[Q] Rattling power- and volume buttons? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Just got my SGSIII and noticed that the power and volume buttons are a bit loose. I tried to compare it with the SGS and SGSII, and the buttons on those phones are much more firm/solid. If I shake the device I can actually hear them rattle.
Am I the only one having this problem

kbkrogs said:
Just got my SGSIII and noticed that the power and volume buttons are a bit loose. I tried to compare it with the SGS and SGSII, and the buttons on those phones are much more firm/solid. If I shake the device I can actually hear them rattle.
Am I the only one having this problem
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Can you tell me how the hell you can get to the General forum without even having a look at the Galaxy S III Q&A ???
It even says "For all of your questions relating to the Samsung Galaxy S III"
How hard is it ?!

kbkrogs said:
Just got my SGSIII and noticed that the power and volume buttons are a bit loose. I tried to compare it with the SGS and SGSII, and the buttons on those phones are much more firm/solid. If I shake the device I can actually hear them rattle.
Am I the only one having this problem
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I don't have this on mine

LeviathanPT said:
Can you tell me how the hell you can get to the General forum without even having a look at the Galaxy S III Q&A ???
It even says "For all of your questions relating to the Samsung Galaxy S III"
How hard is it ?!
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Yes, it should have been in the Q/A forum and yes I did search both General and Q/A forum before I asked the question. I did simply search in Q/A first and then had a quick look at General in case there should be a thread about it in there which is the reason why this post ended up in general and not Q/A where it was original intende to be. Unfortunally I can not move it to Q/A, and I did not feel like making a dobble post in Q/A.
I am very sorry that I ruined your entire life with this mistake. Have a nice day.

Maxi66 said:
I don't have this on mine
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Ok, thanks.
Probably just my device. Got it from the first batch in Denmark anyway.

kbkrogs said:
Just got my SGSIII and noticed that the power and volume buttons are a bit loose. I tried to compare it with the SGS and SGSII, and the buttons on those phones are much more firm/solid. If I shake the device I can actually hear them rattle.
Am I the only one having this problem
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Did you find a solution "kbkrogs". Mine power-button is also a bit loose.
Best
Jan
Denmark

Funny how now this is the first to come up on google for me... only to see people getting flamed away, awesome community advertisement there.

Related

The 'official" "I am disappointed with the S3 thread"

So we see and read about the love affairs with a new toy. Thought I would start a buyer's remorse thread..... (maybe some good deals on used S3's will pop up)
So now that you have it and it has not met your expectations.....What will you do? Back to Note ? SGS II... Wait for iPhone 5 Note II?
This probably will be an empty thread for a long time LOL
tbong777 said:
So we see and read about the love affairs with a new toy. Thought I would start a buyer's remorse thread..... (maybe some good deals on used S3's will pop up)
So now that you have it and it has not met your expectations.....What will you do? Back to Note ? SGS II... Wait for iPhone 5 Note II?
This probably will be an empty thread for a long time LOL
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Best phone EVER. Nothing to complain about. Solid build quality, awesome screen, speaker is excellent. Love the ripple unlock. S Voice is a little hit and miss and is missing the cheekiness of the iPhone. But overall solid!
Quality phone and I think if Sammy hadn't been brave and recalled pebble blue before release this thread could have been busy but that's the beauty
Mod Or Die
Wait for a noob to post some silly complaint !!
Well so far that's not encouraging for finding a great deal on a used one soon....LOL
I see more HOXs are suddenly appearing in the Market Place...........
Just having some fun... Perhaps move this to General forum.
bala_gamer said:
Wait for a noob to post some silly complaint !!
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not so much a noob but a fanboy... especially when the next i... i... god its hard to spit it out... iphone... whew there ... gets released now i need to go wash my mouth out
i imagined opening mine today.....it was glorious. the screen was clear with no deffects, when i pressed the home button......the phone started talking to me.
yes yes, why cant i get women to behave like my phone..........press a couple buttons and your good to go
..lol
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Well I'm disappointed..... was hoping someone wanted to sell
Heh
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the2rrell said:
i imagined opening mine today.....it was glorious. the screen was clear with no deffects, when i pressed the home button......the phone started talking to me.
yes yes, why cant i get women to behave like my phone..........press a couple buttons and your good to go
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If you know what you are doing, pressing the right couple of buttons on a woman will make everything good to go.....
DannyB513 said:
If you know what you are doing, pressing the right couple of buttons on a woman will make everything good to go.....
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I 2nd this!!!!
@OP
Sorry but to support you i can give you links for LG O3D and HOX disappointed owners threads if it will make you happy?
I havent got my S3 that I pre-ordered weeks ago. Thought this thread would bring me some happiness but no... just made it worse, lol.
No one is disappointed ? Lol this has to be a world record in the mobilephone world Even iPhone for S had complaints.
Come on people let's hear those disappointments. There's a fire sale on HTC ONEs in the marketplace
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i too am disappointed with the s3 thread.
No remorse, but it's annoying that I can no longer change the brightness by sliding along the status bar.
Any fix for this available? (like an app or so)
fergusstrachan said:
No remorse, but it's annoying that I can no longer change the brightness by sliding along the status bar.
Any fix for this available? (like an app or so)
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Is that not a CM mod? It will come on a custom ROM soon enough.
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fergusstrachan said:
No remorse, but it's annoying that I can no longer change the brightness by sliding along the status bar.
Any fix for this available? (like an app or so)
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disable the auto brightness and try again. That's how it used to work in SGS2 stock rom.
Basil3 said:
Is that not a CM mod? It will come on a custom ROM soon enough.
Sent from my A101IT using Tapatalk 2
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no that was a TW option and only found in GB based roms. ICS has yet to have this option and idk if it ever will unless a dev can add it back in some how
ok so I'll brave it... I am a little disappointed.
S-Voice seems to love working when I'm by myself, but nooooo when someone else is around, it refuses to come to life.
But apart from that, this phone is a beauty.

Bottom part is moving? :O

hi Guys,
i just got my Xperia S on Friday and today i noticed a "strange" thing: the bottom part of the phone right under the transcluent ribbon is moving back and forth a bit. is that normal? i'm a bit afraid it'll break.
thanks,
DJ
heck, i wanted to post this in Q&A... can some mod please move it? thanks a lot!
the bottom is swappable!
so yeah it could be a bit loose... shouldn't be too loose though
SnowOokami said:
the bottom is swappable!
so yeah it could be a bit loose... shouldn't be too loose though
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It is not swappable on the S.
SnowOokami said:
the bottom is swappable!
so yeah it could be a bit loose... shouldn't be too loose though
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thanks! i was so freaking afraid of breaking it, it's brand new so i thought it might be some manuf failure. not too lose, less than 1mm but i still feel it
yeah, i just googled it, it's not swappable on the S but on the U... should i be worried then?
donjamal said:
thanks! i was so freaking afraid of breaking it, it's brand new so i thought it might be some manuf failure. not too lose, less than 1mm but i still feel it
yeah, i just googled it, it's not swappable on the S but on the U... should i be worried then?
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You should consider getting a replacement...!!! Mine doesn't move even a bit...!!! It's tight...!!! If you can feel it's moving, go get a replacement...!!!
Sent from my LT26i using xda premium
what is this? in a development section, please You should read after posting.
One botton, please.......
pato66 said:
what is this? in a development section, please You should read after posting.
One botton, please.......
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i accidently posted this here, i was in the Q&A section, so i have no idea how this thread ended up in dev section. i already apoligized for it and asked any of the mods to move this in my second post. so yeah, thanks pointing out the obvious.
to all those who tried to help, thanks a lot!
I had this problem too and my phone's currently getting repaired. Sent it in because I had yellow tint, but also mentioned the loose bottom so hopefully they fix that too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1655164
including pictures!
SnowOokami said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1655164
including pictures!
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so not worthy to bring it back and get the phone replaced (in my country they have to replace it if i bring it back within 3 working days), cuz i most likely end up in the same situation? i also have this cracky plastic noise... oh, i love this phone otherwise, especially after my x10 one more minor problem is that the BL is not unlockable, that was disappointing, too, but hey, i can live with it for now until i get ICS
thanks for the answers everyone!
I don't know... i should just try to swap it, I don't have the problem with my XS

$220 to fix my cracked screen?!?!

I cracked my screen and am not sure if a simple screen replacement will work since the crack extends past the screen and up to the earpiece, so its pretty much the whole height of the phone. How much would it cost to buy the parts to replace them myself (I know I can find a how-to on youtube or google) and do I need to do anything other than replace the screen?
I've also noticed my battery will drain extremely quick and take forever to charge, sometimes a day. Could this have come from damage when I cracked my screen or is it just another thing I need to replace?
Thanks in advance
Is it me? or does the phone in that picture not look like an i777 GS2. Are you in the right forum?
jack man said:
Is it me? or does the phone in that picture not look like an i777 GS2. Are you in the right forum?
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Model number: SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
Sorry wrong forum, could someone please move this?
jmbowman87 said:
Model number: SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
Sorry wrong forum, could someone please move this?
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Itll get deleted
And onto the wall of shame he goes
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The rockets....they're so slow...so slow....
Well at least I was pretty damn close
jmbowman87 said:
Well at least I was pretty damn close
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These phones are almost nothing alike. Sorry
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Then why does the back of my phone say "S II" on it?
it's a vibrant of the s2.. you should just ditch that and use the $220 to get an s3 on contract.
pham818 said:
it's a vibrant of the s2.. you should just ditch that and use the $220 to get an s3 on contract.
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This phone is on contract with at&t I bought it new at the store this past February. It cost me $220 to buy with the accessories
jmbowman87 said:
This phone is on contract with at&t I bought it new at the store this past February. It cost me $220 to buy with the accessories
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This isn't the correct place to post for your device . Stop posting about it herr and post in the slow rocket forums.
jmbowman87 said:
Then why does the back of my phone say "S II" on it?
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Its not what is outside your phone, but what is on the inside that matters. But if you still need confirmation, take off your battery and find the forum that matches your phones real model number (hint: it isnt this one).
jmbowman87 said:
Then why does the back of my phone say "S II" on it?
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The skyrocket guys don't even call their phones an S2 just because it's so different from the i777 and international s2 (completely different internal hardware).

Need user feed back!!!!!!!

I really want to get this phone but would love to hear from you of how your experience has been! And how do you think it verses the galaxy s3?
Urich24 said:
I really want to get this phone but would love to hear from you of how your experience has been! And how do you think it verses the galaxy s3?
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Someone doesn't know how to use the search button, have u tried this thing called Google maybe, YouTube? Sick of seeing this pointless threads popping up, what is this like the 10th one now literally with the same title since this sub forum was created for this device?
Walk in store, play with both phones, walk out with the one suits u best, end of story. Only requirement, a mind of your own.
...and why should One X+ user know anything about the SGIII? I never had one in my hand, all I can say is it looks like a colourful children's toy
Sent from my HTC One X+ using xda premium
deeznuts said:
Someone doesn't know how to use the search button, have u tried this thing called Google maybe, YouTube? Sick of seeing this pointless threads popping up, what is this like the 10th one now literally with the same title since this sub forum was created for this device?
Walk in store, play with both phones, walk out with the one suits u best, end of story. Only requirement, a mind of your own.
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YOU ARE RIGHT! but it seems like this person want to know if HTC one x+ have some problem as original HOX.
Regards.
sandeep.mjs said:
YOU ARE RIGHT! but it seems like this person want to know if HTC one x+ have some problem as original HOX.
Regards.
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Love the replies from the "search" Nazi's, they're always entertaining.
Well its been asked and answered before.
SysAdmNj said:
Well its been asked and answered before.
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Its a forum, where people come to ask questions, get input from those who might have been using the device for weeks. Not relying on some guy from a tech website who played with it for 4 hours and made a you tube video about it.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II
steveisu said:
love the replies from the "search" nazi's, they're always entertaining.
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what does that means?
SteveISU said:
Its a forum, where people come to ask questions, get input from those who might have been using the device for weeks. Not relying on some guy from a tech website who played with it for 4 hours and made a you tube video about it.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II
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It's a developer forum
Sent from my One V using Tapatalk 2
deeznuts said:
Someone doesn't know how to use the search button, have u tried this thing called Google maybe, YouTube? Sick of seeing this pointless threads popping up, what is this like the 10th one now literally with the same title since this sub forum was created for this device?
Walk in store, play with both phones, walk out with the one suits u best, end of story. Only requirement, a mind of your own.
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He was just asking for an opinion, chill out!
There are several things wrong with this post:
1. There are lots of reviews of both One X+ and SGIII side by side and don't take long to read/watch
2. This question has been asked many times
3. I hate touch WIZ and Samsung's build quality so any Samsung smart phone is out of the question for me.
4.
Lloir said:
It's a developer forum
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5. This falls under my pet peeves
My girlfriend recently got the HTC One X+ and her mom got the SIII so I've had a chance to play with both. The One X+ wins, hands down. Battery life is better, the screen is nicer, clearer, and has a real RGB matrix (as opposed to the PenTile on the Samsung), the build quality of the HTC One X+ is infinitely better than that of the SIII, Sense is vastly better than TouchWiz, and the One X+ is faster.
In short, the HTC One X+ is superior.
Disclaimer: I wasn't trying to offend anyone with this post; the above are (mostly) opinions
The one x+ feels way better on your hand when compared with the S3. The S3 has that plastic feel to it. Also, I feel that the speaker on the one x+ is louder and crisp.
THe bluetooth sound quality is horrible tho.

SK17i Xperia Mini Pro Service Manuals

Found these on another board, these are:
sk17_xperia_mini_pro-1251-8389_Schematics-electrical.pdf
sk17_xperia_mini_pro-1251-8388_Component_Replacement-electrical-rev3.pdf
sk17_xperia_mini_pro-1251-8382_Working_Instructions-mechanical-rev1.pdf
Oh and there's also the fabulous iFixit guide:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Sony+Ericsson+Xperia+Mini+Pro+SK17i+Teardown
Now where do I get these damned black screws? Why the heck don't they just use standardized components
anyway on to replace smashed screen for THIRD time, GEEEE :cyclops:
eMPee584 said:
Found these on another board, these are:
sk17_xperia_mini_pro-1251-8389_Schematics-electrical.pdf
sk17_xperia_mini_pro-1251-8388_Component_Replacement-electrical-rev3.pdf
sk17_xperia_mini_pro-1251-8382_Working_Instructions-mechanical-rev1.pdf
Oh and there's also the fabulous iFixit guide:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Sony+Ericsson+Xperia+Mini+Pro+SK17i+Teardown
Now where do I get these damned black screws? Why the heck don't they just use standardized components
anyway on to replace smashed screen for THIRD time, GEEEE :cyclops:
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As far as I know you have to buy the components you need on ebay...
mihahn said:
As far as I know you have to buy the components you need on ebay...
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Yes indeed :good: thanks for reminding me :highfive:
@everyone: please, just before pressing that shiny and very attractive submit button, ask yourself:
Is what you have written worthy of posting?
Does it create VALUE* - or is it mere NOISE?
Can the amount of quoted text be reduced some more?
*increasing your postcount does not count
eMPee584 said:
Yes indeed :good: thanks for reminding me :highfive:
@everyone: please, just before pressing that shiny and very attractive submit button, ask yourself:
Is what you have written worthy of posting?
Does it create VALUE* - or is it mere NOISE?
Can the amount of quoted text be reduced some more?
*increasing your postcount does not count
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Er. . . What you saying is you can't find those stuff you want on ebay?
.:goutham:.
gouthamthemostwanted said:
Er. . . What you saying is you can't find those stuff you want on ebay?
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Got the screen, can't find the screws. Nevermind - that was off-topic & sorry for bringing it up :angel:
But, I don't understand why you replied like that to mihahn's reply? he was just helping you and that's how you reply? If you already looked in eBay you could've just replied that you did look and it's not there. People here have no compulsion to help others but we voluntarily do because we love to help others and that's certainly not how you reply.
.:goutham:.
eMPee584 said:
Yes indeed :good: thanks for reminding me :highfive:
@everyone: please, just before pressing that shiny and very attractive submit button, ask yourself:
Is what you have written worthy of posting?
Does it create VALUE* - or is it mere NOISE?
Can the amount of quoted text be reduced some more?
*increasing your postcount does not count
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Man I think I know how to make posts, but if you ask "where do I get these damned black screws?" and there were some ppl who found them on ebay, I just let you know. Maybe you could just tell us in your first post what exactly you have and what you need, where you looked etc.
Thx @gouthamthemostwanted, that's what I thought :good:
gouthamthemostwanted said:
But, I don't understand why you replied like that to mihahn's reply? he was just helping you and that's how you reply?
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Yes, you're probably right and I'm sorry. I didn't look back at what I posted before replying, I had all forgotten about me even mentioning the screws and was in an annoyed mood because too many people keep posting low-content, off-topic comments, cluttering the forum beyond usefulness. Seems it is beyond my abilities to change that, or I might even have a totally wrong perception of this. I'm back to lurking in the dark silently.
mihahn said:
but if you ask "where do I get these damned black screws?"
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..that wasn't *meant* as a question, rather just grumbling about it. And *of course* I thoroughly scoured the web before that. Nevermind, sorry. Let's move on
eMPee584 said:
Yes, you're probably right and I'm sorry. I didn't look back at what I posted before replying, I had all forgotten about me even mentioning the screws and was in an annoyed mood because too many people keep posting low-content, off-topic comments, cluttering the forum beyond usefulness. Seems it is beyond my abilities to change that, or I might even have a totally wrong perception of this. I'm back to lurking in the dark silently.
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No of course it's great to see you in the forums, maybe we've just misunderstood something
Sorry, but if you (we) can't find them on ebay, I don't know where to get them. Usually most people don't need these screws...
//I know posting should be English, but just that I understand it right:
//Also es fehlen nur die schwarzen Schrauben für innen? Und mehr nicht? (So only the black screws are missing? Nothing else?)
//Sind die verloren gegangen oder wozu? (Have you lost them or why do you need them?)
You don't have to lurke in the dark. Just be polite and it's good to see you apologize for your mistakes (trust me, not many people do that) You are always encouraged to ask doubts and post useful information! :thumbup:
.:goutham:.
remove the touch(that wont work) from lcd minipro
Hello my xperia mini pro's touch dont working,
I open and I dont know how to remove the LCD from the glass touch screen, i need to use something in special? i dont wanna broke the lcd.
Can anyone help me with this?? maybe I can fix the touch testing one IC of the touch???
Thks, sorry for my english and novate known
eMPee584 said:
Found these on another board, these are:
sk17_xperia_mini_pro-1251-8389_Schematics-electrical.pdf
sk17_xperia_mini_pro-1251-8388_Component_Replacement-electrical-rev3.pdf
sk17_xperia_mini_pro-1251-8382_Working_Instructions-mechanical-rev1.pdf
Oh and there's also the fabulous iFixit guide:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Sony+Ericsson+Xperia+Mini+Pro+SK17i+Teardown
Now where do I get these damned black screws? Why the heck don't they just use standardized components
anyway on to replace smashed screen for THIRD time, GEEEE :cyclops:
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Hertz23 said:
how to remove the LCD from the glass touch screen
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Never buy only a replacement digitizer, it's very difficult (nearly impossible) to separate without breaking LCD: https://www.google.de/search?q=separate+lcd+digitizer
Better buy a complete lcd + touch digitizer "assembly", they have become quite cheap (starting from 15$/€):
www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?Search...e=15&maxPrice=30&SortType=price_asc&isRtl=yes
Pretty cool to have that
Thanks !
thks
eMPee584 said:
Never buy only a replacement digitizer, it's very difficult (nearly impossible) to separate without breaking LCD: https://www.google.de/search?q=separate+lcd+digitizer
Better buy a complete lcd + touch digitizer "assembly", they have become quite cheap (starting from 15$/€):
www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?Search...e=15&maxPrice=30&SortType=price_asc&isRtl=yes
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thks my friend, i will buy one of these.
but i'm little curious. Apparently the display is ok, just the touch doesn't work. I've noticed that the screen is "transpiring" too much moisture and some screws and springs were rusting. Has anyone tried to find out why the touch fails along the time? its maybe a CI problem or umidity
Hertz23 said:
I've noticed that the screen is "transpiring" too much moisture and some screws and springs were rusting.
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Well humidity becomes a problem especially when the device temperature is much lower than room temperature (like when coming in from winter/snow ) because the air surrounding the device surfaces cools down and water condenses, even on the inside.. it happens with watches, too..
Or you (or someone close to you) might have dropped it into liquid (toilet?) when you were very drunk
in that case, take out battery IMMEDIATELY, dry clean with a cloth, carefully shake out remaining fluid, then put f.e. into a bowl of dry rice and wait at least 24 hours before trying to power it up..
Parts Placement
eMPee584 said:
Found these on another board, these are:
sk17_xperia_mini_pro-1251-8389_Schematics-electrical.pdf
sk17_xperia_mini_pro-1251-8388_Component_Replacement-electrical-rev3.pdf
sk17_xperia_mini_pro-1251-8382_Working_Instructions-mechanical-rev1.pdf
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First of all, thanks for uploading these gems! :good:
This thread is a bit old already but I just unearthed my old SK17i while I was rummaging through my stuff. It got stashed away when it suddenly shutdown while it was charging. Checking, its battery terminals were shorted. Something gave way.
Perhaps you have a parts placement file lurking somewhere? I've tried our friend Google but she came empty-handed.
drkdoesxda said:
Perhaps you have a parts placement file lurking somewhere?
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uhhm sorry, only the ones I uploaded.. Maybe just take it to your nearest repair cafe for help?
I have still like three or four sk17s here with various states of brokenness (screen, plugs, buttons, speaker...)
It was a really usable device, only the android java app sh1t overhead slugged it to death..
with some luck, a wayland phone distro will be usable on it someday :cyclops:
eMPee584 said:
uhhm sorry, only the ones I uploaded.. Maybe just take it to your nearest repair cafe for help?
I have still like three or four sk17s here with various states of brokenness (screen, plugs, buttons, speaker...)
It was a really usable device, only the android java app sh1t overhead slugged it to death..
with some luck, a wayland phone distro will be usable on it someday :cyclops:
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Thank thanks! :good::good::good:
Gawd how I miss this phone.

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