I tried that cardboard trick, it helps but makes your phone case look ugly or steak out on a weird way. Sometimes it will hit both buttons. This fix will solve all these problems.
Here's the best way to fix the tpu case Volume buttons. Very simple.
Simply take a very small razor blade or a exact o knife and cut around the volume up buton but leave a 1/8th of a inch pivot point in between The volume up and down button. Next do the same for the down button.
I hope this solves everyones problem with these nice TPU cases if I Help to you please send me a thanks....
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I just did this and it works well. The volume keys are much easier to press.
Here are some pics of how far I cut.
The first image shows that the cut is not noticeable unless you look very closely under direct light.
http://i.imgur.com/iQwi7.jpg
The second image shows the cut depth.
http://i.imgur.com/29xnd.jpg
Thanks for posting pictures i didnt have time hope it helped
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I used duct tape instead. Three strip layers inside the case made perfect contact w/ the volume rocker. Its working perfectly now!
I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to cut the plastic over the volume buttons off entirely...
Depends how fat your fingers are. The hole can get a little narrow, making it harder to press than the suggestion above.
IMO though wait a week before doing anything. I thought they were a little stiff at first, but I just pushed them in and out about 30 times with the case off and they loosened up. I actually prefer it stock now, as I don't press the volume buttons by accident when holding the phone in landscape mode and it isn't bad at all now that it has loosened up.
OMG! The duct tape works perfectly. Pain to cut it but now the buttons work like butter!!! Weeeee.
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I picked this up from a buddy who owns a accessory cart. Its a hard clear plastic on the back and a hard rubber around the sides. It covers the phone really nice and doesn't stick to your pocket like gel skins.
Heres some pics of it on the phone.
I haven't got mine yet, but if it's not the same case, it's very similar to this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=772826
Yup thats the case, great case.
Yeah other than the unlock/power button being a little troublesome its a great case. I found that since I normally unlock with my left hand I put the phone left top corner in the joint of my left thumb where it meets my palm and use my middle finger to push the unlock button. I'm not sure how I discovered it, but it seems to work every time after that.
Oh that which I mentioned above and its nearly impossible to cover the speaker hole if your volume is loud like mine is often after using Maps. My wife gives me the evil eye now and then when I turn it on in the morning.
Heres my photos of the phone in case.
http://s499.photobucket.com/albums/rr351/links4jeeps_kizer/Vibrant/
Is your power button cut out? I have the other case and hate that the power button not being cut out
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Is your power button cut out? I have the other case and hate that the power button not being cut out
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When I first got it the power/lock button was not cut out. After about 2 days I cut out the lock button.
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When I first got it the power/lock button was not cut out. After about 2 days I cut out the lock button.
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Do you mind telling us what you cut the button out with?
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Do you mind telling us what you cut the button out with?
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Xacto Knife
Can you shoot a photo and did it make a big difference?
Never mind on the photo you can see it up above.
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Can you shoot a photo and did it make a big difference?
Never mind on the photo you can see it up above.
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Heres the hole I cut. Gonna make it a little bigger and clean it up when I get a chance.
I got this case a couple days ago and I found that putting a small piece of paper the size of the indent for the unlock button makes the unlock/power button much easier to push. Be careful to not put a piece that is too thick because it will constantly be pushing the button and your phone will be constantly restarting. It has been working perfect so far. I will update in a couple of days. Hope this helps,
Russ
I cut mine too. I used an Exacto knife and cut from the inside. Other than the fact that it's not tapered, you can't tell that it's not a factory cut.
I like it for the fact that it makes the button easy to press but I also like it because it makes it easier to figure out which end is the top of the phone in the dark.
they need to make this case with the buttons cut out, I had to switch back to my mesh cases
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I cut mine too. I used an Exacto knife and cut from the inside. Other than the fact that it's not tapered, you can't tell that it's not a factory cut.
I like it for the fact that it makes the button easy to press but I also like it because it makes it easier to figure out which end is the top of the phone in the dark.
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LOL. I just feel for the USB cut out at the top.
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LOL. I just feel for the USB cut out at the top.
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It also has a decidedly round butt sticking out.
Not sure if this happened before I dropped it at Christmas or not... BUT...
My volume button is sticking out at the bottom. So the end that lowers the volume. It's all good up the top. Any ideas how I can, or where to get this, fixed. I'm in Sydney.
I opened the battery compartment to have a look, but there is a void sticker over one of the screws. So don't wanna go there unless its a guarantee fix.
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Same problem here.. I can't find replacement part so I have ordered from ebay for shocking price for smallest piece is 19$ :S
thr r apps to control the volume in internal like mini info
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thr r apps to control the volume in internal like mini info
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i think you're totally missing the point. lol
anyway, can't you just push it in? give it a lil force until it snaps back into place. let me know what happens.
just noticed that I can increase volume on my DHD, but can't lower the volume. restarted it, thinking that it might be a sw bug, but it still doesn't work.
is this the issue you guys are experiencing?
hope it's easy to solve, since I'm in Brazil and bought the phone in Germany.
best regards
André
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just noticed that I can increase volume on my DHD, but can't lower the volume. restarted it, thinking that it might be a sw bug, but it still doesn't work.
is this the issue you guys are experiencing?
hope it's easy to solve, since I'm in Brazil and bought the phone in Germany.
best regards
André
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André, i really don't think so...
I'm getting same trouble, the button works fine, but the down side (to decrease volume) is a little out, if compared with up side that stays closer to the frame, looks like a "seesaw"... i believe you got a hardware issue...
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I have same design issue. Upper part of button (volume up) is more inside the phone and volume down part sticks a bit out.
Still buttons work as they should.
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I don't exactly have same issue but close.
My volume rockers work, it's just they both are sunken to bottom and haven't that normal touch i've seen on other DHDs
Kindda nasty. Has anybody went to HTC to fix that? I'd love to know before sending... or not
yeah it seemed so for mine too.. but then i dotn have much problem with mine ..
Had a similar problem for me within first 14 days of my contract, just sent it back and got a replacement under warranty with orange. Maybe HTC or your carrier can do the same thing.
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Had a similar problem for me within first 14 days of my contract, just sent it back and got a replacement under warranty with orange. Maybe HTC or your carrier can do the same thing.
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Thanks a lot, this is what I was looking for. I may send it sometime during exams (where I'll miss it less )
Got kind of the same problem, my volume down button is not nearly as responsive as my volume up button.
Got the same problem, my volume down button is not nearly as responsive as my volume up button.
OMG the bottom voice button is so weak..I am afraid of mine now...
my volume button popped out, doesn't sit flush and keep catching.
Added some glue to keep it held down, need to fit a replacement! Anyone know how to?
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I have same issue with volume key, seems quite a common problem, surely covered by factory warranty?
Fixed my volume button
I had the exact same problem with my volume rocker, the bottom part was sticking out but the top seemed all right.
I've just fixed it with a bit of glue and by only removing the battery lid.
For what it's worth, here's how I did it.
If you remove the battery lid you can gently pry out the loose end of the volume rocker, just a little so you can see what's supposed to hold it back.
There's a piece of plastic glued to the bottom of the volume rocker that's come partly undone.
I just put a toothpick between the case and the volume button, so it's sticking out.
Then I used another toothpick to get some superglue on the loose piece of plastic.
After that I removed the first toothpick and pressed down on the volume button for a bit.
Now it's all tight and snug like it used to be.
Be careful with the glue so you don't glue the rocker to the case or something.
Hey thanks if my breaks its gonna be useful!
Had this problem, bottom volume became almost completely unresponsive and has really been bugging me for a few months now, so today I took the whole aluminium volume rocker off, slightly different experience to the post above.
Basically it's constructed pretty poorly, the aluminium rocker forms a latch at the top which holds onto the body of the device above where the button is seated.
The bottom of the rocker then has a plastic flap which is glued into a hole to hold the rocker on, this flap had more or less come off for me, seems very poorly manufactured, so I pulled up more and the whole button came off.
The actual volume buttons themselves are very small and these are seated in the housing of the device between this latch at the top and the plastic flap at the bottom. The rocker has two pieces which push down on the buttons to operate them.
Some dirt and grime had built up in there so I scraped that all off first with the head of a Phillips size 00 screwdriver.
I put a very small balled piece of paper on top of the volume down button and it's now working fine again, I just need to glue that flap back down so the rocker doesn't come loose. If the piece of paper is too big the volume rocker won't go down at all so you have to get the size right, relieved to have a working volume button again though.
search the forum, someone wrote how he fixed his button using a bit of superglue. it works like a charm. basically the volume rocker is held onto the phone with a rubber base. with time the rocker comes unglued from the rubber base. if you use something thin, like a toothpick or a small cutting knife you can insert a very small amount of glue between the 2 and glue them back together. just don't overdo it with the glue or you'll end up gluing the rocker to the body! i did it on mine and now it's as good as new
have any of you experienced this. the phone has a silicone cover from vzw, and it barely needs to be touched (and I mean barely) and the volume is changed. If i am in an app doing something I get kicked out.
Just wondering, thanx...
I have this problem a lot of times too, and I don't even have a silicone cover on it. I always find my phone switching from vibrate to silent which gets really annoying.
Ya, it's pretty annoying. I wonder if all the phones do it... Otherwise it's a pretty cool phone.
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I think it has to do with the size of the rocker and the placement. It's very easy to hit the buttons where they are placed and even without a cover I have accidentally hit it.
Mine is actually too hard to press. I usually have to double-press, confirming that I'm over the particular area of the volume rocker for it to accept the input, and then press rather forcefully. I'm not using any sort of case, either.
It's a simple fix all you do is take a razor and cut out the thin strip where the volume is its already outlined where the case fits up against the volume keys so its easy to cut out the thin strip but the key is to not cut yourself lol.
So I dont know how many of you have those TPU cases for our phones but the first thing I noticed was I was having to lobster claw the phone to get the volume buttons up and down to work. So I took the case of to take a look at the inside and I see that they made the indention for the volume keys to deep. What was the fix? A thin thin pace of cardboard from inside a package that I hadn't thrown away yet. It seems silly, and im sure other people have done this, but incase youre having the same problem I was and hadnt stumbled over this easy solution here you go! And the sensitivity is PERFECT, Just make sure you dont use to long,wide or thick of a piece of paper/cardboard otherwise when you push one button it pushes them both. Hope this helps someone else!
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Was asked for a picture but since I now have this nifty phone, I took a video
Pictures please!
I actually cut out that part of the case (pictures in the Review thread) but I am considering ordering a glossy one because the matte one is a little too slippery and i'm scared i'm going to drop the phone
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Pictures please!
I actually cut out that part of the case (pictures in the Review thread) but I am considering ordering a glossy one because the matte one is a little too slippery and i'm scared i'm going to drop the phone
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I think I'm gonna take a xacto knife to mine.
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tenaciousj said:
I think I'm gonna take a xacto knife to mine.
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thats what i did, worked like a charm.
What we did on the evo silicone cases was to turn it on its side, put a small dot of silicone on the back of the button, let it set up and then when you put it on it is like a direct contact point on the volume buttons.
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What we did on the evo silicone cases was to turn it on its side, put a small dot of silicone on the back of the button, let it set up and then when you put it on it is like a direct contact point on the volume buttons.
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Thats essentially what I did witht he piece of paper. Its just the right thickness to create a direct contact point.
Where a piece of paper floating around may work, I'd think a small piece of duct tape would work even better - wouldn't fall out, and wouldn't be as abrasive on the buttons.
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Where a piece of paper floating around may work, I'd think a small piece of duct tape would work even better - wouldn't fall out, and wouldn't be as abrasive on the buttons.
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I used electrical tape. 3 layers, as good as a pieced of paper.
You can also use a piece of clear scotch tape (only need 1 layer) and put it on the inside of the case where the volume rocker is. That's a trick I picked up here on XDA a year back or so. Helps on quite a few models. I still prefer to use the Volume Control+ app to change the volume but honestly I haven't needed to use it with the Epic 4G Touch case since I don't find the volume buttons to be as difficult to press as some TPU cases I've used in the past. Thanks for making this video for the people that are having difficulty though!
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I think I'm gonna take a xacto knife to mine.
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I wouldn't recommend doing that as the case will become loose where the volume rocker is.
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I think I'm gonna take a xacto knife to mine.
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Just a update on mine. I ended up getting the matte black as I didnt like the glossy ones finger prints. For whatever reason this one is 10x easier to work the volume rocker over the glossy one so I'm just going to leave it the way it is.
worked perfect for me thanks OP.
P.S. Does anybody know how to get the replacement screen protectors since the first batch didn't fit?
Cut my volume rocker piece out....now it works great. It is easy to press the volume buttons, they are still recessed so they dont get pressed accidentally, and the case is still as tight as ever. I used a very sharp fish fillet knife, but a razor / xacto would work great.
i took this case for granted and decided to deal with the volume rocker issue until i stumbled on this thread. wow! it worked. thanks! took 30 seconds and saved 5 minutes of my life each day!
A customer made a post on Amazon mentioning a really cool fix for a different phone. Instead of actually cutting out the button your having problems with, just make an incision along the side of the molded button. On the Epic 4G Touch for example, i used a kitchen knife since I didn't have my xacto handy and I made 2 parallel cuts, one each side of the volume rocker. Basically cut it as if you were going to cut the button out but leave the top and bottom end intact (he just suggested cutting along one side, i think cutting along both sides works better). You cant tell the cuts are there when your done. I can now press the volume buttons extremely easily! I would say this works significantly better than the tape trick, and I haven't tried the cardboard trick. Happy modding!
I'm so glad I found this thread today. This has been driving me nuts, and I was just about to take a knife to it. What I did was put a thin cardboard piece that fit into the indentation, then covered it with a piece of electrical tape to keep it in place (A mix of two different techniques mentioned here).
does anyone else's buttons creak a little when being pressed? i have no trouble clicking the button itself, but when i run my finger over the power button and volume button, i can definitely feel and hear a slight creak which annoys me.. (home button is completely fine)
do you think it's worth an exchange?
I wouldn't necessarily say it would be worthy of an exchange, but that's my opinion. My buttons do not creak, but I do not remember if they ever did before either. Exchange it if you feel it'll bother you a lot, if not, the creak will eventually go away from wear.
Remember it is a Samsung not an HTC
I have the same problem. Volume buttons are a bit creaky.
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The only button that's creaky on my unit is the home button. Nothing particularly annoying though. At first when I noticed it I thought the rest of the build would be shoddy, but it definitely isn't.
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My home button creaks. It sounds like it is coming from the flimsy battery cover. With a tpu case it does not do it on mine.
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Take it from car mechanic
there's nothing a little spray of WD40 cannot solve! :good:
ejatds said:
does anyone else's buttons creak a little when being pressed? i have no trouble clicking the button itself, but when i run my finger over the power button and volume button, i can definitely feel and hear a slight creak which annoys me.. (home button is completely fine)
do you think it's worth an exchange?
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fine on both phones.
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