Does anyone else have this problem? My camera button gets jammed inwards a little bit. I can always get it back out, but it is very annoying when you are trying to take pictures. I have it in burst mode and it will take twenty pictures. Thank goodness for best shot.
Same here. It's actually kinda stuck inside now. Sprint said they need to replace the phone, but I do not want to do it to keep my nice hackable hboot.
Yea. I do not want a replacement phone. I just want a fixed phone. I'm kind of hoping it will fix itself after being worn down a bit. We'll see. It's such an annoyance though. Good luck with yours.
In the accessory section there is a website that you can by parts for replacement if I remember correctly the camera button was cheap
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I feel like if I use any more force I'm going to break it or something!
Any suggestions ?
Are you pushing up thumb under the camera lenses one side and same place on the right, mine comes off fairly easily ....
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Males sureto depress the middle close to the aluminium body then press up.
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I feel like if I use any more force I'm going to break it or something!
Any suggestions ?
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I agree, it is a bit like there is a child lock - like medicine bottle lid. HTC could have done better there. Even staff at a CPW struggled to take the little cover off.
It will come off, but if you are not too sure, and you bought from a store near you, go back there and let them show you how to open it so that it does not break in your hands. Just a thought.
Seems to losen up after being removed twice.
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The trick is to press down (inwards) then up. Quite easy if you do that.
Really wow come on this is the last thing one should worried about with this bad ass device. It's not hard at all.
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I can confirm that mine was a real pain in the butt. it was the point to where i feared breaking the thing so i gave up. then when my sd card came in the next day i gave it a go and it came off without much trouble. cant say if it was a slightly different technique or if it loosened up after being played with for a day.
So I found an EVO 3D on ebay with red lighting on the home keys. I.E. the new HTC Rezound. Anyone have any idea how to do this? I decided that I need to have this as well. Lol
I remember reading a mod thread a while back that described a simple process of just taking the phone apart and throwing red tape across the back of the capacitive buttons and that was it. Apparently it was quite effective and several people were able to do it and find better products to use other than tape. That was a long time ago though haven't seen the thread in a while.
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I believe this is the only way. Personally I am not brave enough!!
Hope this helps.
Thanks for the help guys!! Yeah, I found the thread and the guy actually answered me back on it. I'm not brave enough to do the whole soldering thing myself.
I was so happy with my Note. Great battery life, fast response, minimal/no black crush... and then something caught my eye when I loaded up the Google Play app. For a split second while the background was changing, I noticed the faint imprint of the "Texting and driving it can wait" sticker that comes affixed to the phone when I first bought it. I thought I was seeing things.
Then I loaded up the S-Memo app where it has a tan background and is easy to see screen damage. I deleted my s-memos to get a clear picture of the screen, and sure enough I clearly see the entire imprint of the sticker that comes affixed to the phone. I tried cleaning it, rubbing it, yelling at it, and nothing made it go away, It's permanent. I don't even drive!
What the hell?! Has anyone else noticed this? Try it -- go into your S-memo app and delete enough of your picture memos so the tan background is showing. Anyone else have screen damage?
I apologize for the tone of my first post -- this is already my first replacement Note as the first had a dead/hot pixel cluster that was instantly visible upon powering up the phone.
Off to Best Buy tomorrow to get a replacement.
Edited to include a photo of the issue.
Wow just checked mine and its not there go return it thats beat
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No inprint here.
Easy solution to this though, just take it back and get a new one. At least I hope it didnt take you more than 30 days to notice this.
im sorry.. that is HILARIOUS
you can get a new one though. do it up man. this phone is GREAT.
Lol.
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How does that even happen?
It's not residue on the screen is it?
Guess they were trying to get there point across lol. I would try Goo Gone before returning it.
Goo gone is sone amazing stuff, but I personally try to not use chemicals on any electronics anymore... too many companies are using exotic films on the glass these days. If your return wont be that hard, i'd just do that.
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wtf? How would that even happen? It's just a vinyl sticker!
Naw man, that's whack - go exchange it. I can't even imagine what that phone went through to get a permanent imprint from the sticker on it.
Er.... have you removed the sticker..???
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You know your note is a really Smart phone if its trying to tell you something. On a serious note, hope you got an exchange from BB.
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
How could this possibly happen? Because it's not like it's stencil letters, it comes on one vinyl strip
Only way I could see this happening is if you left the sticker on and set it outside in the sun for days
Exchange it!
Or try Mr. Clean's Magic Eraser
I would just replace it. Using any form of chemical or magic eraser could potentially cause damage, which could void your warranty. My experience with Best Buy exchanges, they are really good about it, as long as there is no damage to the device. It's not worth the risk. It sucks that this happned to you, but you have to admit, of all the possible flaws on a phone, you got the king of them all.
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After seeing this thread I had to check mine (doesn't appear on mine).. That is one freakish issue and definitely should be exchanged.
Keep us informed on how you make out.
No way would I even attempt to clean it, just return it.
To answer some questions: Yes, I took the sticker off, but only after using it with it on for a couple days until my screen protector arrived. I was very careful about using it and, this may not show in the picture, but the ENTIRE protector is imprinted on the screen INCLUDING the border.
I truly have no idea what caused this, my only guess is a manufacturing defect. Off to Best Buy now. I'll report back with my non-cursed Note *knocks on wood*
Also, thanks to you all for the many lulz this thread has provided me in my "fist-world sorrow."
Dude!
demigodchewtoy said:
To answer some questions: Yes, I took the sticker off, but only after using it with it on for a couple days until my screen protector arrived. I was very careful about using it and, this may not show in the picture, but the ENTIRE protector is imprinted on the screen INCLUDING the border.
I truly have no idea what caused this, my only guess is a manufacturing defect. Off to Best Buy now. I'll report back with my non-cursed Note *knocks on wood*
Also, thanks to you all for the many lulz this thread has provided me in my "fist-world sorrow."
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You're joking right? You used the phone with it on there for a couple of days and are wondering why the image is burned into your phone?? Even going as far as saying your not is cursed?
My guess: You left the TXT & Drive sticker on there while using it, and the heat generated from the phone on the screen made it rub off. (like iron on graphics on a shirt). To make it worse, you put a screen protector on it further locking in the imprint for several more uses.
Mystery solved?
Digitizer going bad on my 3d. Phantom touches all over randomly. Went to Sprint repair store yesterday to get it replaced, but like always, couldn't get it to do any wonky actions while in front of them.
Needless to say, I couldn't get it replaced as there was no issue show. And like always , as soon as I left and got 15 minutes away from the store, phone started going haywire again.
Started looking on craigslist today for a parts 3d of cheap whole one in good condition. I found a couple worth checking out, but then remembered I have a buddy with a Virgin Mobile 3d just collecting dust.
Now my question is, would it be possible for me to get his and take them both apart and just drop my main board in that one and be good to go? My rear speaker is shot to hell too, along with my case. So instead of just grabbing the digitizer I figure I could just drop the main board in and use the rest of the HW in his phone.
Will this work successfully? Or would it be best to keep mine in place and just pull digitizer and speaker from his?
TIA
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Digitizer going bad on my 3d. Phantom touches all over randomly. Went to Sprint repair store yesterday to get it replaced, but like always, couldn't get it to do any wonky actions while in front of them.
Needless to say, I couldn't get it replaced as there was no issue show. And like always , as soon as I left and got 15 minutes away from the store, phone started going haywire again.
Started looking on craigslist today for a parts 3d of cheap whole one in good condition. I found a couple worth checking out, but then remembered I have a buddy with a Virgin Mobile 3d just collecting dust.
Now my question is, would it be possible for me to get his and take them both apart and just drop my main board in that one and be good to go? My rear speaker is shot to hell too, along with my case. So instead of just grabbing the digitizer I figure I could just drop the main board in and use the rest of the HW in his phone.
Will this work successfully? Or would it be best to keep mine in place and just pull digitizer and speaker from his?
TIA
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Yes, it's possible but in my experience taking apart phone and putting them back together is very difficult. You have to have the exact right tools and sometimes requires soldering. Most often you never put it back together just right and have problems. Good luck!
I've done something similar agrees so with a Samsung Moment. My charge put went bad so I bought a parts phone on ebay and swapped the main board. Worked like a charm until the charge port failed again.
It's definitely possible but you do have to have the right tools.
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Hey everyone,
Just got back from the Verizon store. I decided to have the rep there put on my screen protector, so that if they did a bad job they would redo it. They did a great job putting the protector on, so i left and put a case on the phone in my car.
When i got home i was taking a closer look at the device and noticed scratches on the bottom half of the laser. Now I cant stop looking at it, although my girlfriend cant even notice them.
What would you guys do? I know its just a scratch, but painful to walk out of a store and already see damage on a device that i didnt cause. That being said, i know it will look ridiculous trying to point the scratch out if i go back in the store.
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Hey everyone,
Just got back from the Verizon store. I decided to have the rep there put on my screen protector, so that if they did a bad job they would redo it. They did a great job putting the protector on, so i left and put a case on the phone in my car.
When i got home i was taking a closer look at the device and noticed scratches on the bottom half of the laser. Now I cant stop looking at it, although my girlfriend cant even notice them.
What would you guys do? I know its just a scratch, but painful to walk out of a store and already see damage on a device that i didnt cause. That being said, i know it will look ridiculous trying to point the scratch out if i go back in the store.
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Call and get a replacement for a known problem, like the auxilary port doesn't work in most cars, etc.
Mine had the same scratches straight out the box from Verizon.
Are you living with it, or trying to get a replacement? there is a chance that maybe he didnt do it and it was that way out of the box in the case as well. Anyone else see this? the bottom 1/4 of the laser has scratches on it
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Are you living with it, or trying to get a replacement? there is a chance that maybe he didnt do it and it was that way out of the box in the case as well. Anyone else see this? the bottom 1/4 of the laser has scratches on it
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I'd bring it back sooner than later and bring it to their attention
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As an update (and probably final post) to this thread - I had some friends over who have an eye for detail, not a single one of them could see the scratch. Based on this i decided to give it a day or two, and im no longer obsessing over it.
Somewhat of a life lesson, nothing stays perfect forever - no longer losing sleep over this
Thanks everyone!
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As an update (and probably final post) to this thread - I had some friends over who have an eye for detail, not a single one of them could see the scratch. Based on this i decided to give it a day or two, and im no longer obsessing over it.
Somewhat of a life lesson, nothing stays perfect forever - no longer losing sleep over this
Thanks everyone!
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I've been seeing a psychologist for my ocd for years and one of the biggest problems I have is "looking" for things wrong with phones I buy. His advice was to scratch whatever phone I buy in some way right away. He said eventually something like a drop could happen anyways. Nothing is perfect.
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Skizzy034 said:
I've been seeing a psychologist for my ocd for years and one of the biggest problems I have is "looking" for things wrong with phones I buy. His advice was to scratch whatever phone I buy in some way right away. He said eventually something like a drop could happen anyways. Nothing is perfect.
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I do the same thing. Anything I buy or have has to be minty mint or it bothers me. Especially with phones I freak out when there's a scratch that for some reason only I can see.
Putting a little ding or scratch in helps stop obsessing. You should try it. Maybe it will help you also.
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