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Anybody have a tutorial on replacing the screen on the Mesmerize? Diagrams or pictures would be helpful. Thanks
sgtsnake said:
Anybody have a tutorial on replacing the screen on the Mesmerize? Diagrams or pictures would be helpful. Thanks
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1. Drive to US Cellular store.
2. Hand phone to service tech or sales person.
3. Receive new phone under no questions asked replacement plan.
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If this isn't an option. I'm not sure about the diagrams. I tried looking them up in the service tech's stuff and he doesn't even have them yet. It's still too new, since none of them are out of warranty yet. It sounds painful, though. Sorry you have had to go through that already.
sgtsnake said:
Anybody have a tutorial on replacing the screen on the Mesmerize? Diagrams or pictures would be helpful. Thanks
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so how exactly did you break it?
Mesmerize
Uh, yeah no phone replacement unless you have the family premium plus plan for an extra $40 a month.
Still not sure how it cracked, no visible damage and the outer screen is intact with no scratches at all.
I found a link for anybody that might need it. Check out repair universe dot com.
3 days after a friend got her mesmerize she droped it on the side walk. Her screen is reallly messed up now still runs and it still responsive to touch just has about 30 cracks in it looks like a broken mirror.
Couldn't you just call and sign up for the insurance and then file a claim? All they do is call you to make sure the phone works. There's no way for them to know it's already broke.
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Couldn't you just call and sign up for the insurance and then file a claim? All they do is call you to make sure the phone works. There's no way for them to know it's already broke.
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Yeah they give you 90 days or something..
Yea mine screen crack also. In process on removing the glass from the lcd screen. Was going to put it back together after I get the glass off and see if it will still work. I know it was still working before just couldn't read anything because of all the cracks in the cover glass.
What do you do to break the glass?
Mine broke when I threw it onto my desk. Dumb move by myself but I didn't even put any force behind it really and i've always done it with my other phones. Think it broke because I wasn't paying enough attention and it laided on a glass glass plate. Sound like a explosion when it hit. The back flew off and bat fell out. My bat is now bowed oddly enough. For if you sit it in the phone the bow make it so it will not sit flush. It is not swelling but actually bowed. Because the other side is now equally bowing in as the other side is bowing out.
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Mine broke when I threw it onto my desk. Dumb move by myself but I didn't even put any force behind it really and i've always done it with my other phones. Think it broke because I wasn't paying enough attention and it laided on a glass glass plate. Sound like a explosion when it hit. The back flew off and bat fell out. My bat is now bowed oddly enough. For if you sit it in the phone the bow make it so it will not sit flush. It is not swelling but actually bowed. Because the other side is now equally bowing in as the other side is bowing out.
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I'm assuming you don't have the free replacement plan?
Naw don't have the plan(I have no service with it got it just to use as a test bed) just gonna order a replacement screen. Saw one for $100 including shipping. I didn't pay anything for it so paying $100 to fix screen no real big deal.
I wanted to play around with one before I actually gotten service with one. I like it ok. Main thing I wanted to do is try and replace the rear facing cam with a nicer one. If I can get a rear cam in it like the EVO has then I gonna get my lady one and prob get one for myself(the BOGO deal ya know.) Really my only complaint with the phone is its 5mp cam. I have a friend with the EVO and it has a 8mp cam and the pictures just seem so much nicer. That is only thing my wife complained about also. As she wants a phone with a really good cam for she can use it for her photographing hobby.
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Mine broke when I threw it onto my desk. Dumb move by myself but I didn't even put any force behind it really and i've always done it with my other phones. Think it broke because I wasn't paying enough attention and it laided on a glass glass plate. Sound like a explosion when it hit. The back flew off and bat fell out. My bat is now bowed oddly enough. For if you sit it in the phone the bow make it so it will not sit flush. It is not swelling but actually bowed. Because the other side is now equally bowing in as the other side is bowing out.
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Sounds like someone had a few drinks, lol... Sorry to hear about that
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I dropped my S3 a couple of weeks ago and got a hairline crack in the top glass. Although I probably could have lived with it, I decided to send it to Samsung to get it fixed to the tune of $178US (their standard display replacement cost). I got the phone back yesterday and have to say that QC at Samsung's repair dept leaves a lot to be desired.
First thing I noticed is that the sticker on the inside of the phone that has the IMEI must have been removed and re-applied. The sticker wasn't flat along the edges and had a bunch of air bubbles under the middle. While I understand the need to have the same IMEI #, I was really surprised that they wouldn't print a new one to stick on the phone.
When putting the phone back together, I noticed that the back cover would not fit flush to the rest of the phone. Upon further inspection this is due to the fact that a plastic cover on the bottom of the phone was not screwed all of the way down because a tab on that plastic cover was not fit properly into the middle plastic cover. I was able to fix this by loosening the screws along the bottom half of the phone, pushing the bottom plastic cover in to properly fit it and re-tightening the screws.
Finally when I turned the phone on, the language was set to Vietnamese. I had to fumble through the settings to change the language to English. While I understood that they were going to reset the phone, why would they set the default language to anything other than English?
While the screen was fixed, I'm somewhat surprised that there were so many other issues with the phone. I'm definitely not happy since I paid for the repairs.
Anybody else have a bad experience with Samsung repairs?
Their repair center is probably in Vietnam, or maybe you even got a refurbished model and they just slapped your imei sticker on it. I think your just nitpicking this one, besides the sticker, it was a simple correction on your part.
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Their repair center is probably in Vietnam, or maybe you even got a refurbished model and they just slapped your imei sticker on it. I think your just nitpicking this one, besides the sticker, it was a simple correction on your part.
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I think he has a right to be upset and I would call them to complain. If you send a device in for repair, after they fix everything on the device it should be sent back in the same condition or better. I would not want to be messing around with screws on my phone and wouldn't want stickers removed and replaced like crap. Who knows what else they f'd up inside the device.
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I think he has a right to be upset and I would call them to complain. If you send a device in for repair, after they fix everything on the device it should be sent back in the same condition or better. I would not want to be messing around with screws on my phone and wouldn't want stickers removed and replaced like crap. Who knows what else they f'd up inside the device.
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I agree I would definitely call and complain. They may give you something for it or help you out in some way but companies need to know that the job isn't being done correctly
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ok my mistake, he can send it back to them and be without a phone again if he likes. Yes there shouldn't be issues.
just got mine back i had a broken screen as well. the only thing ive noticed is that my signal is very poor it was not like this before.
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ok my mistake, he can send it back to them and be without a phone again if he likes. Yes there shouldn't be issues.
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Glad you like to get taken advantage of and settle for poor work when you are paying good money for something.
It is because people settle like yourself that the can get away with this.
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Glad you like to get taken advantage of and settle for poor work when you are paying good money for something.
It is because people settle like yourself that the can get away with this.
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Or, one could just fix the reassembly issues themselves (if feasible) and ensure their feedback on rebuild quality issues are received by Support in a clear fashion - that won't let anyone "get away with" it.
I've found that good feedback can make a decent impression and sometimes gets a person's butt kicked to attempt doing their job a bit more in line with expectations. I don't like to be unfair, but feel feedback on specific quality control issues are certainly fair.
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Dang that sucks. Get an otterbox. You must have hit it hard because this Gorilla Glass 2 is amazing
scy0846 said:
Dang that sucks. Get an otterbox. You must have hit it hard because this Gorilla Glass 2 is amazing
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Oh, really?
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So yeah, I was just playing a game and randomly a screw feel right out of it from above the top left trigger. I don't know how it was in there at all as it seem to have no threads for it to be tightened back in.
What should I do?
Edwii said:
So yeah, I was just playing a game and randomly a screw feel right out of it from above the top left trigger. I don't know how it was in there at all as it seem to have no threads for it to be tightened back in.
What should I do?
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put it back in?
Have a look at the iFixit teardown and see if you can see the screw in their teardown. Or contact where you got the device from and make a warranty claim.
Edwii said:
So yeah, I was just playing a game and randomly a screw feel right out of it from above the top left trigger. I don't know how it was in there at all as it seem to have no threads for it to be tightened back in.
What should I do?
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Contact Nvidia. They will fix you right up. Most likely send you out a replacement device, then send yours in. Their customer service on the Shield has been excellent.
Wow, the screw just fell out? That sucks.
But yeah, Nvidia customer service is excellent I'm sure they'll help you out.
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Wow, the screw just fell out? That sucks.
But yeah, Nvidia customer service is excellent I'm sure they'll help you out.
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Character Zero said:
Contact Nvidia. They will fix you right up. Most likely send you out a replacement device, then send yours in. Their customer service on the Shield has been excellent.
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Yeah just fell out, there are like no thread in the hole to put it back in, I dunno, seems weird.
Is it easy to transfer all the files from one to the other?
I had the same thing happen to my device, and when I contacted Nvidia, they wanted to RMA it. I thought that was ridiculous for one of 7 screws, so I decided to take it by Microcenter today (or yesterday I guess, it's after midnight) and asked at the Knowledge Bar if they had the right screw or knew where to find one. They told me that the screw was no issue, just that the head would be different. I told them I couldn't care less, and they found the right screw and put it in free of charge.
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I had the same thing happen to my device, and when I contacted Nvidia, they wanted to RMA it. I thought that was ridiculous for one of 7 screws, so I decided to take it by Microcenter today (or yesterday I guess, it's after midnight) and asked at the Knowledge Bar if they had the right screw or knew where to find one. They told me that the screw was no issue, just that the head would be different. I told them I couldn't care less, and they found the right screw and put it in free of charge.
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I would have RMA'ed it, I'd be thinking that another one was going to fall out any second. Plus they do advance RMA's, so you wouldn't have to spend one second without a shield and not only that but they overnight it to you.
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Yeah just fell out, there are like no thread in the hole to put it back in, I dunno, seems weird.
Is it easy to transfer all the files from one to the other?
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PLug shield A into a computer, COPY, plug shield B into a computer, PASTE.
Theres a little more to it than that if you want to do things properly, but its not hard.
If you want to copy your apps on a non rooted device (btw, rooted devices have no warranty) install ES File explorer and you can backup apps to .apk files which can then be sideloaded onto the new device.
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I would have RMA'ed it, I'd be thinking that another one was going to fall out any second. Plus they do advance RMA's, so you wouldn't have to spend one second without a shield and not only that but they overnight it to you.
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I was aware of the great RMA Nvidia provides, but I just couldn't get over the ridiculousness of having a replacement sent over a screw that fell out. The replacement screw has been perfect so far.
Just to be clear.
The screw fell out of the Shield. I didn't lose the screw.
When I tried to put the screw back in it had NO THREADS in the screw hole for any screw to grab on to.
If I RMA it, it's not because I can't get a screw to fit, it's because there is no threads in the hole.
Edwii said:
Just to be clear.
The screw fell out of the Shield. I didn't lose the screw.
When I tried to put the screw back in it had NO THREADS in the screw hole for any screw to grab on to.
If I RMA it, it's not because I can't get a screw to fit, it's because there is no threads in the hole.
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I would RMA it if there is no thread in the hole. You can get self tapping screws, but most electronic gadgets are made of plastics that tend to crack when used with self tappers so you'll just make it worse. Or you could tap it yourself properly, but again, might not be perfect. RMA or return to the shop you bought it from.
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I would RMA it if there is no thread in the hole. You can get self tapping screws, but most electronic gadgets are made of plastics that tend to crack when used with self tappers so you'll just make it worse. Or you could tap it yourself properly, but again, might not be perfect. RMA or return to the shop you bought it from.
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I would RMA it. That way NVIDIA can look for what went wrong, and you don't get "screwed" by it later on. Also, to back up your device, use "adb backup". So far, had great luck doing that. Google is finally getting Android caught up to iOS 1.0 in that regard. :-/
Edwii said:
Just to be clear.
The screw fell out of the Shield. I didn't lose the screw.
When I tried to put the back in it had NO THREADS in the screw hole for any screw to grab on to.
If I RMA it, it's not because I can't get a screw to fit, it's because there is no threads in the hole.
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Its not just you. I have tore down my shield a few days ago and 1/2 the screws have been slighty over tightend from the factory...
I really dont even know how to feel about this. Not much i can do now (as I have clearly voided my warany) but drill out and re-tap the holes to fit a sightly larger diameter screw.
As it is right now my Shield is still very solid feeling when assembled. But I know the long term effects of plastic housing with metal fasteners will eventually fail under the constant twisting forces applied to the device ( shield is by no means alone in this engineering short sight) I just hope that the "shield 2" will come out before that happens
Mine did the same thing last night.
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Its not just you. I have tore down my shield a few days ago and 1/2 the screws have been slighty over tightend from the factory...
I really dont even know how to feel about this. Not much i can do now (as I have clearly voided my warany) but drill out and re-tap the holes to fit a sightly larger diameter screw.
As it is right now my Shield is still very solid feeling when assembled. But I know the long term effects of plastic housing with metal fasteners will eventually fail under the constant twisting forces applied to the device ( shield is by no means alone in this engineering short sight) I just hope that the "shield 2" will come out before that happens
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Mine had a creaking sound when I would open it, I just figured it was because how tight the hinge was. Then last night I opened up the screen heard a plastic popping sound and noticed the screen was off a bit. When I closed it, the hinge on the left side as your looking at the screen seemed raised and when I turned over the Shield there was the screw by the hinge missing. After some searching I found it, tried to put it back in but it fell out. Well I called Nvidia and they are sending me another one, RMA'd this morning. They said send there other one back. What sucks is I just put a Skinomi carbon skin and screen protector last week. I'm going to try to peel them off and save them for use on the new unit or I might have to order another. My advice Live Chat them and RMA it.
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Mine had a creaking sound when I would open it, I just figured it was because how tight the hinge was. Then last night I opened up the screen heard a plastic popping sound and noticed the screen was off a bit. When I closed it, the hinge on the left side as your looking at the screen seemed raised and when I turned over the Shield there was the screw by the hinge missing. After some searching I found it, tried to put it back in but it fell out. Well I called Nvidia and they are sending me another one, RMA'd this morning. They said send there other one back. What sucks is I just put a Skinomi carbon skin and screen protector last week. I'm going to try to peel them off and save them for use on the new unit or I might have to order another. My advice Live Chat them and RMA it.
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The screw by my hinge fell out today too and i lost it. I want to RMA it but this will be my second one and i just want to keep it.
Im gonna see if they will just send me a screw.
Just an update, So...
I was going to rma it cause every one is like nvidia are the rma kings or w/e.
I got my Shield from ebay, in a New(other) condition, the owner got it from a game stop on a trade in, so they tried it afterward but couldn't return it, so its basically brand new. But because I'm not the true first owner, the warranty isn't transferable. I mean, considering it hasn't been on the market for even a month yet, this seems pretty petty a thing to hold against me.
Seems fair, even though it sucks. That's a pretty common practice from any company. It's to keep people from just buying a used(even broken) Shield at a dirt cheap price and get a brand new one by exchanging it.
Either way though, I'd be bummed if I were in your shoes.
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The screw by my hinge fell out today too and i lost it. I want to RMA it but this will be my second one and i just want to keep it.
Im gonna see if they will just send me a screw.
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UPDATE: Nvidia said they wouldnt give me a new screw, but a new shield. This is my second RMA. Nvidia Rocks! I didnt root my 1st one, but i did my second one and they dont really care about that. It seems to me they just want to put this "trial" product out there and support it to
the end of the world. then see if its worth it to go for another nvidia type system.
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UPDATE: Nvidia said they wouldnt give me a new screw, but a new shield. This is my second RMA. Nvidia Rocks! I didnt root my 1st one, but i did my second one and they dont really care about that. It seems to me they just want to put this "trial" product out there and support it to
the end of the world. then see if its worth it to go for another nvidia type system.
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My interpretation of what they said is that they would launch in the US first, iron out the kinks and go global. So I expect they are using experiences of guys like you (and other forum users) to work out what is needed for a 2nd revision shield which would go global.
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I would say RMA like everyone else, didn't feel like it would help me in the long run, due to the Shield not being durable at all.
I had the same problem, and have seen this 3 other times. My shield was broken brand new, I didn't even know it at the time. The screen it self could move way to much from left to right. all the screws were there. Got my hands on another and found the screen was very sturdy. Then a friend of my ask me to fix his due to this problem, but he said he had dropped his from about a foot. Which is understandable if you drop it.
The left screw was the problem for me. but i did both screws to make it symmetry.
What I did, was took it apart filled both screw holes with super glue and drilled it out, you can now see the screws on the front. Then I tapped it with a 2.5mm treads. and added the screws.
Hopes this helps someone.
Just recently the "T" and the "C" on my HTC M8 rubbed off. They were a thin material glued on, and it appears the glue came loose. Both the "T" and the "C" came off at the same time as I ran my thumb over them. My phone wasn't unusually hot at the time.
I'm not sure if my phone got too hot too many times and loosened the glue, or the build quality just wasn't up to standard.
The Verizon store I bought this from was unable to warranty the phone, since this didn't hinder my use of the phone at all.
I've had the phone since April, and I've taken good care of it: no scratches or dents so far. I'm disappointed that the Verizon store won't replace or repair the phone.
Anyone else have this happen to them?
That's a hidden, added feature. The logo transforms to an engraving. No extra charge...
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That's a hidden, added feature. The logo transforms to an engraving. No extra charge...
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I laughed way too hard at that.
I probably wouldn't mind feeling the engraving on the back if it had always been that way, but the sudden change is bothersome.
had this happen to my friend and just laughed at him. For me after reading this thread i tore them off and actually liked it haha
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had this happen to my friend and just laughed at him. For me after reading this thread i tore them off and actually liked it haha
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If you're not joking, how'd you manage to get them off? I can't seem to get the "H" off to make it even.
hairdryer and needle; only tools i had available at the time. the hairdryer heats up enough to loosen adhesive but not to hot to damage anything.
Yup, my "C" fell off. No idea where it went. Bummer. I want to replace the entire back housing (I have a few small knicks and a very tiny dent), but it will probably just end up happening again.
EDIT: I used a hairdryer to take off the "H" and the "T" to make it more uniform. It does look a bit better since they are all removed now, but I like it better before. Adhering the "H" and the "T" wouldn't be a big deal because I still have them, but I have no idea where the "C" went to. I hope it doesn't hurt resale value when I try to sell it for the M9 next year.
Happened to me about a month ago. Definitely think it was hear related as it was the hottest time of the year. I used a black sharpie to color in where the letters use to be. You can't even really tell the difference.
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Happened to me about a month ago. Definitely think it was hear related as it was the hottest time of the year. I used a black sharpie to color in where the letters use to be. You can't even really tell the difference.
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Care to take a picture? Id like to see that. Thanks!
You can always call HTC. I know they replaced / repaired phones for the camera film issue and your still in the 6 month window for a free screen replacement. They might use that screen replacement warrenty to replace your letters instead. It's worth the call if it's bugging you enough. I got scratch on my screen that's bugging me that I'm going to try and use that warrenty on. Along with fixing the camera lenses. Had to scrape off the film and now it just looks nasty.
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Care to take a picture? Id like to see that. Thanks!
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I should have a g2 here tomorrow I'll take a picture. Sending the m8 in for a screen repair.
I think it's awesome, when it happens to me I'm going to take advantage. Like those people with Toyotas that change it up to say Toy, or the Tacoma that they change to Taco.....
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Don't go to the store.
Call - 1800-922-0204 - press 0, then 0 again - this brings you tova rep. And I don't see an issue getting refurb, worth a try anyway.
Hey guys so I bought my z fold 2 about a month ago on ebay. I got a pretty good deal on a Verizon variant because they unlock after 60 days. Well today I was playing with my phone and I realized that mine doesn't open up completely flat. There's a slight angle to it. I'm too scared to try trying to give it a little force to open all the way because I dont want to break something. I guess I can take it in to get repaired but it doesn't really affect it functionally. It just messes with my ocd bad that it's not completely flat when opened. It's just a slight angle you wouldnt even notice it unless you looked for it but I know it does indeed not open all the way because my mother in law and father in law both have the z fold 2 and theirs opens flat unlike mine.
Also I've had the most expensive spigen case on it since day 1 and I've been extremely careful to keep it clean and free of dirt and stuff so I'm not sure exactly what it is going on. My main concern is since I bought it on ebay I won't be able to use the warranty to get it fixed right? Or will I be able to. And if anyone has any ideas maybe I can fix it I'm open to suggestions. Thanks guys.
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Hey guys so I bought my z fold 2 about a month ago on ebay. I got a pretty good deal on a Verizon variant because they unlock after 60 days. Well today I was playing with my phone and I realized that mine doesn't open up completely flat. There's a slight angle to it. I'm too scared to try trying to give it a little force to open all the way because I dont want to break something. I guess I can take it in to get repaired but it doesn't really affect it functionally. It just messes with my ocd bad that it's not completely flat when opened. It's just a slight angle you wouldnt even notice it unless you looked for it but I know it does indeed not open all the way because my mother in law and father in law both have the z fold 2 and theirs opens flat unlike mine.
Also I've had the most expensive spigen case on it since day 1 and I've been extremely careful to keep it clean and free of dirt and stuff so I'm not sure exactly what it is going on. My main concern is since I bought it on ebay I won't be able to use the warranty to get it fixed right? Or will I be able to. And if anyone has any ideas maybe I can fix it I'm open to suggestions. Thanks guys.
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The angle you are mentioning is from the inside or outside after unfolding?
Mine is flat from the inside but when u put it on a desk both sides will not touch the table.
My screen isn't flat. It has a slight angle to it. Like say if the left half is flat. The right half curves upwards just slightly. Like I said it doesnt affect it functionaly but it kills my ocd knowing it should be straight.
So I was messing with my phone right now and I go to unfold it and it like snapped open completely. There's no angle anymore. It's flat. Idk what happened or what was wrong with it or what fixed it or if the problem will come back but I thought I'd let you guys know.
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Hey guys so I bought my z fold 2 about a month ago on ebay. I got a pretty good deal on a Verizon variant because they unlock after 60 days. Well today I was playing with my phone and I realized that mine doesn't open up completely flat. There's a slight angle to it. I'm too scared to try trying to give it a little force to open all the way because I dont want to break something. I guess I can take it in to get repaired but it doesn't really affect it functionally. It just messes with my ocd bad that it's not completely flat when opened. It's just a slight angle you wouldnt even notice it unless you looked for it but I know it does indeed not open all the way because my mother in law and father in law both have the z fold 2 and theirs opens flat unlike mine.
Also I've had the most expensive spigen case on it since day 1 and I've been extremely careful to keep it clean and free of dirt and stuff so I'm not sure exactly what it is going on. My main concern is since I bought it on ebay I won't be able to use the warranty to get it fixed right? Or will I be able to. And if anyone has any ideas maybe I can fix it I'm open to suggestions. Thanks guys.
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I've never heard of that. Are you sure it's not the case? If you remove case does it still not open all the way flat?
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I've never heard of that. Are you sure it's not the case? If you remove case does it still not open all the way flat?
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It doesn't do it anymore but yes when it was doing it even without the case it would not open all the way
Did you ever resolve this? I've had the same issue with my fold 3. I believe it opened 180 degrees when I first got it a fee weeks ago. Then I noticed one day that it only opens to about 175 now. Everything works, but it is annoying
I'm getting the same issue not sure what it is but I have a theory. I just came from outside where it is cold(Winter) then when I come into my home to unfold my zfold2, It wouldn't open all the way. By any chance was it winter in your area when this occurred?
Gotta replace your whole folding screen
Hi there! A guy on Reddit said that he managed to fix it using his vacuum cleaner. He kept on vacuuming the hinge several times a day for a week, and he finally managed to make it open 180º flat again. My wife has this same issue. I'm gonna try this.
Anyway, I feel like this foldable smartphones are still in "beta". There are too many issues with the screen (bubbles, vivid pixels, strange lines, dust inside the hinge mechanism...). And Samsung's service is absolutely poor. Would never recommend the Z Flip, even though it's a fast phone with nice cameras.
Fold the phone, then carefully slide a piece of a sticky note in the gap between the hinge and the front/rear Cover an move slowly towards the top of the phone. You may have to repeat this process several times until all dust, hair and other unwanted stuff comes out. Tested working on Z Fold2, where it is slightly easier due to the bigger gap and the Fold3. Both phones fully unfold again.
I keep doing this once in a while to keep the phones in this condition
i have the same issue as well, if you google it ... it seems to be quite a common issue .. I tried to use those can air blowers .. which didn't really help and my inner screen starts flicking after a few days
Sent the phone back to samsung and requested for them to clean the hinge, but was told I need to replace the entire hinge for about 550 USD.
tigergl said:
Fold the phone, then carefully slide a piece of a sticky note in the gap between the hinge and the front/rear Cover an move slowly towards the top of the phone. You may have to repeat this process several times until all dust, hair and other unwanted stuff comes out. Tested working on Z Fold2, where it is slightly easier due to the bigger gap and the Fold3. Both phones fully unfold again.
I keep doing this once in a while to keep the phones in this condition
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i have the same problem.could you please make a video of that process please? been doing it for the last 1 days still not fully unfold. i dont know if i doing it wrong
I should have left mine alone cuz I made it worse paper is too weak and tears inside so I guess I made an expensive paperweight.