XDA 2S Orange M2000 MDA III 3 Loose Keyboard Mechanism

[makhan]

Hi,

I've just got an XDA 2s, there is a gap about 1mm between the keyboard and screen, the gap is clearly visible on the bottom half of the phone, however there is no gap on the top half of the phone.

There is also side to side movement in the screen and it is extremely easy to accidently open the screen to reveal the keyboard. The mechanism is not at all rigid, could this be a manufacture fault.

I just wanted to know if anyone else has had this problem ? is ti only on the XDA2s or also on the the M2000 and MDA3.

I've had 2 replacements and the same problem is still there.

thx

[Israeli XDA 3]

yes they all have the same problem....

[makhan]

is this a fault and can it be repaired ?

[veletron]

Mine was nice and tight when it arrived, but now, 2 months later it is very slack.

Its a fault with the units - I guess they never stuck it on a jig and opened/closed it 10,000 times to see how it was afterwards.

There is a thread somewhere about dismantling the blue angel to tighten up the keyboard mechanism. I suspect however that it will come loose gain after a further month of use, and that most people will not want to be dismantling their units each month!

I doubt that it is a fault that can be easily corrected by HTC.

I cant understand why they did not include a catch to lock the KB in the open or closed position - with such a catch, the loose keyboard would not be too bad.

Nigel

[dtidmore]

My Siemens SX66 (from Cingular) keyboard is extremely tight and rigid. Granted I have not tried to see how many times I could open and use the keyboard in the almost month since I got my unit, but I have not detected any change in the opening effort or rigidity of the keyboard and I have used it quite a bit. I wonder if some of the initial production units which did seem to have significant issues with the keyboard are still not working their way out of the supply pipeline.

david