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As the title implies, my back battery door used to creek so badly. Put some paper behind it and feels 10x better.
Just wondering if anyone has had to do the same?
I bounce back and forth between extended and oem battery. My oem door doesn't squeak badly, rarely every really. My extended door doesn't at all.
My back door creaked but it was because I had a missing tab near the volume bar. Got a replacement from VZW and the creak is gone.
mine creaks horribly...you just put paper behind it? my left side creeks reallllllllly bad and it's getting worse.
wow very cool. i just put a thick piece of paper back there, and i don't really noitce it anymore..hmm!
haaha funny thing now, my phone doesn't lay 100% flat...it's a thin piece of paper, yet now i can sit here and spin my phone because there's a tiny added bulge to it!
Nice, I just snipped a piece and put it back there to see if it would altogether eliminate it. Good call!
Battery's get hot as they charge and discharge, this heat shortness there lifespan. I wonder if something other than paper would dissipate heat better?
Just a thought
Nope. Mine is solid. Aslo I keep a tpu case on it at all times.
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yeah, i was wondering if paper on the battery was such a good idea because of the heat, etc as well. hmm
jayochs said:
yeah, i was wondering if paper on the battery was such a good idea because of the heat, etc as well. hmm
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Yeah, my first thought was that sounds dangerous
Mine doesn't really creak much.
The paper isn't going to spontaneously combust. It isn't nearly hot enough. Not to mention if you had to put more than 1 piece back there you should probably just get a new back door. If anything was going to make the phone stay hot, or get hot longer it would be a TPU case, or any case for that matter.
nope. gonna spontaneously combust.
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I use paper on my fascinate with the extended battery. Been using it for over a year with no probs whatsoever. I needed it to stop the batt from shifting side to side. Problem solved
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jayochs said:
nope. gonna spontaneously combust.
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lol
10charr
I have two extended battery backs, both creak some but one is worse than the other.
I don't get what the big deal is however, the creak doesn't bother me at all. I hardly notice it & figure its no big deal anyway.
~John
jmorton10 said:
I have two extended battery backs, both creak some but one is worse than the other.
I don't get what the big deal is however, the creak doesn't bother me at all. I hardly notice it & figure its no big deal anyway.
~John
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agreed, but I also use that verizon holster case with it.
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agreed, but I also use that verizon holster case with it.
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yea, I use the hard rubber HTCPedia case with the back cutout for the extended batt (I have a shiny black one & a red one).
I LOVE that case, it makes the phone feel like the extended battery is the stock setup.
~John
jmorton10 said:
I have two extended battery backs, both creak some but one is worse than the other.
I don't get what the big deal is however, the creak doesn't bother me at all. I hardly notice it & figure its no big deal anyway.
~John
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It's nothing I wad losing sleep over lol, just something that bothered me, and adding paper resolved it just fine, very happy with the results.
creak bothered the living hell out of me because it creaked even with the TPU case on; felt like i was holding a cheap piece of plastic. now it doesn't and i couldn't be happier.
Mine unfortunately creeks and I think that it has to do with the back battery door.
I would like to find a new one so I don't have to put paper behind it to keep it from creeking.
If you have one from a Refurb or anything like that please PM me as I would be very grateful to purchase this.
Pretty sure I've seen them on Verizon's web site. Not terribly expensive.
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andybones said:
Mine unfortunately creeks and I think that it has to do with the back battery door.
I would like to find a new one so I don't have to put paper behind it to keep it from creeking.
If you have one from a Refurb or anything like that please PM me as I would be very grateful to purchase this.
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$14.99 on verizon site
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Thanks dudes, exactly what I was looking for!
$16 shipped is a great deal.
the only ones I could find were on ebay lol and are selling for 60$!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-OE...639?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2318264d0f
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-OE...387?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item519ca13083
---and it seems like by reputable ebay sellers??
hopefully this will fix the need for some paper behind the battery to stop the door from creeking.
will update when the new back door arrives!
Eventually these things will be everywhere like the inc2 as the back battery doors actually come with refurb replacements from Verizon. I myself had 3 extras for my inc2 lol.
Just got my new backdoor in this morning.
100% fixed the creeking noise on my phone!!
very happy about that, I have however kept a few small pieces of paper behind the door as there was a little gap frop the back door to the battery that i could feel, perhaps this was on purpose for cooling of battery? idk, not sure but my battery hasn't gotten any hotter than normal.
I've swapped out 2 battery doors and I still have the creaking. I'm fairly certain the only phones that don't creak are the iphone and droid razr/razr maxx.
my first rezound creaked like crazy, then i had a replacement sent out and it was fine. pretty weird issue to have lol.
Just add some papers the size of the battery behind the door, works wonders.
The back cover/door for the extended battery is a piece of crap, and creaks like a rusty hinge all the time. So annoying. I finally got it to almost entirely stop by taking some sticky notes and cutting two thin strips on the adhesive part, and sticking them on the sides of the inside of the back cover, then sticking a little bit of paper on top of the battery. For mine, at least, most of the sound was coming from where you grip it on the sides and this solved it.
@HTC: It's annoying that we have to do this, please take more care with the design of it on future super-phones. Save the cheap back covers for mid-range/low-end phones, in my opinion. Lol.
Og droid had a metal back cover and didn't creak. I had a bionic, and it creaked
Roland Deschain said:
The back cover/door for the extended battery is a piece of crap, and creaks like a rusty hinge all the time. So annoying. I finally got it to almost entirely stop by taking some sticky notes and cutting two thin strips on the adhesive part, and sticking them on the sides of the inside of the back cover, then sticking a little bit of paper on top of the battery. For mine, at least, most of the sound was coming from where you grip it on the sides and this solved it.
@HTC: It's annoying that we have to do this, please take more care with the design of it on future super-phones. Save the cheap back covers for mid-range/low-end phones, in my opinion. Lol.
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Mine doesn't creak at all.
Are you guys using some sort of death grip or something? Don't use the extended battery often but neither it or the regular door creaks.
Via Rezound using XDA Premium
No creaking here either.
Standard door does not creek at all. The extended one does a tiny bit on the right side, if I death grip it like someone above said lol. Not annoying enough to try and fix it.
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Both mine creek. The extended one creeks the worse that's for sure. It doesn't matter how you hold it. Not the biggest deal though since I don't use it too often. I don't seem to get that much more life out of it to justify the size compared to the standard battery.
KORM via the beast known as the Rezound.
I have an awful creak on the left side. I am going to try a bit of gaffers tape.
My extended battery door doesn't creak but is missing the Beats logo. I noticed they didn't forget the HTC logo..
Tape didn't fix it.
Any ideas?
I have two to sell I'll sell both for 25 with shipping.
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For something billed as practically bullet-proof, the razr disappoints.
Thanks to poor design and too much flex the internal screen on my razr is toast. I have intentionally waited a few weeks to post this because I wanted to be more objective over this. Let me start by saying I am the very average user case, I make a few phone calls, mostly text messages and when I am stuck somewhere a little bit of web browsing. I am an engineer and I understand pretty well things like internal stresses and loads. I am also very methodical and keep my phone in the same pocket every time, I baby it and ensure it never can fall. So this being said I was amazed when I pulled it from my pocket to see a scrambled then black screen.
So to explain, a few weeks ago I am in a bar with my girlfriend and my buddy. We are pretty much the only ones there, I pull out my phone from my front pocket send a message to some other people who are going to join us, put the phone back in my pocket, walk over to the bar get drinks and return. I pull my phone out of my pocket again and the internal screen is cracked. I don't wear emo pants, I didn't body slam myself to the ground, I didn't get struck by a vehicle, I simply walked 20 feet back and forth and my phone went from "everything is a go" to "congratulations on your $300 paperweight". In addition, the rest of the phone was fine, the backing, the gorilla glass on the front, everything, just the internal screen starting at the center on the left and radiating out a few inches was a few tiny cracks.
Again, I reiterate, I have babied this phone, I never dropped it in the 3 months I had it, kept it nice and safe. The reason was that before this I had an htc eris, I bought it used in decently rough shape, and it was a veritable tank, it had been dropped and it had taken a beating, and it barely slowed. Then I decided that I actually was going to try out having a nice smartphone with a nice blazing data plan so I could enjoy having the benfits of a real smartphone (the eris was on a plan with no data). So I didn't mind shelling out the $300 to get a piece of the glory. I was a little disappointed by the color quality on the screen, and the atrocious battery (I would actually watch it drain batter while plugged in if I was browsing and I never had it last a full day with nothing running and not using it). Though in spite of this I actually got used to the phone and kind of liked it, at least until this.
As expected verizon was useless to provide me any help, all they did was to accuse me of dropping it. I was informed that it was an excellent phone and the only way for this to happen was to be dropped quite a ways onto a hard surface. They also told me that they used them and their batteries lasted all day with talking, texting and web browsing without being plugged in (HAHA). Unforetunately for me I didn't opt for the insurane on the razr and I ended up buying a brand new phone (this time a rezound) and I got the extended battery and can't even fathom how I did it with the razr's battery.
Anyway, I just wanted to give a word of warning be very careful. If you notice there is a lot of flexibility that they have by making this a very wide phone but very thin. This may well be any of your undoing despite how good of care you take.
CTP
I think you have been unlucky. My phone is always in its otter box case screen in toward my leg when in my pocket.
The phone actually has a steel frame as well. No where had it ever been sold as bullet proof though.
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Unlucky.. probably. But I did want to serve a word of warning. And up until this happened there was nothing wrong, so saying I have had this 3 months and nothing bad has happened to me isn't proof it won't happen. Because until that moment we were in the same boat, and I hope that we won't be in the same boat now for your sake.
None the less, there is nothing I can do now anyway so I am done being bitter.
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Unlucky.. probably. But I did want to serve a word of warning. And up until this happened there was nothing wrong, so saying I have had this 3 months and nothing bad has happened to me isn't proof it won't happen. Because until that moment we were in the same boat, and I hope that we won't be in the same boat now for your sake.
None the less, there is nothing I can do now anyway so I am done being bitter.
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Mine is insured against accidental damage of any kind. Even getting it wet.
So even if I did end up in your boat it wouldn't matter
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Sorry to here about your bad luck. Guess that's why I paid full retail for my Razr Maxx so I had insurance no matter what. I've been through alot of phones and never had any problems as you mention. Well atleast not the screen if anything it was basic stuff. Man I remember way back in the day I had one of those Motorola beige brick phones. I drop it , threw to against a wall and it never failed. Just goes to show how things have changed and build quality can always be in question.
So sorry to hear this..
still a big confused on how this can happen. the phone feels very solid.
It sort of feels solid. If you take it and hold the bottom in your left hand and the top in your right hand and turn both hands opposite directions you will notice it flexes quite a bit and without much force at all. Or at least mine does right now at the moment I can get several millimeters of flex which would be enough for the more fragile screen to give way. (Caveat probably not a good idea to try what I am saying as if it yeilds it won't be good).
A screen protector and or some meat on them bones would have prevented this...
No but seriously that sucks. It could just be a fluke phone. I keep my phone in my otterbox commuter case so I am sure that helps a bit.
Its been dropped (nothing serious, few inches) and banged. jJust "normal" wear and tear. I do use screen protectors too. I know the phone is thin but I have never had an issue with the flexing like you describe. So far this phone is turning out to be tough.
I wonder if you can describe the situation to VZW and get a new one unde a manufacturer defect. If not, just get a replacement thought insurance.
ddemlong said:
A screen protector and or some meat on them bones would have prevented this...
No but seriously that sucks. It could just be a fluke phone. I keep my phone in my otterbox commuter case so I am sure that helps a bit.
Its been dropped (nothing serious, few inches) and banged. jJust "normal" wear and tear. I do use screen protectors too. I know the phone is thin but I have never had an issue with the flexing like you describe. So far this phone is turning out to be tough.
I wonder if you can describe the situation to VZW and get a new one unde a manufacturer defect. If not, just get a replacement thought insurance.
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With full due respect....in terms of protecting from crack of a gorilla screen,what a screen protector does is not more than sticking broken glasses together after the tragedy
From my RAZR MAXX
That's the thing, the gorilla glass is fully intact and still smooth as a baby's butt. It was the internal screen that cracked. Also vzw did nothing but accuse me of dropping it, they had no incentive to help me.
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With full due respect....in terms of protecting from crack of a gorilla screen,what a screen protector does is not more than sticking broken glasses together after the tragedy
From my RAZR MAXX
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Oh I know, short of an extra layer of glass or some sort of hard clear resin screen its not gonna help one bit.
The Maxx is much better, but I know you bought this before it came out. Did you go into the retail store and they told you you dropped it? Or was it customer service over the phone? If you have proof that these is not a scratch on the phone, how can you be told it was dropped? I would push the matter further, all the way up to corporate if I had to. But the real problem lies with not having that protection plan. That is the real bummer.
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The Maxx is much better, but I know you bought this before it came out. Did you go into the retail store and they told you you dropped it? Or was it customer service over the phone? If you have proof that these is not a scratch on the phone, how can you be told it was dropped? I would push the matter further, all the way up to corporate if I had to. But the real problem lies with not having that protection plan. That is the real bummer.
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In store and they all but called me a liar outright. It was frustrating, the only funny part was that I had two alarms set for the morning but the touch screen didn't work, though it would intermittently think you pressed the buttons for snooze, so the alarms were going off psuedo randomly for minutes at a time. The whole time the alarms were going off creating annoyance for them and customers.
The bad part was I was 3 hours from home on an anniversary with the GF and travel a bunch so I had to have a phone right then. I had no option but buy a new one. Lesson learned I have insurance and I have a feeling I will lose it more often now.
Go to a different store. I drive 20 miles because I hate the local. I went to the different store and they yeah thats why I left there or is so and so still there. Local store sucked but the other is great and always helps. Sad I have to drive but usually try and do something else I need to get done while out there. Customer service has been hit or miss. Usually you dont get follow through. Verizon tried to get a hold of me for 3 days and left a message telling me that created a trouble ticket to make sure I was happy. Never had them call like that before.
You might have had a defected phone. The RAZR is very solid I've dropped It a few times and punched it more than once. I dont use a case either. Screen is fine no scratches on it either though there's scratches and chips on the phone. I'm pretty hard on my phone but that's why i pay for insurance that covers everything that I got from best buy. I hate Verizon's insurance.
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Same here, i am a carpenter and mine is abused and buried in saw dust all day. Dropped many times, and rides in my bibs front pocket where it gets pushed on and crushed by body weight. Hrmmm, watch it will break tomorrow, shoot..
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Right they don't want to help in such cases, despite claiming the opposite
From my RAZR MAXX
JDCFH said:
Mine is insured against accidental damage of any kind. Even getting it wet.
So even if I did end up in your boat it wouldn't matter
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Yup me too. Full coverage of accidental damage. This day in age I can't imagine not paying the extra $8 a month for this for ANY phone. They are too expensive and when we have them with us 100% of the time in our daily lives there is too much opportunity for damage. Regardless of what phone model.
The problem is the backing. It's very flexible.. you really can fix this by getting a hard case.
I have full coverage so I don't mind if it breaks. My SD card has everything important and I backed it up a few days ago so I'm all set
You should try going to Motorola instead, post this in their forums to see what they can do.
The back plate makes creaky sounds all of the time is this normal or can it be fixed
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Slap some electrical tape under it in different spots until it doesn't creak any more.
fenguepay said:
The back plate makes creaky sounds all of the time is this normal or can it be fixed
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cut some paper the size of the battery, and stick them between the battery and the case. Add/take away sheets of paper till the case still closes but the creak is gone. We did this on the droid bionic, did wonders for the terrible creak of the phone. I haven't had to much creak with the rezound, but been meaning to do this with the phone.
yeah, I notice that as well with my unit. It is a little annoying. I have to say while the phone is nice, the build quaility really needs a little better.
You'll get used to it. No big deal.
The TPA case that goes only around the edges (sold on htcpedia.com) helps reduce this. It fits the regular back and OEM extended battery back. Best case I've ever had on a phone.
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Deron Baker said:
You'll get used to it. No big deal.
The TPA case that goes only around the edges (sold on htcpedia.com) helps reduce this. It fits the regular back and OEM extended battery back. Best case I've ever had on a phone.
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Can you post or PM me a link to the "TPA edge-only" case? I couldn't find it on that site. Thanks!
nosympathy said:
cut some paper the size of the battery, and stick them between the battery and the case. Add/take away sheets of paper till the case still closes but the creak is gone. We did this on the droid bionic, did wonders for the terrible creak of the phone. I haven't had to much creak with the rezound, but been meaning to do this with the phone.
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This! Just got a couple Post Its...folded them up and placed them on the back of the battery. Profit.
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Can you post or PM me a link to the "TPA edge-only" case? I couldn't find it on that site. Thanks!
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I use this one with my extended batteries, works super:
http://shop.htcpedia.com/htc-rezound-extended-battery-tpu-case-hard-rubber.html
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You'll get used to it. No big deal.
The TPA case that goes only around the edges (sold on htcpedia.com) helps reduce this. It fits the regular back and OEM extended battery back. Best case I've ever had on a phone.
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I bought the extended battery and back and that TPA case that goes around the edges but leaves the back exposed does a great job of squeezing the back and phone together and eliminating the squeeks. I like the regular size battery but with the TPU case, I use the extended battery all the time.
solution is too buy a 3rd party case.
My original Rezound didnt creak, but my replacement one does a bit. I notice it most when I'm cleaning the screen, cause that seems to put the most pressure on it. Sticking a bandaid on the battery seems to have helped it a lot though..
i put a thin piece there to stop the creaks, which it did..it's funny though, now my rezound easily spins in circles on a table hahah..that THIN piece of paper was enough to bulge the middle of teh back cover out to make it spinny!
Don't forget that paper is an insulator. That's why homeless people use newspaper as a blanket. Your phone will retain more heat, longer with paper shoved inside it.
yeah, we voiced those concerns back wehn this topic came out like the week the phone came out haha..was always a problem..but most of us never really noticed any higher temps than normal..my phone never goes over like 42 degrees C, which is what, around 100 degrees F?
I'm pretty nit picky about my phone creaking and I've had a lot of time on my hands so recently I've given this topic way to much thought.....
The creaking is due to the plastic not fitting perfectly and the friction created when the battery door slightly moves around.
I sat down with a bottle cap, a q-tip, and a can of WD-40 (I know, I know, call me crazy if you must )
I filled up the bottle cap with WD-40 and dipped the q-tip in it. I carefully LIGHTLY applied it on all the connecting tabs on the battery door. Voila! Be careful to avoid all the antenna metal stuff so you don't mess up your reception.
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Welp I shattered my screen. I have insurance for it and my new one is already on the way. I am going to return it to the stock rom, but was wondering if there is a way to remove TWRP and get the stock secure kernel back. I know it will still say tampered/relocked but does anybody think there will be any issues when they get this one back?
There is an RUU you can run in the development forum.
So many people are doing this? Is phone just flimsy or slippery?
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MicroMod777 said:
So many people are doing this? Is phone just flimsy or slippery?
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It is actually very sturdily built. I got a door slammed on my hand (which was holding the phone) and I dropped it onto asphalt from a height of about 6 feet. It landed almost completely flat with the glass facing down. Just bad luck on my part. I ordered a case for it, but it hadn't arrived yet. The back of the phone is covered in a silicone that is very grippy. I will say the glass on the front is EXTREMELY slick. It curves to the edges so there is no plastic or metal of any sort on the front panel. Its solid glass. When I set it on top of my closed laptop while face down it will gradually slide off even though the incline is just a few degrees away from perpendicular. I don't consider this to be an issue with build quality whatsoever. The only reason I consider it strange is because there is a notification light on the back, but I dont trust it to sit facedown anywhere due to fears that it will slide off just about any surface that isnt 110% flat. It feels better under my thumbs than any other phone I have ever had and the screen seems to resist getting covered in fingerprint smears. Its very stylish and looks gorgeous, just something to be aware of.
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It is actually very sturdily built. I got a door slammed on my hand (which was holding the phone) and I dropped it onto asphalt from a height of about 6 feet. It landed almost completely flat with the glass facing down. Just bad luck on my part. I ordered a case for it, but it hadn't arrived yet. The back of the phone is covered in a silicone that is very grippy. I will say the glass on the front is EXTREMELY slick. It curves to the edges so there is no plastic or metal of any sort on the front panel. Its solid glass. When I set it on top of my closed laptop while face down it will gradually slide off even though the incline is just a few degrees away from perpendicular. I don't consider this to be an issue with build quality whatsoever. The only reason I consider it strange is because there is a notification light on the back, but I dont trust it to sit facedown anywhere due to fears that it will slide off just about any surface that isnt 110% flat. It feels better under my thumbs than any other phone I have ever had and the screen seems to resist getting covered in fingerprint smears. Its very stylish and looks gorgeous, just something to be aware of.
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Don't bother returning it to stock if its going back to Asurion... They don't know the difference nor do they care.
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Welp I shattered my screen. I have insurance for it and my new one is already on the way. I am going to return it to the stock rom, but was wondering if there is a way to remove TWRP and get the stock secure kernel back. I know it will still say tampered/relocked but does anybody think there will be any issues when they get this one back?
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You will be fine. If you have insurance, breaking your screen is not any different than bricking your device
Battery Life...
This phone has poor battery life...there is no use of 1080p display when u can't...even hold that power for more than barely one day....
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This phone has poor battery life...there is no use of 1080p display when u can't...even hold that power for more than barely one day....
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So you're saying the battery gets you through the day, but it has bad battery life? And you posting this in a radom thread, away from peoples screen shots of 20 hours and 5 hours of screen on time. I would say that you are a troll that doesn't even own the phone, but I think most likely you're a robot from Samsung or Apple sent to spam the DNa forums. Now, if I could only figure out what you're advertising...other than ignorance and misinformation ...
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...I think everyone forgot how horrible the feature phones used to be before smartphones boomed. My old LG Chocolate ran only for twelve hours...WHILE SCREEN OFF.