Anyone else have a crack in their bezel running from the headphone jack to the screen border? I use headphones on this phone about every day so I'm not surprised the plastic cracked since it seems like any kind of force from the headphones could put pressure on that area where it is thin so close to the ear piece speaker.
Interesting thing tho is my friend has the same issue but rarely ever uses headphones. Also keeps the phone cased where I never have a case. Both phones have never been dropped either. I'm guessing it's a flaw in the design on that area, just wondered if anyone else has the issue?
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I do not and use them all day
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I've got the same problem here. I don't use the headphones excessively, so it can't be from overuse.
I have the exact same crack on my phone. It's barely noticeable and runs from the headphone jack to the edge of the headset speaker. I use bluetooth headphones almost exclusively, so I'm sure it's not from overuse of the jack on my phone.
altayh said:
I have the exact same crack on my phone. It's barely noticeable and runs from the headphone jack to the edge of the headset speaker. I use bluetooth headphones almost exclusively, so I'm sure it's not from overuse of the jack on my phone.
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Lol it will most likely get worse. That's how mine started, then it traveled to the edge of the screen. Now one side sits higher than the other and you can feel the crack when running your finger over it
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I too have a crack starting from the front of the headphone jack, and it heads to the left side of the front speaker. It is not very noticeable, though. I had been using a wired patch cord from the phone to my car's aux in port, and I have used wired headphones with the phone in my front pocket, so I figured the crack started from that use. However, I rarely use jack since starting to use wireless bluetooth headphones, and a wireless bluetooth connection in the car.
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Bump for new pic in op in case anyone needs a visual
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BY god i have the same crack, first time i looked i couldn't see it then i took off the case. it's so small at this stage you can't hardly see, unless you're looking for it, probably get worse. i hardly ever use the headphones too.
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Bump for new pic in op in case anyone needs a visual
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Mine hasn't made it that far yet, but it appears to be on its way.
have it too, l didnt see it till i saw the op pic about it
It seems I'm the only one who does not have this crack.
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Give it time and you will. My wife and I both have this phone and we both have the crack. Definitely a flaw in the design.
I too have experienced the crack. My brother has this phone and he pointed it out to me just recently. Definitely could be a design flaw maybe this is a region where too much stress is getting applied. I thought it might have been his case- too tight. It a trident I belive. He does use headphones alot so that is adding to the wear. I carefully superglued it so not to cause any obstruction to the port or be obtrusive to the look of the exterior. I figure it will help prevemnt the crack from getting worse or even break off. Did not expect anyone really to have this exact same problem, even so many.
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Is my EVO 3d faulty or is this just the way the speaker sounds?It's not very loud and has a tinny tone to it when watching videos or certain ring tones.
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Mines the same way..FYI
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I was just thinking how loud my speaker sounds....
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its no where near where the OG Evo was in terms on loudness..I can look passed it but damn its crazy low from what im use to
Coming from the Epic 4G, it's barely audible - the Epic had a monstrous speaker unrivaled by any other phone I've owned.
are they all like this? I typically put Pandora on when I take a shower and now I can barely even tell my phone is playing music, much less actually hear/enjoy it...
PC speakers always do the job for me, but yea I did notice the speaker isn't as loud as the OG EVo.
The speaker in my phone is horrible ... I shouldn't need external speakers to listen to my music.
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Same issue here
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quiet speaker, look at the speaker holes in the red rim of the camera...if someone mods it or comes up with a new back cover, it would probably be louder
I think the speakers just aren't that powerful. They're clearer than the old Evo, but probably only go up to around 75% as loud.
yeah this was a day 1 issue for me..Got Equalizer from the Market and all is good now..Still not a good as the evo4g but better to deal with than stock.
I was with some friends on the fourth of July and trying to entertain us with my new fancy device by playing music and it was so low or was ridiculous. I have found a remedy through. At staples is an external speaker for phones that is only 6.99. It is pretty small enough to be portable and decently loud.as long as this is with me that problem is Now eliminated.lol
It's not the speaker grill... You can take the cover off and it sucks exactly the same...
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It's not the speaker grill... You can take the cover off and it sucks exactly the same...
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yep..grill has nothing to do with it..Its just a small speaker..Very tinny sound to it too.Im getting use to it though.Only time i get mad is when my wife is near me with her OGEvo and it rings or if shes on a voice call on speaker phone.
The Evo 4G speaker was just perfect,deep and loud.I remember playing music quite loud on the 4G..Oh well,im over it kinda
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yep..grill has nothing to do with it..Its just a small speaker..Very tinny sound to it too.Im getting use to it though.Only time i get mad is when my wife is near me with her OGEvo and it rings or if shes on a voice call on speaker phone.
The Evo 4G speaker was just perfect,deep and loud.I remember playing music quite loud on the 4G..Oh well,im over it kinda
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funny, I thought the evo 4g speaker sucked too. my palm pre rocked the house...
They need to make a HTC surround with vanilla Android
Great idea, bad choice of OS, what a waste.
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Has anyone noticed a significant creaking on there amaze 4g when pressing the screen. For me whenever i answer a call it sounds like pressing a button. The issue seems more prevalent on the right side of the screen and only with the casing on.
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Has anyone noticed a significant creaking on there amaze 4g when pressing the screen. For me whenever i answer a call it sounds like pressing a button. The issue seems more prevalent on the right side of the screen and only with the casing on.
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I have heard what are talking about, but I don't know if I would classify it as "significant". I think what you're hearing is the contact points, between the main body and the back cover, compressing because of the pressure of you pushing down. There's a couple of contacts near the video camera button.
I can only hear it, even faintly, if the environment I'm in, is pretty quiet. I guess I would have preferred HTC used spring loaded "pins", instead of the "folded" copper, but I don't think it's a big deal
My sister has that. I found it very annoying when I was rooting her phone.
Without a case its rather annoying, but with a tpu or d3o case its entirely inaudible.
I got this problem too, except its probably not as severe. A couple of times it wouldn't do it after I reseat it a certain way.
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Has anyone noticed a significant creaking on there amaze 4g when pressing the screen. For me whenever i answer a call it sounds like pressing a button. The issue seems more prevalent on the right side of the screen and only with the casing on.
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Not even slightest sound on my Amaze. Rock solid.
I believe it is the back (battery) cover that is making the noise and not the screen and it seems to be where it makes contact with the side of the device.
I think it's on the back as well, but mine seems to be around the center. Might put a small piece of foam there to see if it fixes anything.
I get a bit of noise, but it comes from the lower left part of the phone where there is play between the case and the rest of the phone. others have recommended that the use of foam helps with this issues.
Sensations have this problem all the time. Usually with a case though it goes away.
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I get a bit of noise, but it comes from the lower left part of the phone where there is play between the case and the rest of the phone. others have recommended that the use of foam helps with this issues.
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This is how I fixed it on my Sensation ans this is how I did it with the Amaze.
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i have had no problems or noises come from the 2 of mine . . . solid as a rock here
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i have had no problems or noises come from the 2 of mine . . . solid as a rock here
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The more you flash (and subsequently pull the back cover) the sooner it will happen. It is slight wearing of the lock tabs and prongs inside the case.
To the left of the speaker grill. Can't figure it out for the life of me. It has contacts so it has to be something.
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To the left of the speaker grill. Can't figure it out for the life of me. It has contacts so it has to be something.
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External mic for speaker mode, when you flip the phone over? Completely random guess.
pretty sure I read a review that said the rezound has 2 noise cancelling mics.
Those holes are for the antennae. The noise cancelling mic looks like it's on the side. The thunderbolt had similar holes.
I asked the guy at the Verizon store and he said it has to do with wireless charging but that didn't make sense to me since it has contacts and wireless charging requires a different back cover.
I did notice some cases have a cutout for them and some don't.
There's no mention of them in the user manual.
Yeah. That is the main reason I would like to know. My case doesn't have the cut outs and I don't want to cover them if they were mics.
Surely there wouldn't be microphones built into the battery cover though.
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To the left of the speaker grill. Can't figure it out for the life of me. It has contacts so it has to be something.
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that's where the s-off switch is lmao
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that's where the s-off switch is lmao
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Yeah and they're just trying to crack the needle pushing combination!
pinholes for a dock station
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Not mics, not for wireless charging, not for a dock.
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If you remove the battery cover, you should see that there are copper contacts on the inside of the cover, and that the holes in question are the mounting points of those contacts to the battery cover. To my knowledge this is the only function these pin holes provide, and I see no way for covering these would have a negative impact on the device.
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I'm getting a chuckle at some of the responses. Not sure if serious, though!
The five sets of contacts on the battery door are all antennae for the various radios. CDMA, Bluetooth, Wifi, LTE, GPS.
Thought I read some where that's where u short it out to put into a download mode of some sort
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FCC documentation:
https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas...ication_id=241774&typ=0602&fcc_id='NM8PH98100
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Holy test points!
I can only imagine that the holes that lead into the CDMA antenna contacts are for test points, as there is probably little reception inside the factory and an auxiliary antenna might be used to obtain a signal. OEM accessory covers, like the wireless charging and extended battery covers, do not have these holes, nor would they be needed since they are not supplied with the base unit.
After having my Photon for four days I have been loving it, but have one complaint regarding the kickstand.
If you have the kickstand employed, you can not plug in a charger. I was trying to watch a movie during my lunch break yesterday and the battery was dying, but I could not plug it in.
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mind....blowing
duh
Now I feel dumb.
dtaylorr said:
Now I feel dumb.
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I do too. Technology always has some obscenely simple answer to the issue's that torment us the most.
Lmfao
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actually its a good thing its main kickstand side is on that side cause no buttons can be accisentally pressed(ive been charging and using the kickstand like so, was resting my hand ontop the phone reading and it hit the camera button exiting my window) so maybe in the future theyll come out with some alround better design for a kickstand and plugin/button placement
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Ports on bottom of phone?
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Maybe two centered kickstands that can rest and be locked either way. With a slant we could also do this vertically.
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Ports on bottom of phone?
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My favorite thing about the OG Evo right there.. bottom usb port.. made life so easy
Actually the port placement is terrible for the Photon/Electrify. Consider the car. You're driving, and you have your phone in a holster within reach of the driver. In America, where this phone is primarily sold, the driver sits in the left seat, so the phone is to his/her right, probably on the left side of the instrument panel. Probably, the 12V outlet is somewhere to the right of that, so the charging cable has to reach around. Mine isn't quite long enough, so it threatens to pull the phone out of its holster. This is unsafe for driving. With the port on the bottom, it would be convenient for drivers on both sides (e.g. UK for the right) as long as your holster has an open bottom (mine does).
Actually, my Electrify does the Hero S (Evo Design 4G, for you Sprint folks), which I had for 6 days, one better. Hero S also had it on the left, but right where the holster grabs the phone. So using the holster was impossible with that phone. Just one of the reasons I traded up to Electrify.
Back to topic: Reverse kickstand is cool, but it depends on the spring action being intact. I'm not sure if it can go out on you, but that would kill reverse kickstand if true. As it is, having the charger cable coming out the "top" can pull it back if the cable doesn't have enough slack.
If you want normal kickstand, I recommend rigging a stand, like a poor man's HD dock. Put a hole where the USB port goes, and if you really wanna be fancy, fix it in there permanently. But if you were gonna be fancy, you'd give it a backing (with a space for the speaker, of course) but all that implies you're better at woodworking than most people. I'd like to think with the right hardware I could do alright, but I know my zero woodworking experience means I would utterly fail to produce anything approaching reasonable quality.
I'm using those earphones but can't make them actually noise cancel anything really.
I've tried using them near a fan, engine, centrifuge, window, air - conditioner, anything with really stable and usually really cancellable noise, but the earphones don't really cancel and sometimes even produce crackling or other distortion sounds and break the experience of listening to music or voice.
Has anyone else experienced this kind of behavior?
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Do you turn on the NC function on the settings menu?? It's on the user manual page 42
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Really? Of course I did.
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What did you expect? Silence?
Noise cancelation just reduces the surrounding noise a tiny bit.
The first time I plugged the headphones in I accidentally deactivated NC by activating Stereo Mic, and when I used the earplugs I was like "wow, nearly no outside noise" because my old ones let nearly everything trough.
Then when I first activated NC in the settings I couldnt find a big difference, I think the most effective is in a train with lots of people talking. There it seems to work kinda well.
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I'm using those earphones but can't make them actually noise cancel anything really.
I've tried using them near a fan, engine, centrifuge, window, air - conditioner, anything with really stable and usually really cancellable noise, but the earphones don't really cancel and sometimes even produce crackling or other distortion sounds and break the experience of listening to music or voice.
Has anyone else experienced this kind of behavior?
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It worked really well with paper smashing next to me for a test or sitting on a bus... i was impressed how effective it was.
But im using Xears earphones, the NC headset sound quality its very poor.
These are good at blocking because of quality earpiece, but NC part is far from NC headphones I've tried from other manufacturer, can't remember which one atm. There, I didn't hear any of repetitive noise I've tested these with.
I had high hopes that I'll at least be able to not hear ventilation shaft noise and other office noises that perfectly fit NC usage (constant, regular, repetitive...)
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toncij said:
These are good at blocking because of quality earpiece, but NC part is far from NC headphones I've tried from other manufacturer, can't remember which one atm. There, I didn't hear any of repetitive noise I've tested these with.
I had high hopes that I'll at least be able to not hear ventilation shaft noise and other office noises that perfectly fit NC usage (constant, regular, repetitive...)
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What matters is not how repetitive the noise is, but what frequencies it covers. Most active noise cancelation even in high-end headphones like Sennheiser covers a pretty narrow frequency range.
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