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[Q] Is Sensation LED Indicator significantly visible at angles?

This feature will add up to wanting me buy sensation, aside from dust proof, and touch responsiveness issues (hope its software related not grounding stuff):
knowing that LED indicator is behind earpiece grill, can someone describe the visibility:
* looking straight on the phone?
* looking at 45 angle at 2 meter distance from different sides of the phone?

Straight at the phone u can see it, at 45, a half of the flash? Well, it's okay...
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chchang1 said:
Straight at the phone u can see it, at 45, a half of the flash? Well, it's okay...
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It's noticeable to me! That was a feature which is missing on the G2x that drove me crazy every "smartphone" should have a notification light!

Thanks a lot, LED visibility should be no issue now for me.
I will keep an eye on dust entering beneath the screen and swipe not responsive issue..
I wonder if dust already there since phone was bought or dust can enter..?
The latter is worst, it is a screen sealed issue..

liaobp1983 said:
Thanks a lot, LED visibility should be no issue now for me.
I will keep an eye on dust entering beneath the screen and swipe not responsive issue..
I wonder if dust already there since phone was bought or dust can enter..?
The latter is worst, it is a screen sealed issue..
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There is no dust under my screen. There is no way that dust can enter screen after purchase so those who have dust under screen must of bought a bad phone.

Back cover

Hi I just to ask if its normal for the sensation to have a gap or shall I say movement between the back cover and the screen every time you press them together specially on the lower right corner of the screen. Mine has this movement and everytime I touch the search button on the lower right of the screen I can hear a bit of squeeking. Is it normal?
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Mine does have a bit of squeeking from the case but its quite hard to notice. Nothing when I touch the search button tho.
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When I got mine, it only has creaking in the bottom right corner. Now it's all over the right side
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No it's not normal. The fit should be tight.

Gunkk said:
No it's not normal. The fit should be tight.
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This is my second sensation the first one has the same issue with the back cover. I wonder how can we avoid this.
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Mine moves (barely) along the entire right side as well with no noise. I think this is just due to the lack of hard support between the phone and the back cover. it would be nice if someone found a fix for this somehow.

mine on the home button.. just 4days old with me.. maybe some paper will do if we stuck it in between?

Screen.

I noticed today that in the very top on my screen I have a very tiny like 2mm line of black that no matter whats on the screen never changes. Do you think it is a small speck of dust or small bit of screen damage?
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Dust underneath screen - panel manufacturer poll

Hi guys, this thread is for all users that have dust underneath screen problem with Sensations.
We all know that our Sensation's screen is made by Sharp or AUO. In addition, it is obvious that dust problem is real.
I just bought the phone and I really want to find out is there a connection between panel type and dust problem (so we can avoid it if possible).
Since the threads above contain a lot of uncategorised data, I decided to open new thread with a poll to get more info.
My guess that problem occurs when glue breaks and sucks in (because of vacuum) the dust captured by battery cover...
To find out which panel you have:
Use terminal emulator (free from the market) and run the command dmesg (root is not needed). It will output a lot of data.
Look for this line and report it (the numbers might not be the same): [9178.895111] Panel Type = PANEL_ID_PYD_??????
(if you can't find it, you can long press on the output in terminal emulator copy all and then paste it into an email and send it to yourself. Then do a search with "panel" as keyword).
To find out is there some dust under your screen, look closer while on max brightness or under direct light (sun, preferraby).
Thanks.

Voted. Sorry, poll does not appear from xda app. Voted from browser.
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Then vote in poll...

Thanks for making this poll!
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I wish you would have include no dust aou, and no dust sharp options. I have a sharp and no dust, but I can't vote.

I can't edit poll, only mods can...
Although it is a good idea, i don't know if relevant data would be collected over time if 2 answers would be added (no dust - panel), eg. now you don't have any dust (and voted no), and if after 2 months you "develop" dust you could come back here and vote yes...see the issue?

Yes I see, but my phone is 5 months old, but I guess it could still happen. I just wish we knew the total number of sensation owners on xda vs. How many have dust issues.
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Well, although it is too early too tell, but judging by results so far, it may be that digitizer implementation is culprit here... :/
It would be nice to know who assembles it, panel manufacturers or HTC... ?

I'm not sure how to vote on this. Truth is I have had dust on both types of screens. 4th replacement due to dust is on its way. All 4 exchanges were due to dust entering the screen.

I have an AUO screen, and here is the picture of the dust under the screen.
i have a picture of my screen with dust available { ***.imagebam. com / image /f4941c173425172 }
All those having dusts, is it located at the same position on yours ?

I've just noticed some dust...AUO screen...
But I don't mind really since I see it only on strong outside light and only if I look really close...
I'll wait some time to see how it develops and get replacement then...

i have dust, and i have AOU screen

Going on 8 months, still no dust under my sharp panel.
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I had a sharp originally that I got on launch day it had dust. Got a brand new sealed in the box AUO panel, it also got dust. It isn't the panel, its the gap around the screen between the screen and bezel. Only way to ensure you never get dust is the silcon deal.
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I just got my Sensation 4G back from HTC yesterday. I sent it in because of a pretty bad case of dust under the screen, a broken exterior physicical Volume rocker, and the fact that every call I made or received people would say they could not hear me. I had the AOU screen.

Is it possible to remove the dust thats already there? I have 2 large dustspecs on each side on the middle of the screen. Can i crack up, clean screen and reseal it?
Bothers the **** out of me. Would do the silicone if i didnt buy my phone used
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AUO screen and a lot of dust under it!

Small amount of dust, Sharp screen. It oddly doesn't seem to be getting worse though, which is why I am in no rush to send it to HTC.
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AUO screen
I purchased my HTC Sen 4G from TMO less than a month ago and now have dust under my screen. I ran the terminal emulator and found my display was manufactured by AUO (FYI this information is near the top of the printout NOT the bottom or middle took me a while to find it, hope this helps someone else). This is very disappointing. I love my Sen and hate that there is a design flaw. I am concerned that it is only going to get worse with time. I will keep this phone for at least the next two years so I want it in tip top shape at the beginning so I can keep it that way. I still have my MT3G and it is in mint condition.

Freaking fantastic. I just got dust underneath my screen from both sides. Sharp screen.

Recessed front camera?

Hey guys, I had a question about the front camera on the One X.
I have mine, and it seems that the camera & glass is recessed inside of the casing about 2mm. I was wondering if it's supposed to be this way or not? Its quite a deep recess, its impossible for me to clean dust off the lens without using something like a toothpick because it is so deep and small. So I'm just wondering if this is normal or not. Thanks

Normal. Mine is the same way.
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Ddot196 said:
Normal. Mine is the same way.
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Confirmed, same here.

Okay thanks, just had to make sure. Seems kind of strange since it makes it very difficult to clean

Lol I didn't wanna sound like a tweaker
But I tried cleaning it and it sucks

It's a bad design element for sure. I use what looks like a little makeup application brush to dust it out.

Yup. Only part of my phone that doesn't look brand new...
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roltzje said:
Okay thanks, just had to make sure. Seems kind of strange since it makes it very difficult to clean
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I think the point of it being recessed is so you DON'T have to clean it. Usually you get finger prints all over the lens and grease because most cameras are flush with the front....with this deisgn, the lens avoids that

You could always spray some computer cleaner/compressed air in there
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I use a Qtip...
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Mine has been away for repair. I never noticed before, but although mine is recessed there appears to be nothing protecting the camera module. If I look from the side there is a small gap to the inside of the housing. Is this right?? I suspect the repair centre has screwed up and forgotten to put something in there. If I shoved something in there to clean it I would basically be cleaning the tiny lens of the camera.
Can anyone post a picture of what it's supposed to look like as I have nothing for comparison.
Also they (Regenesis) have left a gap in the seal between the top of the LCD panel and the bezel AND the original fault of a stuck pixel is fixed only to the extent that there is another stuck pixel elsewhere.
Am I within my rights to demand a brand new unit from HTC? I think it's unacceptable to be messed around like this, bearing in mind the expense of the unit. I also totally distrust the capabilities of Regenesis, based on this and my experience sending an HTC Sensation away for repair last year.