Something rattling...

[Harry Dunn]

Ok so not sure how I discovered this but if I hold my phone near the bottom an shake the top half of it I can hear something inside rattling... Not side to side but if you were bringing the screen towards you an then back down. I thought maybe it was the S Pen so I took it out an tried it and it still does it... Anyone else's do this? Just wondering what it could be, if somethings loose inside or what

 

[Mark Valentine]

I'm not entirely sure if it's the same as other phones. But IIRC, it's the rear camera that you hear.

 

[jamesrick80]

May be something detective...my device doesn't exhibit this issue

 

[Mark Valentine]

Try holding your phone with your four fingers on the back of the device with your thumb on the front. And then wave your phone near your ear like youre fanning yourself. You'll hear it shake. I literally just tested this on the N4, N5, N7, S6 Edge, S6 Edge Plus, and S7 edge. All have the same result.

 

[fitcherama]

Yep. Mine does it. I hate this forum sometimes...

 

[Harry Dunn]

Try holding your phone with your four fingers on the back of the device with your thumb on the front. And then wave your phone near your ear like youre fanning yourself. You'll hear it shake. I literally just tested this on the N4, N5, N7, S6 Edge, S6 Edge Plus, and S7 edge. All have the same result.

Hmm guess it must be normal for the camera to move a little then? It doesn't seem crooked or out of place either, just hear something moving lol

 

[Harry Dunn]

Yep. Mine does it. I hate this forum sometimes...

Lol sorry

 

[Mark Valentine]

Hmm guess it must be normal for the camera to move a little then? It doesn't seem crooked or out of place either, just hear something moving lol

It's more than likely because of the part that deals with the stabilization for lens. The noise is also less noticeable or even nonexistent when the camera app is open. My N3 doesn't make the noise, but any galaxy s or note from the N4 to present seems to have a similar camera housing.

 

[Harry Dunn]

It's more than likely because of the part that deals with the stabilization for lens. The noise is also less noticeable or even nonexistent when the camera app is open. My N3 doesn't make the noise, but any galaxy s or note from the N4 to present seems to have a similar camera housing.

Oh ya look at that I opened the camera app an it didn't do it!

 

[jamesrick80]

Just tested it again with 4 finger method...mine still doesn't do it...thank goodness

 

[ghostriderz85]

It's called optical image stabilization, look it up.

To confirm it's really the camera, try shaking it with the camera app open, it won't rattle when the camera app is open because the OIS is powered

 

[skatergirl]

Could it be the SD/SIM card tray?

 

[omgitselaine]

I must admit after reading the original post ....... I did shake my Note to check to see if there was any sort of rattling

Nope wheeeeew !!!

 

[naturecannon]

It's the Gyro sensors, also known as angular rate sensors or angular velocity sensors. They sense angular velocity.

 

[fitcherama]

Definitely stops with camera app open. OIS it is. Well, that was fun!

 

[Viscomi4444]

I tried it and can't tell if it's my phone or wrist cracking

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

Aside from the S Pen, the other part that moves in the device is the rear camera module.

When the camera app is opened, the stabilization module springs to life, utilizing movement data from the gyro sensors in order to calculate and estimate where the phone is being unintentionally shaken and attempts to correct that by moving the module in a way that corrects that. When the camera app is closed, the module shuts down and the camera is set in an idle position. Because some room needs to be made for the lens itself to move in order to correct for unintentional handshakes, some movement will occur if the device is being shaken, meaning that you may hear that rattle.