Has anyone experienced the little black piece on the changing flap breaking off no longer allowing the cover to be held in place? Will AT&T replace either the part or phone? There is no other damage whatsoever to the phone.
Sent from my SS ROMed S5
Had a similar thing happen, opened the charging port a lot out of boredom and eventually it just peeled off the little black square that holds it on
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As stated above, the antenna part is not completely flush with the body, sticking out on the right side slightly. Tried pushing in with a little force, any other way to fix this without sending in? (Not worth sending in for just this.)
Apparently it's easy to pop off and replace with the proper tool.. I remember that from the site that disassembled it. Out would be handy to know for us dock owners that are now seeing the black discoloration on that piece as well.
Doesn't popping off the back antenna cover void the warranty? Anyway, I noticed since it got cold overnight, the plastic shrunk a little (first day I have this AT&T version) and moved into place. LOL.
S4 Active. It's been a pretty good phone and my first Android phone. I picked the Active version not because I am "active", but because I am clumsy and break rules around sensitive electronics (*grabs greasy french fry and continues typing, for instance) and because the colors of the TFT display are better in bright sunlight. I do miss the 13MP camera though...
So anyway the most annoying thing about the phone is constantly pulling open the rubber flap that covers the USB port for charging. Today, at some point, the little flap decided to take a vacation and now there is just a little rubber nub. I never pulled on it or twisted it, but I assume with it now missing my water resistance rating is completely nullified. I was hoping it would be a little more durable on par with the rubber flaps that cover the ports on my CANON EOS 20D which have been opened/closed constantly for almost 10 years and don't show a single sign of wear.
Is this part replaceable? OR is there something else I can sub to cover the port and keep at least dust out of there?
Has anyone else had this happen (yet?)
People in thread S4 Active(i9295 and i537) Replacement Parts Page deal with this kind of problems and someone there already asked about usb cover but it's still unanswered.
Thanks! Well at least I found the cover on the floor near my charger at home. I guess I'll just keep it out of the fishbowl :fingers-crossed:
I worry the same way my old samsung rugy pro the flaps felt very good but the active worrys me if it was replaceable easily I would feel bettrt
I've used the official quick circle case for about 9 months. I'm just now noticing a faint circle burned in to the screen. There is a barely visible thin bordered circle in the same spot where the white circle animation plays. Lame!
Either that or the inner plastic circle piece physically wore out the screen. Either way, there is a dim circle visible now.
Warranty?
My screen was burn and i never use that case.
peti0118 said:
Warranty?
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I don't know, it is so faint. My wife couldn't even see it. The last thing I need is "Sorry, your phone is fine. We're sending it back to you."
BrunoSlivar said:
My screen was burn and i never use that case.
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It was definitely the case. I can tell you that. On white screens you can see a very faint circle where the case was. Sigh
I never use that case.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3289496
BrunoSlivar said:
I never use that case.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3289496
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Weird. So, there is some sort of burn in that can happen with this screen? Even though it isn't AMOLED
I find few g4's in my country (croatia) that have same problem.
Besides this burn-in possibility, do any of you have problems with dust gathering between the screen and the quickcircle flap? It feels like something is giving off static and collecting dust from pockets. I carry my phone around in either jeans pocket or jacket pocket - different materials, and no, the pockets are not full of cookie crumbles or sand. The phone might be in the pocket for as little as few minutes, and when I take it out, you can see a clear coat of dust under the covers circle edges and at the top of the phone. No such problem without the cover.
Also, the plastic back of the cover is already pretty scratched, after about 2-3 weeks of use. Being the silver version, it really shows under light.
Quite bad for a 30 euro case, will probably revert to leather back. Would love to protect the screen though, but dont like any additional bulk.
its just dirty im using a knock off one with the built in wireless charging. gotta clean it all the time
Damn, I'm using the same (knockoff) one, but haven't noticed any problems. My phone had the hardware failure and Sprint just replaced it so I'm basically on a new one but it had the same serial #, same batch, so I wont' be surprised if it has more problems.
Yeah, I got the dust circle all the time with the case. I actually looked closer at the surface of the screen and it isnt screen burn-in that I am seeing. The official LG circle case has worn away part of the screen in certain places. I think it is the hard clear plastic circle piece that they added around the inside of the circle. Lame!
It is barely visible, but just knowing that the screen is somewhat damaged from their official case bothers me. I wonder if it could be covered under warranty.
Hi,
I ended up buying 3 Droid 4's before I found one I was happy with. So, I now have 2 spare ones:
1) Very nice condition but has dusk under the screen
2) Poor conditon, crackly phone speaker but nice screen
So, I was wondering whether to try and get the dusk from under the screen.
Or maybe I should try and swap the 2 screens around?
Or am I likely to end up ruining both of them, and I'd be better off just selling them both as they are?
Cheers
Once you detach the glue from the glue that's holding the glue in place for the back casing, the phone actually comes apart fairly easily. Though, putting the back casing back on, I've always found that the bottom edge will never sit flush again; easily trimmed off with a razor blade. Otherwise the edge will protrude and catch on things.
The dust might not actually be dust; while shopping for my LG Ally, I bought one that appeared to have dust behind the glass and opened it to clean it, only to find out that the inside facing was actually covered in weird pockmarks. It was the strangest factory defect I'd ever seen.
If it's fairly uniform "dust", you might have the same thing going on. One way to find out. You'll need T5, T4 and possible T3 screwdrivers/bits to break it all the way down to the screen.
The only things I'd say to really look out for:
There are two soft spongey adhesive pads that the keyboard-facing side of the mainboard uses to stick to the rest of the phone. Try not to tear these up when pulling the mainboard out. One is next to the power button, one is the same place on the opposite end. If you do rip up the one on the power button end, the button might not line up properly anymore (it barely does to begin with, thanks Motorola) and it'll be harder to activate.
Don't try to remove the screen glass from the bezel/frame unless you have a solid plan to reattach it. I've heard it's a real nuisance to get it to adhere properly again. Fair enough if the bezel is torn up but the screen is nice, just be aware that things may get really annoying.
I would say just flip the screens around. I replaced a digitizer in a Photon Q and it was a pain (still isn't working for me either).
Hi guys,
has anyone of you tried changing the front glass without digitizer and display?
In disassembly videos I can only see people changing the whole thing.
Also, do you think I can manage to repair the front glas as well as the USB port with just an iron instead of a hot air blower (and the usual tools made of plastic)?
Thanks in advance!
kadofl said:
Hi guys,
has anyone of you tried changing the front glass without digitizer and display?
In disassembly videos I can only see people changing the whole thing.
Also, do you think I can manage to repair the front glas as well as the USB port with just an iron instead of a hot air blower (and the usual tools made of plastic)?
Thanks in advance!
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I haven't done the front glass on mine yet, but my understanding is that in general you're really better off replacing front glass as an entire unit with digitizer and display. An iron on pretty low through a cloth/towel might well work. It's not just glue that melts, it's a thin strip of rubber gasket material with adhesive (okay, maybe it's thick glue, but it looked pre-formed to me) holding the glass back cover on.
Heating probably helps a bit with softening the stuff, but after the first time you peel it up you won't really need to do that again. I'd recommend picking a corner (say, bottom left as you're looking at the back) and just plan on prying from there every time, so you only have one spot where the plastic gets marred.
Don't spend too much time heating, worry more about having a suction cup tool that you can lift with while you try to work a guitar pick or hobby knife or something in under the corner. Have at least two ready, so you can wedge one in, and work your way around without it just dropping back down on you. You'll probably tear the material a bit but that's okay, just spread it back out evenly around the edge on the glass before you put the cover back on. Also, you definitely should be using a case to make sure it doesn't just fall off in your pocket once you've opened it up a couple times.
USB cable replacement isn't awful, just time consuming. The biggest gotcha is to keep all three of the little gold clips on the plastic "mid frame" ring (that's the first thing you remove that requires screws after getting the back glass up) from fallling and getting lost.
You can PM me if you have any questions about this, I've replaced my USB cable/port assembly a couple times (first replacement was defective). And I'm about to attempt replacing the screen as a whole unit with glass & digitizer on my wife's Z2 Plus, so I'll let you know how that goes.