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A button/switch at the backside of fuze, below the battery.

Hello all,
As I have searched lot, but couldn't find the answer for my query so had to create a thread here.
Query is : What is that button/switch at the backside of fuze, below battery. I remember when I had official ROM on my fuze, the phone was vibrating whenever I open the backdoor but not 100% sure. So I think this button/switch is playing the roll.
If anyone using official ROM by at&t on fuze, please confirm me that this button/switch makes the vibrate. I'm using my own made ROM but phone doesn't vibrate. May be missing something.....
I have attached a snap shot of the device pointing to the button.
Thanks...
Best Regards

There seems to be a lump on the inside of the back of the phone which lines up with the switch, seems to be some sort of sensor for the back panel. My phone doesn't do anything when you take the back off though.

trundlenut said:
There seems to be a lump on the inside of the back of the phone which lines up with the switch, seems to be some sort of sensor for the back panel. My phone doesn't do anything when you take the back off though.
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hmm,
But I remembered, the phone vibrated when I putout the backcover. It happened 2 3 times.
That time I was using at&t official ROM for fuze....

Every time I push mine is says, "That was Easy!"

It's a mechanism that keeps the back cover on. When you slide the cover off with enough pressure, it will release the cover. Look on the cover, it has a bump on it. I bet if you shave that bump off, the cover will not lock into place.

mistadj16 is right, I think this same mechanism exist in my Kaiser, I remember seeing this when I open e housing

mistadj16 said:
It's a mechanism that keeps the back cover on. When you slide the cover off with enough pressure, it will release the cover. Look on the cover, it has a bump on it. I bet if you shave that bump off, the cover will not lock into place.
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So you mean that is just to lock the backdoor and not a switch.
I think same

How do you get the back off these things?

It can't be just me. The back of these phones are ridiculous to remove. Have you found any tips or tricks to remove your cover without breaking a nail?
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Use a penny

Just pry it off, it wont break i promise

I stick my thumbnail in the slot at the top and slide it over to the edge away from the power switch and down the other side till it pops off.

Robertus said:
I stick my thumbnail in the slot at the top and slide it over to the edge away from the power switch and down the other side till it pops off.
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I use the exact same method, its really not hard at all......unless you cut/bite your nails very short

Robertus said:
I stick my thumbnail in the slot at the top and slide it over to the edge away from the power switch and down the other side till it pops off.
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This.
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twistedx17 said:
Use a penny
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Use this only as a last resort. I did it, and it chipped away a small piece of the cover.
I've got the shortest nails you can possibly find (meh, I'm a biter. Sue me.), but I can still get a nail in there just barely. Then I just push/pull/pray, and then once the cover comes off, I admire my nail which is now slightly further away from my finger.
HTC really screwed up with the battery cover on the Thunderbolt. x_x

sc4fpse said:
Use this only as a last resort. I did it, and it chipped away a small piece of the cover.
I've got the shortest nails you can possibly find (meh, I'm a biter. Sue me.), but I can still get a nail in there just barely. Then I just push/pull/pray, and then once the cover comes off, I admire my nail which is now slightly further away from my finger.
HTC really screwed up with the battery cover on the Thunderbolt. x_x
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I would say they screwed up on the software that causes the battery to drain, then you wouldn't have too much reason to open the door anyway.
I love that its this hard to get off, every other phone I've ever had was too easy to come off.....
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CROWBAR!!!!
just kidding!
I use middle finger on the tab then after it starts to lift up I slide my index finger nail in there as well.
HTC definitely makes some PIA backs. Wondering with all the battery swapping if I need to buy an extra to have on hand. Anyone break their's yet?

htc sensation back casing defect

Does anyone have this slight problem? When pressing down at the bottom of the phone near the search symbol you hear a cracking sound? It looks like there is loose space.. hard to explain but it is annoying me, good enough reason to go back tmobile store and get a new replacement?

i have slight movement in that corner, makes a creek slightly but not a crack.

I also have this on my current phone. Mine is bad and with a couple of other issue I have a replacement coming today. My worry is the problem is with the back cover and if they send the warranty replacement without the back cover it will not fix the issue.
However if I get a perfect device and this is the only issue I might try to put something in the case to fill or tighten up this area and I can live with that.

I have similar issue. I just don't feel it solid.
If I push at any side of the phone, I will hear the light cracking sound.

I put some tape on the cover. No more creaking

pictures?
I get annoyed when I press the touch button, I hear the creaking noise.
damn.
idavid_ said:
I put some tape on the cover. No more creaking
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The creaking on my Sensation is more towards the middle-right. Really annoying.

Got my thoughts and results on the issue here:
http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/HTC-Sensation/The-creak/td-p/815521

wow another problem i dont have

I didn't at the start to be honest, just one day when I went to the local Voda store to get a new sim and I started feeling it, either way gone with the new back, or gone with the old back and lots of sticky labels.
Will be nice to have a scratch free back up down the line I guess.

there's a thread about that here somewhere. my first one had it, my current one doesn't

I had a cracking sound near the corner. However, I removed the cover and put it back on and it's dead silent. There is still some movement possible but no sound anymore. The phone I currently have is quite good only there is a scratch on the back of my screen so I have to return it. I really hope I get a good phone back.

henrik.dk said:
pictures?
I get annoyed when I press the touch button, I hear the creaking noise.
damn.
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Here are the pictures. Very simple, just put several layers of tape where the creaking is.
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I did the same. Fixed it
Weird thing was I never had this problem when i got the phone...

I'm just going back to the t-mobile store and exchange it for a new one.. i wonder if they would give me a new one right off the bat~

my previous unit had the same issue, and i hated it. i returend it prompltly and my current one is perfect, nice & tight.

I went to the store today, They just exchanged my back cover and its working perfectly now =)

great to know. I will ask the store to have it changed.

xuni89 said:
Does anyone have this slight problem? When pressing down at the bottom of the phone near the search symbol you hear a cracking sound? It looks like there is loose space.. hard to explain but it is annoying me, good enough reason to go back tmobile store and get a new replacement?
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You could give the place where your phone has been assembled, it could help identifying possible faulty batches.
f.

I added a couple of small pieces of thin foam tape inside the case near the bottom corners. Snug as a bug, and no more creaking

Beware! physical damage to the phone due to the back plastic

Well im having rogers ship me a new phone (i only got the phone last friday, so not even a week yet) because the phone is unable to detect any sim cards. I dont know what the exact cause of the problem is but im pretty sure it has something to do with me opening the back case and pressing it back in too hard. Or maybe i short circuited the metal of the sim card holder some how when i was doing rom reboots
In all honesty, the design of the back panel is completely stupid and really cheap. The plastic is super flimsy and garbage. Plus the way you have to snap it back into the phone requires some pressure that could easily damage the phone.
Just be careful when you guys are touching around that simcard metal area. Any static electric shock could potentially cause you to end up with a expensive brick.

Ummm why do you need to put pressure on the middle area of the phone?
Whenever I place the back cover back on, I just start from the bottom of the phone and make sure that its in and then go around the phone clockwise and clip in the rest of the phone edges and thats it. Never have to touch the centre of the phone.

Max Sterling said:
Ummm why do you need to put pressure on the middle area of the phone?
Whenever I place the back cover back on, I just start from the bottom of the phone and make sure that its in and then go around the phone clockwise and clip in the rest of the phone edges and thats it. Never have to touch the centre of the phone.
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This is what I also do when I need to put the cover back on.

I didn't press the middle when I was putting back the rear panel but I think I might have touched that metal sim bracket and maybe that's what caused it to short circuit.
Just becarful when handling with no rear panel. Also while charging the phone and trying to get a gps lock, the area behind and around the simcard gets really hot. My stats widget says 53c and that also might have caused this weird short circuit... I I don't know

You're doing it wrong.

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badhobz said:
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In all honesty, the design of the back panel is completely stupid and really cheap. The plastic is super flimsy and garbage. Plus the way you have to snap it back into the phone requires some pressure that could easily damage the phone.
Just be careful when you guys are touching around that simcard metal area. Any static electric shock could potentially cause you to end up with a expensive brick.
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Static shock is a potential problem with any electronic device.
I don't think the cover had anything to do with it.

Mine is on and off all the time, 5-10 times a day at times when I'm testing different things. Never had a problem like this.

Actually the back is pretty durable for the amount of times I've torn it off in a hissy fit...plus I love the texture. I'm always afraid I'm going to snap it in half but it can take alot of bending. It's amazingly flexible for plastic. But you never press the middle...slide your finger along the sides only till it all snaps in.

+1 for that. I slide my fingers on the sides to push it in
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No offense but why is this not locked? How can you brick your phone cause you take the back off the WRONG way?
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I wouldn't call what he did "bricking". Bricking is usually caused by an upgrade gone wrong. He supposedly did damage to his hardware by pushing on the center too hard....and it's worth knowing about.

MikeyFTL said:
I'm always afraid I'm going to snap it in half but it can take alot of bending.
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i think there was a demo by samsung where a rep actually folded it in half and it was fine

MikeyFTL said:
I wouldn't call what he did "bricking". Bricking is usually caused by an upgrade gone wrong. He supposedly did damage to his hardware by pushing on the center too hard....and it's worth knowing about.
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I know he didnt brick it, I'm just goin on what he referred his problem to. Info that anybody should have known
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The back panel is seriously the only thing I dislike about this phone -_-
Why did it have to downgrade from the Captivates nice hard back panel!

in retrospect i think i might have bricked the phone by doing a bad flash instead of it being a physical problem. Im pretty sure somewhere along the way i must have deleted the EFS files when i was trying to get rid of the root and restoring it back to original firmware. I did some research and the problems im having with the no carrier/no imei/ is related to EFS being deleted.
I just dont know how to get it back now.
Also if i send the phone in for warranty and they find out that the EFS is deleted, would they consider that my fault? Luckily the replacement phone i got torched itself (screen burnt out in like 1 hour) so they are replacing that for the galaxy S II but i still have to send the original one back.

you obviously did something wrong. I've had some crazy electronics hooked up to my SIM and other parts of my device. I keep wires soldered onto the mainboard which lead out of the device for direct communication with the processor. I have never run into a single problem.
You did something stupid with your sim card. It does not damage easily even when you're playing with the ciruits all the time. I know this because I do play with the circuits all the time.

DANIEL133337 said:
The back panel is seriously the only thing I dislike about this phone -_-
Why did it have to downgrade from the Captivates nice hard back panel!
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Maybe to save some money, and to reduce phone weight.

SIM Tray Not Flush

I've just noticed that my SIM Tray isn't flush with the device, it dips in slightly where the the pin hole is, and I can feel a ridge if I run my finger over it.
Is this normal? Does yours do this?
I'm not sure if I'd bother RMAing it for something like this, but small imperfections annoy me!

7ewis said:
I've just noticed that my SIM Tray isn't flush with the device, it dips in slightly where the the pin hole is, and I can feel a ridge if I run my finger over it.
Is this normal? Does yours do this?
I'm not sure if I'd bother RMAing it for something like this, but small imperfections annoy me!
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My SIM tray dips in as well. It is a tiny bit recessed into the phone, I have no problem with it.

7ewis said:
I've just noticed that my SIM Tray isn't flush with the device, it dips in slightly where the the pin hole is, and I can feel a ridge if I run my finger over it.
Is this normal? Does yours do this?
I'm not sure if I'd bother RMAing it for something like this, but small imperfections annoy me!
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My SIM Tray is fully flush. I do have to note that I ordered my nexus on October 31st.

Mine goes the opposite way, slightly protrudes out. Doesn't bother me though wouldn't dream of RMA'ing over it
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Luckily on my N5 the tray is flush.
If it weren't, I would complain only if it protrudes.
Sub-flush, is OK.
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