrated the volume nicely into their quick settings bar!
Or better yet made the a piece of the bezel with capacitive volume buttons...
I think they volume buttons where a waste of time on asus's part!
I know they are nice to have but common be different!
Also does this have a orientation lock switch?
A side note I really live ICS's spell check and copy and paste its so much nicer than gingerbread! Except its not the same through out like Gmail for example is different the the browser which bugs me! Lol
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Come on now SMH. Of course it's needed. It don't need another speaker grill as most that actually have device in possession said the sound is great. .
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Come on now SMH. Of course it's needed. It don't need another speaker grill as most that actually have device in possession said the sound is great. .
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Still why not have it be on screen?
You don't turn the volume up and down while the device is off lol
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Because that is just normal for an tablet/phone? Why do you even care?
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A side note I really live ICS's spell check
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Let's hope it is better than your PC36100
I was disappointed at first about the single speaker, however I've remedied this with some Logitech bluetooth speakers. The lack of a volume button is one of my only gripes with my Kindle Fire, so yes I think it is absolutely necessary to have a button.
I'd be willing to bet, that if they added an extra speaker, and left off the volume control, that I'd be reading a thread titled "Is there a reason for the extra speaker"... blah blah blah they could have put a volume button in its place, and other nonsense.
because otherwise every single app would need to add some way of adjusting volume in the app?
waste of time and space? I doubt having a volume rocker wastes much of either.
Also, volume rocker needed to boot into that fast boot mode or whatever. If device is soft bricked, it needs hardware button combination of volume and power to bring it into that mode to fix the issue or hard reset to take back to factory defaults/rom.
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because otherwise every single app would need to add some way of adjusting volume in the app?
waste of time and space? I doubt having a volume rocker wastes much of either.
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No that could be software implementation!
You have that dock bar always showing! Why not put a button on that silly!
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No that could be software implementation!
You have that dock bar always showing! Why not put a button on that silly!
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what dock bar? When you are playing shadowgun on your prime you expect there to be a dock bar so you can adjust the volume? It doesn't work like that and would look really bad if it did
Your point is interesting. Amazon chose not to put hardware volume on the Kindle Fire and that is one of the points that they are getting skewered on. So I am guessing that the software only volume control is in the minority. At least on Android devices.
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what dock bar? When you are playing shadowgun on your prime you expect there to be a dock bar so you can adjust the volume? It doesn't work like that and would look really bad if it did
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Uhmmm how do you get to the home screen then? The dock bar on the bottom! Lol! Have you never used a tablet version of. Android!
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ahhh I see what you mean I thought you were talking about having capacitive buttons you mentioned as a possibility.
But either way, its a solution for a non existent problem.
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ahhh I see what you mean I thought you were talking about having capacitive buttons you mentioned as a possibility.
But either way, its a solution for a non existent problem.
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Still I do not see why android needs any physical buttons...
Everything would looks so nice without them!
I see the need like you said to get to the restore and such as I use that often! All I see android needing is 1 power button but even that could be just like slide over like the back of the PS Vita!
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I don't use the volume button much, I wish there would be an orientation lock which I use much more frequently than volume adjustment.
Also I don't quite like the HC/ICS way of copy/paste, you have to move far away from the text you just selected to press the copy button. I think it look cool but not intuitive.
I used to think the volume button wasn't important on a tablet, then I got shot in the knee with an arrow.
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Still I do not see why android needs any physical buttons...
Everything would looks so nice without them!
I see the need like you said to get to the restore and such as I use that often! All I see android needing is 1 power button but even that could be just like slide over like the back of the PS Vita!
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I think the volume rocker is needed. I find it very inconvenient if one needs to click the menu and adjust the volume every single time. I think its one of the reason why there are short cuts on you laptops that allows you to adjust the volume. For example if you are playing a first play shooter game and you want to adjust the volume, having to go into menu, change the volume will very likely get you killed.
And also, I think the reason Asus choose the single speaker instead two speaker is due to the size of the speaker. Instead of using two smaller mediocre speaker they chose to include one really good speaker which is bigger in size. Simply removing the volume rocker there wouldn't be enough space to add that second speaker. And also there's problem with the cost.
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I mean honestly why couldn't they have left the volume button off and put another port or speaker or something! Honestly they could have integrated the volume nicely into their quick settings bar!
Or better yet made the a piece of the bezel with capacitive volume buttons...
I think they volume buttons where a waste of time on asus's part!
I know they are nice to have but common be different!
Also does this have a orientation lock switch?
A side note I really live ICS's spell check and copy and paste its so much nicer than gingerbread! Except its not the same through out like Gmail for example is different the the browser which bugs me! Lol
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How could you navigate in recovery?
TWRP2 is now a touch screen recovery, coming soon..........
My phone has touch screen recovery. Well kinda. I use the buttons on the bottom of the screen.
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Do you think the power button is way to damn sensitive!!!!!! For like 2 weeks I thought I was having processor problems with my phone resetting, but then after a little testing I noticed the power button on our phones require little pressure to activate it. You can seriously just hold your phone over the button without applying any pressure and it will activate. I noticed having a good case helps with the problem. I have a Trident case and a Casemate. The Trident case is practically unusable because the phone will constantly reset with it on. Whats your guys thoughts?
I don't find I have that problem, could be a defective device
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Well I dont think so.. Mine seems fine..
I just put pressure on the button for a while, & if it required any more pressure to work I'd say it wasn't sensitive enough. I think it's just right for me.
Defective device, my power button is fine.
Interesting, I don't have to click in the power button to activate it. So consensus says defect?
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Interesting, I don't have to click in the power button to activate it. So consensus says defect?
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Yes because I have to push mine to get it to work. Better than the inspire, which you have to jam your finger against to get it to work.
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Or is this just my phone?
If I press directly on the softkey dots (Back, Home, Menu) they do nothing, I have to press above them (nearer to the screen) for anything to happen, really quite annoying!
Karlos G said:
Or is this just my phone?
If I press directly on the softkey dots (Back, Home, Menu) they do nothing, I have to press above them (nearer to the screen) for anything to happen, really quite annoying!
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Try swiping upwards slightly on them.
So your saying yes you do?! lol
Any way to fix this, recalibration of the screen maybe? Although everything else responds to touch where it should.
i think everyone have that, just swipe a bit, thats the easiest way...
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Already been discussed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544009
My wife got recently Galaxy Note and buttons over there are so responsive. That's the only biggest flaw I have got with my XS. I kinda got used to it now, but there is still room for improvement. I really hope it is software related and will be corrected with ICS.
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Or is this just my phone?
If I press directly on the softkey dots (Back, Home, Menu) they do nothing, I have to press above them (nearer to the screen) for anything to happen, really quite annoying!
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I Had that problem to is becose the screen protector, i removed the original one and now the dots are Very responsive and the visual angle improved, not much but is better. If you gonna remove it pay attention is realy hard to do it
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i think everyone have that, just swipe a bit, thats the easiest way...
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Cholek3 said:
Already been discussed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544009
My wife got recently Galaxy Note and buttons over there are so responsive. That's the only biggest flaw I have got with my XS. I kinda got used to it now, but there is still room for improvement. I really hope it is software related and will be corrected with ICS.
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I Had that problem to is becose the screen protector, i removed the original one and now the dots are Very responsive and the visual angle improved, not much but is better. If you gonna remove it pay attention is realy hard to do it
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Ok well thats sorts that out then, poor design by Sony IMO.. The most frequently used 'buttons' on the phone and they don't work if pressed centrally/directly!
I, like another user in the thread linked to above often press 'Home' when trying to press 'Space'... Also very annoying!
Its screen protectors fault, I removed mine like a week ago and they perfect
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I don't really think this is a real problem, because I always have to touch the screen slightly above where I want it to register. So I think it's the same with the buttons, I have to press slightly underneath the screen and this works perfectly every time.
It also helps to use the whole thumb instead of just the tip.
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Karlos G said:
Or is this just my phone?
If I press directly on the softkey dots (Back, Home, Menu) they do nothing, I have to press above them (nearer to the screen) for anything to happen, really quite annoying!
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Yep...slightly above the dots...same here
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Yep...slightly above the dots...same here
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same here
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Ok well thats sorts that out then, poor design by Sony IMO.. The most frequently used 'buttons' on the phone and they don't work if pressed centrally/directly!
I, like another user in the thread linked to above often press 'Home' when trying to press 'Space'... Also very annoying!
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Same here lol...
What a waste Sony ...
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Ok well thats sorts that out then, poor design by Sony IMO.. The most frequently used 'buttons' on the phone and they don't work if pressed centrally/directly!
I, like another user in the thread linked to above often press 'Home' when trying to press 'Space'... Also very annoying!
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I never have this "press space and home key responded" problem.
But I do agree there is a certain degree of learning curve for the buttons.
Is anyone else having this issue? If I try to press the "volume down" physical button, if you're applying any "downward" pressure, like say sliding your finger off it, the edge sticks under the physical case and it stays held down. Not sure if this is worth returning it for, but I can see it being a pain if it gets worse. It happened last night and took me a few seconds to figure out why the display wasn't leaving the screen.
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Is anyone else having this issue? If I try to press the "volume down" physical button, if you're applying any "downward" pressure, like say sliding your finger off it, the edge sticks under the physical case and it stays held down. Not sure if this is worth returning it for, but I can see it being a pain if it gets worse. It happened last night and took me a few seconds to figure out why the display wasn't leaving the screen.
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Actually, now that I tested more, if you press either vol up / down on their "edge" (where the + and - symbols are) they both stick pretty easily. Not sure I like this at all. You don't even have to press hard, just press on the edge even with a fingernail. They almost feel like individual rockers more than buttons.
They are rockers for sure. Mine doesn't get stuck when using them thank goodness. I think it feels better with the buttons like that. Imo. I love the buttons on the back and I think I'm the minority in this
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They are rockers for sure. Mine doesn't get stuck when using them thank goodness. I think it feels better with the buttons like that. Imo. I love the buttons on the back and I think I'm the minority in this
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I like them there, I just don't like how easy they are getting stuck if you press them on the edges. Might just be a bad model, I'll have to stop by the store later.
I hadn't experienced it in daily use but I can make them stick if I press down on the edge like you mention above. I don't usually press it that way so I'm not too concerned.
I've tried to press the buttons every way possible and mine don't stick at all. Maybe exchange for a new device?
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I've tried to press the buttons every way possible and mine don't stick at all. Maybe exchange for a new device?
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This is an issue with the Verizon model. From the looks of your signature, you don't have a Verizon model, thus you're not going to experience this issue. :good:
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I'm having the same issue, but I don't think it'll be a deal breaker causing me to exchange.