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Default Vibrant Gel case from T-Mobile fits but has a small issue

It's TOO TIGHT! Yes, it fits on the phone without a problem BUT the button inside of it that is used to press on the power button pushes all the time, causing the phone to reboot.

I've got it sitting on the dash of my truck today to warm up a little, maybe it will stretch then and I will try it while it's warm.

If not, I may have to alter it a little by cutting out the nub that's inside of the button section of the case.
 
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weird... Im using a smoke argyle TPU case for the vibrant on my SGS4G with perfect fitment. and it looks super cool with the shimmering backplate.
 
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Works fine now that I let it sit in the sun a few hours!

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Perhaps Gel case was the wrong name for it... Not sure... it may be TPU...

If you go into the T-Mobile store it's somewhat of a rasberry color up top then fading down to black at the bottom.
 
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Had the same problem with mine. Even my friend who is a manager at the T-Mobile store said that the raspberry cover had that issue. I liked the cover so I'm going to try and trim that area down a bit on the inside.
 
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Let me know how it turns out. I ended up taking the case off because I was worried about wearing out the power button. I couldn't even tell it was pushing in when I had the case on.
 
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Yea I'll stick to my bodyglove kickstand case. My wife has one of those skins/shells and I can't stand it as I can't touch the edge of the screen.

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The clear one or the black/chrome one?

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I bought my Galaxy S 4G today and also bought the black gel case because on the packaging it said "Galaxy S 4G". So dummy me thought it was different then The vibrant, but it is'nt. They are the same. I dont have the problem you do with the case being tight with either one.
 
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The clear one or the black/chrome one?

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The clear one with the black sides. I had one on my Vibrant and loved it, especially for showing off phone skins from skinit.com and for propping it up as my alarm clock at night (thank you Screen Filter and Lightning Bug )
My Phones:
Nokia 3120 - Threw into the street
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PPC-6700 (Apache) - Dropped a monitor on it
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Samsung Galaxy S 4G - Deodexed KD1 Enhanced v1.5 - Gingerspice theme

 
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