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HTC desire s design.

When holding the desire s. My hands get sweaty especially when holding the bit at the back where the aliminium is . Does anyone experience this or is it just me? This is the only phone were this happens to me lol. I think I've got a reaction to aluminium lol
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sayeed91 said:
When holding the desire s. My hands get sweaty especially when holding the bit at the back where the aliminium is . Does anyone experience this or is it just me? This is the only phone were this happens to me lol. I think I've got a reaction to aluminium lol
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LOL, Do you have furry palms?
the devices do tend to generate a reasonable amount of heat while being operated so this isn't all together surprising...what country do you live in, whats the normal temperature there?

The UK. Its generally cold here. It's strange as soon as I touch it the tips of my finger gets sweaty
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sayeed91 said:
The UK. Its generally cold here. It's strange as soon as I touch it the tips of my finger gets sweaty
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UK - it certainly is, do you have a black or silver unit?
Although either way I'm sure that they both have paint cover over the metal uni-body?

Sure it isn't the fact the Desire S is so desirable, your sweating over its sexiness? ;-)

zeekiz said:
Sure it isn't the fact the Desire S is so desirable, your sweating over its sexiness? ;-)
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Lol, I think that you've hit the nail on the head - it sure is a sexy bit of kit

use a case, maybe it helps... I'm living in a all year summer country but don't have any sweat to my phone

I think that the satin black finish on mine seems to accentuate even the slightest fingerprint, but it does look nice!

Never faced the sweat issue although I'm in India. Felt it very slippery when using with one hand. Bought a Casemate barely there case and it is now very nice to hold in one hand.
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gr8guzzler said:
Never faced the sweat issue although I'm in India. Felt it very slippery when using with one hand. Bought a Casemate barely there case and it is now very nice to hold in one hand.
I would get a case but the wifi and signal get reduced. Also I know its sexy lol. But I've held many other phones and never thus problem so weird
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Htc desire design
I must say I like the looks of this phone very much, but after having dropped it (fortunately on soft surfaces) a couple of times, I decided to sacrifice beauty for safety and got a hard case called "casemate". Believe me it's definetly worth. It is reasonably thin, covers the corners and has a rubbery texture that gives good grip.
on the downside, of course you wan't be seeing the sexy logo on the back anymore...

Doesn't it degrade your wifi and phone signal? I have a casemate
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I definetly is better than holding the phone by it's metal parts. I've tried, with relative success (maybe it's just my impression) using reverse landscape (capacitive keys to the left), like this I can hold the phone without toucing any metal parts. Check it out and see if it works for you.
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I've tried it it does work. Buy I don't want to lose wifi or signal
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Bad Design
When I put desire s in my pocket of my Jeans pant and ride bike. I always see power off. The bad design is battery cover and power button at top

sayeed91 said:
When holding the desire s. My hands get sweaty especially when holding the bit at the back where the aliminium is . Does anyone experience this or is it just me? This is the only phone were this happens to me lol. I think I've got a reaction to aluminium lol
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no sweating here either. maybe you should try changing hands during long calls

gr8guzzler said:
Never faced the sweat issue although I'm in India. Felt it very slippery when using with one hand. Bought a Casemate barely there case and it is now very nice to hold in one hand.
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agreed, the case mate is a great case, gives the phone much needed grip for the sweaty palmed amonst us

sayeed91 said:
I've tried it it does work. Buy I don't want to lose wifi or signal
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i dont think the case will degrade wifi signal(not sure though) but it will degrade your GPS signal a lot
my device never got slippery & i live in India ,its ultra hot here even in winter

That's pretty ok. In singapore, after playing a gameloft game, my screen and the whole phone gets covered in dried sweat.
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Stop spamming, if your doing this to get enough posts for Dev , I'll personally report you to mod, there are rules for a reason
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Cracked screen putting in the battery!

My wife was changing the battery on her sensation and didn't get it all the way in. When she was putting the back case on the pressure caused the screen to crack! I admit it is dissapointing that this happened with such little force. My theory is that without the back cover the screen has very little support... Anyways I just thought I would put that out there into the sensation knowledgebase so people hopefully can avoid this mistake. I have never seen a phone this vulnerable to changing a battery!
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I thought it was pretty obvious that the back cover isn't only a cover but the actual frame that accounted for the majority of the structural integrity of the device.

I just think its a shame that you can crack the screen by changing the battery.... My wife and I have had a total of 7 different android phones and I have never seen one that was vulnerable to changing a battery! Just thought people should know to be MORE careful with this particular phone because of the design.
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Thanks for sharing, I would've never thought that could be a possibility. Terrible!
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Sorry to hear about your wife's phone. Thanks for sharing the information.

Thanks for the info! Sorry to hear that but i believe only a woman could manage to do it ! Just kidding! Thanks again!

I was thinking the same thing! At least the guys with women in there lives will be able to worn them
leftheodo said:
Thanks for the info! Sorry to hear that but i believe only a woman could manage to do it ! Just kidding! Thanks again!
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she must have some power she doesnt know about? cuz i installed my zagg shield while the back cover was off and pressed DAMN hard on my screen with the squeegee to get the liquid out

Dust underneath screen

So i have been noticing some dust underneath my screen and its fairly new, so is anyone experiencing dust underneath their screen, and is there a way to stop it
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wiswis said:
So i have been noticing some dust underneath my screen and its fairly new, so is anyone experiencing dust underneath their screen, and is there a way to stop it
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Welcome to the world which is HTC. Every HTC phone i have owned had this issue. G1, G2, Slide 3G, and now Slide 4G. You get use to it.
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Undeadk9 said:
Welcome to the world which is HTC. Every HTC phone i have owned had this issue. G1, G2, Slide 3G, and now Slide 4G. You get use to it.
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Thanx i thought my phone was defective, is there anyway to STOP it
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I am having this issue as well. I am going to call Tmo to exchange it.

I don't think that will fix the problem. Your replacement will most likely get the same results

It wont solve the issue. I went thru 7 G2s all with dust under the screen. Im telling you you will get use to it. HTC qc sucks ass.
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I was thinking about doing it until the limited warranty ends

I've heard of people complaining about this "issue" a lot now, but I've never experienced it. I've had an HTC DREAM (ADP1), HTC VISION, and now my GF has an HTC DOUBLESHOT. There has never been an issue with dust under the screen. I would suggest that it may, therefore, be related to EXPOSURE to dust. Possibly related to how you protect the phone. Do you keep your phone in a clean pouch? Or do you drop it in your pocket along with whatever other cruft you may be walking around with? Do you work in a particularly dusty environment?
In any case, the issue would be that the digitizer sits above the LCD. The only place where dust could conceivably get to that would be visible as "under the screen" is between the digitizer and the LCD. You should be able to disassemble the phone and wipe it out (after warranty expires). Until then, use warranty, and then protect the phone from dust.

I've never had issues with dust under my screen, but then again I've always kept my phones in a G1 pouch
http://www.amazon.com/T-Mobile-HTC-Google-Phone-Pocket/dp/B001OOEQJ2
The only time I've had an issue was when I took apart my MyTouch 3G slide and touched underneath the screen and got prints all over it and put it back together without realizing it, so that was entirely my fault..

No dust for me. Have my phone on me 24/7 in an extremely dusty environment. I am a powder coater
I am usually covered head to toe, with powdercoat and metal dust. Kept loose in my pocket and I use it 3-4times an hour to check the time.
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Never had any dust in mine either, but I pouch mine like RazoE and take absurdly good care of it. Used to have a G1 that I bought used and it never had any dust either.
The earpiece on this phone is kinda big; perhaps dust is making its way in from there?

FIX3000 said:
Never had any dust in mine either, but I pouch mine like RazoE and take absurdly good care of it. Used to have a G1 that I bought used and it never had any dust either.
The earpiece on this phone is kinda big; perhaps dust is making its way in from there?
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That's a good theory
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Yep. I am on my second one and both had it in the lower left corner. In addition, the glass creaks in that corner. I'm getting tired of this phone quickly...
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wiswis said:
That's a good theory
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Thanks!
Upon further inspection, it seems this might actually be the port of entry; see attached photo.
The glowing blueish area in the red rectangle is the LCD, pretty much open to whatever can make its way in, i.e. dust. There is another opening similar to this further down the track between the screen and keyboard and you can see it pretty well if the screen is lit up.

FIX3000 said:
Thanks!
Upon further inspection, it seems this might actually be the port of entry; see attached photo.
The glowing blueish area in the red rectangle is the LCD, pretty much open to whatever can make its way in, i.e. dust. There is another opening similar to this further down the track between the screen and keyboard and you can see it pretty well if the screen is lit up.
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Oh sh*t, i never noticed that before. HTC QC Sucks a*s. Wow. Samsung here i come. LOL
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Had this happen to some glaciers and not to others. Call tmo for warranty.
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I will probably try to seal that opening. The dust under my screen is also coming from the lower left corner

Are u serios ur gon to saqmsung because ur a really good developeer that i woud miss
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wiswis said:
Are you serious? You're going to samsung? Because you're a really good developer that i woud miss.
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I bought a couple of used vibrants because I was pissed about dust under screen. It's a chronic problem for HTC.
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Aw, come on man! You said yourself that you just get used to it after a while. It can't be that bad, right?
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Killed my Sensation! :(

Went to party, drank too much, blacked out, woke up with wet phone.
Yeah it got WET from YOU KNOW WHAT while I was passed out and it was in my pocket!

pardon my giggles

You urinated your pants and broke your phone?
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Haha feel free to giggle all you want, I did.
**** HAPPENS

Lol..u made my day
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just be happy you didn't wake up with a wet ass......
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FiddleGoose said:
Haha feel free to giggle all you want, I did.
**** HAPPENS
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It wasn't **** in this case.
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I think we should vote this up to the front page to show what heavy partying can do to an expensive smartphone

Haha don't feel too bad. My friend melted his sensation by leaving the torch app on with high brightness. It melted the back, wifi chip and by chip.
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Bad luck
You know, last summer I was able to get back to life my HD2 after it spent a night out under the rain in Thailand!
When I came back home 2 weeks later, I gave it to a technician (a brilliant one, I need to say!), a colleague of mine.
He put it in a glass of alcohol overnight, then he cleaned everything, then he reset the MICROP (whatever this thing could mean ), and I had had my HD2 back the next evening

Thread closed....

Omg omg omg

Wtf have I done noooooo smashing ain't it lmfao
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What happened? Some Apple fan boys attacked You?

or did some bricks attacked it?

Looks like a back pocket sit down.

Damn, pretty cheap for a digitizer though, and pretty easy to fit. I did mine myself, and its working fine.

Fell out me poket onto the floor :'( still working tho screen protector holding it in place till I can get it fixed, but as u can emagin am really deviated about it its my pried and joy best phone I have owned, on the plus side local shop guna fix it for £35 don't wana take thr chance doing it my self
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That's crazy, I've dropped my phone plenty of times. Not a single scratch on the screen. Lol

Don't forget to hoover the dust out while you have the window open!

boomboomer said:
Don't forget to hoover the dust out while you have the window open!
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that was one of the first things that came to my head least i can get rid of that anoying dust behind my screen
now were is that thread with the part numbers for the screen

wait, you have dust behind the screen? :-o

Yeah between the digitizer and LCD :-o comon fault I been told lol
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Jeeze, I hope you have insurance.

sicclude said:
That's crazy, I've dropped my phone plenty of times. Not a single scratch on the screen. Lol
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Same here today I dropped it my kitten and that's on marble and it was around 3 feet high and nothing happened
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Shery4life said:
Same here today I dropped it my kitten and that's on marble and it was around 3 feet high and nothing happened
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Was alcohol involved? ROFL

Shery4life said:
Same here today I dropped it my kitten and that's on marble and it was around 3 feet high and nothing happened
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You dropped your kitten on marble floor? oh, what a cruel world we live in. Good to hear he is ok.
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tinky1 said:
You dropped your kitten on marble floor? oh, what a cruel world we live in. Good to hear he is ok.
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It's okay, cats land on their feet - it's only toast and phones that land the wrong way up.

boroboy69r said:
Yeah between the digitizer and LCD :-o comon fault I been told lol
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Yes I had dust behind my screen too, it was like a 'jet' of dust, a spray of it, starting at the left hand side and getting wider as it went about 1cm across my screen. Luckily it happened in the first week of my contract so Orange swapped it for me. I've heard HTC will sort it free of charge too though. No problems with the current one so far. But read a lot of people had a similar problem.

I have a few specks of dust under mine, guess I never checked it well enough when i changed my digitiser. I will just pop it off again sometime and clean it.
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thats strange mine was on the left handside to thin at first then got wider
well got all the prices from my local shops to fix it and they went from £50 upto £100 then i remember i have instrance through my bank for such a thing as acidental damage and they only going to charge me £30 excess but lose my phone for a week on the plus side will probs just get a refurbished one as everyone in the shops i asked all said that there is no garantee it will work prooplerly again.