Hello everybody, I've just bought this phone yesterday and I already have a problem. I was using my phone and suddenly the back cover started making noises when pressed in the battery area and sim/sd card slot area. It's looks like the cover somehow won't attach itself completely on the left side where the microusb port is. The right side seems ok except at the bottom where it also makes that crackling sound. For now I have fixed the problem by putting paper between the cover and the phone, but that solution is not really practical because I will have to repeat the process everytime i remove the back cover.
Any ideas what could cause this?
It's just weak build quality, mine has the exact same problem.
This isn't exactly a high-end device afterall.
Sh0m1 said:
Hello everybody, I've just bought this phone yesterday and I already have a problem. I was using my phone and suddenly the back cover started making noises when pressed in the battery area and sim/sd card slot area. It's looks like the cover somehow won't attach itself completely on the left side where the microusb port is. The right side seems ok except at the bottom where it also makes that crackling sound. For now I have fixed the problem by putting paper between the cover and the phone, but that solution is not really practical because I will have to repeat the process everytime i remove the back cover.
Any ideas what could cause this?
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So no way to fix it unless to replace the cover?
I might just go buy a replacement cover, the squeaking is driving me nuts.
Sh0m1 said:
So no way to fix it unless to replace the cover?
I might just go buy a replacement cover, the squeaking is driving me nuts.
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Putting a piece of paper inside the cover should mostly fix the problem.
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So I got this brand new Galaxy Nexus today and when I press down on the cover (at the bottom of the camera) it makes this popping sound. It sounds like either I have a defective device or Samsung has pretty bad build quality.
Mine does it too, I think it's just a little gap between the phone and the cover under the camera hump. I think I'll try to stick a small piece of masking tape on the inside of the cover tomorrow to snug it up.
Oh thank God, I thought it was just my phone. I stuck some paper in there and it stopped.
fubaya said:
Mine does it too, I think it's just a little gap between the phone and the cover under the camera hump. I think I'll try to stick a small piece of masking tape on the inside of the cover tomorrow to snug it up.
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Fubaya, did that end up helping you? Placing tape right underneath the camera?
3thereal said:
Fubaya, did that end up helping you? Placing tape right underneath the camera?
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I had to swap my phone because of a hardware problem and the new phone's cover moves a little but doesn't pop and I don't have any good tape so I haven't gotten around to trying it yet.
Mine does it too. It seems to just be some kind of gap back there. I have a Diztronic case now and it doesn't bother me anymore.
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Ok guys,I had this same issue. And I fixed it. Here's what I did.
The LTE version of this phone has a small plastic rib on the inside of the battery cover right next to the sim card. I found that the sim card from vzw is just a tad too long and it interferes with that rib. That rib is supposed to hold the sim card in place so that it doesn't come loose. I took out the sim card and filled/shaved the card down by about 0.5mm. This still left plenty of material beaten the chip and the end of the card, but created a space between the rob and the card such that the cover can seat fully and no longer hit/rub on the sim card.
Everything is nice and tight and quiet now. Stupid vzw and their improperly dimensioned cards was the problem.
Just got my Verizon Note 4 yesterday and of course had to take back off to put battery in....for the life of me I cannot get all the snaps to close on the back cover...If I get them all at the top..I have one two not snapped at the bottom and vice versa...
How in the hell you get the darn back plate to close and snap securely all the way around...? Is there a pattern or tick one needs to follow?
TIA
parcou said:
Just got my Verizon Note 4 yesterday and of course had to take back off to put battery in....for the life of me I cannot get all the snaps to close on the back cover...If I get them all at the top..I have one two not snapped at the bottom and vice versa...
How in the hell you get the darn back plate to close and snap securely all the way around...? Is there a pattern or tick one needs to follow?
TIA
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Insert the bottom tabs 1st. Make sure they're engaged properly then work your way up.
wtherrell said:
Insert the bottom tabs 1st. Make sure they're engaged properly then work your way up.
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trying my darndest to follow these directions but i have a stubborn clip on the bottom right corner of the back cover. it refuses to house properly, and it's to the point where i've tried forcing it and put a little dent in the cover. it seems like shoddy work, and i'm getting rather frustrated at the fact that i have a back cover that just won't sit properly on the phone.
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trying my darndest to follow these directions but i have a stubborn clip on the bottom right corner of the back cover. it refuses to house properly, and it's to the point where i've tried forcing it and put a little dent in the cover. it seems like shoddy work, and i'm getting rather frustrated at the fact that i have a back cover that just won't sit properly on the phone.
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Totally agree....PIA getting mine back on and its still not all the way on!
parcou said:
Totally agree....PIA getting mine back on and its still not all the way on!
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i know this thread has been knocked back a good amount of pages and i'm not trying to bump for the sake of spamming, but this is definitely an issue for at least two of us on here. nobody else is finding that the back plate doesn't fit properly? i've narrowed it down to being an issue of the bottom two snaps on either side being too close together, most likely from the backplate becoming somewhat deformed. i went into a small local retailer and they made it sound like it was my fault, as though i had removed the backing improperly and caused the issue. i'm going to stop by a larger store later today to see if they'll take a look, but before i go in i want to get some idea of how common this issue is for other people.
so again, is anybody else having trouble closing the phone back up after opening the back cover? is it just me and parcou here who can't seem to get it to fit?
No issue here. I remove my back twice a day and it goes back on with no problem. I just lay it on the device and push it on both sides up near the heart rate monitor until it snaps in place then just go around the edges to make sure it snaps all around. I don't try to line up the top or bottom at all.
Same here
I had the same prob but with a little force an what sounded like a bone break it went on. I have not taking the back off since.
The tab at the top, in the corner, next to the headphone jack will not snap on mine. The back creaks when I squeeze it there, but the gap between the back and the phone just opens back up when I stop squeezing. Does this sound like something I should mention to Verizon? The gap is definitely big enough to allow dirt or moisture to get into the phone.
No problem with mine. placed the battery on and snapped it back together. I had to be showed how to pull the back off. Like they said use the top right corner to do that. - If I remember that right for the side ...
I had the a couple of the clips never seem to click into place. I thought I would break the glass pushing so hard.
I got a black replacement back from Ebay, much more tacky feeling that my original white back. It clicked right into place.
parcou said:
Just got my Verizon Note 4 yesterday and of course had to take back off to put battery in....for the life of me I cannot get all the snaps to close on the back cover...If I get them all at the top..I have one two not snapped at the bottom and vice versa...
How in the hell you get the darn back plate to close and snap securely all the way around...? Is there a pattern or tick one needs to follow?
TIA
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Sorry, no issue here either.
This totally sounds like a back plate problem tho.
Were you able to get your hands on a new back cover or maybe test out a back cover of a display model at a Verizon store?
parcou said:
Just got my Verizon Note 4 yesterday and of course had to take back off to put battery in....for the life of me I cannot get all the snaps to close on the back cover...If I get them all at the top..I have one two not snapped at the bottom and vice versa...
How in the hell you get the darn back plate to close and snap securely all the way around...? Is there a pattern or tick one needs to follow?
TIA
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Sorry about that issue. This is weird since I have no problems. I purchased a battery charger and a second battery and I change batteries everyday and have no issues... thank God.
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I've been having that same problem, with both the original backing and the book like car that Samsung makes. The $50 case from Samsung is going back until they're cheaper and I'm just getting something for the back from eBay to cover the open spaces.
Hello,
It's September 2017 - I just got my new old stock Verizon Note 4 and I'm seeing the same back cover problem. Out of the box it was not seated at the bottom edge. I could seat it at the bottom, or top - but not both.
The solution for me was to start by seating the bottom edge and the first clip up both sides. Then I left the rest of the side clips unseated and used my thumbs pressed in the center of the cover to slide it towards the top. I alternated this with working on the top clips and and got one and then the rest seated. I snapped the rest of the side clips in place last.
I hope this helps!
Pete
If I put my thumbs on the screen and my index fingers on each side of the "S" from the Nexus logo and apply a little pressure my phone makes little pop noise like the plastic may be loose. Does anyone else's do this? Could it just be that it is plastic that it makes this noise and there is nothing wrong with the phone?
Thanks for any input.:good:
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If you apply pressure to plastic it's going to deform slightly which would cause a noise like that, yes.
raptir said:
If you apply pressure to plastic it's going to deform slightly which would cause a noise like that, yes.
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My nexus 5 didn't do that and it's plastic.
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Mine does it but only if I hold it a certain way and apply pressure in an exact location. Since I don't do this as I use the phone it's a non issue for me. I'd say if it does it when you hold the phone the way you normally would when using it and it bothers you then return it and try again? Mass produced electronic devices will always have inconsistencies and defects. You'll have to decide whether or not it's acceptable.
Thanks guys. I appreciate the input.
git-sims said:
If I put my thumbs on the screen and my index fingers on each side of the "S" from the Nexus logo and apply a little pressure my phone makes little pop noise like the plastic may be loose. Does anyone else's do this? Could it just be that it is plastic that it makes this noise and there is nothing wrong with the phone?
Thanks for any input.:good:
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mine does that too. I returned it, thinking it may be a factory defect. But it appears that the new one does that too. Just plastic. Once you put that in a case, you wont' hear clicking
I fixed the clicking sound by applying a strip of insulation tape on the inside of the back cover. Be careful though, just apply one layer, two are too much and lead to a gap between fingerprint sensor and back cover.
For me the clicking sound almost disappeared after 2-3 weeks.
dskvml said:
I fixed the clicking sound by applying a strip of insulation tape on the inside of the back cover. Be careful though, just apply one layer, two are too much and lead to a gap between fingerprint sensor and back cover.
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Good tip! This made me realize that it's easier to fix rather then go back to the store and return it for a new one (which probably will have the same issue). It look quite easy to remove the back cover in order to mount the tape, even though I'm not that inspired to dissemble a newly brought product. Did you mount the tape's sticky side against the inside of the back cover? Or did you mount it against the battery? I'm not sure it matters.
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Rickckck said:
Good tip! This made me realize that it's easier to fix rather then go back to the store and return it for a new one (which probably will have the same issue). It look quite easy to remove the back cover in order to mount the tape, even though I'm not that inspired to dissemble a newly brought product. Did you mount the tape's sticky side against the inside of the back cover? Or did you mount it against the battery? I'm not sure it matters.
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I mounted it against the back cover. But i guess it does not matter, as you only need to close the gap between battery and back cover, so there is no more space for the back cover to move.
dskvml said:
I mounted it against the back cover. But i guess it does not matter, as you only need to close the gap between battery and back cover, so there is no more space for the back cover to move.
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Tried this and moved the tape several times but I realized that the squeaking and clicking sounds kept on coming back. So I cleared it for tape and sent it in for repair. It turned out that my main issue was just at the fingerprint sensor where the plastic back cover were to tight on to the right side of the metal ring around the sensor. Couldn't get rid of it after all, but it sure was a nice try! it might be a solution to other units depending on where the noise is generated.
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Hello everyone,
My phone screen started behaving like on this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIDmuiXc-Ms
The screen starts to flicker until it eventually fades to black.
If you check on the comments someone suggested "remove motherboard cover then put a little folded paper on top of camera connector then put the cover back on so the paper push the motherboard down...." . I used a piece of pencil eraser instead of paper and the problem seems to be GONE!!
P.S: I HAD THE WIFI SAVED BUT NOT CONNECTING ISSUE TOO, BUT IT HAS BEEN FIXED BY THIS METHOD AS WELL.
Thanks this is working so far
enma1282 said:
Thanks this is working so far
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on which camera back or front
astonmartin214 said:
on which camera back or front
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I've done this and it appears to be working... not sure for how long though. First tried it with a couple of pieces of thin card but that didn't work, am now using a cut up cigarette filter!
Needs to be about 2-3mm thick, enough to make it difficult to get the motherboard cover to fit at the top of the screen when you put it back on, and then tighten the screws enough to hold it in place. Bit trial and error with thickness, took me three attempts.
Image here shows where to put it Follow the arrow!
this worked for me for one month. Now my g3 is all dead
i put a piece of folded paper on the back camera's connector and it worked like a charm. then it started again. but this time i put another piece of paper above both cameras (front and back). thats because when you leave a folded paper on the left side (back camera) it lifts the other side. if the flickering starts again, leave 2 folded papers above the back and front cameras connectors
felipelluna said:
i put a piece of folded paper on the back camera's connector and it worked like a charm. then it started again. but this time i put another piece of paper above both cameras (front and back). thats because when you leave a folded paper on the left side (back camera) it lifts the other side. if the flickering starts again, leave 2 folded papers above the back and front cameras connectors
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This worked perfectly for me except I used two thinly sliced pieces of pencil eraser. Thank you!
Are you using custom ROM or custom kernel? Initially I also thought it was hardware issue but after trying to trace it down it turned out it was a software one. The moment I root my original ROM it starts doing it. The absolute stock ROM doesn't do it.... at-least for me... still I haven't found the exact cause... It is a pure random... sometimes it do it all the time... sometime it could last a week (or until reset). I've noticed that it is OK for several days after flashing a ROM and then starts doing it again. For now my fix is to keep my custom rom and flash it from time to time (without clearing caches or anything).... Also you can clearly tell that it is probably a software issue by that the camera records perfectly video while happening... the sound is also working... gps ... everything works perfectly while it is happening (except for the screen).
It's also not an overheating problem... it could be however due to a ****ty battery as I notice slight increase of power when it is happening....
BlueMeany68 said:
I've done this and it appears to be working... not sure for how long though. First tried it with a couple of pieces of thin card but that didn't work, am now using a cut up cigarette filter!
Needs to be about 2-3mm thick, enough to make it difficult to get the motherboard cover to fit at the top of the screen when you put it back on, and then tighten the screws enough to hold it in place. Bit trial and error with thickness, took me three attempts.
Image here shows where to put it Follow the arrow!
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Thanks for the picture, i'm facing this issue. Will try to fix is using this method and will report back
@ gado45 this worked for me for one month. Now my g3 is all
It's because you used heat retaining materia in there, it's should a heat resistant ones.
Any updates on this issue?
Just replaced the screen on my Oneplus 3, and everything works fine except that the phone gets insanely hot (easily 50C on the outside of the back cover) when the back cover is on. When I removed the back cover however all parts of the phone are cool to the touch when it is powered on. Anyone know why this might be? Is the back cover shorting something out perhaps?
Freddieboy said:
Just replaced the screen on my Oneplus 3, and everything works fine except that the phone gets insanely hot (easily 50C on the outside of the back cover) when the back cover is on. When I removed the back cover however all parts of the phone are cool to the touch when it is powered on. Anyone know why this might be? Is the back cover shorting something out perhaps?
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Since the covers are not metallic, I don't think so. But it is possible that the cover is compressing an area on the phone which leads to a short circuit.
Try a softer cover like a TPU.
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Since the covers are not metallic, I don't think so. But it is possible that the cover is compressing an area on the phone which leads to a short circuit.
Try a softer cover like a TPU.
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Im not talking about a case, I'm talking about the actual aluminum back cover of the phone.
Freddieboy said:
Im not talking about a case, I'm talking about the actual aluminum back cover of the phone.
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Sorry for the misunderstanding. Obviously, it is the positioning of the internal components (which should have been disturbed in your case) that cause the short circuit when the back cover is put on.
If the screen was replaced by a technician, it is better to take it to him. If you did it yourself, try troubleshooting with all the exposed components on the back.
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Sorry for the misunderstanding. Obviously, it is the positioning of the internal components (which should have been disturbed in your case) that cause the short circuit when the back cover is put on.
If the screen was replaced by a technician, it is better to take it to him. If you did it yourself, try troubleshooting with all the exposed components on the back.
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Yeah, I managed to fix it by putting electrical tape over some of the connections (likely used for antenna reception) which lead from the motherboard to the case. Now it is just a matter of trial and error to find which of these pins are causing the problem. I seem to have blocked the connection from the Bluetooth antenna though as the connection is really weak now, but that is a very easy fix
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Yeah, I managed to fix it by putting electrical tape over some of the connections (likely used for antenna reception) which lead from the motherboard to the case. Now it is just a matter of trial and error to find which of these pins are causing the problem. I seem to have blocked the connection from the Bluetooth antenna though as the connection is really weak now, but that is a very easy fix
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I have the same problem. Could I ask what antennas/parts you put the tape over?
bhupinder2001 said:
I have the same problem. Could I ask what antennas/parts you put the tape over?
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You'll most likely either have fixed it by now, or thrown the phone out the window, but hey!
Mine was sort of fixed, but the touch was still acting up so I sold it as "not working" and bought a new one. Can't remember which pins I put tape over, but I assume they wouldn't be the same for two people anyway. It seemed really random to me at the time.