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Otterbox Commuter Series quick/dirty review

I'll do a more detailed review tonight and switch out the photos with better ones too.
First impressions: Holy crap this is huge!
It is very reminiscent of the commuter series for the HTC Hero (of course). However, this one feels a bit more "rugged".
The case has the standard plugs for the headphones and microusb ports. It also has the raised areas for the volume rocker and on/off button. The front is well protected and thick enough to not really have to worry about placing the phone face down.
It was much easier to attach than the Sedio Innocase! And conversely, it's a PAIN to remove (which is a good thing!)
It takes about the same amount of force to slide open the keyboard. It's borderline too hard for me.
Oh, the keyboard lights aren't completely covered either! Granted you still can't see them looking directly down at the phone, you can see them if you tilt the phone back a little.
My initial qualms are:
1) The case is slightly too long for the phone. The top of the case that is around the keyboard is loose. Not just a little, but it looks like it wasn't even meant for this phone.
2) Like the mini-usb plug on the Hero's commuter series, the micro-usb plug on the Shift's commuter series doesn't want to stay in.
3) Since the back side is beveled and it's semi-hard to slide out, it sometimes takes a couple tries because it keeps slipping out of my hands.
Nit-picks:
1) Backside cover is off-center (flash/camera/speaker aren't centered in their respective cutouts)
2) No silicone on the front so when it's face down it slides around easily (compared to the hero which had silicone bumpers on the front)

Where did you get it from? Still says preorder on my end
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just ordered mine, hope its protective. It feels good to raw dog, but its dangerous.

Rooster85 said:
Where did you get it from? Still says preorder on my end
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Otterbox.com EVO Shift 4G Commuter Series

southernstyle said:
just ordered mine, hope its protective. It feels good to raw dog, but its dangerous.
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It's does a very good job of covering up the phone and not being loose.

Got mine today, as wizputer noted the mini-usb isn't snug enough to remain in the port. Otherwise, very impressed with the design and construction of the case.

got mine in today, very pleased. although it was a little bit of a b*^&h to put on. After getting it on I noticed the usb plug being a pain, and the power button seems to need a lil extra force to actually click, but other than that love it. I feel safe now

Good review, disappointed, love my Otterbox's for my EVO and HD2. The split covers though, Shift and Tilt (from experience), just do not seem to provide the same kind of coverage but I do not know what else they could do to make them better.

nativ73 said:
Got mine today, as wizputer noted the mini-usb isn't snug enough to remain in the port. Otherwise, very impressed with the design and construction of the case.
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I ended up cutting my usb plug off because of the headache it was causing.
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Rooster85 said:
I ended up cutting my usb plug off because of the headache it was causing.
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Actually you just have to know how to make it stay there's a little trick to it when you close it. You have to kinda pull the thing up a little bit and then slide it in and stays. That's how mine works anyways ..

kbrn said:
Actually you just have to know how to make it stay there's a little trick to it when you close it. You have to kinda pull the thing up a little bit and then slide it in and stays. That's how mine works anyways ..
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Oh well, too late. The microusb doesn't need to be covered really anyways
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I just always wiggle the flap into the port, best case by far would definately recomend. ORDER FROM OTTERBOXS WEBSITE, when it first came out I tried it from amazon (it was $10 less) but the expected shipping date was in june.
No I'm not using Tapatalk... I'm using the XDA Premium app, cause I got balls.

Be careful with the otterbox guys, dropped mine for the first time today and 3 of the 4 clips to hold the back on broke, making the case absolutely useless..... waste of 30 bucks!
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When. That happens call otterbox and they will no auestions asked replace it usually takes 1week shipping I've had 5 so fardo this and most recently they sent me 2x so I don't need to calll next timeill. Be prepared...love this company
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+1 to that . They have like you said Replaced mine about 4x's. Never once asked for anything but my address. Best company ever . Have since bought Otter Boxes for all my Devices.

I got this case mid August, and about a week ago, I dropped it. While in free fall, the top of the case just fell off my phone and broke in half. Sad thing is, I dropped it from about 2 feet. But yes, I called it in, and they are sending me in another, just have to watch out for my phone a bit more! (At least I get to replace the screen protector, put it on kinda bad, XP

Mutimedia Desktop Dock

Hello again, Nerdz.
This review will be for the all mighty docking station with built in battery charger and spare battery. I found it for $49.97 and received a 20% discount with the purchase of two other accessories. One of which was the Power and Protection Package that was aleady marked down by 25 dollars and I still received the 20% off of the damn box as well. I hope your experience will be as excellent as mine. (Father's Day weekend) I scored an awesome wife..
After a long hard day of work the last thing you wanna do is stare at your phone. So I give you the DOCKtor. It is your basic docking station with one micro USB port for the power pusher. It has a recessed area for the USB port protector and can also fit the phone with the expanded battery attached. The battery port is also equipped to fit the fat beast of a battery you may or have purchased. it has a light indicator for the charging battery. (Red, Yellow, Green) and a nice white LG logo that illuminates once the phone is docked. DESKHOME launches and automatically displays the digital time.
Let go of your phone and enjoy your much bigger monitor sitting on your desk. This works great with the HDMI cord plugged into my HDTV and the AUX from the sound system leading into the phone. It is a nice way to ignore the ROKU and tell it, "anything you can do my phone can do better!"
https://picasaweb.google.com/108466...authkey=Gv1sRgCOXX5_mRrte7qQE&feat=directlink
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What case is that in those pics? Do you like it? The stand looks kind of awesome, but I can't tell if the bulk of it is distracting at all.

also curious about which case you got.

neonghost said:
What case is that in those pics? Do you like it? The stand looks kind of awesome, but I can't tell if the bulk of it is distracting at all.
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also curious about which case you got.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134561

I just picked up this case off Amazon. There is a belt clip that goes with it. Works great.
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That thing is slick! Though I sent the revo back so now on to look for something different
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that case is practically standard for most smart phones in the verizon area they have like that case for almost every smartphone just go in there and ask to purchase the belt clip for your phone and they will probably bring out that one....saw one for the iphone too and the thunderbolt and all kinds of other phone lol

rodney323 said:
that case is practically standard for most smart phones in the verizon area they have like that case for almost every smartphone just go in there and ask to purchase the belt clip for your phone and they will probably bring out that one....saw one for the iphone too and the thunderbolt and all kinds of other phone lol
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Very true. Just a heads up, Verizon sells it for $29.99 plus tax. Amazon? $17.00, no shipping. I love mine. I had on my phone for 20 minutes, then my twin 18 month old boys and I were playing, one little guy reached in my pocket and ran off in 2.5 seconds. Then it went across the room, and off the dining room table, bounced off the floor and out the door as my wife was coming in the house. It finally rested on my concrete patio. It was ridiculous! Phone? Perfect. Case? Barely a scratch.
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That stand looks bad ass! To bad you have to remove the case to use it :/
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This is pretty slick, time to get the dust off the wallet and get me one of these - thanks for the info

gimpcell said:
Hello again, Nerdz.
This review will be for the all mighty docking station with built in battery charger and spare battery. I found it for $49.97 and received a 20% discount with the purchase of two other accessories. One of which was the Power and Protection Package that was aleady marked down by 25 dollars and I still received the 20% off of the damn box as well. I hope your experience will be as excellent as mine. (Father's Day weekend) I scored an awesome wife..
After a long hard day of work the last thing you wanna do is stare at your phone. So I give you the DOCKtor. It is your basic docking station with one micro USB port for the power pusher. It has a recessed area for the USB port protector and can also fit the phone with the expanded battery attached. The battery port is also equipped to fit the fat beast of a battery you may or have purchased. it has a light indicator for the charging battery. (Red, Yellow, Green) and a nice white LG logo that illuminates once the phone is docked. DESKHOME launches and automatically displays the digital time.
Let go of your phone and enjoy your much bigger monitor sitting on your desk. This works great with the HDMI cord plugged into my HDTV and the AUX from the sound system leading into the phone. It is a nice way to ignore the ROKU and tell it, "anything you can do my phone can do better!"
https://picasaweb.google.com/108466...authkey=Gv1sRgCOXX5_mRrte7qQE&feat=directlink
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How about a link where we can buy the Dock? And the case.

Simple google search resolves that for ya

awesome its really slick

vladtehimpaler said:
Simple google search resolves that for ya
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Obviously not or I wouldn't be asking.
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I've had two different desktop docks and has anyone else noticed that when they painted them, they left some spots thin so you can see light shine thru. It was better on my second one, but there are still spots.

+1on the belt clip case with the fold out stand....works great. I got it from the verizon website when i ordered my revo.
The desktop dock is on the vzw website, amazon, etc.

Thanks for sharing.

I have that same case but I was having problems with the phone getting very hot. I was wondering if anyone else experienced this problem?

I haven't had the heating issue. My only complaint is they don't make that case for an extended battery. otherwise, I love it. fits the holster nice...Its good.

Inexpensive charging dock from Smartphonepedia

Just received this dock and have been using it for a couple of days.
Only $10 -- a cheap alternative so some of the 40-50$ options.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Data-Sy...531363?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3f1de5aea3
It's small, feels like a decent quality piece. It's glossy black with rubber feet on the bottom so it doesn't slide around. It keeps the Note 2 supported nicely when it's dropped in. It's got a floppy rubbery insert that you can take out if you have a case.
One con is that a few times when I've yanked my phone out, the rubber piece has either partially or completely come out. My advice would be to decide on a case of not and, if you leave the rubber insert in, put a drop of hot glue or something to keep the insert in place.
See pics below. Let me know if you have questions.

Does it work with the slimmer cases?
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This is basically a glorified charger. No USB no HDMI no speak out. Does it even charge a spare battery? Whats the point?
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What voltage and amperes does it deliver?
Beamed from Jupiter on my Galaxy Note II

I think it's cool man, it's just a simple charging dock. Great to keep at the office or your bedside.

So the only difference then my stock cable is my phone will be standing upward?...Lol...

blane73 said:
Does it work with the slimmer cases?
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Yes, it works with a slim case for me without even taking the rubber insert out. When you take the rubber insert out, there's a good 0.5-0.75cm around it, particularly the edges. A case with a big beefy back probably would not fit.
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What voltage and amperes does it deliver?
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It doesn't come with a cable -- you use your phone's provided cable or anything else, so whatever those deliver. I just have a usb-to-microusb running from my computer to it and it works fine.
wish777 said:
So the only difference then my stock cable is my phone will be standing upward?...Lol...
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This is basically a glorified charger. No USB no HDMI no speak out. Does it even charge a spare battery? Whats the point?
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Sheesh guys. Think a little more outside your own world.
I have this dock connected to my computer at work. I walk in from a meeting, drop the phone in the charger (instead of setting it down, picking up the cable, jamming it in, etc) and it's immediately mounted as a drive on my computer and is charging anytime I'm at my desk. Need to run to a meeting? You just pick it up...no fussing with cables.
Nope, no spare battery. Surprise, most people don't need one. I spend half my day working at my desk, meaning my phone is charging half the day. In fact, I don't even feel like I ever "charge". It's just sitting in its stand. I never need to plug it in at home.
Nope, no USB or HDMI. Surprise, 99% of the people that use this phone care about that, so why pay for a $100 for a dock with it (that's the wrong color, BTW).

20 bucks? Wow, they saw you coming a mile off.
It's the same dock as this, which is in black or white.

FloatingFatMan said:
20 bucks? Wow, they saw you coming a mile off.
It's the same dock as this, which is in black or white.
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Different dock and doesn't ship to the US. But yes, I see your point, there are cheaper alternatives on ebay. Thanks for trying to make me feel like an idiot, Baron. You are very thoughtful.
Here is the same dock for a better price for those of us in "the colonies"
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Data-Sy...531363?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3f1de5aea3

Roark1138 said:
Yes, it works with a slim case for me without even taking the rubber insert out. When you take the rubber insert out, there's a good 0.5-0.75cm around it, particularly the edges. A case with a big beefy back probably would not fit.
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Thanks man, that's the piece of info I needed. Ordered. I've got the Samsung TPU case, will report if it fits when the dock comes in. If it doesn't fit, I'll fix it up with some polymorph plastic.

Roark1138 said:
Just received this dock and have been using it for a couple of days.
Only $10 -- a cheap alternative so some of the 40-50$ options.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Data-Sy...531363?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3f1de5aea3
It's small, feels like a decent quality piece. It's glossy black with rubber feet on the bottom so it doesn't slide around. It keeps the Note 2 supported nicely when it's dropped in. It's got a floppy rubbery insert that you can take out if you have a case.
One con is that a few times when I've yanked my phone out, the rubber piece has either partially or completely come out. My advice would be to decide on a case of not and, if you leave the rubber insert in, put a drop of hot glue or something to keep the insert in place.
See pics below. Let me know if you have questions.
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Just picked one up, and thanks for sharing man :good:

While their prices aren't always the best, I do like Smartphonepedia's video reviews on youtube (the full shows, not the 30 second blips) and the guys there are very pro-android and know their devices. I would throw business at them vs a random guy on ebay any day.

May be ordering one of these. Thanks for the tip!
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Just bought 2 of the $9.99 ones. I'll try to post my thoughts when received but it will be in a long time 14 to 30 days of expected delivery.

i'm thinking of getting this for my note http://www.mobilefun.de/36639-samsung-galaxy-note-2-dual-dockingstation.htm, this dock also charge an extra battery.
sorry for the german website, you can click flag above to change into uk/us site for mobilefun.

I got the dock in the OP this past Friday, and so far so good. Very nice looking, no cheap feel to it, and the Bodyglove case fits perfect on the dock. No complaints over here folks :good:

Nice find OP. Rough crowd lol.

wish777 said:
So the only difference then my stock cable is my phone will be standing upward?...Lol...
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You can just plug the phone into the dock without having to pick up the charge cable and plug it into the phone. Same for removing it from the dock. Since we have to charge the phone everyday, I would say the dock has a value.

Dropped my nexus 7 one to many times

So i droped my nexus last night it bounced off my night stand on the way to the ground and when i picked it up it was off. figured wtf hitt the button.
nope it stayed off
press and held the buttons and tried to get it to reset ect. no go it was dead. connected it to the charger and tried again. got a back light but nothing else.
so did the non tech thing (smacked it a few times and pressed the power , came up flaky screen was kind of scrambled. great i trashed my nexus by droping it.
so called Google they made me do all the stuff i already did, no surprise its dead.
they told me to call asus for support. , went to asus site they wanted my sn to make a case, couldn't find find it i know i registered it. they told me i would need to send it in they would charge me 65 to issue a new serial number WTF! and then if the repair was not in warnty it would cost 165 to fix the nexus. 65+165 is more than a new nexus 16 (what i have). so i said thanks but no thanks.
so as i sat and stared at my paperweight i thought why not. i got a razor blade and a butter knife. used the razor to crack the edge of the case off and then popped the back off with the butter knife.
looked around and noticed those wonderful overworked china drones routed one of the wires for the battery round the backside of a plastic support pin. this made the wire very tight and it pulled the connector off the main board on one side of the battery connector creating a short. i pushed the wire on the right side of the support pin and reset the power connector and bam nexus back to life.
so if you dropped your nexus and it boot loops and or just wont turn on when off the charger. open it up and check the battery wires bet you got the same cross eyed Chinese tech and the battery unplugged itself

Thanks for the tip. I use a TPU case for my Nexus 7.
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Drop it (multiple times), smack it around, then take a RAZOR BLADE to it?! Good lord.
No surprises here.... None at all....

Cool story bro. Glad you fixed it. I fix most of my stuff too. I'm a techy guy and probably more qualified then the drones that work at the factories.
Just like my wife's Samsung Netbook (back when netbooks were cool). She insisted taking it out by the bonfire where some friends and I were drinking. I told her countless times to take it in before a full glass of red Merlot gets dumped right in the keyboard. She runs inside and plugs it into the wall??!!!
I took it apart and cleaned it up but the keyboard was hosed. I called Samsung for a replacement keyboard but they wouldn't sell me one. I had to send it in. When it got there, I got a call about purple stuff in there and thus the warranty was voided. I said yeah no ****, I told you guys we dumped wine in there. She wanted to charge me $75 for the keyboard and $125 an hour. I laughed and said I only paid $220 for it, for $200 I'd rather buy a new one and see if the old one would Blend.
Bought the keyboard off eBay for $16 and she still uses it like 4 years later.
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player911 said:
for $200 I'd rather buy a new one and see if the old one would Blend.
Bought the keyboard off eBay for $16 and she still uses it like 4 years later.
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so...many.....lols :laugh::highfive:

I use a TPU case for my Nexus 7.

I dropped mine the day I got mine and the casing slightly popped open but luckily for me,easily popped back in. Been repping a TPU case ever since!

cnat
you shouldn't do that

Get a case, but the story was inspiring
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Electric shock when charging.

I noticed this today, on the train with phone charged and kept getting a tiny electric shock on my arm when holding phone with left hand and putting right arm on an arm rest which I'm not sure what it was made of. They were just little sharp pains.
Then made a call and the shock was going through my ear which was a little painful. I removed the charging cable and everything is now fine.
Obviously this should happen. I'm using a charger I bought from eBay from a UK company, its a mercury charger (usb741uk). Need to see if the same thing happens with my genuine HTC charger.
Wonder if it's the charger or the phone.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 2

Something similar happens to me if I'm holding my phone while it's charging and I'm also touching my heater (don't know if that's what it's actually called in English) that's made out of cast iron. This also happens with other phones (one s, galaxy nexus).
My guess is that by touching something metallic you "complete the circuit" and the current passes through you.
It's absolutely normal.
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No its not, they would never pass certification if you received a shock whilst using it on charge
Buy a decent charger...............................................................

L0rdNels0n said:
No its not, they would never pass certification if you received a shock whilst using it on charge
Buy a decent charger...............................................................
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This is correct, it appears the charger is not properly isolated from the mains, there's no way it would pass British certification.
Throw it away and buy a proper one.

The charges I am using are official ones that came with the phones and they still give me a little jolt if I touch cast iron fixed to the wall. These are both htc and Samsung official charges. This even happens when i hood the charger from me wireless router with my bare hand and use my bare knee to touch the heating element.
So... If you get a very minor jolt in the part of your body touching the grounded element, I'm gonna stick to "it's normal".
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The charges I am using are official ones that came with the phones and they still give me a little jolt if I touch cast iron fixed to the wall. These are both htc and Samsung official charges. This even happens when i hold the charger from the wireless router with my bare hand and use my bare knee to touch the heating element.
So... If you get a very minor jolt in the part of your body touching the grounded element, I'm gonna stick to "it's normal".
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The issue is not related with the charger... It's only related with static electricity happening on your body. If it were from charging the the shock should have been continuous.

AdrianE46 said:
So... If you get a very minor jolt in the part of your body touching the grounded element, I'm gonna stick to "it's normal".
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Stick to what you want, but it's not normal. Maybe you should seek the advice of an electrician, the wiring in your house has a ground problem.
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Riyal said:
The issue is not related with the charger... It's only related with static electricity happening on your body. If it were from charging the the shock should have been continuous.
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I give up.

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I give up.
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Yup. Very wise. Coming from a family of certified electricians I am well aware just how seriously this should be taken (my brother condemned a Warburtons factory for less, shut it down for weeks!)
Some people think they're immortal until the red mist descends because of an electric charge passing from one hand to the other.
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http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/apple-replacing-chargers-in-uk-after-iphone-electrocution-50011976/
There have also been reports of faulty chargers , usually cheap copies of oem model that have electrocuted users, causing a fatality.
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Is it cold? I know when it's cold, you conduct electricity way easier. It hasn't gotten cold where I live yet, so I can't justify my answer. I'm assuming it's the metal around the phone. Meaning I should ask, do you have a case? Try putting on a plastic case and see if you still get a shock.
This is quite interesting and I hope it doesn't happen to me. Because I have a polyester jacket and I get massively shocked during the winter. LoL!!
P.S. When you're getting out your car during the winter and don't want the door or anything to shock you, touch it with your key first. Sometimes you can see the spark. That's how you know it would have hurt.
Sorry about the extra. I just don't like getting shocked. LoL!!

Static electricity would cause one spark, not a series like the OP described.
I had something similar happen to me when I was charging my iPhone 4 through a USB port on my friend's PC. When I picked up the phone (touching the metal band around the sides) there was a pulsing sensation through my hand. He'd never experienced it because his phone was plastic cased. He shrugged it off as a dodgy electricity supply but I remained paranoid whenever I had to touch the phone again.

I know this is an old thread but its all i could find online. im usung an HTC M8 and have been for the last year and half. when i plug it into the wall charger and hold the phone in my left hand (not sure if it matters which hand) and touch something metallic/grounded with my right hand i get a slight nipping feeling, if i move my hand up and down i will get the nip more as i'm making and breaking connection. i decided to try a multimeter to see whats going on, so i hold a probe with my phone in my left hand and put the other probe to earth and i get between 140 and 115v ac. surely this is not normal

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I know this is an old thread but its all i could find online. im usung an HTC M8 and have been for the last year and half. when i plug it into the wall charger and hold the phone in my left hand (not sure if it matters which hand) and touch something metallic/grounded with my right hand i get a slight nipping feeling, if i move my hand up and down i will get the nip more as i'm making and breaking connection. i decided to try a multimeter to see whats going on, so i hold a probe with my phone in my left hand and put the other probe to earth and i get between 140 and 115v ac. surely this is not normal
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I had the same problem with my M7. First the charging port became really flimsy; the phone would only charge when the charging cable was positioned in a certain way. After that I began to feel a constant static electricity when the phone was charging. It was strong enough that I could feel it all over the phone. As soon I disconnected the charging cable it stopped.
I tried grounding myself to something to see if it would stop and it never did.
After I got a new M7 the problem went away. My guess is that the charging port is suspect.

Toshinobu said:
I had the same problem with my M7. First the charging port became really flimsy; the phone would only charge when the charging cable was positioned in a certain way. After that I began to feel a constant static electricity when the phone was charging. It was strong enough that I could feel it all over the phone. As soon I disconnected the charging cable it stopped.
I tried grounding myself to something to see if it would stop and it never did.
After I got a new M7 the problem went away. My guess is that the charging port is suspect.
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Interesting.. earlier this week my charger nearly caught on fire-- sparks, smoke, all that good stuff. I've been noticing over the last year or so that the quality of chargers has seemed to get worse and worse-- at least in the US. This was the first time I'd ever seen anything of the sort happen, and here there is a thread that is (sort of) about that subject. Were either of you (who recently posted) running Android 6.0-- just out of curiosity? My M7 uses up a ton more power on Marshmallow and runs significantly hotter than it did on Lollipop... hopefully that will change as the OS develops.

aaronmc1989 said:
I know this is an old thread but its all i could find online. im usung an HTC M8 and have been for the last year and half. when i plug it into the wall charger and hold the phone in my left hand (not sure if it matters which hand) and touch something metallic/grounded with my right hand i get a slight nipping feeling, if i move my hand up and down i will get the nip more as i'm making and breaking connection. i decided to try a multimeter to see whats going on, so i hold a probe with my phone in my left hand and put the other probe to earth and i get between 140 and 115v ac. surely this is not normal
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There should only be 5 Vdc reaching your phone, if you get 115 Vac then your charger is for sure faulty.