I figured a very clean and "factory" looking mod/tweak to help with the button setup when you're fumbling for them in the dark. I found some clear sticky rubber nubs -- the kind you get at a drug store or home improvement place to put on the bottoms of lamps so they don't scratch your table. Then I took a leather hole punch and punched tiny little buttons in the flat rubber coating BETWEEN the nubs. Effectively, I created flat, clear buttons. Put those over each of the capacitive touch buttons, and you have just enough physical difference to tell what's what. Since they're see-through, you can still see what the button is, too. The touch reads through the rubber (or maybe it's around it) -- and I haven't had any mis-reads yet. You might just cover one or two of them - just enough to create a pattern for yourself.
I put nubs on the side of the case next to each location, same idea and works well! Good mod!
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Hi all
My D pad has come off and I am just about to get a new keypad
for the front of the phone.
I have read the manual but its not very detailed about the keypad.
I have been told I can lift the keypad up at the front and pull it off
then the one I get will be sticky backed and I just have to put it back on
ion the right place but I am not sure about this.
so any help would be great
thanks for your time
Don't mess around with the keyboard assembly on the Vox. Mostly you make things worse. The keyboard consist of 3 layers and all are glued on the other only. So if one thing gets off, just re-glue it back. The Layers are:
1.) bottom: semi-flexible PBA, glued to the housing - contains also the sealed pushpads for the keys
2.) middle: rubber middle layer, glued to the PBA on dedicated edges to leave the room for the keys to press
3.) keys: one-by-one glued ot the rubber layer, so normally 2+3 is just one layer and it cannot easily be separated. If a key falls off, take a little super-glue and put it back where it should be.
Thanks for your answer
but I lost the D pad keys when they come off,
I have now got the new keypad and it looks like peel off the back paper
then it will stick to the board that plugs into the mother board.
but I am not trying to do it yet, I am waiting on HTC to email me back.
Well, than you have to remove the old Keypad+rubber layer. This is a lilttle destructive though as the sticky glue will not allow you to easily peel it off. As you see with the new keypad, there are little "noses" at several places (top: left + right & at the D-Pad and bottom: left + right). To peel it off, start at the side in the middle (no "noses" there) and work through the rest of the pad. After removal, clean the PBA carefully (eg. lighter-fuel) so that no glue remains and it is dry. This is very hard - I am not sure if you can remove the texture part of the glue on the PBA at all, I could not.
For re-assembly the tricky part is to get the pad flat and aligned to all edges BEFORE it fully sticks to the PBA. If it is not aligned it looks horrible, if it is not flat, you may end up with a hump in the middle - also horrible.
I think you have to start at top, insert noses first and when the top is aligned and fixed work the rest down, but take care about the bottom noses. You need to fit them in first by bending the pad up in the middle, inserting the noses (but not have it glued there), making it flat again (still not sticky) and then roll it downwards to fully stick. If the glue is very stick (which I hope) you have only one try. You may want to experiment with the removed one first. So have fun doing it...
BTW: Where die you buy it and how much you paid?
Thanks mate for the nfo.
I know a guy who has a dead vox so I will go and see if I can have it
and try what you said. Other then that I will have to pay a shop to do it.
My fuze screen has became way to loose in the closed position. To provide a better example its like its got a hinge and wants to flip open rather then slide open. There is way too much up/down movement that way. Its so loose that when it vibrates the screen will vibrate on the casing and it makes or horrible rattle sound that makes me cringe every time I hear it. I have to hold the phone tight in my hand to stop the rattle. The weight of the screen will actually cause it to partly open by just flipping the phone over and holding the back.
Aside from duct tape, any good ways to fix this or tighten the mechanism that holds it position?
I have a similar problem but not as severe. Mine is just a smidge loose and when I press down on the side of the screen it slides a few millimeters and it's really annoying when I hold the phone. Any help fixing would be appreciated.
yea same here, it's not annoying but I don't trust it
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Aside from duct tape, any good ways to fix this or tighten the mechanism that holds it position?
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When I originally mentioned duct tape, I was being sarcastic. Ironically, however, this is my fix to this problem.
I used the Gorilla Tape brand, because that's what I had. All I did was put three pieces of black gorilla tape on the back of the slider. This tightened it up, and stopped my annoying rattle. Pretty simple and easy fix.
Also, it made the snap feel when it slides out much more firm, and I really enjoy the feel of it much more now.
Ran across this today searching for cases for the Epic. Anyone using one? Its interesting in that it locks the slider during normal use and hinges open if you want to use the keyboard.
http://www.pdair.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=10100000_10000000_11001061&products_id=31414
Now this looks like quite a nice case for functionality.
Now if they just took off the whole part in the back for the clip and form fit the corners a bit more and offered it in more colors that'd be nice.
This may be the best thing I can do for now, I have been scouring for a jelly case to slip over the epic, since I never use the keyboard
Now, if somebody has the ability to cleanly cut aluminum and wants to sell a matched set consisting of this case with a hole cut in the back for the hump on the extended battery the other guy is selling to poke through... (strokes credit card and sighs)
It's hard to tell from the pics... does the case snap onto the lower half, or does the phone just rest inside?
How firmly does it secure the phone when the case is closed? Does the power button still cause the two halves to separate a little, or are both held firmly in place from both sides?
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Now, if somebody has the ability to cleanly cut aluminum and wants to sell a matched set consisting of this case with a hole cut in the back for the hump on the extended battery the other guy is selling to poke through... (strokes credit card and sighs)
It's hard to tell from the pics... does the case snap onto the lower half, or does the phone just rest inside?
How firmly does it secure the phone when the case is closed? Does the power button still cause the two halves to separate a little, or are both held firmly in place from both sides?
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There are videos on you tube. The bottom looks like a very snug press fit. Top must be looser to allow for the hinge to work.
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I had a similar case for my old HTC Titan. I LOVED it. Being a pretty serious phone abuser, that case kept my phone together!
-Rob
I used to have a similar case for my Treo and they are extremely well made. I irregularly dropped my phone from about 5 feet in the air onto hard linoleum and it never suffered any indignities. These come in both black and silver so if you want a different color you would want the silver so you could send it out to be powder coated.
I just ordered one.
Mine came last night.
The good: locks the slider firmly closed. No wobble or "play" at all when pressing the power button. Phone easy to remove (for GameGripper purposes).
The bad: Feels terrifyingly slippery compared to the Seidio ActiveX. Obstructs "slide down" gesture for notifications.
The seemingly fatal (a big one): my "back" fake hardkey keeps randomly going berserk... but ONLY that specific one. The foam in the top half seems to be confusing the capacitive sensor.
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Update: I've had the 'search' fake hardkey freak out a few times on me, too.
Another problem: it's definitely affecting reception. 4G and GPS barely work with the case in place.
Sigh. So close. So agonizingly close. It's awesome to not have the phone shear and jiggle apart every time I hit the power button, and the fact that it allows the phone to be easily removed for the Game Gripper without really compromising the slide-out keyboard's usability is very cool.
I'm really convinced that this case went straight from plastic prototype to mass production before anyone actually tried to use it in an area with 4G service, high humidity (presumably what's screwing up the foam and touchscreen), and who didn't just assume that the GPS was dysfunctional because Samsung sucks.
Sigh. Too expensive to throw away, and really nice in ways that ultimately don't matter because the touchscreen-button problem makes it totally unusable
The plot thickens: more touchscreen observations:
* Oddly, there's NO FOAM around the lower part of the screen where the phantom-pressed fake hardkeys are.
* Last night, it went completely berserk with phantom button presses on cue when I rubbed the latch a certain way.
This suggests that the problem's root cause might extend to the electrical conductivity of the case itself. It's strange, because I wasn't able to find reports of the same problem for users of Monaco cases for other phones (like the Droid). Lots of complaints about signal attenuation, but no reports of touchscreen problems.
I'm seriously tempted to buy some liquid electrical tape and coat the inside of the lid to see whether it helps. The problem DOES seem to go away when the lid is no longer in contact with the screen. However, if it's happening because the sensor is acting kind of like a Hall Effect sensor and the case is acting like a Faraday cage, nothing short of making the case (or at least the top lid) out of plastic is likely to fix the problem. Still, it's worth a try since I really like the case itself, and my alternative is to basically chuck it.
Update: as an experiment, I wrapped black electrical tape around the bottom lip of the top part. It helped a lot. I think I might have also found a contributing cause: cat fur. I think wisps of cat fur might be bridging the metal case & screen and carrying static electricity to the sensor. Oddly, though, some of its *worst* back-arrow spasams have occurred with the phone laying on the desk, untouched, 3 feet away.
I'm still trying to think of a good way to plastic-coat the case without making it look bad & get a nice, even black rubbery coating on it.
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How thin is it compared to the other plastic cases?
Very interested in getting the Monaco Aluminum Case, which is very similar to this one. My last concern, how thin is it compared to Seidio Innocase Surface?
Hello people
The membrane on my touch pro (the one covering the buttons below the screen) is starting to peel off. Its almost unnoticeable at the moment, smaller than a millimeter but it seems it could go off more
Apart from getting some sort of case (i.e. a silicone one) anything else I could do in order to avoid it?
Should I just peel it completely off just to get it off my mind?!
It will keep peeling. Especially from pulling and putting back in your pocket. Its VERY common.
2 options
1 replace the entire button pad. (pretty cheap on ebay)
2 take a small bit of super glue to the corners to keep it from curling up. (looks a little ugly because the corners will still be discolored from being peeled in the first place.)
Ive thought about peeling the entire thing off, but not sure if it would have any negative effects.
Additionally, duct tape works wonders I hear...
I was sent a case from Poetic to review. After one full day of usage, here are my thoughts.
The case overall is very good as it serves its main purpose well, i.e. it protects the phone without adding bulk to it or prohibiting operation. It's made mostly of hard plastic material, which is rather glossy (but not slippery), with reinforced perimeter for better protection. There's especially extra protection in the corners, which is very nice as these are the most likely first points of impact in case of a drop, so reinforcing them makes sense. The implementation of this reinforcement is very nice as well as it doesn't look ugly or bulky.
My phone is the silver/aluminum one, and I have applied a tempered glass screen protector that covers almost the entire glass area in the front. This case covers the remaining of the bezel almost perfectly, and the front of the phone with it on looks completely black, except a tiny line of aluminium, barely visible in the photo (on top of the phone on right hand side, close to the corner).
The cutouts are all perfectly done, without messing with the operation in any way.
The sides of the phone have big textured diagonal lines that help with grip.
The buttons are very well aligned and they click very easily, just as well as without a case. They have separated the volume button into two separate ones for volume up/down, and I think it performs very well. What I would change is adding some texture on the power button, in much the same way as the original button is, so it's easier to identify without looking at it. This is especially important given that with the separation of the volume buttons, there are three almost equally sized buttons on the right hand side, amidst a whole side of textured plastic, so it's not easy to tell immediately what you are pressing with your finger without looking (or touching up and down a lot to make sure where exactly you are).
Regarding the back of the case: The whole area is quite busy, with a plethora of lines trying to impose a design element over the original one. There's an element of additional functionality as the lines stick out about 1mm or so, which means that most of the case and the phone itself avoids touching the area it sits on, which can be helpful at times (I can imagine that if a table is slightly wet, this separation is good). I would still prefer it more subtle.
Even if there's some excuse for the lines, there's no excuse for the total of three logos in the back, one of which is right on top of the Nexus logo. I personally value more function over looks, and even for looks, the back of the phone is less important than the front, so I'm not that bothered, but I can see why some people may be put off by this.
Overall the case is solid, does what it says on the tin, and I would recommend it. It would be even better if in a future iteration they make the back more discrete by simplifying the design and getting rid of most of the logos in the back. As said above, I am personally not that bothered by it so I would still give it five stars as I care more about its functional aspects.