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(Q) Screen touch test

Hi can someone here test if you see a red violet spot on screen when pressing a little harder in the bottom corner of the screen right above the search button. It only does it in that corner for me and not anywhere else. So I'm just wondering if this is normal.
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No noticeable color distortion when pressing the screen near the search button here.
Hope this helps!

Thank you. That really sucks for me. This is the 5th device I am going to return and this will be the last one...so many issues I can't believe it. BTW even if I press with my thumb right on the search button and press a little it show the color change mostly visible on white screen. Can you please try on the Google page or somthing with white background and press a little harder and hold it for 3 sec.
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The only way I could get the distorted color to appear was using a significant amount of pressure.

Mine does it too in that corner. Little **** like that bothers the hell out of me
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Nankov said:
Hi can someone here test if you see a red violet spot on screen when pressing a little harder in the bottom corner of the screen right above the search button. It only does it in that corner for me and not anywhere else. So I'm just wondering if this is normal.
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Mine doesn't do it until I press really hard... oh shi%$ I just pushed my finger all the way through the phone! Kidding....
But seriously, sounds like you need to take it back and swap for a new phone. It shouldn't be doing that.

Honestly, I can't imagine ever using that much pressure...I had to squeeze pretty hard. Are you guys seeing it under normal use?

@mj2508 Same here.. stuff like that bothers me that's why I want to know if it is every device that does this. If it is well maybe I can live with it, but if not its going right back to the store and I will never touch HTC again. I really like the phone otherwise but got way too many little issues with the build quality.
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In t retro, mine has black squiggles when I press really hard, no red or violet though.
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Well I don't really have to press very hard, just like a little hard and if you hold it you can see it more. But most visible on white background.
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Nankov said:
@mj2508 Same here.. stuff like that bothers me that's why I want to know if it is every device that does this. If it is well maybe I can live with it, but if not its going right back to the store and I will never touch HTC again. I really like the phone otherwise but got way too many little issues with the build quality.
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I know it's not what people want to hear, but you have to realize that the HTC Inspire 4G is the cheapest Android Smartphone EVER released, and the direction things are going are to make devices cheaper, and decrease build quality. This is the first of many new devices that'll come out like this.
Coming from iPhone, I noticed the volume and power rockers just aren't as firm, and the overall quality (ie the battery cover and the sim\msd cover) are just cheaply made. It was the same thing Blackberry did in 2009 when they went to a more plastic-based model line.
On the flipside, you can buy 2 for the same price as an iPhone, so you're really getting a good value.
Bottom line: You get what you pay for, and everyone was so shocked the no-commit price on the Inspire 4G was $399, now you know why.
But it's a great device!

bella92108 said:
I know it's not what people want to hear, but you have to realize that the HTC Inspire 4G is the cheapest Android Smartphone EVER released, and the direction things are going are to make devices cheaper, and decrease build quality. This is the first of many new devices that'll come out like this.
Coming from iPhone, I noticed the volume and power rockers just aren't as firm, and the overall quality (ie the battery cover and the sim\msd cover) are just cheaply made. It was the same thing Blackberry did in 2009 when they went to a more plastic-based model line.
On the flipside, you can buy 2 for the same price as an iPhone, so you're really getting a good value.
Bottom line: You get what you pay for, and everyone was so shocked the no-commit price on the Inspire 4G was $399, now you know why.
But it's a great device!
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You know who will be shocked, the sales man in the store when I return this thing for the 5th and last time. I mean I also like the phone but cheap quality just doesn't do it for me. They probably made the unibody metal so it will hide the cheap of this phone.
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Nankov said:
You know who will be shocked, the sales man in the store when I return this thing for the 5th and last time. I mean I also like the phone but cheap quality just doesn't do it for me. They probably made the unibody metal so it will hide the cheap of this phone.
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yeah, and unfortunately I think we'll see more and more like this. :-(

At a gdgt right now. Htc has a booth and the inspire does it too!!
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mj0528 said:
At a gdgt right now. Htc has a booth and the inspire does it too!!
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Ask HTC why their Sense dashboard website is down more than it's up.

mj0528 said:
At a gdgt right now. Htc has a booth and the inspire does it too!!
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How hard did you have to press?
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About the same as mine which is way more than one needs to be pressed.
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On mine is very easy to do. No need to mash your thumb or anything. It's just like the pressure you would use to press the power button on top.
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Tried again on google homepage, pressed normally and nothing. Pressed harder and nothing. Pressed really hard and I saw the ruby red blob. I'll never press that hard in normal use, ever.

No distortion here either. I mean, I pressed as hard as I would feel comfortable pressing on a lcd.
I can't imagine what problems the op had that necessitated going through four of these phones to get solved.
Try a Captivate sometime. STILL priced ~50-100 dollars MORE than an inspire, yet there are many, many people who are on their second or third captivate. I cut my losses on that one at #2.
Now THAT'S a ****ed up phone model.
Just because the the inspire is priced cheap doesn't mean its built cheap, or that because some people have problems, that its indicative of a cheap phone.
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check your bottom corners

On the bottom left of my phone I can push down and there's some give along with a click sound. Anybody else? My inspire did this too and I exchanged it.
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my two day old one x does this only in the lower right. I think this is mostly due to the design and will happen sooner or later, it did not the first day.

randyspants said:
my two day old one x does this only in the lower right. I think this is mostly due to the design and will happen sooner or later, it did not the first day.
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Yeah my bottom right does this as well... But the case covers it up
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Are all HTC phones like this? That bugged the crap out of me. Considering the hox
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So exchange or wait for it to get worse?
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gunnyman said:
So exchange or wait for it to get worse?
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Or just ignore it and enjoy your phone. Does it do it during normal use, or just after you pressed hard on the corners because the OP told you to?
If it moves and makes a noise every time you TOUCH your screen during normal use, I would say it's an issue. If you have to force it by pressing hard, I wouldn't worry about it. Basically did you notice it before the OP brought it up?

It's really not a big deal or even noticeable unless you actually look for an issue...plus the case covers it up...and if you are concerned about something like this, you ought to be using a case anyways, ha.

I'm the op . It was really bad on my inspire. Touching the menu button made the phone click. If they all do it I'm not going to worry about it
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gunnyman said:
So exchange or wait for it to get worse?
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If its annoying you then replace it, you just run the gamble of having some other issue that people are having. I personally think because of how hard I usually am to my phones and because I don't use a case this thing is going to be creaking and making all kinds of sounds in no time so I just wont care about it now.
Its like your first brand new car HAS to be perfect and you take it back for every rattle or squeak, by the 4th or 5th you think of it more as a tool that serves a function in your life and the squeaks and rattles don't take priority.

A brand new, freshly delivered, white hox and an equally new gray hox. Neither one has banding,.light bleed or squeaky corners. My squeaky inspire was horrible. And yesterday the volume rocker decided to fall off of the inspire as well.
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Lol I noticed this earlier and didn't think much of it. Definitely creaking. Not sure if worth an exchange tho.
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Welcome to XDA, where we probe our phones until we find a issue. Lol. Mine doesn't do it unless I go hulk on the corner, which I will never do under normal use. So it's fine to me.

No problems here
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Can't speak for the OP, but I think some people are intentionally looking for problems with the phone. i.e. doing things that wouldn't occur during normal operation, such as pushing down on the screen edges.
So far my phone hasn't had a single issue.

i dont push down hard on the buttons so i dont know

Mine has some give but no sound. Nothing i would've noticed if the op had never brought it up
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S8B said:
Can't speak for the OP, but I think some people are intentionally looking for problems with the phone. i.e. doing things that wouldn't occur during normal operation, such as pushing down on the screen edges.
So far my phone hasn't had a single issue.
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I looked for it on this phone because, like dust under the screen, it seems to follow HTC around from device to device.
I'm not one to freak out over little stuff like this, but I just wanted to get the info out there in case it wasn't an isolated incident/defect on MY device.

I'm having the same issue on the bottom left corner. It started to randomly make a clicking noise and then I found this topic. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one but I would rather have a perfect phone!!
I've also noticed the small gap in the lower left allows a little bit of light out so out looks like the seal isn't perfect, hence the clicking too I guess.
I would return it to HTC but after reading other people's posts, it's likely that I could just get another bad one.
Sigh. £400 and it still has issues.

The bottom left of my HTC One X has a little give but I dont think its anything major that should be taken very seriously

gunnyman said:
On the bottom left of my phone I can push down and there's some give along with a click sound. Anybody else? My inspire did this too and I exchanged it.
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Ballistic case FTW !
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stellar gps!

ok...ive had quite a few devices in the last few years...none have given me a lock at 42,000 feet inside a 737..
needless to say...im impressed.
pics...cuz it happened!
edit: i know theres not really anyway for me to prove it was at 42k feet...but i swear boys and girls! try it next time you fly!!
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ptesmoke said:
ok...ive had quite a few devices in the last few years...none have given me a lock at 42,000 feet inside a 737..
needless to say...im impressed.
pics...cuz it happened!
edit: i know theres not really anyway for me to prove it was at 42k feet...but i swear boys and girls! try it next time you fly!!
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How so you screen shot?
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rayacer said:
How so you screen shot?
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power then home button :-D
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ptesmoke said:
power then home button :-D
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Do I need to jailbreak first?
But for-riz-zal, how do you screen shot?
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rayacer said:
Do I need to jailbreak first?
But for-riz-zal, how do you screen shot?
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He already told you. Hold the power button while pressing the home button.

rayacer said:
Do I need to jailbreak first?
But for-riz-zal, how do you screen shot?
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Are you being serious? Did you even try to do what the OP told you? If that doesn't work try holding the power and volume down buttons. And no there is no such thing as a jailbreak for android devices.
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ptesmoke said:
ok...ive had quite a few devices in the last few years...none have given me a lock at 42,000 feet inside a 737..
needless to say...im impressed.
pics...cuz it happened!
edit: i know theres not really anyway for me to prove it was at 42k feet...but i swear boys and girls! try it next time you fly!!
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I was equally inmpressed when I ran one of my GPS programs. My last phone HTC Inspire 4G struggled to get 6 satellites and I was locking on 11 of 17 satellites on my HOX. Love it!

Been playing with GPS recently just to practice for an upcoming trip to the US mainland. Boy does routing suck in Honolulu, Hawaii. It's almost as if Google's navigation and Navigon have no clue that we have highways here.
GPS reception has been great though, locking in quickly and reliably.

thnx for the help guys...but lets get back on topic..the gps lock on this thing is unreal! im very impressed with its performance.
anyone else with great gps performance where others have failed?
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Yeah the GPS in this thing is pretty badass. The garman my brother uses is terrible.
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The GPS is great on this phone! The GPS works ten thousand times better than my captivate. I'm going to try the GPS on my fight to K.C. Also thanks on the screenshot thing! It took me a few times to figure it out.
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GPS is almost useless on mine. It looks up fast enough, outdoors...but its ability to hold an accurate location or track is almost non-existent.
Sitting putrefy still, phone on a flat unmoving surface, taking applications like My Tracks, Endomondo, etc., report me moving at speeds up to 8mph and the position indicator just meanders all over the map, sometimes jumping two or three city blocks.
Guessing I have defective hardware since none of the gps fixes housing around have helped.
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I was telling someone else about this about a week ago. I was comparing the GPS to my Galaxy Nexus. The GN had about 9-12 satellites in line of sight. Connected to about 8-9. The LTE One X had at the same spot 20-23 in line of sight. Connected to about 9-12. Accuracy was 12 feet with my GN and 9 feet with my LTE One X. The GN works great in the navigation part but what stood out was the amount of satellites the One X was able to see. It was almost 2X's the amount of my GN.
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distortedloop said:
GPS is almost useless on mine. It looks up fast enough, outdoors...but its ability to hold an accurate location or track is almost non-existent.
Sitting putrefy still, phone on a flat unmoving surface, taking applications like My Tracks, Endomondo, etc., report me moving at speeds up to 8mph and the position indicator just meanders all over the map, sometimes jumping two or three city blocks.
Guessing I have defective hardware since none of the gps fixes housing around have helped.
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Assuming that you have made sure the satellite gps is turned on that definitely sounds like a defective phone. I hope you can get a replacement with the hold on the phones in customs.

Mine works phenomenally well. Used it to calibrate the speedometer on the boat last weekend. Very fast connection, strong and accurate.
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I also noticed how well and accurate GPS works on this phone. It locks very fast on cold start and so far it locked for me inside buildings as well.
But unfortunately there is a down side - it kills battery.

I was also able to get a solid lock from 35,000 feet inside of a plane heading from Vegas to Kansas City. Pretty cool watching that little arrow cruise across the country

One of the first features I checked after upgrading from my captivate. Giddy
3-4m lock in 2 seconds outdoors. 5-7m lock in 2 seconds inside moving car with accurate nav!
GPS is very useable asset now!
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How do you put screen shots on the internet? Do I need a scanner?
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Does anyone leave GPS on all the time? significant battery drain or no?

Ok then lets see a ss of your settings so i can try them on my cappy or at least compare them.
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Recessed Power Button

Alright, I've gotten one solid response from a user, but I want more responses from others, if they can.
I just came from the Inspire forums, where I developed and everything, but one thing that bothered me about the Inspire was the terrible build quality (Especially the power button), where the power button would become recessed into the housing, making it hard to press.
My question for everyone here, has your power button begun to recess into the One X housing? How often do you use your phone?

Build quality issues are truly a thing of the past on this phone.

Mine is good.

Mine hasn't done that at all.
Maybe its defective
Edit: My power button has become less clicky since this post.
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Wait is the power button supposed to be clicky?
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Nope. Still as good as the day I got it.
I wish it wasn't so tapered to the phone though, and that it was a little more out like the Gnex.
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TheNightHawk223 said:
Wait is the power button supposed to be clicky?
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I've never seen them clicky on any of the One X's I've had.
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My power button has begun to sink in. Its really annoying. Going to BestBuy this weekend to exchange the phone.

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My power button has begun to sink in. Its really annoying. Going to BestBuy this weekend to exchange the phone.
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Just because of the power button? What if you get a phone with any number of other more serious problems people are having? There are a lot of quality control issues with this phone.
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I've never seen them clicky on any of the One X's I've had.
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Whew thought it might of been a defect that it didn't click.
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Just because of the power button? What if you get a phone with any number of other more serious problems people are having? There are a lot of quality control issues with this phone.
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Yes "just because of the button", if I can't turn on my phone, it's a problem. Why pay insurance if I'm not going to use it?
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Whew thought it might of been a defect.
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Mine never really clicked, but now it's damn near impossible to turn on without looking at the phone
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Mine works fine. Still clickable.
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Mine has started to recess. To the point where i have to hit it on the right end so it unlocks the phone. Its a major pain in the ass. i have straighttalk so i might have to take it somewhere to get fixed or google on how to do it myself. This is the only complaint I have about this phone

Mine works like a charm. Maybe you're pressing it too hard?

I must have pressed the power button a bagillion times when I was in boot loop. Still works well at this point.
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I use my phone damn heavily and I've got no issues with my power button. I would like it to be farther out to begin with, but it hasn't deteriorated at all from its original state. I have used a case since about a week after i got the phone though.

I just got the Incipio Silicrylic case, and from what I can tell, the power button hasn't changed. Sometimes I hit it, and don't realize I hit the button, but the screen turns on. But most of the time I can feel the succinct click, and know I hit it.

Not supposed to "hit" buttons. Press and caress. Sorry off topic
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Gonna open it up today with a safe pry tool and try and see if i can fix it. Will update later how it goes.

Ebay TPU case S Line

Hey guys,
This is the first case I got for the N4. For its price and at the time you couldnt beat it. It was a great option and it def helped me while other companies were still developing their products
Here is the video!
http://youtu.be/_ruYz8fLLig

i have this one too, i like it except it makes the power button a little hard to press

I have S Line case. Its ok but power button is ard to press. I prefer this http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=360535014154 ppwer button works better and it feels better as well.
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wazka2 said:
I have S Line case. Its ok but power button is ard to press. I prefer this http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=360535014154 ppwer button works better and it feels better as well.
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Nice!
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Correct. That power button can get a little annoying ..with use it gets better but not close to perfect at all
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This is the first phone cover I've ever had and I think it works quite well.

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This is the first phone cover I've ever had and I think it works quite well.
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It does.
At the moment when i got it..nothing was out there yet.. however I believe that now the options are getting better and better . But still for 7 bucks you cant go wrong!

It does.
At the moment when i got it..nothing was out there yet.. however I believe that now the options are getting better and better . But still for 7 bucks you cant go wrong!
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$7? Oh man, I got 2 for $5

impruv said:
$7? Oh man, I got 2 for $5
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i got mine for $1.93!

If you have issues with the power button, just use a knife and cut the two long sides of the button on the case and that should fix it. It feels great right now and clicks well

qpqpqp said:
i got mine for $1.93!
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Shoot that's an awesome deal
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