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[HD7 General] aleunge:
button board repair

I had a volume button issue as well before and looked for a button replacement. But when I took out the actual button, it was an easy fix for me.

Taking it out is easy breezy. Remove your battery back, battery, SIM card and pry open the bottom cover (a bit of force.. or youtube it). Remove all the obvious torx screws (including the kickstand) and you have clean access to the volume button board. Check this photo out: http://www.parts4repair.com/product_images/j/521/htc_hd7_volume_flex_cable_01__71999_zoom.jpg

All you have to do is disconnect the ribon cable (lift up the little plastic lock) and you can take out the whole button board. The board itself is a simple circuit. I pealed back the black tape (from both ends so I don't have to remove the tape completely) and cleaned the two silver button cones (the actual metallic cup thing that gives you the clicking) and the circuit board. When you put the tape back (check you alignment), just don't tighten the fabric so much the button is anchored too tightly to the board. Slip the puppy back in and you're good to go. Fixed my sticking/nonclicking/nonworking volume buttons.

Otherwise, last I checked, the button board is around $15 off the bay.

EDIT: might want to consider upgrading the microSD card too. I took open the buttom cover too much on one HD7 and the little clips eventually broke off. Just a thought.
[HD7 General] ruscik:
Well I got pissed off with it changing volume up/town at will so a my one is broken now ...

Maybe I'll buy new one.
[Acer Iconia A500] themonarch:
I am running into a consistent amount of bull**** trying to root my Acer Iconia A500. This shouldn't be more than a 10-15 project and yet its taken me all night...to get absolutely nowhere. My device will not root gingerbreak or iconiaroot. I get bull**** messages and whatnot every time and I'm getting tired of resetting my device and this trial and error bull**** has to stop. somebody please help.

I could go into detail about the processes I've taken and the results I get.
[Acer Iconia A500] cruise350:
My guess is you are already on 3.2 which means those 2 programs won't work. You have to revert back to 3.01 then run iconia root and run acer revovery program to replace the stock recovery with cwm. Visit this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1276227 follow method #2. And make sure you do step #2 because alot of people miss that step and mess it up. Also, it is alot easier to have iconia root and acer recovery program already installed before you downgrade so that you can complete the root. 3.01 is very unstable and you will get alot of force closes after you downgrade. Once you've completed all the steps in method 2 you will be able to install a custom rom or a rooted stock rom like this one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1422504
[Acer Iconia A500] rdnkchevy:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20680452&postcount=137

use this for anything 3.2 or over. you dont have to roll back to an earlier release
[HTC Wildfire S] raven.warsong:
any way to force apps to go to the sd card I have some games and other programs that will not move to the sd card.

my other question is with temp root can I uninstall apk with a root uninstaller?
[HTC Wildfire S] Android311:
Did u conect the phone via USB in a computer? Just drop the APk in SD card and download astro or es file manager from the market and search the SD card in atro or es file manger, find the apk and install, check allow instaltion of off market apps in settings

Sent from my Nookcolor Cyanogenmod 7.0.3
[HTC Wildfire S] *se-nsei.:
He means there are some apps that don't allow to be moved to the SD card.

Follow this tutorial. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1218923
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
So a few days ago I was in the accessories forum saying how the screen has gorilla glass and I'll complaining why people were buying screen protectors...guess I was wrong...well I don't know if it does or not...but the first day I got the phone I keyed the heck out of it (still 30 day grace period so i could exchange the phone) and there were NO SCRATCHES AT ALL...so I was happy!!! Still I would never put my phone in the same pocket as my keys or anything else, Just gotten used to over the years...

Today I found scratches on my screen...I don't even know where they came from...I have never dropped the phone...I have a case on there... Paid full price of almost 600 for the phone and I am mad...My two year old N1 has no scratches after two years of use with no screen protector or case....just don't understand how when I keyed the phone there were NO scratches and how the phone can get scratched...I rooted my phone...so I don't know if HTC will cover something like this...I do have the Tmobile insurance plan...what do you guys think I should do at this point??? they said they can exchange my phone for refurbished one for 5 bucks since I have the insurance...I'm not too big on getting refurbished things...have not had good experiences...the scratch is no sooo bad...but stilll have only had the phone for just over 4 weeks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uk9-yLxQgA

EVEN IF ITS GORILLA GLASS GET A SCREEN PROTECTOR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNojdER7-Sk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKPg6tPCxHM
[HTC Amaze 4G] Totòòò:
get the refurbished.
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
probably will get the refurbished.

after a little research this is what I found. I tested old N1, 3g slide and amaze...they all have some type of fortified glass, gorilla glass is just one type of glass which is probably the same as other types of fortified glass...NON of my phones scratched with hard key test...they all have some sort of fortified glass...I used to have a dell axim, which would scratch with a touch of a stylus...Gorilla glass has no advantage over other fortified glasses....It has just become a popular name...

Just wanted to mention...that fortified glass is stronger and much better and it IS IN OUR PHONES, doesn't matter if it is manufactured by corning or not.....BUT its not scratch proof...sand and rocks can scratch and even shatter it...the reason for this is that sand is very hard and glass is made of sand so glass cuts glass.

with that said...I have tried many screen protectors over the past on my old iphone and 3g slide...I absolutely hate ZAGG...Yes its tough, but it gives a sticky feeling and makes the screen very wavy looking you can tell its on there, I've also read that it interferes with HTC amazes touchscreen after a while it also starts peeling which collects dust etc..Just go and get yourself and very thin translucent screen protector such as boxwave thats very smooth to touch and very clear...it will be enough...remember nothing protects your phone from getting shattered...zagg is a little tougher than other screen protectors, but if your going to drop your phone and get it shattered nothing will protect it...

Thank you for reading my essay!!!
[HTC Amaze 4G] stratax:
Very well said. I was wondering why people were saying its like gorillia glass but not lol. its kind of like the beat audio concept, or Apple. Jaudio sound just as good as Beats but is more than half the price
[HTC Amaze 4G] Totòòò:
are you the author of the amaze screen test youtube video?
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
no not me :p
[HTC Amaze 4G] gypsy214:
im sorry to disappointed but where did you see that the amaze have gorilla glass? htc nor gorilla stated that it does!!!

http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/products-with-gorilla/htc

http://www.htc.com/us/products/amaze4g-tmobile?view=1-0&sort=0#tech-specs
[HTC Amaze 4G] Teo032:
He was just saying that people said it does...but he never agreed with them.he just stated that it has some sort of similar fortified glass as gorilla glass.
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
Like I said before It doesn't matter if It's from corning company or not...Gorilla glass is a type of fortified glass just as our amaze has a fortified glass. Does not mean Gorilla glass is better than other fortified glasses...what I meant to say is that our phone is just as good as Gorilla glass which is a type of fortified glass...watch the videos i posted about scratch tests with gorilla glass and amazes glass...WHY DO PEOPLE GET SO HUNG UP ON THE NAME GORILLIA??? all phones at this point have some sort of fortified glass, if not gorilla another type, perhaps even better...the only reason people think gorilla is the best is because i'm guessing due to high advertisement and they might have been the first to come up with fortified glass.

"Samsung is authorized under a full license to make Gorilla Glass for everything from big screen tv's to mobiles. So why did they choose to use their own new Fortified glass? Because it's BETTER! .....especially if Samsung used their graphene technology coupled with their far superior Polymer Polyimide plastic base (same ingredients as Bullet Proof Plastic), that are both flexible and far more durable than any kind of glass! .....even Bullet Proof Glass!!!!" as someone stated in a forum

http://samsungcorning.com/

HTC might have the same type of deal now...they are not being specific about it!!!

Gorilla Glass is nothing but a brand put out by Corning.

It is not the "end all" of chemically hardened glass, not by a long shot.

I'm getting so sick of hearing about "Gorilla Glass", it is nothing new OR special. If you do not believe me, take a sheet of sandpaper to your Gorilla Glass screen, and then tell me how awesome Gorilla Glass is. Your screen will be a scratched unreadable mess, just like any other hardened glass product. look at the links i put up.

Too bad phone manufacturers have to look for every little "feature" they can market. If not for marketing, no one would know what "Gorilla Glass" even is.

Since the naming of corning gorilla became really popular and costs a lot of money phone manufacturers are putting their own or other made fortified glass on phones now....IT DOES NOT MEAN ITS INFERIOR...It might actually be better...no one really knows...I know that my 3g slide has gorilla glass and it smudges very easily, it also scratches too just like my amaze, in fact a little easier...so in some ways amazes fortified glass might be superior....this DOES NOT MEAN ITS SCRATCH PROOF...its just more resistant to scratch, just like gorilla glass is period.

It is possible that HTC uses Corning brand but is unable to release that information to the public because it would cost them money for the brand name advertised...to give the name of gorilla glass...No one knows for sure...By keeping the manufacturer of the amazes fortified glass htc can reduce this cost...it might or might not be by corning, and doesn't really matter as I have stated above.
[HTC Amaze 4G] TheSneakerWhore:
Maybe treat this phone like the $600 piece of hardware it is? I honestly do not understand how many consumers treat these devices like ****. I have never dropped or scratched any high end phone....basic responsibility.
[HTC Amaze 4G] ebatr8:
I think its safe to say the op does, if he put a case on it. Just because you never scratched your device doesn't mean people that do treat there phones badly sometimes its just bad luck for some, but now a days most people expect there phones to not scratch since a lot of the high end phones have that built in. With that being said I protected my amaze since day one so if you invested in a case should have got a screen protector especially when you paid so much for it, when you buy at full price id protect any device I get.
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
I did protect my phone, i got a case, like I said I had my N1 without a screen protector for two years with no scratch...Also the reason I got a insurance plan that i pay 8 bucks a month for...I protect my investment...so I'll be getting a refurbished one for 5 bucks instead of paying full price for a new one...in the past 4 years I've only dropped my phone 4 times... I am very careful...I don't put it in the pocket with keys...I just have no idea where the scratch came from??? I ALWAYS handle my phone like its an egg lol...maybe my GF used it or something I don't know...
[HTC Amaze 4G] Kannibalism:
To get rid of the scratch google this method "toothpaste on mobile screen" it sounds silly but you will fix the scratch you have
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
tried it already, no use...did it three times.... according to wikipedia HTC amaze has gorilla glass, according to corning website it doesn't, maybe corning just havn't updated their site yet...either way, my next phone is getting a screen protector.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_devices_with_Gorilla_Glass

ALSO THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT ACCORDING TO CORNING THEY DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT RELEASE INFORMATION ON ALL DEVICES WITH GORILLA GLASS

http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/faqs/all

DOES THIS LIST INCLUDE ALL DEVICES THAT HAVE GORILLA GLASS?

No, unfortunately, customer agreements prevent us from identifying all the devices that feature Gorilla Glass. This list shows all devices we can talk about. We’ll continue to update the list as customers allow us to share that information.

I hope this thread will put an end to the confusion about the glass used on the amaze and that no glass including gorilla glass is scratch proof or shatter resistant even if our phones have them.
[HTC Amaze 4G] bmbrad:
Someone posted a video testing the amaze screen.

http:// http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uk9-yLxQgA

With the prices of top end cell phones you would think people would spend that little bit to get a case and screen protector. They are made for phones for a reason..
[HTC Amaze 4G] crazypotato:
the gorilla glass is hard enough to withstand scratches, but the fingerprint or reflective coating will not. You will see the scratches when fog up screen or when it is oily.
[HTC Amaze 4G] marleyfan61:
You do understand that ANYBODY can write or edit a wikipedia article right? Wikipedia is not the bible. Come to think of it.....the bible isn't the bible either. But that's a whole nother topic.
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
Even if the screen was bullet proof, I will still put a screen protector on. Better to be safe then sorry!
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
forget wikipedia look at thie link from corning gorilla they specifically state that some phone might have gorilla but consumers won't know, due to agreement between corning and cellphone manufacturere, 5th question down from this link:

http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/faqs/all
[HTC Amaze 4G] marleyfan61:
I don't understand why HTC would NOT want it known that the Amaze has Gorilla Glass. Gorilla Glass is generally seen as being a desireable asset. Why would they keep that secret? I can only assume that if they don't say they have it, then they don't have it. I could be wrong. I was wrong once before.
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
if they announce that its gorilla then they would have to pay corning a bigger share of the profit for the brand name of "gorilla glass." They might want to try to keep the costs low for the end consumer by not disclosing the information thus decreasing cost, I don't believe it's only HTC, it could possibly be other manufacturers of other electronics as well.
[HTC Amaze 4G] NRGZ28:
Wow.. ran into someone with common sense on these forums. Thought I'd never see the day that happened :)

So what do you think HTC is doing ? Installing cornig's glass on their phones behind their back ? Order the required glass panels from cornin using a fake brandname so they don't know it's HTC ? LOL That doesn't make any sense. It's most likely a marketing secret so OTHER manufacturers don't rush to put the same glass on their devices, when HTC officially announces it'll have it. They're very sneaky like that... Don't always divulge to the competition what's "under the hood"... or ON the hood in this case. lol
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
that was not my point...basically look at it this way...Lets say I have a really popular headphone brand. lets say bose. and I have for example apple, microsoft and some other mp3 player companies using my headphones for their device. apple pays me 100 dollars to say they use bose brand headphones, this way their sales will increase, because people will be like oh my g-d bose. lol, I also supply these headphones to microsoft zune player, but they are non branded so they only pay me 40 dollars for the headphones and they can't use the bose name on their headphones. This way they keep the cost low to compete with apples mp3 player, but sacrifice the branding of their headphones...different market strategies to sell things... so apple mp3 players would cost more, but perhaps sell more too because they have bose branded headphones...but on the other hand some people want an mp3 player but don't have enough money or don't want to pay that much for an mp3 player so I'll go with the zune.

so in amazes case they might have sacrificed the brand name of gorilla to save that money for a better front facing camera and rear camera, as opposed to the sensation which had inferior cameras on both back and front and minuse other things, but advertised gorilla glass. This way they could keep the price the same and market the phone towards camera enthusiasts. ;)

on a different note, welcome to the community, looking forward to having another developer around here. looking forward to your work.
[HTC Amaze 4G] marleyfan61:
But wait a minute. Isn't it in BOTH company's best interest for HTC to claim they have Gorilla Glass? Why would GG say HTC has to pay more to mention thier name? GG should want that. It would be free advertising for GG. I honestly believe that HTC does not say they have Gorilla glass because they don't have it. They have some other brand of reinforced glass which is cheaper (but probably just as good) cuz it's not a brand name.

And btw....if zune players came with Bose headphones that would be TWO reasons not to buy a Zune. LOL.
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
That's a good point. But I guess it's all about money...Do you know why apple phones have no logos on them? because the providers actually have to buy the phones from apple, they do not want to spend even more money to engrave the logos on there. On the other hand...other brands such as samsung, HTC etc. have to pay the providers to carry their phones. So Tmobile, ATT, Verizon etc add branding to those phones because its at almost no cost or low cost to them.

carries actually want apple iphones, so even if they have to pay a little out of pocket to get the phones they know they'll make the money back, because they know demand for the iphone is just high (btw I hate the iphone)... It's just how the world works, the fame game...i guess...
[HTC Amaze 4G] crazypotato:
i don't see any other companies have that tough glasses technology as corning. so tough glass automatically means corning gorilla glass. no need to question on that.
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
There are many companies that make fortified glass. does the brand name kleenex or jello brand gelatin make it better? heck there are even tougher glasses out there like bulletproof glass... even the galaxy nexus specifically states that it does NOT have gorilla glass and neither does the iphone, but a type of fortified glass...doesn't mean one is better than the other... don't be so quick to judge.

http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/fortified-glass.html

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/1...ilize-un-branded-fortified-glass-touchscreen/

galaxy nexus scratch test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsDyb1EnhtM

amaze scratch test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uk9-yLxQgA

gorilla glass scratch test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKPg6tPCxHM

key doesn't scratched fortified glass of ANY TYPE...sand does gravel and rocks do, even gorilla glass, you know why?? because glass is made of sand!!

did you even read my post #1 and #3, why do people still get hung up about the name gorilla?? I can never understand...
[HTC Amaze 4G] marleyfan61:
Not true: http://www.mobileinquirer.com/2011/is-gorilla-glass-the-only-tough-ape-in-the-mobile-jungle/

Edit: Damn seansk you beat me to it.
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
haha, thank you, someone with actual common sense!!
[HTC Amaze 4G] mischivo:
I've always had trouble understanding why scratch tests are done using metal keys. Most metals are less hard than glass... any glass. I suppose it's a test against likely things your phone may come across?

Want to know if glass x is as hard or harder than Gorilla glass? Break glass x and use its shards to attempt scratching a known Gorilla glass display. If scratch takes, it's as hard or harder than Gorilla glass. If scratch doesn't take, it's a softer material.
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
non of these glasses are shatter proof, the point is to provide some type of scratch resistance, and not even scratch proof...My GF's sensation which corning specifically says has gorilla glass fell and shattered the first day she bought it.
[HTC Jetstream] typhoonikan:
It seems there is not an untouched ATT stock ROM (RUU) floating around these forums. Please help before you flash a custom ROM and lose the stock ROM (RUU).

After Rooting and flashing CWM recovery (both efforts by DoomLord), please create a nandroid backup. Next, in SD card\clockworkmod\backup, zip or rar the contents of the correct backup.

A few others and Myself will greatly appreciate this.
[HTC Jetstream] Sleepingweasle:
If you still need this, just PM me, and I'll do it.
[HTC Jetstream] juannicolas:
I have my stock AT&T rom, nandroid
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rocklee99:
I know you can switch your twoers to roam on other companies, but can you somehow switch to other 4g towers? or is that not built into our system?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious:
We have wimax Verizon is lte. Our phones have built in wimax radios so its impossible to roam on Verizon's lte
[LG Nitro HD] V@no:
I was playing around with some .xml files and found power_profile.xml in framework-res.apk

My understanding system uses this file to guesstimate how much this or that used the battery.

So according to that file the most power consumption part of the phone is the radio, then screen and third is gps followed by active wifi.

This actually proves my previously observations that the traffic via radio (cellurar/wifi) is the battery killer and cpu running at lowest 192mhz vs 1500mhz is not that of a big difference.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<device name="Android">
<item name="none">0</item>
<item name="screen.on">74.5</item>
<item name="bluetooth.active">9.9</item>
<item name="bluetooth.on">9.7</item>
<item name="screen.full">232.8</item>
<item name="wifi.on">26.7</item>
<item name="wifi.active">99.5</item>
<item name="wifi.scan">66.9</item>
<item name="dsp.audio">0.1</item>
<item name="dsp.video">0.1</item>
<item name="radio.active">550.0</item>
<item name="radio.scanning">7.9</item>
<item name="gps.on">100.6</item>
<array name="radio.on">
<value>2.0</value>
<value>5.1</value>
</array>
<array name="cpu.speeds">
<value>192000</value>
<value>384000</value>
<value>432000</value>
<value>486000</value>
<value>540000</value>
<value>594000</value>
<value>648000</value>
<value>702000</value>
<value>756000</value>
<value>810000</value>
<value>864000</value>
<value>918000</value>
<value>972000</value>
<value>1026000</value>
<value>1080000</value>
<value>1134000</value>
<value>1188000</value>
<value>1242000</value>
<value>1296000</value>
<value>1350000</value>
<value>1404000</value>
<value>1458000</value>
<value>1512000</value>
</array>
<item name="cpu.idle">3.37</item>
<array name="cpu.active">
<value>407.8</value>
<value>420.0</value>
<value>426.9</value>
<value>432.5</value>
<value>438.4</value>
<value>442.5</value>
<value>448.0</value>
<value>457.3</value>
<value>466.4</value>
<value>473.9</value>
<value>484.5</value>
<value>494.7</value>
<value>505.8</value>
<value>515.6</value>
<value>524.9</value>
<value>534.3</value>
<value>544.1</value>
<value>552.4</value>
<value>566.8</value>
<value>581.1</value>
<value>595.8</value>
<value>603.0</value>
<value>608.8</value>
</array>
<item name="battery.capacity">1830</item>
</device>