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How firm is your slide mechanism?

As per the title.
How firm are your slide mechanism? When holding the device in your right hand (fingertips along left edge of device), does the device give a little as you change your grip/pressure (for example, as if you're manipulating the volume keys?).
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As an aside, those buttons would have been better off on the "base" (keyboard section edge) of the device rather than on the screen section, that way when pressing them they wouldnt have caused this slight give in the slide mechanism!! Jesus, HTC need to employ some of us from here!!

A 100 views and no comments? Someone surely must have something to say about thi...

I would guess that many people are looking forward/waiting for this phone and want to read other people's thoughts but not enough people have one yet! You lucky soul!

SoundWave2003 said:
I would guess that many people are looking forward/waiting for this phone and want to read other people's thoughts but not enough people have one yet! You lucky soul!
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Good point, but a few guys do. Black with his AT&T one, few others etc. Just looking for some opinions. Personally, I think the spring could be a little more resistive.

I got mine today finally from Clove, lucky enough was in the first shipment have been setting it up for the last couple of hours and the keyboard is fine.

Slight Keyboard give
I would agree with you to a point, Syphon Filter.
When looking at the screen, it seems that the palm of my hand is catching the bottom right edge of the keyboard in its closed position and 'twisting' it a little when the volume is adjusted.
However, I've found that the volume buttons are in the right place when using them incall.
(The actual sliding mechanisim feels pretty solid to me.)

There's a little give, not so much a shift but more of a flex, definitely feels good for a sideways slider.

thebiscuitboy said:
I got mine today finally from Clove, lucky enough was in the first shipment have been setting it up for the last couple of hours and the keyboard is fine.
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Are you in the USA hebiscuitboy? If so what did clove charge for shipping to the U.S and how did you workout the exchange when you paid for it?
Thanks..

CalifornIyay said:
Are you in the USA hebiscuitboy? If so what did clove charge for shipping to the U.S and how did you workout the exchange when you paid for it?
Thanks..
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I guess it's 28 pounds delivery with DHL and 20 the old fashion way. At least when ordered from here in Finland. Didn't dare to accept the order yet.

Virtually no give in mine at all, feels solid.

Mine is solid and has been "thoroughly" used and handed around for wow factor for the past few days. It is well built and better, if I remember correctly, than the O2 XDA IIs (Blue Angel) for it's keyboard sturdiness mechanism.

CalifornIyay said:
Are you in the USA hebiscuitboy? If so what did clove charge for shipping to the U.S and how did you workout the exchange when you paid for it?
Thanks..
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Hi I'm based in the UK sorry

Appears firm to me, there's a little scraping noise as the keyboard is opened but not on close. Haven't been able to pin down where it's coming from yet.

mike_m said:
Appears firm to me, there's a little scraping noise as the keyboard is opened but not on close. Haven't been able to pin down where it's coming from yet.
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I there's a little slidey thing that covers the ribbon cable. As you open/close that it moves. That's what is causing the noise your just described.

Fine. Another slight improvement from HTC's latest slider, in my opinion...
Totally agree with the comment about the volume buttons, too. Bit daft putting them somewhere where the act of pressing them means you're also opening up the keyboard...

sub69 said:
Fine. Another slight improvement from HTC's latest slider, in my opinion...
Totally agree with the comment about the volume buttons, too. Bit daft putting them somewhere where the act of pressing them means you're also opening up the keyboard...
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Yeah they should have just moved then onto the bottom half of the slide!
So when you press your volume buttons (just enough to make them "press") does your slide move at all?
Mine does a tiny bit. if the spring was a little stiffer it would be spot on.

What about the power button when trying to remove the back?
I keep turning it back on when I want it to be switched off and remove the battery! Just something I will have to get used to no doubt!

After receiving my Fuze/Rap today, I also noticed a 1/32 inch twist when opening the phone. My only only other HTC slide experience is the 8125 which after 4 years has a more tight opening action.
I have to have faith in the Raph after all the faithful years with my other slide out.

US- Virginia Beach
it sounds like something comes loose when i slide my fuze open. then there is something that rattles around in it. i tried to return it but all the fuzes they had at the store made the same sound. unique?

Mine is a little loose as well - I wondered if anyone else had the same issue. I can (with very little effort) make the screen move about 2-3mm away from the keyboard. It does feel a lot more loose than the 8525 did to me.. I'm not sure how that will play out over the lifetime of the phone, but I can expect it to only get worse (hopefully not!)
Love the phone though in general.

Keyboard movement?

Hello all,
I have one short question: with my keyboard closed, I have a little movement in the corners when i push it around. Is that normal or not?
Thank you.

Apparently so...
Iv not got the phone yet but theres been allot of talk about it.

I have it too, so I suppose it's 'normal'.

robal said:
I have it too, so I suppose it's 'normal'.
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It's not "normal" to say this, but I'm glad that there is nothing wrong only with my device. I was alredy thinking about sending it back for service...

Its a slider mechanism - if it didnt have any play then some would break!! Manufacturing tolerences etc need to be taken into account. A samll amount of play is fine.

paulyluca said:
Hello all,
I have one short question: with my keyboard closed, I have a little movement in the corners when i push it around. Is that normal or not?
Thank you.
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I've discussed this already with the HTC service and they told me to send the unit to them. They will change sliding mechanism. My phone is currently in the service with this "feature" :-(
I hope they will fix it. Such a good phone, but this really looks like manufacturing problem.

anyone knows if they are going to release a "fixed" version?

How much is a little movement, my TP moves around but not to the point I would say it's an issue

thebiscuitboy said:
How much is a little movement, my TP moves around but not to the point I would say it's an issue
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1-3 millimeters, depends on the pressure.
When you press the volume button on the left side, it rolls about 1-2mm. When you press it more, it is about 3 mm. I guess this is too much.
Official statement is that some kind of allowance is normal and ok, but there is no strict direction from HTC - public statement.
Well if they consider this to be normal, I think there won't be any "fixed" version available, but as you know, all manufacturers make improvements during the time. So maybe ...

Okay thanks
Like I say it's currently not an issue, but will keep an eye on it

I realize this is an old thread, but I wanted to resurface the issue. I've had a new Fuze for the past few months, that had very little 'play' when pressing buttons.
I recently did a warranty exchange and the refurb wobbled considerably more than the original phone. A little bit of wobbling is expected, but it was downright unbearable to use, and I have since asked for a replacement.
Much like a poster in this thread, I would do something as simple as hit the volume up button and the rest of the phone would move around significantly. This is not normal, in my opinion!

[Q] Removing dust under the screen

Got another One X last weekend. I checked the screen thoroughly in store to make sure it was flawless. I have now however noticed that there is a spec of dust under the screen. It was definitely not there when I checked it in store, spent ages on a solid white background making sure.
So is there anyway I can try and get rid of it. It got there on its own somehow so I must at least be able to move it off the side of the screen one way or another. It's no big deal if I can't get rid of it as its hardly noticeable in every day use.
I have tried gently tapping the screen and knocking it on its side but it hasn't moved so far. I don't want to try to hard encase I damage the phone. Don't want to try and take the phone apart and attempt to separate the touch component from the LCD and try either as the phone is so new.

Att will exchange for dust under the screen. But. When the phones been on and in use allowing the screen to get warm about 30 minutes lightly tap in the opposite direction. Should move the dust out.
Work on my iPhone back in the day. :/
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blowing air into the speaker grill lol idk

expertzero1 said:
blowing air into the speaker grill lol idk
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pretty sure the glass is glued to the lcd and stuck there forever!

Thanks for the reply's. I'm in Australia so now ATnT for me. This is my 9th. Very happy with this one. Won't be returning it for this unless more gets under there. I must be able to move it. I'll try leaving it on max brightness as you suggested and go from there.
It must be possible to separate the digitizer from the LCD because you can buy a replacement -
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/100-NEW-...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item27c7481854

designgears said:
pretty sure the glass is glued to the lcd and stuck there forever!
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what about blowing hot air into there haha

Dishwasher.
But seriously, exchange it.

Maroon Mushroom said:
Dishwasher.
But seriously, exchange it.
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Cloths dryer?
Its not worth exchanging unless more gets under there. I'm getting tired of setting up new ones so I can live with this issue unless it gets worse.

Since the panel is laminated to the glass (right?), forget it. Exchange.

soldierblue348 said:
Since the panel is laminated to the glass (right?), forget it. Exchange.
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Bugger. Wonder how it got there then. Haven't been able to move it at all. Who knows maybe it was there and just didn't see it when I bought it. I have 30 days to take it back so I'll hold of and see what happens.

danielhtc said:
This is my 9th.
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Um not to be a complete **** but after working retail for 6 years as a store manager for At&t and several years in I.T / EE / and project management. The chances of you running into 9 defects of a single model and brand new replacements are are probably slimmer than you getting struck by lightning and winning the lottery together. I would start asking myself am I OCD, do I have dementia, should I be ruling out Delirium..
Ok, sorry I'm being an ass. Just saying.. you either have the worst luck in the world. I read your post completely wrong, or; its you. Either way hope you get it figured out. This phone really is something extraordinary.

Ving
mesko402 said:
Um not to be a complete **** but after working retail for 6 years as a store manager for At&t and several years in I.T / EE / and project management. The chances of you running into 9 defects of a single model and brand new replacements are are probably slimmer than you getting struck by lightning and winning the lottery together. I would start asking myself am I OCD, do I have dementia, should I be ruling out Delirium..
Ok, sorry I'm being an ass. Just saying.. you either have the worst luck in the world. I read your post completely wrong, or; its you. Either way hope you get it figured out. This phone really is something extraordinary.
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My first had dead pixels and a yellow spot. Second had creaking and a rattle. 3rd dent in the lcd panel under the digitizer.The next 5 I unboxed in store. Some had dead pixels and the others had bad dust under the screen.
I didn't tell them were the dust or pixels were, just that there was something wrong with the screen, they pointed them out. The dust under this one is nothing like the ones I unboxed in store a while back, some specs were almost as big as the dot on the letter i which is why I'm going to stick with this one.
I don't think it's to much to ask to get one without dust under the screen seeing as how there are many out there with defect free phones. I feel like I am entitled to the same experience as them, paid the same hard earned money as them after all.. I suspect though that many probably have dust etc but have either not noticed or choose to live with it.
Your right about the phone being extraordinary, which is why I haven't stuck with a refund. Really no going back after you have had a phone like this.
Edit: check this forum out. I'm not the only one with issues and multiple returns. It's a shame so many are having repeat issues.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585082&page=44

mesko402 said:
Um not to be a complete **** but after working retail for 6 years as a store manager for At&t and several years in I.T / EE / and project management. The chances of you running into 9 defects of a single model and brand new replacements are are probably slimmer than you getting struck by lightning and winning the lottery together. I would start asking myself am I OCD, do I have dementia, should I be ruling out Delirium..
Ok, sorry I'm being an ass. Just saying.. you either have the worst luck in the world. I read your post completely wrong, or; its you. Either way hope you get it figured out. This phone really is something extraordinary.
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LOL
This guy worked in retail & engineering and the bases of his argument is the fact he thinks dust and imperfections are ludicris for someone to complain about! Now if he worked at the HTC manufacturing plant where they made these phones and can honestly produce manufacturing data depicting margins of error of defect in the manufacture of these devices in several respective categories then we can break the odds down mathematically and prove whether this poster is full of $hit, delusional etc!
Until then I'll keep lolling @ the response It was good

He's got a point... Say the odds of you getting a messed up screen is 1 in 1000... Multiply .001 by itself 9 times. Those are the odds of you actually getting 9 broken phones in a row.
Edit... It's 1x10^-27.... So yeah, you'd win the lottery a couple of times.
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This is all you need to know - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8SpHbhzLgU
skip to 5:40

Wubbz said:
This is all you need to know - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8SpHbhzLgU
skip to 5:40
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Yeah... Remind me never to break my phone.
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Why is it so hard to give a phone away?

I tried to give away a HTC m8 to a local phone repair shop today. I had disassembled it to remove the motherboard which contains the onboard storage. Aside from that and the broken volume buttons, the phone was definitely usable for parts - battery, cameras, screen, speakers .etc
As I entered the shop, I explain to the owner that, rather than disposing of the phone, I'd like to give it away to someone who can use the parts - like a mobile repair shop.
Little did I know, this guy would then preach to me about how a HTC M8 cannot ever be repaired as the metal case would "snap because of its unibody design".
Bear in mind he's saying this to a guy who has a disassembled M8 in his hand (no snapped case) and had successfully replaced the battery a few months earlier.
As someone who is little more than a hobbyist when it comes to electronics & phone repair, this rather amused me.

Bro obviously when he touched your phone he had an emotional attachment, some people like to treat their devices like real living beings and so fall in love with eachother <3

Dude I wish I could relate... My current phone is a nightmare

Donate it to a developer on the forums. That way they have a backup and can continue proper development should their device die.

SyCoREAPER said:
Donate it to a developer on the forums. That way they have a backup and can continue proper development should their device die.
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Too late now but I genuinely love that idea. I'll keep that in mind for the future.

With skills like yours, you might need that device for your own good. So, why not just keep it? Maybe you could be the for someone else who needed a help.

Rickyzx said:
With skills like yours, you might need that device for your own good. So, why not just keep it? Maybe you could be the for someone else who needed a help.
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I travel a lot; in the past 6 months I've been living in California, London and Manchester.
I can't afford to keep hold of things that 'might' have use in the future so I prefer to just give them away and kick myself in later months when I think "damn I should have kept that phone".
I'm still pretty new to XDA but I'm a big fan of the community so I'll keep that in mind next time I throw away salvageable gadgets.

Absolutely
mazhdini said:
Bro obviously when he touched your phone he had an emotional attachment, some people like to treat their devices like real living beings and so fall in love with eachother <3
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that's absolutely right about the post

Need urgent HELP plz.

Hi all...
Could you check one thing for me pls?
Put your OP6 on a hard surface like a study table(mine is made of wood) and charge it. Take off any case etc. Also without any shoes or slippers etc.
Then run your fingers along the sides i.e. along the metal frame while it's charging.
Do you feel like a hint of current/electricity on your fingers?
I feel like the minutest of minute vibration while running my fingers.
But only when it's on a hard surface.
When I hold it in my hands, I don't feel anything.
Please kindly do this test and tell me.
Thank you.

Xebeck said:
Hi all...
Could you check one thing for me pls?
Put your OP6 on a hard surface like a study table(mine is made of wood) and charge it. Take off any case etc. Also without any shoes or slippers etc.
Then run your fingers along the sides i.e. along the metal frame while it's charging.
Do you feel like a hint of current/electricity on your fingers?
I feel like the minutest of minute vibration while running my fingers.
But only when it's on a hard surface.
When I hold it in my hands, I don't feel anything.
Please kindly do this test and tell me.
Thank you.
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Just tested it the way your described me too and didn't notice anything. Wooden desk as well.

Solution6996 said:
Just tested it the way your described me too and didn't notice anything. Wooden desk as well.
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Thanks..
But were you bare feet...
Without shoes or slippers... With slippers on, I don't feel anything as well...
And while running the fingers along the Metal frame/side.
Cheers

are you licking a 9V battery with your other hand?

cliffr39 said:
are you licking a 9V battery with your other hand?
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Was that a joke?
Of course not, I wasn't...

That happens with MacBook too! I mean thats electrical discharge / leakage. Thats pretty normal. You might get a minor shock if you lick the metallic contacts or if the same comes in contact with your sensitive areas like elbow, belly and below that
Relax!

askrpro said:
That happens with MacBook too! I mean thats electrical discharge / leakage. Thats pretty normal. You might get a minor shock if you lick the metallic contacts or if the same comes in contact with your sensitive areas like elbow, belly and below that
Relax!
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So do I need to replace it...

Xebeck said:
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So do I need to replace it...
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Not at all.

Same happens on my OP3, but it stopped after few months randomly. I think you shouldn't get the replacament unit, or at least i didn't because i don't live in a country that oneplus is officially selling devices, if you do and it's not much pida, go ahead, but you might get the same resultl lol

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Not at all.
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Imotep95 said:
Same happens on my OP3, but it stopped after few months randomly. I think you shouldn't get the replacament unit, or at least i didn't because i don't live in a country that oneplus is officially selling devices, if you do and it's not much pida, go ahead, but you might get the same resultl lol
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Basically
I just wanna know if this extra current can affect my OP6 or not?
Like battery life or circuits in the mother board etc...
Cheers

I got it replaced and it's working fine now...