Cases without proper holes cutouts..important?

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Hello,

I want to buy a sensation case but it does not have the proper hole cutcuts on the back. The only cutouts the case has are the camera and the speaker.

if any of you are using a case with only these 2 cutouts, could you tell me if phone signal, 4g signal, mic, speaker, etc or anything else are affected?

greatly appreciated

i havent had a problem with them after on week of use, but just to be safe, i drilled holes where they should be :P

Originally Posted by Solidus_n313

i havent had a problem with them after on week of use, but just to be safe, i drilled holes where they should be :P

thanks for the reply, but if you drilled the holes then your case does have all the cutouts

it does now, but for the first week, i didnt have any issues...

i just did it cuz i was bored, and more as a precaution just in case...

mind you i never used the gps or wifi w/o holes...but i bought the 2 pack, one black (drilled), one opaque white (stock)...if you want, i can check the performance, but as it stands, there was no difference...

ive heard that all cases w/o holes are going to be discontinued, but that may have just been verbal diareah in the sensation thread :/

The only sensible answer is it depends on the case material. For any given case the only way to know is to try it. If it works then fine. If not, then drill holes if they're covered.

HTC says the holes should be uncovered, but none of us know exactly why. For a mic it's pretty obvious. For the others who knows. But drilling is easy and cheap, so for most cases a fix shouldn't be a problem.

Originally Posted by c19932

Hello,

I want to buy a sensation case but it does not have the proper hole cutcuts on the back. The only cutouts the case has are the camera and the speaker.

if any of you are using a case with only these 2 cutouts, could you tell me if phone signal, 4g signal, mic, speaker, etc or anything else are affected?

greatly appreciated

Does anyone know what the holes actually do?

Originally Posted by isharma

Does anyone know what the holes actually do?

I haven't seen a diagram showing the function of each one. Some are mics, either for input or noise cancellation. Others are likely antenna related. It's hard to imagine that HTC would go to the trouble of putting them there if they don't serve a useful purpose. Covering some or all may not cause big problems, but it's not likely to help either.

I have the official Tmobile silicone case and it doesn't have any cutout for the little holes...and it seems to be just fine.

Originally Posted by govtcheez

I have the official Tmobile silicone case and it doesn't have any cutout for the little holes...and it seems to be just fine.

I think I have the same case. Except mine does have one hole cutout above the camera.

Here's my observations that I posted in another thread:

Originally Posted by moto211

I've been noticing that most of the cases that are available only have the hole above the camera, even the ones sold by T-Mobile. So, it got me wondering, do the other holes serve any purpose? I took the back cover off and can immediately tell that the hole above the camera serves a purpose since it has a grommeted pass through in the inside housing. So, its good that every case I've seen has that hole cut out. The other four holes have no pass through and appear to only be there as rivet/mount points for the antenna contacts. So, after seeing that, I'm less concerned that even reputable manufacturers like otterbox are not including the other four holes that seemingly serve no active function.

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The hole above camera is noise cancelling mic,that is the only important hole,so I had to drill it on my Case Mate Tough.They were the first proper company with hard case for Sensation,so they rushed a little bit with design,others like Otterbox and Seidio are making cases with that hole only.