Nexus 5 power button rattle fix....

[deansaunders]

Right, I may or may not be alone in this but the rattle from my power button was really starting to p**s me off. I could hear it clearly when the phone was at arms length and I tapped the screen anywhere in the top half. I thought it was the camera at first, then found holding the power button still whilst using the phone stopped it. This morning I was using my phone and decided to do something about it.

First can I say this was not any normal rattle (i.e camera lens), you could clearly hear it at arms length whilst tapping the screen in the top half. I made this video because people have told me they have the same issue. If you take your phone apart and break it, that's not my fault.

For those that have this problem and decide to do this, I hope it helps It has made me a hell of a lot happier with the phone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ego0eXYwOms&feature=youtu.be

 

[cas8180]

Wow wouldn't have just been easier to send it back keep your warranty and get a new one?

Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

 

[deansaunders]

Wow wouldn't have just been easier to send it back keep your warranty and get a new one?

Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

Ah, forgot to mentiom, this is my 2nd one. Bought my first one and heard the rattle, took it back after 2 hours. The replacement does the same thing and looking on here in the defects thread it seems a few people have the problem. There's no sort of warranty seal inside the phone and the stuff can easily be taken out again should it die for some reason and I need to get a new one under warranty.

 

[auggie246]

nice? possible to change into a higher mah battery?

 

[deansaunders]

nice? possible to change into a higher mah battery?

The battery seems easy enough to remove, so if there were one available I suppose it wouldn't take more than a few minutes to change

 

[mtbgus]

Ah, forgot to mentiom, this is my 2nd one. Bought my first one and heard the rattle, took it back after 2 hours. The replacement does the same thing and looking on here in the defects thread it seems a few people have the problem. There's no sort of warranty seal inside the phone and the stuff can easily be taken out again should it die for some reason and I need to get a new one under warranty.

Some people analyse small insignificant things too much, surely it couldn't have made an audible noise level outside of a sound proof box.

Did the sales person look at you bemused or did he test the rattle and end up deafened by it?

 

[deansaunders]

Some people analyse small insignificant things too much, surely it couldn't have made an audible noise level outside of a sound proof box.

Did the sales person look at you bemused or did he test the rattle himself/herself and end up deafened by it?

He agreed that he could hear the rattle. It may not have seemed that important to him in a loud and busy shop, but when you're sat on your sofa in the evening and even the slightest of taps near the top of the screen make it rattle it doesn't take long before it becomes very annoying. If it were just when I shook the phone near my ear or something then I would have just accepted it, but it's the fact it is hard to ignore,even at arms length, made me want to do something about it.

 

[mtbgus]

He agreed that he could hear the rattle. It may not have seemed that important to him in a loud and busy shop, but when you're sat on your sofa in the evening and even the slightest of taps near the top of the screen make it rattle it doesn't take long before it becomes very annoying. If it were just when I shook the phone near my ear or something then I would have just accepted it, but it's the fact it is hard to ignore,even at arms length, made me want to do something about it.

Fair enough I guess.

 

[arzbhatia]

I did the very same with my Nexus 4. Using tiny bits of tissue. Dunno why everyone is crying about it, its a very simple fix!

 

[Gormsen]

Thanks mate

I'm getting my N5 tomorrow, and living in a country not supported by Google Play Devices, it's nice to know that I can fix stuff like that myself

 

[Rusty!]

Stick it in a case, that should do it.

 

[deansaunders]

Stick it in a case, that should do it.

I have a case for it that I got off ebay, a clear tpu gel one. It muffles the sound but it is still there, plus I really like the feel of the phone and in the case you lose that.

 

[Nbsss]

The battery seems easy enough to remove, so if there were one available I suppose it wouldn't take more than a few minutes to change

Can't wait for this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239829

 

[deansaunders]

Can't wait for this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239829

If you check further down the General section you'll see yesterday I posted screenshots where I got almost 7 hours of screen on time over an 11 or so hour period with the N5 Admittedly that was 99% on wifi, but it's still good

 

[Nbsss]

If you check further down the General section you'll see yesterday I posted screenshots where I got almost 7 hours of screen on time over an 11 or so hour period with the N5 Admittedly that was 99% on wifi, but it's still good

I'm on track for 3hrs SOT :/

 

[deansaunders]

I'm on track for 3hrs SOT :/

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2510785

 

[Nbsss]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2510785

I see....
I think its because my network signal is mostly yellow, whilst yours is almost all green. I wonder if we can change the radios?

 

[lolcopter]

eh... my N5 power button rattles isn't as bad as my iPhone 4s power button rattle

not concerned, thanks for the head up tho OP! :good:

 

[Ensifolk]

The more Im reading, the creepier it gets for me Only because I'm gonna make someone buy the phone for me and send it, so there would be no chance of return if I saw any kind of defects. Just why all these reports of rattles, dead pixels, after vibration weird sound...ughhhh! Was planning to buy it from Carphone Warehouse...

 

[lolcopter]

The more Im reading, the creepier it gets for me Only because I'm gonna make someone buy the phone for me and send it, so there would be no chance of return if I saw any kind of defects. Just why all these reports of rattles, dead pixels, after vibration weird sound...ughhhh! Was planning to buy it from Carphone Warehouse...

don't stress it brah, the vast majority are fine you just don't hear about it

mine is fine :good: